Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-11-09

Of two o. the spe-ohes in ay3r Of this meas
urc, one in each House
ErNARks Or SENATOR wJJDaslDcr.
IN 2H7.s OF. 81. oa III grealml for an
lgr1niural Bvo1
Wcodbridc. said this was % bill scme
,ybe. oc<el in its character aud one which nj .ht
Materials affect tie interests OF tae state. When
first presented it did not strike him t8ycIaJlv but
unou' examination he lad como o. the conviction
that .be bin should pass. lie believed il was the
duty Of the legislature 70 jcsis!ate for the mate
rial as we'll as for the intellectual and moral wl1ts
Of the State. The board of education aud the
school law have incrclsolthc interest in O. thor
ough and universal education, and ye; when that
bill was passed. with what argument wcse we
met
We were tod to lct the people alone The ia
telli-eucs q Vermont, il was said and interest IN
the education Of its children. will secure q CON-
mon school system which VIII be IL honor 10 cur
State Chi bor32 said Its opponents. "Is IL %
ne sinp5scd that the people Of Vermont are so re-
cardIess Of their own interests, that they Will not
take care of their common schools ~ What has
been the result? This school law is yet in its In
fancy, and vet there Is awakened an interest Ia
common schools, there is an Improvement and an
advance in the standard Of education; an interest
manifested Dtt0 bY parents dD tLdN sur
passes everything that was expected. For this
bill, too. We are asked cai b0uo2 Does tho farm
or Of Vermont demand the protection Of the legis-
lature? No but if he does not Heei it, be shall
have it Is that any reason why We should not
0legislate to increase car material res0urces' That
we are an agricultural state, is our only and dis
tinguishing interest 1t is an interest upon which
the welfare of the State depends. But we are
asked, what good viii 10 90 Take for example
the rotation Of crops. This involves what First
the nature Of the soil, second the character Of the
products and third, the elements that q given
rop requires from the earth. " hat, then, shall
We 90 10 secure the greatest products that at the
same time protect our soil from being exhausted
This is philosophical question, and its solution
depends upon the publication Of philosophical
principles, and is only 70 be determined by long
and accurate observations. Again, in breeding
stock. We must understand what animal is adsp-
ted to a particular locality. We must look at the
endurance, speed, muscles Of the animal, SC. and
all these depend upon physiological law, and
can only determine what is best by appli-
cation of physiological principles. And so in
cry department Of agriculture Can it be said
that the agriculturalists Of Vermont understand
full we'll the science 20 be applied to agriculture
Can it even be said that they even apply what
science they do possess to the cultivation Of their
lands And yet it is no impeachment Of the IL
telligence of the farmer We would pass this bill
to enable the farmer to apply the necessary and
known principles OF science to agriculture.
He did not agree with an honorable Senator that
this would check the decrease Of our population.
Emigration Is in the blood Of our New England
people The Yankee may be found wherever bu-
nan foot has trod It is well, too, that people
thus 20 out, and they viii 60 out until, from New
England 70 the Rocky Mountains, there shall be
al Industrious energetic people, all improving the
land. 1t shows New England to be the great
school-house Of the nation But while our popu-
lation is diminishing our national wealth is IL
creasng and it is to increase this still more that
he would favor the passa gs Of the bill.
He was not one OF those who desired to be stin=y
in expending the money Of the State. If there was
any thing which the true pays with pleasure,
it is tax for the benefit Of his fellow But
to this it cannot be objected that it is expense.
The only expense will be for the Secretary Of the
Board and this will be trife But were it more,
it would be no objection. For every dollar it
would take out of the State Treasury, it would put
hundreds into the pockets of the people.
This Board would collect information, statistics,
which may hereafter be printed in relation to TIE
most profitable way of bringing the soil up to
where it was before it was weakened by excessive
cultivation.
Away with the cry that the farmers need no
proteotien They do not need it, but IS II not best
for them to have il? The farmers have no such
notion. They are thankful for whstever informa-
ton they may get, AID though the measure may
cast sometime Il viii return TO rs hundred fold.