Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1919-08-08

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witnessed the tractor demonstration
the majority of them during the fore
noon were entertained at a separate
meeting addressed by Miss Mabe
Southwick, head of the Y w, c. A
work in Vermont who spoke on "Tht
Possibilities of Community Work il
Rural Sections"
Miss Southwick emphasized the need
of more Community Houses and com
munity activities in rural towns, She
gave some very forceful illustrations
of this need of gathering places where
everyone could meet for social events
Often young boys and girls in the more
rural communities are attracted to the
larger towns where they can go to
movies or other evening entertain
ments. She showed what an addition
would be made to the rural life of the
towns if more attention was given to
solving the social problems.
At noon a basket lunch was eaten in
the cars or under the shade of the
naples, beeches and poplars on the
and there was an ice cream
and lemonade sale which was stam-
peded for more than an hour before the
afternoon program began, Forty-eight
gallons of ice cream were sold, and over
500 glasses of lemonade, helping largely
to pay the expenses of the meeting.
Sitting or reclining on the side hill
north of the horse barn, the large crowd
gathered at about 3 o'clock-and listen
ed attentively to the speakers, who in
cluded some of the most prominent
farm men who have ever been secured
for Addison County meetings. Presi-
dent E. B. Cornwall of the Farm
Bureau Association called the meeting
to order and Orlando L. Martin, Master
Of the State Grange presided
The most eloquent address of the
day was that by S. L. Strivings, presi-
dent of the New York State Fedora
ton of Farm Bureaus, and lecturer of
the New York State Grange. He re-
ceived hearty support to his conten-
tions that the farm men should con-
tinue to develop their farm bureau
to the point that it could
demand of Congress its legislative
needs in the same forceable manner
which the labor organizations were
capable Of. He spoke with great opti-
nism of the dawn of a great era for
he farmer and declared that the high
prices now prevailing for food could
not be expected to come down. The
'armer, he said, could never expect an
eight hour day, but in consideration
If the fact that the farmer did work
rom twelve to fourteen hours he should
Expect and demand a compensation
to the extra labor in
,olved,
The most distinguished guest Of the
lay was the National Master of the
Grange, Oliver c. Wilson of Peoria,
H., who paid a tribute to Vermont
armers and brought them greetings of
'ther Oranges. Mr.. Wilson talked on
The Grange, and the Schools of Ru-
al Communities" and urged that the
armer while looking after the better
'reeding of his cattle and hogs should
lot forget the children, whose better
ducation meant better farming and
letter citizenship for the next genera
ion Mr.. Wilson dwelt also on the
aylight savings matter, and urged
very farmer present to send a letter
r post card to President Wilson urg-
lg him not to veto the latest bill now
efore Congress for the repeal of the
aylight law.
President John E. Weeks of the Ad-
ison County Fair took the box after
lr. Wilson had finished speaking and
old the farmers of the plans for the
Oming County Fair on August 26-29,
rging everyone to be present
The last speaker was w. A. Lloyd of |
who represents the states
lterests with the Department of Agri-
ulture, and who told something OF the
istory of the farm bureau organization
hich was today established in some
hundred counties in the
'nited States.
The most spectacular show of the
fternoon was still to come when the
-owd moved on to a series of mead
VS. just north of the farm buildings,
here the power ditcher owned by the
overnment has been at work for over
yo weeks digging nearly fifteen miles
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