The Press., 1904-02-11
Mrs. Alfonzo Jarvis is quite i'll.

Mrs. Alfonzo Jarvis is quite i'll.
Miss Ada Gary, daughter of Dan,
Gary, is i'll with diphtheria.
An open meeting is to be held b,
Harmony Temple of Honor next Mon
day evening.
Gary Bros. have purchased the barr
of the Misses Wilton on Maple street
and are taking the same to their farm
on the Westford road, where they are
to place the house they recently
bought of J. F. Chamberlin.
The fourth quarterly conference
was held at the NJ E. church last even
ing. All the officers were reelected
1t was the unanimous choice of the
conference that the pastor, Rev.
Charles S. Davis, be returned for the
fourth year. The various reports
indicated prosperity in all depart.
ments.
The dairy institute held at the
Methodist church Wednesday proved q
surprise to the promoters. The severe
cold weather of the morning indicated
scant attendance, but before the
hour announced a large number OF
men and women assembled and await
ed the arrival of the speakers. The
program called for an address of well
come from Warden F. F. Patten. Mr..
Patten being unable to be present,
Alvarado Howard prefaced the open
ing by few words, and the presiding
officer, Hon. E. @. Birge, of Westport,
president of the State Dairy associa-
ton called upon Rev. @. S. Davis to
offer prayer. Following this Mr..
Birge responded to the welcome, and
explained the organization of the
State Daiymen's association and
named the county directors, inciden-
tally stating the fact that every men,
Der was practical worker in dairy
industry. The president then intro
duced Hon. George M. Clark of Hig-
ganum, the we'll known "grass man. "
Mr. Clark gave a very interesting ad-
dress on grass culture. giving in pun
gent phrase the results of over eigh-
teen years close, practical, expert
mental work in subduing hard Con-
necticut soil. He explained the
methods of his labors and the results
obtained, claiming that in the first
place that work of the hands and
brain were essential to profitable re-
suits, that over fifty years of persist
emit work had not resulted in impair
ing his health, and did not think it
would shorted his life. One point
he emphasized forcibly, and that was
the necessity of thorough cultivation
of the soil. He believed, after costly
work, that for the hay
crop nothing was equal to an equal
part of timothy and redtop seeding,
and further to return to the soil a
little more in fertilizers after each
cropping than was taken from the
earth. After his address he was sub
jected to rafting fire of questions
from all parts of the house, and only
the passing of the dinner hour pre-
vented an all day session with the
popular speaker. The institute was
a little slow in getting together after
dinner, the hour for assembling hav-
ing been announced as 80, but it was
near when President Birge called
hem to order, and Prof. Philip Fl.
Smith of the Massachusetts, agricultur-
Il college at Amherst addressed the
on Feeding for milk and
milk products. His address had to
10 with the value of the common
products of the New England soils in
preference to that stuff brought from
4 long distance at considerable cost.
His thoughts brought out big line
rial in his address was dissected in q
good natured way by the practical
farmers present. The scientific side
of the questions was promptly and sat-
met by the professor.
Professor L. A. Clinton of the Con-
necticut Agricultural college at Storrs
began his address by remarking that
he did not know just what he was to
speak about, that although a subject
had been announced, he had found
by experience that when he met with
sound headed and practical farmers
they gave him enough to think about
to shape his address without reference
to the announced subject. His ad-
dress was more in the line of rapid
reply to a sharp fulisade of question
ing and constant Interruptions. His
upon the relative value of
COWS in matter of actual record of cost
and products, as kept carefully and
at Storrs for the years
l900-1-2 and 8, were supplemented
with charts and data of great interest.
His attention was required for nearly
IN hour and half after the meeting
mad been adjourned, About two
hundred attended the institute, and
he greatest enthusiasm and closest
prevailed. 1t was called a
success in the highest degree and all
that the time was so limit
ID. Among the out-of-town visitors
we're E. B. Little of the Somers
@. B. Pomeroy of Wilt
mantle and his son, the acting secret
Try of the association, Delegate Walk
IT from Windsor Locks, Lyman l..
Miller, the noted dairyman of Mon
ION, and delegates from most of the
oranges in this vicinity. Plans are
lnder consideration for a two-days'
ession. covering a wider range of
subjects, at date when the weather
s little more propitious.
The first banquet of the Stafford
Business Mems association was held
1t the Springs House last evening, and
lrew large and representative body
If men together. Nearly every BUSH