Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-06
CROWDS AT GRANGE FAIR
First Annual Exhibit by Chitten-
den County Pomona.
booths Lined Walls Of College Gym.
nnSium--D2-Pcurd squash n mig
Fcature-Torestry Lesson
Another.

The 1rst annual exhibit Of the Chit
tenden County Pomona Agricultural
society was held all day Yesterday In
the gymnasium of the University OF
Vermont. and was largely attended.
This society was formed last February
and is composed Of five subordinate
oranges of Chittenden county, Essex,
burlington. Shelburne. Charlotte and
lIincSburg. Six members OF each Grange
form tho directorate of the society.
The officers Of the association are:
President, l. NJ McNall Of Milton: vicc-
president. william west Of Shelburne;
secretary Harriet McNall; treasurer,
C. r. Harrington; general supernton
dent, G. T.. Cove.
The gymnasium, was attractivcly
decorated with green and yellow
streamcrs. and the colors Of the soci-
ETY., rod and white. The booths com
p,etclv lined the walls The expert
mcntation exhibit included milk pals
and STEAMERS. model silo corn and
some Of the products made from corn.
photographs of the interior OF Morrill,
hall ana bulletins Of the modern farm
tools. together with samples of what
the commercial fertilizers are made
( from. There was a very good exhibit
Of npplcs, 40 different varieties in all.
FIFTY varieties IF grapes were also on
exhibition. Tho ladies' department Of
( fancy work included embroidery, lin
/ on. doilies hrass work md hand paint
[ ed china. the latter exhibited by Mrs.
! w. J. Lebanon of this city. Also a
this table were several rare volumes
exhibited by Mrs. II. II. Hough. of
South Burlington. These included the
English Reader" OF 1915, the Yer
mont Register and Almanack" of 1919,
the American Speller Of 1909 and
Sketches of Universal History Is
sued in 1922 Adjoining was the chill
drens departments, made up Of draw
ings and paintings. doilies and slip
per cases. The canning exhibit had
nearly every variety of fruit and vege-
tables on view, while the cooking de-
partment at tho next table included
almost everything In the culinary line.
| \ beautiful, and the most attractive
booth Of the exhibition, was the flow
or booth arranged by Mrs c. F.. Cove.
Palms. ferns. roses carnations and
Gala lilies were grouped on n stand
directly opposite the entrance doors.
with the word welcome designed in
flowers The maple sugar and apiary
| ia hle had honey and butter exhibits.
The forestry exhibit had aeedling
pines, many photographs Of Vermont
forestry service. and cross section
Of a white pine tree - years old.
grown under favorable conditions in
Middlesex. the tree yielding 1900 feet
~ t-v,1No fPn of q "
was a cross section Of white pine Ga
years old. grown under unfavorahle
conditions on the university grounds.
The vegetable exhibit included all the
varieties. including nine varieties of
squash, mammoth Chilean squash
weighing % pounds and two pump
kins weighing SO and IS pounds.
| In the evening there was program Of
speeches The meeting was presided over
by j. NJ. McNall. master OF the society.
The address Of welcome was made by
Professor Hills. who spoke OF the pleas
ure 1t gave him 20 see the gymnasium
used for the exhibit of the Grange. C,
+. smith master of the state Grange,
was the next speaker. He spoke of the
| Importance of the Grange to tho COM
munity and tie home. Through the
Grange the farmers meet socially. He
stressed the necessity of cooperation
and said that the Champlain valley might
| supply the whole eastern market. Miss
Terrll was next introduced and she
spoke of what home economics aims ~
accomplish. Mentioning the changes in
| the home. she said that II still had an In
fuence over the processes OF manufac-
ture that have been taken from 1t In the