The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-10-03
THE FARMER
OF COOPERATION
Bringing Into Closer Relations
of Soil TilIers and Other
Business Men Bene-
fits All.


IQlS provision Dy TIE oApOSlllOn Oh
magnificent headquarters has not been
for the purpose of holding shows, but
to be a real headquarters for the
movement for the betterment Of the
agriculture of New England
New England's Clearing House.
Primarily, the Eastern States EXPOSE
ton has provided a clearing house-a T
place where New England men and +
women may meet for an exchange Of I
experience and thus transfer the ideas |
of the most progressive communities TO |
those not yet awake to their possibili- |
ties.
An illustration of what this means
was given i'll the New England Farm
and business Conference held in
Springfield Sept 10 and 16, under the
auspices of the Eastern States EXPOSE
ton About 200 of the foremost men
of agriculture, business and industry
in New England responded to the call.
More than 80 of these men spoke on
the general subjects: what is the
Matter with New England?' and
What is the Remedy for New Eng
ldlItl - Ills. anu Out VI w IttL GN ely tiIc
| 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 Bust
| ness Union, to work in conjunction
! with the Eastern States Exposition
| Committees on finance and organiZa-
ton will meet in Springfield at the
time of the National Dairy Show, Oct.
| L. to q. on the cXposition's grounds
Founded and designed to be a ben
eft to all New England, the Eastern
| States Exposition is essentially a peo-
| pies movement. Its board of directors
is composed of men who represent the
! agriculture, business and industries of
| New England, and its financing has
| been done by the people. Scores of in
dividuals in the six states have sought
| the opportunity to participate in the
movement. The directors believe that
many others will do the same when
they understand the scope and prom
Use of the exposition as a forward I'M
dertaking.
| larry STo" 10
The bringing of the 10th annual Ma
tional Dairy Show TO New England is
one of several definite accomplishments
u the credit of the Eastern States for
the upbuilding of the agriculture and
dairying of the six states. Always
heretofore held in Chicago, the effort
to transplant it 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
die west that New England would APP
preciate a dairy stimulus and that
there was an organization here big
enough to fittingly handle the greatest
thing of its kind in the world. Soil
fertility is an essential to a successful
agriculture and the encouragement of
dairying is therefore one of the chief
aims of the new movement The dairy
show will be great force in this di-
reCtion.
The dairy show will be given in a
group of buildings consisting of a Coli
scum. 300 by 900 feet, containing IN
uLobstructcd arena, 200 by 100 feet
and seats for 5000 persons; Machin-
cry Hall, 30l by 234 feet, horse show
and cattle buildings for 1900 head a
beautiful new womans building and
other structures.
The wOman's building will this year
be used for the exhibition of the work
of the boys and girls clubs of New
England and the North Atlantic states
,, The Eastern States Exposition, togeth
er with the dairy show, created com
mittee to cooperate with the state anL
local club leaders in this project.
Work of Boys and Girls.
: There are 100000 boys and girls do
ing work as club members. These
/ boys and girls are carefully supervised
, and directed. They are engaged il
, one or more of ten projects. Marke
gardening, canning, potato, corn, poul
try, pig, bread-making, garment-ma TX
: ing, farm and home handicraft anC
dairy judging
The United States Department o
Agriculture, through an appropriation
, of $4,000, is CO., perating. The Stat
club leaders, the county agents, man,
, volunteer worker: and the extension
. men of agricultural colleges have beer
!, enthusiastic in helping along thcs
boys and girls. Some of the extension
. men have sacrificed their summer va
cations for the cause. In addition t
/ this the government is employin;
: about 20 specialists to help instruc
: the boys and girls how to select judg
and demonstrate.
The boys and girls club work is be
!, ing so organized that it is federating i
:, the Eastern States and giving youn
e people an unparalleled opportunity t
> achieve distinction. The reasons th
!. boys and girls have been leaving th
; farms are principally four: Lack of a
!. avocation as the farm has been cor
q Quoted; isolation; the lack of an oppol
q tunity to satisfy their aspirations an
,f ambitions; lack of enjoyment. Tn
@ committee contemplates ten-year pre-
# gram so thoroughly worked out that
/. will show hundreds IF thousands =