Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1844-02-02
Vermont Dbotmtr.
FRIDAY, rEBRpaRYs, 1874.
FARMERS, CONVENTION.


We teqard the Convention TO be holden at Fay
etevile on the 18th of February inst Of those cit
liens of windham County who are disposed TO ems
courage improvements in agriculture, with especial
Svor, The time has been, when this great depart
ment of industry received far too little attention
The enterprsing young men Of New england nave
been abandoning the healthy and noble employ
ment of cultivating the earth for pursuits, when,
though they held out the prospect Of sudden aifiu-
ence, have, in very many instances, brought not
bankruptcy merely but what is far worse, the loss
of reputation and character. And while every 9th
err occupation has been crowded with workers and
dlers agriculture has found far too few laborers to
ill its fields and TO dress its gardens But the tide
is forming Farming is beginning to be better APP
preciaied The old idea that little or no knowledge
was needed to cultivate the ground successfully is
fast exploding IT is beginning to be understood
that no employment demands deeper research, clo-
ser and proCounder study, greater aiiainments in
science, and more practical skill, than agricul-
turc.
And we hail with pleasure the action Of our Le-
gslature at IFS last session in favor Of the interests
of the husbandman. By an "Act' then passed 'to
encourage and promote agriculture, any number
Of citizens in any county in the State may form an
Association for that purpose having all the powers
Of corporation or body polite. And it is further
more provided in that act that any association form
ed according 10 lis provisions may draw from the
state Treasury lis proportional share Of two thou
sand dollars annually TO promote the objects Of agri-
culture, condition that the society raise equal
sum for like purposes. The two thousand dollars
TO be distributed among the county societies in pro-
portion TO the population of each county according
TO the census Of 1910, till another is TAKEN
The money subscribed by each society or received
from the State, after the incidental expenses have
been betrayed, is TO be annually paid out for prem-
by the direction of the society, 'on such live
animals, articles Of production, and agricultural inn
plemenis and tools, as are of the growth and man
ufacture Of the county aud also on isuch expert
ments, discoveries aitainmenis, in scientific or
practical agriculture, as are made in the county
where such society is organized"
The passage of this Act, in connection with the
anticipated rail road from Boston to this place, by
the way of Ftchburg and Mler's River, seems TO
be loud and special call to the friends Of agrcul-
ture in this county TO bestr themselves, and TO do
what they may TO advance the important interests
OF the husbandman.
View agriculture in whatever light we may, il
must be regarded, in itself considered, the rst
the noblest and the most important occupation for
obtaining the means OF subsistence. And it ought
be raised to that place in the regards of cit
zens, our young men in particular, which its ntrin-
sic worth and Importance demand
We hope that all our farmers, and especially the
younger portion OF them, i'll feel an interest in the
proposed meeting at Fayetteville and be present TO
take part in whatever shall be DONE