The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-04-03

to find supply in your neighborhood,
or through your county agent, or write
to extension service of the University
of Vermont, Burlington. Avoid late
maturing southern varieties, which are
not adapted to our climatic conditions.
Test all seed for termination.
Fertilize corn with stable manure
and with 400 pounds of acid phosphate.
This will supplement the manure and
will hasten maturity of the crop.
Plan in seeding this spring for an
abundant supply of clover hay in the
future.
Yields of beans secured last year on
many farms, in spite of unfavorable
weather suggests that it is wise
policy to increase our acreage of this
crop.
Our potato acreage should at least
be maintained at last years size. This
is an expensive crop to grow and land
for it should be carefully selected.
Study every detail of potato culture
and omit no link in the chain of opera
tions which are necessary to grow the
crop and protect it from its enemies.
Plan especially to spray with Bor-
dcaux mixture to avoid a repetition of
last year S losses from blight.
If you still have thin meadows on
your farm which do not promise
good crop of hay, plant corn for husk-
ing or SOW oats or barley if YOU have
time to prepare the land and get them
in. Treat oats for smut and be sure
that seed terminates. Eightysix per
cent of our tillable land is in hay. We
should increase the crops above men
toned at the expense of our hay acre
age.
More pork is greatly needed because
it gives storable animal fat in the most
concentrated form Under present
conditions, If would be doubtful econ
omy to transport grain from the West
to provide the entire ration for raising
hogs in Vermont However, hogs
enough should be kept to use all farm
wastes. In dairy sections where cream
is sold, skim milk combined with pur-
chased or home raised grain, will pro-
vide an economical ration for pig feed
ing.
Poultry will consume the place not
used by other animals and our focks
should be increased.
| Sheep breeders may well plan TO
save their eve lambs and increase their
| focks because more wool and mutton
are needed.
| In order to carry out the above pro.
gram, our farmers need more capital,
more seed, more fertilizer, more ma
chinery and more labor. 1t will be the
object of the State Public Safety com
mittee and the state agricultural agen-
cies TO make available a larger supply
of these essential things. In this work
the cooperation of every public spirit
ed citizen is solicited, because all
classes Of our people are vitality con
cerned in securing an adequate supply
of food and should assist in doing
those things which are necessary to as
sure it.
! Representatives of the state agricul
tural organizations and agencies held
a meeting at the close of the confer
ence and organized Vermont farm
war council for the duration of the
war This council is to be made up OF
the presidents of all the state farm
ers organizations, representatives OF
the agricultural college, the director OF
extension service, the commissioner o,
agriculture, and the commissioner o,
education. L. :. Brigham, commission
er of agriculture, was elected presi
dent and G. A. Badger of East Mont
: pehcr, president OF the Washington
county farm bureau, was elected see
rotary. This organization will meet a
) the call of the president TO discus
farm problems arising in connectiol
, with the war, 50 that the needs of III
farmers may be presented and assist
} ance given along lines which will b
J most helpful Particular attention wi
2 be given to the securing of an ade
quate supply of labor for the comm
r season
In order that information may b
gathered about crop plans for the con
ing year and needs ascertained as
the shortage of help, seeds, etc, Con
missioner Of Education NJ. b. Hillega
during the week of March {, took a
agricultural census through the publ
schools of the state.