Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-07

annual meeting at the IOWH ualI dL II o'clock in the morning. when the an nual reports were given, and following this with a meeting in the afternoon. at which a lecture was given by pr. Charles P. North of New York upon The Improvement of the MILK Suppiy' and the business was concluded oy the election of officers.
 When the meeting was called 10 or der at Il o'clock by President c. D. Whitman of Waterford there was an attendance of about T5.N
 The report by Treasurer Charles l. Smith of this city was the first re- ceiYed. It showed the following hg- ures:
 Receipts-From Storrs Agricultural college toward agents salary, $547.21; from Storrs Agricultural college tow- ard current years expenses, $35O.12; from dues, $1,123.50; from discount, $1 g.; total receipts, $2,023.65.
 Expenditures = Auto investment, $624.S7; Lincoln equipment, $61.05; of flee equipment, ss3.24; M. D. Lincoln, $23.66; office, salary, S70.7S; office, SUD- plies, $96.61; auto. storage and repairs $7s.21; auto, supplies and miseellane- ous, $214.47; publicity, $SS.To; nliscel- laneous, S69.2l: total expenditures, l $2,005.S0; balance, s16.S5.
 Treasurer Smith supplemented this I by stating that the classification of pledges for membership is as follows; | Outside of Storrs college were have one at $500. 21 at $10, Is at $5, one at | $25, one at SC, one at S4, one at $3.50, 1 three at S2, three at $2, 279 at $1. You will note that of the $2,000 pledged to be raised by subscriptions from members there has been SLIPS pledged, leaving $S75 to be raised be- tween now and April 1, 1915.
 Secretary Jewett's Report.
 k What had been done in the past nine months was summarized in the report l by Secretary D. C. JeWett.
 Total membership now is 324. Ot
 this number. there are A women. By | towns the membership is distributed as follows: Bozrah 5, Colchester II
 East Lyme f. Franklin 15. Griswold 5
 bon 2. Lyme s. Montville 9, Nortl
 Stonington 35, New London 22, Nor. | wich, city and town, 114, 29 of which
 are from the town. Preston 15, OlG
 Lyme 1, Salem g, Sprague 4. Stoning.
 ton 10. Voluntown 1. Waterford "A | Boston 1. Eagleville 1.
 It is generally known, said the re, port. that we are pledged to raise 2.00t the first year. in addition to the S1.00t paid by the state, and over $500 of thi'
 remains unpaid, or to be raised b!
 membership, and I would recommend
 that this meeting vote to date all mem berships that are paid from today til
 April l as paid to April l. 1916. It i,
 also in line with other states that ar,
 working for county improvement tt
 raise funds county wise by enactint suitable legislation and we should,
 believe, see that a suitable bill is pre-
 sented to our legislature that is abou
 to convene and lend cur best efforts |,
 the proper enactment of it.
 Both reports were accepted, tn
 president and the secretary bot
 speaking in praise of the work tha
 had been done by ali the officers am
 by County Agent Murray D. Lincoln.
 county Agent LineoIn's Report. County Agent Lincoln made his frs
 annual report, covering in detail ye briefly what had been done by tn . league in the county
 With the land in Connecticut that i
 already titled and what could be mad
 tillable, we should feed our populatio
 and have some to send out, he said i
 his report. The markets are at ou
 door; why not supply these and 5ee . the money in Connecticut?
 The league hopes to show how " . can go long way towards supplyin ! this demand. This is not to be ac complished by any spectacular metho
 nor by throwing over all OUT old prac
 tfces and turning everything over. will simply be brought about by i'm proving the agencies and possibilitie that we have in hand.
 We will try to stimulate agricultur ? 10 po1nt the way to better farIninj , project meetings, policies and method of work applicable to our county, | . gather facts pertaining to the man : branches of agriculture, bring expert | and specialists when eeded. to be a
 organizer of information and move
 ments and a director of all agricultur; ? enterprises.
 Activities of Eight Months. Now as to, just what has been dor ,, in the last eight months Owing l l the prevalence of the hoof and mout disease we were taken away from aC tive work with the dairymen whic has set Us back considerably, but another week we hope all will | ready to sesume operations.
 $ Since April 13. I have made 429 vi. 5 It's 10 Farmers or those living in ol n rural communities. This does not 1T ? cIude, however, the various confel q ences and meetings that I have ha with tlae various private individual business men and concerns Address Y ed S2 meetings. reaching approximat
 Iy z,00O people, had eight hay dernol Q Stration plots, had five alfalfa demol = stratlon plots, secured alfalfa inocl s' latlon for IT farmers, held three den
 onstratIon meetings where orchal
 pruning, spraying, apple packing ar
 grading and canning were taken Il
 sent 335 letters to date, issued 12 = circular letters, distributed nearly 2 5. government and state college bulletin r. and pamphlets. had one very successf a auto trip to Storrs college in which o autos and nearly 300 people participa = ed, have 35 farmers keeping records , 5, their dairy COWS. bought two carloa = Of lime and two carloads apple barre 5. comparatively, have 224 boys and giI - now actively engaged in club wor
 published over 100 agricultural articI
 In our newspapers, conducted a car s- paign against the army worms, CO
 ducted an apple exchange, submitt h and made partial plans for five farn ,o CTS in remodeling barns or buildil r new ones, have influenced dozens - farmers to put advanced practices iii " vogue like seeding fallow land to r ,yr this fall, seedin- down in corn, fee d ing economical and balanced dairy r = tions, spraying fruit trees, top dressil meadows with chemicals and the lil Much of the benefits of the work ca ,a not be measured, as we never hear ~ 1t, so We must go by what we see q tangible results.
 V Plans for the Future. at As to what we plan forsthe futul IT, The two biggest things that I Ina
 learned especially in the last fe
 months is the value of cooperati 70 and the effectiveness of actual demo n strations. No word can bring out t y, point like the demonstration carri K out before our eyes ion our own lar