The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-01-26
agricultural department.
CONDUCTED BY ALBERT CHAPMAN,
NEW ENGLAND AGRICULTURAL
SOCIETY.
CONFERENCES WITH OFFICERS OF THE STATE
SOCIETIES.

CONFERENCE WITH OFFICERS OF THE STATE
SOCIETIES.
The executive officers and trustees oil
,he New Epgland Agricultural Society
feeling the necessity Of more intimate
90 operation between itself and the differ.
cut State societies, as well as between the
different State societies themselves, invit
ed the executive officers OF the different
State societies to conference and dinner
which took place at the American H)use
Tuesday. AS the meetings Of the New
England Society are held in rotation
smong the different New England Suites
10 order that it may be the most success
full and therefore confer the most benefit
upon the State where it is held, it is de.
sirsble that the societies in each Of the
ether States should lend their cordial CO.
operation, and thus the best educations
advantages which ne combined efforts oil
the societies afford would be alternately
COMO :ated 10 one oil the States embrac
ed 10 the jurisdiction Of the New England
Society each year.
Scme forty og Fifty gentlemen were
present, including Gen. VIM. s. Tiltor
Cen Naa RadT! apElksssbtSq Jy, of Maine
Hampshire State Society; Col. Aaron
Young, Hon. Warren Brown Of the SAME
society; Gen. Campbell, one of the mos,
dit:ugui,hed sheep breeders in the world
and Col. K s. Stowell. another large
breeder Of Vermont Gen. j s. Pitman
Secretary of the Rhode Island State So
ciety; Hon. Cyrus p. Manchester o.
Rhode Island Benjamin Sumner, nj
eminent Short Horn breeder j. p
Barstow aud Hon, G. s. King Of Conuec.
ticu!; Dr. Loring, H, l.. Burt Of the
Homestead, aud Col. Needham Of Mass.
acbusetts.
The meeting was called to order just
before twelve o'clock by the Hon, George
b. Loricg, who stated the purpose Of be
meeting, and spoke particularly Of the
New Eogla Society, its object and sue.
cess in The stimulation agricultural en-.
terprise 1t had endeavored to conduct
its affairs with prudence and good judg-
ment, aud the Ulcers. with all the care
possible. had consulted the tastes Of the
New England people, The Society has
been compelled to carry heavy load OF
debt, and has becn obliged to combine
with their fairs enough OF innocent amuse-
nent to render them attractive. Some
criticisms had been made upon the man
agement Of the Society upon its willing.
ness to make it attractive by the exhibi-
tiou OF hor y, ard its disposition to rent
q portion Of its grounds for purposes
which should prove remunerativo. These
customs had prevailed 10 other fairs, and
out of the fifteen hundred fairs OF the
United States, the New England Society
had been selected for especial criticism in
these respects, There had seemed to be
aparticular desire of the agricultural
papers to assail the Society with state
ments that il was exsrting an unfavorube
influence upon the community by the en-
oou.sgement Of horse trofs and other
questionable enterprises. He argued that
they we're compelled to do certain things
for the enterta nmeDt of those who attend.
ed the fair and paid the bills though they
had never encouraged any demoralizing
influence, They had served to diminish
the interest in the display Of horses until
at the fair at Providence last year this
feature was very Insignificant, while the
entire exhibition illustrated better than
any other they had ever held the general
progress Of agricultural Industry 10 all its
branches There was something more
than moral protest that the New Eag
land Society had been especially selected
for their criticism. With regard to the
side shows, while they intended that the
fairs should be attractive, they did not
propose to allow any demoralizing feat.
ures. He then called upon delegates from
the several States to speak Of the effect Of
the New England Society upon the agri.
cultural industry in that State, aud 10 ex.
press themselves freely relative to the
management Of the society.
Gen. Tilton, Of Maine, said they were
looking forward win interest to the time
~hen the New England Society should
meet with them. DR.. Tewksbury, of the
same State, said that the influence OF the
society in that State had been good and
salutary. 70 the purchase of the land
for their State society, one of the most
potent arguments was that il would enable
them TO have meeting Of the New Eng
land Society there.
Mr.. S. l.. Goodell. Of Antrim. N. II.
spoke Of the salutary inAuan-e which had
been exetted by the Society in that State
Before the New Englard Fair was held
there they had held DO State Fairs fol
several years, Since then successful
State Fairs had been held through The
stimulus which was given by the New
England Society. They we're now feed
ing az tite herds Of Ayr,hiros, ShoEt
HornS and Jerseys p. could 10 found
elsewhere 10 the country. The Society
had .lso stimulated the people to hole
meetings for agricultural discussions. aDC
through its Influence Indirectly the Stat,
Board of Agriculture was established.
CO., Geor5e ". Riddle, of Manchester
Treasurer of the New England Society
thought the fair which the New EngsUc
Society held there put agriculture 10 thu
State ten years 10 advance, aud the!
should DO glad to have it come ther'
again.
Mr.. E. s. Stowell, Of Cornwall, Vice
President of the Vermont State Society
said they had substantial reasons for re
Numbering the fair held by the New Eng
land Society in that State with pleasure
He thought it was an evidence Of the suc
Gers OF the Society that 50 many arrows
and javelns we're aimed at it. and they
should take it as a compliment. Thee
had horse racing and side shows at tbei
State Fair, and endeavored as judiciousl,
as they aould TO meet the temper of tn,
people. They had striven to divest bors
racing from pool selling. and had neve
permitted it in the enclosure. though th
pool seller lowered around the vicinity
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