The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-16
Be n MING TON COUNTY
VERMONT IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION NEWS

piciOuSly Tor those VIM nav
velopment and improvement OF Den
nington County at heart ROAD reg
islat,on seems to be receiving proper !
attention and the enthusiasm III ben
nineton County for the good roaus
movement is increasing continually
Those who are interested IN TINS /
movement for better roads VIII De
nIeased to know that Mr.. Vernon N |
pierce. the acting director OF PuDllc /
Roads. Washington, D. c., in con
versation with the secretary lhu, /
mated that Bennington County coulu
have a Government Road Engineer +
another year and this in spite OF the !
fact that a great many more appilca'
tons are being made than they can
possibly fill Bennington mas not DIS
vet made its application ana VIII not
be able to do so until after the ROAD
commissioners have been elected at
the March Town Meetings How
ever. ii is consoling to know that the
Government will again favor us even
though we do not make our torlhai
application until later date.
II is also encouraging to know thaI
the state is increasing the amount vi
money which it will award to towns
making special appropriations LOT lne
Improvement of roads. The two prev
ious wears the appropriations amount
ed 70 from 500 to $3.50, this year the
probabilities are that the appropila,
tons that the towns may make anu
which the state will duplicate VIII DC
all the way from 800 to $lOOO. WIN
the experience OF the previous year
and the enthusiasm for good ROADS
and the fine results obtained, every
town in Bennington County should
/ anpropriate to the full limit which
/ the state will duplicate, If the
towns would do this the state would
nav toward the improvement oil me
roads in this County $4,000 and the
! Comfy would have $4,000 additional
to spend for good roads.
The following quotation from a let
ter from the State Highway Com
missioner is of importance ANY
town falling to take advantage OF
the law (Which enables the State TO
duplicate the amount voted by the
towns M to one thousand dollars) in
any wear cannot have any future
claim on that amount for any lolio"-
ing year
Agriculture.
The work OF organizing the Far
mers league and of getting the dem
onstration and cooperative farms
started is rapidly making Roadway
John l.. Sherman, the County Agent,
Is now in Washington, d. c., attend
I Irr
these County Agents. He viii re-
turn TO Bennington County the latter
part of the month and then will take
hold of the work in dead earnest.
Quite a number of farmers in
different parts of the county have
volunteered their farms as demon
stration farms.
The University of Vermont is ask
= ing from our present legislature an
appropriation OF $4,000 for agricul
tural extension work. This will
strengthen and help along the work
Of agricultural development that the
Bennington County Vermont Improve
ment association is encouraging II
the county and therefore this associ
alton asks everyone who is interest
ed in the prosperity OF our county tC
write personal letters to our repre-
sentatives and senators urging then
to work for this appropriation il
full
Vermont is almost the only STATE
i'm the Union that has not as ye
made appropriation for agriculture
extension work If the agricultural
department at Burlington receives
this appropriation Vermont will be il
line for the most progressive agricul
5 'tural extension work In the United
} States. quite number of the lead
; ing counties are planning 10 organize
, for the purpose of securing county
agents for their respective counties
The next step will be the federation
of all the agricultural forces in the
I state. If this can be done IL will
mean a new day for rural Vermont
Social Service.
! Miss Bachelor has completed a