The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-10
Rohr.I of Agricnl ure.


ture Manufactures and Mimi g for the
County Of Addison was held at Vcrgeu.
mes on Tuesday aud Wednesday of last
week. Hon. George W. Grandey of Yer.
gennes was called to preside The open
ing paper was given Tuesday afternoon
upon "Mechanical Appliances" by DR..
Blanchard Of Middlebury, in which be
considered at length the condition Of the
farmer before aud after the introduction
Of labor-saving machinery, and prophe.
sled for him brilliant future. The
spe' ker suggested several things which
would naturally follow 10 the line Of dis
coveres which the farmer had opened and
closed with brilliant peroratioD portray.
ing for the future educated farmer the
supremacy OF the earth, as the result Of
preponderance Of numbers and superior
intellectual advantages.
A discussion followed which was par
ticipated 10 by l.. l.. Wright, ESQ, OF
Cornwall, Mr.. Jameson OF lrasburgh,
Prof Collier of Burlington, DR. Hoskins
Of St. John-bnry, K. g. Gpodale of Ad-
Olson aud Others.
At the evening session Col e. S. Stow
eli Of Cornwall, delivered his address on
Sheep Raising He gave an exbaus-
tive history Of sheep, from the wandering
herds Of the Arab down through success
sivc eras, including history OF breeding
10 Spain, in SAxouy ana in France, com.
my down through the entire history OF
the American sheep lever mud giving d
history OF all the inportatlons into hi.
country, aud closing with description ui
the mod sheep OF the future, such as j,
bred IN Vermont.
Prot. Peter Collier then read paper
upon The Waste Products OF the Farm. y
This was most interesting aud pru6ta
nle discussion oil the wastes which might
and ought to be utilized in The almost her.
the streams, woodlands, waste lands, Sta
BILE mauu,es wastes OF the house ktchen
and finally waste of time Ne
Wednesday morning, Mr T u tilry ,
Rrldpor. was Introduced who read u T.
per which h. said was hi m ,drn I, iirr
us subject was not announced, hui
seemed to be SO general as only TO be de
scribed by saying that he rela'ed his owl
experience in cattle feeding. The dan
gers in the way Of the farmer were mum
erous. ODe OF these was the danger o
becoming TOO mis-, ry.
The speaker proceeded to discuss th,
subject Of vegetable cultivation aud pro
duction and various other topics suggest
ed to him III his personal experience. TIT
paper was followed b questions and dir
cussions upon the topics suggested.
Wednesday afternoon Prof G. Fl
Perkins, of the University OF Vermont
read paper Oh "lnsects Their Rela
ton to the Farmer" Prof. II. NJ. Seely
Of Midd!ebury college, read paper upol
'Leaves their structure and iunct'ops.
Both OF these papers were exceedingly in
teresting in spite Of their scientific char
acter
The evening session was opened with
paper from DR.. 7 II. Hoskius. Of S,
Johpsbury, editor of the Vermont Farm,
er, on the Running out OF Stock, Crop
and Land" which was olIowcd by dis
cussiops upon the subject.
F. D. Douglas who spoke on the "Prin
piles and Practice of Butter Making.
This able and interesting presentation Q
this important subject was thought to ca
FIR further remarks and discussions bu
the time was limited aud the meeting con
cluded 10 hear Mr. =. Il. Pease of Char
lottc on The Elevation Of the Farmil,
Community" after which the meetin
adjourned The meeting was success
as to members in attendance aud the il
terest taken in the topics presented, an
it was felt by all present that this Boar
are doing good work.