Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-31
STATE Board Of Agriculture

STATE Board Of Agriculture.
Toe.state Board Of Agriculture, Mining
ami Manufactures held D meeting az Bur
iiueten last week Hon. Pitt " Hyde, on
motion OF Hon. \. B Stafford, was chosen
chairman. President Buekbam OF the y nj
yersitv 81 Vermont and State Agricultural
COLLEGE delivered the first address expiand-
tory Of the objects of the meeting Dr..
Hiram A Cutting then read paperon 60 The
Economical use OF the metallic ores ii Yer
mont" He said that while the mining IN
terest= ia marble and slate exceed those of
many other Stases, the rocks OF Vermont
are too old and compact, OF too nearly con
nected With the glacial DRIFT, to give metallic
ores of much value There seems, however.
70 be strong interest in mining among the
people. Almost every week the ex-
press brought him Varce.s OF worthless sand,
containing yellow OF white mica, 0r white
and yellow pvTItes, supposed by the senier7
60 he gold and silver. The general eonelu-
sion of his paper was that-there are no
metallic ores IN Vermont worth working,
During the day papers of much interest
were also read By g. r. Manly Of West RuJ-
land on j. Marble Deposits Of Rutland Coun-
~. bv Hon Roswell Farnham IF Bradford
On % The Copper mines OF Orange County :,
and by O. G WaItof Georgia entitled " Ai-
vatage u Bee Keeping.
In the evening Professor Samuel V. John
son. Ut New Haven, Conn. read paper
entitled Exhaustion of Soils, IA most
able and instructive argument against the
popular theory that the sad naturally de
generates ana viii Ia time become exhausted
+ lie asserted that the popular belief that the
land throughout the COUNTRY is Impoverished
wear by year. aud that the natural effect ct
continued cultivation is 70 exhaust the soil.
is untrue. All the figures Of statsticitus
cannot maze It 50. He defined exhaustion
a. the removal from the coil of clements
necessary 10 produce crop, ami 10 available
form o. 10 80. All the elements necessary
70 the production ot given crop may exist
In soil. tut not iD Ia form which makes c
available 20 the crop. All soils contain all
the elements necessary 60 crop. BY con-
tiuual cropping. some element BID farm
available 10 the crop ls removed. and u Is
the business OF the farmer T. restore tae ,ls-
Iaeuts - removed. For instance. some crop
may be produced year after year which con-
stantlv removes from the sJii some particular
Ingredient, as ThlspL9rlc acid or phosphate
of lime. ami TINS must pe restored 10 the
soil in sufficient tueu;i'.e- o. replace what
has been removed
The second day S proceedings opened with
"a larger attendance. and remarks BY his TX
eelloncv. Gov stewart. President Buea BAN
ia the chair DR. Hassu-. editor Of tie
Vermont F4-7.-r, next rea5 % paper entitled
. 2, Notifications ot New England Hu>1aHiry.
made necessary hy Western Competition
The T.a.... Faa- was highly ree ia
mended e the farmers s. Vernon, S Tr.l
1 Collier. Mr. Lanc ~ Cornwall T. F jaime
son of Irasturg6 and others
Henry Hall. ~ ol Eu5iauI r,ai n paper
entitled she /. History oi Agriculture
snd a letter was read Tram Harm, % NorthroI
Of Fairfield. followed bya short discussion
mainly ou tine character aud identity o.
e nitre. opoued s. don. n. Heath i
/ Pisi56eld
m the evening. Mr. Heath in ,sc chair 10
the absence of rae President. Re, John
Newman. ID. p., OF Puney, read paper an
E. Agricultural Ethics and Henry Lane.
Es9 et Cornwall. oJe On Pear Culture il
Vermont The remainder q tho evening
WIS occupied with dIscusl-ln ol much
Interest. en the vsIue 81 commercial fertlit
ers. by Professor peter Collier
( That the state Board is doing very imr1r
tan. and beneficial work there can be no
doubt. and the coming session OF the Board
/ in Montpelier viii Pc looked forward to with
eager interest Some ot the papers read At