The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-08-19

Carver of Harvard.
That the University of Vermont will
soon announce that it will receive cash
gifts to be applied locally in the towns
of the donors as a part of plan of
university extension was made public
Tuesday by DIR. John III. Blodgett, vice
president of the Bellows Falls chamber
of commerce, in the farmers meeting
held III Westminster under the auspices
of BOyden Grange, the Windham Coun-
ty Agricultural association and the ex-
tension department of the United
States department of agriculture. The
meeting was attended by more than 100
farm men and women from all the sur
rounding towns and was a great sue
cess. Prof. T. n. Carver, professor of
economies at Harvard university, was
the chief speaker.
The morning was devoted to visits to
several farms III town by the men, The
farms visited were those owned by w.
S. Fem, where the barn, stock, onions
and corn were seen; L. w. Fullam,
where the men inspected the onions
soy beans, corn and tobacco; Frank
| Fem, where the clover. cattle, beets
and corn were inspected; II. S. Bond.
where the tobacco caused many favor
| able comments; G. p. Holmes. where
more tobacco was seen, and which has
been declared to be the best field this
side of North Hatfield. Mass, and c.
| G.. Miller, where more tobacco and on
ions were seen.
Forecast of the Crops.
Gossip among the farmers from the
various farms brought out the opinion
that the beet crop this year win b(
! good; that about 20 per cent of the
average yield of onions will be har
vested; that the tobacco will lie only
about so per cent and that the yeld Of
corn viii be about s. per Gems, ant
that this crop is about three week.
behind what it should be, because o
the many rains. The crop of rover
will be good this year. Westminste
was fortunate in not having the grass
| hopper pest so badly as did some 0
/ the neighboring towns.
While the men were inspecting tn
farms the women were watching a can
ming demonstration by Miss Lessie NJ
/ Cobb of the university extension ser
! vice Miss Cobb gave some valuabl
/; suggestions and the women wer
: pleased with the demonstration.
II Basket luncheons were eaten at moo
and free lemonade was served bv tn
Grange. Unfortunately the high. coo
wind made it rather unpleasant eatin
| outdoors and the majority of thos
/, present ate in the town hall building.
3 The afternoon session was somewha
I late in starting n. l.. Divoll of Rocl
4 ingham, president of the Windhal
g County Agricultural association, Or,
t sided and introduced G. p. Wright. NJ
Wright extended the welcome of til
town to the visitors and said that on
thing especially pleasing to the Yves
minister people was that her own sol
and daughters were remaining in tow
and were making good on the farm
which their ancestors have worked.
Cooperation Urged.
Professor Carver spoke more than q
9 hour. He urged cooperation among ii
, farmers and said that cooperation
; necessary for them to make none
G Tie also advised the farmers of eat
q county to raise one special breed
t cattle, sheep or swine, as is done
e France and England. In this way
II high type of breed is brought abo,
z and buyers go to the one county
a which are grown the kind of catt
u they desire, and this means money f
n the farmers He said that Devices
It the great Belgian farm writer, d
clares whenever possible that ''Tl
f normal life is the life of the farm,
and said that this is in measure tru
but it would be better if farmers c
operated and thought more of the