Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-20

County Agent
 Everybody along the ,22 miles from Norwich to the Connecticut State Ag- ricultural college at Storrs knew on Wednesday that the New London County Improvement league was the liveliest kind of live institution. The long anticipated and once postponed automobile trip of the league swept over the roads with horns honking, flags and banners flying, and signs borne to show what was underway, while from numerous dooryards, from sidewalks in Norwich and store and factory windows in Willimantic smil- ing greeting with flags and handker- chiefs were waved to the cavalcads of6 automobiles that swept up to t'H, college grounds at Storrs shortly aft CT the hour of noon-
 The start in this city from the I'm provement League rooms in Shetucket street was busy scone from 10 o'clock on while the line of automobiles were assembling By their ceaseless activity in getting the machines into line and assigning to each the pas sengers that it was to carry, County Agent Murray D. Lincoln aud Secre- tary Elmer c. Jewett were multi piled into a dozen men in effective ness and the line got under way at a lew llIuulSS DClOIS II . CAOCh l A1S ciu tomobile owners kindly contributed their cars for the trip and when G. H. Young of the Peoples Store in Taft vile found that there were. a few more people than could be accommodated by the autos available he kindly sent two cars to the relief of the situa- anon, and forty cars started from the city. Others joined in along the way and made the trip independently. Decorated Cars,
 Mayor T. c. Murphy's car was gfver l first place in the line, driven by his son, William B. Murphy and carrying among its passengers the mayor ana | County Agent Lincoln. It had flag: | for decorations and a big sign acros: London County Improvement League: l trip to Storrs.
 Second in line was the flag decorat | ed car driven by Miss Alice Bishop of Bozrah, secretary of the New Lon | don County Pomona grange. No G. | Other decorafyd cars were w. E Canfield's with the big blue sign O | the Norwich Business College acros | the back. F. s. Armstrong's of Frank | lin, trimmed with apple boHghs ant flags J. H. Lathrop's of NortS Frank | lin with its occupants almost hiddel l from sight among waving cornstalks and the car of Secretary Jewett whicl l brought up the extreme rear and car ried on its radiator a large and life | like toy COW that caught every ew along the way. On the rear of tn machine were three signs, one sayinl Down With the Army Worm tn other Excuse Our Dust" and tn : third the county league sign.
 1 Many of the other machines also var ried flags and small pennants.
 Leaving the city, the parade took turn up Main street as far as tn | Iv5I -4,-,- marched along Main to Washingto square and up Washington street O the way to Willimantic.
 Trouble For Some.
 | Four or five machines had tire trou
 ble on the way up one having a bloy out on Washington street just owe the city line. One machine had it
 trouble at Williams crossing. anotthe
 on the Franklin road and another O
 the Main street of Willimantic.
 Dinner at the College.
 President C. K. Beach and Prcfes
 sor c. D. Jarvis with the professor
 at the college were on hand as a re
 ception committee to greet the incom
 ing cars. and after they had bee
 parked aroDsd the grounds, dinner wa
 in order from the lunch boxes that
 were carried. Cool water was s'Ir
 nished by the college and ice crear
 was available for those who wante
 it.
 In cool spot under the trees seat
 for about 200 were occupied after din ) her, while County Agent Lincoln too
 charge of a short programme : which several of the department head
 of the college spoke of their work. Short Programme Conducted. County Agent Lincoln expressed hi
 great appreciation ~on behalf of th P league for the way the business me had loaned their cars and for the SUI |, port that had been given the trip an first speaker.
 Drift Back to Farming.
 President Beacch reminded hi
 hearers that there seemed to be drii
 back to agriculture as was indicate , by the fact that the larger propr0 i ton of the students of the college
 came from the cities and he said ths
 the farmers of Connecticut ought {
 seek to raise all the agricultural pro
 ducts that they needed whereas Il facts were that they raised only abol \ one fourth and only one tenth of tn eultivatabIe land was under .cultiva ton. President Beach was followed b Professor Jarvis who told the vis tors what they were to expect in th
 trip around the college grounds thS was to come. He complimented til ! Improvement League upon the highl
 creditable showing made in the aui trip to the college, and he spoke of th extension work in dairying and pou N try that was to be especially carrie on under direction of the college. H earnestly invited those present to al \ tend the coming dairy conference [ Putnam on Aug. 18th, when the dair problems are to be. the subject of dis cussiop and investigation.
 Prize Winning HoIsteins. Professor G. C. White of the daiI department aroused the interest of h hearers to see tke prize Holstein GOV N1 De Kol Hubbard Uiertertje which ws | to be seen by tour of the stables fS