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NEWARK, N. Y.
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Phone Sodus 3244
W a liin g to n , N . Y .
TELEPHONE 710 ■tELEPHO
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6 ,
If yog think th e f a rm Bui-eaAl
A farm er with a strong belief
is strictly a fiiah's outfit wifi fts>
i i n .a business-like attitude todhsiyeiy fo r meh, then .yount*
1ward agriculture and an intelli­
forgetting the sevferai progent approach to farm problems
•gressive women who are funning
is Chester. Ashbery who owns th e
farm s and using- the latest
Ashbery Farm 2 milss north of
scientific methods to make tjiem
Sodus oh the Lake Road. You’d
a su€cfess. tine sUch is Mfs.
expect such a man to be a mem­
Evelyn Gatehsll, Whose farm Is
ber of the Farm Bureau, and he
east bf . Aitb'ii on ftoiite 164,
is—a charter mtmber.
Ashbery has 75 arires o f orchards
fqwi-i Of.HUroh.
Mrs. Gatchell is an activfe
and in addition is pioneering in
member of both the
the raising of New York’ State
turkeys, grown on wire—“theebtmtji Fdtm Bui-eau. ahd Hb&fb
BpeaU, and. is sd tKOl-Otigjli^
finest turkeys there are”. He
went into the production of tur­
sold oil-both ofganizatlbbs. tfiat
keys three years ago “to build a
she- gets the maximuiri Of fidhdW
year-round program of-faim. ac­
fit from them by taking advant­
tivity” and to supplem ent' his
age of Virtually all set-Viees they
other farm income.
He now
offer. “I don’t -know w hat I ’d do
handles a thousand turkeys a
tlliestttf .Ashbery; Soddsj poses with .one of his prize birds, around the form if it Weren’t fist
year of th e finest stock—mostly Ashbery riidkfes specialty al turkey raising aiid smoked turkey
the help given ms by the Farrii
White Hollands and Broad irieat aloirig with his fruit growing.
Btifefiu men,” she declares.
’
Breasted Bronze, a special hreed
Qilick Service Cited
developed in Oregon with out• -On h e r up-to-date farm Mbs:
standing breast and short sturdy
Gatchell has 70 ficrss pf fltie
legs set wide. This year he is
fruit 'trees, as Well as some up­
also raising some Narragansetts,
land vegetables, grain,- a n d .ja
another breed noted for its
herd of 15 Guernsey cattle. This
beauty and quality.
alone would keep a, strong young
in expanding' his turkry in­
- 6 f s M f $ 4tEi^R*M''' -‘ th at just the previous evening farm er .perpetually biisy, - butt.
dustry, Ashbery last year went
Mrs. Gatchell is not aS afetiyfe a s
EVCfydnb knows of thfi Sciitfe’ Mrs. F rank Chapman of Ontario she .once was and therefore
into the production of smoked
had inquired. He called the can ’t personally supervise aii the
turkey m eat th a t epicurean de-. iabtik ShbttagC. afirihg ttih
licacy _that for .m any years h a s. fiafvest sefisSii. ” Tfib'glrfc JfifJ Chapman farm and arrange­ jyork,
. been available only for the en­ P S T^rra; B ureau' g iifiiT ' Is ments W'emeHrad'e 'for the C hap-1 “There’s Where the Barm Bu,fiviaiy
toicL
tiy
itei-noh
Gatbr
8t
mans
to
pick
up
this
labors
r
at
joyment of a privileged few, but
reavi comes in,” she explained.
which noyv is coming to -popular Palhiyra. Mr. Gator. is a riiehiber 4 o’c lock th a t afternoon in So-’ “A .woman qan’t always, go out
attention, largely through the of the Farhi -Bureau . Executive dus. A lieatw ay, we felt, to "illus­ to inspebt thb aro^Sj blit these
much publicized ' Pine Bridge Coirtmittee and .chairm an of the trate the adaptability . of the fine men coins along aiid look
Farm, pioneer in introducing the Wayne Agricultural Defense Farm Bureau tp serve the far­ them Over fdr,m e, w hen some
Committee.
mers of “Wayne County.
choice morsel Ih this country.
bugs ate found Oh my apples,”
"M3—------According to Mr.. Catof, th e
Has Special Brine
she added, “a call to the Bureau
Im portant factor in producing county and state defense com­
brihgs sohreone quickly and they
the delectably rare flavor in mittees foresaw thfs labor short­
tell ifie whaf to dd ih a jiffy.1’
smioked turkey m eat is a special age last spring andjfook steps to
Soil Tests ttfeipfui
brine in which' the "bird is soak­ help remedy It. They were able
Wiiat this venerable- “gentle­
ed before the smoking process. to get the Governor and. the
woman
farmer” appreciates
Experimenters a t Cornell Uni­ State Legislative leaders to agree'
most about the Farm Bureau
versity have been working on to amend the State. Educational
The egg m arketing service are its services telling when afttf
various preparations fo r some4-Law. Tills fiiew am endm ent-w ill sponsored - by the Farm Bureau how to spray, new treatm ents
time- trying to discover a satis­ allow boys and girls over 14 is one of its greatest aids, in the and latest fertilizing methods
factory one to recommend to years of age to be excused from opinion of Charles H. Buerman for tress, how other farm ers a re
New York S tate farmers.but still school for 3 weeks to work on of Rose.
doing their Work, correct fertili­
do not regard their efforts as farms.
