SUMMER FIELD MEETING. 



The Annual Summer Field Meeting of the Board was held at 

 the Crissey Farm, Great Barrington, on June 14, 1916, at the 

 invitation of the Housatonic Agricultural Society. The newly 

 organized Berkshire County Farm Bureau also participated in 

 the program. At the morning session Mr. C. L. Gold of West 

 Cornwall, Connecticut, President of the Connecticut Sheep 

 Breeders' Association, spoke on "Sheep Raising," and Mr. 

 H. A. Emerson of the New York Department of Foods and 

 Markets spoke on "The Functions of a State Department of 

 Markets." Dinner was served by the local grange, and after 

 dinner Mr. L. L. Richardson of Leominster, delegate to the 

 Board from the Massachusetts Federation of Farm Bureaus, 

 spoke on "Raising Farm Horses," and Mr. Henry G. Bell of 

 the National Soil Fertility League spoke on "Soil Improve- 

 ment." There was also a demonstration of farm tractors and 

 an exhibition of draft horses and dairy cattle. The attendance 

 was good and a large amount of interest was manifested through- 

 out the day. 



