Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-23

plants until Aug. 1. After that the plants were allowed to bear and began turning out ripe berries on August IS and are still doing so.
 One seetfen sf the exhib, <sn hall was given over to the use of Miss Charlotte E. Owen, field secretary for the Red Cross in eastern Connecticut. Miss Owen got much attention during the day and distributed quantities of literature set ting forth what the great mercy or ganization is doing in these postwar days and what 1t stands prepared to do | in the way of extension and special work as the needs of any particular commu- nity seems to demand.
 Close beside the Red Croas section was another devoted to the interests of | the eNar East Relief organization. Mrs. H E. Wilson was in charge of this dis play and she found scores of interested 1 listeners to her story of what is being done for the relief of the suffering Ar menians and of how the relief organi- zation is exerting itself to save them 1 from starvation and other horrors A set of photographs conveyed vividly to I the minds of all what the Armenians have suffered and what has been done for their relief. As evidence of what even $1e devoted ts the good of these i feriorn peepl will do one photograph ed showed five ragged children while a
 companion pictpred showed the same group of little ones neatly and warmly clothed with garments procured by the Near East committee with just one SIG bill given by some generous and sympa thetic person.
 The Plaut- Gladden. company, of Nor fwich, is occupying it's usual space in the exhibition hall. Not many who were on the fair grounds Wednesday missed 2 visit to this section. where musical in
 struments were on display and much ir
 use throughout the day.
 l Tho cattle show this year was not LII :, to the usual high stan4rrd of the Brook lyn fair. The herds that would make g 1 great show are i1 the county, and bet l ter herds than ever before, but the far I mers could not get the help nor the tirnt I to get them to Brooklyn. However, som, quality cattle were shown and the fac demonstrated that windhan county far mers are coming to realize that there i. more money in thoroughbred herds thar in herds of scrubs.
 A group of Ayshires shown by l.. s Barstow and Sons, of East KiIlinsly ant another group of Guernseys shown by John Stromberg of Abingdon and regis
 tered Jerseys shown by Harold Stone O
 Brooklyn bore striking evidence of wha seEne farmers are doing to improv, county herds. The Barstow and Strom berg animals were purchased as the re suit of the Windham County Farmers 1 association campaign in favor of nor thoroughbred herds. Another cattle ex Ihibitor who had some fine animals a
 the fair was Henry Dorrance of Plain field, who showed Ayshires from hi. Home Mill farm
 A few sheep and goats were added ex
 hibits in the livestock division.
 The poultry s%ow was another de
 partment of the fair where the entria
 were not numerous this year. but ther
 were some fine pens of various breeds
 culling exhibition in this departmen during the afternoon was of interest f 1 the poultry raisers..
 | Town teams and teams of oxen offere
 an attraction during the morning hour
 of the fair in working contests oondnct
 ed in the space inside the track.
 A notable figure at the fair WednA,
 day was Joseph B. Stetson, of the tow
 Of Brooklyn. MT. Stetson is as muc
 fixture at the fair as any man mo hope to be. For 52 years he was off
 cfally' connected with the organization 7 various capacities, acting as the ef17cie, secretary for more than years Al MT. Stetson began as one of the ticll
 takers at the main gate and from tbe