Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-09-21

tice, were properly remembered in the award Of
premiums
BUTTER.
We were, we confess, surprised to see 50 small
display Of butter from this section, the only cit
try from this county, however that of Mr.. Allen
Tobey Of Calais, received premium. We were
also surprised to observe so mcagera show Of
MAPLE SUGAR,
and glad TO see that Mr. Dorman Bridgman Of
llardwick received the first premium on this sta
pie product Of our section.
In the disply Of
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES,
we were also unrcpresen,ed.
In the
MECHANICS HALL
Messrs. Cobb & Cummings Of Montpelier rcceiv-
ed a premium on finished marble Mcssrs. Peck
4 Johonnott Of Montpelier on leather the
Mortified Manufacturing Company on their ex-
cellent chairs Colby Brothers h Co. of Water
bury on childrcn's carriages sleighs and clothes
wrngers W. + Mouton Of johnson on wnter-
pipe p. W Thomas Of Waterbury on fat-hcat
or A. II. Howe of Mortified on two-horse self
adjusting shafts Geo. W Aiusworth of Mont |
pelier on improved clothes dryer j. II. Morse |
Of Stanford on portable adjustable carriage top |
A. d. Tolles Of Bethel on sap eyapoutor c G. /
Post Of Iinesburgh on sap spout and bucket |
hanger and other sugar apparatus.
The display in
FLORAL HALL
Was, we venture to saw the finest ever seen at |
a State Fair in Vermont. Among the many we'll |
earned and iudciously bestowed premiums we |
notice, Miss b. l.. Ayerill Of Mortified on rug and |
carpet Miss b. l.. Perry Of Mortified, on rug |
Miss $ Amdon of Brookfcd on lace sash and |
hair chairs Miss l.. Wells Of Jacksonville, on |
rag carpet, and Mrs Zebina Perry Of Williams |
town, on bead mat. Messrs. c. H. Cross & Son, |
Of Montpelier, had also on exhibition n case CON
tanning 100 varieties Of the fine candies manulac- |
tured by them.
IN GENERAL
The Fair has been complete success, it we
except Friday, which, considering the stormy
weather, the fact that many Of the articles on OK
hbtion had been removed, and the fact that the
day was almost entirely devoted to horse racing, |
which we do not think draws" as well as form
ery, perhaps came out as well as could be ex-
pected
Too much credit cannot be awarded to tue Off
GERS of the society for the admirable arrangements
for the accommodation of stock and Of all articles
on exhibition, and for the almost perfect manner
in which everything pertaining to the Fair was
carried out.
The Grafton was delivered on Thursday, by DR..
George b. Loring. The following abstract of the
address we copy from the Burlington Free Press
DIR. LoRiNo $ ADDRESS
Dr. Lorng said that the place he filed was
originally assigned to one whom the people had
called 10 high office lie could not hope to com
mand the attention which would have been due TO
the Vice President of the Nation, even after his
announced retirement from public life But ai-
ter all one man was about rs good MS another on
these occasions. lie would speak 10 them of the
intellectual and material advancement IF Amcri-
can Agriculture. 1t is related that Lord Bacon,
who combined 50 much Of wisdom, study, and au
thOriy under one hat, one day piled his Agricul- |
tuml books in his court yard and made a bonfire
Of them, because he said he found no priHcipieS
laid down in them. 1t was a significant act
His library doubtless one of the best OF his !
day. 1t contained, doubtless, his Pliny, which
told him that men should plant when young, and
not build till after years his COlumela, who un
dertOOk 10 set down the points Of good COW in
his day, viz that she should be tall long, large,
with eyes large, black and open, horns smooth,
New England in our day, when we want our cows
close to the ground. In those days our improved
methods Of husbandry had not been heard Of |
Chemistry and science had added nothing 10 the |
methods Of agriculture. 1t was no wonder Bacon
burned his books In his days wheat was rarely
cultivated or eaten. Barley and rye were the
chief cereals. Coarse farm manure was the only
fertilizer the modern blessings of guan0 and SUI
perphosphate were unknown. Vegetables were
rarely grown. The implements Of husbandry
were rude The cattle were kept only for milk
and were fattened only when useless for milking.
| Fresh meat was a rare luxury for six months Of
the year The cattle were small, the horses were
Shetland ponies. The condition of society was
equally rude. Property and education were con-
fined to the few The luxuries OF life were en-
| joyed only by the few. The peasantry were in a
state of abject subsection and even liable for
the debts Of the landord--a state of things par
TALLY existing TO this day in that kingdom. Ba-
con gave the signal for the introduction OF new
methods and they have gone on improving down
| TO our day, when Lebig illustrates the applica-
| tons Of chemistry, and an Agassz demonstrates
the laws of reproduction for the benefit of man
kind.
That is the best agricultural college which
sends forth band of successful cultiyators Of the
soil ; admiring Nature and obedient 10 her laws.
Such an one, in which the experiments of the la
borutOry are put 10 the test in practice and which
gives 10 us an intelligent class of farmers, will
do good work for its time. lie was thankful
that the system of Agricultural Colleges started
here in this staunch and intelligent Agricultural
/ State, and Cunning to Senator Morrill,, who was
on the stand) he desired u here present his
thanks to the distinguished citizen Of Vermont,
now present., to whose efforts the country was
indebted for our Agricultural College system.-
| Applause.
The time is coming when it will not be necessa-
ry 10 defend the Agricultural College. But it
! has not fully come The most tremendous contest /
il. tla - haf batk
those who sustain the application of science to
agriculture, and those who consider farming a |
rude pursuit, incapable Of being dignifed and un
worthy the attention of scholars.
In advocating agricultural education, the
speaker said he had no thought Of undertaking
the achievements Of the practical farmers. 1t is
they who devised the system OF draining by which
| the stiff clay is made warm and fertile as loan.
They have brought out the hest grains and fruits;
they have tanned the animals best adapted to the
use Of man they have shown how 10 subdue ma
ture To them, also, we owe our social fabric. !
They held, in early daya, the entire resources Of
our country. They carried the country through
the revolution. Yet, il We have things they had
not, they had some we have not. They had soil
which, with little enrichng, produced results we
cannot equal. An old record OF Essex county
shows that there was time when the average
production was % bushels of wheat TO the acre
/ ~ Of corn 80 Of barley 5ls OF potatoes $50
of carrots $50 of beets and tons Of hay b the
acre. In our day new difficulties arise which
must be met by systematic farming Our soils,
exhausted by over cropping, require five times as
much in labor, manure and materials fifty years
ago We have had 10 create breeds of animals
adapted 10 produce the most meat and milk with
scantier feeding The curcuo and worms and
borers destroy our fruit. Our fathers pncticed
mixed farming, In our days special agriculture,
such as market gardening, yields the best profits.
lie urged the practice of special agriculture for
health rs well as Droft Our farmers eat too
much salt meat and too much poor bread A
yegetageble diet is lar more wholesome.
Weare told it is difficult TO teach agriculture as
science. But surely we can fix some established
rules. Yet when | undertook to tell our NJ ,ssa-
ehusetts farmers that raising corn fodder was not
profitable, there was an cutlery against me, as #
] | had proclaimed a heresy. When have said
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