Connecticut western news., 1922-09-07
COUNTY FARMERS HAVE
 BIG DAY AT KENT FALLS
Joint Field Day Held Under Auspices of Oranges and
 Farm Bureau
BOYS GO TO STATE FAIR
Milk Fairies Pageant Proves an Attractive and Educational
 Instructive Feature

Instructive Feature
 The Litchfield County Farm Bu- reau, the Housatonic Valley Pomona Grange, the Mountain County Po- mona Grange and the Excelsior Po- mona Grange united last week in a joint Field Day at Kent Falls with nearly thousand people in attend ance, this being by far the largest Field Day ever held by Litchfeld County Farmers.
 The chief features of the day were the Dairy Judging Contest for boys who are enrolled in Dairy Club Work, the Pageant of the Milk Fairies, the speaking program and the op- portunity to see the wonderful Kent Falls, any one of which was worth the entire trip.
 The first event of the day was the judging of a class of Guernsey cows at Falcons Flight Farm in Litch- field where the manager, Walter Cook, assisted and also kindly show ed their herd sire Falcons Proud Warrior, which is probably the great est show bull in the Guernsey breed. Dairy Specialist Arthur R. Merrill of Storrs judged the cows and explained his reasons after the boys had judged them, had written their reasons and turned their cards over to County Club Leader, Harold c. French, who was in charge of the contest. They then went to John Calhoun's in Torpp,oI1 opJ i,,JroJ o oIoce of uo1 steins in the same manner.
 The six boys who will represent Litchfeld County at the Connecti- Fair this week and will there com pete for a trip to the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield and to the National Dairy Show at St. Paul, Minn., are John Pond, Harold Olson and Give Somerset of Woodbury, Robert Wetmore of Winchester, Cor don Beach of Winsted and Eldred Tanner of Warren. They were se- lected because of excellence in judg- ing in this contest combined with carefully kept records and good re- suits in feeding and caring for the cows in their Dairy Club Work.
 The Milk Fairies Pageant was not only pretty, but it was instructive and was given under the general supervision of Miss Eleanor s. Moss, County Home Demonstration Agent who coordinated the work of the five different groups which took part. It portrayed the food value of milk and it's beneficial effects especially upon children.
 Probably the greatest credit should be given to the girls clothing and boys poultry clubs of Roxbury, which not only represented the Min eral Matter Fairies, but also fur nished all the speaking parts of the pageant. They were ably coached and assisted by Mrs. Albert Barnes their local leader. The Butterfat Fairies were represented by children 'r2.n Winchester, under the direc-
 ion of Mrs. Ralph Austin, the Sugar Fairies and Protein Fairies were Cornwall children under the direc- tion of Mrs. Donald Hedden, while the wonderfully essential Vitamine Fairies were children from Goshen uhCSI IIS SCGIOl Ol hIS. T IdIlh Seaton. Miss Ann Hopson of Kent assisted in the local arrangements.
 The speaking program was in charge of President Buckingham of the Farm Bureau who introduced W. O. Filley of New Haven, was as chairman of the State Park Com mission welcomed everyone to the Park and invited them to any and all other State Parks, telling briefly of the advantages of each.
 The Rev. Geo. M. Gilbert of Middletown spoke on the value of community cooperation in social as we'll as business ways and kept every one in good humor with his wit and funny stories.
 Community singing was led by Miss Kimberly of Goshen.
 Other Committees which contribu- ted greatly to the success and pleas ure of the occasion were the Com mittee on Accommodations with Willis Templeton of Kent as chairman and assisted by Chas. w. Bishop, the local supervisor of State Parks, and the Committee on Refreshments with Mrs. Frank S. Peet of Kent as Chairman.