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American Agriculturist, June 9,1923 
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New York Farm News 
Norgord To Direct TB Eradication Work 
C P. NORGORD, formerly Commis- 
• sioner of Agriculture of Wiscon¬ 
sin, since 1915, has been appointed 
as Deputy Commissioner of the Depart¬ 
ment of Farms and Markets. Mr. Nor¬ 
gord will be charged with the responsi¬ 
bility of carrying through New York’s 
campaign to- eliminate tuberculosis in 
dairy herds of the State according to 
Commissioner Pyrke, head of the De¬ 
partment of Farms and Markets. The 
appointment of Mr. Norgord follows 
the resignation of Deputy Commis¬ 
sioner George -E. Hogue. 
Commissioner Norgord is the orig¬ 
inator of the ai;ea-test policy of dis¬ 
ease control measures which was put 
into effect in Wisconsin in 1917. The 
first area work in the United States 
was started in Waukesha County, Wis. 
in October, 1917, but Barron County, in 
the same State was the first in the 
United States to complete its area test. 
(January, 1921). 
In 1918 Commissioner Norgord ar¬ 
ranged a cooperative agreement be¬ 
tween the Federal Government and 
the ^tate of Wisconsin. Since that time 
over 40 States in the Union have en¬ 
tered into cooperative arrangements 
with the Federal Department. 
AMONG THE NEW YORK FRUIT 
GROWERS 
ALVAH H. PULVER 
The experiment station men at Fre- 
donia are much interested in a new 
variety of grape similar to the Con¬ 
cord. The plants have been under 
observation for some time, and last 
year the vines bore their first fruit. 
It is believed that the newcomer will 
prove a worthy variety. The parent 
vine was found near Westfield in a 
small vineyard. Its growth was so 
vigorous and its fruit compared so 
favorably with the ordinary Concord 
that the station authorities were called 
in for observation. Cuttings were set 
out in the Fredonia sta,tion grounds 
between rows of plants from the orig- 
Famous Holstein Cows 
Aaggie owned by Samuel Barber 
of Scottsburg, Livingston County, 
N. Y., a grade Holstein that pro¬ 
duced last year 25,295 pounds of 
milk containing 1,129 pounds but- 
terfat, a world’s record for grade 
cows. Mr. Barber won the cup 
donated by the Livingston County 
Trust Company for having the 
highest* producing cow in the 
Livonia Dairy Improvement As¬ 
sociation. Mr. Barber’s record is 
especially noteworthy as this is his 
first year in the association, and 
his herd averages 15,000 Rounds 
per head 
inal vine from Concord, Mass, on one 
side and the commercial sort on the 
other. Everything points to a most 
desirable new grape. 
Look For Short Peach Cropf 
In Monroe County it is freely pre¬ 
dicted that the large crop of peaches 
last year which drew so heavily on the 
energy of the trees, will work against 
any big showing for the present season, 
even if most favorable weather con¬ 
ditions ensue throughout the season. 
However, unseasonably cool weather 
has been a rather constant factor 
through much of the spring, three 
mornings in the first half of May show¬ 
ing a mercury registration of below 
30 degrees, the coldest being 27. The 
orchards are so backward for this time 
of year that the damage ordinarily in¬ 
flicted by this kind of weather will not 
be fully felt, especially in the fruit 
district close to Lake Ontario, where 
all low temperatures are tempered. 
The peach growers seem most con¬ 
cerned over the lack of new wood. Trees 
were so laden last year that little new 
wood was produced, and as it is in the 
yearling branches that the blossoms and 
fruit appear the outlook for fruit is by 
that much reduced. The older trees, 
those that received winter injury during 
the severe cold of 1917-18, cannot be 
expected to produce even an average 
crop. In some sections, notably in 
Famous Holstein Cows 
May Echo Sylvia—one of the most 
famous cows of the breed, has a 
record o^ 152 pounds of milk in 
one day, 1,005 pounds in 7 days, 
4,196.9 pounds in 30 days, 8,220 
pounds in 60 days, 11,855 pounds 
in 90 days and 12,898 pounds in 
100 days. She is owned by A. 
C. Hardy of Brockville, Ontario 
Monroe County, there is a smaller 
acreage of farm land planted to peaches 
than was the case a few years ago. 
Old orchards have been cut out and 
not enough young trees have been plant¬ 
ed to make good the decrease. What 
young orchards there are, however, 
have a good chance to bear a good yield 
this season, as the lateness of the bloom¬ 
ing season will act as a fair guarantee 
against harm by frost. It is possible 
that orchardists will have to contend 
with brown rot this season and orchard 
owners are being asked by the farm 
bureaus to watch for the disease. 
IN NORTHERN NEW YORK 
Franklin Co.—This has been the most 
backward spring Franklin CoDnty has 
known for many years. Most of the 
farmers were very late in getting in 
their spring grains, due to the fact 
that the ground was so wet. Corn and 
potatoes were planted very late. Cows 
went out to pasture rather early but 
dairymen continued to feed in the barn. 
A good many farmers had to buy hay 
this spring as fodder ran out before 
the stock went on pasture. Very little 
farm real estate has changed hands this 
spring, much less than usual. Farm 
prices of farm products are: hay $18 a 
ton, butter 48 cents, oats 58 cents a 
bushel, wheat $1.25, potatoes 75 cents, 
eggs 25 cents.—H. T. J. 
Essex Co.—Essex county has a new 
Holstein champion. John M. Dewey, 
owner of Scenic Farms and one of the 
pion^r Holstein breeders of the county 
and present owner of one of the largest 
herds in northern New York, has re¬ 
cently made a record with one of his 
pure-bred Holsteins, Scenic Wellsland 
Korndyke 2nd. ■ At the age of 5 years 
11 .months 21 days, she produced in 7 
days 854 pounds milk. Four times 
during a 30 days’ te^t, she made better 
than 30 pounds of flutter in 7 days. 
In 30 days she produced 128 pounds 
butter and 3,404 pounds of milk. Her 
past test record was 127 pounds milk. 
This remarkable cow exceeds the milk 
production record of the former county 
champion by over 100 pounds milk in 
7 days and over 7 pounds in one day. 
I wish to say that the American 
Agriculturist is one fine farm paper, 
full of good, clean, sound reading.— 
W. H. Hall, Bath, N. Y. 
