St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-02-07
ANNUAL MEETING
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Mr.. Titcomb also mentioned getting
behind the county fair as an organiza-
ton, and said that the legislature
might appropriate $500 for the pur-
pose if the matter was carried to their
representatives, Although" he, add
cd, Il haven't been very successful
with the legislature along those lines
myself in the past few weeks"
Mr.. orion objected to cooperating
with the fair ground association on
the ground that the exhibitor did not
get nearly enough to cover expenses,
and said. that where d cattleman won
a prize of few dollars, those enter
ing race horses were given prizes to
the amount of several hundred dol
lars. Many others seemed to con
curr With Mr.. Orion. Harry Carr,
who was called upon to represent the
fair ground officials presented the
matter in a light, that removed all OBJ
jections and resulted in Mr.. Orton's
motion for cooperation at the next
county fair.
Mr. Carr gave u brief resume Of
the early history of the county fair
when two organizations were i'll
charge. One to take care of the at
fractions and the other the agricultu-
raj departments. He further showed
that racing came under the head OF
attractions, and that the receipts from
the grand stands provided for the
purses offered. On the part of the
fair ground officials he made a prop
ostion that they go back to the two
divisions and that the farmers asso-
citation be represented on the cattle
exhibition committee and have a
board appointed from each town.
Asst. State Leader C0rycll Speaks
Jay Coryell presented and explain.
ed the county farm bureau Organiza
ton plan as it has been perfected and
is being carried out, in u number of
counties in the state. The speaker
said. that a little over four Years of
work had demonstrated the need of
constitution, which was directly due
to the growth of organizations. The
old idea that the county agent could
cover the entire district personally
was long ago given up, and instead
of the town system Of delegates, it
was found, betters results could be
obtained by working together in COM
munities.
The new system, he showed, placed
certain responsi bilities on from three
to five members in each community.
4 From there community committees
are made up the advisory board. BY
means OF chart, Mr.. Coryell pointed
out how the whole organization NOV
ed together, working through tho
county agent as a center. Through
him the executive committee works
through to the community commit
tees; from the community committee
to the advisory council: from the ad-
visory council to the executive COM
mittee, and vice versa. In this way
objects of the organization could be
attained he said, as in no other way
Louis \. HaZcn, Orleans Exchange
Mr.. Hazen told of the success OF
the cooperative buying for the farm
ers of Orleans county through the
exchange. He gave statistics of the
amount of business done during The
past year, totaling $4,000 and divided
between $50 farmers. The total say
ing for the year was given as $4,000
or over $40 per member.
In thirteen months. he said, 13t
carloads of grain had been purchased
at cost of $1,000; 443 tons of chem
icals at Il cost of S13,491 and $500,
worth of seed. Two car loads of pc
tatocs were shipped at a gain of 1
cents per bushel more than any deal
err in the locality paid at the time.
Members of the Caledonia count
association have arranged to buy see
for the coming year through the Or
leans exchange and price lists hav
already been mailed by Mr.. Hazen.
n. l.. NJ. p. n. Representative
r. l.. Cummings of West Paris, Me
proved an able representative of tn
New England Milk Producers Asso
citation. He took up the aims of tn
organization and explained the bene
| fits hoped to be attained, by the OF
| ganization, the officers of which wi
| begin work the 22nd of February. TIL
lspeaker pointed out the increase
production due to the development {
machinery and said, the productio
had been increased without due II
gard to the selling or market end.
One cause of the abandoned farm
bout, he showed. was the result
lex of Organization. and disregar
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