Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-02-02
State Board of Agriculture
MEETING AT BURLINGTON. JANUARY u AND
25. 1872.

ture, Mining and Manufactures, opened at the
Court Hosse on "Wednesday. with % moderate a.
tendance
The meeting vas called to oroer by Prof.
Peter Collier, the Secretary Of ths Board, aud
on motion Of y B. Stafford. ESQ, Of Hartford,
Hon. Pit ". Hyde, o' Cas.lcton. was chosen as
Chairman
The chairman iatroIr;ed President Buckham,
of the University of Vermont and sts;e Agrica|-
tpral College. ~ao spoke as fdlloWs:
PRESIDENT BvcKHAM's ApDRIss.
In the absence Of His Ezcellency the Governor,
the Secretary hss asked ne 10 cay a fs# words
explanatory Of the objects o. this meeting, and
Of the designs and aims Of the board. have
consented to do 60 on the understanding that by
relieving the other membe of the merely cere-
monious duties Of the oc lon, shall enable
them to reserve taemse,ye. 'or tha more impor-
tant vork OF instruction and Discussion.
Ii DO not mistake the signs Of the tinee
agriculture has entered IN era in which it is das
tined to meke more rapid progress than in any
previous age Baron Liebg says that Agriculture,
though the Oldest Of the scieuces, sud.by far the
most generally pzac;icel has rnz3e less progress
ttan any other. ard this he attributes O. the
smaller amount Of intelligence which hes been
put into ii Bat the agriculture of our day is be
ginning to appreciate the practical value o. intel
igence, Of b-aiu-Work Of science Iae stimulus
has come from various qusrters-partly from the
/ necessity Of competing with the more productive
agriculture @. the West partly f-ou the grow
ing scarcity oflabor snd tae coass4 uent necessity
of fubatituting mind for mu1cle bat mainly
I from the increased attention given hy s.uiious
/ rnca TO the applied sciences, nearly every oce Of
which hos a direct hearing uFou agriculture.
This progressive spirit msnitests ltssii In the
greatly Increased patronage OF agricultural
newspapers. in the multiplication Of Farmers
. Clubs in the institution OF State Boards Of az
riculture, md Of Agricultural Schools aal CO..
leges su over the country. without claiming
1 that very large practical results have, as yCt,
sprung from these various agecces, II Is quite
sale 70 SAY that the enterprise which prompts
and sustaius them, is the turest possible gusran-
t. Of valuable results il the future. lE the case
O.. sny industry whatsoever, if you csu per
suade iew only Of the best men in it to bring
their whole intelligence 20 bear upon lis i'm
provement, upon the perfection Of IT, processes,
the adaptation Of nstursl and mechanical forces
TO its uses. and The increase Of i's profits, the
consequence win inhlhbly be 10 ia-
fuse into the whole body q new s1iri, Jf
enterprise "A'-A ia A-e l-l-- wal 10
out the most unexpected and gratifying results.
10 tnls poinl ssI!cuiluie h-s nov o'-.1 -'e'e'
before has il cnlistei % much intelligence OF
prcmgted 60 much inquiry aud study never
was the sid Of science Invoked with 80 much de-
ference and docility: never vas there such
esgernees % appropriate any ku1slelge or ex-
perionce which might contribute TO success
And though !; mus. Re confessed that only few
Oh tle sreai uats oI Aile-s 10 our country -a'e-s
yet ie-t ms new implsesii 'le 'es- il- are a.'
= thoroughly awake -h- are putting in'o t-e "oiA
OF improvement aloA IN an un' o- "iA'l.s
ana energy tlal ile soaiag.on OF lA..l example
sui the e.94e ol meg S-C1 - VI. CIT 'o'B
o'ing over me tAef'i'-. --' 'ae .@-y'
Inns meeting Anu Tue +sr'et ei i-1s-i.5 e o-
Wnich tas is me ni9'' ouIA' 70 90 'i 'o- ...sss
Will DO maeA io"a1is ll-s .n'- I1-se
mceu1ga "-A 10 t2e Aisl ia's Asst 10
keeping up ilt increasing 's -I'''' e'
sericu-ilfal ea'e'p PRISE "Ai,n o- i'sei promises
s0 mucl Tor i.e lItuIe ei i'S great
interest I1ey V.l 10 the second see increase
the sum on kuoNi-Ite. 10. oA.y % ez2n ID IT.
vduai knoF'eige' ~ enaouas Ain 20 tI9A- oy
ms neiguler tApt- e"-e .Ni "i-4'-t "i' ''
the aggregate Ano"'ei-e " ST '-e Inenoers-
" hen, i2r lns.Alce' cur Irleni l'9n i'AsluIgn
hss given us lhe best O.. Ais VISION on vr,h-
arilns, anu otaer I-emoeIs hi'e contributed
theirs, she result VII le tfai We fAaA 2a9F
more a'2ut o9clariins imam Le @ueo' OF '1-h
ell plt iote,aei anew 'e'l.e We 1'souisel il'H-
topic llAi ls '-e --'A-.--- -l '-- ii' meg g
ana coi-D '.- e-i ''-u.t'ae .l1 o' 'Hi'' '''1ai
kn9Nleise AlI t-se -A.J "-1l '''-t i'
favored, IS tins cue is, ~ the pFef--ce OF genie
men Wl1 sre aciAort-es on almost any SUBJECT
on Whi1l ide practical farmer desires l1'orm'-
ton, the opportunity .s one OF rrlsl.- i1'creat
a7d value
hli SUI more DID portrait 1-ae-' " tli1
meetings s The i1-iiiy iley give ios resfn7nine'
sancn1uias ili Irlnei isA.ils me -rei' p''aeil ts
on which 'lcceseiu. farming must 'e 'esei u
ag icu!ture ~ l0 any sense a SCIENCE. ii ii mas
any fullsus-tal principles, Dc r. tame thar e
besiaul7E E2s uNi-o. c9luyius AMI i.sseti .t-
sting those principles have noHc-l that IN
agricutura- ucauags. pretty mu'- ite same
things come ap over AMI over s-oa- 10 De- with
them just as it with cur tsaoi-rs' a-s''aiion'-
Ins SANE s,s' = .S1u' o,-. A.- Oyer, ... e- "
o''r'" : '--'-- 9-
e - '.l '-' --''t-.i'1 .a-...l
i-7.....,-ir 81, nv /, .c.s--s H. al. ts-s s-. "a,
IL some r-.,i1l,. w1.,l have been permanently
and ur.,-er.bIv e-iahl ahei. au1 the .nov.eire
Of which would be Of the highest va'ce TO
.hc pract,.l farmer This board v3uli 90
ss7vI-e Wliel would more than justify iis exist
eu.e, if bF and Viia lhe clrioe sui concurrence
of ite-c representative farmers wSo are g. tske
part IN rs ueetiacf 8, were 90 :H-u-
ulate aud scltter throughout tue s,ste
some OF the veil established facs Of ,he
fcieuce Of agriculture. Ar the Dairymcu's meet
iry il Kutlsnd las, week it was declared TO o.
established by long ezusri nee that - Is the
best Temperature for curing cheese, and cheese
maker who was in cueg- of that fact might well
have com. from The f4rthsft corner Cf the SAFE
70 ascertain IT, know itis uo. possible to ST.
rive 81 this precise mathematical knowledge on
al The Questions which Nill arise bere-Jhst =
provisional answer is all thsl can he nov
given 10 many important auastious (srI msy
ssv in passia, that il is another osjec; Of these
r,es-ipcs TO commit this provisional Eu3w.eige
IN rrs,.ie.l farmers for testiur bv sxoerience.)