Connecticut western news. [volume] (Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Conn.) 1871-1970, 1918-02-21

the dignity of farming, said Mr. Brun.
1age, and the cities will become less
alluring
In connection with the clubs, the
bureau will furnish cards which read
"Seop and see my garden" or "stop
and see my pig, which are to be
placed in a conspicuous place and will
create an interest in the boys or girls
project in all who pass that way. IT
there are 25 boys or girls who wish to
start pig club in q community, it 10
proposed to get some bank in the com
munity to finance these children by
loaning them the necessary money on
a properly endorsed note for six
months. Last year so per cent Of the
winners of prizes in the Zig clubs were
girls and each child VINO entered the
club realized profit Of about $3.50
for their pig.
The question was then asked,
whether this plan would work as we'll
on the farm as in the village, and Mr..
Brundage stated that it would, even
though it was expected there would be
a shortage of labor the coming year A
general discussion then followed re
garding the club plan, in which it was
brought out that if SIX or more chill
dren were interested in one project,
they would be formed into a club. 1t
was also stated that pans had been
discussed which would extend the
usual simmer vacation in order to
help the boys and girls who are actu-
ally engaged in farm work, on the
farm until their help was no longer
needed. Mr.. Brundage stated that the
pig clubs. were the most talked OF, as
fats Of both vegetable AID animal were
very scarce and the price of pork was
not goirg to decrease for some time.
Pork products are and will be in great
demand for several years to come.
President Dodge then stated due to
the illness OF Mr.. Haskell, of Balti-
more, who was scheduled to speak. it
was necessary to substitute Mr. Nc
Ciosky OF the same city. Mr.. MoClosky
gave an interesting talk to those who
assembled but RS he stated, he was not
familiar with conditions in New Eng.
land from the practical view point.
LAO 5ea&k<&A h10 5POOJh W4bu - D1OW
straight fram the shoulder when he
asked the question why is there such q
shortage OF live stock In New England
when the conditions for raising 1t are
so favorable
Throughont the country live stack
has rapidly decreased, said Mr.. No.
Closky, and now the whole world ia
suffering from the shortage IF stock
and it's products. New England has
practically ceased to be a live stock
country and even in the middle west
the production ia gong backward. The
reason for the decrease in sheep is not
entirely the fault of dogs, as SO many
people seen to think. Why have beef
animals also almost disappeared? There
are very few dogs which can do any
injury to beef cattle The reason is
that the great western country was
opened up and produced such cheap
beef and Lamb that the New England
farmer was forced to go out of business
because he was unable to compete with
the western farmer.
The cause for SO many abandoned
farms in New England is fundsmen
tai economics question, which proved
that grain could not be imported from
the west and fed to cattle at profit
The western farmer had no freight to
pay on grain and because the New
England farmer had fallen into the
habit of buying his grain from the
west because he thought it was cheaper
than he could raise it, both the raising
of grain and beef cattle were forced
out of business.
New England stands at the head of
the list as the home of dairy cow pro-
duction. There has not been a time in
the last ten years that milk was pro-
duced mt profit and the only reason
for this is because grain was imported
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