The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-07
Fairfield
LARGE CROWD AT FAIRFIELD
 COUNTY POMONA GRANGE,
Especial to The Farmero

 COUNTY POMONA GRANGE. Special to The Farmer.) Fairfield, March 7.-One of the | largest crowds ever gathered at a couAty grange meeting, met yester- day at Greenfield Hill for the regular quarterly meeting of the Fairfield ing session, opening at 10:30, was de- voted to regular business and the con ! terring of the fifth degree on ten can dldates. At the recess at noonti1ne
 was enjoyed a bountiful lunch served oy the ladies of the grange. The 1 afternoon session at 2 o'clock opened with the installation of three officers:
 Miss Lucy B. Sanford of Bedding grange, lecturer; Mrs. Emory Sanford
 of Miss Redding SInn ] grange Pomona; and and grange, Flora. Following the install lation came the lecturers hour, with program as follows: Selection, by Greenfield Hill orchestra; recitation, vocal solo, by Miss Office Pease. Green ing" by Joseph Adams, Westport;
 mandolin duett, by Miss Louise Ever cit and Miss Frances Pease, Green field Hill; vocal soio. flute obligato. Hill; paper, 'The Business Hen." by Clarence H. Banks. Greenfield Hill; {, talk Poultry As a Paying Business, ,'' by MT. Brundage, Danbury. Notice was read of a St. Patrick's whist and
 dance to be given by the Greenfield March IS. MT. I. c. Fanton of wes- ton spoke of the meeting being on the seventeenth anniversary of the Fairfield County Pomona, it's having been organized in 1895 with, one hun- dred charter members, and of it's large growth, having now over 500 members, One, hundred and twenty five of them were present yesterday. The program of the regular meet ing of Greenfield Hill grange which was held Tuesday night was as fol- lows: Song, by the Grange, The Far mer Feeds Them All; Rev. E. H. Olmstead gave a talk on: Does the girl in the country require as good an education as the city girl? While not answering the question he made of educational work, which would ap- ply to girls in all walks of life, lay ing special stress upon the value of systematic work and exercise for the opment of the human animal. In fact a good discourse on education; vocal solo, Miss Edna Bulkley with flute accompanied by w. s. Fallon which was encored; debate, Resolved
 na Mo a ssses is o Ss profit df ar in rasng
 
 than two steers of the sac age, the affirmative taken by c. W. Banks. John c. Lobdell, negative, Clayton Ell wood and A. B. Wakeman. While many good points were brought out on both sides. vote of the grange decided the debate in favor of the negative.
 Early in the winter a meeting was called at the home of Miss Annie B. Jennings to discuss ways and means of ridding the town of mosquitoes. A committee was appointed at that time to look up the matter. This commit tee has just sent out circular letter to the residents of the town. The letter, which is self-exp xplanatory, fol- lows:
 Fairfield, Conn. March 1. 1912 Dear Sir:-
 '"Thee committee on mosquitoes, in accordance with the views expressed ! in it's circular letter of November 15, 1911, desires to inform you, with the approval of the Selectmen, that the subject of mosquito destruction will be presented for discussion at the next town meeting on or about the 20th
 inst.
 "The plan to be proposed, so far as saltmeadow mosquitoes are concern ed, is that recommended by experts, namely. the digging of narrow ditches about 200 feet apart. This plan, it I IS CAdIuIcOS AOt Ouly dlAS tHc ing pools but also dries the surface of the meadows, increases the quan- tity and improves the quality of the hay. The expenses are to be paid by voluntary contributions, until oth- erwise provided for by State legisla- I-tion. The State Agricultural Experi- ment Station has promised to send an experienced man in the spring to mark out all the principal breding places in our salt meadows.
 "One of the chief purposes of the discussion will be to secure the con- sent of all the owners of salt meadow lands to the above plan, and, if there be any opposition, to ascertain the strength and extent of it.
 'In order that the committee may know whether it can depend on your cooperation in this necessary and heneacent work, please fill out and sign the enclosed card, before or after the town meeting and oblige, Yours truly,
 "V HARVARD, s'For the Committee