Norfolk County Farm Bureau Agents´ Reports, Vol. 4
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Excerpt from Norfolk County Farm Bureau Agents´ Reports, Vol. 4: December 1, 1919, to December 1, 1920 These men are willing to give information to all other growers who call at their project. The practices being demonstrated in these orchards are: spraying, fertilization, cultivation, cover cropping, pruning, intercropping, thinning, borer control, winter injury from mice and rabbits, etc. Small fruit growing is rightly coming into prominence in the County, due to the ever increasing demand for berries, etc. Poultry Two economic management demonstrations were carried on under the direction of the Poultry Specialist from the Massachusetts Agricultural College. A culling school was held early in the season with a number of the leading poultrymen present. These men have carried on the culling work in their towns in many cases doing commercial culling work at a small charge per bird. Poultry field meetings were held at two plants with an attendance of 121. A disease control demonstration was given by a specialist and poultry culling demonstrations and talks on management were given by the owners of the plants visited. As poultry diseases have had more to do with failures in the poultry business than all other factors combined special emphasis has been placed upon disease control work. About seventy of the poultrymen of the County have enrolled for the Evening Course in Poultry and allied subjects which is being conducted by the Agricultural Agent and the Faculty of the Norfolk County Agricultural School. The co-operation given by the Ex- tension Poultry Specialist of the Massachusetts Agricultural College and the Poultry Instructor of the Norfolk County Agricultural School has been very helpful and much of the credit for the successful carrying out of the poultry project is due to them. Soils And Crops Fertilizer Situation The fertilizer situation of the past year has been a perplexing one, due to delayed shipments of orders and high prices. More plantfood was applied after the crops were in the ground than ever before. In spite of this crops have been up to normal. The use of acid phosphate on corn on farms having an abundance of manure is now a general practice. It is noticed that fertilizer agents now include acid phosphate in their price lists. Those who have adopted the use of acid phosphate are reporting good results and their neighbors are now planning to adopt the same method next spring. Seed Corn Practically all of the farmers raising seed corn realize the importance of proper storage. The County Agent has spent some time on this work and while it is impossible to give results, the interest shown has been very gratifying. It may be truthfully said that two-thirds of the farmers of Norfolk County planting corn realize the importance of testing seed. We hope to impress the remainder this coming spring. Lime Several demonstrations have been completed comparing limed plots with non limed plots on the growth of hay and clover. The Truog tester has been used on a great many farms this past season and as a result of this work several car loads of lime have been ordered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, h
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