Putnam patriot., 1916-10-06

sauahf huf of fhe leaders of asrieul fnral thought in every state and Of hundreds of cen the ground. farmers. IT Is n NlHs-ae hasetts eafbefafi8n with l capital stock of S75aaoa divided Into 30g0 shares of par ealue of $25 eHeh
 The Exposition will coordinate. re nfnrce and extend the work thut + now Eciug doue in New Englaa1 by state boards and commissioners 0 igriculturc. aeiieutural colleges ti,
 .ranpes. county leagues and farm bu
 eaus farmers unions breeders luiry and poultry associations and oth TT like organizations. IH order to q ihls it hns provided a plant consisting If ITO acres of laHd and group of exposition buildings of steel. concrete and brick. located fin the town of West Springfield 70 minutes walL from the Springfield postofIiee This plant which represents the entire cap. ital of the corporation. Is de Jared by
 he best experts to have no equal In this country If in the world
 This provision by the exposition of magnificent headquarters has not been for the purpose of holding shows. but to be real headquarters for the movement for the betterment of the agriculture of New England.
 New England's Clearing House.
 Primarily the Eastern States EXposi tion hns provided q clearing house a uiaga ,,. f. ., N.,,- Itt.sg,td rta, and women may meet foi an exchange of eXpeficnce and thus transfer the ideas of the most psusres slNe communities to those not yet awake te their poSSibili ties
 An Illustration If what this means was given in the New England i'agm and Busiics, Conference held h Springfield Seai il and l6. under t'.' auspices of the Eastern States ENpu~ ton About eN0 of the foremost men of arricultu.c usiness and industry in New Eng md responded to the call More than % of these men spoke on the general subjects: What Is the Matter with New Englandf" and What k the Remedy for New Eng lands llsY' and out of what every one present at the close declared was the most important gathering of Its kind ever held in New England came the resolution for the formation of per. manent New England Farm and Busi ness Union. to work In conjunction with the Eastern States Exposition Committees on tiHanee and organiza ton will meet in Springfield at the timr of the National Dairy Show, Oct. r to 2l. on The eNnosition's grounds
 Founded and designed to be ben oft to all New England the Eastern States Exposition ls essentially peo- ple's movement. Us beard of directors js composed of men Who represent the agriculture husiHe4s and industries of New England, aud its than ng has been done hy the people Scores of in- dlyiduals m the slN states have sought che opportunity te participate in the movement The directors beliey that many others will to the same when they understand the scope and prom ise of the exposition as forward un. derts king
 Brought Dairy Show 10 East.
 Tue bringing ol the 10th annual Ma tional Dairy show to New England Is one ot several definite accomplishments
 a the credit of the Eastern States for the uphuilding of the agriculture and dairying of the six states, Always heretofore held in Chicago. the effort to transplant il to New England for a year could never have succeeded had the directors of the exposition not been able to show the men of the mid de west that New England would ap- preciate dairy stimulus and that there was an organization here big enough to fittingly handle the greatest thing of its kind in the world. Sotl fertility Is an essential 10 successful agriculture and the encouragement of dairying is therefore one of the chief aims of the new movement. The dairy