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ness  tin'll.  It  is  exported  that  as  much 
more  will  be  raised  in  the  city  and 
vicinity,  and  the  remaining  $250,000 
throughout  New  England.  The  enter¬ 
prise  is  in  the  form  of  a  stock  company, 
there  are  100  acres  of  land  and  buildings 
planned  to  have  over  ten  acres  of  floor 
space.  There  will  be  permanent  steel 
and  concrete  buildings  for  exhibition  of 
various  products  and  various  classes  of 
live  stock,  also  a  great  coliseum,  said 
John  A.  Sdbeucrle,  Secretary  of  the 
Hampden  County  Improvement  Teague. 
“The  exposition  offers  itself  as  a  medium 
to  bring  together  the  agricultural  and 
industrial  forces  of  New  England  in  a 
united  endeavor  along  practical  lines.  It 
offers  itself  as  a  clearing  house,  a  co¬ 
ordinating  means,  a  directing  and  or¬ 
ganizing  force  that  shall  be  at  work  not 
only  during  the  time  of  the  great  expo¬ 
sition,  but  every  day  during  the  entire 
year,  and  shall  he  in  organized  systematic 
and  sufficient  touch  with  every  phase  of 
farm  life  in  every  community  in  New 
England.”  That  is,  the  management  will 
try  to  work  in  co-operation  with  the 
various  agricultural  societies  and  agen¬ 
cies.  o.  R.  F. 
Cheap  Work  Shoes 
Are  Expensive — 
Pay  a  little  more  first  and  save  moi 
each  year — besides  you  protect  yi 
feet  and  health  and  are  able  to  w 
without  foot  discomfort.  Wear 
New  England  Notes 
KRS-  that  the  State  should  give  an  object  los- 
iblos  were  son  in  drainage  by  attempting  improve- 
mt  at  the  "icnt  of  about  1,000  acres  at  Scroton 
ing,  March  Creek,  in  Sandwich.  All  that  would  be 
IP  claim  of  needed  would  be  construction  of  a  tide 
><le  worms,  to  hold  out  the  sea  water,  after 
h  of  roots  which  the  land  could  gradually  he  brought 
y,  also  to-  iuto  cultivation,  making  of  it  a  large 
greenhouse  area  of  good  hay  land, 
ill  remedy;  'Hie  bill  to  establish  n  Chief  of  Mar- 
ig  the  soil.  k(>ts  Department  under  the  State  Board 
e  effective  Agriculture  was  supposed  to  be  re- 
’  Cucumber  favorably  by  the  legislative  com- 
it  $100  for  luittee  on  agriculture,  but  it  came  forth 
Some  re-  somewhat  reduced,  and  perhaps  weakened 
i  only  par-  by  the  pruning  methods  adopted  by  some 
\  mold  as-  its  doubtful  friends  in  the  committee, 
at  he  lias  As  sported  to  the  Legislature,  the  Chief 
i'eront  and  Markets  would  not  be  given  power  to 
treats  the  establish  a  system  iff  grading  and  bratnl- 
f>no  man  *ng  produce,  which  was  supposed  to  be 
15  inches  one  of  the  main  objects  of  the  new  de- 
mall  table-  PartrnenJ.  Of  course  the  changes  made 
holes  and  by  the  committee  are  not  necessarily 
with  1) is  adopted,  by  the  Legislature.  Friends  of  the 
•s  ago,  not  t>ill  believe  the  Chief  of  Markets  should 
i  drum  of  be  given  some  authority  if  he  is  to  ac- 
•ith  a  few  oomplish  anything.  As  the  bill  now 
a  ,r00ti.  sll,nds.  iibont.  all  the  Chief  of  Markets 
$  1 0(1  for  Coub*  do  would  be  to  study  the  problem 
gardeners  aut*  tl’y  *0  devise  some  improvement  in 
mid  mean  .t,R‘  system  of  marketing.  The  facts  at 
mse  grow-  *cast  could  be  ascertained,  such  as  the 
mt  he  ad-  n,,reage  and  distribution  of  various  crops 
matode  is  a.n<*  Products,  and  perhaps  some  eon  Tw¬ 
ig.  so  Mr.  tibn  tnade  between  producers  and  the  va- 
ht  he  ex-  ciouK  new  public  iimrkets  which  are  being 
;  Wheeler  started  under  the  law  passed  some  time 
I  with  hot  ll"°-  Opposition  to  the  tiill  seems  to  come 
r  of  a  to-  so  Ulll,‘h  from  dealers  as  from  those 
is  free  of  who  fear  some  oflieial  would  be  given  t.-o 
•est  of  till*  m,,‘‘b  power  in  control  of  the  markets, 
*r  agreed  A  fcat.uie  ol  the  I1  armers  Day  events 
thorough  at  Amherst  was  a  talk  hy  F.  R.  Marshall 
$10  that  SP  aheep  industry  in  New  England.  Said 
would  be  .  •  Marshall ;  “We  shall  soon  see  a  re¬ 
vival  of  sheep  industry  in  New  England  ; 
crilizatiun  <jrst  for  b.mibs  and  then  for  wool.  The 
president  demand  tor  lambs  and  mutton  has 
Growers’  jbniblcd,  and  wool  prices  have  reached  a 
rtain  pat-  bigli  level.  The  actual  income  from  a 
rather  to  wtaiu  flock  Of  50  ewes  was  $-151.20. 
g  to  Mr  1  ‘'ey  thrive  on  pastures  too  poor  and 
ded  little  I'Ojigh  for  best  success  with  cattle.  The 
bad  tried  labor.  ls  llot  ve|W  bard.  Part  of  the  meal 
Firy  steam  £an  be  used  profitably  for  home  supply, 
t  his  own  /b'!  «'>«  problem  is  the  greatest  draw- 
le  soil,  to  but  it  may  be  overcome  by  the  right. 
