Norwich bulletin., 1914-02-11

to his house, though he live in a for
 est, must be revised at the present
 time. It would now depend on the
 name of the railroad running in that
 section, and the other means of trans
 portation- An army feeds upon the
 country through which it travels. In
 dustrieS do the same. Given a sec
 tion where agriculture is favored and
 developed together with railroad and
 water way privileges combined, and
 you have an ideal spot for the devel-
 opment of commerce-sanS the high
 cost of living.
 Barge Canal to Worcester.
 The barge canal to extend from Nor
 wich towards Worcester would be of
 great value to the towns of Plainfield,
 Griswold, Brooklyn, Killingly, Putnam
 and all the points along the line to
 Worcester. It would bring all those
 places practically to tide water and be
 of great benefit to all people in that
 section..The idea has been pronounced
 feasible by the government engineers, and as it would be of such great val ue to all people in this section-the railroads evidently would not oppose the idea. What2 That matter will
 take care of itself in due time. When
 right and not might will rule-and
 that time is near at the gate.
 Agriculture the Foundation. It is not so much at the present time that the smoking factory chimneys
 make to our greatness. as 1t is the fields of growing crops. Hon. David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture, said the other night, speaking at Man chester. N. H.: We have been so bent
 on building up great industries and industrial centers by every natural and artificial device that we have had lit tie time to think of the very founda- tion of our industrial existence. It has been assumed that We had monop- oIy in agriculture; thot it could take care of itself; and for the most part we have cheerfully left it to do so. Less than 40 per cent of the land is reasonably well cultivated, and less than 12 per cent. of it IS yielding maximum returns. The Lever bill just introduced in congress would grant S4SO. O.OO0-$10,000 going to each state complying with the terms of the | bill, the total being increased by $SOO,- | 900 yearly for nine yeads. with a per manent annual appropriation Of three ! millions thereafter. These funds are l to be expended comparatively by the government and the various state az l ricultuI al collges-
 Slow the Farmers How. Many of the farmers are pursuing | the wrong tactics in their method of ] farm,ng and they will be shown the | proper methods of fertilization, crop rotation and other things they need l to know. With older and poorer soil, l the European farmer discounts us. Our average yield of potatoes, for instance, l is so bushels per acre; Belgiums s yield 226 bushels, Frances 190, Russias 13o- Europes wheat crop 26 to 40 bushels per acre. In this country our average 1 is 137. Senator Borah of Idaho has fathered a bill now before congress which is your trust. The basis Of the l trust is the county. Each county IS have its own selling association Tor farm produce. The farmers Of Clln- l ton county, New York. sold thousands 1 of bushels of sed potatoes to the farm | CTS of Mercer county of New Jersey on account of teh fact of their selling agencies.
 Judge Barnes went on to develop further the thought that the inteli- l gent cultivation of the land was the real basis for the serength of coun- 1 try and would be one effective solution l of the industrial situation of the pres | ent day. He showed what an almost l incredible advance had been made in agricuIture in Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands under American oc- ! cupation and evidently with the ap- l provaI of his hearers from the ap- plause they gave him.
 State Business Mems Secretary. Secretary F. $. Valentine was in troduced to take the place of the state president, F. S. Johnston of SimSbury, who was unable to attend In his opening words. MT. Valentine referred with pleasure to seeing scuh a ban uuet given under the Auspices of the l Norwich Business Mems association, and advised all the 200 men present to enlist on the membership roll.
 He expressed the regret that Pres ident Johnston felt at not being able to attend. President Johnston, he said, was a live wire, full of state ginger" and this infusion of stat gin ger arose from the ginger which came from the local associations. If all had such a good supply as the Nor wich association, there would be an abundance of it to enthuse the state officers. He commended the adver- Using of Norwich which appeared on ton and he went on to speak briefly of what the state association might ac- complish.
 Conference With City Government. He mentioned one association in che 1 West that looked into matters of mI.- nicipal betterment in conference wish the common council. Commented Up- on the remarks of Judge Barnes in re- gards to agriculture and spoke of the corn growing prizes offered by Ohio for the boys and girls in response 10 which hc saw five train loads of corn growers come into one of the cities when the prizes were obe awarded.
 Mr. Valentine said he did not believe in large tracts of the state being, 1 fenced off for game preserves for ricn men and that he thought there ought | to be a regulation to have all sorts of 1 investment schemes investigated be- ! fore they should be admitted to offer a dollar of their stock to the Connecti- cut public. The speaker also touched upon the value that developed water ways could be b the state and said ] he hoped when d waterways associa- ton was former in the state as it was i to be, it would have the support of all l sections.
 His suggestions were the signal for
 applause at various points.
 Breeze from Boston.
 Attorney William J. Barry, repre- | senting the Boston chamber of com | merce was the next speaker introduced by feastmaster BraRehe. The Boston
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