Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1916-12-22
A GOOD MARKET
Certain Sale at Fair Profit Is What
Nindham Comfy Farmers Want
Annual Meeting Of Association Monday
Officers Elected


farmers of Windham county want
above all else. "lf we know that we
can market our produce at protit
we'll raise the produce that the de-
man6 is for said one farmer. "This
talk of making two spears of glass
grow where only one grows now is all
right, but | tell you TINT unless we
can sell what we raise we won't even
raise one spear long
This matter came up ut the annual
meeting OF the Windham County
Farmers Association in Putnam, Mon
day, after County Agent Benjamin W.
Ellis had given short talk ON The me-
cessity of a definite program for the AS
ISOLATION and asked those present for
their views on what the association
should take up In 1917. The agent
said that the directors would decide
the program for the year but that they
would like suggestions that they
might know what the farmers wanted.
Rev. Charles w. Downs OF Dayville
was the first To introduce the matter of
a certain market and a dependable one
and the statement above was his. lie
told OF raising Brussell sprouts, of Ia
boring with other members of his fam
lily for good many hours after they
were raised, In picking them over aud
shipping them 10 sBoston. In the
course of time he received n letter from
the consignee To whom he shipped
them saying that some Of them were
shape and that the Brussell sprout
| market wasn't much good anyway
and that after he had figured the
whole thing up he thought that II
cents would be the balance due Mr..
Downs and enclosed postage stamps
therefor. al shall not raise Brussell
sprouts for market again M long Ms
| iive,n said the reverend gentleman,
mot unless | am assured of good
market and fair treatment"
Someone asked what crops were the
! ttiOSt tHOituht III thtt StCiiohs JOni
| Orcutt, OF the farm bureau of the Bos-
ton Chamber OF Commerce, said that
| 10 percent of the farmers cash came
from the dairying industry, the selling
of cattle and dairy products, and that
probably poultry came next In i'm
portance.
l.. Ii. Healy, secretary OF the state
board OF agriculture, took up the line
of thought started by Rev. Mr.. Downs,
and spoke at some length. He en-
] phasized the uncertainty Of the mar.
keling possibility. He brought up the
matter of last seasons strawberry crop
and said that la Woodstock people al
lowed neighbors TO help themselves
| because In Webster berries were selling
for 3 cents quart and IL did not pay
TO pick them. over in Willimantic
berries sold for two boxes for % cents
and he thought thai the director of the
association there should have notified
them Of that fact.
| He told OF farmer In the other end
OF the state who was getting over six
hundred eggs and selling them for 10
cents a dozen. He asked the man
how much he made. He was told that
this farmer kept 1900 pullets and that
his ee rs cost him Sl.l0 cents q dozen.
The restaurant man 10 whom the eggs
were sold disposed Of every egg ut 10
cents apiece.
Mr.. HeHley said he had always
found Putnam good market and got
fairly satisfactory prices here. lie told
Of the additional cost Of the storekeep-
or with his automobile deliveries and
the demands Of his customers upon
him. "Whst we need" said MIR.
Hesiy, Is to educate the consumer.
He also touched on public markets and
the benefits obtsined by this method
OF sale.
There were about fifty lin attendance
ut the meeting which was called to
order by the president, Charles q.
Thompson. Following the reports Of
officers the annual election was held
with the following result:
President, Henry Dorrance, Plain
field, In place OF Charles y. Thomp-
son OF Pomfret, who refused 10 serve
further.
Vice president, Fred ID. Jordan, VIII
limantic.
Secretary, Fosdick b. Harrison,
Woodstock.