Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1917-01-12
Middlebury January 8, 1916, The morn

OF the county agent and plans Tor the
following year, The afternoon session
was devoted TO talks by Il, S, Brigham,
State Commissioner Of Agriculture, and
j, l., Hills, dean Of the College Of Agri-
culture, University of Vermont. About
1875 farmers attended this meeting,
The summer meeting of the Addison
County Farmers association was held
in cooperation with Pomona Grange in
Cornwall August 22nd Farmers were
present from practically every town in
the county, The attendance was about
$50.
TRIP TO THE NATIONAL DAIRY SHOW.
The Addison County Farmers asso-
citation arranged an automobile trip to
the National Dairy show held at Spring
field, Mass, October l2.2l The county
agent conducted the party and arranged
rooming accommodations for the mem
bers. About twenty automobiles carry
ing approximately one hundred farmers
took the trip, Bann,rs for the cars
and badges for the members were fur
nished by the Addison County Farmers
association, About 200 to $50 attended
the Dairy Show from Addison county.
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The work Of the seven town Farmers
clubs located in Bristol, Middlebury,
Lincoln, Starksboro, Weybridge, Sails
bury, and Orwell is as follows:
Q) Regular monthly or semi
monthly meetings.
(2) Arrangements for field demon
stration meetings for the county agent.
(3) Obtaining demonstrations in
agriculture and home economics for
special meetings,
(N Obtaining Agricultural Exten-
sion schools for winter sessions.
C5) Buying farm supplies coopera-
lively at "A great saving for the mem
bers.
Another Farmers club was organized
in Addison during December. While
these Farmers clubs are not doing as
much work as might be done they serve
as a very efficient medium through
which the county agent can work in
the towns in which they are located.
The following communications from the
presidents of three of the clubs will
perhaps give an inkling of how they
feel toward the work these clubs are
doing.
MIDDLEBURY FARMERS CLUB.
"rhe great function of the Farmers
club is to bring the county agent and
the farmers together. The county
agent through the Farmers clubs is in
Producing new crops and methods; i. e.,
alfalfa, soybeans, treatment of oats
for smut, lining, etc.
We plan gradually to make the club
farmers exchange for exchange
among the farmers of livestock, seed,
and other products; also to save money
in the purchase of chemicals, seed ana
possibly other goods.
think the Farmers club is fostering
a spirit of cooperation which will soon
result in community breeding and
eventually in cooperation in other lines.
"The club meetings in the district
school houses have been well attended
and enthusiastic. They increase good
feeling and neighborliness and | believe
are an inspiration in many ways. "
h. B. CORNWALL,
President Middlebury Farmers club.
LINCOLN FARMERS CLUB.
"The Farmers club in Lincoln, while
coming far short of its possibilities, is
the best thing of its kind that has ever
come our way. While it hasn't as yet
accomplished very much to attract the
attention Of those who are not members,
it has, believe, been help to all who
have attended its meetings.
"To my mind one of its greatest ad-
vantages is the help it is to our county
agent, by helping him to locate and
work up an interest in his demonstra-
tons, with the various lines of his work {;
and in so doing he brings some of the
results of the Experiment Station $
work home to US in much more in
teresting and effective way than the
bulletins to which many of US pay very
little attention"
j. M. PURINGToN,
President Lincoln Farmers club.
wEYBRIDGE FARMERS CLUB.
"Whie the club has not been able to
carry out all Of its projects, owing to
circumstances over which we had no
control, those that we nave been able to
put through have been highly beneficial
to the members from both a financial
and educational standpoint
"The buying of binder Irvine alone