Putnam patriot., 1920-12-10
THOUSAND MEMBERS
 BY NEXT JULY
Slogan Adopted By Farmers Association In Annual
 Meeting
Reports Read, Officers and Directors Every Town Repre-
 sented

1 An exceedingly interesting and
 well attended meeting of the Farm CTS Association last Friday resulted in the expression on the part of the
 meeting of the slogan above. One hundred and fifty members of
 the Farmers Association. including
 representatives from every town in
 the county. assembled at II o'clock last Friday morning, for the purpose
 ,f electing their officers for the com ing year, hearing reports of the off cers for the past year. listining to the report of County Agent F. l. Davis, and reports of the demonstra- tors and committeeman, to enjoy the addresses of Horace W. Tinkham and
 Miss Ida Harrington, from Rhode Is- land; also to make a decision in re-
 gard to the Home Economies work. l The Town Directors of the Associa- ton assembled at 10 o'clock for dis cussion of the Home Economies work. A report was presented to the direct ors by Mrs. Edith NJ Kennedy and Mrs. Grace Sweet of the Home Econ omics Committee. The report cover ed the desires for Home Economies work in eight of the towns in the county The directors, after short l discussion, voted to meet this desire oy continuing the Home Economies work. the matter to be arranged for lt the next meeting of the Board of l Directors.
 The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, which resulted in ;. II. Peckham, vice president of the
 past year, being elected president L. :. Barstaw, member of the executive committee. was chosen vice president.
 Whitman Danielson. secretary and treasurer for the past year, was elect ed to the same position for the coming year.
 Town Directors were chosen as fol- lows: Ashford, A. B. Lincoln, Mrs. A. M. Bassett; Brooklyn. E. M. Nj. Marlor, Mrs. Alice Field; Canterbury, Malcolm k. Wibberly, Miss Grace Dawley; Chaplin. Frank Martin. Mrs. Merritt Welsh; Eastford, William s. Warren, Mrs. P. & Collins; Hampton. J. Nj. Woodward. Miss Helen Cart wright; killingly. John z. Labelle, Miss Emma Filling; Plainfield. Henry Dorrance. Mrs. Edith M. Kennedy Il Pomfret, John R. Stromberg, Mrs. Willis sCovesl; Putnam, Alfred E. Har- vey, Mrs. c. D. Arnold; Scotland, Charles r. Brenn, Mrs. Russell II. Waldo; Sterling, John k. Tanner, Mrs. | Grace Sweet; Windham, Thomas Mar ra, Mrs. Grace Bates; Thompson, Jo- seph Baker, Mrs. E. s. Fletcher; Woodstock, Dr. c. P Perley, Mrs. L. H. Healey.
 The following men gave interesting reports on their demonstrations Nal colm k. Wibberly of Canterbury and L. H. Healey of Woodstock, on soy bean demonstrations; Dr. G. r. Pcrley of Woodstock, on fruit and field trips Woodstock; John z. Labelle of Kill lingly on poultry management de- monstrations; Mrs. Edith M. KennedyI of Moosup on community committee work in the town of Plainfield
 In the afternoon, Miss Ida Harring- ton, Home Demonstration Leader of Rhode Island. strongly upheld Home Economies work as a part of the Farm CTS Association program. Her illus trations were to the point. and her ad- dress was interesting to both the men and women members of the organiza- tions.
 Horace W. Tinkham, known in ag- ricultural leadership as Uncle Hor- ace," due to the fact that he is con- sdered an uncle to the leading New England agricultural organizations, including the New England Milk Pro- ducers, Association, and the Provi- dence Farmers Exchange, spoke on agricultural organization. The work of the Providence Farmers Exchange was brought out many times in Mir. Tinkham's address. The practical agricultural marketing points which MT. Tinkham brought to the audience so clearly gave every farmer food for thought.
 Enthusiasm and interest in the meeting ran high, and Fosdiek B. Har- rison, who acted as chairman of the meeting, brought home to the mem bers as the meeting was about to close the completion of thousand-member association by next July.
 Besides the speakers, the following men were present: II. J. Baker, di- | rector of the Extension Service; B. w. Ellis, County Agent Leader; A. J. Brundage, State Club Leader; Mir, Farrell, in charge of club work, U. $.