Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-01-01
CHARLES p. BUSHNELL
ELECTED PRESIDENT.
MiIkmen of New London County Form
Organization.

| Charles P. Bushnell of Norwich was
elected president of the New London
| County Milk Producers association
| which was organized in this city on
| Saturday at IL o'clock in the town hall.
| The meeting was we'll represented by
| the n1ilkmen of the county and was
| called to order by Charles P. Bush
nell, president of the New London
County Improvement league.
Warren Jewett of Worcester, Mass,
| representing the New England Milk
Producers association, gave an address
and stated that he had 40 COWS and
daily MIXED number of them. having
MIXED 10 that morning before he left
his home to come to Norwich. He
said he had been in the business 40
years and that only two days in the
40 years had his route been missed,
and he is interested in all lines of
dairying.
81 feel the time has come for the
farmers to organize to get a suitable
price for their milk he said. THE
price today and the profit is not what
it should be-" Continuing he said he
could remember when $12 was paid
for 81 ton of meal, and now it is $40
Then the Smatter of securing suitable
help is difficult one now that bet
ter jobs ar etc be had and shorter
hours of employment are offered than
by farmers, who sometimes find they
are forced to labor from IL to Is
hours a day. Organization controls
the price of coal and other products
in Worcester, and / presume it does in
Norwich. 1 do not know of any or
ganization that is better able to han
die the milk proposition than the New
England Milk Producers association.
County Agent Warner stated to the
meeting that in view of the contra
dictory instructions received by Mr..
Jewett and himself he could not rec
ommend the joining of the New Eng
land association unless those who paid
meeting referred to and look well af-
ter the bylaws and constitution to be
adopted to Sc ethat they met all the
local requirements. He felt that the
association had more to do than to
set the price of milk. He believed that
the matter of standardizing the milk
and dairies should be taken up
through an organization rather than
by an individual effort. There was a
discussion between Mr.. Jewett and Mr..
Warner over the merits of the organ
ization, but it was brought out in this
that membership in the New England
organization was considered best. Mr..
Warner argued that he felt that it was
better for the organization to provide
for representation of local and county
association by delegates rather than by
proxies on the pro rata plan of their
membership. Others expressed their
opinion on the matter. 1t was voted to
form a county association and to send
delegates to the New England MIX
Producers association meeting in Feb
ruary and also to form a local organ
ization.
The officers elected are as follows:
President, Charles P. Bushnell; vice
president, ]. Kellogg Hall. Preston;
second vice president, G. H. Morgan,
Salem; secretary and treasurer, C. ].
Abel, Lebanon.
Secretary and Treasurer Abel was
authorized to secure subscriptions to
membership in the organization.
Secretary Abel reported that So had
joined the organization.
The delegates elected to attend the
Boston meeting are Charles P. Bush
nell, Charles ]. Abel and Elisha Wa
terman.
The suggestion that a membership
committee be appointed from each
town was adopted after electing the
following nine persons from their re-
spective towns. the chair was author
lied to appoint the remaining II: T.
H. Haney, Waterford; Elisha Water
man, Lebanon; Henry J. Kendall Lis
bon; D. j Mccarthy, Norwich; A. p |
Bennett. Preston; J. F. Brown. North !
Lloyd Aver, Franklin;
Torrance Coughlin, Baltic; C. ]. Abel, |