Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-02-23
Y. M c. A. ANNIVERSARY.
Banquet and Speeches in CeIe-
brstion of the Event.

A dinner celebrating the fourth ami
versary of the organization of Y. M.
C. A. work in Addison county and
Brandon was served at the Addison
house on Friday evening, February 16.
Following an excellent banquet, the
POSTMASTER, Judge F. c. Dyer, called
upon several speakers who treated of
various phases of work done by the
organization and of the things that are
worth doing.
Prof. l. w. Davis of the college gave
a practical talk on the commercial apple
orchard, treating of sites, soil, cult
walton, pruning, packing and shipping.
He advocated the selection of a few
varieties and careful study of those
kinds. Judge c. l. Button spoke of the
great work being done by the Y. NJ.
C. A. as force to keep the boys of
rural Vermont contented with the
opportunities afforded at home. He
read extracts setting forth in forcible
way both the dark and the bright sides
of social conditions in the state. Byron
N. Clark of Burlington spoke of the
growth of county work in the nation
and gave particular attention to some
of the results that follow the corn con-
tests where they have been held, es-
pecally the added interest in country
life, the sentiment that grows out of it
that country life offers opportunity to
the boy of ability, the rivalry and
sportsmanship attending it, etc. He
spoke of the boys conference lately
held at Springfield and of the benefit
derived from association of the older
boys interested in Christian work.
Judge ]. E. Weeks spoke of the in
fluence in life of a proper ambition upon
character. w. N. Cady, Master of C.
j. Bell Pomona Grange paid tribute to
the Vermonter that stayed at home and
worked out the hard problems of his
life in his own independent and honest
way, pointing out that in the export of
manhood as of stock from the state,
1--WE don't ship the best ones" Supt.
C. H. Wiley of Bristol spoke of the
tendency of the times to grow expensive
and pointed out that the next genera
tion of boys must grow better crops
than their fathers in order to foot the
increasingly heavy bills and touched
upon corn growing as one large factor
in this work. Rev. A. A Lancaster
made some interesting remarks COM
mending the enterprise Immediately
before the Y. NJ C. A. of conducting a
corn contest. A. w. Eddy reported for
the executive committee appointed
some time ago to arrange details for the
corn contest. There are to be two main
divisions-one for men and one for boys
under eighteen years. In both divisions
prizes will be offered for the best peck
of shelled corn, for the best ten ears,
and for the best ear of corn in both
dent and flint varieties. In the boys
contest there will be garden classes for
boys who present the product raised on
a square rod of ground, also farm classes
for boys who will raise and wholly care
for an eighth of an acre. To boys who
apply, seed of eight rowed yellow flint
corn will be furnished free, though any
boy may plant seed of his own selection
if he prefers. Boys may compete in
the mems class, and girls may compete
in either class. Special prizes will be
awarded for articles of special merit
made from corn or any part of the corn
plant. The date is set for October Is
and 16, 1912, at Middlebury. Exhibits
are to be arranged by towns to the
highest scoring product in each town
will be awarded certificates, to the town
putting up the best exhibit will be
given banner. Oranges are urged to
forward the work by holding local con-