Norwich bulletin., 1916-04-12
COUNTY AGENT WARMERS
PROGRAMME FOR WEEP
Expects to Organize a Canning and
Sewing Club at Mantle Wednesday.


This week County Agent F. c. II
Warner is working with State Leader
A j. Brundage and Miss NJ. T. II
Sprague, the assistant state leader in II
an effort to organize sewing and can
ming clubs. Wednesday afternoon he
viii be at the school in Mantle where II
an effort will be made to organize 4 II
sewing and canning club and on
Thursday and Friday he will be in Il
New London where it is hoped to org Il
aniZe an achievement club. Thursday |
evening County Agent Warner will lie |
at Long Society club house where a |
sewing and canning club has been or
ganized with score of members.
Monday evening the county agent !
spoke before the Mansfield Grange at
Storrs on Experiences of a County
Agent.
County Agent Warner on Tuesday
issued letter to the members Of the |
New London County league urging the !
necessity of spraying apple trees. as a |
preventive measure against the !
ravages of insects who will soon make |
their appearance on the trees
For apples, two general sprayings
are advised and may be followed by a |
third If necessary. The first treat
ment is for the control of San Jose
Scale, Oyster Shell Scale. and the
like and is made by thoroughly satur-
ating the tree with a solution of one
gallon commercial lime-Sulphur in
gallons of water. This should be ap-
piled now as soon as possible and
should not be attempted after the
leaf buds open as the spray will burn
| the tender leaves and damage the
tree. Sometimes this spraying II
| done just as late as is wise 10 ATTEMPT
| It will kill the first crop of tent cat
| erplllarS but it is not we'll to delay
| the spraying on this account The
! best way to get the tent caterpillar is
| to spray as soon as the leaves appear
| with lead arsenate pounds, to so gall
/ Ions of water.
The second treatment is for the con-
| troll of cOdling moth and fungous
| troubles such as scab. sooty blotch
| fruit specks. rots. etc, and is made
| just as the petals fall from the bios
! SONS by spraying with a solution Of
bordeaux and arsenate of lead. II
YOU have much spraying to do it will
pay you to make your own Bordeaux
from I pound copper sulphate and 4
pounds lime to 80 gallons water. Dis
/ solve the copper sulphate in a coarse
| bag suspended in cold water. Stake
| the lime separately. Dilute each to
about 90 gallons. Strain the lime in
to the spray barrel. then add the cop
per sulphate and fill with water to
make fifty gallons. Now dissolve 3
pounds paste lead arsenate Cor l 1-2
pounds of the powder fOrm). and the
spray viii he ready to apply. If only
a small orchard is to he SPRAYED buy
some brand of ready mixed Bordeaux
and apply at the same rate as above
If the fungous troubles are bad it may
be veil to repeat the second spraying
in three or four weeks.
The latest bulletin of information
issued by the New London County
Farm bureau, the Connecticut AEri-
. cultural college and the United States
, Department of Agriculture cooper
, atirE. has Just made its appearance
Speaking of the farm league the Bull
| letin SAYS.
When the average farmer in New
: London county cannot raise money at
. n bank on property that is valuable.
when he cannot raise crops which will
return him a profit when he cannot
sell his crops. his milk, his hogs. at n
price which Will pay the cost and allow
him : profit on his labor and manage
ment. there is work TO do. The New
London County Farm Bureau was or
GaniZcd To meet this need. Its pur-
nose is To develop the agricultural re-
! sourSCs of the county, to help make
farming more profitable life on the
farm more enjoyable, and the rural
! communities better places in which to
! live. Because Of the interdependence
Of the country, town and city. this will
! necessarily develop other industries
and improve conditions in the cities.
The annual report of the County
, Abent covering the second years work
shows that business analysis of sew
enty farms was made i'm an effort to
aid the farmer in managing his bus
, mess TO greater profits. Several Boys
and Girls Agricultural clubs were car
ried on during the summer the chill
dren being taught to raise and care for
garden crops. to store away for the
= winter such products by canning them
: to care for poultry and calves. and "a
. help clothe themselves by learning tC
: sew. New London County Boys and
/, | Girls captured several state prizes
for the best work in these lines.
Nineteen carloads of fertilizer and
| lime were secured at a considerable
n saving through cooperative exchanges
RI organized by the county agent. and
n during the summer the county agcn
n secured canning deonstrations TO
= seventeen communities. Exhibits
: were made at five fairs and corr
t growers got together At special corr
n fair which brought out some of tn
best corn in the state.
\ farmers exchange was maintained
a and the culture for inOculating alfal
l. ia seed, bulletins. dairy record sheet
and information of all kinds was Sc
y cured for those requesting the same
Six hundred and twenty-one farmer
were visited on their farms 1047 per
sonal letters and 5000 circular letter
were sent out from the offie, 26
d | people called at the office for informa
ton and the county agent was reache
by phone 399 times. One hundre
and one meetings. with an attendant
ell of 1900 people. were addressed by tn
III agent
= The county agent is not expected I
re know everything, off-hand, but he ca
to secure any information needed fror
the State College, the State Expert
l. mental Station, or the United State
/ Department of Agriculture. He teach
is es men how to produce better crops b
1T using better seed, by pruning an
spraying, by keeping records, how {
ul keep uD the fertility of the soil
Up fertilization, cultivation and crop ro
IL tation and how to market. by stand
to ardizirg grading and selling cooneI
20 atively and in addition he teaches tn
Do principals of cooperation-coopera
p Of farmer with farmer, neighbor wit
H. neighbor and of farmer with bushes
ne man.
to The man of the future must ha,
social vision, must realize that he