Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-18
PUTNAM


 9ital in Worcester recovering, following
 surgical operation.
 frarles Franklin of the H. X. II. Silk Mill is having his vacation.
 pr. Harry Foster of New York, who ii lhsf.Er the summ AT here. 1elG a clinic at the Day Kimball hospital Tues day for the removal of tonsils and ade- holds. Clinics will also be held on Thursday and Saturday of this week. The clinis Saturday is being arranged by Miss Miriam Boomhower, district nurse in Danielson.
 Press dispatches told Tuesday of the death in Mystic of another last sur vivor" of the crew of tie Monitor the famous ironclad Union ship that de- feated the Merrimac. in the Civil war. While Captain Amos Lamphere, II. who died in that town was a member of the crew of the famous vessel, he was not the last survivor. Thomas Taylor of Put nam, who served on the vessel as a powder boy is alive and goes to his work every day.
 Miss Lillian Warren, of Grand View, has returned, after two weeks visit with Miss Catherine Russell, at the Russell summer home at Juniper Point, Maine. Louis La*ine of Springfield, is spend ing his vacation with his parents. Mir.
 
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 fleet of automobiles and automo- l bile trucks carried the members of the 1 Windham Cou'Fy Farmers association 1 through towns of Woodstock and Pom | fret Tuesday on the field trip arranged l by Agent Frank L. Davis, upon the re- | quest of the Woodstock community com mittee. Farmers were present from l Putnam. killingly, Plainffeld, Thompson. l Pomfret. and Windham and towns of | Woodstock turned out for the trip in l large numbers. The record breaking crowd 1 that was on hand to see the various dem- onstrat tons and to hear what the vari- I our experts had to say far exceeded the l expectations MT. Davis was enthusi- astic and full of praise for the way that | the farmers had taken hold of the trip. l He. was all the more pleased because 1 this was the first field trip of any size l ever held in Windham county. Now that the possibilities of such get -gethers are realized. he believes that great bene- 1 fits will be. derived from similar trips | in the future.
 | The object of Tuesdays excursion, ac- cording to MT. Davis. was to visit farms l which illustrate certain agricultural bus l mess practices and educational features ] The Farmers association has been car | rying on many demcnstra tions this sea l son, and the trip gave the farmers of i the county the chance to see how these | demonstrations are progressing. In order l that everything might be properly ex- 1 plained. and to give those present on the i trip the opportunity to receive expert | advice on problems that they are con- 1 fronting a number of specialists from l Connecticut Agricultural college. at l Storrs, were guests of the association for 1 the day. Present were Director H. J. | Baker, Benjamin W. Ellis. county agent | leader: LeRoy F.. Jones, poultry special 1 ist: Allen W. Mnrcnester, farm manage ment demonstrf ~; Mrs. Allen w Man ] chester. s p. Hollister. marketing spe- 1 cialist; Walter Stenmons. agricultural editor P A. Campbell dairy special | ist; J. D. Manter, photographer.
 Those from the southern part of the 1 county who took the trip came to Put | association were given green banners to l attach to automobiles. They then pro
 ceeded to the farm of the Daigle Broth | CTS in Pomfret. where the Pomfret Windham and Woodstock members of the | party joined the group. At this farm the first demonstration of the day was 1 held. starting at s.30. Bordeaux mix l ture demonstration was given. The re- suit of spraying potatoes as compared l WlCn no0-SpTdS was f1due cledr nSTe l for earlier in the year. four rows of po- 1 tatoes through the center of one of the | large fields were left unsprayed, while l all of the plants on both sides were 1 treated The unspraved plants Tues l day were brown and badly eaten. while the others were healthy and green. 1 From Pcs,fret the automobiles went tc ! North Woodstock. where a stop was made at the farm of Leonard H. Healey, sec | retary of Agriculture of this state. He has been conducting a soy bean demon stration. MT Healey's soy beans are | in excellent condition. Those in charge l of the trip pointed out the value of soy i beans in producing we'll balanced ra 1 tion for cattle.
 At the Frank Miller farm there was
 an orchard demonstration. aiming tt 1 show the effects of thorough spray 1 ing.
 1 At noon a stop for basket lunches was made on the lawn of the North Wood 1 stock church. and for the benefit of the | women members on the trip, Mrs. All Ir 1 Manchester. delivered a short address l The rest of the noon hour was given