Putnam patriot., 1909-01-29
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 rhe connecticut nai8SmeHis Asse- esatlon ended ils 2sth annuat session at Hartford. lasi Friday The ne~t im= lortant pfpeeedine vas ths election et officers fot the ensuing year, as toi. lows.
 President-Nilson II Ice. of New Haven.
 Vlec. rresideni--R. {. Patterson, of ToFfiugton
 ptrcetoFS-uattfofd county. Thomas Holt. af Southampton. New Haven eaanlx, A. ] Pirfpont ot N alefeatN i ' tnaf am county. C. H. rnWeroN lfs of NiHm aniie. New i.oadan county. r ] Hempslead, ei NeN London.
 The frloti oi Inc retiring President F C Maaehes,sf. dealt Nlih the tu. lsFeaiostS question, both human and tos luc. in which he offered -onle fads- ] cal suegestioasl
 Professor l.. \ Clinton, of the Con. necticul Agricultural College, spoke en 's1Ame in its Relation 10 Agriculture. ! The nne We gei here k found very largely in Canaan and near llanenfy. l lie said & sure way for a man io test the soii on hts farm, to know whether liuc would benefit il, ~s, To test it | with strip of litmas paper If the l dam pness of The sosl turned the paper red he would know that the soil con- lalnesl scisi and that lhe ~oll would he ben. flsed hs The a~e ot time. His be lief was that one ton io an acre would meci the requirements. The cauttna- ous u-e ot limc slane will take oul the fertility af the soi., and The fafnaes should ass other fertilizer in addition la the lime.
 ehsfles ~ Phelps of i'hapinytlie. spoke ou Alfalfa in Connecticut. He thought that alfalfa could ne grown sacev~>fally ln this >late, but the tisht conditions Tor iss growth ma>s prev ali es ls secared. II Is a dry climate plant he said Ii aseSi to b~ ealiesi lacerue, eeesase eg the ssct that il MAS grown sn lhe ciiy ef that name, hgl where it sas lfrst cultivated il Is not certainly known. bal Il ss said Inc Moors brought u to France Professor Phelps adN ised thai u be planted in N neld that slores from all sides, so that in winter the ~ sieF would nel lo<isv on the land and frcese. lie thought that tslseen ~a and o pounds ei sse>i so the acre was atsaa. enoash go so~.
 F.R. Dudley. of Nest Hartford, gave sn interesting tals on Restoring the Fertility oi Morn oat Ne~ England Farm lie had hcen teacher. and ali he kne~ q farming he had learned from b~soks. tie hsd oaued his farm ntns year, and u consisted oE "a aere~. The product ef the farm the year he- sote he fought II MAS ~aid FeF >Sl lie said that issl year Inc farm had kepg | oo~s. sa head os young sseck and 5 herses. and said thsl he had sold sl tons uf hay
 The following revolutions were aiog,- ted es The convention
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