Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-04
DATRYAIEN, PoULTRMEN AND
 BEEKEEPERS AT STORR!
Special to The BuIletin)

Storrs, Aug. 3.-Between six and seven hundred dairymen, poultry1nen and beekeepers from, this state and oth- CT states surrounding Connecticut at tended the opening sessions of their va rious associations held at the Connecti- cut Agricultural College here this aft ernoon and evening. The people began to arrive in the early morning hours and increased as the afternoon drew near. Before the sessions were opened many took advantage of the sight see ing tours to cover the grounds of the college and take in the many fine exhi- bitions of machinery, live stock and plants.
 The welcome address was made by ! President Charles L. Beach of the col i lege, who addressed the poultrymen and | beekeepers jointly in tn Armory hall. President Beach in welcoming the asso- citations to the college told of the great l part the farmer of today was to play in the readjustment period through which i the country must pass The farmer must get more for his work and the excess cost of getting the goods to the con suner must be done away with be- ! fore the cost of food can be brought 1 to a lower level When this time comes farmers should receive just compensa- i ton for their work at an early hourly i rate equal to that paid men working in cities.
 l Following the address by President Beach the beekeepers adjourned to the armory lecture room 10 hold their ses- i sion. The poultrymen holding their meeting in the armory.
 1 Poultry Association Meeting.
 The Safe and Sane Progeny Test was the subject of George V. Smith of W i Wilmington, editor. lecturers and for | twelve years secretary of the Connecti- l cut Poultry Association. MT. Smith stated that the nearer the poultrymen 1 got to nature the better their f1ocks would i become. Five years of testing following 1 great losses in fouls built his flock to one whree only the strong ones survive ] Breeding periods are not during those months in the spring set by man bus are 1 during those times when the hen is i producing. Wild birds are protected i from disease only the f1ttest surviving as the weakest are dead through dis ease. Poultrymen should weed out their | weak males through the process of this test of letting the sick fouls remain with
 the flock until the flock is able to with stand any disease that might crop out ] Turkeys and Testing
 1 Dr. L. F. Rettger, bacteriologist, Storrs Experimental station explained the plan of the college to ask poultry l men of this state to build up a stock I of poultry entirely free from white diar- rhoea. Every member was to guarantee his of1cll free from this disease and all members would trade poultry to each other and in this manner perfect poul- try would be raised Tn the state
 
 loss was caused because of blackhead, and this often took over fifty per cent. of the flock before they reached their full growth Through experiments with the rotation the college had raised 42 turkeys with only two losses while with the old system many more were los. The method of rotation he stated was to have Q house with four doors and a yard with four pens. By letting the turkeys into these yards in succession from 1 to 4 changing every week the turkeys were rid of blaekhead. Only by leaving the turkeys in one yard over one week was black head developed dur ing the tests at the college. Infection he stated comes from the turkeys themselves and tests of feeding turkeys disease failed to infect any of the tur- keys.
 The evening session consisted of a talk by Garry Miles of Goshen whose topic was, Paying my way through college with hen" and this was follow ed by several fine reels on Poultry loaned for the occasion by the Poultry Division of the U. s. Department of Agriculture at Washington, D. c.
 Beekeepers Association.
 'Ts Beel1eeping Necessary for the Fruitgrower?" was the topic chosen by Everet E. Brown of Abingdon and his answer was emphaticalIy yes In back ing up his statement he told of several fruitgrowers of other states who paid beekeepers. as much as five dollars per hive for the use of their bees during tn blossoming season. Nurserymen he tated did not care about the bees as they sold their trees and shrubs before the blossoming season. Spraying at the wrong time kills the bees gathering honey and also kills the blossoms that are open. Spraying should be done just before blossoming time and in the spring even though it looks like rain the tree should be sprayed as the rain if warm will rsult in the rapid growth of blight and tree diseases. Bees in old orchards are not harmed by the spraying if done right as it is only vapor and does not wet the ground His talk ended in a free discussion of bees relative to spraying time and blossim- ing ti1ne Most beekeepers agreed that when the queen bee was missing in the Honey season one should be bought rather than waiting for new queen to be matched.
 The topic of the evening session was Influence of the Queen on the Honey Crop" and Arthur c. Miller of Provi- dence. R. l., spoke in brief as follows:
 Contrary to belief the queen bee to- day produces better than in past years, and the best producing bee can always be told if she lays eggE deep down and in the center of the cell. It is a good policy to use a new queen each fall and for bee raisers to keep queens of the same strain in their hives.
 Dairymen's Association.
 The dairyman of the future, using milking machines instead of 'hand milkers,' can lie abed an hour later each morning and knock off woFk earlier ev- cry evening, according to Prof. Oscar Eff of Ohio State University, who talked on Tuesday afternoon to the Connecticut Dairynen's Association on The Milking Machine and the Dairy Farmer
 Prof. Eff has the distinction of bei1N one of the most ardent champions of ma chine milking that the United States has produced. Milking machines, he says, save time and are sanitary.
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