The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-31
Dates For Canning
In This Vicinity

to when vegetables and fruits grown
In Fairfield county are at their best
and most abundant in the market, az
a guide to the hundreds of house
wives who contemplate canning with
the view to providing an ample sup
ply Tor the coming winter, one OF the
most successful market gardeners Of
Westport offers the following as a
guide:
Asparagus. May rs to June 80.
Spinach, June 1 to June 80.
Beets, June 20 to July 20. ~,
Rhubarb, June 1 to July 1.
Peas. June 20 to July TO-
Beans, string, June 20 to July 10.
Beans, Lima, September.
Cauliflower, September to October.
Corn, Aug. Is. to Sept. rs.
Strawberries, June Is to July l.
Peaches, September.
Cabbages are picked in the fall.
whenever 1t is cool and the market
is full of hard heads
There is widely growing interest
in canning, and to meet this need the
Connecticut College of AgricuItur has
prepared a bulletin CRYING instruc-
lions in home canning and recipes, :
which will be distributed to those
wishing same. Write tc the Fairfield
X, nj.
if you wish a copy.
A representative of the Connecticut
College of Agriculture is now at q
meeting in New York city, the pur-
pose of which is to test many kinds Of
canning outfits, with the view of as
certaining the best makes to recon-
mend to prospective purchasers. Fol-
lowing this meeting the Farm Bureau
will be Informed of the result, and in
a position to give Information to those
interested szES Fx| Ttf
The Farm Bureau is also getting
prices on glass jars and definite lima
Of available stocks, and when deliv-
cries can be made; and is also look
ing up prices on canning outfits In
quiries by mail or in person will be
answered as fully as possible, and
further information be sent out as
received.
County Agent Wrifht spent q busy
week from May DIST TO 18th, cover
ing nearly all sections of the county,
and devoting considerable time to
giving his assistance to the distribu-
ton and planting of soy beans, the
crop which the farmers are looking
forward to as likely to be OF great
help in solving the feed question On
a number of farms the seed was
planted with the silage corn, the own
ers buying the, seed from the Farm
Bureau, which had pr ocureds rat5good
supply early inNa tn e. season. On some
farms seed furnished by the Expert
ment Station was planted with the
understanding that the crop will be
sold for seed. Tho soy beans thus
planted were furnished free.
The county agent also visited a
number of farms in answer to special
request. to give general advice, and
was able in one instance not only to
suggest what crops should be plant
ed, and how. but to guide the owner
in the purchase of the necessary farm
tools.
On the farm of Samuel Williamson,
Weston, the county agent found a
Cleveland" caterpillar tractor work
ing very successfully. On the Jouvand
farm in the same town, Mr.. Surde-
want. the superintendent, was using a
"Mogul S-16" tractor also with great
success. The use Of tractors on farms
in Fairfield county is quite a new
thing, and the results obtained by the
few farmers who are trying them out
dill be watched with interest.
Mr.. Wright also distributed some
field beans last week to farmers who
are putting in that crop, and indica-
| tons are that there will be quite an
increased acreage OF field beans in
the county this year.
The Farm Bureau is in receipt of
| information through the Connecticut
Committee of Food supply. Hartford.
/ of several sources of supply of buck
wheat for seed. and is advised of
other dealers outside the state who
are prepared to supply seed buck
| wheat. Those planning to put in
| buckwheat will be given a list OF
these dealers, upon request.
| The report of County Club Leader
johnson for the past week shows
good progress all along the line in the
work of the Garden clubs, with the
planting entirely finished in Green
witch. In Stamford it is expected that
the planting will be finished by May
! S1st The several Club Supervisors
are in close touch with the children
in the communities where regular clubs
have been formed, and the enthusiasm
of both children and adults continues
unabated In the Norwalk section
the planting is progressing sauarnc-
torily, although one or two large plots
remain to be seeded. The Boy Scout
division has several acres that win
be put into field beans.
! An invitation was sent out this
week for boys to enroll in the Corn
Club, one of the club activities which
the State College Extension Service.
is particularly anxious to have in
clude a large number Of boys who
can have from one-half to an acre to
cultivate. The enrolment closes
June 9Th for the Corn Club.
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