The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-06
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for Week Ending March 3.

The bureau of markets, with head
quarters at Boston, is issuing daily
summary of market conditions in beef
and other livestock products which will
be sent free TO anyone interested in re-
ceiving it. The county agent will be
glad to secure the same for anyone who
SO wishes, upon application to him.
The extension school at Orange begins
| Wednesday, March 7, and runs to Sat
urday afternoon. The program includes
the regular list of farm topics and for
the ladies talks and demonstrations on
foods, dressmaking and home manage
ment. The instructors in agriculture are
Thomas Bradlee, director of the extern
sion service; Prof. G. F, 4. Story of the
animal husbandry department, u V. NJ;
H. A. d. Leggitt, professor of poultry
husbandry. L. V. NJ; f. l.. Ingalls,, in
charge of boys and girls club work in
Vermont; and the county agent The
home economics will be in charge of Mrs.
A. G. Dimock and Miss Bessie NJ. Thayer
of the extension service.
The county agent spent the last three
days of the past week in Boston attend
ing a convention of the extension work
ers of the eastern states and the New
England Federation for Rural Progress.
Outside of some very interesting meet
ings, the county agent with Others took
trip with Mr.. Tolstrup, market as
sistant under Commissioner of Agricul-
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markets. As many OF the facts brought
out on this trip are worthy Of considera-
ton by all who have any marketing to
do, the following account is given.
The first firm visited was large but
ter commission firm. He showed us some
butter coming from two Vermont cream
cries, one bringing several cents above
the other because of better and more
uniform quality A few tubs from a
New York dairyman had been there for
months, because it was so poor quality
it would sell for cooking only. which
brings at present about 81 cents pound.
The commission man stated that Yer
mont butter, while good. was not i'm
proving as fast as western butter, which
could be shipped in at a cost of only
oHt-Hdh tthl ppuHu dDuNt u ilblt |
butter Dairy butter was almost out of |
the market now and was wanted because |
it usually brought lower price.
The second firm made a speciality OF |
eggs. He preferred Ohio eggs to the
Vermont product because the Ohio local
dealer graded before sending to market.
Ungraded eggs as rule brought three
cents dozen under graded eggs. All the |
Eggs are candled upon arrival, this firm
having l5 men working on this job alone.
II was interesting to watch the speed |
with which they worked and see the diff
ferences in the appearance of eggs. A
new process of sterilizing eggs in an oil
Dat tn promises to be a better method of
keeping than cold storage and he showed
is some eggs shipped from California
Drocessed in this way which would sell
ior but little below the regular quota
ions. Keener competition of this kind
s putting the poor ungraded products
,ut of the market.
Much of the fruit is now sold to deal
RS by big auction companies. We visit
ii such firm but, unfortunately, Sat
Irday was the only day of the week they
10 not auction. The man, however, had
more time to explain the methods, so the
fisit was not lost.
California and Florida citrus fruits
we're being unloaded from cars by =
he carload to be sold the next Monday.
These are all packed and graded and sold
m their merit. Sample boxes are opened
md a few unwrapped. Formerly poor
'oxes were repacked to look good, but
low this is given up and fair sample
5 shown. Vermont apples packed and
raded in the same way could be sold the
anne as western apples at big advan-
age, but now the dealers do not like TO
andle the eastern product because of
ack of uniformity and dishonest packs.
The hay market emphasizes the use
sssness of sending carloads Of wild or
DOR hay TO market at present. We saw
arload after carload of what would be
allied here fair hay which the commits
ion man said could not be sold at pres
Mt for more than Sll per ton. There
'as enough good hay to make it a drug
n the market, and, as the commission
"a, rauarkad 0ATl the sander 1.-ould