Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-10-17
THE ANNUAL MEETING.

the roads, the lateness of the season
for the harvesting of crops and the
uncertainty of the weather, there was
but a small crowd in attendance. At
ter a short address by President
Cleveland, the treasurer, G. W. Rich
mOnd, made his report and also re-
marked upon the growth of the organ
izatiOn'and its growing usefulness to
the farmers of this county. The cOun-
ty agent then made his report, the
full text Of which is given elsewhere
in these columns. The president then
appointed nominating committee to
nominate officers for the coming
year. A recess was taken for dinner.
The Irasburg Grange served an eX-
cellent dinner in the Congregational
vestry. The meeting convened at z
o'clock and the report OF the nominal
ing committee was read and accepted,
placing the following men in Office
for the ensuing year: President, c.
H. Root, North Craftsbury; vice pres
ident, r. A. Dutton, Bloomington;
secretary treasurer, G. W. Richmond,
Newport.
J. J. Labelle Of Coventry and R. A.
Richie of Greensboro were also
elected as members Of the executive
committee to succeed S. E. Gray of
Derby Line and S. T. Vance of West
Glover, whose terms expired this year.
The new president, G. H. Root, then
took the chair.
Rev. Fraser Metzger of Randolph
was the first speaker on the program
for the afternoon and made an elo-
quent appeal to the farmers of this
county to stand behind the govern
ment in this crisis. He said in part:
"The farmer at this time is peculi-
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cess or failure Of this war depends
upon the man who tills the soil. He
it is who keeps the steady line of
supplies ever moving to the front.
would that these gray heads which I
see here might have well-deserved
rest and comfort during their declin-
ing years but it is not to be. None
may rest until all hopes which the
German autocracy may have are for
ever vanished. The spirit Of the peo-
pie is right and [ cannot but pay
valiantly taken the tasks of knitting
comforts for our boys. Everyone must
be in his or her place, this is no time
for Stacker, and each must lift as
never before.
1.-The German government has al
ready its program mapped out if they
win this war. If we can conceive of
living in such time as that we shall
be living in a province called Ameri-
ca; at Boston a German governor
general, at New York another, at
Washington another. Each farmer
will raise upon his land what he is
ordered to by the German govern
ment; he will till his crops as he is
told, he viii harvest them as they di-
rect, and the German authorities will
order him to dispose Of his surplus as
best suits their interests. A wonder
full system Of efficiency but governed
by principles which forever throttle
the rights upheld by the boys Of rs,
Of 1912, and Of the hard struggle Of
81 to 'G5.
We already have 100000 men I'M
der arms and in training. We have
supplies Of munitions, Of clothing,
everything except a plentiful supply
of food. This war will be won, not by
arms, but by famine; not by bullets,
even now to feed everyone we'll in
France. England also is feeling
pinched but Germany is not yet hun
cry. It is our business to tie the
leash and the Gordon so tightly about
her that the German people will rise
up and demand food; our business al
so to supply our boys and those of our
allies with all that they need.
The children of this state have re-
sponded wonderfully to the appeals
made. From the reports sent in to
me by six school superintendent
find that the children in these six dis
tricts have raised 1900 bushels of
potatoes this year and 485 bushels of
beans. Figure what this will mean
for the IS districts of the state if all
do as well as these six. | also want
to call your attention to the food con-
servation cards, which it is hoped
every housekeeper in the country will
sign. No days are stated when no
wheat shall be used but each card
pledges the signer to carry out as far
as her means permit the recommended
ton Of the food conservation COM
United States would manage to save
one loaf of bread, 100000 people
would be fed for one day."
]. E. Carrigan of Burlington, assis-
tant state leader of county agents,
part: =
"Orleans county is managing big
proposition in it's Farmers Exchange.
1t means much to the farmers in more
ways than one. But this is not the
only project which is of immense
benefit to the farmers of the county.
Alfalfa has had it's beginning and
great possibilities lie before it. Soy
beans also are being raised to some
extent. In the state of Vermont this
year there are at least $4,000 acres Of
soybeans being grown with the silage
corn. In Addison county the average
cost per acre for growing soybeans in
with silage corn was 65c., while the
average acre yielded two tons of soy
beans for silage, equal in feeding val
This amount of bran is worth today
about $40 on the market. A pretty
easy way to make IS cents, earn 500. |
If two tons represent the average
yield per acre of soybeans for the
state, and this is no unfair figure,
$4,000 acres times $40 per acre means
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