Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-06-18
Farm Bureau Projects


A live farmers organization is one
that accomplishes sOmethlng-that is
why we call the Orleans County Farm
Bureau a olive wire" in this county.
Not only farm bureau members but
men and women who never belonged
to the Farm Bureau are pushing
through projects they are interested 1
/ in. A real campaign for members
was never before put on in this coun-
ty that's why the farm bureau hasn't
1000 members now instead OF one
half that number.
"What is the Farm Bureau Do
| ing?" A number of men not mem
bers of the Farm Bureau have asked
| that question of late. An easier ques-
ton would be, "What is the Farm
Bureau not doing?" But for few
things worked on during the past
year, here they are:
Livestock MISUNDERSTANDING that
! farmers can obtain higher prices II
| they market their own livestock, the
| Farm Bureau has been Of much as
! sistance to the men of the M1ss1squol
| Valley in organizing to ship livestock.
One car has already been shipped and
/ other cars are soon to follow. Inc
agitation that has been raised IN
these localities has affected the prices
paid by local buyers so that farmers
who sold to those buyers received
many dollars more as result.
Some of the present methods en-
ployed by local buyers have been
brought to light.
l. Calves shipped Monday are not
sold until Wednesday at the Brighton
81 70 In
erred for calves can only be obtained
at the very first of each week.
2 1t is possible if farmers ship
comparatively to feed stock after it
gets to market and before it is sold.
This makes a big reduction on the
shrinkage that the local buyers talk
so much about.
8. No commissions are paid when
farmers ship their own stock. Ac-
tual expenses plus a small sinking
fund to reimburse men having ami
mails killed in transit is all that is
figured out of the sale price in the
500 or more organizations in the
United States.
This one proposition alone will
mean thousands of dollars saved to
the farmers of the county once it
gets into full operation. Isn't the
Farm Bureau worth while?
Better Dairy Sires-
Said one farmer, when I read in
the Farm Bureau News that a regis
tered bull ought to have a record be-
hind him, / sold the registered bull l
had because / couldn't find that his
dam ever amounted to much as a pro-
Queer. Then l bought a registered
bull out of cow that has been near
the top in CONTEST association for
the last three or four years" At the
Farm Bureau office now there are re-
quests from over % farmers for reg
istered sires with backing. If the
Farm Bureau does nothing but locate
good registered bulls for these men,
it will have saved bunch of money.
A good registered bull will raise the
production of his first crop of daugh- |
tiers over their dams so to 300 pounds |
of butterfat per year. At SOC a |
pound for fat, such increased produc- |
ton runs into large money in a very
short time.
Clover-A lot of men say thew
can't grow clover-another bunch of |
men say they couldn't grow clover, |
but since they learned through the
Farm Bureau that lime would help, |
they are cutting two big crops each |
y 1OTTQ6TlV
timothy and sorrel This wear the !
county agent has tested over 25 sam |
pies of soil and all required from one |
to three tons of lime per acre. There |
are mighty few farmers in the coun- |
ty who are not interested in more
clover. The Farm Bureau comes /
pretty near being of real assistance
to the farmers in this line.
Boys and Girls-Another product .
raised on the farms of this county.
How shall we get them more inter /
ested in farm life? That is the prob
lem the Farm Bureau is endeavoring ,
to solve by the organization of bows
and girls clubs. Nine clubs are al /
ready organized with more to follow.
In these clubs the young people learn
now to grow better gardens; raise
better pigs, lambs, calves and sheen:
can vegetables and fruit; sew; use
tools IN making useful articles. In
other words they learn to do a mans
and woman's job on the farm. This
IS another proposition the Farm Bu-
reau is working on.
Cooperative Creameries-Two CO.
operative creameries were organized
IN 1913, because the farmers wanted /
a better market for their dairy prod
ucts. One of these plants made over
225,O0O pounds of butter the first
year, Just case of the farmers us
ing. the Farm Bureau to help them at
time when they needed assistance.
In other words the farmers Of Or /
leans county are using the Farm Bu- i
reau, they are getting better mar !
kets, using more lime to grow more
clover; raising the production of i
CneIr dairy herds, culling their fiocks
OF hens. growing hotter corp e;1,o-o ]
keeping better farm accounts. In
Dozens Of ways the farm bureau Is I
nllIng the need Of the farmers of This
county and Z lot of farmers realize
THIS. There are q big bunch of farn7- q
Ers yet WI do not make use of +ha Z
7 :, arm Bureau. That is the reason foT I
TINS membership drive. One thousand {
Is the quota for the county i
2ut we should like two thousand a