Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-17
Members, Held Up by Late
Trains All over the State,
Slow in Arriving.
ONE SESSION CANCELLED.
Prof. Bradlee Outlines WARTIME FRO.
gram Of Extension Service and Ayr
shire Breeders Present Claims.

Vermont and the Armory hall. Tuesday
afternoon and evening, It could not have
been deleted or mutilated into a. less
state than was easily accom-.
plisled by the fast-falling white flakes
from the skies.
Topsy.turvey. inside out and bottom.
side UP and then back again with being
out is the condition the pro.
gram now lies In. The what" and
when" OF each part Of the days program
Is badly mixed and a large number of
the special articles will have to be left
out.
No session was held Tuesday afternoon
at all but In tho evening the opening was
held. not as was given by the program
but rather an informal ceremony. per-
formed by .. l.. Martin of Plainficld. who
OBLIGATED as master Of ceremonies when
the first session convened in armory hall
at $3.50 o'clock.
Thomas Bradlee. professor of the exten-
sion service department of the University
Of Vermont and the State Agricultural
College, was the opening speaker. He took
for his subject, The Wartime Program
of the Extension Service" and the address
In full follows:
THE WARTIME PROGRAM OF THE
EXTENSION SERVICE.
want in n few minutes OF your time
at the opening Of this meeting to out
line briefly the program OF the extension
service Of tho College Of Agriculture inso-
TAR as 1t is completed to date. want
to do this for two reasons: first, because
OF the active part this association has
taken In organizing extension work in
Vermont. One of the first things that
Dean Hills put In my hands when took
up this work was a copy Of your annual
report for the 1913 meeting In which was
outlined the original policies of the ex.
tension service. At the same time he
told me Of the work your association
had done and how II had been a fore.
runner and paved the way of the exten.
sion service, doing pioneer extension work
in the State.
Secondly. there seems no better time
than this to make public our plans fol
the coming year, for surely here we meet
the most progressive farmers of the State
and 1t Is upon them that we must depend
for leadership in carrying the work
among their neighbors. It is absolutcl,
necessary to secure the confidence an6
cooperation of the more progressive
farmers of community in order to de
eHeCtiVe extension Work.
In arranging our war program we have
endeavored to center our energies arount
those farming enterprises which will hell
THIS nation to meet the emergency ir
which it now finds itself. The extension
program on wartime basis covers yer,
few things that would not be found on :
peace-time program. but during thi.
emergency some enterprises will recciv,
more attention than ordinarily.
1t not only includes the stable crop.
needed for human consumption and fo
STOCK reed. dairying, poultry and mea
and eggs, sheep and swine production. bu
also the various phases Of conservation
IN the home. on the farm and elsewhere
In addition to this. We shall lend our as
sistance as much as possible to cite.
wishing to undertake garden and poultr,
and other production and conservation
campaigns.
1t In not necessary here to give details n.
to recommendations which we shall max,
under each head cited above; I think yo,
will be more interested in the machiner,
which will be put in motion to carry in
formation to our farmers this spring Thi,
will include continued cooperation will
the public safety committee. the food ad
ministration. the State department o.
education. the State department of agri
culture and any other agency which has
real function to perform in the produc
ton and conservation program. Unde
this program We propose to work as uni
formly as possible in all the counties o
the State, 80 as to take advantage Of tn,
present distribution Of labor. If labo
were plentiful. we could probably increas
production more rapidly by intensive worl
;,, in ~ ha ;cI
might he classed as more easily workable
than others. But labor will be the limit
ing factor in production this year. an,
we are trying to make our plans SO rs t
take advantage Of all that is now and will
be available.
To carry out our program. we have ol
our extension staff an assistant count.
agent leader: II farm bureaus. each co
operating In the employment OF a count.
agent and four assistant emergency dem
onstration agents; a leader of boys ant
girls club work and his assistant; HON
demonstration agent leader; two HON
demonstration agents; and five countie
organized for cooperation in the en-
|pioyment Of home demonstration agents
In expected that these places VIII b
fillcd within a short time): three part
time dairy specialists; one part-tim
horticultural specialist: one half-tim
poultry specialist: one sheep specialist
giving half his time to Vermont an
half to New Hampshire; poultry spc
| cialist: a labor specialist; and phi
club specialist. each employed on "a Xix
| basis; one farm management demon
strator and his assistant; one full-tim
and one part-time home economies spe
| cialtst.
n,.,- ~vl. xnti11 n n ..
sified under four heads: the count
sgcnts. dealing largely with produc
ton; the boys and girls club workers
dealing with both production and con
servation: the home demonstrate,
agents. dealing In a limited way witt
production, but more largely with con
/ servation; and, last but not least, tn
large group of specialists who will sup
plement and strengthen the work o
the other three groups.
| Through the courtesy Of DR.. NJ. I
Hillegas, state commissioner of educa
ton. we are assured that the service
Of the special teachers Of agricultur
! and Of home economies will he availa bl
TO assist the county agents and hom
demonstration agents In carrying on
the above program within their com
munities insofar as this may be don
without Interference with their schoo
work.
In carrying out our program. we hav
the full support Of the food administra
tlon along tho lines suggested by Hor
David Houston. secretary OF agricul
ture, in an address at a recent meetin
Of the state Agricultural Colleges an
Experiment Stations In which he said
I'm q broad way. It is agreed that tn
prime function OF the department Of agr
culture shall bs the stimulation Of produt
ton. the conservation Of products on tn