The Newtown bee., 1908-03-27

and figures along with him to back hi
 assertions. He displayed a chart witt
 figures representing the cost of keep
 ing herd of 25 cattle year. Hi!
 figures showed that the expense includ
 ing the farm, tools, fertilizer, etc.
 would be an investment of $l0,00O
 After he had told the farmers to give
 each COW name some one asked hin
 how he ever thought of enough names
 to go around his big herd when fam
 fly man found it so difficult to find suit.
 able names for a small number of sons
 and daughters. Mir Daniels showed g picture to illustrate his idea of a gooc
 dairy COW, which he said should be
 wedge shaped. Such a COW should furnish at least 5000 pounds of milk in
 a single year. He deprecated the un-
 fair method practiced by some farmers
 of selling the unprohtable COW to another farmer or dairyman who might
 be a chance buyer in the market. By all means put her in the beef barrel, said he, when it has been discovered
 that she doesn't pay and don't sell her for the other fellow to lose on.a The speaker demonstrated the necessity for weighing the milk of each COW separ- ately and keeping an accurate record of the cost of producing the same. He frequently referred to his chart to sub stantiate his claims and brought out several striking facts not generally known to milk producers.
 Prof L. A. Clinton of Storrs' college was the first after dinner speaker and he prefaced his address by few com plimentary remarks in praise of the dinner. The professor seemed to re- gard it as the most important part of the event. There were others who thought so too. His subject was "The Farmers Opportunity" which he ex- plained lies in education and co-0pera- tion. He urged the farmers to be in- dependent about their marketing, sug- gesting that they specialize their va rious products, making a class for them and attaching a descriptive placard to each barrel or basket indi- eating the superiority of the contents over inferior stock. The farmers should regulate their own prices, said he, just as the merchants do. When a farmer has calf to sell he asks the market man, who may be willing to buy, "How much are you paying to- day?" instead of naming his own price. While if he goes into a store to buy pair of shoes he would be amazed to have the clerk ask him what he was paying for shoes. He advised parents to teach their children to think, assur- ing them that success in life depends upon diligent study and thorough prep aration for the work one has chosen to do.
 The last speaker of the afternoon, but not least in the estimation of the auditors was Mrs Kathering Moody the accomplished and versa tile writer on the editorial staff of the Morning Telegram. Mrs Spaulding is a woman of stately bearing and charm ing personality an6 her presence on the4 platform at once commands the atten- tion of the audience. Mrs Spaulding only spoke a part of the time allotted to her, her subject being "Civic Pride" She paid a glowing tribute to the natural beauties of Greenfield Hill, its attractive homes and well kept lawns and noted the improvements made. during the past few years. She enjoined property owners to still great er efforts, pointing out the advantages to be derived from still further inn At the close of Mrs Spaulding's remarks President Sher- wood arose and announced lthat the ex- ercises were at an end. sThe Institute will go on record as one of the most successful ever held by the club and re- lects lasting credit upon the commit ee who arranged the program, the packers and all who took part in the exercises and the ladies whose untlr- ng labors crowned the entertainment with brilliant success.