Norwich bulletin., 1921-08-04
Special to The Bulletin)

Agricultural college, took place this morning at Hawley armory. The presen- tation was made by Robert E. Scoyille, who said. that it was fitting that notice should be taken of intercollegiate con tests that required something other taan physical skill. The work of the Con necticut I Agricultural college judging team required knowledge, and the men lcomposing the team earned their award only after hard studying.
 The members of the team were Robert E. Johnson 22 of Norwich, Philip E. Ja- auith, '22, and Warren Burlington, '22. The trophy, bronze statue mounted on a mahogany base is valued at $500, and was offered by the Four Breed Associa- tion and is to be competed for annually in cattle judging contests.
 At the Eastern States Exposition MT. Jaquith won first prize, $40 in gold. and Mir. Johnson, son of MT. and Mrs. Henry D. Johnson, of Norwich, took third hon ors, $3O in gold for proficiency in judging all breeds. Mir. Johnson also won first prize in judging Guernseys, and was pre- sented gold medal by MT Scoville, the medal being offered by the Eastern States Exposition for highest knowledge in judg | ing live stock.
 This same team represented the Con- necticut Agricultural collegeat the na- tional judging contest held at Chicago and MT. Johnson, who ranked thirteenth took highest honors fer Connecticut men. Following the presentation of the tro- plhy and medal, President Charles L. Beachqo the Connecticut Agricultural College introduced, Fred Rasmussen, sec -etary of agriculture Pennsylvania, who spoke on, How to Meet the New Prob lems in Farming Agriculture, said MT 1 Rasmussen, is such vital factor to hu- man life, that the men engaged in agri- culture must husband the soiI and keep 1t in such condition that more an dbetter crops can be raised in years to come for an 'ever-growing population. Farming | conditions in the country are not what they were years ago. We have passed
 from the many types of farming pursuits
 into specializing. Most of the countries If the world have reached this state and
 specialize in one particular thing and carry this one line of work to the best
 possible degree. The farmer must see
 the changes that are bound to come and
 when they arrive, farm to meet the con
 ditions prevailing.
 Connecticut farm products in only a
 few lines amount to millions of dollars
 per year.. The value of crops in Connec- .ticut in 1920 reads as follows: Dairy
 products, 14 millions eggs, 3.5 millions
 tobacco, AS millions and fruit, 3.S mil
 lions of dollars. Connecticut farmers
 have a great opportunity but they must cooperate and grade their products to
 meet t3e competition of the producers of
 distant states For instance in Pennsyl-
 Tania certain live stock men have coop
 erated and have several bulls, which are
 Ised to build up a certain high grade of
 stock. Apples producers in other states have certain standards and their products sell for more than Connecticut apples . not because they are better, but because
 they are graded and the grade kept tc
 the standard. A slogan for farmers
 might be summed up as follows: Com munity development is the surest road tc
 individual success" Do not expect toe
 much for your products but get the higf est amount economic conditions permit
 Cooperate by communities and place stan , is6ardized products on the market and tho , price will be better than that receive;
 from high class goods net graded to mee |, certain standards purchasers look for to day.
 x ,.,At 1O.SO o'clock the campus, the an
 nuai sheep drive took place Under tn
 guidance of the shepherd, dogs were sen i out and worked among the sheep. bring : Ing them from any point in the field an, l gathering them about the shepherd, At 1.sO o'clock on the campus the pa > -ade of college owned horses and dair. cattle was held. These fine animals at : tracted much attention from those wh q had gathered to witness the event whic : is to be repeated Thursday and Friday a
 the same hour
 h The PouItrymen's Association met at i a. m. at the home of MT. Dawson an |. examined the poultry plant. K. E. Jones a extension poultryman spoke briefly O k '"The Home Egg Laying Contest" e Meetings of the Connecticut Pomolog ical. society and the Connecticut Vege e table Growers Association took tn T form of round table discussions and dem }. onstrations. The first meeting of th l. morning was held at the armory, tn !, subject discussed being, Vegetable Gas q Crops for the Dairy and General Farmer II A budding demonstration was given b
 Prof. s. P. Hollister In the afternoo
 a roundtable talk on strawberries wa
 held following which Prof. William Stat D gave a demonstration of Methods of Pc j. tato Management, at the Experimen c Station barn.
 The speaker at the morning session c = the Connecticut Beekeepers Association
 was pr. E. r. Phillips, bureau of entc
 mology, Washington, D. c. Allen La ! than of Norwich spoke on Cooperativ u Buying of Bee Supplies At the meetin v of the beekeepers upon motion of M Latham, 50 was voted. to be sent to tr h Dr.. Miller memorial committee from tt association. Individual donations at tf 7. meeting brought the amount to ovt d $100. If sufficient funds are raised tf l. interest>is to provide a professorship t. a scholarship in some college whereby greater knowledge of bookkeeping may I D. obtained. Dr. Phillips gave another il m teresting talk on The Study of Locality sr which means much to the beekeepe ly The greatest trouble beekeepers have
 that successful experiments of other me m in other localities spell ruin for the ma se in Connecticut. Climate and times z. honeyhow are not always. the same tim
 The best nectar secrecons are found
 the far north but weather conditions maj it impossible for the beekeeper to ha' IN success there He advised the beekeep -s' to study the problem of bee keeping d. his particular section of the country al lis then adjust his plans accordingly. CT this way only will successful beekeepil zit be accomplished.
 E. How the Holland County Jersey Bree
 ers' Association is improving the quail 1s- of the Jersey cattle of that country W 1A explained to the visiting dairymen -o- Prof. c. c. White of the college n
 Holland county breeders are most - farmers who operate on a comparative
 small scale. It is impossible for each
 afford first class bull with a satisfa
 tory pedigree, so they have organized 1 the purpose of owning bulls in commc . This plan ha been in operation but f,
 years but has already attracted attenti
 from other states and promises to pro
 highly successful.