The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-03-06
County Agent Gives Pro-
gram in Current Issue of
News Letter
MAKES SEVERAL
SUGGESTIONS ALSO
Duties of Town Directors Outlined =
Scope of Work in Hands of Standing
Committees Is Summarized Under va
rious Heads.

Committees Is Summarized Under va
rious Heads.
A. w. Sweeton, county agricultural
| agent, in the Monthly News Letter
just issued, outlines the program of
work OF the Windham county farm bu-
reau committees for 1917, states the dur
ties of the town directors and makes
some suggestions for the coming year
In conference with the farm bureau
committees, as given below, the follow
ing program of work has been planned
! for 1917:
Dairying committee, A. A. Dunklee,
South Vernor.-(a) To reduce grain
bills by growth Of more home grown
protein feeds. Glover, soy beans, al
falfa, Canadian peas.) Demonstration
plots, field meetings, illustrated lee
lures, etc. (b) To aid in securing high
est possible returns for products b.
cooperation with ereamctics III holding
conference, field meetings, securing in
formation, etc. BY cooperation with
local members of the New England
Milk Producers association.
Fruit growing. Committee, o. w
AmidOn, Grove To encourage more
and better orcharding and marketing
by pruning, spraying and grating dem
onstrations. Also by field meetings or
inspection tours.
Home economics. Committee, Mrs.
Forrest b. Boyd, Wilmington-To aid
in securing better living at less cost.
Demonstrations in canning vegetables,
fruits and meats. Demonstrations and
lectures bearing on care, utilization
and value of skim and whole milk used
at home. Demonstrations in practical
dressmaking. Depends on assistance
given by Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice.)
BOYS and girls Committee, George
B. Whitney, Townshend.-To interest
Z boys and girls and teach them practica
lessons. Cooperation with clubs al
ready organized. Organizing of Wind
ham County Pig club, i'll cooperation
. with Vermont National bank of Brat
tleboro.
I Emergency work.-Any unforeseen
y work which is of sufficient Importance
such rs grasshoppcr control, etc
The duties Of the town directors ar,
as follows:
n To represent his community in thu
: bureau. TO see that it gets its shar,
. OF winter meetings, and ut least on
q summer field demonstration meeting
4 Few definite cooperative field dem
onstrations to find out the best loca
5 farm practices. The desired conmun
X itv and individual assistance in solvin!
> local problems
= To represent the bureau in the com
: munity. BY informing his neighbor
: of its organization, purposes and work
? BY seeking and securing local supper
through membership and definite &C
operation. BY arranging the detail
and advertising local meetings, den
onstrGtions, etc.
To meet in sectional and count
: wide meetings To discuss and detcl
mine upon local problems. To recon
:, mend county agricultural improvement
% progress.
Responsibilities - Should see tbs
: purposes and work of bureau are nnde
stood and applied locally. Failure of
committeeman to do this results in los
!. to his community.
Privileges.-Town director IS tn
recognized leader of the farm bureau
q agricultural educational work in h
, community. He is brought into fir
quent contact with the county Age,
and members Of the college extensiC
* stag. BY helping others, he helps hil
self in information inspiration and ge
cral development.
The following suggestions for 10
are made:
Be careful and do not let the hil
III prices tempt YOU to cell your seed y
Us tatoes. 1t is difficult to forecast q
US curatelv, but we are verv likely to s.
d. HIGH nrices for all food etuffs next Fl
and winter. The worlds food sup,,
&c is depleted to an unheard of extpr
" and one season of immense crops wou
. not bring it back to normal. The
20 won I be a large crop &C nototoos
~ this county, however. Mar- did n
~ ~ have enough Cor seed. nrd othors. "
nv did, have sold them n"d. WHOM n'an4i-
Is time comes the srarcitv aud hirh mi
:; of seed will emf tho arroa~n VI
NO materially. The man who his sod
4 who can afford TO raw $40 IN ncrn {
m. seed. should be able r. so'l his rro
an uct for a good price next fall and wi
"a ter.
IS. If you plant oats for grain. dow y u
.er common seed. Get a strain OF oats tn
in come from heavy yielding parents
no strain of oats from the Ontario cole
i'd. yielded 50 bushels last year in {
ed northern part of the state. II is 7
IN likely that they would give as LARGE
ed yield in Windham county, but tn
me would be far ahead of MANY of the
on, grown at present, The slight incres
lis in cost of strain of oats like this
very small, rs comuared with the gs
lot for the increased yield.
INT If you are running dairy farm,
Ike sure and raise at least three legun
llv fnr Tho oovq this season Lot II ha {