The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-10-17
Che autland Daily 6lohe.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER II, 1878.
THE PROGRESS OF AGRICUL.
TURE.
Creek valley Fair held mt wal
lingfOrd October IL, 1879.
ny REV. EDWIN NJ, HAYNES.


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of the past century of existence in the rec
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will erect century-post on the line
along which generations march and your
historian will nscribe upon it the classics
of the people who lived before US. That
inscription links two centuries together.
To him leave the task.
Associated with this grandcr festival you
have chosen to hold the annual Fair Of the
Otter Greek Valley Association, and more
singularly called upon me to vary the oc-
casion with what will perhaps miss-namc
an agricultural address.
undertake it with no prctentions or
claims of fitness.
Agriculture has many histories, but ii
has no system of universal application
The soil is generous good natured and
never complains If you do not treat II
twice alike.
1t keeps on yielding under the mos
bungling manipulations until its strength il
exhausted. Give it seed and it will pro-
duce flowers and fruit, above all things il
abhors barrenness.
Differing climates varying chemical el-
cments or proportions that enter into the
composition Of the soil, with many othci
circumstances, renders any ono system I'M
practicable.
nevertheless great many oooks pam
phlets and essays have been written upor
the best methods for the CIVILIZATIONS OF the
soil-fruit culture and the breeding OF do
mestic animals.
The results OF experiments, theories ny
pathetcal and fanclful have been published
and offered for practical investigation.
They are so numerous and conhictne
that any but practlcai cuiturist w0uid d.
confused by the mass OF attempted lnfor
nation on these subjects. Inc young maj
must be of more than ordinary courage tt
begin his farming enterprises according t'
the books.
Still agricultural literature SO lar as
gives the results OF actual experiments
/ with the conditions o! the cnmatc ana sol
and all the modifying circumstances 0
these experiments, is no doubt exceeoingi.
valuable.
inns literature Is Vi very great an'iqui,y
In the scraps OF history exhum-d from IN
dart OF the early Caiueah ages, theFe ar
evidences that agriculture received scieh
titic attentions.
/ The earliest Egyptian heirogiyphlcs rep
resent implements OF husoandry. IRON
China and Palestine, when the worid wa
new. we learn that animnl power was AZ
piled to the cultivation OF the SOL
.,.t nrt1N n :
IN the elegant manuscripts Oh inc "rceh'
thousand years before Chrls'' are sWe'
descriptions OF the plough ana OF draining
/ The Greeks had their agricultural writers
And in the pages OF their nest modern ms
tor'ans, although the WORK Is NANNY occu
| pied with a minute description Oh hProe
and demigods--'hc iame oil stA'Ss am
statesmen, yet ne pauses 10 say Una. III
productions oil that iahu, "erc MnG Si
barley, flax VINE ana oii-tnat theS hau IN
breeds OF cattle norscs ehcep anu SWINE
The Romans iau DOCKS anu laws o