Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-01-08
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In The Bellows Falls Times t,s',, s's.,
mont ssls ssp' Of the proceeding. Of The sss 70. 70.
low. Fs1s s Agricultural Society, held :. tsI-
Ths ans on the ID day of Jsnas-a a =, ,o.s Bel
nor, Inc s Committee on feld crou. -auAry' 1863.
toot To-. y which it appeared s tSis made their re-
ed one hundrad mum ana on corn, be having ~.
quarts to the acre bushels and nineteen
To M Irst premium on oats w.
.n5 ar. Lester, he having was; Vas also awarded
Tpa pne.haf bushels to tSe So anrs Ss'eniy-nine
The r;siI e nrs' premium on potato. -.
hnsSs ieiu pelng two hundred ond y tne same;
Of rot. WIN but slight appearance
A. ID. Post of Rutland A' was awarded to
ihe lreasurer's report was ro.d,
81, oy winch 1t appears that the az ~, accept
nc ueasury was three thousand nina - b,nSa "a
an aad tnirly-one dollars and forty-tbras -
ing an increase to the fund of 49,.
port. ''N0e 'ne annual re-
Ihe annual report Of the Secretarv WA.
Re- Iesd : and ordered to be printed. 1--WE rsss I
tne ioliowlng extract }
| Inc passage Of the Dog Law n,ust bs -
gardeo as a substantial advance in tho lsr;.ls- :
uon Of the state. The great damage n on-
sneep Dy the canine race can hardly be estirna-
Ced' Few sheep raisers but that have suffered
some,-many have suffered a great deal =
lhere IS reason to believe that the Dog law
came as the legitimate result Of our action Al
the Wool Growers Convention. at which the
4 secretary was requested TO memorabilia ,he
Legislature IN behalf of the enactment Of a
Dog Law. 1t is estimated that there are nc,
- 'i'1 ~,'s.-ts .l-,,c..,aua S,vgs Ia ms staff
al Inc present time. That this nuroher ,~;Ii
De greatly lessened by the passage of this Act
there can be no doubt. 1t would seen, - h.
wise disposition of this money, that the raw
enue accrulng under the act, should be aIlow.
ed 10 remain IN the town treasury of each
Town respectively, as fund to meet damap.
arising from dogs whose owners are not rss
ponslble, or where neither ownor or doc "a,
be identified"
Ihe following gentlemen were elected off
GERS for the ensuing year:
President,
EDWIN HAMMOND, Middlebury.
Vice Presidents,
J. W. CoLBURE, Springfield,
| HENRY KEYEs, Newbury,
DANIEL R. Potter, ST. Adams,
HENRY G. RooT, Bennington.
Corresponding and Recording Secretary.
DANIEL NEEDHAM, Hartford.
Treasurer,
Jt w. CoLBURs, Springfield
Directors,
Frederick Holbrook, Brattleboro,
Z. B. Chase, Lyndon,
Henry 5. Chase, Shelburre,
David Hill, Bridport;
John Gregory, Mortified,
Elijah Cleveland Coventry.
Nathan Gushing, Woodstock,
Geo. Campbell, Westminster,
Henry Hayward, Clarendon.
The following resolution was adopted:
ResOlCed, That the interests Of the wo
growers Of this state would be greatly advance
by the publication Of paper devoted exclt
sively 10 the subject Of sheep and wool thi
as the production Of stock sheep and wot
have become pre-eminently a leading featur
in the agricultural industry Of the state, som
communication among our own people an
with the people of our sister states, is imper
ously demanded; that one great advantage
be secured by the establishment Of such pi
per would be the securing of communicate
with wool growers throughout the countr,
and by so doing place within the reach Of e
cry sheep raiser all matters Of interest relati1
thereto; that we pledge the interests Of oI
State Society TO the sustaining Of such = pap
whether established in or out of the state al
that we request and authorize the Secretary
this Society 10 open correspondence upon tn
subject with the view of establishing pap
at an early day.
Resolutions expressive of grief al the dea
of the Hon. John jackson of Brandon, wi
was member of the Board of Direction
the time of his death, were introduced by M
Needham of Hartford and unanimously adop
ed
Adjourned without day.
DANIEL NEEDHAM,
Rec. and Cor. Secretary.
Bellows Falls, Jan 2, 1868.