Norwich bulletin., 1921-03-24

ment- Better crops. better livestock better health and better homes are the natural fruit of the work accomplished through the farm bureaus.
 Potatoes and csrn.
 Experimental trials at storrs and throughout the state have shown that northern grown seed potatoes greatly in- crease the yield over home grown seed: In the fall of <s1s.. when a seed shortage .he following spring seemed probable. the eo;'ege sent an expert to Maine to inspect seed potatoes in the interests of Connecti- cut. farmers, Only the best. disease-free seed was selected. Acting on advice of the college expert Connecticut farmers contracted for 13 carloads of seed pota- toes at about ss50 a sack The follow ing spring seed potatoes sold in Connecti- cut for about sH sack. The saving to farmers through fall buying was s2s,565. Comparison of yields from this seed wEa
 hat ordinarily used shoa,d that yic.d' Asd heen increased Soour 7s bushels 10 | the acre. The value the ipcreased d yield to the state was SIS, ,750. Total value
 to the state of this one project was S105,31
 High costs of corn growing in Connec-
 ticut require large acre yields to make the crop profitable. A few years ago.
 when great losses occurred throughout
 the United States through planting inn
 mature seed or seed from frosted corn
 Connecticut saved many thousands of
 dollars through testing for germination.
 The college throuhg its farm bureaus, d.
 rected the testing of this seed. Some of
 1t fell as low as 10 r~r cent. in germina. , tion. To have planted such seed would
 have meant tremendous losses to the
 state. Variety tests, too, to determine best varieties of silage corn, have showr
 results ranging from. 12.7e tons to 2s.5l tons per acre. Corn shows fosterec
 throughout the state have been worti thousands of dollars to Connecticut agri culture.
 i World Wide Advertising. . Connecticut has had worldwide adver . Using through the fact that the first in l. ternational egg laying contest was start s ed at Storrs. In the 10 years the con Q test has been conducted 10000 hens iron T all aver the world have been sent ti s Storrs. Eggs to the number of 1870, ,O0 l, have been laid Tn the contest pens an, - the college poultrymen have had tn greatest opportunity ever offered fo q careful study of egg production. Infor h nation obtained from the contest is of in 5, calculabIe value not only to Connection F butsto the world. A year ago the coIeg :; started home egg laying contest i d which sos farms keep accurate record f and report production. One hen in ever
 20 in Connecticut reports each month t
 the college poultrymen as to how man eggs she has laid during the month. Av . craze egg production for the state is in
 creasing rapidly.
 Another thing of Seneft to the fsrme l is the market information service Thi :. bservice includes the sending of welsn
 rbulletins to the farmers in the state thu 4 keeping them posted on tae market pric u es and demand
 II taught home canning by college specia - ists. Canning schools were held a
 Storrs at which $50 women learned { = become teachers of home canning Sine " the war the work has been continue
 and in >1s20. 4120,0oe quarts of fruit :. and vegetables were preserved under tf v direction of the home demonstrate workers. As a result of college work a- encouraging canning throughout the sta le many thousand homes are annually SUI - piled with .home-preseryed fruits ar y's vegetables. This work reaches city " well as country.
 rs Boys and Gid1s' Sheep Clubs. a. Wool growers were hard hit last sprir r when the price Of wool dropped almost sh the vanishing point soon after shea nd ing time. Wool grown by boys and gir
 of the Sheep clubs was collected to il or amount of 2,s90 pounds and convert in into woolen cloth. This was readil en sold and the youngsters received g e- cents to s1 \ pound for their wool at f- time when there was no market on rs se wool. The Sheep specialist also collect he wool grown on Connecticut farms to | an extent of 5000 pounds and had it co 'e- verted into blankets. Some farmers SC in their blankets at a price to pay tn,
 well for the wool, while others pref 54 red to retain the blankets.
 m- Extensinon Schools and Farmers .n- stitutes, dealing with agriculture. ho ral making and country life, were held li es year. in six counties of the state. Tn len teen Extension Schools and eleven Far ul-