The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-31
VERMONT IN THE MAGAZINES
State Figures Prominently in Janu-
airy Numbers

| ly for Vermont and Vermonters
They contain several articles which
are suggestive to all who are interest
ed In our common problem how to
make life in Vermont more profitable
and more enjoyoble.
One Of the dominant ideas in the
January number of The WORLDS
| WORK, and in fact in all the num-
bers of this magazine, is suggested
! by the editorial Turn streams OF
money on the land" for now coun-
try life is becoming organized, is
, ayailing itself of the teachings of sci
ence and hence can invite and iusti-
| fly investment, as the cities have
| done for so long a period. Financing
! the farm will mean enriching the ma
ton. This is our supreme problem.
The article Forward to the land"
tells how a southern farmer who was
unable to work longer with his hands
on account of illness increased the
| output of his farm threefold by keep.
ing in touch with state and national
experts, by employing more negro
! helpers, and by directing their work
according to the teachings of the ex-
| perts Another case is that of spir-
} tied fruit raiser in New Jersey, who
! in spite of the dire predictions of his
, father finally purchased the home
/ farm, added other farms, increased
| his output and profits, until now his
/ Oldest son is studying agriculture at
| college, and the other sons are long
| ing for the time when they can own
farms, since the word and deed of the
father have shown them that "a
farmer can make more money, have
more fun, lay by better competence
for old age than and other lines
The Grand Old Man of Wisconsin"
is William D. Hoard, a teacher of
good farming, who saved the life of
the state agriculturally by transform
ing an exclusively grain state. threat
ened with poverty through robbery of
the soil, into n prosperous common
wealth which makes more Swiss
cheese annually than is produced in
Switzerland itself, which contains a
county that outdoes Holland in pos
sessing more than one COW to every
inhabitant. This article by Frank
Parker Stockbridge tells the story of
the career of William Dempster
Hoard. dairyman, editor, Governor,
teacher of good farming He issued
the call for the formation of the Wis
consin Dairymens Association in 49,
". His work throughout the state
made il possible for Wisconsin cheese
to win the Centennial Exposition in
! 1876 against the whole country In
1885 he established Hoards Dairy
man. THE worlds leader in dairy
thought Mr. Hoard was elected Gov
| ernor of Wisconsin in 1883. He has
led Wisconsin farmers to adopt those
Danish ideas along cooperative lines
which explain the success of Wiscon-
sin dairy industries, cooperative
creameries. cooperative cheese fac
tories. cooperative cow-testing asso-
Citations.
Vermonters who are interested in
water power developments in Yer
! mont-and that means all OF us--will
find much that is suggestive in the
article on THE Great Mississippi
DAM This largest hydro-electric
power plant in the world will develop
200, 600 electrical horse power Es-
pecially significant is the source OF
initiative in the development The
people had talked about the project
for years Various promoters ap-
peared, raised their dropping hopes.
and then disappeared Finally a pro.
noting corporation was organized by
prominent citizens of surrounding
towns to obtain the rights needed TO
promote the project and to secure an
engineer and money for the work
The city councils OF Keokuk and of
Hamilton appropriated public money
by unanimous consent of the citizens
of the two cities. to this promoting
organization This money was later
paid back into the city treasures"
In the field of civic and commercial
organization nothing has been more
notable within the last few months
than the crusade OF the Merchants
Association of New York City for an
increase of membership and an ell
largement of work In the article en-
titled The March of the Cities" We
learn how the members of the assO-
citation, stung by the accusation that
the city has no civic spirit, awaken
ed to the absolute necessity for self
defense in the presence of the aggres
sive activities OF the Boston Chamber
of Commerce. the Chicago Associa-
ton of Commerce. and the CONNER
cial organizations of San Fransico
and Denver Buffalo and Detroit.
planned a "whirlwind campaign" and
more than doubled the membership
of the association. The community
spirit of New York has been aroused
The Merchants Association will be
able 10 sustain the bureaus that are
needed, the Traffic Bureau, the Con
venuon Bureau. The Publicity Bur.
eau, and a Foreign Trade Department
Inasmuch as a Nermonter. John
Barrett. is in charge of the Bureau o.
Pan American Republics at Washing
ton, and has preached throughout the
United States on the great text "Pre-
pare for the New Trade made posi-.
bic by the Panama Canal" the arti-
Gle THE World Race for the Rich
South American Trade" by Charles
Lyon Chandler will have special i'm.
terest for Nermonters.
The fronuspiece OF THE WORLDS
WORK is a portrait of The Right
Hon. James Bryce. whose address az
the Champlain Celebration contained
a notable suggestion for Vermont de.