Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-09

President-J. D. Avery, North Ston- ington.
 Vice President-c. J. Abell, Leba-
 secretary-Miss Ethel M. sevin, Norwich.
 Treasurer Gilbert $. Raymond. Norwich.
 Two directors in each of the towns of the county were also chosen, one the agricultural director and the other the home economies director, as fol- lows:
 Bozrah-Elijah Abel, Mrs Frank Palmer.
 colchester-C. G. Miller. Mrs. Ham, ilton Wallis.
 East Lyme -, Mrs. Harry Hunt. Franklin-Lloyd P. Aver, Mrs. Anna Redwood.
 Griswold-simon Brewster, sr,
 Groton-F. J. schoonmaker, Miss Clark.
 Lebanon-Charles M. aeer, Miss Katherine Sweet
 Ledyard-B. T. Avery, Mrs. Fan nie Clark
 Lisbon-James Graham, Mrs. F. L. Kanahan.
 l Lyme-J. Lawrence Raymond, Mrs. i William Marvin.
 Montville-H. G. Dart, Mrs. H. G. | Dart
 North Stonington-E. Frank White, Mrs, J. D. Avery. New London-James c. Hammond, 1 Miss Cora Marsh
 Norwich Town-J. D. Mccarthy, Mrs. J. D. Mccarthy. | Norwich (city1-C. I. Smith, Miss i Louise Howe -l | Old Lyme-Robert Thomas, -. Preston-N. H. Hall, Mrs. A. B. Burdick
 salem-J. D. Clifford, Mrs. Ruth Darling.
 stonington-C. B. York, Mrs. James StIvers.
 1 Sprague- Allison B. Ladd, Jr Mrs J. G. Burr.
 1 Voluntown-Benjamin Gallup, - | Waterford-Oscar Dimmock, Mrs Walter Concklin.
 The retiring president, Charles P
 Bushnell conducted the business
 meeting at which there was an at-
 tendance of over 50. His annual re-
 port was followed by the annual re- port of the secretary, Miss Louise i Howe, and of the treasurer, Charles H Hagberg.
 County Agent F. c. Warner covered
 the activities of the year in a com.
 prehensive report which was in par
 as follows:
 { Dairy Improvement. As a result of dairy farming dem onstrations conducted on seven farms } twenty-one men have been assisted il } keeping accounts, 159 samples of mill and cream have been tested for but : terfat, between 30 and 40 have beel 5 helped with their dairy rations, anr l l 21 with their crop rotations. Assist r ance has been given in securing pur I hred bulls and blood samples wer taken from one herd in an effort t
 eradicate contagious abortion. All bu T one of the original co-operators hay { been given further assistance.
 Marketing. 3 l. During the year, forty four days C n the county agents time have been de Il voted to this important project whic :. is so vital to profitable farming. Pub U lie wholesale and retail markets i y Rhode Island and Massachusetts, an the Market News Service, as main 1 tained by the Bureau of Markets hay . been investigated and applicatio II !, made for the introduction into Ne Il London county next season of tn , crop reporting service.
 Assistance has been given the maI U keting committee for the Providenc
 market in their efforts to secure satisfactory price for milk The ma N' ter of price fixing is now in the hand
 of the regional milk commission ID the federal food administration wi | have set the price to consumers fl 2. the month of November at Is | '' cents per quart and to the produce
 | 3-4 cents at the market III Recently milk producers marxetiI
 their milk in New London county ha' ,e heen notified by the U. $. Publ = Health Service that on and after la le l, 1919. their milk will have to be ma It lleted in one of three grades-cert T. fled, grade A raw. or pasteurized. IT farm bureau has been of great assis
 ance in helping the producers meet Il T; situation. Committees have been 0 ai ganiZed investigations made, trips 5o inspection conducted to milk plants g as ready in operation. forms of organ ne zation recommended and the inform 'n ton presented to the producers. TT e. has resulted in steps being taken a, organize cooperative plants in No oo wich and New London and pledg ht for about $40,000 worth of stock ha st been secured. ba 1l Swine Work. he All are familiar with the success of the Pershing Pig Club of New To ar don county. Last spring, 45 boys a as girls started out to raise pork for r re cle Sams army Each had a pig, 0 so being donated by Mrs. Willis Aus
 of Norwich. and six had pure br of Berkshire sows to be raised and bI .no to supply more pigs next year. Ea at club member was given one-h H. pound of Dwarf Essex rape seed rs ] the w. E. Barrett Company of Pro it. Gence, R. l., and all followed instr1
 tions carefully throughout the su mer, each being personally visited on i least six times during the four mont
 contest. At the county fair, thirtt
 of the pigs were on exhibit, in co
 petition for the $25 offered by the
 ricultural society. Seven of the pr ,, winnerg were sent to the state fair a Berlin in competition with the b , ,e from the other county for the st 5oe prizes offered by the Sperry & Bar . .n5 Company of New Haven. One pro '' to be the best registered SOW un " " six months Of age in the state: em ether the best over six months of .as and the other five took first as ita hest group of five, all breeds, ty 'o and ages competing. The judg l and demonstration team also y .,,t Gne third place. Altogether this club ' ,J .nti $73.75 in prizes, and produced 1 iea | pounds of pork valued at $10S7.90 6 net profit of $2Ss.18.
 A Besides the pig club work. the fs l. bureau also assisted in the tran'
 of 57 pigs within the county and oii the authorities at New London = touch with the extension swine s
 cialist which resulted in the bring ppiiy in of a carload of pigs to the nun p,s lasl. pal piggery. anly3 Agth. q in