The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-03-21

agricultural interests Of the State, greatly
to the dctrimcnt 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 consent
ed TO serve only upon receiving pledges
from prominent members Of the associa-
ton in all parts of the State that they
would give its affairs their active support.
This aid has not been rendered, in the d.
rection of raising funds, and consequently
the Society and the farmers at large must
suffer, or else he must be compelled to
undertake labor which his limietd means
and the demands upon his time will not
warrant.
| can safely say, without Boosting, 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 close written pages
Of foolscap, and the regular papers EN-.
brace a fund of interesting reading and
useful information which no farmer should
be without. Extracts from the address
Of Mr.. Willard, the leading dairy author
ity 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 q
few weeks ago saw quite an extract in
State paper, copied from report of
the same address when delivered weeks
afterward in Maine, though the same pa
per hardly gave the meeting of our own
home Association 'mere mention" We
had successful winter meeting at Burl-
ington, which was not gotten up without
some labor for we had by labor to sup.
plement our little fund for hiring speak
ers.
As for the volume which we issued last
year, with all the aid which we could
get from membership fees and advertising
within the State, we were still left 1875
short and were compelled to go out of the
State for it. We succeeded in raising
$500 and the balance 1 paid from my
own pocket. We gave of our "Transac-
tons 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
several European countries. Faulty and
imperfect as it was in many respects, it
has gone to the world as the first Agri-
cultural Document ever issued from Yer.
mont, has been well received everywhere
and | am proud that it has done much
good. Now, as have said before, we can
make much better one this year if we
can get the funds, and # any one will
solve this problem for us, he will certainly
confer a public favor.
The Messenger suggests that as the
Association has Trustee or other officer
in every county, and since these gentlemen
have promised their "active aid" the Sc
cretary should make up a careful estimate
Of the amount required, assess each coun-
ty to raise its proportion, based upon its
size and the extent of its dairy interest,
and then ask these Trustees to collect it.
Every member will have volume, and it
will be worth to him twice its COST For
The credit of Vermont we hope this or
some other course will be pursuid and the
valuable document put before the public.