Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-03
PRODUCE FOR HOME USE
County Agents Report Urges
Each Family to Raise Own Food.
Production for Market and for reedins
Purposes Other Captions OF Rec.
concentrations Issued in Full
To-day.

county agents conference held here lar
ly. Besides the three sections here in.
cluded in full, the conference report con-
tains three other sections on contro, nj
plant diseases and insect pests: efficiency
Notwithstanding. use of commercial
fertilizers. tillage, use Of machinery and
labor; and the proper storage and nres.
ervation of products The recommends
lions were released for general nub,ica !
ton to-day
I. PRODUCTION FOR HOME CON.
SUMPTION.
At this crisis It should be the first ain,
of every family to produce a plentiful
supply Of vegetables. meat, fruit. etc.
so as to make the family as near self.
sustaining as possible throughout the
year.
GAY. Garden products.
/. Adopt the slogan--"A garden for
every family"
2. 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.
3 Urge the growth Of surplus vegetables
for canning and storing for winter needs.
4. Make efforts to have boards Of trade
or individuals provide land for those who
have no garden plots.
B. Urge that each garden be carefully
planned and that it include the Following
vegetables in suitable amounts-lettuoe.
radishes, peas. carrots, parsnips, potatoes.
onions, string and shell beans, cucumbers.
pumpkins. summer and winter su,iashes.
tomatoes, sweet corn, cabbage, turnips,
etc.
OBJ. Field crops for home consumption.
l. Corn. Urge an abundance of sweet
corn for summer use and for canning and
drying. as we'll as 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.
g. Potatoes. Each family with avail
able land should raise its own supply of
potatoes.
T. Wheat. Encourage the growth of
spring wheat for home use where advis-
able
&C.. Meats.
]. Pork. Cooperate in the organization
OF boys and girls pug clubs. Encourage
breeding Of more sows than ever before.
Furnish detailed information on the util-
ization of pasture and forage crops for
the economical production of pork; and
supply information concerning the pres
ervation Of meats.
2 Poultry and poultry products. En-
courage the Matching Of chickens as late
as June 1h Encourage better feeding and
care through cooperation with the ex-
tension service. Encourage boys and
girls work along this line.
3 Beef. Urge every farmer to raise at
least two beef animals annually for home
consumption. Revive the old custom Of
neighbors killing beef at different times
and exchanging meat. Save the heifer
calves
CD. Fruit
Urge the gathering and utilization of all
wild and cultivated berries suitable for
food. Urge the saving Of windfaM and
Gull apples by evaporation and canning
Urge each family, either in village or
country to adopt every possible means to
make 1t seif-sustaining in the matter Of
food supply.
II. PRODUCTION FOR MARKET.
a.. Produce perishabie products for
home markets
1. Where canning factories are avail
able.
2. Where there is a local demand.
OBJ. Potatoes. Efficiency in handling
the crop is more important than a large
increase Of acreage.
&C.. Beans. Where conditions are fav-
orabae, farmers who have experience
should raise all the beans possible for
market.
CD. Spring wheat Should be grown
where the practice seems justified.
E). Pork. Raise all the pork possible
for home consumption and sell the sur
plus In the markets.
CD. Dairy products and beef
!. Encourage increased milk production
as follows. (See outline in dairy project
2. Turn Improbable COWS into beef
for home consumption and market sur
plus.
III. PRODUCTION FOR FEEDING
PURPOSES
(A). 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. II the me-
dunn green seed is not available, use
ISOObcNctl, GU. toce
Experiment Station bulletin oO4. free for
the asking. Address Experiment Station.
Burlington, VIZ.
OBJ. Recommend the breaking up of
thin meadow lands to be sown to oats
and peas as a hay, grain or silage crop.
&C.. Encourage the growth Of wheat.
including wheat and buckwheat, for poul-
try.
D). Advise an increased acreage Of
barley, 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 tho
food values Of the different
grains, their probable acre yields. and the
cost Of growing them.
I'm. Advise the growth Of dwarf Essex
rape for hog pasture
Fo. Where silage is not available for
the summer feeding Of dairy cows, outline
a system OF summer soiling which shall
include as many iegumes as possible (peas
and oats. soybeans).
fG). Recommend strongly the inocula-
ton of legumes the testing Of and selec-
ton of all seeds as means of obtaining
la rye Yields. especially in view of the de-
cided shortage of labor.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
List OF unclaimed letters In the Bur-
lington postoffice for the week ending
April q. 1917;
WOMENs LIST
Miss Elsie NJ. Andrews, Mrs. B. ]. Clark,
Mrs I. Chipchase. Mrs. r. L. Howe, Miss
Anna Iesiere. Miss Ruth e. Mehan. Mrs
T. 7 MAYO. Mrs. Tom Quinn. Mrs. VIM. f.