The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-17
COUNTY FARM BUREAU TO
EXHIBIT AT STATE FAIR
viii Include Important Agricultural
Products Raised by Bennington
County Farmers


Members Of the executive commit
tee OF the Bennington County Farm
Bureau mel al Manchester Center
Saturday evening June lf,h to con-
sider and take aciiOB OH important
matters relating to farm bureau work
Those present were MesseIs West
Taylor, Diamond llarwood. Knapp.
Gardner, Groui, Director Bradlee and
County Agent shaw
The county age9 made brief sum
mary 0f work accomplished in the
county since the last executive com.
mittee meeting. which included I'M.
poriant work with potato diseases dis
cHssed az various community meet
iugs throughout the county during the
past few months The corn and
grain variety work with demonstra-
tions we'll distributed over the coun-
ty The farm management proiecs
with 125 farm account books placed
ANA IS or mere records taken from
account books for analysis OF this
farm business, and numerous miscel-
lano0Hs work including organizing
potato spraying association assisting
in cooperative purchase of fertilizer
and various other things.
The following program was consid-
cred. Il was decided 10 change the
present form Of the farm bureau cir.
cuar letter 20 weekly news letter,
published monthly with sufficient ad.
verlising material 10 help deffay the
cost OF publishins Tie committed
in charge OF this is D. r. Gardner OF
PCwnal, C. e. Knapp OF North Ben
nlngton. E. w Rice OF Bennington.
As suggested by the board OF di
roctors OF The State Fair the commit
tee favored the plan of having a
county agricultural exhibit at the
state fair in charge of the farm bur.
eau. along with other counties in the
state. This exhibit to include import
ant agricultural products Of the coun
! ty The committee in charge OF this
win be reported later
lt was considered advisable to hold
farm bureau auto tour late M
August. The committee in charge Is
S. II. Harwood OF Bennington, Leo !
drout of Arlington, H. 5. Gilbert ol
Dorse,.
The farm bureau finances we're cor
sidered and It was evident that a con
siderable larger budget, other thar
the present membership and appropr
ations will have TO be raised TO fin
ance the association successfully
The appointment Of the committee il
charge Of this was left in the hands
Of President Leach.
Owing to the uncertainty as {,
what congress will do relative TO an
preparations for Boys and Girls clul
work and home demonstration work
it was impossible to take any def
mite action toward this work in th
future, but In all probability fund
will be provided whereby this worl
may be continued. The home dem
onstratlon work IS well established II
the county and the Boys and Girl.
Club work is just getting a good FOOT
hold and it was the opinion OF tn
committee that both these lines O
work should be continued Dlrocto
hradiee, OF the EXTENSION service q
this point made remarks oxplainin
the present financial conditiogs> a
the work rs II is carried on through
cut the country
The time of the annual meotn
was discussed and it was thought a,
yisable to hold 1t early enough In th
autumn so that farmers from all owe
the county could come by auto. ThI
I, was left in charge of E. II. West
Dorset and definite date to be decide
upon later
The committee voted TO express al
preciation to the Bennington Count
Vermont Improvement associate
: for its cooperation IN the work an
services rendered, especially for q
! fee assistance during the past yea
= and half.