The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-10-10
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for Week Ending Oct. 7.

Through the operation of the Yer
mont extension service and the Vermont
forestry service an exhibit was made at
the Washington fair. The forestry ex-
hibit was in charge of H. B. Hall of Bur
lington and consisted of forestry pictures
and samples of the different evergreen
trees adapted to planting on many Of
our back hill pastures. The extension
service exhibit was made up largely of
charts. Briehets on various topics were
for free distribution To this the coun-
ty agent added samples of potatoes
showing the value of hill selection of
seed, soy beans. varieties of alfalfa and
maps showing the work OF the county
association in Orange county. The in
terest in the exhibit was good
! Across from this exhibit was one which
the county agent was very glad to see,
that was the school exhibit of vegetables
and articles grown or made by boys and
girls in the schools. 1t is more exhibits
of this kind which is going to interest
the boys and girls in their homes and
communities. We are going to need them
and they need our encouragement and
help now.
Thursday some mari bed possibilities
were investigated on Chelsea west hill
but without great success. One swamp
showed signs of mari. bu. it was buried
under too great an amount of muck to
make it worth digging. Another swamp
showed no signs of mari. These swamps
do raise a question, however. Why ia it
that so many farmers are buying com
mercial fertilizers year after year when
much of their 20 cents pound nitrogen
could be obtained from these muck beds |
by a little labor in handling and when |
used in the stables it would help save
much more of this valuable element and |
also some potash at present unobtainable
from outside sources?
The alfalfa demonstration meeting in I
Williamstown at w NJ Seaver's showed /
very clearly that uninocuated seed did |
not have as good a colo or as great a |
growth as the inocuated The unlimed |
portion also had more yellow in it, al.
though the line was not as well marked |
here. Both spring and summer seedlings |
are looking good now, the summer seed
ing being more uneven. II interested in
alfalfa it would pay you to see this plot
and compare the different treatments.
Another meeting will be held next spring
to compare ability to withstand the win
ter
The meeting in t/e south hill school
house in Williamstown that evening re-
suited in the formation of local farm
ers' club to hold meetings monthly to
discuss farm problems and to get togeth-
er for operative buying and selling.
Tho !
Charles Haywood. vice president; Charles
Riddell, secretary; Ray Thresher, treas
mer. This makes the eighth town to
fall in line with a cooperating organiza-
ton. There are IL towns in the county.
This is your last chance to decide to
go to the national dairy show at Spring
field, Mass. Any day from Oct. Is to
Oct. q will be worth your while, but the
first of the week will probably be the
most interesting to the farmer. Remem-
Der Tuesday, Oct. II. is Vermont day
The renewed enthusiasm with which YOU
will return to your work and the ideas /,
gained by visiting this show will well re i
pay the time and expense put into it.
Plans for the week ending Oct. Ia in
clude: Monday Oct ., demonstration {
meeting at F II. Wilcox East Brook !
field; Tuesday, Oct. 10, alfalfa demon j
stration meetings at Benjamin fuckers, ,
Tunbridge, and Guy Monkeys, Chelsea, {
Bradford Farmers club meeting; on !
Oct. II. Pomona grange at =
Orange and Bradford grange fair; Thurs 4,
lay, Oct IL. Braintree Hill Farmers
hub; Friday, Oct. ID, potato demonstra- :
ton meeting and farmers club in Yer
shire.