The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-10-14
FARM BUREAU MEETING.
CONTINUED from rage II

ing to acquire "a knowledge of some of
the farm problems of the county. !
He called attention to the membership
drive which was conducted by j. A. San
ford of Putney and which resulted in
membership list of 620 for the Bureau.
The suggested program of work which
was to be taken up later in the meeting
then was referred to- /
The Boys and Girls club work was
explained at some length. the county
agent telling in considerable detail the
events which eliminated in securing Miss
Viola NJ. Cameron as county club agent
and of what has been accomplished by
her with the clubs. He also called atten-
ton to the cooperation of the Vermont
National bank in the work with the boys
and girls and mentioned the prizes won by
the Vernon Calf club and the demonStra-
ton teams at the Valley fair, and of the
prizes won by demonstrating teams at the
state fair at White River JUNCTION. the
corn selection team winning first and the
stock Judging team second.
Referring to the certified seed potato
work he said Vermont certified seed.
according to tests run in Long Island
are showing up superior to those of Maine
and New York. The problem of cO-opera-
| tive marketing of this product Will be one
| of the things confronting us during the
coming year, both as to certified and table
stock. More and more the purchasers of
1 DotIIOeS are making Trips lllio the grow
! ing sections to see for themselves the kind
| of product that is being raised These
buyers prefer To purchase in carload lots
and TO secure the potatoes with the least
amount Of travel. This means commun-
i ity storage and grading
/ Cooperative marketing was the next
subject considered, and concerning this he
said: Even though the Brattleboro milk
plant Is now a recognized concern doing
i business and the Bellows Falls plant is
about to start operations, there still seems
i 60 be demand for cooperative buying
! and selling. The Wilmington farmers,
/ at a meeting which was attended by your
agent during the summer. formed a Manle
4 Products Marketing association for the
purpose of getting a better price for their
goods. Ii is so Incorporated that they
Emay handle all sorts of products. Recently
II advantage has been taken of this and four
carloads of grain have been purchased at
a great saving to the farmers The New
Il England fertilizer pool. through which
lWindham county secured nine carloads of
fertilizer this spring at a great saving to
the farmers. bids fair to be repeated If
the latest advice from the Eastern States
Farmers Exchange can De taken as an in
dication. The agent spent a day in Pitts
field with the wool men in an effort to turn
their product into money
Mi. Harvey referred to the interest in
| growing better fruit in certain sections
of the county and the consequent visit of
Professor Cummings of the University of
Vermont in August The need for a
spraying and pruning campaign Is urgent
The strawberry growers he said were
considering a strawberry marketing ASSOC
citation.
Under the head of insects and diseases
the county agent told of the damage done
this year to tobacco crops. adding that
arrangements We're under way for a meet
ing to be addressed by DIR Chapman of
the Massachusetts Agricultural college
looking to the control of the disease. lie
] also stated that samples of corn ear worm
work has been brought to him from AL
parts of the county.
In closing, Mr.. Harvey reported that he
had taken part in Grange programs and
at public meetings and had assisted IN
4 Judging exhibits ut several local fairs.
i The Farm Bureau, he said. had exhibits
at the Valley fair and at the Wilmington
fair.