The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-01-18

Hampshire were assembled in convention
at Manchester in that state, that veteran
agriculturist Levi Bartlett, read a very
interesting paper contrasting the state of
New Hampshire with the Western States
as desirable locations or residences for
farmers. We do not think we can occu.
Ply our space this week better than by
liberal extract from the .H,tor d Fa,.Der,
which gives an excellent report of the
proceedings Of the convention.
By special arrangement, Levi Bart
lett, Esq, of Warner, the veteran agri.
cultural writer of New Hampshire, was
invited to read a communication he had
prepared, contrasting our own State most
favorbly with the Western States. We
give his remarks quite fully in this con-
nection:
When conirasted with many other
States in the Union, New Hampshire
does not rank very high as an agricultural
State. We have not the fertile and east.
ly worked soils ofthe west, nor the milder
climate Of the sunny south. But we
"still live" and think it can be shown
that the old Granite State is not in an
agricultural point of view, such apoverty-
stricken, Godforsaken part Of creation as
some would have us believe.
Every part of our country has its ad-
vantages and disadvantages. We have
many Inconvenience, as farmers, to con-
tend with, and so they have everywhere
else. But, upon the whole, have come
TO the conclusion that the great majority
of the farmers Of New Hampshire have
as few real evils to contend with as have
the farmers in any other section of the
country, and to substantiate the truthful
ness OF the above assertion, | will give
large array of facts, thai can neither
"'be hushed' up or coughed down
The first witness | will call upon the
stand is the great and noble State OF
Illinois For something like the past
two years, b. f. johnson, of Champaign
County, ILL.,, has furnished for the columns
of the Gn""tH t'etemen, weekly, a let
Ter upon agricultural affairs in that State
and from his letters | will make extracts
which will show tina, Illinois is far iron
being the Paradise of farmers
January u. 1869. He writes.
with short wheat crop,---a corr
crop equally sHrl, and bringing thrt,
cents bushel only, for seventy-fve pound
ia the ear,-with heavy local taxes TO b.
paid between this and the first of March
orr farmers are experiencing harde
times this winter than since 500 an,
1891"
December %. 1860. He says
I've fluid, on counting up, destroyed i
Champaign County, ,55I cattle, worth
Oh an average, SIS each, being loss t
the farmers Of that County of $3.50, 1896
This does not include, | understand, tn
losses OF those Who bought and fed Texa
cattle. The aggregate. | persume, wi
come fully up to 100000, So much 70
the Texas cattle disease in course of
few months ia SIS in one single count
oflllinoi,.
February 81 1869:
Western fever, which | suppose cas-
ern people think does not, like consuniI
tion, show itself here III central lllinoi
l. now raging in a way 10 alarm the III
philosophic and rimid. Every farm,
who can sell ont nj reasonable price
every foot-loos trader and mechanic
every laborer-- and everybody else vii
,au ret together the means TO emigrat
has hi- eye. turned to- and his hea
set on, the promised land of the west an
southwest while those fastened wit
poverty or circumstances, are AZ uneas
as ATTAINED geese with their wings Gu
AT those seasons when their free, wi
brethren trianguIate and trumpet throue
the sky lfpeople had their inclination
only to consult, eighty per cent Of Il
whole would move westward.
Men of New Hampshire, if eighty p
cent OF the farmers and others Of Il
Prairie State are dissatisfied with the
locations, and want 10 "sell out" aud en-
crate west, there must be "screw loos
somewhere 1t has been said that y,
Hampshire was a good State 10 emigra
from, but, from the above statement, it
doubtful if Illinois is good State 20 en-
CRATE to.
In his letter Of February 18th
writes .Il. .a.Il
1.-THE snow lies even enough to he
the ground from freezing, and in con
aucnce the roads are beyond all writil
bad and abominable. Men five mi
from town prefer TO walk in to taking
trip horseback, and where the necessity
imperative to drive out a team, six or
OF two pairs of horses are required
haul an empty wagon Since Novemt
we have had scarcely day of 60
roads and il will he something IN hrs q