The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-05-06
ORANGE COUNTY FARM
BUREAU.
Notes for Week Ending May 4.

The present war situation has brough
2 10 the attention of many, the results o
! lack Of organization of the farming class
! At time when the need Of the Who'll,
world il for more food aud the farme
who has il 10 produce is handicapped b,
shortage OF labor and high prices for raw
materials and machinery, the need OF ~
. efficient organization TO represent th'
farmers is particularly important. The
strongest organization OF farmers in Oh,
country to-day is the farm bureau or
ganization There are but few agricul'
tural counties in the United States which
do not have some form of farm bureau
organization. The farm bureaus have
the backing OF the farmers, the agrrul-
tural colleges and the l., S. department
of agriculture. This county has a farm
bureau In point of membership IL is
the third largest in the state. Its ne
eomplishments in the last three years
have been sufficient To win for II the sup
port of a group of influential farmers.
! II does not, however, occupy the place in
the different communities which a real
! farmers organization should occupy. IL
is regarded by many as county agent
organization or an extension service or
ganization. The drectros of the Orange
County Farm Bureau association want
10 make il a farmers organization pre-
pared TO meet the problems and needs of
the farmers of the different communities.
In order TO make its work more efficient,
a series of meetings have been held this
past week in II district centers To dis
cuss with representative farmers of the
different neighborhoods of these districts
the farm problems of their locality and
how the farm bureau can help solve
them. To make this permanent propo
sition these community representatives
have been urged To form district farm
council to bring to the farm bureau the
local farm problems and TO bring to the
farmers of that district the information
secured by the farm bureau. Seven of
the II districts were able to organize
such council this week. Others prob
ably will soon. Farmers are urged TO
think over ways in which the farm bu
reau or an organization of farmers can
help them in their community and to get
in touch with the men who represent the
farm bureau in their neighborhood. This !
column will report further details of this |
plan of work as they develop.
Last January the state department of |
agriculture and the extensions service |
started monthly educational butter
scoring for creameries and butter max
ers. prize will be awarded to the
creamery and maker having the highest
average. Its purpose is more than recog
milton of the good butter maker, il is to
help any butter maker by constructive
criticism to make better butter. Orange
county creameries have taken good ad
vantage of this opportunity and no coun
ty in the state has more creameries en-
tered or making better showing, In
he April scoring L. S. Flint of Nershire
lad the highest score for the county, "a
points out Of 100 Patrons Of the local
reameries are urged to encourage their
ocal butter maker to take advantage of
his opportunity. The next scoring /,
'omes May Is Entry blanks can be Sc
'ured from Prof. H. b. Ellenberger of
Burlington. Dairy butter makers also
an send butter and have it scored and !
Many schools are doing patriotic y
work this week in testing seed corn. {
every ear of corn used for seed that does 6
lot grow costs the farmer from $3.50 to '
2 and helps kill our boys at the front. !
he children in the schools are ready TO t
ep the farmers test their seed corn t
lave You tested yours
L. II. Burgwald of the L. S. depart
1ent of agriculture has given demon
trations in the home manufacture of
ottage cheese at Nershire, Williamstown
nd Chelsea this week. For the week L
nding May IL he gives demonstrations
t Waits River May I, West Fairlee Cen
er May s, West Bradford May Q and
Frights mountain May 10. The use of 8
,ttage cheese as food on our table n
clips feed the allies with meat, which Il
IN be shipped Let us use more cottage a
reese and less meat C;
Miss Dutton has spent most of the y
eek on the campaign to increase the *
assumption of potatoes before they ts
,oil The following is one of the ways m
, use potatoes not ordinarily found h
otato Soup Mix ! cup mashed potato
it'll pint hot milk; add ] cup thin OF
hite sauce, slice of onion, | teaspoon Ia
1t, pepper and celery salt, Chopped I'll
Irsley added just before serving gives W
good flavor, Half potato and half pc
hite turnip makes a good soup. ra
Summary for week ending May 4: of