The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-08-19
FARMERS HAVE
A FIELD DAY
Washington County Farm
Bureau Outing Largely
Attended.
GOOD EXHIBITS,
INTERESTING SPORTS
Candidate Abram w. Foote
and H. C. Mckenzie
Speakers Of Day

1afm on the montpelier ROAD yestefuhH
and the attendance was one of the
| largest ever seen. A conservative esti-
mate OF the attendance placed II at
about 1000 persons and POO motor cars
The morning was devoted entirely
to an exhibition Of livestock and farm
machinery as well as number-of the
newer electrical conveniences Of the
century. Among the exhibitors of the
SO cattle on the grounds were Thad T..
Martin Of Barre, George Williams of
Berlin. Morrison farms Of Barre, Hill
and Valley Calf club Of Marshfeld,
Herbert Flood Of Plainfeld. Philips
farm Of Montpelier, A. J. Smith of
Barre and G. A. Dodge Of Berlin, S. G.,
Judd, dairy extension specialist OF Bur
lington, and III 4. Bremen of the state
department of agriculture acted as
judges Of the livestock and awarded
ribbons as they thought they were de
served. A real interesting feature Of
the livestock exhibit which attracted a
great deal of attention from prize cat
tie raisers was the method of Judging
dairy cows as illustrated by Mr.. Judd.
For this purpose he selected what he
called a good type of dairy animal
and one which he considered a poor
type at the same time explaining his
reasons for selecting the particular ami
NAL The boys Of the Marshfield Hill
and Valley Calf club gave a fine DEM
onstration on the care and feeding of
calves using their own exhibit.
Among the various machine displays
were all kinds Of harvesting and cnlti
waiting machinery from the Marsh AL
len farm. A demonstration Of the val
ne Of the low priced Fordson tractor in
the world Of blowing and narrowing
was demonstrated by the Perry Auto
company Of this city. Stationary en-
gines from the Arkley shop, home sew
ing machines from the Singer store.
electrical appliances from the Mont
pelier and Barre Light and Power com
pany and milking niachinevexhibit by
L. B. Dodge composed she greater part
OF the machinery exhibit. The Barre
Cooperative creamery had an attrac
tive exhibit on the grounds showing
the advantages Of the modern cream
cry with its machinery and labora-
tories.
There was an exhibit of dairy prod
ucts. maple sugar and home and farm
produce at the Barre Golf club house.
where the majority of the women gath
cred during the day to give their usual
praise and comments of their neigh
bors' work
At noon the entire party moved from
the Dodge farm 10 the golf links. where,
after band concert bv the Marshfield
Cornet band, X J. Kirk, farm bureau
agent for the Washington county farm
bureau. introduced the speakers Of the
afternoon. The first man TO address
the vast. audience seated along the hill.
side was II. c. Mckenzie. taxation ex-
pert of the American Farm Bureau
federation. from New York. Mr. Nc
Kenzie spoke of the unjust taxation
10 which the average farmer was sub
iected. from personal and property
taxes to the indirect government taxes.
He spoke Of the unjust method by
which the farmers savings were taxed
explaining that the fnanciers with the
larger incomes were the only ones who
escaped their taxes by investing In non
taxable securities while the poor man
had 20 suffer the taxed savings. He ad-
vocated the removal of the untaxable
security. His entire address was cen
tered on the need Of the farmer spend
ing more time on the tax problem. AT
the same time he advocated better rural
schools and teaching service than has
been the case in many one-room school
houses
Lieut. Gov. Abram W. Foote was the
next speaker introduced He made his
address Of the same nature as that of
Mr. Mckenzie advising the farmers as
to wha - hould be done 10 protect their
interests. He received great deal Of
applause for his address which was
simple and forceful Mr.. Foote's speech
was concerned chiefly with state roads,
budget system. and the farm bureau,
Vermont spent three and quarter mil
lions on roads last year. he said. $500.
600 of which went to match federal
money for federal aid roads. The state
could use its road money 10 better adj
vantage by spending its half of the
federal aid money without accepting
government aid and the conditions at I
tached. in Mr. Foote'S opinion. Devel- /
opment Of budget system would make |
a state tax Unnecessary, Mr.. Foote
said. snd expressed desire to get back |
TO the good old days before a state tax /
was heard Of The farm bureau was
doing wen. he said. and could he more
efficient II Il helped put men into Con-
gress and the legislature who under
stood the farmers point of view.
Athletic events were the order Of the /
afternoon. The sack race was won by !
Nelson Thomas Of Shady Rill. with Fl
mer Tuttie Of Msrshfeld second Rus
s.il Caron Of Barre won the 5o-yard i
dash for boys under "a. with William
Woodward Of Waterbury Center Sec
ond. A sO-yard dash for girls under Il
wa. won BY Miss Ivy Codline Of East
Montpelier. Ruth Weilman II Calais
finishing second In q one legged race
for girls. Merle Cutler Of Fast Mont
peher won. Ivy Codling finishing sec.
end The thrce-ieegcd race wss won
bv RAYMOND Talbot and Robert Tzs- j
.ie Of Barre. with Russell Caron and.
Fernando Pereda of Barre IN second