The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-14
State Expert Attempts Con-
troll on Big Scale i'm
East Putney
SERIES OF CANNING
MEETINGS ARRANGED
New Creamery Specialist Spends Two
Days with County Agent Visiting
Creameries - Other Windham Coun-
ty Farm Bureau News of Interest.

scale in an effort to control the grass
hopper pest was begun this morning ON
the Putney meadows in East Putney.
where the grasshoppers have appeared in
large numbers and have done some dam
age in the past few days.
The work is in charge of +. NJ. Root
OF the Vermont Agricultural Extension
service and is being done pursuant to Act
- OF the Acts OF 1917, which appropri.
ated $1,000 for demonstration work in the
control of this pest Mr.. Root arrived
In East Putney last night and began work
carly tins morning. He will remain un-
I'll the demonstration is completed, which
will take probably two weeks, depending
on the weather. The Windham County
Farm bureau is cooperating
The intestation is in the farms of c. n.
| LOOMS, Il. G.. Loomis and c. III Greene.
which are adjoining and comprise approx
imateiy 300 acries, of which about two
thirds Is infested. The owners have
agreed to cooperate and treat their fields
as many times as is necessary, and the
lextension service is furnishing a part of
the materials, Mr.. Root overseeing the
work
Tins Is the first attempt In Vermont
i to demonstrate that large area can be
freed OF the grasshopper pest il the work
Is done Systematically and thoroughly
and there is much interest in the out
come
Grasshoppers appeared on these farms
tive years ago IN small numbers Meas
ures employed to fight them kept them
IN check somewhat, but the measures
were not applied To the entire farms and
they kept cropping up In different places
and increasing from year to year For
the past two years the oat crops on the
farms have not been harvested. the heads
having been eaten by the grasshoppers
Next week, beginning Monday after
|. noon, the Nndham County Farm bureau
will conduct a series of canning demon
STATIONS. Miss Mildred Dutton OF the
, Vermont Agricultural Extension service
VIII discuss canning and drying fruit and
vegetables and will put up several pro-
ducts during each meeting. The meet
ngs will be public and everybody is in
vited. Following is the schedule:
: Monday at p. m, at w H. Hescoek' 5
in the Dummerston hill district, Mrs w
II. Heseoek in charge.
n Tuesday at p. IN. in the schoolhouse in
j district No. l ON Putney road, Airs.
d George E. Thomas in charge.
h "Wednesday at p. m, at the Farmers
I, lclub in East jamaica G.. III. Glea-
II lson in charge.
, Thursday, open date.
Ii Friday at p. IN. at the Fitch school
$ thouse in the Higley hill district in vii
e mington, Mrs. Flint NJ Bssell in charge
s For the past two days County Agrieul
r tural Agent 4. w Sweeton has been In.
l. PRODUCING V. Il. Jones, creamery special
= list in the employ of the United States
e department of Agriculture and Commits
e sioner +. ;. Brigham of St. Albans to the
&c butter makers and creamery officials. Mr.
e Jones succeeds C. w Fryhofer, resigned
k, and works with cooperative creameries
a, which desire his help in bringing the
D. creamery methods up to the highest state
of effcnecy and in improving the quail
r, ity of the butter In this trip Mr.. Jone.
y visited the Deert cid Valley creamery il
al Wilmington, the North River creamer,
ID in Jacksonville, the Windham Count,
r creamery in Newfane, the Wardsbor,
L. creamery in Wardsboro and the Guilfore
id creamery in Guilford. Several of thes.
creameres have signed an agreement I,
cooperate in this work and Nh Jone
will visit them frequently Mr.. Fryhofe
has taken a position with the New YoIl
Butter and Egg exchange as butter in
II specter.
The Windham County Farm bureau i
receiving daily a good number of appli
III cations from men who wish to work ol
L farms. Most of these are from men win
II are now working in cities but who hav
" had some farm exnerienee Naari, oil =
Ie, them would be Glad to work ,brongh ba,
TO vesting and a few of them would hike
III position for the whole year. The farr
u bureau is referring these applications I
lg farmers who have reported that they wer
in need of help. Any others who nee
ne help are asked to get in touch with tn
cd farm bureau
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