The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-30
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM
BUREAU ASSOCIATION.
Week Ending Jan. n.

Three of the meetings called for the
purpose of extending the work Of the
county farm bureau were held this week
at Waterbury Center, Duxbury and
Marshield. At Waterbury the forenoon
session was taken up with discussion
of the organization of the milk producers
from the standpoint of the Dairymen's
league and also concerning the New Eng
land Milk Producers association. These
are two entirely separate organizations.
The Dairymen's league operates in terri
tory supplying the New York milk mar
ket. This league is controlled by board
OF directors and operates as a corporation
under the laws of New Jersey. 1t under
takes to sell the produce of its members,
whether it be milk, cream or butter fat.
So far its effect has been to compel the
other milk dealers to pay the farmer a
price for his product at least equal to the
price paid by the corporation. The New
England Milk Producers association aims
to become similar organization, operat-
ing exclusively in New England. This
concerns more particularly the territory
supplying the Boston market, The n. Z.
NJ p. A. is at present occupied in
strengthening its organization. A series
of meetings are scheduled for Vermont
during the week beginning Feb. which
will give every dairyman a chance to be-
come member. Every producer should
Join this organization. Omitted we stand,
divided we fall Remembering that, if
you do not become member and sup
port the organization, you are hindering
its possible success and preventing other
farmers from making it OF benefit.
The afternoon OF the meeting at Wa
terbury Center was taken up with a talk
by Mr., Moran on the value of COW test
ing associations and in keeping records OF
individual cows in the dairy. He spoke
OF herds in the first Addison county as
ISOLATION that had improved in four years
to the extent of over 900 pounds Of
milk per COW per year, due to the elm
ination OF poor COWS and raising heifers
from the best cows. This could not have
been done without records. There are
10000 cows in Washington county
About 800 of these have records. When
an owner has a record he knows what he
has to sell and the purchaser knows
what he is buying. 1t does not pay to
ego il blind" Make some provision for
keeping records of your individual COWS.
The county agent can help you out.
Time was taken by the county agent
to explain by means of charts the work
of the Washington County Farm bureau,
what it has accomplished during the past
year and the plans for 1917: 200 acres of
soy beans planted in the corn, valued at
S., 900, were grown by farmers; 200 acres
of corn were allowed to mature before
ensiling, with net gain of $4,000 to "a
farmers who had paid attention to the
explanation at the demonstrations of
how the value of the corn crop increases
with its maturity. These are direct re-
suits accomplished by the bureau in its
of education and cooperation. |
The indirect results of the facts set forth
IT the meetings and demonstrations and
in circular and personal letters cannot be
measured. That the work is meeting
with favor is indicated by the large num-
Der of farmers who are adopting more
progressive methods and by the steadily /.
increasing membership of the bureau |
Plans for 1917 include more crop demon
STATIONS along the lines of corn varieties, |
10Y beans and alfalfa and good deal OF
lime will be spent in efforts TO improve
he dairies by forming COW test associa-