Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-12-31
COMMUNITY ORGANI-
ZATION GROWING
Many Projects on Many Sub
Jects Proven of Great
Benefit to Farmers of
County.

To give complete report on each
project carried out during the past
year would fill two Farm Bureau
News. Consequently, q brief sum-
mary viii be made of the reports
given:
l. Boys and Girls Clubs Project
During the past year q very success
organized IN five towns: Browning
ton, lrasburg, Newport, Glover and
Charleston The Brownington clubs
nave been very active during the year
holding an entertainment in the
spring, picnic in the summer and
fair and exhibit this fall
2 Dairy Improvement Project
DurIg the past year a very success
full survey was made Of all dairy
stock in Orleans county. The fig
ures on this survey have already been
/ given through these columns 1t is
/ definitely known that as 8 result of
I the wGrk of the Farm Bureau at least
seven registered bulls have been
7 placed, practically all Of these ami
mails having over 400 pounds of but
terfat behind their dams
( 3. Corn Variety Preteet-SiS corn
/ variety demonstrations were run this
/ past year to check up the results of
: year ago Due 10 publicity given
this work. at least 215 bushels of bet
/ ter varieties Of ensilage corn were
/ planted this year. In the six tests
he better varieties showed an aver
/ age value OF S17.00 per acre over the
| arger fints and dents which they re-
laced. In all, about $50 acres were
/ tainted 70 these better varieties Civ
/ lg the farmers OF this county at
/ east 5000 more feed value IN their
s1silage for the coming year.
Two sunfOwer demonstrations
gave cood results. On one demon
/ StratIon plot sunflowerS yielded At
the rate Of 10 tons per acre while
corn did not go over Is tons. Daily
milk records viii be kept on one farm
10 determine its feeding value as
compared with corn silage-
I Farm Management Project-One
hundred account books were placed
during the past year.
s. Home Demonstration Project
Owing TO the resignation OF Miss
Seaver, Il was impossible 70 carry
out very much Home Demonstration
work In June, the women OF several
communities put on 3 membership
campaign and at present there are s.
women members OF the Farm Bureau.
The extension service at Burlington
{ viii furnish i specialist for two or
three meetings and demonstrations IN
each OF these places where the women
have shown an interest in the Farm
Bureau by running q membership
campaign
8. Lime and Clover Project-Twelve
lime and clover demonstrations were
put in this year TO determine what
results may reasonably be expected
from the use Of lime Due TO results
secured IN the past, over 200 tons OF
lime have already been ordered
: through the Farmers Exchange for
winter delivery.
this past summer showed in some
cases double the yield on the lined
| portion On many pieces where Il
was impossible TO get 2 good eaten
before. the use Of lime has brought
on q fine crop OF clover and timothy
TT. Organization Project-During the
mast wear 13 communities have mel
and in some way decided on pro
gram OF work A summary OF these
: community programs shows that
communities are interested II
growing better corn;
2 y communities IN dairy improve
ment, especially in the use o.
4 better SIres;
10 communities In keeping farm &C
n counts;
i 5 communities in poultry;
5 communities in club work for boy
and girls;
2 communities in certified seed 20
tatoes-
q The membership campaign brough
v in a larger paid membership than tn
. Farm Bureau has ever before had. Il
; October 18th, $50 members had bee
reported and the prospects are goo
for $50 to 600 before another mem
bership campaign is run IN June
= Is. Exchange Project-The Farmers
= Exchange has been reorganiZed to
7 certain extent during the past yea
y on shipping point unit by the az
:. pointment OF local exchange repre-
sentatiyes about each shlppln
= point 1t is the duty OF these men I
.I take orders, unload cars, solicit ne1
II members, and be generally responsl
bic for the business OF the Exchnag
in their territory
Considerable miscellaneous wor
of was done this past year A car c
livestock was shipped from Cente:
30 assistance was given farmers !
or Craftsbury In buying q Suffolk Pune
ne stallion. about II acres of cert1fe
~ seed potatoes were grown IN Green:
Of boro. the Farm Loan association COZ
K tinued TO grow having obtained loar
e totaIIfng over 10000 for its men
Do hers. an exhibit was made at the Bal
Ie tom fair. and considerable other wor