Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-03
GOVERNOR LAKE TO ADDRESS
 FARMERS AT STORRS TONIGHT

scrap to feed poultry, it should be 10 per cent. of all they eat especially during the winter. Water is important and hens should always be able to get water. Ice water, he started, was not the best to allow hens to drink The use of artificial light in the morning he hsliered the best. All the above remarks, be said, referred to bullets that began laying that fall.
 The atterneea sessisns began Ak 1.se. when Professor Lester Card, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, gave an inte- resting talk. He was feiioyd by E. l. l Richards of Canton Center, Gerald Waldo ] of Scotland, and A. B. Hall of Waliing- ford, who talked on Marketing Prob- lens of the Producers"
 | Meetings of the EenHeeticnt PonsAeg- ical society and the Connecticut Vegetable Growers Association began at 1.5o at the Dairy building and under the guidance of Professor s. P. Hoilister, of the college, 1 they heard about sYarieties of the Farm Orchard At z.3Q Professor 4. T. Stew ems of the college talked on "Fhe Farm Garden A demonstration of Methods of i Potato Management, to be given by Pro lessor William L. Slate, Jr., at the Ex- pertinent Station barn was postponed be- cause of the weather.
 Pastures came in fer 2 great deal ef rSteAAA0A dt the meetings or the mem bers of the Dairymen's Association. In fact, most of the speakers during Farm CTS Week who have had anything at all to say about any phase of the livestock industry have devoted considerable st- tention to pasture improvement
 On the morning program Prof H. L. Garrigus of the animal husbandry de- partment of the college told hoY he
 had reclaimed tract of land that had 1 grown I'D to brush. This land is now aftording excellent pasturags to both beef and dairy cattle and instead oi
 growing white birch is yielding an in, come. Care must be taken not to pas tuFe too closely until after the grasl has had chance to establish itself. s. J. Ovens, specialist in farm crop. ) for the e1tension service, told of a nun Der of pasture demonstrations being 7 carried on at Storrs and at farm throughout the state. Wood ashes, ma : nure, acid phosphate and lime have al been used in the demonstrations. Lin : is especially essential on some soil t while acid phosphate and manure wori
 Remarkable improvements to many worl r out pastures. Prof. Henry Dorsey sup plemented this talk with statement a L to experimental evidence concerning tn q use of potash on pastures. Pasture T that become depleted in potash mus ' have this element restored. At presen y however, commercial potash is used yer c little on NeE England pastures. WG s ashes, where available, are used Wit d success.
 Prof. P. A. Campbell told of the If e suits accomplished by dairy clubs i $ this state. Dairy farmers of con o nunity organize 3 club to study the l. own problems. Once each month a SD. G I ci af kA II meets with each club and checks up o st the results obtained. Each member Y the club keeps records as to milk prt "a duction of each COW and as to cost ls feed, etc. Cows that are failing to T, IS turn 9 profit are eliminated from tt le herds. Prof. Campbell had figures fro it eleven herds showing how farmer men rt bers of these clubs had been able " Increase the milk production per co le and to lower the feed costs by folios v ing the ration suggested by the specis es ist.
 le Prof. G. c. White and Prof ". at Slate told of feeding tests conduetc = during the past year with corn silag
 There has been considerable dissensi, s as to whether better results are obtai te ed from early maturing, medium M
 turing or late maturing varieties Of ceF "A Three small sjlos were built for the 2 0' pertinent and each filled with a di8e na ent variety. Three groups of COWS we gI then selected to be fed separately ire
 these sfles. Results to date indiea
 that more milk and cheaper milk "
 obtained from the early maturing V
 rieties of silage corn. It was point
 out, however, that the tests have r
 71t for one year and that from q seie
 tife standpoint the evidence is not co
 elusive.
 How to produce sanitary milk vi
 milking machines was explained at
 demonstration at the dairy barn
 Prof R. c. Fisher It is easy enough
 produce | high quality of milk wi
 machines if care is taken to keep thu clean, he said. Many dairies using IT
 chimes are producing certified milk. C.
 water of a temperature of 50 degr,
 or under. if kept constantly runni
 through the milk tubes will keep tn
 sanitary, Keeping the rubber. parts
 hot water for one hour will destr
 most any bacterial growth. A disinfe
 ant solution composed of four ounces .25 chloride of lime, ten pounds of salt 3 . ten gallons of water was recommend .2e Connecticut farms should prodl