The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-04
DEMONSTRATION
 FARMS SHOW BIG
 FIELDS OF CROPS
Maine Results Indicate Pos abilities of Diversified
 Farming in New England

S4D111C10S or O1VGfS1n0Q
 Farming in New England
 seventy-six bushels of oats per acre. Ios- barrels of potatoes per acre, sweet corn that Nsold for S174.7I per acre. nine tons of silage corn per acre and 8 barrels of apples per acre in the orchard. are the results obtained by the University of Maine in +1eir farrn dem onstration work this year. The euality of all the products pus high and the y1+lcs large, despite adverse conditions. High grade, cou:naercial fertilizer was used on all the creps> The demonstrations will be continued next year. Farmers who desire to know the exact methods Used may secure complete. infornna- ton by writing M D. Jones, Orono, Maine the County Extension Repre- sentative
 Effect of War Upon Grain Prices.
 ssOur million bushefi wheat crop in 191 would under ordinary conditions mean so cent wheat, $3.0O flour and $9-0O feed The war has changed all that to SLIP wheat, to $7.0o and $500 flour and S25.0O to $35.oO feed'' de- clAres a writer in the New York far mer- Milk producers in this terri tory should study the cost side of their business As feed, is the main cost element, producers need to study the farms They can double their grass output and reduce the cost of hay and pastnrage 50/ per cent They. can put up more silage, grow more root crops for their cows, and grow clover and alfalfa"
 New England farmers are face to face with the same conditions as ex- 1sf in New York State Still more extRtns1xe. methods are needed, and greAtsr attention to the growing of small grains and forage crops, not on 1y for fhe more profitable returns an soil fertility
 71VIsc0ns1n and New England Farm
 ing Contrast Shows Advantages
 o1 Western State.
 FThe live stock industry of Wisconsin AnnuAI1y- provides enough to give each family of that State 444 pounds of meat. $50 pounds of cheese, 200 pounds of butter, 103 adozzen eggs, 65 pounds of condensed milk and Al pounds of lard A great amount of eairh total is exported to other States at profitable prices. Yet Wisconsin dDes not have to import feeds and roughages as does every State in New Eng1and The prosperity of the W9sconsfn farmers is credited to the,
 
 feeds The livestock industry con tributes t0 inc permanent fertility of their soils. New England needs more dairyfng, more livestock and needs nanrp Diversified farming
 Corn Champion Breaks Own Record
 Dewey Flames Of Ohio, raises 55 brtsal1H1s of wheat and 15S bushels of czAn per acre this year.
 pIowed my acre eight inches deep 1t was then fdisked four times with dDnh1e cutaway disk, narrowed, roll ed and planted May list. It was har- .TpwEd after corn was planted; then HffHr corn was two inches high, it -IRzs cultivated four times says Dew ey flames, the Ohio corn and wheat ckFaxnTJi who won the State con tHst in 1912 and 1915 and in addition averaged 55 and 2-3 bushels of wheat per acre from a five acre plot this year. Tn 1912 he raised 13S bushels of corn from his acre. This year he 1Hised 153 bushels.
 E1n 1912 I used 500 pounds of high grade fertilizer on my. corn acre, and in 1gI5s I used the same. Eight loads or manure we also placed on the field each year. says the 17-year old cham pfun. when asked how he fed his corn so successfully
 RBqnis1tEs for Alfalfa Success
 tsGppd drainage, good tiIIage, good seHd, In1B when the soil is sours an abundancH of well balanced, available p1antfuod, and intelligent handling of the crop are all that is needed to ob- tain success with alfalfa says Prof. Henry c. Bell, Chief Agrononist of the Soil Improvement Committee of the National Fertilizer Association. ssAIfalfa is an exceedingly deep root eds plant reaching from four to six feet; even greater root depths have been reported. The great bulk of feeding roots, however, cluster in the surface two feet of the soil. The sail on which deep rooted p1anf thrives CT naturally artifcia1fy, oth erwise water, which fills the spaces between the soil particles, smothers the roots of rhe plant. Where good drainage has been pracriced. alfalfa has near 1y always been found to succeed if suitable LIautfood is available" ."
 Maine Experiment. Station On Sweet
 Corn
 - The Maine Experiment Station, in it's summary of important points in growing sweet corn for packing 1Bu1- 1etin No. 183) says First, plant early: second use plenty of manure and high grade commercial fertilizer; third, keep the corn free from weeds 2and well cu1tivateds fourth, 60 not plant too thick; fifth, use seed well a d. Justed to the locality in which it IS tD be grown.
 First Bank to Employ
 Agricultural Agent
 George c. Gill, President of the Hol yoke National Bankk of HoIyoke, Mass. claims that their bank was the first to employ 'tbank-agriculturist' to assist the farmers in New England. The plan was started by him in Feb Tussry, 1914. Since that time, {. man has been employed exclusively for the purpose of cooperating with the far 1ners. Investigating their needs. dem o4strAtixf better methods and assist ing them in Ensrketfng. The Ply mouth County Trust Company, of Broektons Mass. is another New Eng land Bank employing an agricultural agent.