The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-01-23
The Vermont Dairymcns' As.ocin-
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The speech Of Hon. f. u. Mason of
Richmond, President OF the Association,
will he found ON the first page. At the
conclusion of this very excellent address,
DR.. l.. G, Butler of Essex. welcomed the
association, substantially as follows:
MR. PRESIDENT The Partially of my
fclloW-dairymcn has assigned to me the
agreeable duty Of wclcowng the Associa-
ton of which you are the honorpd head, to
our midst. On their behalf welcome yOu
TO the Inequalities of this village wei
come you TO this town, whose population Is
mostly of farmers, aud whose dairy pro-
ducts are second to III town in the county
| welcome You this county. which, in nun
Der If pounds OF butter sold. ~ shown hv
the census Of 1870, stand, third in rank by
a small fraction, but first in number of
pounds Of cheese, and gallons Of milk sold,
with only two competitors that reach half
its number. Your Association has achicv
ed glorlu- success in the able papers you
have placed on rccorC in the discussions
which have given life to your meetings, and
in the prominence which the dairy products
haYc gained in the markets of the world.
through your influence.
! welcome also these men Of note in the
dairy world, whom your munihccncc has
gathered here. The darymcn of this and
and other counties expect feast Of fat
things. Labor Is cnobling, and next to
an honest man. TIE llboring man is the no.
blcst WORK of God. Mr. President; we bid
youand your association and your a,soci-
atcS in this meeting, q hearty welcome.
Henry Clark, Secretary of the STATE 49,
ricutural Society, was next introduced.
Mr.. CLAEK's REMARKS.
Mr. Clark alluded to his services Tor
twenty years IN the cause of agriculture.
Though not a practical farmer, he had felt
deep interest in the progress and success
of this society. No organization Of the
kind has accomplished It 1.-THE of what this
has. Twenty years ago there was no special
farming. Within that time the breeding of
horses and of sheep. have been adopted as
spccialties in our state. and the making of
butter and cheese. The progress made by
Vermont in these branches cannot he
cqualled in any other state.
There is now revival of interest in
farming. brought about largely by associ-
ations like this The farmers of Vermont
are men of observation and reading. and
able to profit by such meetings, though not
prepared to show on the face of their labor
such progress rs others in other states
The dairymcn of the Middle and Eastern
States began with small beginnings, and
they have accomplished noble work
There was an assemhlage at Utica. n. Y,
last week, TO which the eyes of the farm
ers of the whole land were turned Orr
farmers look 20 The printed volumes Of the
transactions OF tnesf societies as text Books.
l,,-I Of
England, and lead the world. Organza-
tons like this have brought producers and
consumers together in close alliance. What
has this society done!
In answering this question, Mr. Clark re-
viewed the four previous meetings Of the
society, at st. Adams, Burlington, Rutland
and st. Adams again. abiding to the
papers read at those meetings by DR. Gold
smith, y a Willard, Henry Lane, DR. Geo
b Loring, f ID Douglass, + jameson,
Harris Lewis of Utica, c l. Flint, r )
Gold, Alex Hyde, and others, and to the
interesting and valuable discussions.
There is an increase Of interest in dairy in
dustry The farmer desires to pnt into his
work the help of science, To be good
dairyman, one must be student.
The receipts of cheese in 1871, were
1,450, 72l boxes. In 1878 there were over
1873, 100 boxes, or over half million of
boxes more than in II. The possibilities
of the future are still greater Or farmers
should have more fully sustained this as
ISOLATION, in funds IA well as words and
not have compelled it to call on the state
or on individuals TO publish its proceedings.
With due support from the farmers, it will
not lack the fostering care Of the state.
DR.. George +. Cole Of st. Lawrence
county \ Y. road la
complaints of farmers and the benefits of
union. The complaints are of oppression
that farming does not pay that farmers
live hard that all other industries are bet
ter paid. The speaker had been only six
years farmer, but he thought there was
plenty of ground for these complaints. In
St. Lawrence county farming does not pay
over two per cent. on the capital employed.
lie proceeded to msintain that all other
callings are supported by the farmers and
are better paid than the farmers. The far
mers are behind the times. Thcy are the
dupes of traders and spectators jAll 9TH
cr trades have unons-thc farmers must
also organize. Those who own the coun-
try should govern ii. He wanted govern
ment expenses and salaries cut down to
farmers prices. The farmers should vote
lower rates to the railroads. Some thought
agricultural societies, farmers clubs, and
agricultural colleges of no use. He
thought them Of much use. In his opin-
ion brains, combined with industry and
applied with common sense, made one of
the best fertilizers for any farm.
DR. Coles paper seemed TO touch re-
sponsive chord in many of the farmers
present and was received with applause,
The association then adjourned for din
ncr.
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