Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1863-01-15
From the Bellows Falls Times.

STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Annual Meeting Of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society. was held at
Bellows Falls, on the End day Of January.
1858.
The Committee on field crops made their
report by which it appeared that H. W.
Lester took the first premium on corn,
he having raised one hundred and one
bushels and l9 quarts to the acre.
Tho first premium on oats was also
awarded to Mr.. Lester, he having raised
seventy-nine and one.half bushels to the
acre.
The first premium on potatoes, to the
same the yield being two hundred and
ninety-nine bushels to the acre, with but
slight appearance Of rot.
The first premium OF wheat was award
ed to A. H. Post of Rutland.
The Treasurer's Report was read and
accepted, by which it appears that the bal
lance in the Treasury was three thousand
nine hundred and thirty-one dollars and
forty.threc cents. being an increase to the
fund Of about one hundred and sixty dol
lars since the annual report.
The annual report of the Secretary was
read and ordered to be printed. 1--WE make
the following extract:)
1.-THE passage of the Dog Law must be
regarded as q substantial advance in the
legislation of our State. The great dam
age to our sheep by the canine race can
hardly be estimated. Few sheep ~raisers
but that have suffered some,-many have
suffered a great deal. There is reason to
believe that the Dog Law came as the le-
gitimate result of our action at the Wool
Growers Convention, at which the Score.
tary was requested to memorabilia the Leg
i~slature in behalf of the enactment of a
Dog Law. 1t is estimated that there are
not less than seventeen thousand dogs in
this State at the present time. That this
aumber will be greatly lessened by the
passage of this Act, there can be no doubt.
1t would seem to be a wise disposition of
this money, that the revenue accruing un.
der the Act, should be allowed to remain
in the town treasury Of each town respect.
lively, as a fund TO meet damage arising
from dogs whose owners are not response
bic, or where neither owner or dog can be
identified"
The following gentlemen were elected
officers for the ensuing year:
PRESIDENT.
Edwin Hammond, Middlebury.
vICE PRESIDENTS.
]. W. Colburn, Springfield.
Henry Reyes, Newbury;
Daniel R. Potter, St. Adams;
Henry G. Root, Bennington.
CORRESPONDING AND RECORDING SECRETARY.
Daniel Needham, Hartford.
TREASURER.
J. W. Colburn, Springfield.
DIRECTORS.
Frederick Holbrook, Brattleboro
E. B. Chase, Lyndon;
Henry s. Chase, Shelburne;
David Hill, Bridport;
John Gregory. Mortified;
% Elijah Cleveland, Coventry.
Nathan Cushing, Woodstock;
Geo. Campbell, Westminster;
Henry Haywood, Rutland.
The following resolution was adopted
RESOLVED, Thatthe interests Of the wool
growers Of this State would be greatly
advanced by the publication Of a paper de-
voted exclusively to the subject of sheep
and wool ; that as the production of stock
sheep and wool have become pre-eminently
a leading feature in the agricultural in.
dustry of the State. some such communica.
ton among our own people and with the
people of our sister States, is imperiously
demanded that one great advantage to
be secured by the establishment Of such a
paper would be the securing Of communi.
cation with wool growers throughout the
country. and bv 40 doing nlace within d..