Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-09
COUNTY AGENT WARNER
 ATTENDED FARMERs' MEETING
Was Present at Storrs Gathering on Monday-Prosramme for Dairy Con- Vention.

NSnGIOnG
 On Monday County Agent F. c. War 1
 ner of the New London County Im-
 provement league attended the farm
 CTS meeting at the Connecticut Agri-
 cultural college. Wednesday and
 Thursday the state dairynen will as-
 semble and Thursday and Friday the
 Connecticut Pomological society will
 hold it's summer meeting.
 Farmers from far and near will
 gather for these conventions. So hos
 pitable have the college authorities
 proved themselves in past summers,
 and so varied and abundant is the
 cuisine in the college dining hall, that attendance increases year by year, as those who have gathered return to their homes to tell of their experiences. In anticipation of these gatherings, the various departments of the college have prepared a number of exhibits which are lodged in the gymna sium, where the convention sessions are held. neatly mounted and labeled, and will later be shown at the rural fairs, at 1 Hartford Sept. 4-9, Berlin Sept. 11-16, ] Brooklyn Sept. 19-21, Rockville Sept. 2628, and Danbury Oct. 2-7.
 The department of entomology shows butterflies, moths and other insects which have a deleterioGs effect on veg citation, one particularly interesting feature of which is several cases Of caterpillars, covered with wire netting. beside which are placards reading: 1 Watch the leaves disappear" and Listen to their jaws" By bending over the netting one can actually hear the munching of these Voraclous pests The dairy department labels it's sec- ton ITO procure good milk" Sani- tary vessels and brushes and cloths to clean the COWS before beginning to milk are here shown, together with a vivid demonstration of the result of analy2ing specimens of milk. Various receptacles show that the average milk is ST per cent water, 1 per cent. fat 2.6 per cent casein, 7-10 Der cent. al- bUmen, , per cent. sugar and 7-1O per cent. ash. Comparing the cream line of milk, it is stated that grade A milk is worth two cents quart more than grade B.
 A photograph of Pieterije Dekol l Burke, one of the prize HoIstein COWS of the college herd, is mounted, sur rounded by g little woolly, wooden ! toy sheep, bearing a label which states that the milk given by this COW in her first two lactation periods (35.268 pounds) was equal in food value to the mutton of 33 sheep.
 Another case contains samples of foodstuffs labeled "A good ration" which produces IS quarts of milk. as compared with another series of sam l pies labeled Apoor ration,' which produces but s 1-2 quarts of milk. The usefulness of the COW to man, 1 besides her function of milk produc- ton, is vividly demonstrated by a case which shows that over 100 different articles are produced from her body. 1 Meat, leather, glue and gelatine are l Of course familiar, but the paint, soap, | shoe polish, cold cream collar buttons and comb which are attached to the | little model of the COW by ribbons will probably give many people new idea i of the economic value of this animal i to humanity.
 The programme of the dairymen's meeting Wednesday, and Thursday, ] Aug. and 10. follows
 i Wednesday, Aug. 9-10-123O a. n., ! demonstration of farm butter making l for those interested, by H. F. Judkins ] G. H. Campbell and P. A. Downs, Con nectiCut Agricultural college; 1.3O D. rn Some Breeding Problems to Think i About, G. C. White Connecticut Agri- l cultural college; 2.30 p. m., Fitting l Stock for the Show Ring, Prof James i B. Mclean, Quaker Oats company; /! 3-3O D. m, trip to the agrOnOmy ex- ! peTimental plots, conducted by Will i liam L. Slate, Connecticut Agricultural | college; 3.30 D. m, Principles of Cattle 1 judging, demonstration for those in 1 tereSted, by G. c. White K. B. Musser. i extension service, Connecticut Agri- | cultural college; 7.30 D. m., musical l programme furnished by ladies of the Women's auxiliary: Milking Machines,
 H, P. Davis, dairy division, L. s. D. A; motion pictures.
 i Thursday, Aug. 1O-8.3O a. m., Prob | lens in Dairy Farm Management, l. G. l Davis, extension service, Connecticut Agricultural college; 9.3O a. m., Stan dardiZation of Milk and Cream for ! Commercial Purposes a demonstration i for those interested, by H. F. Judkins.
 X. B. Nusser and G. H. CampbeII
 9.20 a. n., personally conducted visit 1 to farm, by H. L. Ciarrigus, .Connecti- ] cut Agricultural college; 1 D. m, Dairy ] ing by Communities, K. B. Musser, i extension service, Connecticut Agri- | cultural college; ? D. m, Extension l Work in Connecticut, Fl. J. Baker. di- i rector extension service, Connecticut ] Agricultural college; 2.30 D. m., judg- i ing contest of dairy cattle