The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-15
ORANGE COUNTY FARMERS
ASSOCIATION NOTES.
Notes for week ending Aug. ~,

Notes Tor week ending Aug. ~
The annual meeting OF the Orange
County Farmers association was held in
Chelsea Thursday, Aug. 10. The business
meeting was held in the forenoon with
Pres. Roy Gilman in the chair. Repre-.
sentatives were present from all but four
towns in the county, making in all an
attendance of about so. After the report
of the officers, the committee appointed
last year TO revise the bylaws made
their report, which was accepted after
some discussion. The election of officers
followed and the following were chosen;
President. Il. o. Bicknell. Tunbridge;
vice president, +. H. Bickford, Bradford;
secretary, +. IA. Wilcox, Brookfield I;
treasurer, G. c, Flint, Braintree. A town
delegate was appointed for each town to
form an advisory councils Bradford,
Frank Degoosh; Braintree, Charles Luce
Brookfeld, George Sprague; Chelsea, Guy
Monkey; Corinth, c. L. Spear; Fairlee,
f. B. Howe; Newbury, w. II. Tuxbury;
Orange. w. J. Chamberlain; STAFFORD,
George Bassingthwaite; Thetford, c. A.
Wilcox; Topsham. Henry White; Tun-
bridge, J. NJ. Bicknell; Vershire, A. B.
Blanchard; Washington, ]. A. Partridge
West Fairlee, r. A. Southworth; Will
Jamestown Wesley Seaver. II was voted
TO have a report of the meeting, the con-
stitution and the report OF the county
agent printed and sent 10 each member of
the county association.
Following lunch served by the ladies OF
the Methodist church, the meeting was
again called to order and splendid talk
was listened to from Hon. +. s. Brigham,
state commissioner of agriculture. His
theme was the need of cash crops to sup.
plement the dairy and the value of more
Standardization of product TO secure bet
ter prices. The annual report of the
county agent was read and accepted. He
proposed for the slogan for this coming
year, local organization in every town
of the county working in cooperation
with the county association. For these
organizations he outlined some of the
projects in production, marketing, farm |
management and boys and girls club |
work which these could discuss and carry |
out Thomas Brqdlee, director OF the ex
tension service of the University OF Yer
mont then gave talk on the work of
the county associations and how they /
tpuin dttOHpllsH EtCdLti itohAlHs lit
afternoon attendance was over l25 and
Judging by the interest of these farmers,
the county association is now on solid
foundation. The only regret was that
not more availed themselves of the OPP
portunity to be present and take part in
the meeting.
The county agent gave talks on organ
izaton at the North Tunbridge grange
picnic Friday, and the Thetford field day
f. L. ingalls,, in charge of boys and
girls club work in this state, visited in
with the county agent some OF
The boys and girls who are doing club I
work in Braintree and Randolph. The
,orn in most of the fields is looking ex-
,ellent in comparison with their fathers J
,r neighbors, and the pigs we saw in the
zig club would make many older persons
wish theirs looked as fine. If few peo- {
lie could visit some of these club mem
,ers and see the interest they take in
work of that kind. think there would be
ess apathy towards taking up this work
yerywhere.
This coming week. ending Aug. 10, the
ounty agent expects to visit the first !
hree days in Newbury on COW test work; !
'orinth, Sargent district, Tuesday night, 0
nd picnics at Randolph Center Thurs
ay, Tunbridge Friday and Barre Satur- 5
ay. n
Plans for all these picncs are progress o
ne finely and large crowds and fair a
FEATHER will make them long remembered 8
or the good times they will bring. The o
randolph Center picnic, Aug. II, is under il
he auspices of the grange, but all are d
'elcome The demonstrations on the a
tate school fields are worth seeing and A
e are promised treat in the afternoon
ak by John McSparrow of Pennsylva-
ia. The Chelsea farmers exchange pic A
ic at Brocklebank Aug. is has splendid
,cation for a view of the county and is
orth the climb The mari bed is also