Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-03
JUVENILE CLUB WORK
 IN HOLLAND COUNTY.
Miss M. E. Sprague Addressed Meeting Tins Week in Scmers.

Tins Week in Scmers.
 l A meeting was held at SomersviIle
 Feb. 27 at which were present ladies from. all sections of the town of Som CTS. Mrs L. A. Gowdy called the meeting to order, saying the purpose of the gathering was to get sugges, tions to the conducting Of boys and girls club work in that town, and introduced Miss NJ. E. Sprague as the speaker of the meeting. She spoke of the work being done for and by the boys and girls clubs. and suggested that advisory board of three or five be appointed to take the matter in charge and make the matter local issue. There should be local leader to keep things moving. Where there are several school districts it might be well to have a local organization, but these should be united in a central club, which should strive to make the town organization the best possible. The age limit for club members is 10 to IS years; this, however, does not debar younger or older people except insofar as the prizes go.
 The young people are brought to see the actual business side of life and there is no boy or girl but is enthusi- astic to start on the work. and with good leadership they usually hold out to the end. In some cases the school committee has co-operated and ar- ranged for a paid leader; it may be a school teacher who lives in the town ctIld lo SIdO lO ldhC ap lH0 WOIh the summer. In any case. the club members should be visited at least once a month to see that they are carrying out what they have started, and especially to see that they have
 received the instructions which are
 sent out regularly and that they un-
 derstand them.
 The county agricultural agent spoke briefly of the work being done in
 MaS5a chusettS and of some of the plans which the farm bureau has along
 this line.
 At the close of the talks Mrs. Gowdy
 asked if those present desired to take any action looking toward carrying out the work in the. town of Somers.
 It was decided to appoint an advisory
 board consisting of one member from
 each school district.
 The following committee was ap-
 pointed: Somers Center. Miss Mabel
 Avery; Frink street, Mrs. Forrest
 Avery; Battles street MT Whitney;
 Hall Hill, Frank Bordeau: Ninth dis
 trict. Mrs. Benjamin Pinney- Davis l
 district. Miss Davis; North Somers | Mrs Hayes; Somersville, Mrs. Gowdy. |
 At the close of the meeting refresh | ments were served by the ladies of l
 the club.
 Boys and Girls Club Work.
 Much interest is being manifested l throughout Holland county in boys and girls club work. R. F. Lund of | the Rockville High school already has | OfCi AoV OiAA OiACo HI lilC lOWn O4 yer | non.
 A meeting of delegates interested in 1 this work from the various towns of | the county has been called for We'd | Storrs. who has lined up in the town | of Mansfield one of the best clubs in | the state, is to be present and explain | the work
 Somers Holds Institute.
 An institute was held at Somers in fadr l1ol p<I- spices of Somers grange, with the Connecticut Agricultural college and Holland county farm bureau. Il
 The institute was opened at about 1O.3O by A. $. Hulburt, master of Som CTS grange.
 The first speaker on the program was Prof. G. H.. Campbell of the dairy department; Of the Connecticut Agri- on The Improvement Of the Dairy Herd The dairy farm is a manufac- turing plant; milk, young stock and l are three things we have in F
 farm. These three things must pay for all the expenses of the faru and pay profit. whatever the dairy man receives. |,
 There are 22, 2,ooo 900 cows in the United States; 3,97s pounds of milk on the average is produced. It has been proven that cow must produce at ii least 5000 pounds of milk in order to |
 To Improve the herd, the farmer should keep records. Only by SO do- ing can a. farmer tell whether he Is | making a profit or not The milk should be tested occasionally SO as to know how much the milk tests. Not until we know just what our cows are doing can we begin to eliminate the | poor producers. It was shown at the Norwich fair last year that 1t was | practically impossible to select cows by external form. Three cows were taken, one which gave 5000 pounds of milk, one 7.500, one 5000. Farmers were asked to select the best COW and l each one of these cows was placed Tn order to insure good stock it is advisable to raise your own. If this Is done it is necessary to have good sires. Experiments have shown that some sires carefully selected have act- ual1y lowered the production of the herd while others have almost doubled l. it. A bull, therefore, should be kept E till it is known what his daughters can produce. consider dairy records as perhaps the first essential in dairy i ing and after that the selection. breed- Ing and proper feeding should be | brought in to make a successful and profitable dairy.
 An excellent dinner was served by the ladies Of Soners grange. order about 1.S0 and Prof. W. G. Slate, lI Jr from the agronomy department at ti Storrs spoke on Fertilizers and How to Use Them. Prof. Slate said fertii- izers as well as everything else was