Norwich bulletin., 1917-04-19
STATE MANUFAcTuRERs
 ASKED TO cooPERATE
Recommends Model Homo Garden
 Scheme For Their Employees.

II Connecticut manufacturers are urged in a letter being sent out by Supplx-to take tip without delay some home garden plan for their employees The committee has sent with these letters copies of a model home gar the manufacturers. The suggestion is made that conveniently located va- cant land be ploughed and that it be offered to employees for their use un- charge be made for the use of each plot to cover the cost of preparing the land and buying the fertilizer. The letter sent out to the manu- facturers Is as follows:
 Gentlemen: As you are doubtless aware, q great deal is being said and printed all over the state concerning food supply. Many different agencies are more or less actively engaged in pushing the various so-cal1ed home garden" schemes.
 This connmittee is desirous of work
 ing with all such organizations and is
 equally anxious not to interfere in
 any way in any work or undertaking.
 Therefore, if the line of work we
 is already being taken care of as far
 as your employees are concerned, we
 would only ask you to notify us on
 the enclosed card.
 
 cerns in this state own land which fs
 suitable for gardening or agricultural
 purposes, but which is at present not
 being made use of.
 Our suggestion Is that such land be
 p1owed, fertf1ized and made ready for
 planting as far as this can be done.
 by the use of horsedrawn tools; that
 it then be offered to your employees
 for their use. but such use to oe un-
 der the supervision of man who un-
 derstands gardening and general crop
 production.
 A charge should be made for each
 plot to cover the cost of preparation
 of the land and buying the fertilizer.
 contribution of the manufacturer
 would pay the cost of the employment
 of g, supervisor. It would seem that
 man fitted for this work could be
 found among almost any factory force
 The actual work would of course be done outside the working hours and The land could be used either for garden purpose plots, or to grow such non -perishable products. It would seem that in this way the marufac- turing concern could make living con- ditions more easy for its employees spirit of thrift and cooperation among then.
 This committee will be found ready at all times to assist in any way. We | | make estimates of cost of preparing land, to examine such land as to it's | fitness for the. crop to be produced, and, should such a plan be put into I to give advice to supervisors when | ever necessary.
 The Connecticut Committee of Food 1 Supply has taken up the matter of | buying a large quantity of seed po- | taties for distribution to Connecticut | farmers at cost, plus freight and cart | ing. The committee members believe | that this plan will prevent any possi- | Ible unwarranted price advances by | seed and farm supply dealers in the | state which might otherwise result | from 8, shortage in the supply of seed 1 potatoes. Final decision as to quan I tity to be bought and the methods by 1 which they will be disposed of to the | farmers will be reached in a few days. sG
 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb, Con- 1 necticut's 72-years-old chief executive l will spend considerable time hoeing 1 this summer, for he announced yes- l terday that he had ploughed about an l acre of land at his home in South | inRton, and would do the work him.
 self. He has made application for the | necessary seed potatoes to the Con- necticut Committee of Food Supply, | which he appointed a week ago to l work for increased food production in the state.
 T do not believe in asking other l people to do things I am not willing | to do myself said the governor. T
 want every citizen of this state to 1 raise some food crops this summer 1 and I am going to try my hand at | hoeing potatoes. I believe there is I health in the hoe. At the present time
 no other factor in the national situa- | ton is of greater importance than i'm | telligent precautionary preparation to | secure the largest possible supply of | foods. This year we will be called 1 upon to feed other nations now at | war, if the conflict comes to an end | soon. The demands upon us will be greater if it should drag on through a | long period. Every man must do his
 part and l propose to do mine" T7a, as his first act under the emergency | bill, appointed committee of nine men whose work 1t will be to in- crease and conserve Connecticut ! food supply, he selected as members of the committee 8 group of men whose wide experience in business and l farming interest makes them decided | ly capable for just such work. ma jority of members of the committee are practical; several of the members have had previous experience in or ganizing big campaigns, and are es-
 pecially well fitted for their duties as members of this committee. Joseph W. Alsop is a member of l the board of trustees of the Connec- | ticut Agricultural College and of the ! COnnecllCuG 6ApeTliIenldi oldtloh HI l New Haven. He served one term as l a representative in the state legisla- l ture and was twice elected a member | of the executive committee of the Hartford County farm bureau and is 1 an extensive tobacco grower. His home is in Avon.
 l William C. Cheney Is business man | and a farmer. He is a member of the | biz silk manufacturing concern, Che ney Brothers, of South Manchester and l e director of the Hartford County 1 farm bureau. He is also con1missary- | general on the governors staff. Ills ! home is in South Manchester. Charles T. Davis lives in Middle | town. He is a practical farmer and 1 is head of the state grange. John P. Elton of Waterbury is the 1 treasurer of the American Brass Com | pany, the largest brass manufactur-