Norwich bulletin., 1917-03-29
PLAN TO INCREASE
 STATES FOOD SUPPLY
Bankers, Business Men, Manufac- turers and Asriculturists Gather in

plan to increase the food pro-
 ductfon of Connecticut was considered at a conference of bankers, manufac-
 turers, business men and agrfcultul/.s s called by President Edward P. Jones
 of the Connecticut chamber of com
 merce at 11.30 a. m. Wednesday, at
 the Hartford club. The conference
 was the result of talks President
 the state leaders in the production of
 foodstuffs, and the officers of the Con- necttcut chamber of commerce. At
 the conference thirty-four of the thir- present. They were as follows: L. H. HeaIey, secretary of the sta te
 board of agriculture, Storrs. F., H. Stadtmuel1er. Connecticut
 dairy commissioner, West Hartford pr. E. H. Jenkins. Connecticut Ag-
 ricultural experimen! station, New Haven.
 E. II. Rogers, chairman of the sen ate committee on agriculture. South | ington.
 J. H. Blakeman of the house com mittee on agriculture. Oronoke. | Charles F. Davis, Connecticut state grange, Middletown.
 c. B. Pomeroy, Connecticut Dairy
 mems association, Willimantic. | G. w. Staples, Connecticut Pomo- | logical society, West Hartford. | E.. W. Brown, Connecticut Poultry
 association, Old Mystic. G. L. Gold, Connecticut Sheep
 Breeders association, West Cromwell. C. A. Call. industrial bureau, N. Y, | N. H. & H. R. R.
 c. F. Brooker, manufacturer, An
 sonia.
 Henry B. Sargent, manufacturer, New Haven.
 President of the County leagues:
 c. P. Bushnell, Norwich: Colonel Charles M. Jarvis, Berlin; Wilson H. | Lee, New Haven; F. s. Chapman. Say
 brook; Robert ScoyiIle, LakeviIle; c. |
 rance. Plainfield; F. L. Pierpont, Ridge | field
 Officers of the Connecticut chamber
 of commerce.; E.. J. Jones, Winsted: :: Joseph T. Cruttenden, Crescent Beach;
 Alexander Harper, Bristol; R. LaMotte Russell, Manchester; F. H. Johnston, New Britain; A. H. Andrews, New Britain.
 present ". O. Rogers, secretary Of the
 New London County League; Herbert R. Branche, secretary of the Norwich Chamber of Commerce; Alton T. Min CT, president New London chamber of commerce and C. F. House of the Manchester chamber of commerce. Following a noon day luncheon Gov. Marcus H. Holcomb made a brief ad- dress. The governor urged every cit tzen of the state to be loyal and to I give every possible assistance to the nation in the crisis that is now facing us. Speaking in reference to the Home the governor Sdiu IL OC l at least five thousand strong and should be fully equipped. When the conference was called to order President Jones introduced Prof Staadmueller. He said he was pro- | foundly impressed with the size and scope of the gathering. He urged con- servation of state resources in every | way possible and advocated the plant l ing of backyard gardens. He said | that the big pay offered by manufac- | turing establishments have caused the cities. He predicted that the law of supply and demand will soon balance up.
 State Grange Master Davis was next introduced. He spoke of the feaSibil- l ity of raising beef cattle in Conpecti- cut He said that it was possible to | bring young beef stock into the state | from other states and have them ready | for market when eighteen to twenty | land has about two per cent of all the cattle in the United States. Statistics
 show, he said. that the value of in diyidual head of cattle averages $24.26 in the United States. MT. Staadtmueller here said that he believed that gain and other crops that may be kept for more than year should be raised in large quantities.
 If railroad connections were cut off in New England and there was no other source of supply New England could not exist much over ten or twelve. It was recommended that the pro- feet of inducing Connecticut people to start Kitchen gardens be brought be- fore the directors Of the State Cham Der of Commerce at their meeting on
 Friday Ctomorrowo