Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-27
Sixth winter Meeting.

ment at Village Hall at ten o'clock, 4. NJ, on
Wednesday, the Goth inst. Hon. +. ID. Mason.
Of Richmond, President, in the chair. The
attendance at opening was quite light but
the number gradually increased until the
hall was well filed.
After reading of the Scriptures and prayer
by Rev. H. 4. Spencer, the President of the
society made his annual address rs follows
ADDRESS or ruE PRESIDENT
We come here to-day inaccordancc with our by
laws and articles of association, and trust the
meeting will be- made OF interest and usefulness to
all. Il should be remembered that the value OF
such meetings rs this must depend very much
upon the manner IN which those in attendance are
Interested aud signify o Willingness to make them
Of most practical account
u must not be supposed that this meeting is i'm
augumtcd merely A. matter OF entertainments
where people may come simply U pass an idio
hour IL is a farmers aud darymans meeting
where every person present Will have liberty 20
spcak-to give the result OF experiment or expert
ence, and compare his own practice with tnai OF
others. Your secretary has invited q number oi
speakers Of eminent ability to present you their
views on special topics, concerning which they are
familiar. and upon which they have given much
thought Il cannot be expected among persons
following different practices that any one Is at
moment ready To change his views. We need dis
cussion and comparison OF views one with the
other that we may bee able 10 get 10 the best prlc
tico and thus make progress and improvement II
is hoped that whatever views may DE put forth at
any session OF this association they may receive
fun attention and discussion, aud ! ask that
Whenever an error be promulgated. IL be arrested
aud nailed down DO not sit silent and give IL
coumteuancc The history Of meetings for the dis
cusson Of topics relating 30 the dairy goes back
but eleven years The irst public meeting was IN
January 1861 Since that time there has been
III. Ys..Na.. .H..H..
and local-and the knowledge obtained on this
subject is extensive, and IT, value can scarcely be
estimated think IL may be safely said that no
branch Of agriculture has made such rapid strides
rs that relating 10 the dairy. There is none la
which YOU will find minds more intelligent or moro
ripe for Investigation
know there are croakcrs on this subject as
well as on all others saving these associations and
the factory system have been an injury 10 the dairy
business There are men who hold that were il
not for the factory system, and the spread OF In
telligence this subject Of checsc-making, the
business would have been confined 10 the cheese
making counties Of this state and n few counties
In York state and the dairymen In these localities
would have things their own way. such men
take narrow views Of life and business. There is
nothing farther from the truth. Had II not been
for the factory system and the spread Of intelli-
gcnce which has oxerted such power in the odu-
cation of manufacturing, the daiNmcn Of the
state would long since have been ruined.
Does any one suppose that the great bulk of
twenty years ago-cheese soft, slushy, liable To
fall in pieces easily tainted and sometimes a
thousand strong butter white, soft, rancid-could
make such way In the home market or any other
rs the fancy butter and cheese Of today Could
any Of us be induced 10 buy and eat freely Of
poor and imperfect butter or cheese at any COST
No, no. the people want good thing some
thing that is attractive in flavor, and which gives
pleasure In eating. Does any one suppose
that without this Hood Of light that has been
poured in upon us from meetings Of this kind and
from the press, the great bulk Of the butter and
cheese to-day, would be any better than the but
ter and cheese Of fifteen and twenty years ago?
We are fast doing away with the preiudices
against our dairy products In ali the markets
where our goods are sold, and We have forced the
English 10 admit that our product Is quite equal
to the best English make, and they are introduc-
ing our factory system in order TO keep their
make equal in quality to ours.
by the good character Of our butter and cheese,
we have created an immense home market, which
could not have been done with poor quality Of
goods Efforts at improvement must be constant
and unremitting from year to year. We often
hear dairy producers say that they are making rs
perfect goods can be made from milk II IL a
great misfortune TO be so conceited The proper
ties Of milk are not yet half understood. skill in
handling, and care in producing II are just begin
ming 10 receive attention. II we would rise higher
we must strive harder TO improve our art, Science
must be called 10 our aid, constant watchfulness
in observing results, communication between dai-
rymen should be more frequent and fun. Organ
izations like this one are among the most efficient
means Of progress We need not only a state as
ISOLATION but one In every county aud town, that
does anything ut dairyiug, TO discuss questions,
offer suggestions, detail experience and compare
results Very little progress is made by single
handed labor
this. II is associated effort that moves the cause
along, aud the more we have of Il the better.
