Putnam patriot., 1923-02-23
Fruit Institute at North Wood
stock Proves Real Success
Poultry Hints. - Vegetable
Growers Meet.

SfO~EfN fNi&&As
The above uame represents some
definite poultry organization WORK
The preliminary organization TOOK
place st Wfiimautie Thursday. Jan
IS. and Wss completed Saturday. Feb
no. A. the latter date 81 poultry
contracts were signed. by- laws were
adopted. ~sd officer elected This
Wa Farmer Association Coopera-
tive effort that tackled the egg mar
keting problem, and definite plan
81 procedure resulted Careful plans
81 most detailed nature Is one Of
the strong points Of THIS new organ
ization An exceedingly large per
ceutaRe u the most successful pOul-
trymeu in Windham County are mem
bers- The whole procedure that the
organization has adopted embot5es
busnesszlike plans Of selling.
Tuberc ulosis Testing
A conference Of dairymen who are
Interested IL tuberculin testing IS 20
be called By the Farmers Association
tuberculosis committee. r. & Rog-
ers, Putnam. s. H. Peckham. Wood
stock: John K Stromberg. Pomfret,
for next Wednesday. Feb. %. at the
Farmers Association rooms. Putnam.
The Farmers Association committee
are calling this meeting for the pur-
pose u obtaining the opinions Of the
different daifymen in regard 70 the
cattle taberculn testing work that
has been in progress for some time
This meeting IS q vital importance 20
the dairymen. and although At this
time a definite hour for the meeting
the zstb has not been decided upon.
Il uIll b possible for ans dairymau
- obtain further details by calling +.
= Roger. telephone ~ S. Il Peck
ham. teiarH ne 20 john 2 Stram-
berg. telephone ~ j. Or eHe County
Agent at=tta Pam Assoc latloH q
see. Telephone 3a5
Nee, al North Woodstoek
Tire cooperative institute conducted
IS the Quinebaue Valley Fruit Grow
ers Association and the Windham
County Farmers Association was one
II the best fruit institutes ever held
IA tie county. according To the opin-
IONS expressed hy number Of the
men present. who represented Tor The
most part the larger fruit interests ln
Windhsm County There were also a
few men present from Dudley. Mas.
who have become Interested ~ the
cooperative fruit work that has been
=laHted = Wiaaham Comfy.
Fruit Expert Speak,
" II BARROW. Extension Fruit sHe
aIaIisf. started the meeting with talk
On orchard fertilization. and was fol
lowed rs Henry 3 Buell. Of Easfford,
president If the Qutuebaug Naiiey
Fruit Grow egs, Association Mr. Buell.
briefly summarized the work dome b.
Prof KFo8t Of tHe Massachusetts Az
flcuIard College n connection with
the control u apple .eab Mr. Buell.
had taken % good deal Of pains in get
ting this material together and pre-
sented the subject I'm very com
meHdable way
The bue lunch. which came at noon,
was Am enjoyable occasion. and was
made more enjoyable by the ladies Of
the North Woodstock congregational
church. who served coffee
George Deane. secretary Of the
Quinebaug Valley Fruit Growers As
sociatiou. gave most instructive talk
on his observations at a meeting OF
the Nashoha Fruit Growers Assoeis-
ton. at " est Acton. Mass Mr. Deane
gave the report of his visit in an in
terestlnR and mastery fashion. laying
particular interest on the ACCESSIBILITY
If the fruit growers IN this SECTION
growing and packing their fruit. as
cordine 20 the demands Of modern
marketing methods.
County Agent DAVIS Report,
County Agent F T. Davis gave Il
report Of visit made 20 the Proyi-
tieuce Farmers Exchange by Mir
Deane aud himself. pointing out the
fact that following the fruit shipped
from tins section clear through the
marketing. results in information
fhat IS worth while in making plans
FOR better marketing methods The
information gained as result Of the
visit would indicate that central
packing house iu tins section. where
grades could be established. according
- the opinion Of expert graders
would bee desirable it being impossi
h'c ~ establish what might be called
true grades eH a number Of individual
FARMS The fruit organization has
created A progressive set 81 fruit men,
which have already advertised rather