The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-04
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM
BUREAU ASSOCIATION.
Notes for Week Ending Sept. /.
Field Excursion.

The daily papers of last Saturday con.
tanned complete report of the field ex.
cursion on Friday so IL is unnecessary
to repeat any part of il here,
Watch Your Corn Crop.--One of the
main objects of the above field excur
sion was TO emphasize the Importance
of knowing all that we can about the
crop of corn that we are planning to
put into the silo this fall. We want TO
get all that we can out of the crop,
surely. Our demonstration fields this
year show that the corn crop in the
country, as a rule, is at the least, ten
days short of the maturity that ii had
last year at this time, Remember that
every day the corn grows from now on,
il is increasing in foo dvalue very rap.
idly, Last year through the efforts of
the bureau some over two hundred acres
of corn was known TO be allowed to
grow 10 better maturity, and these farm
ers viii tell you of the much better val
ne that they got from the corn than
where they had harvested il early, as
in previous years. We know that we
always stand in fear of killing frost,
but past experiments at the various sta.
tions in the country show that the loss
from this source is comparatively small
as against the policy of putting the corn
in the silo in too green state. 1t is |
worth while to take a chance with the
frost at least until the corn shows a bet.
ter state of maturity Next week some
of the figures from the cuttings from
the demonstration plots viii be pub
lished. They win tell you more about
how to determine the maturity of your
field, along the lines of the talk at
Waitsfeld,
Late Blight of the Potato.-A large
number of inquiries have come to the
office this week in regard TO the policy
of Immediately digging potatoes from
the fields that are infested with the
blight. Some information along this line
is important at this time In the first
place the rot Of the potatoes is not the
result of the disease going down the
stem as is popularity supposed. The POI
tatoes are infected from the spores that
are washed into the soil from the dis
aased tops. In fact any contact of the
potatoes with the diseased tops will in
,rease the number of potatoes that will
rot after they are dug.
1t has been demonstrated that the
spraying of the ground, even after the
blight has partly killed the tops, will
prevent large part of the rot For the
lbove reasons it is wise TO delay the dig
ring of infected fields until the tops are
ntirely dead and can be removed at the
ime of digging SO as not to allow them
o come in contact with the potatoes
hat are being dug. Then. if the pota,
oes are allowed to lie in the ground,
hey are isolated one from the other so
hat one diseased potato cannot infect
mother in the same hill while if they
re dug and put together in a sack, one
often potato will infect all that it
ONES in contact with. II the weather
ONES off very wet it is possible that
he damage from the spores washing into
he ground viii be greater than the loss
they were dug Immediately, how
yer, as general rule it will be the best
} allow potatoes to stay in the ground
Or ten days to two weeks at the least,
tier the tops have died
Local Meetings at the Corn Test Plots
i hope that all who can will take ad
,ntsge of the meetings at the corn test
OTIS for the next three weeks These
e so planned that they will not take
ore than an hour of your time at the -
The varieties will be
eghed up in the morning so that the
,ures will be ready for your inspec-
On at 80 p. m. You will see the
I'm az il is, with the ears and the gu
alks separated and the maturity and SCI
Iative values calculated. II viii be
formation that you cannot afford to Wis
without. 1t will be applicable to your the
al conditions. Following is the list
meetings for the next. two weeks. we
icy VIII be held regardless OF wealth Pa,
conditions, so come just the same if !
rains. Ell
Sept S, A. L. Haskell, ~ :
nth Woodbury.
Thursday, Sept 6, W. C. Joslyn, ne
aitsfield.
Friday, Sept. I, l. Fl. Buck, West Ber- wa
Monday, Sept. 10, C. H Collins, Marsh ing
d. mar
Tuesday, Sept. II, c. w Persons, 4
nth Barre. has
Wednesday Sept 10, S. W. Guptil, :,
Sept 10. C. W. Taylor, son
'rcester.
'riday, Sept. Il, o W Cotton, Dux- n
y. 7
ZACH place at 1880 p. m iup'
have moved qy residence to NJ
Elm street, Montpelier The tele- am
ne will be placed on the same line Wei
The office, 7l4-W. Call'any time. NJ
urinary for week. ending Sept. /, her
I: al ,
slls at headquarters, %. NJ
etters written, Is. Ma
arm visits made. 81. -,
visited. TO-
ommittee meetings, ..
Tendance, 20. r'u
ield excursion, l. Jam
tendance 500 Nj
Yours truly. hom
F. II. Abbott. Basf
County Agricultural Agent Mi