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Continuerl from page 1, rolumTi :l 

 county which should be of value to all 

 f;irmei's who are not top-dressing their 

 good mowings. The following demonstra- 

 tions have been arranged: Amlicr.'il, C. E. 

 j Stiles, W. H. Atkins; Chesterfield, U. F. 

 LeDuc, Chas. Munson; Cummingtun, G. 

 R. Tedford, Leon Thayer, D. R. Wells, 

 Dr. Streeter; Huntington, A. Baker, W. 

 C. Tice, W. E. Gamble; Middle field, 

 Ralph Bell, E. H. Alderman, Wesley 

 Olds: Plainfield, H. S. Packard; We^t- 

 hampton, A. D. Montague, A. T. 

 Edwards, .J. C. Hathaway; Gvshen, 

 Arthur Field, Geo. Barrus. 



Another important use of nitrate is on 

 apple trees in sod. Too often these oi'- 

 chards are starved to death from lack of 

 nitrogen and under the system used this 

 can be the only result. Taking off a crop 

 of hay and also an apple crop without re- 

 turning something to the soil results 

 sooner or later in getting only a small crop 

 from both sources and finally results in 

 practically no crops at all. Nitrate at 

 the rate of 5 to 15 lbs. per tree applied 

 early in the spring will show immediate 

 results in tree growth, increa.sed size of 

 fruit and also increased growth of 

 grasses. Last year this was strikingly 

 demonstrated on the faim of A. S. Cooley 

 in Plainfield. Fred Cole of the same 

 town obtained fine results from using 

 manure. 



This year the use of nitrate in sod or- 

 chards will be demonstrated in the fol- 

 lowing towns: Chesterfield, U. F. LeDuc; 

 Belchertoivn, Clayton Green, H. F. Put- 

 nam; Cummhnjton, Frank Sears; Gran- 

 bij, Philias Sansouci ; Huntington, W. E. 

 Gamble; Plainfield, A. S. Cooley; West- 

 liam/jton, A. T. Edwards. 



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WORK SCHEDULED 



Easthampton, Westhampton and 

 Norwich Bridge 



.June 29 and 00, Professor Cole of M. A. 

 C. will give a demonstration on food 

 preservation in each of the above towns. 



At a community meeting in Easthamp- 

 ton held .January 2.5th the women asked 

 for a demonstration on the better 

 methods of making jelly, fruit butter, etc. 

 The demonstration will be given at seven- 

 thirty, Thursday, June 29th. 



A group of women in Noi'wich Bridge 

 have been studying "Food for the Family" 

 this past winter. The Food Budget was 

 a phase of this study so it was only a 

 natural trend for the women to want help 

 on food preservation. The demonstration 

 will be given at two o'clock, June 29th. 

 The story is the same in Westhampton 

 where a group of the women Iiave been 

 studying "Food for the Family". The 

 demonstration will be given at two 

 o'clock, June 30. If your town is not 

 having a demonstration this spring and 

 you are interested in this phase of home- 

 making plan to attend one of these 

 demonstrations. 



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