Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-08-13

good student of the weather. The
lowering clouds of the early morning
that had followed in the wake of one
of the severest rain showers eXper-
fenced in the neighborhood for many
years did not daunt the many who haC
planned on Wednesday as the one big
holiday of the year, excepting the Fair
of course. The cows and chickens, the
crops and stock were all left to them
selves for the day while the owner and
family, yes and the hired men too,
jumped into their car or behind the
fairhful mare headed for the Govern
ment farm in Weybridge.
They were there two thousand strong.
Some estimated their number as much
in excess of this conservative figure,
thinking that almost three thousand
folks encamped on the spacious lawns
of the government property in the
greatest agricultural get-to- gether in
the history of the county. These an
nual picnics have fulfilled a long felt
want if the first and second may form
the basis of judgment.
And a remarkable thing about We'd
nesday's meeting was the representa-
tion from other counties and even from
other states. The fame of how they
do things in Addison County must have
been the attraction. Nor were they
The program went off in
commendable fashion, owing to the in.
defatigable ensrgy of the county off
cials of the Farm Bureau, County
Agent R. F, Churchill and home Dem
onstration Agent Emma Fuller. OF
course these two were ably assisted by
members of the state staff, Miss Mar
jorie Luce, Assistant Boys and Girls
Club Leader, Miss Charlotte Pierpoint,
State Leader of Home Demonstration
Agents, Mrs E. B. Cornwall and many
others. And if anyone doubts the big
ness of the meeting let him but wait
until the photographs taken by the
Register from tree top and barn roof
appear in the next issue
The tractor demonstration was the one
event of the morning. The rain of the
night before had been just to the liking
of the exhibitors. The ground was com
paratively soft, in contrast with the diff
ficulties experienced last year. The
tractors were put through their PAGES
over one-half an acre in a fairly level
meadow. The results were tabulated by
the County Agent in time for the thou
sand farmers who carefully followed
their favortes for furrow after furrow
to read in this issue. Those entered
were the Cletrac. the international s.
l6, the Titan, the GO, the Moline, the
Lacrosse, the Case, Waterloo Boy and
the Fordson. Mr.. Churchill assured US
that never before had a better demon
stration been held in the state. There
was only one disappointment, that the
Avery met with an accident on the way
to the farm and could not enter.
There was no official judging. Certain
conditions had to be fulfilled regarding
the consumption of fuel and nature of
the furrow plowed. The Cletrac finished
first in the record time of AZ minutes.
The ladies and children assembled at
the farmhouse during the morning
while the men busted themselves in the
ploughing contest. The labor saving de-
vices, such as electric washing machines,
canning utensils, vacuum cleaners and
similar articles received the attention
of the mothers, while the little ones
were led in play by Miss Marjorie Luce.
At noon basket lunch was enjoyed
on the lawn. Ice cream and soft drinks
were on sale and realized the neat little
sum of $3.50 for the defraying of the ex-
penses of the meeting. 180 quarts of
lemonade, go quarts of milk and So 1-2
gallons of ice cream we're passed over
the counters by Mrs. Clyde HoffnagIe
and Rev. E. B. Young of New Haven,
Mrs. Elmer Wright and Mrs. Edgar
Beane of Weybridge, and Frank Hub