Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-02-15
MAKE II TWIN ASSOCIATION
Contrasting Body Decides
against Splitting Up.
O6scers and Directors Electeb-COunty
bureau Association Arranges for
Demonstrations and Will Act
on stock Improvement.

Members of the first Chittenden County
Cow Testing association decided, at a
meeting Saturday, to continue as double
organization with some 43 members,
rather than split UP into two bodies with
90 odd apiece. 1t was determined to have
one president, but two secretary-treas-
urers, one for the north and another Tor
the south of the territory covered.
The north includes Essex. Colchester
and Milton; the south, South Burlington.
Williston and Jericho. A nominating
committee, consisting of Rhett Fletcher
Of Colchester, Frank Talcott of Willston
and John Schillhammer of Jericho. rec
commended the following officers. who
were accepted For president. f. X.
Catlin Of South Burlington; rice-presi'
dent, Ray Collins of Colchester; secre-
tary-treasurers, A. l.. johnson for the
south, c. A. Wright of Milton for the
north; directors, T.. f. Cove of South
Burlington, A. Fl. Packard OF Jericho,
Rhett Fletcher of Colchester. f NJ. Whit
comb of Essex and Isaac Howard of
Milton.
The meeting did not get together until
after eleven o'clock. and proceeded at once
TO the reorganization. In the afternoon
Prof G. r. L. Story talked or the adj
vantages of COW testing associations, and
State Cow-Tester r. III. Moran showed
chart in which the consequences
achieved by testing were displayed. The
county association stood below the aver
age in butter fat. he said, above 1t in
milk and "a below the average in yearly
profit per COW. Mr.. Moran described how
one herd. that of Elmer Wright of Middle
bury. had been improved in value from
$685. a COW a year, to $3.50.
County Agent j. w. Dana talked about
the value of pure-bred bulls of merit, with
emphasis on the merit. He outlined
plan to follow for the purpose OF obtain
ing good stock, which is this: A breeder.
on recommendation of the agent puts two
blue-blood bulls in the care of dairy
man, who pays for one Of them at the
end Of the year by proper maintenance or
the two for the period. and returns the
other one. A calf or hefer must be reg
tstered within two years after birth.
BUREAU ASSOCIATION MEETS.
The executive committee Of the Chitten-
den County Bureau association had a
meeting Saturday, with all members pres
ent, at which it was decided to ask the
United States department of agriculture
for the use of the federal building as n
meeting-place. The committee also APP
pointed a finance committee to work out a
budget for 1917: w. S. Brown of Under
hill and +. Wright Fay of Jericho.
The project work of the coming season
was discussed. The association will con-
tinue last years 90 alfalfa demonstration
plots and start 10 new ones dt will put in
summer seed only, with no spring seed
ings); it will have five soy bean plots,
all new: it will plant 10 varieties of corn,
all local varieties; it will put on in March
10 to Is oat smut demonstrations: there
will be six orchard demonstrations, in
GLIDING pruning, spraying. packing and
grading Of fruit; five top-dressing grass
demonstrations with chemicals: three po-
tato seed demonstrations: five demonstra-
tions of field beans of different varieties.
keeping an accurate record of cost or
growing and yield per acre: three cover
crop and four lime demonstrations. They
will also do what they can toward carry
ing out Mr.. Dana's suggestions regarding
stock improvement at the cow-test asso-
cations meeting.
E. Wright Fay was appointed chairman
of the membership committee and F.. b
Howe chairman of a subscription commit
tee