Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1922-08-16
FARMERS AT CRAFTSBURY
Thousand or More Grangers and
Farmers Talk Shop and
Picnic.

Craftsbury knows how to give Wis.,
itors a good time and the gathering
of Grangers and Farm Bureau men,
bers and their families to the num-
ber of more than thousand at North
Craftsbury Tuesday was another ex-
ample of that towns hospitality.
The contribution of visitors from
Caledonia and Lamoille counties was
small but most of the towns of Or
leans county were we'll represented,
and everyone seemed to enjoy them
selves. The spacious common" pro-
vided plenty of parking space for
cars and room for picnic parties, and
an "eats" stand provided soft drinks
and fruit, while the church served
dinners to those who did not bring
their own.
The committee in charge were Mr..
and Mrs. F. B. Root, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
R. Anderson and E. A. Dutton of
Craftsbury; w. T. Abel and Milo r.
Bacon of Newport, county agent and
club leader, and F. d. Jones, the La
noble county agent. They are to be
congratulated.
Voluntary cattle judging gave hon
ors to Glenn E. Bailey of Irasburg,
1000; G. E. Graves of Wolcott and J.
E. Hamilton, each 953o; William Rus
sell and Harold Mckay of Irasburg,
each 900. The Glover Calf club
gave a judging demonstration and
ended their work with the club ven.
The Busy Bee Cooking club of Brown.
ington Center gave cooking demon
stratlon and judged some pastry be-
fore the crowd. They also sang for
the audience.
The speaking program took place
on the east side of the common just
after dinner, platform having been
arranged and seats provided beneath
the shade of the trees. President
Cornwall of the Vermont State Farm
Bureau Federation presided in a most
happy manner. The first speaker was
S. McLane Buckingham, vice presi-
dent of the Connecticut Farm Bureau
Federation.
Mr.. Buckingham complimented such
work as the calf club and cooking
club were doing. He said it was time
for the farmer to stop fussing and
complaining and get busy about bet
tering conditions. He outlined the
three P's of farming, which are Pro-
duce, Profit and Permanency. He
stressed the necessity of organizing,
cooperating and educating, and spoke
of the great value of conferences such
as this.
Mrs. M. C. McWilliams of st. Albans
former demonstration agent in
New Hampshire, spoke enthusiastic
ally for the woman's side of the farm
question. She said home making is
the greatest and first job of us all
and that in home making one should
use every means possible to save
steps and effort in conducting the
home. She urged modern house ma
chinery and equipment and asked the
women to interest themselves in COM
munity matters. She was given a
most hearty applause.
The last speaker was N. P. Hull of
Michigan, formerly lecturer of the
National Grange. Mr.. Hull is most
entertaining and practical speaker.
He told something of what had been
accomplished in his state by the CO.
operation of 10000 farmers. He said
farmers did 300 of the labor in Mich
igan but received only 1870 of the
revenue of the state and that such a
condition was not fair. He also said
that the tax laws favored the manu-
facturer rather tn an the farmer and
thought this should be remedied. He
closel with a rousing appeal for the
farmers to stick by the Farm Bureau
and the Grange and make for them
selves the place they deserve in the
affairs of the nation.
The program was closed with the
singing of America" and the crowd
dispersed feeling that a profitable
day had been spent.