Norwich bulletin., 1911-11-18
GREAT FEATS NEW ENGLAND CAN DUPLICATE

(vritten Specially for The Bulletin.)
 I opened my paper the other morn ing, expecting to find the usual com loination of Chinese rebellion, Italian uassacres, automobile slaughters, baseball and Tammany. And the very first thing my agricultural eye caught was the following despatch from Springfield Mass;
 '-Springffeld, Mass, Nov. 9.-The z-orld's record for corn production was broken by Lester s. White of Collins vile, Conn, who today received prizes
 aggregating s7oO for the best yield of corn to the acre, in which farmers from all New England states were competitors Whites yield was 112 bushels of shelled corn to one acre of land The prizes were offered by a Boston fertilizer company The yield of Whites acre of corn was nine bush els greater than the former record, held by C. F. Davis of Granby. Mass"
 This was in Connecticut, you observe. Little old Connecticut. It wasn't in west: it wasn't way off in California TT Washington; it wasn't in any irri- gGted garden of the newest land de velopments in Colorado. It was right Speck on the map between the clam beds of the Sound and the F'ossites of codfish reform up in Massachusetts. Right here in the state which inn
 
 F,eing chiefly made up of rocks, swamns, rivers, mountains and brick factories, in about equal area. Right here where we can all either. see the field on which the crop was grown or, at least, find some neighbor who has seen it. Right here where most any of us can go and look over the man who did 1t at a cost of about two dol lars railroad fare and a days time.
 Why, if this had happened out in Idaho, or down in Texas. we should have had by this time exhibitions Of the crop; pictures of Mir. White and his family; his house and his pigpens; the cornfleld before blowing and after blowing; and before planting and after planting; and before hoeing and after hoeing; and before cutting and after cutting; and the corn when husiked and the corn when shelled; and the <7eo check which 1t won. Also several other things, all to the great glory of Idaho or Texas.
 But, as I have remarked several times, it wasn't in either of those states. but right here in Connecticut, which used to be known best from it's repzrtation for wooden nutmegs, and has been regarded in commer- cia1 circles chiefly for its output Of brass and dollar clocks.
 Furthsrnnore, pIsass note from the despatch that MT. White of Connecti- cut, in winning this present years worlds record, didn't take it away from any Corn Belt state, but from one Dau4s st Massachusetts. Of Mas sachusettsi If there arc any states in the union which have been regarded as given up to ma,n ufacturing and wholly out of the running in agricul- ture they are the states of Connecticut and Hessachusetts-and Rhode Island. All that is now needed to make the is for some Rhode Island farmer to take the worlds record next year.
 Despite my pride in Connecticut, should be almost willing to see this to talk baclr' with effective weight whenever some bragsart westerner be- gan his huliaballoo about the crops out in Gods country
 Thsy've been holding a sort of western giorification show down in Manhattan. It seems to have been got up by the railroad ds to advertise provoke Immigration and increase travel and freights Good business it probably has been. Most of the people who had the chance to see it were poor, provincial Manhattanites who know about as much of farming as you and I do of selling "near-diamonds'' in
 soldine' settings, or as we do of promoting fake enterprises and call ing it business"
 They seem to have been much inn pressed. Probably some of them will pay the railroads good money for haul ing themselves and their goods out west to get rich farming-and then pay the same roads some more good money for hauling themselves back, without the goods.
 Why not try Connecticut, instead? It's nearer by; land can be bought here. quality for quality, for less dol lars acre than out in Oregon or California; it doesn't cost as much to get here and-what might be worth consid ering-one could. if driven to it. alk back to Broadway, if he-or she became so hungry for its enticements that further absence was intoIerable
 Why shouldn't MT. Mellen and the other railroad magnates of New Eng magnates left there-take a leaf from an exhibit of New England farm e4E be willing to go down with his eoFn and take another prize or two That would make a starter" Aroos- took county. Maine, could probably scrape together peck or so of pretty fair potatoes. It's too bad the peach season is over or J. H. Hale might contribute a few carloads of peaches Connecticut peaches-tle kind that bring about double the retail price of other peaches. because they are worth r.
 It's highly ungracious to be all the