Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-22
THE SOIL AND THE orTY.


 THE SOIL AND THE olTY.
 Innovation by the Norwich Board ea
 Trade-An Agricultural Convention
 Under It's Auspices.
 Under the leadership of President J
 C. Macpherson of the Norwich Board
 tie space in advance of similar organ
 1zat1ons in the state. It has invited
 the Connecticut Da1rymen's assoc1a-
 tioss, and the advisory board on Farm
 ton of agricultural societies. to hold a
 two-day institute in Norwich Town
 HaiA April 2d and Sd. The plans are
 completed and everything points to a
 great and profitable convention.
 On the evening of the 2d of April
 there will be 3 rsIral-urban banquet in the large banquet hall Of the Waure-
 gan hotel Ten or twelve country, city ing programme So notable will be this gathering that 1t will Es an op- portunfty missed by all country and city people who do not attend 1t.
 This will be the first convention of its kind in the state. and farmers and city men throughout eastern Connecti- cut should bend every effort to share in this unusual get-together occasion. ships Of all kinds-social financial. commercial and civic
 The first day Of the convention win be Dairy Day, and the speakers as Duffy of the Connecticut Dsirymen's association, H. Daniels. an ex- president of that body, lately appointed farm counsellor by the Connecticut Agricultural society, recognized an over New England as superior soil operator and farm lecturers and Prof W. M. Estens lecturer at the Connec- ticut Agricultural college and bactera- olosist of the Storrs Experiment Sta tfon- Professor Esten's soil invest1- gallons place him in the front rank as a pa1nstak1ng researcher and capa- bie adviser to soil operators It doesn't matter what brand of farming a man follows, that man must greatly profit by adopting the teachings of Professor Esten's lecture on soil improvement. He has not only discovered some things that are so. but also some things that arc not SO
 Prof J. NJ Trueman of the dairy department at the college has won his way into the hearts of Connecticut farmers, and will be an important fac tor In the success of the banquet and convention
 At the banquet on the evening of the 3d of April Dr. E. H Jenkins will be | the toastmaster. The toasts will com prise rural education, farm finance, l and felicitat1ons by city-men and l country-men calculated to draw the l members of each class into closer and l happy relationships. Mayor T. c. Mur- phy of the city of Norwich and Presf- 1 dent Macpherson will be among the l speakers
 Dr. Jenkins Is the dean of experi- 1 nent station directors in America, hay l ing been appointed to the position of which was the first one established in | America under the Hatch act, up- 1 wards of thirty years ago But a few months past he was appointed to the e5er JT7 &ho <y{Q thereby making him the director of two experiment stations at the same time, which in itself is a testimonial to his fitness and ability. Dr. Jenkins happy disposition and witty concep- 1 lions make him an ideal toastmaster,
 The second day of the convention will be devoted to discussions of orch lrdfng by pr. c. D. Jarvis, who has Zone much to improve apple growing l conditions in Connecticut; poultry farming by W. O. Rogers, late presi- lent of the Connecticut Poultrymen's association; to sheep husbandry, by F. H Stadtnuel1er of Elmwood, who has devoted many years to the betterment of farm conditions all over the state.
 Hon Wilson H. Lee vice president of the State Board of Agriculture, will preside on the second day of the con- vention. MT. Lee is the operator of large dairy farm, and is one of the successful pioneers in alfalfa growing on large scale in Connecticut
 All of these speakers are clover en- thusiasts, and are insistent that the restoration of Connecticut soil to it's product1veness must be ac- largely through the agency of the clover plant and the countless millions of baci1i radicico1ae that build homes upon its roots.
 The Board of Trade has very thought fully provided notebooks for the use of those who attend. There will be throughout the lectures many data and formulas whose retention in note books should prove of great value to farmers in their land work the coming season
 Under the stimulus of this and sue seeding conventions, Eastern Connec- tdcut should become able to sustain q million people, not briefly, but per manentfy This means a revolution of attitude toward the majesty of the soil. The revelation IS under way!