The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-10-12

considered, it is easy to understand
why one finds the spirit Of comradeship
which is the most delightful feature o.
the whole enterprise. II is also easy 20
understand the collection of reading
matter in the girls rooms. where books
| on potato diseases rub elbows with a
| field book Of the stars and where Dun,
sany and Barrie are found cheek by
iowl with scientific agricultural works.
The Dimock orchards apple business
| is well established The proprietors
have far more orders than they can
fill. Most Of the crop il sold in carload
lots. much of it going to Long Island.
As this IL the only commercial orchard
in that part Of the state, there is such
a great local demand for apples that Il
has been necessary to put up signs that
apples are not sold at the orchards on
Sunday. Before that was done, they
were oyerrun with Sunday auto parties
wanting 10 buy apples. One Sunday
not long before my visit, hfty-four.
people ate Sunday dinner on the place.
Many people have asked Mr.. Dimock
how he expects to dispose of the crop
when all Of the present orchards are
producing and the four thousand new
trees they expect to add. have also
come into bearing They have NO tear
on this score for they feel assured from
mast experience that there viii be good
market so long as their product main
tains its present standard OF quality
both in itself and the package.
Ten hives Of bees arc part Of the
apple-orchard business. The bees do the
vital work of polleniziug during bios
som time. In winter, the Dimocks eat
honey.
In order not TO carry all their apples
sin one basket the Dirnooks ventured
some three wears ago into the certified
seed potato field Their potato acreage
increased in 1920 from Is to 80 acres
They have five fields, only one Of which |
is on the home place. In this speciality |
thew are doing something that very few
growers are doing. for they make i've
complete inspections themselves in i'd
sition 10 those made by the oiilciai
state inspectors.
Elizabeth Clark has charge OF this
work. Two people work to-
,ether. one on each side Of the row. In
his way, each plant Is inspected from
10Th sides so that there Is little chance
II leaf roll. mosaic aphids or any OH
r enemy. escaping detection. Each in
nection means two hundred and forty
niles Of walking and the certifeation I
40 which is attached TO every pack
90 NJ seed potatoes from helds which
ave successfully passed all tests, as
ures the purchaser that the potatoes
70 i securing are from = high weld
nc strain Of established rogeny per-
ormance. grown in fields showing pre-
-ious growth, heavy yields. entire Tree.
Iom from weak and dwarfed hills and
minimum Of disease"
Last summer. after the official in
pection was over. Ms Clark was
ant 70 visit producers who have an
established reputation fer the Prodie-
ion Of certified seed potatoes, 70 see
that new and constructive ideas she
ould bring back with her
Underneath and behind all the zc-
;vitv A. Dimock orchards j. an ideal
rh;rh Mr. and Mrs. Difnock are stris-
NJ n realize and with which they have
rhncd al their helpers- They feel, std
heir Young women ASSISTANTS feel With
hem that one Of the Inast important
Contributions q worker ran make ~
he life Of the World i e help 10 iced
he people Of the weird
They are also rrcpd r. show What
'rrmont ran n " the way Of food
reduction and they hasr shown 3.
rnuins r pioneer spirit II helping ~
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