Norwich bulletin., 1921-11-08
COUNTY CoMMFNIrIEs MAKING
 EXTENSION WORK PLANS

Six communities in New London couu- ty have already met and, planned pro- grammes for extension work for the con- ing year. It Is interesting to know that all of the communities are interested in a good deal the same line of agricultural work. Four of these places have shown an iSterest in improving the dairy .in- dustry, and improving all the dairy herds by carrying out some organized
 move for increasing the consumption of milk. All of the communities are inter- ested in carrying out some demonstra- tion work which will include top dress ing demonstrations of grass land, fer tllizing pastures and various demonstra- ticns on market garden crops, including potatoes
 Five communities are interested in fruit work. Especially Tn organizing some means whereby the small orchards can be sprayed properly. The general opinion seems to be that If orchards could be sprayed properly there would be no question of what pruning would be done and the apples could be marketed to advantage. The average man with an
 orchard of 25 to 15 trees, however, can not afford an expensive spray outfit.
 With this Idea in view II. !. Lark
 ham in charge of the fruit project on
 the Norwich committee Is planning to get together the fruit men around the last of November and see If plans can
 be worked out I.lr the organization OF a spray ring to cover the orchards around Norwich. ". II. Da'-Tow, the fruit ex-
 tension specialist from the college and
 the county agent will he asked 10 assist
 in woliing out these plans. 1t enough
 men are interested power spraver viii
 be bought and a man hired to take car Q
 of the spraying in all orchards where
 men are cooperating.
 Four eoTpmunities are considerably in
 tarested in poultry and Norwich and Led
 yard are already taking active steps to organize poultry club: which will meet oncs month with the poultry extension specialist
 All of the communities are interested in cooperative buying. Three of these communities already have organized CO., operative exchanges. Where there are no cooperative exchanges the extension committee has simply appointed one or i tive members Of their group to get to- eether orders for fertilizer, seeds and ! lime and place their order through the county agent
 | The Norwich committee have made plans for some farm mana cement work i witt Harry Blacker in charge. 4. W Manchester the farm nnanaeement spe- 1 cialist at the college has offered to meet l with groups Of farmers in any communi- ! ty of this state for Q one day farm management school. At such a meet l ing the men would enter their inven- 1 tories in farm account books and would study the factors in their farm business i which are the most vital in making the ] farm 9 success or failure At the end l Of the year another meeting will be ! held and Mir. Manchester viii assist these l men to summarize their books and il~''~t i their labor income for the year. Thii l is proposition well worth considering ] by other communities but as yet Nor wich is the only one that has made det- ! mite plans in their community pro
 gramme. Goshen is planning for two 1 day institute which farm management and crops will be the topics discussed. Al 1 that time MT. Manchester will assist tho men in starting the farm account books l and there will be discussions on the vau, of different enterprises in the farm bus | mess.
 l Several other community committei
 meetings have been planned and will b. held within the next two weeks. As fal
 as possible the county agent plans |,
 meet with the majority of the committees
 in the county before the annual meet i ing of the Farm Bureau which come. | Inc third of December.