Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-08
IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
 DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING
County Agent F. c. Warmers Quarterly
 Report Presented and Aecspted.

| DIRECTORS HOLD MEETING County Agent F. c. Warnsr's ouarssrI,
 Report Presented and Accepted.
 The directors of the New London County Improvement league held theii quarterly meeting at the county agents room in the Thayer building Saturda }
 at I o'clock with President Charles P | Bushnell presiding. There. were about 25 directors present
 County Agent F. c. Warner present ed his quarterly report, which was ac-
 cepted The report was as follows:
 The county agents report for the
 quarter: is as follows:
 Much of the work of the county agent during the third quarter has 1 heen that of general supervision and management of the affairs of the Farm l Bureau. and a number of the items l mentioned in this report are being GOV 1 cred in detail in the reports of the
 other members of the staff. In addi- 1 ton to the time account in the report your agent took a much needed two
 weeks vacation in August.
 i Home GaSdens.
 l The Home Garden work fin Norwich and New London is practically com
 plete with the exception of securing
 the final data on the success of the movement as shown in the record 1 books which were furnished the gar ! deners and kept through the season by them. In addition to frequent con- 1 ferences with the supervisor, during
 the quarter. the county agent made two trips of inspection with Super i visor Wilcox, in New London, covering g both the adult gardens and the school cbfldren's home gardens and two sim : liar trips in Norwich with Supervis- ors Sheldon and Harvie. In New Lon don another inspection was made. with t'members of the Chamber of Commerce Home Gardens committee and the su- fe3, t11A tne school board and the secretary of the chamber of commerce were taken on tour of inspection of Supervisor Harvie's work with the school children here. Supervisor Sheldon also had ,, members of the Home Garden commit tee inspect his work and all of the committees were very we'll pleased with and commended the supervisors highly. Complete reports of all the supervisors have been filed and these men have all, taken up new Sgvork Mir
 Harvie returning to his teaching in the Norwich schools MT. Wilcox to don has received an appointment as assistant county agent in Holland coun. ty.
 Boys and Girls Club Work.
 The most important feature of the boys and girls work in the county department of the New London Coun- ty fair held in Norwich, Sept 8, 4 and 5 under the supervisors of the Farm bureau. One hundred and one es and in the 30xso boys and girls tent there were 3s5 exhibits of fresh and canned and dried fruits and vege- tables. This exhibit attracted much attention and received many comph- ments and favorable comment on the work the boys and girls wer1 doink The- county pig club exhibit and juve- nile stock Judging contest are being covered in another report
 Club work which was started last spring in cooperation with the schools of. Preston but which suffered from lack of outside supervision during the summer months because of the inabil- ity" of Farm bureau workers to find the time in which to do the work, proved that the children of the town are really interested in producing and conserving food as any could have seen who attended the tair held in on the afternoon and ev- ening of Sept. 2s. Here the boys and girls exhibited all kinds of vegeta- bles grown by themselves animals raiSeG ran;n and nd psts sandia cared fer sewing by club members. First and second 1 prizes were awarded and at the even ing meeting which was largely attend l ed by the parents each was awarded Iran of the school board.
 Several other communities started ] similar work in the spring which we were unable to properly supervise hut ] this will not occur another year with 9 part time club worker on the Farm bureau staff.
 Field Tests and Concentrations.
 The most of the work on this pro- 1 lect has been done by the assistant 1 county agent, only three days work 1 having been put in by the county l agent. These covered two inspection trips and taking of one sample which | is to be analyzed by the Connecticut k1xperiment station for !, food value.
 The county agent also attenald the potato spraying demonstration at See retary W. o. Rogers farm and the fe1d meeting at Mir. Writings which 1 were arranged for the most part by he assistant county agent. f
 County Corn Show.
 The county corn show project is favorahly and we are now ssured of big fair in Norwich this l winter if we do our part On Aug. ,S the county agent met . special of the state board of ar- 'fculture and it was decided to have three Say meeting of the Farm bu- 'eau,, state board of agriculture and r. Sheep Breeders associa- f. ion on Dec. II, IF and Is. The first lay will be the county corn show. The 1, econd the state corn and potato show Sheep Breeders association. Final ar are being completed and !, VIII be published as soon as decided Ipon.
 Food CenssrxAtion. II
 Food conservation work continues (