Norwich bulletin., 1920-12-04

q to1 B1dg.. Syrcause. N. r.
 Mir. Jackson Is responsible. Above >-z-z@-----n-~z
 coming year. largely becaUrc Of ihe &C., tiyities of the Farm Bureau Ono poti- try calendars give tho people who kesr, them an opportunity 10 lsow how th4T production corazres With the averu-e for the county and the state. as ths-e will be several hundred farmers fn t'iiE Home Egg laying Contest each one oi them kecpink a record of production ard
 reporting to the college once noath.
 co-operntire Buying.
 James Graham of Lisbon uiii prcse.:
 the report on cooperative buying. trf Graham's report will be as fosiows:.s
 Late In the summer the Wztorfcri farmers organized "a cooperative buyinz
 exchange as result Of pans made fgr
 Farm Bureau work in their community. Sixty-cight men subscribed total Of B.
 sS0 and this exchange Is doing an active
 business at the present time.
 Since then no less than other coul- 1 mur!ties have actively begun wRk
 cooperative buying and several others
 are dissassins the proposition The
 communities which have begin work are
 Lebanon. Franklin. Norwich Town. Lss-i bon and Griswold The latest report
 showed that over si500 had b.en sus-
 sc-!bed in Lebanon. close 10. a 5000 in
 Franklin ard o-cr Si.5o0 10 Lisbon ard
 Griswoid ccmbiped for the exchange al
 Jewett City. and no definite report in
 from No-r ich Town. It would seem
 from the activity which is going on al
 the present time that no less than three
 and possibly four cooperative exchang- es will be organized in the near fu-
 ture. Farmers in Sioui1gfon. Coiches-
 ter. Mcrtvilc and a few other com
 niun.ties have also discussed this nro- position. but have not undertaken As yet
 any active steps 10 organize. A close record has been kept on ths
 prices quoted on feed stuffs by local
 retail dealers during the past two months This survey began the first week in oc- ] tober and the average difference on ! grains. bran. chcps. cottonseed gluten.
 middlinss and oats between whoiesaie
 straight car prices quoted and local re- f tall quotations in bags or ton lots wns l. a trife over SIS. On one or two grains - this difference during the first two or n three weeks in Ocsober was over s20 between the wholesale and retail quoia- tons. During the week Of November ,- goth. the average difference on these six grains between the wholesale and re- n tail quotations in New London county d was only a iTiae over ss
 if II has been possible from these quoia- d tions to locate feed dealers who have ,- charged unreasonable prices. aud also to If know the dealers who have been giving
 as fair prices as could be expected T. !. has been noticeable that the dealers in n New London have cneiea nuch lpErr ,e prices comparatively E,rce the organiza- l. ton of the Waterford Exchange than ,r they did previous 10 that time While -e no definite figures are available it is fhe 10 opinion of the farmers in the Community H. where exchanges have Len organized te tSat the dealers quotations are much ,n lower comparatively than in other piac- a. es What few figures were obtained he would seem to bear out tiis coHcius.on. De win Attend Hartford coHference. t- It Is probable that 2 considerable nurr- lH- Der of men from this county viii aftenl q th the conference for Connecticut Buying of Associations which Is to be he'd .il Har;- c- ford next week The confe renee wlii b. h. held in the Chamber Of Commerce.. NJ
 252 Asylum street. Hartford. on re> [ ill Wednesday at 10.45 a. m.
 is Among those who will be pTess ni are
 the following:
 Sidney B. HasseTl.s recently rnannzer 1 of the National Ferlitzer Association. s@ At present director Of the Massachusetts s1 Agricultural Experiment Station. Mir. f5 Haskell brin-s to the problems of -Our
 
 ' scientific irairirg and q highly succes- <3 full commercial experience. He has {S long been known by and had the corn- ,4 deEce cf C.7I eci icEtl 1s-mers. 4
 Io- ". Tin~ham. of Rhode Island s1 dean nc farn-rs' cooperative move 1z neni Ncw Er gland. Director of the kS -Sfv .a-,and Milk Producers Associa- S9 t'on and vice president of the Eastern t5 sia:es Farmers Exchange
 a Br. F. H. Jenkins. director of the Con ES -scticu. Agricultural Experimsni Sta- 2j ton.
 5s Howard W solby. manager of tn, Sd Eastern States Farmers Exchange Hr tz Selby will discuss the grain situation. a Secretaries and mahagers of twenty 2 three Connecticut Comparative assncia- s tions. county agent. extension sDccisi E ists. representative farmers and eth 24 CTS.
 The programme will b, as fYi,Jws:
 -t.55. Fertiin r 5uyiag i''..y f5r th. aSS Season. Mir. Hlsk al, co 90 :sd-tsr. n.s 4S crss.on. Mir HaSk ,s.. E.-s,rn Slaie- Fx zsz change (1o nsiI,ut sl .Dr .e.-l.fs. .ti A4 minuies); Mir. ringlsn G. ir.Lu;efI Es cl.en discusslol; ii.4j. r.,l r7 whsr < Do You Buy Grain and why7 ten e s iected associations. Lunch sSz 1.15. Grain B1yin.. p,;i.y For fhs t@i Season, Professo- csiuDs,sL cx-.uSi. - .s dsiryman. (20 iriIuiesr: ds,u -s o. si tf Selby. [10 minutes: Nr. Carpenter, Q M Bloomfield (1o rinutes); open discus eE sion; 2.15 Some Outstanding Problems Fl Results of the Survey. Mir. Willis Mor 5ss< roe, extension service (zB rninutes) e5 s Cooperative Problems. Horace W link ISt ham uo minutes); discussion. D. |asi Miner. Bristol (io miadtes) F. E. Bu ,s3 ell. Terryvilie. (10 minutes) Mr. Stan "a ley. Woodbury (1o minutes): open dis a5 cussion g our next meeting when? whs f~4 programme?
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