The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-08-22
Orange County Farm Bu-
reau Was Told at a Big
Meeting in Chelsea
GOT FINE REPORTS
OF LAST YEARS WORK
Many Washington County
People Were in At
tendance

Chelsea, Aug. %. The Orange County
Farm bureau was fortunate in having
one of the finest days of the summer for
its annual meeting. Weather and crowd
went together and the largest attend
anee which the association has ever had
was present during the day, numbering
around 300. The forenoon session was
taken up with the reports of the officers,
the county agents and the election Of
officers for the ensuing year.
Secretary c. A, Wilcox reported total
membership for the men and women in
the farm bureau Of over 300, which was
increased considerably during the day.
This makes this the largest farm bureau
in the state. County Agent Loyeland re-
ported busy year with much emphasis
having been laid on the development of
a stronger local organization. -Four new
farmers clubs have been organized dur
ing the year, making a total of nine ac-
tive clubs in the county.
The development Of district form Of
organization with active committees to
handle local work was another feature of
his work. The organization Of more lo-
cal farmers clubs, the development Of
the local committees for work, the large
increase in membership, the more fire.
quent meetings of the executive commit
tee, the centralizing of the office by it's
move from Randolph to Chelsea we're the
big steps In the organization project. Co
operative testing at creameries Of milk
samples and resultant increase in the
keeping of dairy records and efficiency of
feeding took considerable time in the
winter months. Crop demonstration
work with alfalfa and potatoes have been
continued. A large number Of farm ac.
count books and records were started
and summarized Much war emergency
work in getting data on the labor and
seed situation and other special work
has taken up time.
MIR. Loveland is quite optimistic for a
much larger influence for the farm bu-
reau this coming year.
Miss f Mildred Dutton, the home dem.
onstration agent, reported that she had
held IS demonstrations, attended 6s
meetings, written 326 letters and trav.
eled nearly 1000 miles since starting the
worn in the county last October. She
was the second home demonstration
agent in the state. Interest has rapidly
increased in her work and now the won
ems department Of the farm bureau has
a membership of about 230.
After adopting these reports and max
ing some changes in the bylaws to fit
the enlarged work of the farm bureau
and its new district form of organization,
the women adjourned to the Red Cross
hall to elect member of the executive
committee and an advisory council Miss
Charlotte Pierpont, state leader of home
demonstration work, spoke on the work
Of these women's organizations. Mrs.
George G. Tutherly of Chelsea was elect
ed as the member of the executive com
mittee to rprsnt the women's depart
ment
The men elected an executive commit
tee made up Of G. L. Haywood Of Will
Jamestown, George C. Tutherly of Chelsea
and John P. Davis of Washington. The
advisory council il made up of one mem
ber for each Of the IL districts in the
county and is as follows: j. L. Hutehin-
son, Randolph; F. H. Wilcox, East Brook
field; @. L. Haywood, Williamstown; B.
E. Sanders, Washington; A. L. Sprague,
Chelsea; A G.. Folsom, Tunbridge; w. P.
Stone, Strsfford; ]. s. Sleeper Vershire;
Arthur White, West Topsham; Homer
Gorham, South Newbury; George Eaton,
Bradford; G. A. Wilcox, North Thetford,
After lunch, eaten by some on Chelsea
green as picnic and by some in the
Congregational church parlors as served
by the ladies Of that church, the meeting
again convened and three interesting
speakers were listened to. Prof. G. G.
C1roat, professor of economics at the Uni
versity of Vermont very ably handled
the subject of Government Price Fix
ing" Professor Groat emphasized the
fact that it is not only the soldiers in
the trenches who are at war but the en-
tire American people. The army at home
Is quite as important and becomes in
creasingly so as the war goes on. He
feels that price fixing is necessary in q
time like this because prices go up just
because they get the habit" The gov
ernment is now taxing excess profits and
buying commodities for our use at fair
price. Otherwise the government would
need to pay so much taxes would be ex.
cessive. This held true with agricultural
commodities as well as munitions. Keep
ing the price down, however, meant ra-
tioning to keep from consuming the lin
tied supplies available. Prices are fixed
SO all can afford to live. Rationing re.
suits in having food left to ship abroad,
thus helping solve the problem of feeding
ourselves and our allies
Miss Edith Roberts, of the u. S. de-
partment Of agriculture, made an appeal
for keeping men, women, boys and girls
together in a common membership. She
believes the problems of the home and
the community are one problem and the
closer we keep the classes together, the
more effectiyly win that problem be
solved.
Howard selby, manager Of the Eastern
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