The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-28
Farm Account Books.

this letter before than the farmer can
get more good from set OF accounts
kept for his farm than from any other
single source. The experience that the
men have had who kept such accounts
last year bears this out Some so simple
account books were sold from this Office
at cost, 10 cents each, during the early
part of last year Ii has been impossible
to follow up each one of these, but the
county agent has helped to summarize
! five OF them with good results TO the
men, and is getting to more of them as
/ fast as possible Many of those who had
the books last year are coming back for
! another one TO keep this year. These
books are very simple to keep and show
at glance at the end of the year where
the farm proposition stands as regards
profit and loss on different departments
of the farm. We shall be able TO get
more of these books for use this year and
will furnish them at cost To any who
wish. The county agent will also be glad
to help get them started right. In the
next letter we shall be able TO publish
some of the figures from some of these
accounts to show how valuable they are.
"The Seed Corn Situation.
''By referring to the last circular let
ter, No. II, you will note that there were
some varieties of silage corn that grew
nearly twice as much value to the acre
as others planted and cared for in the
same manner, in the corn variety test as
ii was carried out by the bureau. You
will note particularly what is said in the !
letter in regard to the locality from
which the seed came and how important |
a factor this is to be considered when we
are selecting and purchasing our seed for |
silage this winter. The exchange has |
been trying to locate some OF the best
kinds of seed grown in the desired locali-
ties, and has succeeded to some extent,
SO that the exchange is still able to get
YOU some of this best seed if you wish.
1t is hardly to be expected that the
dealers in seed corn will take the pains
to get this kind of corn for you, but are
more likely to get that which they can
sell at less price. All through the
northern part of the country the frosts
did a lot of damage, and as a consequence
seed from this source viii be hard to
obtain, and the dealers will be likely TO
get their seed from the parts of the
farther south, which when We
get it here is likely to be OF late matur-
ity and not nearly as valuable for silage
as some of the earlier kinds. The prices
on seed corn will probably be variable.
The earlier and better kinds are likely to
cost as high as $500 to $500 per bushel,
while the others can still be bought for
around $500. However, it is up to you
whether you use the better or the poorer
kind You will note in the circular men
toned before. the comparison of the
value Of some of the earlier maturing
,orns for silage as compared with the
arge, late varieties, such as the Leaning
Pride of the North etc. The earlier kinds
yielded nearly twice the value per acre,
mainly on account Of their advanced ma
urity. When a $500 seed will produce
800 per acre value right alongside of
$50 variety which produces only about
80 per acre, and the cost of the early
iced is only $500 per acre as compared
With Sl00 for the late seed, the price of
he seed per acre does not cut very
arge figure and you can afford every
ime to use the best kind of seed. Talk
With the manager Of the exchange about
his. .
81 would recommend that you do not
MT off the purchase OF your seed corn Z
nv later Letters from the seed dealers B
Indicate that they are very uncertain of Z
heir supply and in some places 1t is sell <
lg for $1,000 per bushel. Please report =
nv native Flint seed corn that you may z
ave for sale, and save all that you can Z
Or seed. We shall need it before plant =
,g time. I
Fertilizers.
"The problem of fertilizers we have al (
avs with us. When we try to make Ma =
ire produce large crops for us, we must 2
tpect to help her do it by supplying her :
it'll the materials to work with. In our =
Use these are of two kinds, manure, and .
lemieals, either of which will produce -
ops by themselves but which work -
uch better and more economically if
ed in intelligent combination. These
e taken up under separate topics be
W, and a study of the matter should
ace you in a position to produce more
ops at less cost and with the same
Dor.
"Farm Manures.
"The following has been taken from
e most recent Vermont experiment sta
IN bulletin on the matter, written by
I. Burdick The number of the bull
in is POO and can be obtained free of
arge from the station at Burlington or
application TO this office.
1T is estimated that the average Yer
mt farm, which supports 20 cows, four
rises and 10 pigs, has available from
ese animals $500 worth of fertilizer
nually.
Further estimates place the total
lount of fertilizer produced in this
" in the whole state at S0,000,00O
inds of nitrogen, 50000,000 pounds of
lash, and 2O,000,000 pounds of phos-
oric acid annually. The value of this