The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-18

LITIGATION regulations was also continued.
One farmer in Windham county grew
1900 bushels Of certified seed potatoes
this season and sold them at an advance
of about 81 per bushel above the returns
which he would have received for the same
crop of table stock. The seed potato bust
ness seems to be in its infancy, and by
continuing the project for a few seasons
longer the Farm Bureau can get the new
and paving industry Of seed, potato pro
duetion well on its feet in Windham
county.
Observation-Disclosures seven years of
successful work by the Farm Bureau de-
voted principally to work along production
lines. the principal call for service this
wear has been in marketing. 1t is a COM
mon statement among Farm Bureau mem
hers that. they are now able to produce
satisfactory crops, but that their market
ing facilities are extremely inadequate.
As a result of this demand the officers of
the Bureau decided to attack the matter
of marketing first along the lines of one of
our principal crops. The project of dairy
marketing was chosen.
Organization of the Brattleboro Co
operative Milk Plant.-Following the
holding of local meetings in the communl-
ties which would naturally market
through Brattleboro, committee meetings
of REPRESENTATIVES from these communities
were lhll. WIN III Adta "
permanent plan. During the previous
year the Farm Bureau had organized
among z dairymen a cooperative mix
shipping association which during the year
ending Oct. 1. 1920. made a saving to the
farmers involved Of about S26,OOO. FOL
lowing the lines used in organizing TINS
Dlan. the committee drew up
dations for the formation of a permanent
marketing organization through a central
Dlant. 4 central mass meeting of the
. dairympn involved was called and the
committee recommended the formation OF
q stock comuanv and the erection of a CEN
trail dairy products plant. Their report
was accepted and the resulting corpora
ton was organized and capltatlZed at
$4,000 and incorporated under the laws
Of Vermont. Officers were elected and
$4,000 worth of stock sold among %
| shareholders. The central plant, in com
I nIiance with the recommendations OF the
: Farm Bureau investigating committee. Is
now under construction at the Bradley
farm. north of Brattleboro, and has been
about 20 per cent completed.
This marketing project Is now entireiy
upon its own feet and Independent OF the
Farm Bureau. 1t bids fair TO accomplish
the ends for which it was organized and to
Droyidp an outlet for the principal agrI-
cultural products of the county, Should
/ this cooperative milk plant prove q sue
cess. the future work on The part OF the
Farm Bureau should enable local farmers
to expand the plan and TO market pota-
toes and other farm crops from tins terri
tory among cities to the southwark.
"A similar project for dairy marketing
has been started in the Bellows Falls ter
ritory. There is excellent interest among
!, the farmers in that section of the county,
as well as in the adjoining counties. for
the organization and carrying out of the
- l-- -s-sV,, =. 4h1 avA which
is nearing completion at Brattleboro.
General Surveys-Although the Farm
Bureau is intended as an organization
through which to attack the principal
problems of the agricultural interests OF
the county, the employment of Il county
. agent makes it possible to render a great
f deal of direct service to individual farmers
besides a large number of Office calls. the
total of which in the last year has been
e. Limited only by the amount of time the
. agent is able to spend in the office. a
q, considerable number IT farm visits have
been made. In addition, it has been pos
: Sible to assist various communities IN GER
tain community problems.
Certain community problems which
are worthy of enumeration here, which
. have been accomplished in the commune
. ties involved with but small assistance
from the agent. have been the Vernon Cali
club. where nine purebred Jersey heifeI
! calves have been placed the holding the
J farmers field day in Wilmington ant
! the holding of a considerable number OF
, meetings which are listed below in a sum.
- mary report.
Through the Bureau, farm labor has
4 been directed to 81 farms during the past
. year. The work of the Bureau has also
been exhibited at two local fairs. Farm
visits have been made in every town in tbs
county with the exception of the almost
uninhabited towns of Somerset and STRAIT
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