Proper care of eggs, as direct­ zers for grain, feed'form ulas for
successful. 'Ashbery considers his •The local committee, through’ ed by the Bureau, and m arket­ the dairy herd enabling her ter
form ula,' a trade secret, as its secretary, the county, agent, ing them through the “Wayne use her own grain, and soil test­
superior to th at of th= celebrat­ then called a meeting of the County" label so as to get top ing.
ed Pine Bridge Farm. - _
School Principals and explained prices, means many Extra dollars
In regard to the latter service,
Ashbery talks “turkey” when the necessary procedure to per­ to the poultryman in the course Mrs. Gatchell tells how a short
discussing his fine flocks. By fect this plan. The result w as,o f a year, he declared in ah in­ time ago the Baldwin trees in
actual test, he avers. New,York that hundreds of students from terview.
her east orchard, set out long
State turkeys are superior to this county and even from
In this connection he also before, froze in the wjnter, while
those grown by the wholesale in Rochester went to farms and praised th e work done by Mr. the Greenings did not .freeze
the Northwest and In Texas. helped harvest the crops. They Mortimer, assistant agdnt, and Before replacing the frozen
“The New York State * birds picked apples, prunes, pears, the B ureau’s timely letters on trees she asked the Farm Bu­
average more meat per Weight,” tomatoes, beans, potatoes, et.c. the care of poultry from the reau for advice. Their free soil
he declared. The reason, he They filled the gap which wotild baby chick stage up.
test showed’ the land there
says, is because the Northwest­ otherwise have caused much
Calling attention to a special unsuitable for Baldwins, so Mrs.
ern and Texas turkeys are al­ fruit and vegetables to spoil
rvice given him by th e Bureau, Gatchell saved much time and
lowed to range freely while the from lack of harvesting help.
Buerman told how it had helped money by. setting them « else­
Em pire-State birds-are r&ised on
The Farm Bureau, being a n 1in the surveying o f 15 acres of where, She .also, uses this service
Wire. This restricts diseases old established and well known orchard for under drainage.
to , determ ine' w hether a field
Which are spread on the. ground, organization, also was able to “This project brought excellent contains enough lime for clover-,
the birds get only selected food, assist the more recently estab­ results, th e value o f which more and other crops.
and are not toughened up by lished New York State Employ­ tban offsets the am ount of my
Mrs. Gatchell’s late husband
having to forage extensively, he m ent office a t Sodus ahd New­ membership dues for years to joined the Farm Bureau 26 years
says.
ark. As sort of a liason organiza­ come,” he declared.. .
ago when it was formed. “I kept
To Select Own Brooders
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---------- o— - ---tion they helped this organiza­
after him to stay in it when h e
The label accompanying his tion get men for jobs and jobs
’Tis the heart’s current lends m’ight have dropped out,” she
turkeys states: “This is an for men. They also- were able to th e cup its glow, W hate’er the relates, “and am m ighty glad 3
Ashbery Farm ■turkey.
It was1 place some direct. A good ex­ fountain whence the draught did. Now I don’t know w hat I’d
raised on wire screen underx the ample of this service occurred m ay flow.—O. W. Holmes.
do w ithout.it."
most sanitary conditions and while your reporter was getting
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scientifically fed the choicest this story at the Farm Bureau
Cases for storing silver should
The world’s • speed record for
grains, cereal, buttermilk ahd office.
be red, gray, green or ta n in. col­ house-painting was broken a t
fresh spring water. We, guaran­
A man came in and asked if or, rather than white. The-jjsultee it to be the highest quality there was anyone desiring apple phur in bleached material may Omaha, when 110 workmen
painted a house in 4 minutes, 14
turkey th a t it is possible to pickers. Mort Adams told him cause tarnish.
seconds.
raise.”
Thus far, Ashbery has import­
ed his chicks but this year,
working through the Farm Bu­
reau lie is obtaining the services
of Prof. E. Y. Smith of the State
Agricultural Department at Cor­
nell to work with him in select­
ing brooders from his own
flocks.
Just as he went into the pro­
'
duction of smoked turkeys to
insure disposal of any surplus,
Ashbery also installed his own
plant to m anufacture and can
apple juice, which he markets
SERVING FA RM ERS FO R MORE TH AN 100 Y E A R S
under his own label. The week
th a t he was Interviewed Ashbery
reported th a t he had received an
AND INCLUDING 77 MACHINES
Inquiry from Porta Rico for 10,000 cases of the beverage.
Sodus, N. Y .
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Lauds Bureau Work
Telephone 2573
Ashbery came to Wayne Coun­
ty frdm Buffalo 26 years ago,
joined the Farm 'Bbreau the'fol­
lowing year when it was first or­
ganized and has been a member
ever since.
The Farm Bureau is a great
asset to the farm er he affirms,
[formerly a fan n er "had to der
psutf on his own limited exper­
iences, he said, whlfe now the
Farm Bureau and its affiliated
state agencies deal with all the
various farm problems in a
scientific manner, giving the
farm er the benefit of wider
knowledge and affording him
more time to deal with business
end of .his enterprise which is so
im portant to the success of
farm ing today.
Cost of the farm bureau mem­
bership is a small item he main­
tains in view of benefits. The
fruit spray Schedules which the
bureau supplies are- invaluable,
he declared, as well as the inforr
(We color the hoops to meet your requirements)
m ation it furnishes on prices.
The bureau membership is also a
valuable form of insurance, he
said. “If anything' grows wrong
o n the farm, a- call to the bureau
•will immediately put experts on
the job to correct the situation,”
he stated. .
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