The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-02-20

people, presume you VIII never Iose siSH'
Of the two most important interests, the ag-
ricutural and manufacturing. 1t is well 10
notice the amount OF domestic manufactures
al iEis period. Stevens says Mat, IN 1917,
in the county of Caledonia, there were nine
reen wards OF cloth 10 every inhabHant. and
eighty 10 every female over fifteen years oil
age. Probably the females in this county ac-
complished as much. The women oil YER
mont had reputation for Industry lar back
Of that time. The same authority says not
a SINGLE bill has been found for purchasing,
ont of the State, The woollen blankets or gar
ments for The brave soldiers Of the Revou-
tionary war. The mothers and daughters
furnished the garments for their Husbands
and sons. II Unnecessary, we have no doubt
the women of Vermont could and would do II
again. you lad yet 10 make The name oil
your county immortal; il the soldiers oil
SALISBURY were again 10 follow their young
Galusha, and join the hosts Of The valiant IN
that fiery pass, they would not go unprepar-
ed for their work. The skill and patience
and industry that has wrought these specI-
mems OF cunning workmanship, would not
send husband, or son, or brother, or lover,
uncad 10 the battle. The Stale is aiming
10 aid the farmer and mechanic now. She
first put in motion this system oil Ag:icultu-
raj Societies, and pays two thousand dollars
year for their encouragement. A portion
of this is paid cheerluly by those who have
no personal interest in farming. IL rightly
improved we have 70 doubt these associa-
lions will be of vast benefit 10 Vermont 1t
will be so IN the social. if not in the pecuDia-
nv result. No other couaty in The State needs
III eooi.,l ass Than
The people in different parts of this county
and even in the same town-are sepdrat-
ed by natural barriers, so that they do moi
easily flow together. No religious, 10 poit-
ical summons Will call out your population.
Nothing short of a general interest in Agri-
cullure-that knows neither sect or party
will rally together the jewellers on the hills
and in the valleys. But this is important to
destroy The local and clannish tendency
when men are separated and confined in iso-
lated groups. By assembling together as
county, we make wider our circle Of acquain-
lance and thought. We drop, for lime,
the badges of those little platoons, in which
we were reared, and minge in the great ar
my, Of which we form part. In laying the
foundation of this society, the wise men oil
Inc county should consult Cor permanent
institution; 10 call out the products of the
farm and work shop and domestic industry I;
and make every part Of laboring life al home
and welcome on these occasions and thus
afford popular and profitable annual holi
day when a new generation and new race
shall come upon the stage. The object Of
this society is not merely 10 exhibit speci
mems, but to give and gain intelligence by
which other specimens may be produced.
In order TO this, the whole process should be
fully and faithfully given, and published
through the county. This should be done
when you have failed, as well az when you
have succeeded. know that we are inclin-
ed to pocket onr unlucky cadences in life.
When you have stumbled and fallen pros
iratc on the earth, the frsts thing you do on
getting up-perhaps before you get UPS to
peer round 10 every quarter, and see If some
one has not discovered you in that undigni-
igd horizontal position. II found entirely "a
lone, you brush and smooth your dsordeTed
vesiurc, and keep the matter all toyourseli.
That is lust what men are inclined to do
when they make blundeIs in farming. But
this will close one Of the main sources oil i'm
proYemcnt. This is not day set apart Tor
annual Dragging, but 10 show one another
how we may succeed, and when we must ln-
eviably fail.
In this county, while no one thing takes
the lead so as TO swallow all The rest, il seems
to be settled that almost all kinds OF grain
and fruit and stock can be raised; and al
most anything can be made, whether oistone
or clay. or iron, or wood, or wool, or leather.
If you divide all the products of The county
among all the people, do not propose this
C,r I tl,aty will lao 1h0nf rs
follows, not pretending 10 fractional accura-
cy. There will be one horse 10 every five
persons. You could not conveniently mount
the county, though il would be quite posi-
BILE that all the horses could draw all TIE
people. Every person would have Is lbs. OF
wool. pecks oil wheat, 2 quarts oil barley, ]
bushe! Of buckwheat, l , bushel of rye, 4
bushels of corn, S bushels Of oats, 2-3 of a
swine, 35 bushels of potatoes, and l lbs. oil
sugar 10 sweeten The annual mess. 1t is a
singular coincidence thai-by the last census
The number OF horned cattle and the num-
Der of human beings was exactly the same
-l6,S79 of each. | name these things 10
show that your climate and soil can and does
yield all the profitable products. You have
shown some fine specimens of all kinds oil
domestic animals, specimens you need moi
fear TO exhibit IN any other county or STATE
No doubt others equally as good are mol
here As we should expect, there has been
neutrality-suspicious. from modesty. or per-
haps from pride-in bringing animals 10 the
first Fair. What shall hinder you from i'm
proving on the best ofthese, and making all
The rest after their kind By understanding
the nature Of animals, what is necessary in
breeding and rearing and feeding and curing,
you may do almost what you will with them
do not mean that you can entirely change
their nature. You cannot change the romping
goat 10 good saxon or merino sheep. All the
trimming, and grooming and musical appa,
ralus OF The stable will not make the stupid
mule prance aud neigh like the proud wal
horse But you can greatly improve all an
finals. No doubt most farmers cultivate toe
much land. and keep too much stock for thelI
land. There would be more pleasure, and
more profit. and less labor, with smaller
number and better feed. Well fed animals
are always saleabe at fair and foil prices
but there is seldom a demand for skeletons o
of any kind or at any price. After all The
| improvements of modern tine. we doub