44 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY [1914-15 



under the direction of Worcester County Horticultural 

 Societ3\ Pictures taken by Mr. Ellsworth on his recent 

 trip through Europe were show^n on the screen. The col- 

 lection contained views of farming in Germany, Holland, 

 Denmark and England, and buildings of importance on the 

 continent : 



Mr. Ellsw^orth said in part : 



^^ We saw farming on the Alps where there is fine culture, 

 and we found the women w^orking in the fields with the 

 hoe and shovel. The women do a greater part of all w^ork, 

 and we found them employed even in the brickyards. 

 One field that attracted our notice w^as where there were 

 thirty w^omen working and thirty pair of oxen. 



^'Cooperation is carried on in Europe to a great extent. 

 We found farmers sold their milk to cooperative companies 

 and one farm run by cooperation was divided into 650 

 shares." 



Mr. Ellsworth showed pictures of this farm and of the 

 milk process and other slides showed views of a government 

 farm at Budapest, where fine horses are raised. 



The speaker showed scenes of buildings in Budapest and 

 other buildings of interest, street scenes, where markets are 

 and which showed women selling pigs in crates. 



Mr. Ellsworth said that the tools used in Holland and 

 Germany are inferior to those of American make. They 

 mow fields of grass with a hand sc^^the. 



The children of Germany go to school at seven o'clock in 

 the morning. The}^ have two morning sessions and tw^o after- 

 noon sessions. Mr. Ellsworth thought this a good scheme 

 and would recommend it in America. 



Pictures were seen of the fair at England, where the king 

 had his horses, and for which he received a prize. Beauti- 

 ful flower gardens were seen in the different parts of the 

 country, and these surround every home, no matter how 

 humble. 



Mr. Ellsworth answered maii}^ questions, and the talk 

 proved to be of great interest. 



