Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-03-17
Important to Vermont Dairymen

\ letter from Mr. o. S Bliss, Secretary Of the
Vermont Dairymen's Association, to : gentle
man who inquired Of him when the report of the
transactions OF the Society within the last year
would be printed is published by the .Nessen-
ger. Mr.. Bliss says
In answer to your inquiries | can only say
have not the slightest idea when the - Trans
sctions will be published. The copy " is
now ready for the printer, or csn be made so in
an hour or two at any time, but we have rot the
money to pay for the printing and have not the
time to devote to raising il. Here Mr.. Bliss
goes on to state that he has for the last FIVE
years devoted much time to the agricultural in
terests Of the State, greatly to the detriment of
his private business, and that for this reason he
tried last fall 10 get excused from serving as Sc
cretsry another year, ,snd that he finally consent
ed to serve only upon receiving pledges from pro
minent members Of the Association in all parts Of
the State that they would give its affairs their
tive support. This aid has not been rendered,
IN the direction Of raising funds, and conse-
quently the Society and the farmers at large
must suffer, or else he must be compelled to un-
dertske labor which his limited means and the
demands upon his time will not warrant
| can safely say, without boastng, thst we
have the material for a better volume than any
Of our c5temporary societies, or than the parent
Association, and it is very much to be regretted
that it cannot be brought out promptly ami in
good style. In addition to the regular papers.
we have a full report Of the discussions, occupy
ing some sixty closely written pages of foolscsp,
and the regular papers embrace a fund Of in
teresting reading and useful information which
no farmer should be without. Extracts from the
address Of Mr. Willard, the leading dairy au-
thority in the country, which was delivered 81
the annual meeting held in Montpelier during
the fall, have been going the rounds Of the press
ever since, ard only a few weeks ago ! saw quite
a long extract in state paper, copied from a
report Of the ssme address when delivered weeks
afterwars s in Maine, though the came psrer
hardly gave the meeting OF our own home As
socIati0n "nere mention" We had a successful
winter meeting at Burlington, which was not
gotten ~ without some labor, for we had By
by labor TO supplement our little fund for hiring
speakers
As stor the volume which We issued last year, with
all the d which We could get fro u membership
fees and Advertising within the State. We were
still left $3.50 short aud were compelled 70 20
out Of the STATE for IT, We succeeded in raising
500 aul the balance | paid from my own
plcEe'. We gave Of our d" Transactions 100
copies TO the state Librarian Cor the library and
egchaugss and We have cheerfGly responded to
calls for copies from nearly every State in the
Union, from the Dominion Of Canada, and from
several European countries Faulty aud imper-
te,r II was iu many respects, il has gone to
world ss The frs; Agricultural Document ever
isslei from Vermont has been well received
everywhere, and am proud TO know that II has
ioaa much COOL. Vow, as | have sail before,
ws cAu make mach better one this year II We