Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-03

the average cOnSum pt1on or fOOd Dy all average person per year he estimated that it would take two acres to per son to yield support for one person per year. Since Connecticut has two million acres, of land available for cul- tivatiOn, the speaker argued that Connecticut could be self supporting under scientific farming. since it could Iroduce a food product practically equal to it's consumption.
 H. O. Daniels of MiddIetown.
 H. o. Daniels of Middletown, expert adviser to the farmers of the state, Vas the succeeding speaker, giving adl instance of farm development on a small farm in Wallingford, from which an increase in production from one carload to 15 carloads had been made by right methods of farming. He spoke upon the subject of federal aid for the farmers in the state in con Junction with a fund which the state might establish. Today we are all consumers of food, but only about 30 per cent. are producers. If the work of producing is all put on the shoul- ders of 30 per cent. of the people they are deservin" of some help. and the scientific, accurate knowledge which the state agricultural colleges are try iEg to supply. Changed conditions in living have reduced the ranks of pro- ducers in all lines and we should all work together.
 R. D. Tomlinson of Danbury.
 What interest in the farmer have people not engaged in agricultural pursuits was the topic upon which R. D. Tomlinson of Danbury was intro Guced to speak
 are gradually forcing co-operation be- tween the farmer and men engaged in ether lines. The farmer occupies q unique position. He is a manufac- has to buy. whether they want to or not, and if the farmer would adopt the business methods of other manu- lecturers the ycan make more money on the capital invested than any man ufacturer not making a patented arti- cle. Few people realize the fact that the agricultural conditions in New England are in a dangerous condition I am informed that in 1860 there were 900 acres of land in Connecticut under cultivation that today is grow ing up to brush and poor grass land. Do you not think this has something to do with the price of food?
 Reduce Production Cost.
 The cost of living has greatly in- creased to a point where the man earn ing SIP a week and less can hardly support his family. The labor agI- tators have been organizing these peo- ple and telling them to strike for their rights. Conditions will not allow the manufacturer to increase wages to any great extent, and something has got to be done to relieve the situation. can see but one way out, and that is we must reduce the cost Of production on farm products.
 Our friends at the experiment sta tion in New Haven and at the college at StorrS have been gathering infor nation and telling us about it for years: that is, those who will go and listen to their lectures and those who cannot go can get their bulletins for the price of a postal card. and l am told that comparatively few farmers will take the trouble to send the postal. Farming is a manufacturing proposition. All manufacturers seek and adopt the methods that will re- duce the cost of his goods.
 Farmers Slow About Changing.
 It is an unfortunate condition. but farmer does not like to change his methods. He says what was good enough for father is good enough for him, as far a S the methods of farming are concerned If manufacturers were to conduct their business along the same lines that a great percentage of farmers are doing, they would be out up their available capital l firmly believe that good farming will do more to solve the problem of the high i cost of living than any other one thing.
 H. W. Collingwood editor of the 40 years from now the best paying 1 farms in the United States are going 1 10 be in a strip not over 100 miles wide along the Atlantic coast. When the 1 New England farms have been brought l to high state of fertility by proper l they will be the best l paying farms in the country. The l