The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-04-30
VERMONT FARMERS, ATTENTION
Recommendation Made at Recent Coun-
ty Agent Conference in Burlington.


1. Production for Home Consumption.
At this crisis it should be the first aim
of every family to produce plentiful
supply of vegetables, meat, fruit, etc, SO
as to make the FAMILY as near selt-sus'
tanning as possible throughout the year
This may be brought about by means
of public meetings, personal visits, circu-
lar letters, newspaper publicity, etc. The
county agents knowledge of each com
munity and its people should be of great
aid in determining the best method of
procedure for that community. Every
body should be ready TO assist in locating
seed and fertilizer. As a guide in this
work the committee offers the following
suggestions:
(a) Garden Products: !. Adopt the slo-
gan, "a garden for every family" z.
Urge women and children in the home to
assist in the planting and care of gardens
so as to free the men for other work.
5. Urge the growth of surplus vegetables
for canning and storing for winter needs.
A. Make efforts to have boards OF trade
or individuals provide land for those who
have no garden plots. 5. Urge that each
garden be carefully planned and that it
include the following vegetables In SUIT
able amounts: lettuce, radishes, peas,
carrots, parsnips potatoes, onions, string
and shell beans, cucumbers, pumpkins,
summer and winter squashes, tomatoes,
sweet corn. cabbage, turnips, etc.
| tb) Field Crops for Home Consump-
! ton: |. Corn. Urge an abundance OF
sweet corn for summer use and Tor can
ming and drying, as well as a supply OF
yellow corn that may be utilized for
| food in the form of hulled corn, hominy
and corn meal q Field beans. Urge
every family with available land to plant
enough beans for their own use. We
suggest that bean seed be carried by
agents and sold to farmers in back towns
at cost. In communities where field
beans have not been grown, information
on the growing of the crop should be
made available. 3. Potatoes. Each fam
lily with available land should raise its
own supply of potatoes. 4. Wheat. En-
courage the growth of spring wheat Tor
home use where advisable.
(c) Meats: l. Pork Cooperate in the
organization of boys and girls pig clubs.
Encourage breeding Of more cows than
ever before. Furnish detailed informa-
ton on the utilization of pasture and
forage crops for the economical produc-
ton of pork; and supply information
concerning the preservation OF meats.
p. Poultry and poultry products. En-
courage the Matching OF chickens as late
as June Is Encourage better feeding
and care through cooperation with the
extension service Encourage boys and
girls work along this line. 8. Beef. Urge
every farmer to raise at least two beel
animals annually for home consumption.
Revive the old custom OF neighbors Kill
ing beef at different times and exchang-
ing meat. Save the heifer calves.
tdl Fruit: Urge the gathering and util-
ization of all wild and cultivated berries
suitable for food. Urge the saving OF
windfall and Gull apples by evaporation
and canning.
Urge each family, either in village or
country, to adopt every possible means
to make it self-sustaining in the matter
of food supply.
2. Production for Market.
ta) Produce Perishable Products for
Home Markets: /. Where canning fac
tories are availab bic. 2. Where there is a
local demand.
(b) Potatoes: Efficiency in handling |
the crop is more important than large |
increase OF acreage.
(cl Beans: Where conditions are ia |
vorable, farmers who have experience |
should raise all the beans possible for
market.
Id Spring Wheat: Should be grown
where the practice seems justified
te) Pork: Raise all the pork possible
for home consumption and sell the sur
plus in the markets.
IN Dairy Products and Beef: l. En-
courage increased milk production as fol-
lows: (See outline in Dairy Proleetl.
g Turn improbable cows into beef Tor
home consumption and market surplus.
3. Production for Feeding Purposes.
tal Encourage an increased acreage of
soy beans and corn silage. Advise the
use of the Medium Green soy beans at
any reasonable price for seed; or, If the
Medium Green seed is not available, use
Roosevelt. Mongol, etc. (See Vermont
experiment station bulletin 204, free for
the asking. Address Experiment Station,
Burlington, VT
(b Recommend the breaking up OF
thin meadow lands to be sown to oats
and peas as a hay, grain or silage crop.
lei Encourage the growth of wheat, in
Guiding wheat and buckwheat, for poul-
try
td) Advise an increased acreage of bar
lev, oats. buckwheat, India wheat and
corn for grain for the stock. Especial
emphasis should be placed on the advis-
ability of raising as much grain as pos
sible. Publicity should be given to the
food values of the different
grains, their probable acre yields, and the
cost of growing them.
tel Advise the growth of Dwarf Es-
sex rape for hog pasture.
~ Where silage is not available for
the summer feeding of dairy cows, out
line a system Of summer soiling which
shall include as many legumes as pos
.ible (peas and oats, soy beansl.
(g) Recommend strongly the inoculs-
lion Of legumes. the testing OF and Sc
ection of all seeds as a means of obtain
ng large yields, especially in view of the
decided shortage Of labor
!. Control OF Plant Disease and Insect
Pests.
In view OF the vital need for maximum