The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-08-12
MULTIPLE HITCH
WILL Be SHOWN
Saving Factor i'm West to Be
DemOntrated at
Field Day
BIG EVENT PLANNED
BY FARM BUREAU
Six Makes of Tractors in Flowing Dem
! onstration on Howe Farm in Brook
line Aug. 22-Speakers of Prominence
{ Have Been Engaged.

{ Have Been Engaged.
The Farm Bureau organization of Wind
ham county is planning big field day for
late August. All Grangers and farmers
throughout the county are extended cor
dial invitation to attend and enjoy the
good program which is being planned. In
previous years Windham county farmers
have held their field day in cooperation
with some one of the surrounding counties,
but the executive committee of the Farm
Bureau association felt that Windham
county ought to be able to have a good
meeting of her own with the added advan-
the meeting at the centre of the county.
Friday forenoon, Aug. %, viii see the
basket picnic field day start out with the
biggest tractor plowing demonstration this
county has ever staged Six makes of trac-
tors will be given an opportunity to dem
onstrate by plowing each stiip in a five
acre field. As is always the custom of
tractor demonstrators, there vii lbe an op-
| portunity for every prospective purchaser
to step on and drive tractor for furrow
or two if he wishes.
| In connection with the tractor plowing
demonstration there will be trial of the
multiple hitch in horsepower demonstra-
tion with four horses and gang pillow. Al
though the multiple hitch has now become
common in the middle West, few eastern
| farmers are familiar with the method.
After seeing this demonstration, any
farmer who has two teams that could more
conveniently be handled by one man dur
ing the spring plowing and narrowing sea
son should be able to fit up a multiple
hitch attachment which will make it pos
sible r one man to be certain that each
of The four or more horses is doing ex-
actly his share oil the work Present
methods of working four or six horses
place no assurance that the front or rear
teams are not doing much more than
their portion of the work The multiple
hitch has been saving factor in the
West in sections where the tractor would
have forced the horses from many farms
had there been n" successful method de
vised for one man to drive large amount
of horsepower
/ The womeus executive committee ot
he Farm Bureau home economics depart
nent las planned special forenoon pro
gram for women Miss Bertha Holden Of
Burlington has been invited to give
talk and demonstration upon the selection
, of clothing aad the most practical ways
of utilizing worn clothing to meet The
modern H. c. L. There viii also be q
competitive. canning demonstration be
tween the girls canning clubs of the coun
ty
| Following a noon recess for baske
lunch, a good afternoon program i
planned with County Farm Bureau Presi
dent Z. B. CORNWALL of Middlebury a
the first speaker He will be followed b,
Frank Clark of Williston, ex-presiden
of the well-known New England Milk Pre-
dueers' association, wno will have a mes
sage of value to every dairyman. Beside
being one of Nermont's biggest farmers
0 Mr.. Clark incidentally is an excellen
IL speaker and able to prove to every pei
r son who hears him that we don't have t
e go outside the good old state to find
e speaker worth heating
r The field day will be held on the farr
it now owned by Howe brothers and 70
!, a number Of years owned by H. H. Eow
y of Brookllne. This location, besides o
E. fering a beautiful river farm for a NEE
it ing place and plowing demonstration,
T. within eds1 automobile or team dst;.n.
er of the Newiane Grange hall and tue DR.,
m gram is being scheduled for sure-enoug
b. meeting regardless oi weather.
W. H. Benson of Washington, d. c
e. representing the boys and girls clu
k work, and the master of the Vernon
is State Grange are expected to be pre-!
as ent.