The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-06-20

9th 1871.
At the opening of the meeting Judge
June, Vice. President of the Brandon
Farmers Club,was called upon to preside,
and in q brief address welcomed the board
to Brandon, and to the Inequalities Of the
club. He also gave brief history of the
club, and its history, and the success its
labors have met in exciting spirit Of
enquiry among the farmers, and acquiring
a good living &c. Judge June also gave,
very brieAy,a history of farming in Bran
don. Judge June then introduced Pres
ident Angel, of Burlington, Of the State
Agricultural College, and a member of
the State Board of Agriculture, who ad-
dressed the meeting explaining the object
and aims of the board with an outline
of the labors marked out for it to accom-
plish /; touching briefly upon the need Of
such labors, by contrasting what has been
done, and is being done, in other States
with what has been, and is being done in
Vermont for agriculture, and statistics of
the value of her mineral and Hydrogra-
phic resources
Its labors could only be made effectual
by the aid of the Farmers, Manufacture
ers, and Miners, which, if accorded, would
secure the usefulness of the Board and
the further appropriation Of means by the
Legislature to make it become one of the
permanent institutions of Vermont.
Professor Collier the Secretary of the
Board, here remarked, that the plans
proposed were to certain extent to be
modified by suggestions from those who
were interested in its objects.
A paper upon Agricultural Societies
was then read by 7. L. Jameson, Esq,
Irasburgh, member of the board.
One great bar to the usefulness of Ag-
riculture Societies is the want of cooper
alton, and interchange of experience in
successful management as we'll as unsuc-
cessful experience. A plan of co-opera-
ton on the part of clubs, and county So
cieties with the State society,wa sugges-
ted by which prize animals,or articles, from
all the miner shows should be collected land
come in competition with each other at the
State Fair which would, in the opinion
Of Mr.. Jameson, add much interest and
value to the resulting awards.
Mr.. Jameson also gave some notice of the
new notional society or order known as
the Patrons Of Husbandry.
Mr.. Jameson was followed by Mr..
Douglas, of Whiting, upon the good in
fuence exerted by Farmers Clubs, and
wishes to see one established in every
town in the State, and remarked that if
the State Board could accomplish this OBJ
ject alone,it would much more than repay
its cost.
Hon. p. w. Hyde, member of the
board, spoke upon the importance of de.
veloping the manufacturing interests Of
the State, and of the importance of Hy-
geographic survey of Vermont similar to
one that had produced such results in the
State of Maine, in attracting capital from
abroad to develop the watering power Of
the State, thereby creating home markets
where the products Of the farms Of the
State would find near, and less expen.
sive market.
Mr.. Cole, an English gentleman, stop.
ping in Brandon, suggested the ider Of
keeping the rooms Of Farmers Clubs
constantly open as reading rooms, such q
course had been successfully practiced in
England.
Mr.. Prindle, Of Charlotte, remarked
with pleasure upon the spirit of enquiry
unity, and desire for cooperation, as ex.
hibited by the meeting He had felt en-
couraged by hints and suggestions from
others,i in many horticultural experiments
at which he had been working alone.
Rev. Mr.. Williams, Of Castleton, rec
commended the advantages of keeping ;
record of the important exeic ises, an(
results of experiments by Farmer
Clubs.
Mr.. Sumner, Of Brandon, remarked tina
this had been practiced by the Brandon
Club, and gave an amusing and instruct
i've account of his own experiments t,
test the correctness of the theories Of hi
father, and how he had learned to diffe
from those theories, and learned to mag
urate in many cases very different prac
tees, with more profitable results thai
had been obtained under the old system
At the evening session Professor Per
kins, Of Burlington, read very interest
ing and valuable paper, upon Birds an
their relation to agriculture, but much Q
its practical value was lost, by being dis
sipated in the echos of the hall where
was read.
After this paper was read the meetin
adjourned to the club room, and listene
to paper read by A. Chapman, upor
"Size not the measure of merit in farm
ing" recommending the reduction {
farms, to such a size as will corrospon
with the ability of the owners to develop
their resources more fully and proftabl
than is now obtained under the preseI
system. Also the keeping of such mot
crate size breeds of farm stock as may |
more perfectly developed, and theret
made more profitable.
On Friday morning the meeting liste
ed, with much interest, to very valu
BILE paper from Rev. r. G. Williams,
Castleton, on meteorological observ
TONS" giving some very interesting st
tistics and conclusions obtained during Il
observations of many years, and testif
ing TO and combining the value of the pr
dictations of the weather from being Sc
out from the national observatorics.
Col L. S. Stowell, of Cornwall, tn
read paper upon "Nhat Horses sh,
we raise" recommending the breedil
our small sized, hardy useful, courageol
Morgan mares, to large, broad, hea'
Stations from trotting families, of go
blood and color, to secure larger size
more saleable horses, as we'll as tho
more useful for the carriage, the road, "a
the farm, and more likely to prove fai
and lasting on the track. Col. Stow
was followed by Mr.. II. ID. Douglass,