The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-09-29
FOR BENNINGTON COUNTY
DEVELOPEM MENT AND
BETTERMENT
Department Edited by Secretary
Willard Bartlett of the County
Association.
Good Results of the School Contest
Not Over.


Not Over.
1t is interesting to note that rhe
schools which did so much in the
line of school improvement last
spring are beginning work this fall
also. Altho as yet no prizes have
been offered The room of Miss Eva
Miller at South SALISBURY, which
won the first county prize has decid-
ed to buy angle lamps, a new yolley
ball and bubble fountain with their
prize money. In addition to this they
have so far this fall planted a new
Boston ivy secured three-burner oil
stove, sold their old piano for four
dollars and have laid out a new ten
mis- court and organized two big ball
teams.
Will not other schools let the AS
sociation know what they are doing
in the Improvement line?
New Teachers in the County
With the opening of the schools a
great many new teachers have come
into the different sections of the
County. The example set by the W.
c. II. U. of North Bennington is sug-
gestive and might well be followed
by many organizations throughout
the County Last week they held a
reception in honor of the new teach
ers in their village. The new and
old teachers, parents of the children
and others were invited All be-
came acquainted. Several speeches
were made by prominent men and
women and general good time was
enjoyed
Such an action cannot be too high
ly commended The teachers are one
of the greatest single assets to a
community. The more quickly we
become acquainted with them the
more quickly will their influence be
felt and the more enjoyable will be
their stay among us. Let other or
sanizations follow the example set in
North Bennington.
Objects Of Rural Church Work.
Warren H. Wilson gives the fol-
lowing as being the greatest needs Of
the rural church and therefore sug-
gests that they Should be the objects
of work. While we may not agree
with him absolutely, his suggestions
are worthy of consideration and
thought.
cure and to support adequately local
pastors in the country communities
who would live with their people and
lead in every phase of their lives.
Secondly, that we should endeavor to
eliminate pauperism from the coun-
try community by aiming to lead
every person and every family to Sc.
cure some ownership OF productive
land or tools as a buttress against
want. Thirdly, that we should aim
to open the door of the country COM
munity to the great world without, by
means of a lecture course, debating
society or forum, a singing school,
an annual country life institute or
some other means by which the
whole community can come together
periodically on mountain top of
vision and see the great world
Mr.. Wilson's third point cannot be
emphasized too greatly The world
is making great advances in every
line of life. We can settle down
among ourselves and live as our fore
fathers did, or we can take advan-
tage of the great new things which
the world is learning. But
in order to take advantage of
things which the world is learning
But in order to take advantage of
these new things We must know
about them. Every movement which
opens the eyes of country com
munity to the world without is a step
forward.
Business Management on the Farm
Better farming, better business
better living"-so Sir Horace Punk
EFT, the eminent authority on Coun.
try Life, summed up our modern
farm problem; but of these three, he
said, better business must come
first. At the First Annual Conference
on Marketing and Farm Credits. held
in Chicago last year, the general traf
fic manager for the Union Pacific r.
r., asserted that the annual loss suf
fered by the farmers of this country
thru bad business methods Simply in
the marketing of their products is
81, 1856, 100000; and this great rem
resentative Conference upheld his
assertion. This stupendous amount
will be still further increased when
we consider the loss involved in bad
farm management-soil values not
conserved, by-products neglected.
'star-boarders in the dairy herd, or.
chards not cared for, inferior seeds
used, wasteful or inadequate methods
of operation, etc. And so it comes
about that considering the capital
invested. farming is by consider
ahln margin thp least nrOftobla of "a