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


thereby. A strong membership is at
the basis of a strong organization. I
can conceive two ways in which an or
ganization may be weak, it may have
strong officers but few members, or it
may have big membership but weak
officers. From the statement of the
case the former is ineffective but the
| latter has every chance to make it's
force felt once it has removed the
weak heads and placed therein men
with strong initiative. A definite
campaign for membership should be
run by every county and every effort
made during a certain period to Sc
cure as large a membership as posi-
bic. Such a campaign was carried
out in Addison county and between
New Years day and town meeting
day a total Of $50 men were secured
for members. One town had all but
seven men as members of the organi-
cation. Each town should be divided
10 into districts so that each commit
teeman may have a definite district
assigned him. 1t gives each town
committeeman personal interest in
the work-it helps further the work
Of the organization"
Miss Bertha Holden of Burlington,
specialist in home economics, then
took up the subject of food conserva-
ton and ways in which a home dem
onstration agent would be exceedingly
useful to the women of this county.
"a patriotic service is placed at
this time upon the shoulders Of the
women as we'll as the men. Upon
them rests the responsibility of car
ing for and utilizing large share of
the food produced. The present drive
for food conservation does not mean
so much a shortage of food as it does
an inequality in supply Of food stuffs.
We must use in this country those
foodstuffs which are most perishable,
such as corn meal, to replace wheat
products Only those products should
be shipped which are the least per-
ishable. The allied countries are not
producing nearly all Of their food and
we must share with them Of our abun-
dance. Germany produces four-ffths
Of al the food she consumes.
"The government has appropriated
money so that each county has to
raise but $500 to secure the services
of a home demonstration agent. Such
a woman would assist the women in
planning economical substitutes in
their meals, for instance she might
show how one pound of cottage cheese
is equal in food value to a pound Of
meat and if one pound of the former
were substituted once a week for one
pound Of the latter by each family in
this country, millions of pounds of
meat would be released for consump-
ton abroad where the available live
stock is rapidly diminishing. Shewould
endeavor to show what are the best
ways of caring for clothing, what
soaps to use to make them last the
longest; how to use fuel cheaply; how
to can all kinds of farm products and
not make canning an item for one
season Of the year but a year around
proposition with berries, fruits and
vegetables in the summer and meats
and other farm products at other sea-
sons Of the year"
r. 4. Deuel. of Exeter, N. H, form
err county agent of Orleans county,
then gave an illustrated lantern slide
talk on the breeding Of Cattle"
which was both entertaining and in
structive. He showed pictures illus
trating the development of the herd
at Cornell university from one poor
scrub individual to it's present heavy
milking herd. All of this was done at
an outlay of only $11OO for a total of
all sires used. A bull calf, sired by
one bull alone, brought $1,000! A re-
markable illustration all the way
through of the value of purebred
stock and constructive breeding.
Following Mr.. DeuePs talk the
meeting adjourned.