The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-07-26
ORANGE COUNTY
FARM BUREAU
Notes for Week Ending July "a.

Most of the time this week has been
devoted to the holding of meetings in
various communities. A very enthusi-
astic meeting was held at Thetford
hill on Tuesday evening. Wednesday
evening there was community meet
ing at Williamstown arranged by the
grange. This was also an enthusiastic
meeting and definite community pro-
gram for the farm bureau was adopted
with the following projects and leaders
Farm organization, Neil Smith, Mrs.
c. j. Blanchard; crop improvement, Z.
W. Cram; household accounts, Mrs. G..
j. Blanchard; dairy Improvement, Or
Vile Walbridge; fireless cookers, Mrs.
I. G. Williams; certified seed potatoes,
L. g. Williams; farm accounts, Forrest
Cram.
Thursday evening group of inter
ested farm bureau people met at Mrs.
George Tutherly's home in Chelsea and
the following community program was
drawn up at this meeting:
Organization, J. p. Davis, Mrs. j. P.
Davis; land drainage, Ralph sanborn;
household equipment, Mrs. Tutherlv;
household accounts, Mrs. X. II. Bacon;
certified seed potatoes, K. II. Bacon;
crop improvement, Henry Burbank;
dairy Improvement, Ralph : Walker,
Henry Orr, farm accounts, George
Tutherly; boys and girls club work,
Mrs. Bowin, Mrs. Tutherly.
Friday evening a public meeting was
held at North Randolph by the grange.
About one hundred people were pres
ent at this meeting and very good
meeting resulted. Saturday evening
similar meeting was held with Ran
dolph grange. Mrs. J. 4. Carrigan, as
sistant county agent leader, and Miss
Charlotte Pierpont, home demonstration
agent leader, have assisted the county
agent in these meetings and the aim
has been to explain the work of the
farm bureau, to encourage the adoption
of local programs for the work of the
farm bureau and TO increase the inter
est and enthusiasm in the home demon
stration work so that the required
membership of 800 mny be reached and
new agent put TO work in Orange
county.
Thursday the planned for creamery
community picnic az STAFFORD deyel-
oped into a first class hay day so the
picnic did not materialize to any extent
The cream scoring contest was put on,
however, at the creamery. Forty-tive
samples OF cream were scored by V. R.
Jones, dairy manufacturing specialist.
and +. J. Miller, state creamery in
spector The score cards have not been
received at this Office 50 complete re-
port cannot be made at this writing.
The three prizes of s., 50 and 81 were
won by w. 4. Brown of Thetford Cen
ter with a score of 9475; A. L. Sargent
of South STAFFORD. 945, and l.. b. En-
erson Of East Thetford, "a.
II. L. Bailey, one of the state inspec-
tors Of potatoes, made the first inspec-
ton of the fields in Randolph Center
and Chelsea. The disease mosaic and
leaf roll are very pronounced this year
in all eases found and in many fields
are quite pronounced. None of the
fields in Chelsea were able to pass the
first inspection because of the high per.
centage Of these diseases.
The coming week the county agent
will speak at the rural life conference
at Randolph Center on Monday evening
and attend the session on Tuesday
which is TO be boys and girls club
work demonstrations. Tuesday eve
ming the regular meeting of the Chelsea
West Hin club will be attended. Thurs
dav evening the Fairlee grange viii be
visited aud plans for the farm bureau !
grange field day to he held at Fair |
lee on Aug 4. made
n. A. Dwinell, county agent