The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-08-27
ENNINGTON c OUNTY
VERMONT IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION NEWS
Good News For the Bennington coun-
ty Farmers.

United States Department OF Agri.
culture,
Bureau of Plant Industry.
Office of Farm Management.
Washington, D. c., August Fl, 1912,
Mr.. J. D. Wilbur,
Manchester, VT,
| Dear Sir:
Congress has passed our appropria-
| ton bill and funds are now available
| for the location of county agent in
Bennington County, and we are now
| looking for a man for that position.
We understand that the county is
ready with its funds to pay half the
salary and expenses of the agent To-
Gated there and in addition to furnish
him office room and equipment. We
had hoped to have the man at work
September /, but the necessary delay
occasioned in finding the right man
for the place may make 1t little af-
ter that date before we can have the
man on the grounds.
If this meets with your approval,
may we hear from you at once?
Yours very truly,
G.. B. SMITH.
In Charge of Field Studies and
Demonstration.
! The following letter shows what
others think of ID. H. Winslow and
| his work. We trust that the people
of Bennington County will feel it
please to come out in like manner
and give Mr.. Winslow praise for his
ayca1Iaut work hara
August goth, 1912.
Hon Logan Walter Page,
Director Office of Pub. Roads,
Washington, ID. c.
My dear Sir:
Believing that you will be interested
| in hearing that the visit of your Mr..
lWinslow to this county three years
ago has resulted in much good | am
sending you some photographs OF
roads which will give you an idea of
what we are doing in the way of bet
ter roads.
| We have a unique system of county
government patterned after the direc-
torate system in use In the manage
ment of corporations and that of such
institutions as Universities, Peniten-
tiaries, Asylums and others. Our
county commissioners are appointed
by the Governor and receive no pay
They employ an engineer who is
in charge of the roads under their SUI
pervision thus taking them away from
politics as far as possible. You will
also find a clipping from our local
paper which gives an idea of what is
being cone.
VIII you kindly enclose the photos,
the clipping and the letter to Mr..
Winslow whose address ! do not
know And | want you to know that
what success we have attained Is d.
rectly due to Mr.. Winslow's visit
referred to above. He inspired us to
try for something better and if the
politicians don't cut our heads of we
long before the most hopeful of us
dared to think possible.
Yours for Good Roads,
(Signed) J. Q. DAVIS.
Winnsboro. S. c.
Better seeds, better implements,
better tillage methods. good fruits,
good roads.
The future life of agriculture is to-
come through cooperation.
Science without increase OF cost.
The sub,soil has not been touched.
The farmers have pumped the top
fnttr fnrhnC ~ hn lac Of
erty with those suckers OF the land
rye and Duckwheat.
A Suggestion.
BY Walt Mason.
IF the men who save the nation
in the old accustomed way. piling up.
without vacation. heaps of language
day by day. would f,rsake the verbal
byways, dump their elocution wares,
aud do stunts upon the highways.
we'd have splendid thoroughfares!
Better roads in all dii ections-that is
what this country needs, but We do
not make connections with the sane
and useful deeds; half the energy ex-
pended in conventions and the like
would see shameful highway ended if
exhausted on the pike. Hosts of
Windy Jims have Numbered on Chic
ago's pleasant shore; hosts Of Windy
Jims have Numbered through their
stunts at baltimore. That's che way
men save the nation in these foolish,
futile years, holding a big convoca-
ton where they brawl like brindled
steers. All these platforms are delu-
sions. all their pledges are hot air:
all they give us is confusion and a
chance to brood and swear. All, IL is
a thousand pities that we have thus
so long sinned! One good road con.
Meeting cities beats a thousand years
of wind! Politics is mostly pillage
when it isn't foolish noise: a good
highway to our village would be bet
ter for the boys than recall or refer
endum or a chance to Schedule X |
Catch and Windy Jims and send 'em
out to drag the broad hiehwaysi"
Copyright 1912. Geo. Matthew AID. |
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