The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-27
WASHINGTON COUNTY FARM
BUREAU ASSOCIATION.
Notes for Week Ending Aug. as.
The Field Excursion.

A
The field excursion planned by the bu.
reau for Thursday Of this week promises
10 be success. Several cars of farmers
from Brookfield and Willamstown are
planning to join the Washington county
party. Several business men from the
Montpelier Board of Trade are planning
to go, and il is expected that the bust
ness men of Barre, who are interested,
will go Also The trip to Waitsfeld alone
is worth the time the trip will take.
There are several points concernrt, the
trip which have come up since last weeks
notice, that would like to clear up at
this time, as follows;
|. The excursion is under the auspices
of the Washington County Farm bureau.
2. The farmers of the county are par
ticularly asked to make up parties to
60 on the trip.
8 Other persons interested in agricul-
ture and better farming, including bust.
ness men and representatives of the
Boards of Trade OF Barre and Mont
pelier, are asked to do the same.
4. Through the courtesy of the Mont
pelier Board of Trade, cars will be avail.
able for farmers particularly, and others
also who have no car. or who cannot 90
with a neighbor. There will be no
charge for this transportation. If you
wish to take advantage of this, phone
this office-7l4.W or Barre 627-R-be.
fore 1880 Tuesday night.
5. There are no charges of any kind |
connected with this trip, so far as the
farm bureau or the furnishing of cars is
concerned. You are expected to furnish
your own lunch, however
s, Ladies are expected to go, but the
Board of Health will not allow children
under l6 to take the trip.
Remember the time and places of
a. m. at Dodge Bros
farm 900 a. m. at c. II. Collins in
and leaving Langdon street
in Montpelier at 1000 a. m. sharp.
Come and help make this a success!
You will get information that will pay
you for your time. The corn demonstra.
tions will be of particular interest to the
farmers, as will also the splendid Hol-
stems at the hospital farm in Water.
bury, including the 81 900 bull brought
recently from Pennsylvania, and the fine
herd of Jerseys at the Ladd farm in
Worcester.
Executive Committee Trip to Newport.
The following members of the execu. :
i've committee of the bureau: c. A. II
Badger, NJ. P. Ladd, NJ. j. Corliss, ID. r.
3isbee, M. L. Towne, Fred Powers, +. c.
sould, w, !. Abbott, H J. Dodge, went
donday. in the cars OF Mr.. Badger and
dr. Ladd, to Newport, VT, to meet the
Ulcers of the Orleans County Farmers
Mr.. Richmond, clerk, Mr.. Ha-
en-, manager, and Mr.. johnson, county | /
gent, made our visit very profitable by |
heir thoughtfuiness. A round table con
erence was held Monday evening at the
hub rooms, where cooperative measures
rere thoroughly discussed, and the
county party left, much
leased with the visit and possessed of
ouch valuable information in regard to
he operation of the exchange.
Tuesday morning, Mr.. Richmond and
Ir. johnson conducted the party to an
5-acre truck garden owned by Mr.. Rho
a, containing So acres of &eans, Is acres
potatoes, and smaller amounts of car
pts, beets, turnips, cabbage, etc, that
ill be marketed in Massachusetts cities
Y the carload. Mr.. Rhoda employs
bout rs men and boys Mr.. Wilson, a
lrmer in Derby, was also visited, who
lowed us splendid field of corn. AsS
lie, however, Washington county corn
the better. and the hay is more nearly