The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-01-09

1850 $4,000
This increase Of funds indicates a
healthy and fiouri,hing condition OF the
Society. There are now two hundred
and ninety members
In Is4s. among other premiums a
warped to Henry W. Lester Of Rutland,
there wa, one cf FIVE dollars. for the
hest pair Of oxen five years old or up.
wards, which Mr. Lester very gener-
ously gave TO the society. This act Of
generosity TO the Society stood alone
till this year. when Doctor Middleton
Goldsmith, one Of Il professors in Cas-
Teton Medical College, took every pre-
MUM awarded on Saxony Sheep, a.
mounting to tliiriyiwo doliars--twen'y-
five Of which he gave 10 the Society.
All which is respectfully submitted.
ZIMRI HOWE.
Ca.,le,on, Dec, 81, 1850.
Voted, To accept the Report Of the
Treasurer.
On motion Of w. l.. Farnham Esq,
Voted, TO constitute Prof Middleton
Goldsmith. Of Cas,leton Medical Col
lege, n Life Member Of this Society, in
consideration Of his donation Of SO.
made to the Society at the last Annual
Fair.
The Report on field crops was called
for, and John Cain, Esq, for Committee,
reported as follows:
REPORT
or TIE COMMITTEE on FIELD CROPS
As the Agricultural interest Of Ru,-
land County i, here represented, it may
not be out Of place to preface our re-
port with few general remarks appro-
pirate to the present occasion.
Agriculture is a science that has oc-
cupied the attention and labor Of large
portion of the inhabitants Of the earth |;
fran the remotcst ages down to the
present time. 1t must continue to be
pursued by the greatest portion Of the
male population of the world while men
and beast and bird continue TO exist
Other arts and sciences contribute to
cmbellish and render our stay here on
earth more comfortable and happy but
to Agriculture are we all indebted for
lie itself. The art so replete with, not
only the benefits to mankind, but the
germ of our very existence, has been
made the study Of master minds of ev-
cry age until it has been brought to such
a state Of perfection that the earth
yields an abundance to supply the wants
of Eight hundred Millions of human
beings.
The state Of Agriculture in the Uni
ted States is, as yet, in its infancy; but
even now we behold with establishment
TINT we have alre ady become the great
granary, from which the markets OF the
world are dependent. Millions of the
population of Europe have been rescu-
ed from a fate worse than fire or sword,
by the timely aid of the superabnndance
of the products ofour fertile soil gratuit-
ously bestowed with a generosity unpre-
cedentcd in the annals Of any nation.
In ancient time. we rea! of famine,
when the 1sraelitcs went to the we'll
filed granaries of Egypt, to J'y corn.
1t has been left for America to give it
array without money and without price,
and send n National vessel to carry the
houn.ful gift TO starving millions. Tru.
ly may it be said, our people have east
their bread upon the waters )" whether
they will find It after many days" re.
mainsyet TO be seen.
50 important has this great branch Of
industry become that many of the States
have granted generous aid to encourage
the husbandman 10 make experiments
and dcvclope the resources Of the soil.
Our own State, which according to her
population and capital, is in point of ag-
ricultural productions, second to no state
IN tie Union, has not been behind hand
in seeing the importance of fostering
and encouraging the Improvement of the
soil: which must be beneficial to the
whole people. We are met to-day to
distribute premiums, one half of which
our wise Legislature has thought prop
cr TO bes,ow.
Your Committee beg leave to report
that We have examined the speciGca-
tons and samples, and taken into con
sidera'ion the quantity and quality ac-
cordlng to the evidence and references
laid before US ; and have, without fear
or favor, as we believe, decided in favor
Of what 10 us seemed most meritorious,
WINTER WHEAT.
There was no competition for winter
wheat. Mr.. n. X. Andrews, of Pitts.
ford had As Ia bushels, weighing CT l-2
lbs to the bushel, on one acre. Your
Committee consider it " highly merito-
r'ous," and awarded Mr.. Andrews the
first premium Of five dollars.
The land was loan pasture, ploughed
during the last 'of August, ls49, and
spread over with twenty loads Of fine
barn yard manu- re, and narrowed. The
wheat was sown on the first day,,of Sept.
and harvested last August, and thrssh-
cd the last Of November, with ma
cline. Cost for the seed and labor in-
Guiding harvesting and threshing, about
fifteen dollars.
SPRING WHEAT.
Mr.. J. a. Bogue, Of Pittsford, had
80 IA bushcl TO the acre there was