Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1849-11-15

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establishment Of a " BuREAr OF AGRt-
CULTURE IN the . Department q the In
iwior" ot Washington.
To The Ssnotc and House Of Rlprcse"ta-
tircs;-
The Joint Committee, appointed to in
qaro into the expcdicncy of a Legislative
recommendation, on the part Of this state
of the establishment in the National De
partment Of the Interior, Of Bureau OF
Agriculture for the promotion OF the great
interest of Agricultural Improvement IN this
Union. respectfully report--
The founders Of our government were
desilous for the organization Of Home
Department, devoted to the fostering and
encouragement Of Agriculture, and other
Industrial Arts but it seems that for want
of proper persons to organize aud manage
such Department, it was laid aside.
At later period, Washington recon-
meudcd an organization, entitled, A
Home Department of AIricnIture;' His
conccntions on this subject like every
lh'h5 FiSc tnhl'''''S nom no P'"0''o1'
i'r-see'n4 hl"o'-''r@ eA'o'} ~ | Gsot pun-
pose comPehenol"?' '''"'0 1' ''S' WI C C.'!'
They are as follows -
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iafe' agriculture : ot P'''"I'y i"lPo''a l.,
IN proportion az nations ""E""Ie !" Popu
IaIon' ana o'hef circumstances o., ''a'U' It >
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aef5 Inc Gul'l'a'i"' e, '"c sun mo'' " ,
MorF an c5f" q P@|"' P''.Fon"Ss. ~,
S',tu'iens iof promoting II grow up sui'P"'',
ca W the pqoIlc purse, ana "a """f ogfes
RI" 1t or "sa''"fe" "'L' S'ed'eF PoPr'f'g :
among 'ne means "h'C' nave D1en T''',
PIo}ed 10 tH!S end none nave oee't % ;.'e'
win greater success IMAM 'ne e''ap 'S"'ncD'
o. b'afa'' composed Oh proper @r, o''"'"o'C's
chargeu WIN c",'F','''S "''N ,''i"''"s '"''I
nation ana enaoleu oy premiums ana S!na'
PecunlAfy ana 10 encourage a'lu uss's'
SpF't OF discovery ana improvements ny SUI
m0Iat'n9 to enterprise anu ekpe'lmen,' . an'
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bHt 'nH eNil uoea h"I sup he'C' y
many Of our intelligent, enterpr'sing youn
notwithstanding The sad condition of 'h
scII, and trained to false Impressions sur
pose that the agricultural profession, lnstea
Of being an open field for the efforts ofsc
once to improve, is but an arena, fit only t
be occupied by the illtcrate and unenteI
prsng, under the guidance Of blind trad
ton They accordingly pass in masses int
other caIings, filling them to oyerGowine
aud Ieqyinq the " Art Of Art" to its fate.
The same process of deterioration, whic
has been so nearl completed in the Allan
tic Sta es, is now going on at the West
Although nature Iy long and liberal pro
cess has endowed the lands of that section
with a fertility elsewhere unknown, still
hey can be Impoverished by the hand o
mau The graduation to the same china
which has obtained in the older States ma
he slower, vet, in the nature Of things, i
must lie sure. Many Of tho occupants o
those now generous soils, under the sam,
mistaken impression that thry are inexhaus
tiblo, which possessed the frs, settlers of III,
'" ,'7 '"''i'y ''"e," "s the 1aaa,er~ s,n,e,
WIZ Prooao'y 1--we long enough to find that
noocF " constantly depicting and careles
ouSoandfy; "fa' mas oeeh done can he don
aga'n' "eSe re''!'NS arc OF course sui
f'' 10 eAcgP'IonS' 0u' locy are sun quit
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nee" gong Oh ''"'"S u.s. SeYeral o. o. u
9'a'eS OF EUROPE nave ,.. "e9'i Ts .ap'o'{ d.
Vonc'ng IN PF'ouc''EeneSS' neI9' az =
culture IS lo''ere" ana e''o ',! pY "
vernmen'; men Oh t'ie l'rSL a''a'l,'"eI'S' a
III the nlghest "alNS W NE "e'o.e '', re