Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-10-07
,RC. VILLAGES MESSAGE
TO FARMERS OF VERMONT
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berry bushes within two or lnree nun
dred wards of the trees We hope the
people of Vermont will not hesitate to
call for any aid that the Department
can give. We are ready to serve and
TO advise YOU how best to protect
your trees from the blister rust.
Half Inch Blueberries
The Bureau OF Plant industry is en-
gagged in a number Of other lines OF
work for the benefit of Vermont farm
ers. For a number of years the bureau
has cooperated with the state agencies
in improving the quality OF seed pota-
toes, especially for use in southern areas
producing early crops For several
years the department has been expert
menting with the selections and spe-
cial crosses of wild blueberries, and
has bred up plants which are now pro
ducing berries exceeding one-half inch
in diameter Farmers in the limestone
regions Of Vermont will not be inter
ested in this development, but those
on the sandy or gravelly soils OF the
granite region will probably hnd them
profitable
Assistance to Creameries
You will perhaps be most interested
in the work the department has done
in Vermont in connection with the
dairying industry. The work in Yer
mont has been carried on comparatively
with the State Department OF Agri-
culture. One cow-testing association
man and one creamery extension man
have been maintained in this way for
a number of years. The creamery man
has worked with creameries desiring
assistance and that agree to follow the
advice and put. into practice methods
of operation recommended and demon
strated bv him. As result of this
work, in one year, the gain in oVerrun
in six creameries amounted TO over
$4,000. Assistance with 20 factories IN
the grading of milk and cream resulted
in IA of them paying a premium OF
2 - to 5 cents more per pound OF
butterfat in sweet cream (not over :
Der cent acid. At one creamery tins
made a change in the amount OF sweet
cream received from 20 per cent to
between so and 90 per cent, and the
quality OF the butter was greatly I'M
proved.
In 1920 five creameries and three
cheese factories were organized, a
short course in dairy manufacturing
was conducted at the university iol
one week. and an educational confess
in scoring butter and cream was con
Quoted
Seventy per cent OF the creamerles
condenseries. and cheese factories ant
shippinq stations were averaging al
their tests made for fat in milk ant
cream when making payments TO Tn
patrons. Assistance was gwen 10 IN
Commissioner of Agriculture in amend
ing the existing statutes, giving mn
authority to regulate such practices
In 1920, eighteen active coW-testln
associations with 1870 members, an
S729 COWS were supervised by a cooE
eratjve field man. The figures show
gradual betterment OF the average co,
in the locality due mainly to the &C
vice of the COW tester
tuberculosis Eradication Work
When the national cooperative pla
stock was inaugurated in 1917, the stat
of Vermont was one OF the hTsI COZ"
monwealths to sign up on a9reem,i
with the Department The STATE -
nartment of Agriculture was provide
with a small fund TO carry on the Wof
which was pursued SO satisfactory
that each succeeding legislature has II
creased the fund for tuberculosis e:
d;oot;on work The legislature VIII.
met in 1927 appropriated S2OO,0OO p
annum for the biennial PERIOD Ia
Is A liberal appropriation, one OF u
largest Very few states have larg
APPROXIMATIONS, That Of Iowa ben
S25OOO0. and both New ork al
Michigan somewhat larger.
tuberculosis eradication work in /
state of Vermont has set the pace !
all the New England states; IN Ia
there is no state in the union that h
accomplished more in controlling
berrulosis than has the Green Mou
tain state. Unfortunately, bovine
berculosis exists rather extensively
the state.
Big Market for Our Stock
Vermont produces more dairy cat
than is required for its own use, the
fore. each year there are animals u
must be disposed OF outside OF the ST
for dairy and breeding purposes.
GOOD work done in the eradication
tuberculosis has attracted buyers
dairy cattle from states that do
raise sufficient of their own. The IF
from tuberculosis that the herds OF
state become the more favorable
vertis;ng the industry will receive,
the greater the volume OF business t
will come to the breeders. VERNE
should help largely to supply the sta
Of Massachusetts, Rhode Island,
Connecticut with dairy cows.
1t may be interesting for some
YOU to know that only four OF
states have higher ratio OF pure b
horses to all horses than Vermo
namely. Massachusetts,, Rhode lSla
Illinois, and Iowa. Her rank in p
bred cattle percentage TO total ca
IS fourth, being exceeded by \
Hampshire. Massachusetts,, and y
York. In pure bred sheep Vernon
outranked by Massachusetts,, Com
ticut, and New Jersey. In pure b
u