Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-10-30
Agricultural Association Notes.

Some of the farmers about New
port want to see something DONE
another year by the Agricultural as
sociation. They have suggested call
ing meeting when the present cpl
demic is over to talk over what they
want to have done and plan some
work as has been done by several Of
the other communities of the county.
Watch for notice of meeting.
ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AG-
RICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
NOV. 11TH.
Watch for further notice as to
speakers, program, etc. 1t is hoped
that arrangements can be made to
hold this meeting at Irasburg. Put a
circle around the date on your CAL
endar.
Miss Clemma Seaver, home demon
stration agent, has been sick for the
last ten days.It is expected that she
will be able to return to her duties by
the first of November.
The Loan committee of the Or
leans County Farm Loan association
have been appraising the farms of
men applying for loans from the fed
eral Land Bank at Springfield. No
more appraisals will be made by this
loan committee until another spring
as no appraisals are made in the Win
ter.
Many of the farmers of this coun-
ty will be shocked to learn of the
death of Walter J. Tubbs, farm man.
agement demonstration on the extern
sion service at Burlington. Mr.. Tubbs
was well known throughout this coun-
ty, having spent considerable time
here working with the county agent.
Don't 'bite" too quickly on the seed
corn story put up by some seed
agents in this county. Seed corn for
another year is not so scarce as some
Of these gentlemen would make it
appear. The county agent received
quotation on seed corn from reliable
seed firm this past week at $3.50 to
81 per bushel.
Don't be "bluffed" into buying new
varieties. That is one great trouble
with the corn crop in Orleans county.
We need to stick to one or two good
varieties. Not one out of a hun
dred Of these new varieties ever show
up as well as some of the old proven
varieties.
The loan committee of the Orleans
County Farm Loan association ap-
praised II farms of prospective bor-
rowers of the Federal Land bank.
Loans applied for o. ch, property
appraised amounted to $59,2OO and
the loan committee recommended
loans aggregating $48,72O It is pos
sible that the loan committee will
make another appraisal this fall but
it would be somewhat uncertain
whether the Land Bank appraiser
would be able to attend to any other
appraisals unless applications are
made at once.
Does It pay to spray potatoes with.
Bordeaux Mixture?
Lee Miller Of Westfeld had 81
acre field of potatoes. He believed it
would pay to spray with bordeaux
mixture, but just to be sure he left
six unsprayed rows down the middle
Of the field. After the frost struck
the field in September, the county
agent assisted him in digging and
weighing so hills on both the SPRAYED
and unsprayed parts of the field Here
is the result:
so hills sprayed, IS lbs. or 2S3 bu.
per acre.
SO hills unsprayed, &c lbs. or 22O
bu. per acre.
Difference, 10 lbs. or GO bu. per
acre.
Figuring 10000 hills per acre, in
crease due to spraying was 63 bushels
per acre or 221 bushels on 3h acres.
Actual Cost of Spraying 31k Acres
$50 lbs. Bordeaux paste at
1870 $29.5O
2A hrs. per application with
sprayings-
Is hrs. man labor at 3Oc 4.5O
80 hrs. horse labor at zoe 600
Depreciation on spraying outfit
1870 on $117 11.7O
Int. on investment at $50 of
$117 5.85
Total cost s57.55
Cost per bushel to spray at 283
bushels per acre .58
Cost per bushel to produce the
63 bushels increase due to
spraying .26
Spraying with bordeaux is a busi-
ness proposition whether blight oc-
ours or not. There was very little
blight this year but demonstration
shows that man is we'll repaid for
spraying with bordeaux. With pota-
toes selling at $1.5O per bushel Mr..
Miller is In $1.24 per bushel on these
63 extra bushels due to spraying,
amounting to $78.12 per acre or
$273.43. The cost of digging and
handling these extra potatoes has
not been figured in but ought not to
amount to over $12 per acre In other
words Mr.. Miller is about $3.50 better
off because he sprayed his potatoes.
WILLOUGHBY
Francis Paige is spending the week
with j. B. Clifford Of Plymouth, N.
N.
Mrs. Edith Gray states that she
has not had the grip as reported last
week.
Emma Friend of Orleans spent
Monday with her sister, Mrs. B. c.
Kimball.
Mrs George Cav. who has been