Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-05-03
MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS
Reports Of County Agents Con.
ference Committees Appear.
J. r. Carrigan Of Addison Predicts
Flour At e15 to go . Barrel
says Vermont should
Feed Itself

Flour at IS to $40 barrel before next
fall, II 1t is obtainable at all. il predicted
by County Agent ]. E. Carrigan Of Addi-
son In his April bulletin, which embodies
synopsis of recommendations made by
the eleven county agents in conference
here lately. The agricultural extension
service has not yet published the reports
of conference committees but will do SO
soon
Says Mr.. Carrigan:
The winter wheat crop in the United
States is a failure Flour will probably
ne $lb to 20 per barrel or unavailable be-
FORE fall. Most Of Addison county can
grow wheat. We have wheat grinding
mills located at Richville, weybridge and
Vergennes. 1t would be folly for a man
not to grow wheat enough for home use
II he can do SO. Other parts Of the State
cannot grow wheat to advantage and
there Is bound to be big call for this
crop In the fall. Grow a few extra acres
this year,
The following are among other recon-.
mendations made:
Labor is comparatively scarce. There
Is much we can do to increase production
without entailing any great amount Of
labor. How many of the following things
do you do each year? How many win
you do this year? Methods are briefly
explained below.
PLANT a family garden which will fur
nfsh vegetables to be used during the
summer and to be canned for winter use
Test the seed Of corn, oats, barley,
buckwheat, ETC., before planting.
raise wheat enough to furnish flour
during the entire year.
NJ aovhoo In oor, o. III.
poses Grow all other legumes possible.
Treat oats and wheat seed to prevent
smut and treat potato seed to prevent
scab. Spray potatoes to prevent blight
and rot.
Use every forkful Of manure instead Of
allowing 1t to remain piled around the
barn or out in the meadow and use every
bag OF commercial fertilizer instead of
carrying some over"
Raise hogs, veal calves and beef for
meat for the family during the winter
Sow an acre of Dwarf Essex rape for pig
pasturage during the summer.
Fam1ly Garden-The boys and girls
should be obliged to do a large part Of
the work in the gardens. There Is not a
plot Of land on the farm that raises as
much rood per acre as the garden. The
garden should be planned so that there
Will be supply of vegetables during the
entire summer m lths and so that there
Will be sufficient besides to be canned
Tor winter use. In connection with the
garden work the county agent and Elk
tension Service will furnish plans for
planting garden and will be able to hold
canning demonstrations later in the sea-
son. The school superintendents, teach
ers OF agriculture In high schools and
club leaders are encouraging this work
among the boys and girls.
WINTER MEAT SUPPLY.
why is 1t farmer will sell meat for
twelve to fifteen cents per pound and
then buy 1t for thirty cents per pound ?
Tne old fashioned winter pork barrel. not
speaking politically, should be restored,
retained and expanded. Plan to keep one
or two porkers for the winters family
meat supply.
surplus calves should be kept for veal
where 1t is possible to feed them In
many cases proper feed IL not available
for calves but there are other cases where
skim mink, the best calf feed, is not han
died economically. Why ship out "bobs''
when they can be turned into veal at a
very low cost?
Every dairyman has a few cows to sell
each year. Oftentimes these are COWS
that are practically worthless as dairy
animals and might better be used for
meat A little extra feed for your unprof-
table dairy cows will furnish a winter
supply Of beef.
The sowing OF rape on a small plot
for the purpose Of furnishing pigs with
supply Of green forage is a practice
widely used throughout the United States,
but as yet practically unheard Of in Ad-
olson county. A few farmers have adop.
ted this practice and are we'll pleased
with results. One acre sown to Dwarf
Essex rape. early in the spring, will sup
ply ten pigs with green feed from the
middle of June or the first Of July until
September. This won't supply all the
feed needed by the pigs but will supple
ment what feed you already have for
them. The Dwarf Essex seems to be the
only rape to use in this section and
should be sown at the rate Of about five
or six pounds per acre. 1t may be seed
ed with crop OF peas and oats. The
peas and oats can then be cut and fed
early and the rape will be ready for pas.
turage shortly after
Probably a majority OF farmers in the
county have silos and raise corn silage
II soybeans are grown in the corn crops
several extra tons of a highly nutritious
food stuff Is secured with no more labor
and small cost for seed. The medium
II not available, the Roosevelt Mongul or
other medium varieties may be used. Mix
four quarts Of soybeans with eight quarts