The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-09
BRIGHAM TALKS.
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of them have made conspicuous successes
in other lines Of industry. If the native
sons are to be kept here they must be
shown that they can make as good n
living in agriculture as in other fields of
endeavOr. One of the most important
things is to safeguard the livestock and
eliminate every possible hazard.
There has been a decided drift from
sheep raising to dairying, and there are
sound economic reasons for it.. The far
mer believes dairying pays better than
sheep raising. The soil of the farms fur
niShes a good foundation for a dairy ra-
ton. and dairying builds up the fertility
of the soil and furnishes employment
during the winter months as well as III
other seasons.
Up to 1915 three-quarterS of a million
dollars had been spent in testing cattle
and paying indemnitieS. In 1917 the de
paTtment entered into cooperation with
the federal department in the accredited
herd plan, by which it is possible to Grad
icate bovine tuberculosis. On July / Of
this year 1914 herds had been tested
and about 1000 were waiting. In this
work Vermont led all states except Min
neSota, some of whose counties are a
large as the entire state of Vermont.
With a sufficient appropriation Vermont
could nave led the Union.
We can stop where We are and allow
the disease to spread and sap the life of
the dairy industry, or We can apprOpri-
ate enough money to do the work as rap
idly as the farmers are willing to co
operate. 1t Will cost a large sum, but
the increased receipts from dairy pro
ducts will more than offset the cost. TIL,
legislature will be asked to appropriate
funds sufficient to meet the needs of this
work.
Cow testing associations have greatly
increased the average weld of dairy
products by eliminating the nOn-prO-
ylV,gnVus vrIfl, No., 5naYa4f,p- - fha
three districts i'm the state have improved
the quality of the yield and the dairy
manufacturing specialist and the mar
keting agent have accomplished great
good in their respective fields. adding t.
the value of the Vermont product.
Cooperative creampricS have POSSIBLE,
ties for great good. but they have Ger
tain defects, and here the speaker said
that to meet these defects the Vermont
Cooperative CrcamerieS. Inc. had just
been formed to do three things. employ
an expert accountant, buy supplies fol
all the creamerieS together, and estab
lyiSh in Boston a sales agent with lab.
OratOry to make tests and analyses ant
see that the producers get a square deal
There Will be a business anagcr at the
Vermont end of the line. The commits
sioncr believes this organization vii
mean to Vermont what the citrus or
ganlzatlOn means to California.
The commissioner said there were 9th
or important branches of the depart
ulent'S work besides dairyiug. and h,
mentioned the establishment of a syS
tenn of potato seed c~crtitication whicl
greatly increases the market value of tn,
product. one Vermont grower this yea.
will receive $4,000 from Is acres auC
another grower $1,000 from seven acres
Orcharding was touched upon. anc
the speaker said there were great posi-
bilitie& in Vermont orchards. mentiouiu,
especially the Mcintosh Red, whicI
makes "A person always a customer if h
onceS becomes one. There are man!
large commercial orchards in the state
one of 10000 trees and another of 1900
trees in Rutland besides big orchards il
Addison and Bennington counties an,
one in Westminster, in this county.
The development of the 100000,
acres of forest land was mcntione,
briefly. The department is minimizin.
the fire hazard by St]ationinG wardcnS
and on 13 mountain peaks lookout sta
tionS are occupied during the fire sea
son. Every farmer ought to be grow
ing timber to replace his buildings i
case they should be burned, because il