Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1867-10-09
Mr.. EDIToR:-

some remarks made by me on the occas
+ ion of our late county Fair. think al
our difference of conclusion, so far a
{ least as you have intimated it, arises frOr
! a misunderstanding of what was said b,
: me on the occasion referred to. cal
hardly imagine how | could have boon s.
unfortunate in my effusion as to hav
conveyed, to so intelligent mind. idea
so different from those which ! INTENDED
to communicate. AS you understood ME
| do not think it at all strange that yol
differ from me; and one or two state
ments that you thought made will ap
pear so cxtravagant to well informed PEG
pie, that | think, for more than one gooC
reason, | ought to ask little space
(Which | am sure you will grant.) in few
words, to make myself, at least by you, q
little better understood.
did not intend to say 'that in the
raising of stock alone the farmers of Yer.
mont were to look for rich profits" Ac
cording to my recollection, did say,
that their situation was far different from
that of those in the grain and cotton
growing states; the comparative barren
ness of our rugged hills and narrow wales
would not admit Of the raising of crop
after crop, for many generations, without
any return to the soil to keep up its con.
dition for the growth of vegetation that
such course Of husbandry, in this state
would ultimately ruin all the farms, or
nearly all of them. | inferred, therefore,
that our farmers, as they, for long course
of years had DONE must continue to pur-
sue course of husbandry which will en-
able them to realize profits, and at the
same time return to the soil of their farms
a refuse of vegetable elements sufficient
TO keep from becoming too barren to yield
products in required abundance. There
may be some small portions of the state
where this course might not be necessary,
as distinctly stated, but insisted and
still believe, that the farmers of Vermont
as class considered as whole, must
pursue the course suggested, and then the
fact that here and there Vermont farm
er realizes his profits in his agricultural
products, or that some districts of the
state would admit of different course Of
husbandry, should not disturb general
conclusions. The idea advanced as pre-.
paratory to the main theme of my re-
marks was that the farmers of Vermont.
as class, realized the profits of their
farming operations, if they made any, in
the money they received for the domestic
animals they sold and the products of
such animals and then if those animals
we're Of such character that they could
sell them and their products of milk and
wool, for no more than the expenses of
raising and producing them, there would
be nothing gained by farming. Hence
the importance to farmers here, Of posses
sing class of domestic animals which,
in their own growth or their products of
milk and wool, would bring in the largest
amount of money for given expenditure
in vegetable products
10 set forth as well as I could, the fnll
Importance of this matter took occas-
ion to state there the value of the vegeta-
BILE products of this state for the current
year. of grass, hay, grain and root
probably DO about forty
millions. and that fully three millions Of
!! would be consumed by animals kept for
growth, fatting and the production of
wool and milk. endeavored to enforce
his matter as do not now propose to
my only object being explanation.
stated on the authority of we'll in
ormed and responsible gentleman resid- {
ne in Windsor County, this state. that
It the present time the horse stock of the
ounty of Orange, N, Y, was worth about
I've millions Of dollars, while the entire
orse stock Of this state, would not exceed
n value four millions. endeavored to
earch for and point out the cause for this
Extraordinary difference, aud remarked,
think, that my hearers might have some
inception Of the average superiority of I.
orse stock in that county, owe. that in !,
lis state, by considering that if the
hole state of Vt. was as we'll stocked n
it'll as valuable horses as those of that :.
'unty, the aggregate value Of horses 10 /
&c whole state would exceed forty mil. b
ons, while the value of all kinds of do. :
este animals in the state did not now ;.
;cced the value Of thirty millions. :,
This explanation, will, think, indi. /
tie how You happened to understand me
make the extravagant statement that,
c present value of horses in Orange 0'
unity exceed those of this state by ten '"
illions. Yours, &c