Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-09-28
FIELD CROPS ABOVE AVERAGE
Hay 30 per Cent, Alfalfa 20 per
Cent. Heavier Than in 1915.
BuckwhcHt Larger. Corn Less Than
UsuRl-Rye and wheat Negligible,
Anybow-Rnise wheat, Says
jay COrycIl.

With practically "all returns in Jay
Coryell. assistant ecounty agent leader,
estimates a hay crop 30 per cent larger
than last years; an alfalfa crop 20 per
cent. greater: buckwheat, what there Is
OF 1t, slightly heavier; corn below nor
NAL; and rye small as it is, up to the
average.
The second crop OF hay will not be so
big as was hoped for but that is only
because the first was SO much weightier
than usual, that II took longer and later
To harvest 1t. The hay crop runs far
ahead of the average Of several years
past, and is as near to being n super
bumper crop as officials of the agri-
cultural extension service at the State
university know of. Something will have
| to be allowed for the uneven distribu
ton Of rain. upon which all crops OF the
field are especially dependent, but hay
didn't suffer much. The crop was uni
formly large, also. in every county of
the State. Regarding tho quality OF the
two crops not so much perhaps can be
said, but It is as rich in protein as nor
mally occurs. There was n plentiful
amount of red clover and alsike both in
the hay and alfalfa.
TO say that this seasons yield Of alfalfa
was the greatest ever In truism. More
acreage was planted the same causes
operated virtually as with hay. and the
plant thrived wherever II was put in.
Addison county starred, of course, be-
cause it received paintings of the western
import earlier than It's sister county, but
Chittendcn, one of the latest of all the
counties to get the seed, stood UP we'll
Alfalfa was also of good protein content
and all three crops were up to aver
age at the least The success in Chit
tenden county more especially, has set
tied once and for all the question OF Its
value to the plain everyday dairy farmer
| Corn was especially heavy this sum-
mer in Windham. Bennington. Rutland
and Windsor counties. A crop we'll w
with the average was harvested In the
| four counties. while In the other ten
counties of the state It was If anything
below the average. Chittenden and Add
son counties suffered probably more than
the others.
oats were below normal all over The
State without exception. The weather
of course was to blame. Planting was
late, and then the rain descended ant
the floods came and oats grew so fast
that, as Mr. Coryell put 1t, the straw
wouldn't hold up
Rye and buckwheat. and wheat to ar
even greater extent. are negligible crops
in Vermont. There was as much rye as
usual, a little more buckwheat and very
little wheat.
Wheat used to be raised to an ap
preciable extent in the State until the
weevil cleaned it out. Since then, say!
the assistant county agent leader, j
hasn't been established again. In his owl
opinion there isn't any reason why /
shouldn't be. and flourish. 1t would b.
a profitable grain for farmers to cultivate
too, he says Its extensive cultivation
would be the first step toward bringin'
to the State few Of the cereal fac
tories which have done so much for Ger
tain population centers Of the West.