Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-04-23

About 200 farmers and business men
of Orleans county sat down to the
complimentary banquet of the New
port Board Of Trade at School hall,
Newport, yesterday afternoon, in re-
sponse to invitations sent out by that
organization. The object of the ban
quet and meeting was to get farmers
from all sections of the county to-
gether for the purpose of forming
permanent county organization with
the object of securing the services of
a government agricultural advisor for
the farmers of the county as outlined
in these columns heretofore.
Representatives from every one of
the 18 towns of the county were pres
ent, which shows that interest in the
project is more than nominal.
Organization of the "Orleans County
Agr, Gu ural Associa ,n'' was perfect
ell, bylaws adop ed e ting the annu.
meeting in August, and officers elected
as follows: President, H. G.. Cleveland
Of Coventry; vice president, C. H.
Root of Craftsbury; secretary and
treasurer, c. w. Richmond of New
port; advisory board, one member
from each town. is made UP as fol-
| lows:
! Albany, A. C. Cheney; Barton, Fred
May; Bloomington, w. C. Dutton ;
| Coventry, H. c. Squires; Charleston,
c. w. D. Reed; Craftsbury, E. A.
Dutton; Derby, H. E. Robbins /:
Glover. A. S. Gilmour; Greensboro,
Herbert Giles; Holland, E. A. Ferrin !;
Irasburg. c. T. Metcalf Jay, c.. r.
Holden; Lowell, Edgar LeClair; Nor
gan, E. M. Whitehill Newport, A. R.
Wells; Troy. j. A. Dubois; Westfeld,
Dana S. Gilpin; Westmore, NJ E..
| Calkins.
From this board an executive COM
mittee will be chosen which will have
Immediate charge of the affairs of the
organization. 1t is not out of place to
say that the banquet was a most ex.
cellent one and the Newport Board of
Trade did handsome thing in giving
it. Fine music was furnished.
w. w. True of Newport presided at
the business session explaining that
the board of trade had voted $500 for
the purpose of launching this move
ment in Orleans county and this fund
had paid the expenses of all prelimi-
nary work, including the banquet. He
introduced L. G. Dodge of Masachu-
setts, u. S. director of farm economics
in New England. Mr.. Dodge first
explained that all the government
appropriation available for this pur
pose IN New England was at present
used up by counties previously organic
ing but advised permanent organiZa
tion now that when congress again ap
!. propriated funds, Orleans county nigh
be in line early for her share. Thi
was somewhat discouraging to some
who hoped to have a man this summe
but Mr.. Dodge explained that 1T wa
8 probably only matter of short time
when we might be able to go ahead
and so organization was perfected a.
explained above.
Mr.. Dodge told of the kind of MAJ
; the government furnished for thl
supervision work He must be MAJ
of farm breeding and education bu
must also be college man. He sai(
, the man must have "hoe handle ex
| perience as we'll as book knowledge. ,
!, Other speakers were A. r. Merrill
of the Vail Agricultural school, Lyn
donville. He spoke of agricultural
| the successful farmer today. James P
Taylor, secretary Of the Greater Yer
, mont association, spoke with charac
; teristic enthusiasm about the future
!; OF Vermont agriculture and lief
optimism uppermost in the minds of hi
hearers
State Agricultural COMMISSIONS
Bingham and Dean Hills of the U. v
M: were unable to be present.
. The Monitor is informed that
! strong sentiment prevails to push tn
matter and see if it is not possible t
; raise funds sufficient to get a MAJ
here at once without the present ali
of the government.