The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-11-15

Connecticut Agricultural College and
Connecticut Pathological Society Have
Fine Displays - Wilfred wheeler's
Address Last Night.
MONTPELIER, Nov. 1.-THE first
New England Fruit show to be held
in Vermont began last evening in city
hall in connection with the goth an
nual meeting of the Vermont State
Horticultural society.
The storm of Monday night, which
continued up to noon yesterday, inter
fered with the attendance, although
there was o very satisfactory crowd
present. The floor of the auditorium
il given up to the exhibition of apples,
and on the banks and tables which
run the length of the auditorium, are
shown at least 125 varieties of native
fruit with so exhibitors. This makes
the largest New England fruit show
ever held.
Vermont is represented with 40 ex-
hibitors, and the remaining New Eng
land states are represented with APP
proximately the same number of ex-
hibitors.
The Connecticut Agricultural college
at Storrs exhibits &C. varieties of APP
pies, and the state of Connecticut is
making fine display, including 10
varieties, through the Connecticut
Pathological society. This exhibit fills
80 cases and was transported from
Hartford to Montpelier by automobile
truck.
The New England Fruit show is an
institution that annually makes an ex-
hibition of the fruits Of New England.
these exhibitions being given in differ
emit places each year. Vermont s turn
came this year, and while the show was
offered to several localities, Mont
pelier's enterprise, through its board
of trade, and the liberality of its citi.
zens secured il.
The exercises of the Vermont Horti-
cultural society took place in the au.
ditorium, the audience occupying seats
IN the gallery, and limited number
of seats placed directly in front of the
stage.
From the gallery, n fine view of the
fruit show exhibit is obtained.
The exercises began at 8 clock by
his exeelleney, Gov. Charles w. Gates,
welcoming both organizations and Wis
ltors to the state of Vermont.
lie was followed by Hon. James b.
Estee, president of the Montpelier
board of trade, who extended q vel
come ON the part of the city of Mont
pelier.
Il. IL. West of Dorset, president of
the Vermont Horticultural society, re-
sponded on behalf of his organization.
George f. Aiken, vice president. re-
sponded on behalf of the New Eng
land Fruit show.
The principal speaker of the evening
was Hon. Wilfred Wheeler of Boston,
secretary of the Massachusetts state
board of Agriculture. His subject was
Marketing Horticultural Products. He
said in part:
1.-The problem of agriculture TODAY
"a one Of production of large quantities
OF special crops in large areas and
marketing through organization. The
East has seen the West capture its
markets. 1t has done this tbrouob
large production and through efficient
ms a IeSulI, the west has
forced the East to organize and we
must organize with n uniform product.
uniform package and uniform meth
DDS of selling.
Massachusetts produces $5O.OOO,-
600 worth of agricultural products an
nually and consumes $3.50, 900 900 worth
of these products. 1t is not q question
with us of disposal of products, but a
question Of how to dispose of them, and
1 may say that most organizations for
disposal of crops begin at the wrong
end.D
Mr.. Wheeler then went into the de-
tall of growing crops, the purchase of
supplies, farm management, credit ia
ciilties,. question of manager, question
OF marketing, the disposal of surplus.
machinery on the farm and the pack.
ages produce should take. He then said.
The same good management on one
Iarm IS likely to succeed on another
farm IN the same section The labor of
the farm should be utilized on another