25  to  85  kind  of  fencing.” 
means  of  NATIONAL  DAIRY  SHOW. 
■ated  iron  The  National  Dairy  Show  Will  he 
from  the  brought  to  New  England  for  the  first 
ied  to  the  time  this  Fall  at  Springfield.  Rians  are 
ramming  being  made  for  raising  $750,000  to  equip 
nr  inches,  grounds  in  a  permanent  way  for  this 
>w  a  tom-  Exhibition  and  others  to  follow  in  later 
Two  100  years.  Of  this  amount  $250,000  has 
one  as  a  already  been  pledged  by  Springfield  busi- 
Bass  Farm  Shoes 
and  forget  i/our  feet !  They  are  as  com¬ 
fortable  as  slippers  —yet.  tough,  strong 
and  durable.  Made  of  soft,  fine-grained, 
weutherproof  leather  which  keeps  your 
loot  dry — docs  not  crack — with  proper 
oiling  and  care  will  outlast  two  or 
three  pairs  of  ordinary  work  shoes. 
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Moccasins 
The  maple  sugar  crop  promises  to  be 
short;  the  snow  in  sugar  bush  in  Ver¬ 
mont  is  from  throe  to  six  feet  deep,  and 
under  this  snow  the  ground  is  not  frozen. 
Roads  would  have  to  be  shoveled  and 
broken  out  several  miles  in  an  average 
orchard  of  500  to  1000  trees;  then  to 
each  separate  tree  a  path  four  feet  wide 
to  enable  the  gatherer  to  go  and  carry 
two  polos,  as  no  man  can  carry  even 
one  pail  of  20  quarts  of  sap  in  four  feet, 
of  snow.  This  makes  it.  next  to  impos¬ 
sible  to  gather  the  sap  in  deep  snow.  In 
Order  for  sap  to  run  the  ground  must 
freeze  each  night  and  thaw  each  day; 
with  no  frost  in  the  ground  and  foil)' 
feet  of  snow  the  ground  cannot,  freeze 
and  thaw  each  21  hours;  the  farmer 
cannot  get  to  his  trees.  Result,  no  sug¬ 
aring  until  the  snow  goes  off  and  the 
ground  freezes,  and  if  this  delays  mril 
April  warmer  weather  is  here,  the  buds 
open  and  no  sugar  is  made.  There  has 
not  been  as  much  snow  in  Vermont  in 
March  ns  now  in  25  years. 
So.  Dorset,  Vt.  a.  l.  b. 
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Recently  a  man  returned  to  his  home 
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rambled  down  to  the  corner  grocery  to  get 
wise.  “1  suppose."  remarked  the  oldest 
inhabitant  in  handing  him  information, 
“that  you  remember  Sim  Simpkins?” 
“Oh,  yes;  I  knew  Sim  very  well,”  an¬ 
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his  daughter  Mary.  Went  to  school  with 
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15  years  she  married  a  struggling  young 
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ills,  weather  conditions  being  different. 
Some  growers  present  believed  .spraying 
with  Bordeaux  also  stimulates  the  growth 
of  the  leaves. 
For  preventing  celery  blight  soaking 
the  seed  in  formaldehyde  was  advised,  one 
pint  to  20  gallons  water.  Put  the  seeds 
on  a  elotli,  sprinkle  them  and  cover  them 
tightly. 
Two  representatives  of  a  large  seed 
firm  explained  a  method  of  seed  insurance 
which  was  approved  in  a  general  way  by 
vote  nf  the  meeting.  The  plan,  in  part,  is 
to  sell  by  sample  and  by  adding  20  per 
cent,  to  the  cost,  to  guarantee  the  seed 
Due  to  sample  in  type  and  germination. 
Then  followed  a  discussion  of  the  seed 
s  (nation,  and  everybody  agreed  that,  the 
supply  is  short  and  quality  often  poor. 
The  feature  of  the  land  drainage  bill 
soon  ro  come  before  the  Massachusetts 
I.egislnture,  is  that  the  State  will  lend  its 
credit  in  a  bonding  system  to  enable  own¬ 
ers  of  wet  land,  through  co-operation,  to 
carry  out  a  system  of  drainage.  Few 
owners  of  such  land  have  the  capital  to 
attempt,  such  work.  It  is  claimed  that  a 
great  deal  of  land  worth  only  a  few  dol¬ 
lars  per  acre  eoulil  be  made  worth  $100 
a'  least.  The  area  of  swamp  laud  in  the 
State  suitable  for  drainage  is  reckoned 
nt  about  300,000  acres.  It  is  proposed 
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rom  inferior  dood 
