Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1919-09-03


respondingly high. An organization
meeting will be held within a short
time and every man. interested in
Cow Test association work, whether
he has signed up or not is invited to
be present.
About 100 boys and girls and older
people gathered at Bloomington
pond Friday, August p, for a picnic
This gathering was arranged by the
boys am. girls of Bloomington. which
included the clubs organized at
Bloomington Center, Brownington
village and the North school A pic
mic dinner was eaten and swimming,
boating and games then made up the
entertainment for the afternoon.
Plans are being talked over by the
| leaders and those interested in these
clubs to hold a combined exhibit the
ast of September. At this time in
dividual members would exhibit pro-
duce from their gardens, work in
sewing, canning and handicrafts.
This idea is wroth working on by
any club in this county.
| A few of the farmers around
Glover and Barton made a trip re-
Gently 80 the Darling farm at Burke
and to two farms in Passumpsic. G.
NJ Borland bought bull at the lat
ter place with some very fine breed
ing behind him. This bull came from
Pennsylvania and has two half sis
ters which gave nearly 400 pounds
of butter and his own dam has over
400 pounds as young animal. Some
of the heifers sired by this bull are
showing up well as individuals.
Owing to weather, the prevalence
of two fairs, and other factors, only
Iabout sixty people made the auto
tour August 26. Nine ears made the
entire trip, while two or three cars
dropped in at different points.
Carl Beans fine herd At Hossteini
IN Glover was the fTst place visited
Mr.. Bean has two daughters of tn,
famous 35 pound cow and numbet
OF animals with very creditab1,
test records. Considerable amuse
ment was shown at the calf pen wher
Mr.. Bean said that he found h,
could not raise calves by the ''co1C
water method" so that he might hav,
more milk to sell. He feels that h
, can afford to feed his calves who'll
milk for one month and then keeI
them on skim milk for six or eigh
: months. A stop made at F. G. Cas-
{ sevah's revealed a field that wa
: lined three years ago which yielde,
{ just about double the hay this yea
that the crop on field a1ongsid
which was unlimed. D. G. Spear
fine herd of Jerseys, in Greensboro
was seen along with Corn Variet
Test on the same farm. Ten differ
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already a vast difference can be seer
Rhode Island Flint, Minnesota 1
f Sheffield Flint are already caring u
t in good shape while Early Yel1o,
7. Dent and Mammoth Yellow Fin
; are barely tasse1ed out. A stop Z
: c. E. Lapierre's showed a very mic
n field of Irish Cobbler potatoes whic
e will be certified by the State Dept. {
Agriculture. Mr.. Lapierre hopes t
sell these potatoes for seed along wit
: a number of other farmers in Green:
/ boro who are growing the same v;
rity. He believes that "roughine
!, , out diseased plants and "off" va
q ieties whenever they appear in III
LIZ ty pure and disease free as possib1
At Craftsbury, the Suffolk Pune
n, Stallion, recently purchased by
J. group of farmers in this locality w:
- seen. At c. 3. Smiths mammot
al Russian sunhowers were seen groy
% ing alongside of corn. These ha-
in proven very satisfactory in the we
a. where they have been tried out ar
attempts will be made another wint
to determine their feeding value in r
ri 1ation to corn. At G. A. Davis
j. Albany mi1let, corn and sunflowe
ne were seen in one field. Before ha
at Ivesting, weights will be taken to d
ne termine tonnage yields per acre. !
as A. c. Cheney's farm some very fl
ne isoy beans were seen growing, also
lg variety test of three different vari
n ties of corn.
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