The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-09-25
ORANGE COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
Notes for Week Ending Sept. 20.

On Tuesday evening the county and
home demonstration agents attended the
regular meeting of the Taplin Hill Farm
ers' club at Ralph Carriers. The sub
ject for discussion was "The Advantages
and Disadvantages Of the Holstein Cow
There was an average attendance in spite
of the rainy weather and good meeting
was held
Wednesday evening Vershire grange
was visited The home demonstration
agent gave an interesting talk on the
history Of the early grange and read ac-
counts of the pioneer work of the grang-
ers of nearly half century ago. The
county agent spoke briefly on the "Ac-
credited Herd" answering several ques-
tions and distributing several bulletins
on the subject.
Friday and Saturday were spent in
Randolph and Braintree in the interests
of COW testing work and memberships
for the farm bureau. Saturday after
noon the home demonstration agent at
tended a picnic Of the Girls club at
Braintree branch. Friday afternoon she
met the Girls club at West Brookfield.
This week the agents expect to attend
the Washington fair for the three days.
The home demonstration agent will have
an exhibit in floral hall, while the eoun-
ty agent will be ready to help in what
ever way he can. He will be specially
glad to help any who may have trouble
in keeping their farm account book and
records.
The Chelsea Board of Trade has taken
~ har s{au II, tha 10 , entnaut az ar.
ricultural interests in Chelsea and vi
entity. By cooperating with the farm
bureau they have secured Q. NJ. Cam
burn, extension dairy specialist of Bur
lington, to give his stereopticon lecture
on the value of purebred sires, Friday
evening, Sept. 20, at the town hall in
Chelsea. Everyone interested in better
farming will be welcome. There will be
no admission charged. The subject is
right in line with nation wide activity
which is sweeping the country with the
object OF improving the quality of the
stock kept on our farms. Remember the
date and come.
A warning has come to the farm Blu.
reau office Of the presence in the country
Of dread potato disease, the potato wart.
AS YET no EtpuIlS nave Nbult w us tHat
the wart has been found in this state
but it is well to be on the lookout for it,
especially ON those farms where seed has
been brought in from outside the state.
The disease is readily recognized by
rough spongy outgrowths varying from
the size of pea to that Of the tuber it.
self being produced at the eyes or at in
ured places These outgrowths are first
light brown but later turn black and
quickly decay. Report all suspicious
cases TO the county agent,
Recipe for the week: Grape jam Sc
leet grapes about one-haIf of which are
under ripe; wash and stem fruit Sep
arate pulp from skins Cook pulp for 10
minutes and press through a sieve to
remove seeds. Add p cup Of water to
each quart of skins and boil until tender.
Put pulp and skins together and meas
ure For every quart, use pound Of
sugar. Bring fruit to boil, add sugar,
and cook, stirring frequently until thick
and iellylike Pour into sterilized jars
and seal at once.
II. A. Dwinell, County Agent
i, Mildred Dutton, Home Dem. Agent.