Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-03-15
Important to Vermont Dafrymen.
Cornwall, VT.

letter from Mr.. o. s. Bliss, Secretary Of
the Vermont Dairymen's Association, to a
| gentleman who inquired of him when the
report Of the transactions of the Society
within the last year would be printed is pub
lished by the Messenger. Mr.. Bliss says
In answer to your inquiries | can only say
have not the slightest idea when the
. Transactions y will be published The
- COPY - is now ready for the printer, or
can be made so in an hour or two at any
time, but we have not the money to pay for
the printing and l have not the time to de-
vote to raising it. Here Mr.. Bliss goes on
to state that he has for the last five years
devoted much time to the agricultural inter
ests of the State, greatly to the detriment of
his private business, and that for this reason
he tried last fall to get excused from serving
as Secretary another year and that he finally
consented to serve only upon receiving pledges
from prominent members of the Association
in all parts of the State that they would give
its affairs their active support This aid has
not been rendered, in the direction of raising
funds, and consequently the Society and the
farmers at large must suffer, or else he must
be compelled to undertake a labor which his
limited means and the demands upon his
time will not warrant.
| can safely say, without boasting, that we
have the material for better volume than
any of our contemporary societies, or than the
parent Association, and it is very much to
be regretted that it cannot be brought out
promptly and in good style. In addition to
the regular papers, we have full report Of
the discussions occupying some sixty closely
written pages Of foolscap, and the regular
papers embrace a fund of interesting reading
and useful information which no farmer
should be without Extracts from the ad-
dress Of Mr.. Willard, the leading dairy au-
thority in the country, which was delivered
at the annual meeting held in Montpelier
during the fall, have been going the rounds
Of the press ever since, and only few weeks
ago ! saw quite long extract in State pa
per, copied from a report of the same address
when delivered weeks afterwards in Maine,
though the same paper hardly gave the meet
ing of our own home Association mere
mention" We had successful winter
meeting at Burlington, which was not gotten
up without some labor, for we had by labor
to supplement our little fund for hiring
speakers
As for the volume which we issu last
year, with all the aid which we could get
from membership fees and advertising within
the State, we were still left 1915 short and
were compelled to 90 out of the State for it.
We succeeded in raising $500 and the bal
ance paid from my own pocket We gave
OF our = Transactions - 100 copies to the
State Librarian for the library and exchanges,
and we have cheerfully responded to calls for
copies from nearly every State in the Union,
from the Dominion of Canada, and from sew
eral European countries. Faulty and i'm
perfect as it was in many respects, it has
gone to the world as the first Agricultural
Document ever issued from Vermont, has
been well received everywhere, and | am
proud to know that it has done much good.
Now, as have said before, we can make a
much better one this year if we can get the
funds, and if any one will solve this problem
for US, he will certainly confer public ia
vOr
The Messenger suggests that since the As
ISOLATION has a Trustee or other officer in
every county, and since these gentlemen
cave promised their " active aid the Secre-
tary should make up careful estimate of
the amount required, assess each county to
raise it's proportion, based upon it's size and
the extent of its dairy interest, and then ask
these Trustees to collect it. Every member
will have a volume, and it will be worth to
him twice its cost. For the credit of Yer
mont we hope this or some other course will
be pursued and the valuable document put
before the public.