Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-10-06


few useful purposes. Each trnsted
his own information, and Knew Ii,S "
more ABOUT The practice Of contermlnons
districts Then that OF China, or the mos
ulstaRt country. The establishment ~
the Board removed at once all tbsSa
evils and difficulties. 1t made fairness
who resided in the most distant onor
tiers OF the Kingdom acquainted with
one another, and caused rapid dissera
nation OF knowledge among the VIM
profession, The art of Agriculture ny
brought into fashion; old prgctjcas
were amended and new ones were MFR
duced, and degree Of exertlon NAM
Tested which had never before been ey.
emphhed on "this island.n All historv
teaches us that IL is of the first impoT-
lance IN the accomplishment Of great
OBJECTS OF Improvement to collect men
together, and bind them in an associa.
ton for that purpose. An institution
for the improvement of our agriculture
will bring the intellect OF the State 10 q
more powerful bearing upon that sinh.
ject. Thus collected and organized we
shall see, ana hear, and learn new
things, and learn them in such a man.
ner as TO make an indelibie impression
and to exert Il practical influence. In.
stead of resting upon ways as good as
any in our immediate neighborhood, we
shall compare ourselves more ex.
tensiyely with others, and improve &C.
cordingly. An enthusiastic zeal will
be awakened useful knowledge in all
departments ofhusDandry will be scat.
tered broad cast over the State our
farms will be made more valuable our
homes more pleasant and comfortable.
and our income more abundant
As we meet thus in traternal council
and congratulatiOn, ana gaze upon the
collections in the various branches which
constitute an agricultural Exhibition.
We must wonder at and admire the
forces which are constantly at work for
our calling. How has the earth labored
| in all haste during the short summer
season, "tne sixty days OF corn weather.
| to bring forth those fields, even now
! white under the harvest With what
| patience aud endurance, has the animal
! kingdom resigned itself TO its imperial
master and allowed its forms 10 be
moulded, and its intelligence guided for
| the comfort and convenience and neceS.
| Sity OF man. Summer and Winter, day
and might. seed time and harvest, come
| and 90 Tor Us and our fields. By fire
| and water, by decay and change, by Sc
cret and hidden chemical process, by
heat and frost, and by the vast me-
chanical power of the revolving globe,
are our soils prepared for our cultiya-
ton. The ingenuity of man eXhausts
itself for US. The wheel the pulley, the
lever centrifugal and centripetal forces,
every curve and angle, are brought into
the construction Of machinery to aid Us
in subduing hard and obdurate soil
and in gathering in our crops. In moth.
ing is the profound interest Of man in
the great art which feeds and clothes
him, made more manifest, than in his
constant endeayors to strengthen the
hands Of those engaged in it. The ap-
peal to Us is great. The good God opens
his StOrehOuSe of land and sea and sky
and man dedicates his most cunning
faculties-all that we may become intel
ligent and successful farmers.
From our own New England too
comes Il call which we must not dis
obey. New England the mother Of
American arts, the director of American
industry, the guide OF American thought
New England appeals to us TO develop
by society, and school, and discussion,
and experience, and science, that art Of
all arts by which she may feed and
clothe her own people and from which
she may receive the sound and conser-
vative thought and virtue of o well ed
ucated rural population. The respon-
sibility which rests upon us, as her chill
dren can hardly be measured. Her mills
which obstruct the passage of every
stream, her ships which cleave the wa
tiers along every shore, her schools
which send their ray into every corner
of the globe, her theories of religion, and
OF domestic and civil government,
which agitate a great people, have given
her an eminent position which demands,
as the corner stone of her temple, uni
versal development of her agriculture
on the best principles of practical SCI
ence. Advance, then, farmers, and
study your art. And when that time
shall come as it inevitably will in
which the true merit of New England
shall be weighed in the balance and the
power assigned her which she has won
by her genius, it shall be found that not
only in schools, and in all mechanical
ingenuity, not only in theories and spe-
culatlons, does she excel, but that her
sons have learned how to adorn her hill
sides and enrich her valleys with the
products of well-directed agriculture.
So shall she maintain her proud posi-
ton among the nations of the earth,
resting still upon those sturdy virtues
which brought her into existence and
have inspired her sons to lay down their
| lives If need be, in every work which
might enlighten and elevate and chris
tianize mankind. So shall we, her chill
dren, according to the measure of our
calling, receive the reward of good
| and faithful servants"
U. S. CIRCUIT CoURT,-The Fall session