The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-11-02


week giving the program OF the work
OF the agents in the county for the
coming week and touching on the work
accomplished the preceding week.
Legislation The local farm bureau
has tried to work in conjunction with
the state and national farm bureau
declarations in legislative work and
have requested many farmers to send
kilograms and letters to our representa-
tives in Congress urging them to sup
port certain bills.
Service Farm bureau has tried TO
act as a service organization. The farm
bureau is and should be to the farmer
what the chamber of commerce in the
city is to the merchant.
County Agent Work.
The report of the county agent work
for the past year includes the work of
three agents. that of r. A. Briggs, who
completed his work on May ! after
three years of very successful work,
that of G. H. Winslow, who was acting
county agent from May Is until July
!, and that of the present agent who
has been on duty since that time. The
work Of the year has been divided into
the following projects; Namely, organ
ization, dairy and livestock improve
ment and soils, crops and farm man
agement.
Organization--A tentative program
of work was adopted at the last annual
meeting but this was not definitely
adopted until it was approved by the
different communities in the county.
The program was finally established
partly at the community meetings and
partly as the result of a QUESTIONABLE
which was sent to every member in the
county.
There are now 81 local communities
organized for farm bureau and exten-
sion work Each of these has a com
munity committee through which the
work is carried on. Some of these
are more active than others but all
have functioned to some extent.
The executive committee who make
up the county project leaders has met
seven times during the year at which
times important farm bureau and ex-
tension work has been taken up.
The organization program called for
community meetings in each commu-
nifty during the year. Twenty-six Of
these meetings have been held. The
agents in cooperation with the execn-
tive secretary have arranged for these
meetings and used them as means 20
get a message to the people, which
would be of help to them. Educational
moving pictures have been shown and
at a number of them, there has been
an outside speaker representing either
the farm bureau or the extension work.
A series of these meetings are now an
der way, and il is planned to reach each
of the communities during the next two
months. A committee is being met
with during the day to outline the
years program OF work and appoint
leaders for each project through whom
the work will be carried on. AT night
at the community meeting, the program
il presented for discussion and adopted.
This program includes the work OF the
women and the boys and girls as well
as the men,
The publicity Of the work has been
carried on as usual through the Farm
Bureau News, the Weekly Market Bull
letin and the local newspapers.
Dairy and livestock improvement
The object Of this project is to improve
the livestock of the county by better
breeding through the placing OF good
pure bred sires, by the use of COW te9t
associations, BY better feeding, by the
culling of poultry, and by the eradica
ton Of tuberculosis.
II. II. Beier Of the dairy division Of
the United States department of ag-
riculture spent two weeks in the county
during the year working up interest N
bull associations. Although no asso-
citations were organized. the prospects
look favorable for future developments
of this work.
The agents have co-operated with
the state department of agriculture
in furthering the eradication of tuber.
culosis. and this county now leads all
others in the state in the percentage
of tested herds. A list of the cattle
owners of each town and the number
owned by each has been secured from
the town clerks records and these are
TO be checked with the records under
supervision to determine just how Jar
the work has gone in each locality. We
will concentrate our efforts on clean
ing up entire areas from the disease.
Two dairy tours outside Of the coun-
ty have been conducted. one a Holstein
tour 10 visit the herds in the vicinity
of Burlington and the other a Jersey
tour TO those around st. Johnsbury.
Plans are under way for the organiza-
ton Of County Jersey Breeders asso-
citation.
The extension poultry specialist has
assisted the agents in conducting IA
poultry culling demonstrations. There
was considerable interest in this work,
the total attendance being go.
Soils and crops-The object Of this
project i the more efficient growing Of
our crops by the use Of better seed, se--
tilization and management
Corn variety demonstrations Corn
variety demonstrate were conducted
on five fields in the county during the
pat year. The varieties used wee
Minnesota 10. Davis Flint from two
sources Of seed. Sheffield Flint. Golden
Nugget. Rhode Island. Sanford snd
s0-day special Minnesota Is ranked
first. the two strains Of Davis Flin.
second and third. Sheffield Flint fourth.
Rhode Island Sanford fifth and Gold
Nugget sixth This work has been car
ried on since 1917. and the agent be
lieves that Il has been proven which
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