Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-29
The Meetings of the Board of Agricul-
ture in Orleans County.

Our readers are probably already
aware that two meetings of the Board Of
Agriculture, Mining and Statistics, are
soon to be held in this county: one at
Newport on the 9th and 9TH, and the
other at Craftsbury, on the Sth and 9th
of August, next. This Board is a CON-
parativolJ new inotitution in our State,
having been established by an act of the
General Assembly of Vermont at its last
Session in 1870, and as 20 meeting has
yet been held in this part of the State,
some of our readers may not be acqu-
ainted with its purposes and methods of
operation. Without going into de-
tailed account of all that is intended to
be accomplished by such Board, We
would simply, at this time, call atten-
tion to its purpose in holding these
public meetings. only saying that the
Board was created to subserve the inter-
ests of Agriculture, and consists of the
Governor, the President of the State
Agricultural College and six 9TH
er persons who are appointed by the
Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
Section 5, of the act establishing the
board, makes it the duty of the board
to hold at least one public meeting, each
year, for the acquisition and dissemina-
ton of knowledge on the subject mat
tiers of their Investigations, by addresses,
essays and discussions, in which the
! people of the State shall be invited to
participate. 1t is in accordance with
this section. that these meetings are to
be held. The method adopted by the
board in conducting these meetings, is,
as we understand it, to have papers upon
different agricultural topics, prepared
and read, by gentlemen who are suppos
ed to be qualified for, and consent to dc
this work, the reading of each paper t.
be followed by discussion of the topic
introduced. 1t will thus be seen tina
the interest and profit of the meeting'
are dependent to certain extent upor
the farmers themselves, who are expect
ed to participate in these discussions
We would therefore urge our brothe
farmers to not only attend these meet
ings, or at least the one most convenien
to them, but to go with the intention o
giving as we'll as receiving information
The meetings are coming a time whel
work with most of our farmers will no
be pressing the haying season bein
past and the general harvesting hardl
commenced. The labor of securing tn
hay crop is severe, and the farmer Wi
be benefited physically, as well as men
tally, by taking a holiday or two at thi
time He will also find it agreeable
renew old acquaintance and form ne
ones, The farmers of Craftsbury an
Newport, we doubt not, will be glad |
meet their brethren from other towns
and extend to them the Inequalities {
) their homes. In short we believe tb;
) no earnest, progressive, intelligent ia
mer, who can consistently attend one
, these meetings, can afford to renal
3 away Prof. Collier of the Agricultu
3 al College, who is Secretary of the boar
D together with other members of Il
3 board, will be present and give Il
5 meetings the benefit of their educate
intelligence and practical experienc
5 Let the farmers of the county show the
s appreciation of the advantages offer
S them by these meetings, by attendil
6 and participating in them.
4 /. D R. C.