New Britain herald., 1925-01-17

! H'lNnlndl pOlllCbl HuMcT NnlCl blooms in all it's fragrance and glory, The 1923 banquet will bC i held at the Hotel Garde in New Haven, probably the first week ir February.
 United States Senator Bingham president Of the association, will preside. Tho speaker has not bcer selected and this is delaying sending | out formal announcements.
 It would be splendid thing il i New Britain could secure the 1925 meeting for this city. It will be re. called that the meeting was sched, uled 10 be held here while the Bur | the belief existing that the building would be completed in time. But the plans went awry and the ban. quet went elsewhere. With accommo. dations now existing for first class banquet, great deal of persuasion might not be needed to swing the affair in this direction.
 It Is probable that this years event will be in the nature of q rousing testimonial 10 Senator Bingham. He has led the republi- can party to victory twice in the last year, reaching the highest of fees at the disposal of the elector- ate by margins which left no doubt as to what the people were think. ing. Without question, he is the leader of the party in Connecticut although J. Henry Roraback stands on the background and is suspected of prompting occasionally. New Britain will send large delegation to the meeting. The Hardware City" has frequently had the largest representation around the banquet tables and as the local leaders are still in a jubi. lant mood, they will do their best 10 create enthusiasm and make a good showing.
 The raising of beef cattle in New England is receiving increasing at- tention during the past few months Plans are under way to perpetuatC this interest. The interest is appar, ent not alone among breeders oi pure bred beef cattle. Operators ot tobacco farms in the Connecticut valley are feeding cattle and mar ket gardeners are looking toward livestock as source of necessary l fertilizer.
 Five or six years ago little at. tention was being given to the rais, ing of beef cattle in New England There were a few herds scattered here and there. Only a few animals were entered and led into the live, stock show rings of the agricul. tural fairs. About four years ago three enthusiasts put their heads together and developed a plan tc interest the boys and girls in bee raising. The enthusiasm of youth i! | contagious. It spread to friends anc l INNEJi IlOlN l&N'iillSp ti'' crop farmer who was ignoring live stock has turned his attention tt ! the beef steer.
 An increase is noticeable in tho number of pure-bred beef herds ant the quality is markedly improved The entries are steadily increasing at the agricultural fairs and New England herds stand well forwart in the beef ring competition.
 The tobacco farmer and marke gardener have many problems t solve. One of them is the maintain ing of soil fertility in order to St cure a profitable yield, Arrange ments have been completed for large gct-togcthcr meeting of al parties interested in beef cattle 0 tobacco raising. This is set for 1;3 D. m., Friday, January 23. at tn Broad Street Armory, Hartford. A this meeting definite plans will b adopted for an extensive program to encourage the raising and feedinI Of more beef cattle in New Eng land.
 Prohibition went into nominal et feet five years ago yesterday. bu as far as We can see it's only resul was to add another row of saloon twelve miles out at sea.
 In other words, instead of mak ing the United States dry, Congres has ably copied Nature in makin the Atlantic Ocean wet.
 Have you ever givon anothc thought to that New Years resoIu ton you broke two weeks ago to day?
 It must be a lot of consolation 1 the treasury department 10 have tn Allies determine the exact amour which is and always will be owe 10 us.
 Our office veteran, in readin about the annual meetings of th churches, says that in his day peo pie went 10 church every week.
 Historians hayc at last discovere why the Persian hosts were annlhl lated at Marathon, An army live on its stomach, and the Persian had just gorged themselves Tn In Greek restaurants.
 Benny Iconard's announcemcr of his retirement is like man wah ing up in the middle of the nlgl and howling, I'm going to bed After the winter is over, we ma ,Apcct that Senator Bingham wi get himself rc-elcctcd governor, E that he may come back north 10 the summer.
 Which leads to the remark tha politics is just as much bun an noise as ever, and that no matte . how hard the Democrats may roa the Republicans will always Rora back.
 The building commission has eN satiOn,
 Carl Cheek.