Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1921-07-06
A Poultry Club Secretary's Report of
Their Meeting.

The Barton poultry club has nine
members raising chickens but have
not started giving any talks on poul-
| tey, or holding discussions of their
work at their meetings. They will
begin to see the need Of ''team work"
in raising chickens the same as in
playing baseball or foot ball very
soon. Other poultry clubs in the
county can compare their reports
with what they are doing and see how
they stand on the "team work" The
following is the actual report of the
secretary, Gilbert Macie:
Wendall Hinton-15 chicks hatch
ed, four hens and one rooster owned.
three hens setting.
Linford Bowen-One hen setting
with II eggs.
William Bradley-Nothing done.
going to move to Newport.
Don Sisco-One hen set and three
chickens Matched.
Clarence Kilgallen-Nothing done
yet.
Harold May-Two settings, one out
of one and Ii out of the other-19
chickens left.
Robert Buck-Set one hen, due to
come off 28th. Bought one hen.
Milton Zabarsky-Three hens set.
Carl Labor-Not present, but has
chicks.
Ralph May-Two settings, 1S chicks
from 80 eggs.
Gilbert Macie-One hen setting and
incubator being run. None Matched
yet.
Mr.. ingalls,, State Club Leader, and
Mr.. Bacon, County Club Agent, at
tended and gave talks on other poul-
try clubs, also timely helps for mem
bers' projects.
lice are found. 1t is we'll to spray
turnips, bush beans, and other plants
attacked by plant lice or aphis. Of
course you should spray your orchard
at least three times with bordeaux
mixture and arsenate of lead if you
expect to have any sound fruit.
Your poultry house, nests, roosts,
brooder, etc., should be sprayed with
kresodip or some other disinfectant
once or twice week as a prevention
against mites and lice which attack
the poultry in June and July espe-
cially.
Lime should be scattered around
the poultry house and it is we'll to add
solution made from copperas or
permangenate of potash to the drink
ing water for the fowls at least once
per week and see that they drink the
water containing this solution.
Apple vaseline or other grease, add
ing little carbolic acid to it, around
the chicks head and under the wings,
not too much or you will interfere
with the chicks respiration. It is
well to apply the same to setting
hens to keep away mites and lice.
Be sure your pigs have plenty of
mineral food and tankage as well as
fresh water. Of course there is
nothing better than clover or alfalfa
pasture for pigs or even grass will do.
Pasture for hogs and other stock af-
Club Garden and Farm Notes
The cut worm is on the Job and
will destroy many of the tomato, cab
bage, and other plants unless you
take due precautions. Some poison
ed bran mixed in the soil around the
plant is recommended. A collar made
Of stiff paper or cardboard is better.
This collar should fit in the ground
about an inch and extend above the
surface about one and half or two
inches.
A solution of Paris green and ar
senate of lead in water will take care
of the potato bugs if applied in spray
form when the plants are about six
inches high and as soon as the new
crop of bugs appear. Be sure that
the spray saturates the top of the
vines where the bud appears. The
bugs like the tender parts of the vine.
A little arsenate of lead and lime on
cucumber vines, squash and melons
will take care of the cucumber beetles
and other insects.
Spray the tomato vines with Bor-
deaux mixture when the plants are
about two and four weeks later. This
will prevent wilt and blight in near
ly all cases.
1t is well to spray small fruits and
rose bushes with bordeaux mixture
and you might add just a little arse
nate of lead. Spray two OR three
times during the spring and early
summer.
A soap and kerosene emulsion or
9sblack leaf forty" should be sprayed
on rose bushes and wherever plant
fords the cheapest and best feed you
can give.
The calf should be fed little calf
meal of some kind along with good
whole milk and here again pasture
comes as an important part of the
ration for the calf as well as other
stock
In caring for your stock and poul-