The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-12
Government Specialist and
County Agent Have
Conference
NEW COW TESTING
OFFICIAL ENGAGED
Plans Under Way for Creamery Field
Meeting in Wilmington with Commits
sioner Brigham as Speaker - Monthly
News Letter Notes,

sloneI Bingham as speaker - Monthly
News Letter Notes.
The Monthly News Letter of the
Wndham county farm bureau, lust is
sued by County Agricultural Agent Ar
thur w. Sweeton, contains many newsv
and interesting items. Among them the
following.
Plans are being made for canning
demonstrations to be held in any COM
munlty where a few women will get to-
gether, during the afternoon or even
ing. 1t is quite study to know how
to can the various products successfully,
and every woman should be interested
in the latest developments and best
methods. Many times little hints, Sc
cured at these gatherings, will save a
great deal of work and many dollars
later on.
| The Vermont agricultural extension
service has several canning demonstra-
tors at work and their services NAV be
lsecured through the school superin-
| ItendentS or the county agent Are
there not several women in our COM
immunity who would find a canning
demonstration helpful. Talk it over
with them and make arrangements for
Ione. If it doesn t help You, it may help
lsomeone else.
With wool at 60 cents per pound and
lamb and mutton at corresponding fig
ures, there seems to be an increase OF
interest in sheep raising. Recently ID.
tC. DAVIS, sheep specialist of the t. S
department of agriculture. spent day
IN the county, gong over the sheep
situation with several of those who
have tiocks In some of the New Eng
land states large number of ewes are
being shipped in from the western
ranges. These have been purchased in
small lots by farmers who desire to car
~ flocks Of > or 80 ewes along with
dairy or some other line If these can
De purchased at fair price, ii seems
as though small number of them might
be kept to advantage on many of our
farms. They will utilize coarse, rough
age and will keep the pastures free from
, weeds and bushes, and if well cared for
should net a profit to the owner We
shall be glad to confer with any one
who is interested in the development
of the sheep industry in Windham
lcOunty.
Don't neglect to spray the potatoes
There Is nothing better for this purpose
} than home made Bordeaux with arse
t nate of lead added for the bugs.
e IT your soil is lacking humHs as most
II soils are why not sow rape in the corn
:. at the time of the last cultivation
d This can be plowed under late in the
e fall and will give a large amount OF
d humus at a very small cost. Keeping
the soil full of humus is one OF the Sc
crets of good crops.
If you have flock of sheep and no
Irutabagas growing. SOW some fiat tur
d lnips. The seed is inexpensive and car
be s0wn broadcast as late as the middl,
of July. With a few of these roots vol
te can bring your sheep through the win
IS ter i'll much better condition than coul,
s. possibly be done otherwise
ne Keep away from the beans when the
80 are wet, and don try to spray then
C. for rust or anthraenose, as this praetie
IL has not proven profitable. Keep sharl
'e' lookout for the deer, as they may ruiz
Us a field of beans in short time.
se V. r. Jones, creamery specialist, o
y the Vermont department of agriculture
III visited the county on June - to get aC
II iquainted with some of the creamery OF
lie ficials. Mr. Jones takes the place o
io &C.. W. Fryhofer, recently resigned
es H. J. Wilder, soil specialist, of tn
a. L. 5. department of agriculture, spen
ID June in Windham county, conferrin
;. on the soil Improvement work which
l being undertaken.
' The United States department of a,
.el riculture is attempting to develop
'e, strain of red kidney beans which will b
III. immune to the rust or anthracnos
which causes great damage to the bea
s. Icrop, especially in wet seasons. Tw
W lots of this seed have been received b
q" 1.-THE county agent. These are bein
~ ~ grown by w. H. Hescock, West Brattl
boro, and Smith Brothers of Brooklin
n; 1t is hoped that these may prove su
cessful and that the seed may be save
,s+ and made available to other farme
Of next season.
ter The farm help situation has improv,
old considerably. Some 30 applications
&c help have been received and thus f
cal 10 of these have been supplied wi
nm. young men, most of whom will work f
red the summer. Some have had good e
lar perience and others only limit
amount. A few of these young M
were found within the county, but mo
of them came from Amherst and Ath
Mass. 1t has taken some time to fl
and locate these men, but it has be
well worth while and there are sever