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Farmers Back College Needs 
News from the Snow-Clad Farms of New York 
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N ew YORK state Conference of 
P^arm Organizations met in Syra¬ 
cuse, on the evening of January 5th, to 
give consideration to problems effect¬ 
ing all the farmers and all of the organ¬ 
izations of the State. Dean A. R. Mann, 
of the College of Agriculture, was pres¬ 
ent and outlined to the Board the 
deplorable conditions at the College 
which exist because of lack of adequate 
buildings for housing the different 
activities. 
Considerable study has been given by 
the farmers of the'State to the needs 
of the College and recommendations to 
the State were made by the farm or¬ 
ganizations two years ago for a build¬ 
ing program which when completed will 
give New York State a college of agri¬ 
culture in keeping with the State’s 
greatest industry. 
Governor Smith in his first adminis¬ 
tration approved this building program 
as 'recommended by the farmers, and ‘ 
the Legislature made the appropriation 
for a dairy building, the first unit in the 
program. Governor Miller, while in 
general sympathy with the building 
plans, did not think that there was 
money available to carry the program 
forward at the time, and the program 
was therefore held up. 
Conditions at the College are so bad 
because of lack of facilities and room 
that the Conference Board of Farm 
Organizations feel that there should be 
no more delay in the completion of the 
program as it was planned two years 
ago, and voted unanimously to so rec- 
omrnend to Governor Smith and the new 
administration. Senator Blauvelt who 
attended the meeting of the Conference 
Board stated^ that he was sure that 
Governor Smith was in sympathy with 
the idea of completing the college 
building program as rapidly as the 
finances of the State would permit. 
Discuss Building Needs of State Fair 
Some discussion was given by the 
Board to the building needs of the New 
York State Fair Grounds. There is 
need for a _ Horticultural Building as 
was stated in one of our recent issues 
and there is also need of a Coliseum. 
,E. R. Zimmer, Secretary of the New 
^ork Holstein - Friesian Association 
made the point at the meeting that his 
Association was interested in having 
a Coliseum built on the Fair Grounds 
before the Horticultural Building was 
built, because the Coliseum might be 
deciding factor in getting the 
Worlds Dairy Congress to come to 
Syracuse in 1923. Mr. Zimmer also 
’-’ade a very fair statement. He said 
^ at his Association would work in full 
harmony with the other organizations^ 
on this as well as on all other matters, 
and that his Association would not have 
suggested the building of a Coliseum 
before the Horticultural Building had 
he been informed that there had been 
an agreement by the Conference Board 
that the Horticultural Building should 
come first. The Conference Board 
aid the matter of the State Fair build- 
'ngs on the table until it was definitely 
decided whether or not the World’s 
Dairy Congress would come to Syracuse. 
Mr. H. E. Babcock resigned his posi- 
f’on as secretary of the Conference 
Board of Farm Oi'ganizations because 
of so many other pressing duties and E. 
R. Eastman was elected to succeed him. 
NORTHERN NEW YORK NOTES 
Farmers in northern New York are 
suffering from a droughth as severe 
as any normaly encountered in summer 
months. Not in many years have 
springs and wells gone dry in December 
and Christmas found farmers drawing' 
water for their stock or driving them 
long distances to drink. Each day finds 
more rnen in the northern counties at 
their wits end to provide water for their 
animals and for their homes too in a 
number of instances. _ Some of the older 
men say that a similar condition pre¬ 
vailed about 42 years ago. 
Clover in St. Lawrence, Jefferson and 
Lewis counties went into winter ip very 
good condition, and bids fair fop a goo'd 
rop for ■^e next season. Tne covering 
of snow has been very fight so far, a 
total of only some five six inches on 
the average by the 20th of December, 
and most of that coming in the last 
week. 
Jefferson County Pomona Grange is 
inaugurating a move for a uniform text 
book law for Jefferson County, for those 
schools outside of cities or any union 
free school district maintaining an 
academic department. Such a law has 
been functioning in St. Lawrence county 
and giving satisfaction. With the “hit 
or miss” text book system, it is a com¬ 
mon experience for the renter to fit 
out his children with a complete set of 
books, only to find the following* year 
when he moves to an adjoining town 
that he must go all the way around 
again as the books used in the new 
school are different.—W. I R 
IN CENTRAL NEW YORK 
, Campaign for raising 
funds tor Farm and Home Bureau com- 
mittees have been appointed to canvass 
each_ town. The seventh annual con¬ 
vention of Farm and Home Bureau was 
held recently, with separate sessions in 
the morning and combined meeting in 
the afternoon. The speakers were Miss 
Jennie Jones, Montgomery Robinson 
1 Wagenen. The Nichols 
Male Quarte,tte furnished the music. 
Farmers are generally talking about 
the pool. Non-poolers held a festive 
occasion at their new plant in Owego 
recently. Poolers claim they are mak- 
ing the most out of their dairies, and 
non-poolers claim the same, though be¬ 
moaning the cost of hauling. Some feel 
better regarding the milk situation and 
some do not. The price paid for milk 
is not in accordance with that of feed 
and labor. Farmers receive 45 to 60 
cents for butter, e.:gs 54 to 65 cents 
a dozen, potatoes 60 cents to $1 per 
bushel. Hogs are selling from $10 to 
20.—Mrs. D. B. 
Chenango Co.—Farm Bureau and 
League meetings have been most im¬ 
portant lately. Farmers are discussing 
the distressing price and the pool more 
than anything else. Poolers are getting 
attendance at their meetings, while non¬ 
poolers’ meetings, do not so much. Just 
now there seems to be a little better 
feeling toward the pool, due, I believe, 
to bettp prices and a little more in¬ 
formation being given. Cabbage and 
potatoes are about all that is being 
sold except milk. , Potatoes have not 
been bringing enough to pay for rais¬ 
ing them generally. In a few cases 
they have trucked them for 35 to 40 
miles, and have sold small quantities 
for $1. Most have gone around 50 
cents.— H. H. Lyon. 
Poultry Schools Successful 
The series of poultry schools ar 
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very successful, as many as 200 poul- 
trymen attending a single session. It 
is estimated that from 65,000 to 76,000 
hens to be carried over this winter are 
represented in the flocks of the poultry- 
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