Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-01-16
Notes

Here are three good bulletins just
out: Bulletin 2O4-Commercial Feed
ing Stuffs and Concerning Alfalfa
and Soy Beans; Bulletin 2O6-Com-
mercial Fertilizers and Concerning
Farm Manures; Bulletin 2O9-The
PIP Vermont Farms.
During the fore part Of February
the state department Of agriculture
plans to hold two creamery meetings
in this county-one at Newport and
one at Irasburg. These meetings will
be in the evening and lantern slide
pictures will show many interesting
phases Of the cooperative creamery
business in Vermont. Dates and
meeting places will be announced la
ter.
The following is the schedule of
meetings of the various local meet
ings of the New England Milk Pro-
ducers' association in the county.
Every dairyman ought to belong to
this organization. If you don't be-
lieve it, come out to the meeting in
your locality and find out what this
organization has accomplished.
Saturday, Jan 18th, Orleans.
Monday, Jan. 21st, Coventry.
Tuesday, Jan. 22d, Newport.
Wednesday, Jan, 23d, Newport Ctr.
Thursday, Jan. oath, Derby.
Friday, Jan, 25th, North Troy.
Saturday, Jan. 26th, Barton.
Watch the papers for further par
ticulars and dates of meeting.
Note that the farmer who had a
silo on the PIP farms where records
were taken of the cost of milk pro-
duction, produced milk one-half cent
cheaper per quart than his neighbor
who had no silo. That is at the rate
Of % cents cheaper per one hundred
pounds. The average cow in this sur
vey produced 1928 pounds of milk
The average herd studied in this
county was about rs cows. At that
rate, it was costing the farmer with
average cows, who fed silage $3O6.25
less per year to produce milk than a
similar farmer who fed no silage.
The extension school held at North
Craftsbury the first week in January
was an unqualified success. The
weather man held the mercury well
below zero most of the time, but the
farmers and their wives turned out in
goodly numbers. About a dozen farm
records were taken, the farmers
spending one afternoon to figure up
their labor income for 1917. Part OF
another forenoon was spent in start
ing simple farm account books-25
farmers plan to keep a record of their
farm business this coming year. The
home economics school interested the
women very much and many woman
carried home helpful suggestions as
to how to put greater variety into her
meatless and wheatless days.
The extension school at North Troy
which was held the second week of
this month found good number of
farmers present each session. Early
Thursday morning the G. A. R. hall
in which the meetings were being
held, burned to the ground. The re-
naming meetings were held in the
hose house hall. AS in North Crafts
bury, a number of farmers spent one
forenoon in figuring out their labor
income for 1917, and also starting
some simple farm account books
There were several farm boys who
were regular attendants and took as
much interest as the men.
Any towns who want an extension
school another winter, will do we'll to
get busy right away getting fifty
signers for the petition. Only two
can be held in the county each year
If interested, call or write the county
agent.
Repair all your machinery this win
ter. Time will be valuable another
spring.
Better be looking up your seed corn
for this next spring 1t is a scarce
article. Insist on knowing the ger
mination test. One big seed COM
pany which had 16,OOO-bushel con-
tract with growers was unable to Sc
cure single bushel from this source
as it was in the hard freeze of early
December. The termination Of this
lot ran from 80 per cent to 35 per
cent. Good seed will be high in price
but cheap beside poor seed at any
price.
Have you bought your fertilizer
yet? If not, better look it up at once
as freight is slow and fertilizer
scarce. Or better yet, use chemicals.
1t will save you from 20 to 80 per
cent on the money you spend for fer
tilizers compared with buying mixed
goods on time.