The Press., 1917-12-13


 Farm Bureau was held at Rockville last week Wednesday. $, The meeting was called to order by President Charles A. Thompson. The directors lhad previously met and made changes in tie constitution, which provided for woman as we'll as a man direc. tor in every town in the county. The secretary's report showed the Farm Bureau to be in a hourishing con- dition, and the summary of the Treasurer 8 report was as follnws: To- tai amount received. $6e178.3l; total amount paid out, $3,781 38; out. standing orders, .$376,6Gr leaving a total balance in the hands of the Treasurer of $2, 773 50. After dinner the following list. of officers was Drought in by the comm ittee and were duly elected by the members present !: President, O. A. Thompson of Mel reset vice president Cornell Green of Hollands; secretary, E. S.. Edgerton of
 ernoni directors at large, 6. H GaVage of Storrs, Chas. l. Wright of Andover, E.. s Fuller of son1ers; town directors, Andover, Miss Gertrude White, A. H., Benton; Bolton, Mrs. ". H. Loomis, E, Mannegia; Colum- bfa, William Wolff, Mrs. Dixon Weloh; Coventry, Walter s. Haven, Miss 2 sohlel; Ellington, Mrs. c. Wood, R. A. Sikes; Hebron, O. Dan. ie1 Way, Mrs. Sherwood Roosevelt Mansfield, Robert Stearns. Mrs J. F. Harrington; Somers, B: F. Pinney. Mrs. Anna Kibbe; Stafford, John Harmed, Mrs J W. :Rollinson Tol- land, o Hubbard West, Mrg. 0. H. West; Union, Raymond 0. Barrows, Mrs Myron Heck; Vernon, Wallace ThEall, Mrs. W H. Sill; Wilmington, Seth schofleld, Mrs. Ida M. Brown. Then followed the reports from county agent, assistant county agent, and home demonstration agent The regu- lar program of the afternoon consisted of short talks by various members of the Farm Bureau from different parts of the county It was opened by H. F. Collins of Columbia, who spoke on daiFying. O H Schell of Coventry gave his experiences in daiTying spoke 6 of the growing of corn and soy beans and of it's value in milk production o. l. Backus of Andover gave an exceedingly. interesting talk on sheep E. D Smith of Hebron put the audi ence in exceedingly good humor when he disoussed the question of fruit. He belieyed that if someone could be found in every town who would be willing to, do spraying for the orch, ardists. it would be great help in the production of better fruit B. s EdRegton of Vernon spoke on poul. try raising. Cornell Green, Jr. o1 Holland gave interesting experience in beef raising. John MUK instry o1 Ellington told of the interesting ex. periences of amateurs in growing DO. tatoes B. A Macdonald of Storrs told what the college was dolng in Farm management demonstrations. Mrs A. H. Benton of Andover was unable to be present, but sent her report which was read by Miss Mar KaTet A. Costello. After these re. ports the Farm Bureau adjourned to the corn show which was held in Memorial hall. The girls from the Stafford high school gave a very in- terestiDg demonstration on the mak k. ing of corn meal dishes. These girls with the dishes which were brought in succeeded in defeating the Rock vile girls in the home demonstration work. The following were contest ants: Stafford, Helen Gilligan, Char. lotte Beckwith, Emma Tonom and Eliz. abeth Oomins; Rockville. Ruby Quinn and Ida Lavitt. Teams from Rock vile and Stafford high schools then gave competitive demonstrations, the Stafford team taking the subject "The growing of corn and the preparation of seed, !" and the Rockville team, The use of corn after it is grown. '' State Club Leader A. J. Br undage of Storrs placed the awards on this class. He stated that while the Rock ville team had their parts better pre- pared, and delivered them better than the Stafford team, that the Stafford team, according to the standards as set up by the club leaders of the United states had actually demon. strated better than the Rockville team, so the awards went to the team from the Stafford high school Benjamin G Sonthwiok of Storrs awarded the prizes on corn and grain. A complete list of the awards follows:
 Section l-5O.ear exhibit.
 Glass 1-First, Luther Skinner, Vernon-Cultivatur, Star Hardware Go. Second, J, T Mcknight, Filing ton Il sack four. Third, H: L. Hamilton, Ellington ribbon.
 Glass 2-First, O.: H. Savage, storrs White LegE orn Cockerel, O. l.. Wright. Second. Hiding Bros. Amston- 25 lbs. corn meal Third, Ernest Kupfersohmlds, Ellington ribbon.
 Glass S-First, R H. Mcknight, Ellington-R. Red Cockerel, E. s Edgerton. Second. John Bahlel Ellington ribbon. Third, W. s. Hastings, Somers- ribbon.
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 Glass l, Lot A-First. H L. Ham flton, Ellington-Barrel apples, T. Mcknight. Second. M E. Thompson, Ellington--1O 0 lbs. popcorn. Harrison Hamilton. Third, Wm J. Clark, VeRnou-ribbon. LotB H L Ham ilton. EllinRton-$l... Second, J T Mcknight. Ellington ribbon. Third H. H Mcknight, Ellington
 Olaas.2- No first Second, Olive Driggss White Wyandntt