The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-07-18
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for week ending July Is:

,
Part of this week has ben spent in DO
ing some much needed office work a;
will be noticed by the number of let
ters sent out.
v A. Saunders of the L. S. department
of agriculture crop reporting service Wis,
tied the county agent this week ant
was taken on a short trip around the
county. Mr.. Saunders was particularly
interested at this time in getting in
touch with the apple interests, but aft
er seeing some OF the orchards, he de-
cided that Orange county was not yet a
commercial orchard proposition. The
success of Julian Dimock OF Topsham in
apples, however shows that there are
possibilities here for those who work TO
make an orchard successful
| The county agent was glad to see the
interest OF the business organizations OF
Bradford and Randolph in the Greater
Vermont association meeting at Montpel
| Ter this past week. The attendance from
I these two places shows what organization
will do.
Tuesday evening, July II. was the reg
ular meeting of the Union Village Farm
ers' club An attendance OF 80 shows
that this club is not tagging in interest
even during hot weather and having, Mr..
Saunders gave short talk on better ag
riculture and the work of the crop re-
porting service, and the county agent on
diversified agriculture and potatoes.
Saturday evening meeting was held
at Braintree. Sixteen We're present, in
spite OF ii being a good hay day and
hot. 1t is hoped that club meeting
regularly will be started here before fall
The discussion was on the hay crop,
Friday and Saturday there was held
in Burlington in conjunction with the !
summer school, a conference on rural
problems. Dr. A. F. Canoe of the Mas |
sachusetts Agricultural SCHOOL gave a /
good talk on the rural or
ganization problem. Some OF the points
he brought out seem worth bringing TO
the attention of the people at large.
THE time has come" he stated, that
the agricultural colleges and other sim
liar forces can do little more for the
people of the country until they are
ready to help themselves. In order to
do this to best advantage, organization
is necessary. The small farm is our
most efficient producing unit, but falls
down when it comes to buying and sell
ing and this is what makes the larger
farm often more profitable. Buying at
retail and selling at wholesale is not
good business No real improvement in
agriculture can take place without or
yanization. To standardize breeds OF cat
lie or varieties of grain in a community
'equires organization. Organization and
he greater opportunity to meet other
men is going to make the farmer bet
er marketer, because of his greater ia
with people and how to talk
With them through such organization. A |
cal cooperative organization requires
hat it be Democratic-that is one vote 4
or each man and not according to his /
money, and that each member has an
Individual responsibility according TO the
mount Of business done by each member
nd not according to the number OF
hares owned. To secure these things,
he need is workers who are willing 20
e as leaders and at first do more THAI
heir share to get things started.
The county agent j. going to continue
alking organization TO the people Of thia
ountv. farmers and business people and
n others interested in building up their
immunity. until il Is properly organ
ed and the organizations are working.
re YOU going to help him in this
Nv schedule for the coming two weeks
based largely ~ the summer seeding
the alfalfa demonstration plots The
resent schedule. subject 10 weather con-
tons and the plans q the demonstrs- :