The future of the dairy interest is intimately con-
nocted with its results. 1t brings out improve
in tsa hrt
high prices and prosperity. Fine butter and cheese
have never failed nor never will fail TO sell well
aud bring good returns. 1t is the poor goods that
spoil the market.
Passing along the street a few days since by the
graded school in my village asked n young lad
of ten or twelve years Of my acquaintance what
studies he was pursuing this winter. he replied
that he was taking French and Latin. knew
personally that he had not half mastered the first
rudiments Of the English language; was not even
good reader Of English. The thought came Il
me that there must bV something very wrong IN
our educational system, when youth are generally
untitled for the station which they are u occupy
or are forced into professions for which they hayi
no natural fitness
The truth is that the youth Of our country ar
taught 10 aim high, and the assurance given then
that they can all be any thing that they choose t.
become, are essential nuisances. Our children al
90 10 the public school. They are taught thes
things. They all go out into the world with higl
notions and find IL hard 10 content thomselve
that which had been promised them In school, bu
all their dreams have faded and left them disap
pointed and unhappy. They envy those WHOM
they have been taught TO consider above them an
learn TO count their own lives a failure
American lahorers are almost obsolete all con
mon omployments are nj a discount the profo,
sions crowded to overlooking the countr
through with demagOgues, and n general discnt
tent with humble lot prevails, because the yout
of America have had the idea drilled into then
that to be in private life, in whatever condition
10 be in some sense " nobody What "
greatly need In this country is the incubation Of 81
boror views Of life Our youth are bred 10 discoI
tent Everybody is after a high place, and nearl
all fail 10 get one, and falling lose heart tempo
and content, The great body Of the laboring elias
dress beyond their means, and live beyond the
necessities, 10 keep up show Of being what the
are not Farmers daughters do not love TO b.
come farmers wives Humble empoyments AZ
held In contempt and humble powers are ever,
where making high employments contemptihi
Our schools should mculcate the idea that the mi
lority of the occupations Of life are humble. tn
the powers OF a majority of the youth which the
contain have relation 10 these occupations, hi
no man is respectable when he is out OF his plac
and that half OF the unhappiness OF the wor
grows out Of the fact that, from distorted views
life, men are IN places where they do not belong
Intelligence must be the emancipation OF d
darymen Science, machinery corporation
these must libente the dairyman and farm
from his never ending toll. When | look ha,
and see what has been done for the darymen an
farmer wittin my snort memory am full of hu
for the future. Farm and dairy implements, II
der the hand Of science, are fast becoming new /
struments. Steam and horse power now pla
and hoe the corn and potatoes NOV the gras
rake the hay, reap and thresh the grain and wi
now II, saw the wood and churn the butter Eve
day adds new machinery 10 the farmers sto
and supercedes the clumsy implements Of III
years ago, which bound him 10 his hard aud nev
ending toll. When the farmer and dairyman
gins 10 use machinery and 10 study the ways
other men, aud % apply his mind 10 the dairy Al
the farm 80 far rs he can make Il take the pla
NJ muscle, then he illuminates his profession wi
new light, and raises himself into the dignity
man. When mind gets the upper hand, II "
serve itself and see that the body is well ear
for. Intelligent farming is dignihed living.
farmer who thinks aud reads and applies
ture will open the store house Of her secrets a
point The way TO life full of dignity and beaui
Hon. Z. P. Walton made the address
welcome, which was substantially as follow
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
rise TO perform very pleasant duty
signed me by the citizens OF this place. Y
could hardly have come to place where I
people were less interested personally in t
objects of the association. But after all
are large consumers of milk, cheese aud b
teri in fact We were brought up on milk, a
SO are interested in the matters which la
brought You together. A few days age
was called on by the Governor 10 exami
the state seal. The emblematic pine tire,
gone, but We have the COW and the mo-
tains left. You, gentlemen, represent
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