Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-04
ANNOUNCE PROGRAMME FOR EXTENSION SCHOOL
Dairyins and Farm Crop Causes Will
 Be Given at Norwich Town


 The programme flor the Norwich Town Extension School in Agriculture, conducted by the Connecticut Agri- cultural College Extension Service CO., operating with the New London Coun- ty Farm Bureau and the people of Norwich Town and vicinity, at the Little Red School House. Norwich Town Green, February 12 to 15, has been announced as follows:
 Tuesday-t0 a. m.,- The Care of the Cows Udder and Yeats, Karl B. Mus ser; Il a. m What Crops Should the Dairyman Grow, B. G. Southwick; p. m., How a Connecticut Dairyman With .15 Cows Increased His Income for the Dairy War Ration, MT. South wick; 3 p. m., White Diarrhea in Poul- try, Roy E. Jones.
 Wednesday--10 a. m., Glover as a Means of Reducing the Grain and Fer l tilizer Bills, M-. Southwick; il a. nn,, How to Select the Cheapest Ration. i MT. Musser; 1 D. m. Can We Afford to Buy Fertilizer This Year? Mir. 1 Sppthwick; 2 p. nn.. Practice in Mals- I ing up Rations, Mr Musser; p. m., Feeding Swine, J. A. Simms. l {, Thursday-10 a. m.. Some Things Essential to Successful Feeding, MT, Musser: il a. m., Corn for Connecti- cut, MT. Southwick; p. m., Contag- Musser; 2 p. m, A Crop and the Jury, Soybeans, MT. Southwick; p. m., Cow Testing, R. J. Whitman.
 1 Friday-1o a. m, When Potatoes Pay Profits, MT. southwicl1a il a, m. I Judging Dairy Cattle or Feeding Dairy Calves, Mir Musser; 1 p, m. Filling Grain Bins for Next Winter MT: Southwick: ? p. n., Tho Vital Fac | tor in Herd Improvement, MT. Mus ser; p. m.. Arranging Field Demon strations for 1913, F. c. Warner Outline of Dairy Course. The course in dairying, will cove, egiht lectures which will deal witf milk secretion, breeding, record-keep- i ing, pedigree study. feeding calves and very detailed course in the char. | acteristics of certain feeds, balancing rations, and analysing the feed mar. [ket.
 Actual practice in selecting oni balancing rations, and judging cattle will be given. Diseases and method. of combating same for the cows ud der and teats will comprise one lee ture.
 l A definite method. {one found to b. successfully of combating eontagiou abortion will be worth the time de Evoted to the entire school by an. dairyman who has suffered losses iron tliis disease.
 The productive herd has more vi ttnl significance, at this time than il times of peace. and study will be mad Ito establish definite procedure fo Ithose interested in securing higher an more economical production in thei own herds. ! Where desired. the extension dairy
 ~an will visit dairy farms and stud "e problems there with the. farmer
 Outline of Crops.
 Lecture ,1 What Crops Should tn
 }airyman Grow-As general discussio most food for the labor expended. to F lether with consideration of factor Influencing the yield of different crops Lecture 2. Better Hay for the. Wa Ration Dairy. g., discussion of ho1 soth the quality and. yield of hay ma 70 increased. ,,
 Lecture 8. Clover as Means of Re ,,ueing the Grain and Fertilizer Bill
 discussion of the advantages C
 rowing clover both because of it
 Ugh feeding value and possibility c
 improving soil productiveness. Thi
 viii cover the essentials to succes with clover, and discussion of tn characters of different kinds of clovel Some mention will also be made C alfalfa and it's importance in Connec ticut.
 Lecture {. Can We Afford to Rli
 Fertilizer This Year? This is dis cussion of the fertilizer situation, an emphasizes particularly the value an importance of farm manure and prop CT methods of storage and use. Lecture 5. Corn for Connecticut A discussion of why corn is the great est food producing crop and consider stions that should determine what va
 riety to plant both for grein and si J age.
 Lecture 6. A Crop and the Jury Soybeans: A discussion of the use and value of soybeans for Conneeticl together with the present status our information regarding the adapti