Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-07

dairy world have gained prestige as other kinds of potentates have fallen into the discard.
 R. R. Graves of the U. S. department of agriculture at Washington gave an inter esting talk on the breeding investigational work that the government is doing al Beltsville, Md. This work admirably car ries out the Mendelian theory of the transmission of desired characteristics through careful breeding. The vastly in- creased. efficiency of the dairy COW as milk producing n inc is the direct re- suit of careful ma,-.!g.
 Prof G. c. White of Connecticut Agri- cultural college explained the work the college is doing in cooperation with the breeders in testing dairy cows for milk and butterfat production. Cow testing. he pointed out has advanced steadily since the invention of the Babcock test in the early '90s of the last century.
 L. M. Chapman, assistant professor or dairying at the college, said that COW testing is the modern basis of dairy cattle valuation. He explained the precautions necessary to keep COW testing free from
 fraud.
 P. A. Campbell extension dairynan for
 the college, explained the purposes of the
 pure bred sire campaign throughout the United States. Connecticut was the first
 state to enter this campaign, which has for it's object elimination of scrub sres. Every farmer who joins the campaign agrees to use only pure bred sires at the head of his herds Better breeding, he pointed out is essential in the face of
 increased cost of producing dairy prod
 ucts.
 J. E.. Hills. representing the American
 Guernsey Cattle club, rave an interesting talk outlining the development of that
 breed. Similar talks were made by L. H. Healy of Woodstock for the Ayrshires, C. E. Hough of Washington. Conn. for the Ayrshires and F. E. Duffy of West
 Hartford for the Jerseys. These men told why they prefer their particular breed of cattle but all agreed that the big problem
 in the dairy business is to improve the blood lines by using only the best of pure bred Sires.
 Swine Growers Association. The sessions of the Connecticut Swine Growers association began with an ad- dress of welcome by A. N. Farnham, of New Haven, president, who outlined the work of the association pertaining to hog
 raising iE this state. The address of the morning was by c. L. Cotton, deputy commissioner of domestic animals, of Hartford, his subject being Hog Cholera and Hemorrhagis Septicemia. MT. Cotton explained that Connecticut is today much better off than many other states of the
 union in that there was little hog cholera, this being due to the work of the depart ment in keeping the disease out by fore ] ing quarantine of stock coming in and the
 use of vaccination when in doubt The association voted to rive s35 to the 1 State Pig club which is composed of girls 1 and boys of the state. This money will i aid them in sending a team from the club
 to the Eastern States exposition to be held in Springfield, Mass, in the month of September.
 l H. J. Baker, director of the extension
 service at the Connecticut Agricultural 1 college, stated that the extension service i was to put on pig club specialist pro- viding the Swine Growers association
 would pay part of the expense of doing so No vote was taken on this other i than to instruct the executive committee l to look into the matter
 | The remaining event was a trip to the
 college piggery, this taking place at II a.
 m. The piggery, which is considered one | of the most up-to-date piggeries in the
 east, proved of great interest to the vis- | itors.
 WOmens Section. l The feature of the day for the women
 the demonstration on meat cutting by J. i h. NILIlt O1 SN1Il CS CO' ct4INi st iiSlSSo 1 cooker demonstration by Avis Talcott, home demonstration agent, Fairfield county. MT. White thoroughly explained
 how his company dissected a lamb car
 cass. He also demonstrated the savings made by utilizing all cuts of meat. In | mentioning saving he showed how to use
 the neck for brazing and to make casse-
 role dishes. This cut he stated is about i an inch in thickness and is free from bones. famous Chicago hotel chef has
 made a special dish from this cut that is l highly recommended. -. | freless cooker. The speakers at the
 morning session were Eleanor Moss, home 1 demonstration agent. of Fairfield county. l who spoke on Household Accounts, and
 Gladys E. Stratton, home demonstration 1 agent of New London county, who spoke on Clothing Efficiency. Miss Stratton stated that she was conducting classes in 1 clothing efficiency and would aid all those
 desiring to learn.
 | The Barbecue.
 1 Lured to the Gardner Dow field by the l odor of roasting lamb. over two hundred | members of the various associations at 1 tending meetings at the college in con- nection with Farmers week formed into
 long line and quickly received their | tray of roast lamb. boiled sweet corn,