The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-11-30
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
Meeting at West Rutland.

The Vermont board of agriculture
manufacturers and mining began its first
winter meeting at the town hall in Yves,
Rutland on Monday afternoon at o'clock
The members Of the boarl present wert
Hon. Alexis T. Smith of New Haven, c.
G. Pringle of Charlotte, @. Horace Hub
bard Of Springfield and Prof. Henry NJ
Seeley of Middlebury college, secretary o.
the board.
Among the citizens in the vicinity pres
ent we noticed DIR. Lorenzo Sheldon, Will
liam Gilmore, j. E. Marley, J. Grafton
Griggs, Rev. ]. X. Williams, L. B. Smith,
A. j. Mead, Grove L. Smith, Rollin G.
Thrall, John II. Mead, w. II. Woodward
Hiram A. Smith, ]. L. Gilmore.
The meeting was called to order by c.
G. Pringle, who said this was farmers
meeting, and 1t was the desire of the board
that each one should make himself at home,
papers would be presented upon various
topics, directing the attention of the audi
ence and every one should feel free to dis.
cuss the subjects presented or ask ques-
tons.
DIR. Lorenzo Sheldon was invited to pre-
side over the meetings during the session,
but he declined because of the condition OF
his health whereupon ]. Grafton Griggs
was appointed president A J. Mead and
j. E. Manley, presidents.
The opening address was then delivered
by j. E. Manley, esq.
The late hour at which our report was
received and the crowded state of the
columns this morning compels us to post.
pone the publication of Mr.. Manley's in
teresting and cordial address of welcome
as well as to omit the abstracts of the
several papers read and confine the report
to a summary of the proceedings.
The Introductory address was followed
by an elaborate, well prepared and able
paper by Albert Chapman, esq, the agri.
cultural editor of the Middlebuiy Register.
| upon "the horses for Vermont" in which
the Morgan race of horses were boldly and
forcibly advocated. The paper was listen.
| ed to with close attention and at its 81 ,se
was earnestly discussed by Messrs. A. j.
Mead, G. L. Smith, DR.. Sheldon and others.
EVENING SESSION.
The meeting convened at o'clock when
an interesting concise, clear and excel.
lent paper was presented by l.. B. Smith,
esq, of West Rutland, on vermont min.
erals and the forests of the state" We
shall publish this admirable address in full
IN our next edition. Mr.. Smiths paper
was discussed at some length and many in.
teresting facts were drawn out.
The second paper of the evening was by
G. Horace Hubbard of Springfield, mem.
Der of the board, and editor of the Yer.
mont Fdrmer, upon "The wastes of the
farm" which was delivered In an easy,
conversational manner, much to the pleas
ure and instruction of the audience, and
embodied mass of valuable facts. The
speaker closed with appropriate applica-
tions of his theory and an apt anecdote il.
Illustrative of the subject. A discussion en-.
sued upon the topics suggested until the
adjournment.
| Col. John b. Mead, of Randolph. who
was expected to speak in the evening did
not arrive and will probably speak to-day.
Every farmer present felt that he was
amply repaid and there should be large
attendance of the farmers of Rutland and
vicinity to-day. The meeting will be re-
sumed at 8 o'clock this morning with the
following
Programme:
| TUESDAY MORNING.
8. The cultivation of the mind and soil
by j. G. Griggs, West Rutland.
| Z. The potato disease, by Cyrus g. Prin
gle, Charlotte.
| TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
| s. The water power of the state by
Henry Clark, Rutland.
8. Sheep breeding by John Fl. Mead
West Rutland.
| TUESDAY EVENING.
10. The general interests of the dairy
by Alexis T. Smith, New Haven.
II. The selection and care of cows fol-
the dairy by Gardner s. Fassett, Enos
burgh.