Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-20
PUTNAM

/ Fred Warner of Providence, district manager of the Providence district of the New England Milk Producers' asso- citation, with County Agent Davis, is in this section this week calling on members or the association and visiting the lar CT producers who ship milk to the Boston and Providence market, making a survey of conditions.
 MT. Warner and Agent Davis state that there has been a large decrease in the production of milk in the eastern part of Windham county. It was found that in September, 1916, seventeen hum dren and forty-two quarts of milk were shipped from Putnam while this week, Tuesday morning. ss5 quarts were put aboard the milk train.
 In 1914 there were S7 shippers from | the Putnam station, now reduced to F | shippers
 It was also stated that there Is a large surplus of milk in the Boston mar | et', at present forty per cent. For this | the farmer Is allowed much less than for fluid milk. It costs the farmer ss cents | per hundred pounds to get his milk 1 from the farm to the railroad shipping | point and 57.e cents per hundred pounds of 46 1-2 quarts to get his milk from
 the shipping point to Boston.
 The farmer gets $3.s3 per hundred
 pounds in Boston for fluid milk butt only
 sixty per cent. is so sold. the other for
 ty per cent. being surplus, for which
 approximately s2.s2 per hundred is paid
 This brings the producers return down
 to about $2.S2 per hundred pounds or
 about five cents net at the farm, which
 is not very profitable proposition for
 the farmer. according to MT. Warner
 and Agent Davis.
 The production of\miIk often has beer
 discussed by interested organizations 1T | meetings at Putnam, and 1t has long beer
 known that herds have been on the de.
 crease on account of the low price paid
 the producer by the dealers in Boston and Providence Many old milk pro ducers having large herds in the pas
 lave reduced their herds or have gone
 out of the business sntirdlU It Is
 to effect better conditions for the pro
 ducer that the New England Miik Pro
 ducers' association is interested. Tn, present survey is an investigation O local conditions and to discuss mat. !, ters of interest with the producer a his farm to give any information de sired
 As the Bulletin states in It's an- nouncement column today "Wednesday the spring meeting of Quinebau- Pc mona grange will be held with CGinna
 
 son. Saturday. April 18th Attorney Charles L. Torrey was i , Norwich on business, Tuesday. There Is interest in Putnam in tn
 candidacy of Lawyer Arthur Libby fo 7 judge of the city court of Norwich Nil f Libby is the son of Mrs. F. A. Libby a , this city and agraduate of the school
 of the town.
 v Barrak K. Smith, in charge of a gan r of men, is repairing and top dressin f trunk line highways leading into Put ! | nam. Il There was but small attendance . e the meeting of Anselm Mayotte pos
 American Legion, Monday evening, an n only routine business was transacted. : j. William Darling, of Eastford. an . Mrs. Frances Corbin of Woodstock wei y married at the parsonage at North Asi y ford recently by Rev P. s. Collins t, Mrs. Graydon Sharpe, who has bee IT under treatment at 8 Boston hospits d has returned to her home on South Ma! d street.
 Fred w Mccullough has returned
 Putnam having just been honorably di n charged from the U. S. navy on accoul l. of disability.
 - Leo Laeeunesse, 12, son of Mir. ar - Mrs. Emile Lageunesse, died at the Ds a Kimball hospital, Monday afternoon, fc lowing noperation for appendicitis pc - formed Saturday.
 ~ Peter Cournoyer is building a cotta, s on RaYine street.
 ,o Peter Daigle is in Boston hospit l., under observation for 'diabetis. He " HI remain there for, several weeks.
 MT. and Mrs. George Newell al le daughter, Barbara, have returdned le Washington, R. l.. after a visit with Nil Ia ! IT I, RY1Pt and ap1iIv If Cpovo r%~ m A professional golf player has be. ss secured for green keeper at the Pu al nam Country club. In addition to .kee ed ing the golf course in condition he " ee give lessons to and repair and sele h. clubs for members. The club recent D. installed new marking machine.