Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-08
COUNTY FARM BUREAU
 HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION

HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION
 c. J. Abell of Lebanon was elected president of the New London County Farm Bureau at the annual meeting held Saturday afternoon at 130 at the Chamber of Commerce hall at which John D. Avery of North Ston- ington, president for the past year, was in the chair Tie meeting had an attendance of 40 with twelve of the twenty yone towns of the county rep resented.
 The following was the full list of officers elected: President, c. J. Abell, ] ebanon; vice president, J. D. McCar- thy, Norwich Town; second vice pres ident. J. B. Palmer, Norwich: secre- tary. s. E. Holdredge, Ledyard treas urer, Gilbert s. Raymond, Norwich; town directors-Bozrah Elijah Abell Colchester, Harry Gilman; East Lyme, Charles Rinhart; Franklin. Lloyd P. Aver: Griswold. Simon Brewster Jr.; Groton, R. J. Whitham; Lebanon, C. NJ. Geer; Ledyard. S. F. Holdridge; Lisbon, James Graham; Lyme Ray L. Harding; Montville, c. D. Whitman; New London. James c. Hammond; North Stonington, ID. Avery; Nor wich, w. D. Copp: Norwich Town. A. W. I.illibridge; Old yme, G. c. Ed mords; Preston, William Service; Sa- ] lem I. D. Clifford: Sprague Allison B. ! l>add, .Jr.; Stonington, C. B. York; [ Voluntown, Benjamin K. Gallup; Wa
 terford Oscar Dimmock, south end; l. l Jo cpl north end.
 | Three speakers gave interesting and ] practical talks A. w Manchester of Storrs college on present day dairy 1 irg nd.tions, I. G. Davis of StorrS, l former county agent leader on Coop eration, ard Arthur Shedd of Preston City upon the work done by the Pres , ton Cooperative Exchange.
 Treasurer's Report.
 Treasurer Gilbert s. Raymond gave ! the following financial report for the y'er1. to Dec. 1. 1, 1919:
 i Receiptr-Cash on hand, Jan. T. 1919, s961.1S: U. s. Dept. of Agricul- tura, account of salaries, $2SS4.55; state of Connecticut. pig club mon ey s25; state of Connecticut. fair ap- 1 propr:ation, $100; state of Connecti cut, for promotion of agriculture, S2,-
 OC0; county of New London. for pro- mot on of agriculture. $2.500; corn fair i appropriation $50: stenographer's ser vices. market reports. $22;; proceeds of benefit whist. $417 TO; sewing club materials, $29.36: allowance for Ford I auto. $275; cash deposit returned, $25;
 Scotland Road 5000 Pig Club. s15; phone calls and postage, $3.45: mem bership fees, dues and contributions, s913; Storrs College. account of sal aries s41S.S3: total s10.323.52.
 Expenditures-Salar of county
 agents $1955.52; expenses of county agents, $3S4.34; salaries of home dem
 onstration agents, s2365.53 expense:
 of home demonstration agents S281.86
 clerical service, $550.F0: automobile expense @, cars) $1O11 50: Dodge car sS5o; sewing club bills $37.33; corr fair prizes, $12s.50; telephone, includ , ling tolls s10S16: publicity. $240.50 stationery and supplies s10S.72; offic' rent and light. sS10.7O; postage, s16.59 yl pig club prizes, s43.70 pig club sale } S10; furniture, labor and contingen r expense, $6S.56, total $S472.21.
 l Balance, cash on hand Dec. 1. 1918 f $1S51.31.
 :, County Agents Report. County Agent Walter s. Marsland . who took up his work on June g, 191s after F. G. Warner, the former count l agent, had gone to another field, mad . report for the period in which he ha held the position. He showed muc g work in many lines. which include . l udIIy 1lIlpIONtlASlltB CiOp q ] tions, better poultry, fruit growing s lime for soil improvement, Maine pota
 ] toes for seed. sheep for New Londo i. i county, boys and girls clubs, fair ex '. hibits, tractor demonstrations publi : cation of farm bureau news, extensiA V schools and market reporting servic The records kept of work. from wee to week showed totals for some of tn
 more important activities approximate
 ly as follows: Letters written 274, cir
 cular letters sent out 157, bulletins dis n tributed S61, with 2.700 cards and cir
 culars furthering potato wart cam a paign in addition articles published . local press IS. calls on the count
 agent at his office 124. telephone cal ;. regarding farm bureau work 146 farl
 visits 167. meetings and demonstrs + tions attended by the county agent 2 ~ meetings addressed by county agent 1 '. attendance at these meetings 544, ntin Der of miles travelled by rail 66, numb. : of miles travelled by automobile o6
 In his plans for 1920 County Agel
 Marsland indicated the following: I
 enroll at least 50 farmers in the count h in the pure bred livestock campaig
 to have at least 10 boys and girl
 clubs, to endeavor to establish farm le CTS retail markets.
 ,h On the question of membership ] se reported as follows:
 ,t New London county was the fir ic county in Connecticut to organize to farm bureau. and yet today our actu
 membership is the lowest of any far d bureau in the state bysabout 300 name 17 One really big task for 1920 is to g =. more of our farmers to realize wh ~ . the farm bureau is and what it stan , for.s Provided we raise S1 900 here E Eie New London county for farm bure; ,s' work each year we are entitled to r LII ceive from county. state and feder g, funds over $6.000 additional. sa- p strange as it may seem, although t pc farmers themselves are directly prof ht ing from the farm bureau, most of u r. money has been raised in years pa through the generosity of our n