Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-12-26
Executive Committee Meeting.

At meeting of the executive COM
mittee held at Newport Friday sew
eral important matters were discuss
ed and voted upon.
1. The final plans for the men,
bership campaign which begins Jan.
1st, were talked over and the list of
appointments of town committees for
1918 approved.
2. c. L. Erwin of Barton was
elected a new member of the execu-
tive committee in charge of Boys
and Girls club work.
3. The following projects were de-
cided upon for 1918:
a. Farm Management.
b. Crops.
c. Boys and Girls Club Work.
d. Organization.
e. Livestock.
During this winter special empha-
sis will be laid upon the farm man
agement project at the various
meetings which will be held. AS many
farmers as possible will be induced
to start simple farm account books
and take more interest in the real
business side of their farming than IN
the past.
In the spring just before planting
time, a seed-testing campaign will be
value of testing seeds for germina-
ton before planting-especially in
grains. Then during planting time
at least two corn variety demonstra-
tions will be placed ineach town and
another fall weighings will be made
of each variety SO that it may be de-
termined what varieties are best
suited for Orleans county.
1t is proposed to carry out the
Boys and Girls club project by
arousing interest in big exposition
to be held at Barton next fall. School
fairs and exhibits will be encourag ed.
1t is hoped that enough money can
be raised so that a large number Of
prizes may be offered to the boys
and girls competing.
In carrying out the organization
project, it is proposed that the assoc
iation cooperate closely with existing
organizations as the Farmers EX-
change, the Dairy company, Farm
Loan association, ETC., and assist in
the organization of any new cooper
ative enterprises. If possible inter-
est enough will be created so that a
woman county agent may be hired
before another summer.
Since this is largely dairy coun-
try, it is fitting that the association
aiming at the betterment of the live
stock by organizing, if possible,
breeders clubs, assisting farmers to
locate pure bred animals, giving rec
concentrations as to feeding and care
of livestock, assisting farmers in the
keeping of individual records or or
ganizing new cow test associations
when men can be procured to take
charge of these associations; main
tanning pure bred register in the
Monitor and publishing milk and but
terfat prices will also be continued.
This is a big program Of work and
the county agent will need the assis-
lance of every member Of the associ-
alton if the largest results are to be
obtained. The two big projects, how
ever, are farm management and
crops, this latter being carried out by
means of corn variety tests and soy
beans in with the corn.
The executive committee approved
the following appointments for town
committees for 1918:
ALBANIA. C. Cheney, chair
man, A. N. Vance, I. D. Sanders.
SOUTH ALBANY-C. W. Will
liams, chairman, C. r. Vance, Clyde
Eldridge.
BARTON-Fred May, chairman,
H. E. Lee, Judah Blair, G. L. Nutting.
ORLEANS-J. II. Bartlett, chair
man. E. J. Freehart
BROWNINGTON-E. S. Kelley.
chairman, R. A. Dutton, Ralph Kel-
ley.
BROWNINGToN CENTER-w.
G. Dutton, chairman, Wilmer Gray.
BRIGHTON-B. w. Farmer,
chairman, M. G. Waterman, E. B.
COVENTRY. J. LABEL, chair
man, A: NJ: Wright, Aylmer Lawson.
CHARLESTON C L. Kinney,
chairman, Geo. Calkins, E. D. Bly, &
ehsrmaS, G. 3 Smith, " " L. B Butten
v" DE Fl B!9ol9y. P. Niles, chairman, L.
C. Gage, D. A. Robbins, John Brig
ham, B. F. Butterfeld.
GLOVER-C. M Borland, chair
man, S. T. Vance. F. E. Simpson.
GREENSBORO. I. Wilson,
chairman, C. E. Lapierre, H. H.
Haines, Foster Gebbie.
HOLLAND R. Hall, chairman,
IRAsBURG-E. A. Pike, chair
man, J. H. Lanou. John Carpenter.
jaw. HI. Warner, chairman, R.
E. Wakeman, u. F. Warner
LOWELL-Guy Kinsley, chairman,
w. A. Young, H. A. Richardson.
MORGAN-E.- M. Whitehill, chair
man, C. E. Wilcox, B. A. Williams.
NEWPORT-A. E. True, chair
man, William Lawson. E. J. Libby,
A. R. Hudon.
CENTER-E. N. Connal, chair
man, w. r. Connal, Geo. Bailey
TROY-M. L. Porter, chairman, A.
Quintal.
NORTH TROY. A. Griggs.
chairman, G., R. Holden, H. B. Park
hurst
WESTFIELD-W. B. Gilpin, chair
man, Fred Valley
WESTMORE-M E. Cal1ins