Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-18
BULLETIN PRESENTS SEEDS
 TO HOME GARDENERS.
One Hundred Dollars Worth Will Be
 Distributed By Local Committee.


 I,z Twenty pacqages of vegetable seeds
 each package sufficient to plant loi of 40X50 feet, or 1000 feet, the total planting area being 10000 square feet have been presented to the local home garden committee by The Bulletin
 The seeds were provided by the na : tfonaf emergency food garden commis- | sion, Washington, D. C.. which is CO.,
 promotion of home gardens in Norwich
 and Vicinity. The value of the seeds is $1O0 and the weight of the shipment about 300 pounds. The seeds are to be distributed as the home gardens committee sees fit. They have been requested sd1y The Bulletin to keep an
 accura te& record of the distribution of
 thes eceds. and to report fror' time 10 time on how the, planting and cuitiva- ton is progressing The shipment has arrived and hs g been turned oyer to Secretary Herbert R. Branche ofetf1e coiuinfttee. Secre- tsrS aBranche announced Thursday af- lsternoon that the distribution of the seeds would start Saturday afternoon
 at, o'clock in the Chamioe of Com -n1erce rooms. In each of the 20 pack a ages. is the following assortment: Six quarts of beans. one pint of peas, one ounce of psrsnips. two packets of. let tuce seeds, three ounces of beet seed. ne-quarter. pound carrot seed one
 ounce onion seed. one ounce ra dish seed and two packets of tomato seed.
 
 by the Connecticut committee of food supply of. the details of it's plan for the mobilization of schoolboxs for farm service, under which the boys of Con- nectietIt over 14 years of age may aid their nation in its war program by active help in the great task of feeding g America, It's army and navy and it's allies.
 .s The. boys of this state who enter this service will become members Of Iftt- -,i Volunteers, war emergency organiza- ton which is a part of the United States Boys Working reserve. and will be entitled to wear an official button from the national government and when they have compiled with the con ditions of their enrolment by work ing the equivalent of 30 full days, or more, will receive an appropriate cer- tif1cate signed by Governor Marcus IT, Holconiio. -et.-
 The plan for the employment of boys on the farms this summer has been developed by the food supply committee in conference with and with the approval of the principals of high and private schools in Connecticut the secretary of the state board of educa- ton. the school supervising agents, the Conneetieyt Agricultural college ex- tension service and the several farm bureaus. The plan has the cordial en- dorsement of the state grange. the farm bureaus and the state board of agriculture:
 Arthur Howe of Windsor who was captain of the Yale football team in .191t,- has accepted an appointment from the committee on food supply to act as, enrollment officer for the boys reserve. and will assist in putting the plan into operation. Tn this work the food supply committee will cooperate with Hon. William F. Hal, assistant secretary of labor, who is national 6I- rector of the Boys Working reserve, L. S. A.
 Boys who volunteer for this branch of service will be allowed to retain their standing in school under an act passed by the legislature and approved by Governor Holcomb of May :. The text of this act follows:
 Section 1. Any high school pupil over. f4 years of age who shall vo:un- teer and be accepted for agricultural work on a farm shall be permitted to ro-ent:er school without loss of stand ing by reason of absence. provided such pupil maintains the standard pre- scribed by the committee of food sup ply and receives a certificate signed by the governor.
 .''..sec.s 2. This act shall take effect from its passage and shall not be operative after the rising of the gem 191
 Following the leadership of Vale university number of colleges have taken action which puts boys enroll inS for farm service on the same plane as boys who go into military service in the matter of entrance examinations The action by Yale exempts from ex- aminations boys who enter approved agricultural work satisfactory to their or headmaster and are able to present satisfactory school records and adequate credentials regarding their farm work.