The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-12-01
THE FARMER
OF COOPERATION
Bringing Into Closer Relations
of Soil TiIlerS and Other
..~ Business Men Bene-
fits All.

magnificent headquarters has not been
I FOR the purpose Of holding shows. bu'
| 10 be real headquarters for the
movement for the betterment of tn
agriculture Of New England"
New England's Clearing House.
Primarily. the Eastern States EXposi
| ton has provided clearing house,
place where New England men and
women may meet for an exchange Of
experience and thus transfer the idea
Of the most progressive communities 10
those not yet awake TO their possibili
ties
An illustration OF what this means
was given in the New England Farm
and Business Conference held In
Springfield Sept. - and 1G. under the
auspices Of the Eastern States EXposi
tlon About 200 Of the foremost men
Of agriculture. business and industry
I'm New England responded to the call
More than 30 Of these men spoke oil
the general subjects: What Is the
Matter with New EnglandT and
What is the Remedy for New Eng
lands IllsT and out Of what every one
present at the close declared was the
most important gathering Of its kind
ever held I'm New England came the
resolution for the formation of per
manent New England Farm and Busl
ness Union, TO work In conjunction
with the Eastern States Exposition
Committees on finance and organiza
ton will meet I'm Springfield at the
time Of the National Dairy Show, Oct
II TO q. on the cXposition's grounds.
Founded and designed 10 be ben
eft to all New England, the Eastern
States Exposition is essentially 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 I'm 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
ise OF the exposition as n forward un-
dertaking.
Brough. Dairy Show to Eas..
The bringing Of the 10th annual Ma
ional Dairy Show to New England is
one Of several definite accomplishments
to the credit OF the Eastern States for
the "pbuiding of the agriculture and
dairying Of the six states. Always
heretofore held in Chicago, the effort
A I.,,, q -. 4 ,I fn m
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 n dairy stimulus and that
there was an organization here big
enough to fttingly handle the greatest
thing of its kind i'm the world. Soil
fertility Is an essential to n 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 n
group Of buildings consisting OF Coll
scum, 300 by 200 feet, containing an
unobstructed arena, 200 by 100 feet,
and seats for 5000 persons; a Machin-
cry Han, 3o1 by 234 feet, horse show
nnd cattle buildings for 300 head. a
beautiful new womans building and
other structures.
The woman's building Ill 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.
cr with the dairy show. created com.
mittee To cooperate with the state and
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 In
one or more of ten projects: Market
gardening, canning, potato, corn, poul.
try, pig. breadmaking, garment-mak.
Ing. farm and home handcraft and
dairy Judging.
The United States Department of
Agriculture, through an appropriation
of $4,000. Is cooperating. The State
club leaders. the county agents. many
volunteer workers and the extension
men of agricultural colleges have been
enthusiastic in helping along these
boys and girls. Some of the extension
men have sacrificed their summer va
cations for the cause. In addition to
this the government Is employing
about 20 specialists TO help instruct
the boys and girls how TO select. Judge
and demonstrate.
| The boys and girls club work Is be
ing so organized that II r. federating In
the Eastern States and giving young
people an unparalleled opportunity to
schieve distinction The reasons the
boys and girls have been leaving tn,
farms are principally four: Lack Of an
avocation as the farm has been con
Quoted: isolation: the lack Of an oppor
tunlty To satisfy their aspirations and
ambitions: lack Of enjoyment. The
committee contcmplates ten-year pro
gram so thoroughly worked out that II
| will show hundreds of thousands of