The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-09-18
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for Week Ending Sept. IS.

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West Fairee Center Is the latest add
ton to the family of farmers clubs ii
Orange county. This club was organized
Wednesday evening in the West Fairlet
Center church with Is members and the
| following officers; President, Sheldon
Miller; vice president, J. Waldo Mum
secretary. Mrs Gladys Hatch; treasurer
Fred Cook. The meetings are TO be held
the second Wednesday Of each month
| West BradfoIl had their first annual
meeting Thursday evening, with an at
| tendance of over so, or twice the number
when organizing. A Red Cross sale and
box supper added nearly $22 to the treas
ury of this organization and created a
good time for those present. The officers
for the following year are: President,
David Cunningham; vice president, Frank
DeGoosh; secretary, George Eaton;
treasurer, Il. NJ Welton.
/ West Newbury held its first meeting
since organization Friday night. Silage
cutting and threshing interfered some
with the attendance but 40 is a good
start This makes four clubs in the Con-
necticut valley, each about the same dis
tance back from the river, Union Village,
West Fairlee Center, West Bradford and
West Newbury. Who viii want the next
club?
Williamstown Farmers club held pic
mic Saturday in the maple grove owned
by w. NJ. Seaver. Here again work in
terfered with the number. but the 80
present enjoyed the day, the dinner and
the good old sport of pitching quoits as
well as the farm discussions
The possibility of having woman
county agent in this county in the i'm
mediate future looks bright after the
canvass made by the county agent of
about IA communities in the county.
Miss Holden, an extension worker in this
subject, gave talks to the West Brad
ford and West Newbury Farmers clubs
and saw several interested community
leaders This addition TO the farm bu
reau staff will be due to the emergency
fund passed by Congress in the food bill
for this work Her primary purpose will
be conservation of food, but the result
will mean an increased interest among
the women in the study of their home
business as the men are now their farm
business More details will be given lat
er.
w. ]. Tubbs, In charge of the farm |
demonstration work, spent /
the first three days of the week in this |
county returning farm survey records. /
He also gave talks on the results OF this !
survey at Peth and Randolph Center |
and Tuesday evenings.
Twenty-six soy bean fields have been ,
visited this week The frost injured sew
eral. but Is of these are successful even
in this year of late spring and early fall /
A future circular letter will give full de-
tails.
The Importance of seed selection was
last week The frost has
made the subject doubly important, as il
has materially decreased the number who
could save seed corn. hope that all
who have corn ripe enough to save seed
will feel il a community duty to save all
seed corn possible in order that a supply
" local seed win be available next
,pring. Selection from the field gives the
pest results The same is true of beans.
Pull those best yielding hills separately
md save some for seed alone. Hill Sc
ection Of potatoes means raising more
bushels per acre next year without extra
'ost except in saving the seed. Proper
eed selection is ose Of the best paying
Of time farmer can indulge
n.
Plans for the coming week take me 20 !
Mon Village Tuesday. Nershire Wednes-
Law and STAFFORD Thursday.
Summary for week ending Sept. Is.