News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-10-04
THE FARMER
OF c0-oPERAT|0N
Bringing Into Closer Relations
of Soil TiIIerS and Other
Business Men Bene-
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fits ALL.

10 Ue real headquarters lOI tLAe
movement for the betterment of the
agriculture of New England"
New Eng and's Clearing House.
Primarily the Eastern States Expost
ton has provided clearing house-a
place where New England men and
women may meet for an exchange Of
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 in the New England Farm
and Business Conference held in
Springfield Sept. Is and 16, under the
auspices of the Eastern States Expost-
ton. About 200 of the foremost men
Of agriculture, business and industry
in New EnglandHesponded 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
lands Ills?" 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 a 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,
u to 81, on the eXposition's grounds,
Founded and designed to be bena
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 it's 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 IN
dnrtaking.
Brought Dairy Show to East.
The bringing of the 10th annual Ma
tionel Dairy Show to New England is
one of several definite accomplishments
to the credit of the Eastern States for
the upbuilding of he agriculture and
of the six states. Always
heretofore held in Chicago, the effort
to transplant it to New England for q
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 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. SoiD
fertility is an essential to a successful
agriculture and the encouragement of
is therefore one of the chief
aims of the new movement. The dairy
show will be a great force in this di-
,ection.
The dairy show will be given in u
group of buildings consisting of a Coli
scum, 300 by 200 feet, containing an
arena, 200 by 100 feet.
md seats for 5000 persons; a Machin-
cry Hall, 3O1 by 234 feet, horse show
md cattle buildings for 1,200 head, q
,ther structures.
The woman's building will this year
,e used for the exhibition of the work
# the boys and girls clubs of New
England and the North Atlantic states.
rhe Eastern States Exposition, tOgeth-
r with the dairy show, created a COM
nittee to cooperate with the state and
ocal club leaders in this project.
Work of Boys and Girls.
There are 100000 boys and girls do
ng work. as club members These
oys and girls are carefully supervised
nd directed. They are engaged in
ne or more of ten projects: Market
canning, potato corn, poul-
ry, pig, bread-making, garment-mak-
1g, farrA and home handicraft and
airy judging.
The United States Department of
.griculture, through an appropriation
$4,000, is cooperating. The State
Tub leaders, the county agents, many
olunteer workers and the extension
len of agricultural colleges have been
in helping along these
oys and girls. Some of the extension
len have sacrificed their summer va
atoms for the cause. In addition to
his the government is employing
bout 20 specialists to help instruct
he boys and girls how to select, Judge
nd demonstrate.
The boys and girls club work is be-
Ig so organized that it is federating in
lie Eastern States and giving young
eople an unparalleled opportunity to
,hieye distinction. The reasons the
1ys and girls have been leaving the
rms are principally four: Lack of an
7ocation as the farm has been CON
1cted; isolation; the lack of an oppor-
nifty to satisfy their aspirations and
nbitiOns: lack of enjoyment The
contemplates a ten-year pro
am so thoroughly worked out that it
III show hundreds of thousands of
,ys and girls in the Eastern States
at farming can be made a prosperous
lsiness. that country life affords an
'portunity to satisfy their highest