The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-11-18
GREAT EDUCATIONAL
VALUE TO VERMONT
IN APPLE SHOW
State Has Received Benefit from the Ex-
hibition Just Held at Montpelier,
An Exhibition That Was Con-
sidered Excellent.

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to members of the society and exhibitors
from other states. While the people o.
Vermont naturally are pleased to win sc
many prizes, the educational value of 8
show like this has been of far greater
benefit than the prizes won.
The Vermonters who have visited this
show have seen how apples should be
packed and have gained an inspiration
as to the possibilities of making the
Green Mountain state one of the leading
apple growing states of the East.
If the bringing of the show here had
been merely sort of missionary enter
prise it would have been well worth
while, but in all its appointments it has
given great satisfaction The Board OF
Trade of Montpelier and the people OF
the city deserve great credit for their
enterprise and hospitality. Everything
has been done for the comfort and en-
tertainment OF visitors, and the new city
hall proved an ideal place for such an ex.
| hibition
1t can be said truthfuily that this ex-
hibit has delighted the eye, appearing
| like charming picture in a beautiful
| frame.
With the great new orchards coming
into bearing within the next few years
in this state, it may be predicted that
by the time that it is Vermont's turn
again to claim the annual exhibit of this
New England fruit show, that it viii be
possible to make showing much better
even than the exceedingly creditable dis
play made on this occasion.
Apple Value in the Diet.
Apples az valuable part of diet were
handled last night by Miss Bessie NJ.
Thayer Of the University of Vermont ex-
tension service, who spoke in part as
follows:
Apples are valuable in the diet for the
mineral salts, bulk, fuel value and fla
vor. With apples at SIS barrel, it would
require over three and ene-half pounds
of apples at cost OF Is cents to furnish
as much heat as one quart Of milk at
eight cents. Apples however, lack the
bodybuilding properties which the pro
teins of milk possess in so marked de-
gree; but they help to supply the iron
which milk lacks. Apples may well be
bought instead of patent laxatives, be-
cause of the bulk and mineral matter
they afford.
"An inexpensive, well balanced diet
could be made of whole wheat bread,
milk or cheese and apples. If one sub
stitutes rice for potatoes, which cost
twice as much nowadays, care must be
taken to include in the diet liberal
supply of vegetables and apples or other
fruit.
There are numerous ways Of prepar
ing this excellent fruit, SO no one need
tire of its use. The Vermont agricultur
al extension service of the University OF
Vermont is glad to send, upon request,
recipes for their use and to suggest ways
OF canning and preserving them"
Horticultural Extension Work.
Extension Work in Horticulture" was !
the subject of an address during the day |
yesterday by j Coryell, assistant state
leader, University OF Vermont extension /
service, He spoke in part as follows;
THE Vermont horticultural extension |
service disseminates informa ton in hor- I
ticulture mainly in two different ways. /
First, by supplying printed matter in the
form of bulletins, brieiiets, etc, the idea
being to give the farmers practical in
formation in pruning, spraying and cul |
tural methods, which they may put into 1
practice on their farms Second, a most II
important method of disseminating in Il
formation il through field work which
he instructor gets in direct contact with
he farmer.
with the beginning of county agent
work in Vermont, the agents saw oppor
.unities to be of service TO farmers along
horticultural lin@s; in 1919 in the coun-
les of Bennington, Caledonia, Windham
md Windsor, there were 20 orchards
AIRED for in whole or in part and served
Is demonstrations in their respective
in 1914, the number of or
hards cared for were II, and in 1915, /
b; in 1916, the number reached 10; in
DIS seven county agents were conduct
ng orchard management demonstrations
md have records showing that 93 or
hards were cared for in whole or in part
ccording to the suggestion of the agents
n these seven counties.
Field meetings were held at many of
he orchards and total of $50 farmers
we're in attendance An example of the
esults secured at these demonstrations
taken from one of Mr.. Otis, the county
gent in Windsor county, recent reports:
:" AT the orchard demonstration meet
~ the apples from both sprayed and
nsprayed trees were picked. The apples
rom each tree were graded into two
arts, the culls in one pile and the prime
pples in another. The unsprayed tree
ielded 557 apples, III of which were
rec from fungus and insect injury, while
40 were culls. The sprayed tree yielded
"a apples, 434 of which were free from
ljury and Ito Of which were culls.
From the improvement work carried
n. several important facts have been
etermined that the farmers are inter 3
sted to improve their orchards second,
nat the average farmer, with a small
rehari, would rather pay the other fell )
w for doing the work than equip for It
imself. With these facts, it would seem I
nat the extension service could be of 2
uch value to farmers by encouraging K
lem TO work in community groups. such &
oranges or farmers clubs, in making 4
for some person to look q
ter the pruning and spraying needs OF IS
Re community.
"The number of farmers accommodate
|. due to the character of the project. s
ust, of necessity, be small. However, V
many sections we can find the man Il
no has the time and inclination to do s