Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-16
LOCAL CHAMBER REPRESENTED.
Three Norwich Men Guests at Farm
 Bureau Conference.

l II OIii IHt udy D prOCctutDSS, VIII
 go far toward placing Connecticut. in
 the front rank of progressive states | insofar as conserving and advancing her agricultural possibilities is con those having in charge the Extension 1 Service of the College, looked well to | the practical side of every question
 now confronting the nation as regards
 the supplying of sufficient food for our | army abroad and our needs at home. Practical talks by practical men and 1 women who are giving their whole time to the all absorbing study of
 Food Supply and Home Economies are
 the only ones finding a place in the
 long list of speakers to be found upon | the three days program.
 l Tuesday, August 14th, the opening
 day of the conference. presented as
 speakers such noted men supporting
 the state agricultural resource as: c.
 l.. Beach, President Connecticut Agri-
 cultural College: Robert Scovilie,
 President Litchfeid County Farm Blu
 reau and State Representative of the
 Federal Food Commission: Col
 Charles NJ. Jarvis, President Hartford | County Farm Bureau: Hon. Joseph w.
 Alsop, Trustee Connecticut Agricul-
 President scovilie Of Litchfeld
 County was the initial speaker and his thorough ncquafntanceship with
 the general subject for discussion Q
 The Problems We Face During the
 Next Eight Months" gave everyone present a greater insight and knowl- | edge of our great agricultural weak nesses here in Connecticut. President | Scoville said in opening that all agri-
 cultural problems were based upon | labor, that which effects every pro- ductive industry. Tn no class of labor can time be wasted more than on a l farm. Some of the vital problems in agen1ent today are: Efficient farm equipment. crop rotation, live stock and dafrying, swine improvement. MT | Scoville stated that ten weeks old | pigs in Connecticut rarely exceeded thirty pounds in weight, where in Kansas and other Western states sixty pounds was the average weight. We | must change our breeds, as New Eng l land stock has run out.
 The subject of marketing held the attention of everyone present because of its having to do with the family purse three time a day. three hundred and sixty-five days in the year. Every community, regardless of size, should have a public market, said Mir. Scoville In reply to a question put to him dur ing intermission. Marketing has fall
 en into the hands of people who have an eye to faults but no remedies. Pub lie opinion Is awaiting anxiously for some solution. Certain things can be done. one of which is closer organiza-
 tion on the part of the producer Trust your neighbor. Without Orga niZa tion
 you trade with individuals. Dangers gre to be encountered. billions of mon eY invested by the farmer and no bookkeeping system. without such no means of telling whether gain or loss is resulting. In closing President Sco- vile said, 'tThe attention of the whole world is focused upon agriculture as
 It never wTs before"
 President Jarvis of Hartford Coun- ty said, "We have had an efficient food commission. but what is to be done for next vear?" He said that hogs can be raised easier and more prof1tably than any other stock. One man can care for a thousand hogs under ordinary natural conditions. He urged Con necticut farmers to go into the hog
 industry.
 Henry Dorrance President of the Windham County Farm Bureau, dwelt a length upon the small amount of grain raised in Connecticut and the present price prohibiting the interest of the farmer in dairving. Mir. Dor rance stated that in his town where formerly was located six mills for grinding grain not one was in exist ence today. The New England farmer had thus allowed himself to become dependent upon his Western brot'sers for the very essentially necessary pro- duct to successfully make of dairying ? success in Connecticut.
 Hon. Joseph w. Alsop spoke along The farms of Connecticut this year. He stated that there 'are twenty five thou sand acres of potatoes under cultiVa ton in the state, enough for all, here 'ofore but one-third as m1ny had been grown. MT. Alsop said that the next year would spell the success of he Farm Bureau eltherin if would be state institution or 3 failure, and he had every faith in its success but the Farm Bureau agents held the key to the situation and the staff of the extension service of the college would he called upon as never before to keep The service up to it's highest efficiency. l
 Miss Estella SpraEue Chairman 1 Committee on Food Conservation. l Woman's CorYnittee of the Council of National Def Ase. gave a most thor r1Igh and comprehensive = cement of | the duties that fell on the housewives pf the state. As yet, she said. their whole interest had been centered | nround canning. which was perfectly | proper, but as changes In diet would ! become a national necessity because 1 of the war, great care should be eXer- l rfsed in preparing and presenting for l consumption to the family. corn and | other coarser cereal products as it would have a tendency Off persisted | Tn to the exclusion of wheat fOur) to i cause a complete change In the diges | tive organs. Other questions dweit | upon were: Sanitation, Ventilation, Home Economies Care of Children. | Agents of the state as vet have touch cd upon. Great care must be exercised i in presenting these subjects. first get the confidence of the women of the | Household, without which noting g can he accomplished.
 Other speakers were:
 Mrs. Samuel Russell, Middetown. Conn.
 Mrs Gladys Ogden, Stamford. Conn.
 F. C. Warner. County Agent. Nor wich. Conn.
 H. J. Baker, Director Extension Ser vice.
 By special invitation the Chamber If Commerce was represented a the conference by Directors Otto E. WU'f. William IT. CrUickshanl1 and Secretary H. R. Branche.
 Dinner was served in the large Do- nestle Science building at one o'clock and was thoroughly enjoyed by the hundred present. Everything served. save the meats, were the products of l. the colleges one thousand acres. one hundred and fifty of which are under cultivation and represents what the