The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-08

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Meeting of the state hoard of Agri.
culture, Manufacturcs and Miniur
mt Essex Center, Thursday and
| Friday. January 2Sth and 29th
1915.
The meeting was called To order OF
Thursday afternoon by Prof. Collier, sec
rotary of the board, and Hon. Josiah Tut.
tie of Essex, was elected chairman.
Hon. A. b. Halbert of Essex, delivered
the following address OF welcome to the
board
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Gentlemen Of the State Board:
| You have come hither In compliance with ouI
| inyitatian to give us the beneht OF your supe
| rior wisdom In regard to matters which init
| mately concern us as farmers, as mechanics
and In broader sense. as citizens OF the com.
monwealth. You have been selected from
| among your fellows for the work in which Vol,
| are now engaged-a work that has to do direct
ly with the material prosperity OF every citizen
because you have by careful study and inves-
upon those subjects that come Within the scope
OF your appointed duties.
And we are happy to know that you bring to
| your task true hearts and willing hands, And
we have assembled here from our farms and
| work shops, and our rural homes to meet you
to, greet You, and to give you cordial welcome
| We welcome you as co-workers and elder
tOrotherS In the same honorable calling
We are seeking the ligot OF science, and of In.
telligent experiment upon our hitherto dark
ened agricultural way. And we see in this oc
| casion rare opportunity to obtain that assist
ance In our Investigations which 1t is your duty
and doubt not your privilege to i've.
| INla hnN n ha int inn nj a
| able meetings OF your board In other parts Of
| the state, and we have earnestly desired tC
participate in the benefits TO be derived from
such gathering OF experienced teachers and
well rewarded for our trouble
| In creating board OF agriculture the legs-
| lature has inaugurated work which, by de-
| veloplng our latent resources, awakening a
| spirit OF investigation aed stimulating enter
prise, VIII add vastly to the material prosper
| ity OF the commonwealth
| And | trust the day is far distant when
the mistaken policy OF abollshing this board
| Will prevail.
Enough has already been seen OF the useful
ness OF such board to satisfy any careful OBJ
| server that the money expended In It's support
| Is sure 10 Weld rich return,
Vermont cannot afford TO be behind her SIS
| ter atatos In organized effort for the advance
ment OF her agricultural and mechanical in
| terests,
The Held OF inquiry hitherto untrodden by
| the most OF us Is broad one, affordlng ample
| opportunity for The development OF all our en-.
| ergies.
| Agriculture is so multifarlous and comprehen-
sive In its departments that there is no fear O
eXhausting the subject In a life time.
| truths, nut II we carefully treasure them III
| ana apply them to our business we shall have
taken a step In the right direction, and Oul
| mite VIII De added To tho general Intelligence
| and prosperity.
And now, Mr.. Secretary, without further Ger
| emOny, we hand this meeting over to you
promising on our part to do all we can to max,
| ~ success,
MI frnS'a of Charlotte, then read
paper upon the "Hybrlon~.>:.,. of cereals
ihiS Was nm naper lea at the meet
ing at Middlebnry, an aDslraut VI ~hio
was published in The GLOBE of Saturday
January 10th. 1t is impossible to give an.
good abstract of this paper Mr.. Pringle'
style is so concentrated as to make ever,
word necessary TO properly elucidate hi
subject and we therefore will not under
take to put forth mutilated version, o
abstract of it, as we presume and hope
will soon be published Mr.. p. explained
and illustrated the process of hybridiza
ton by plates and drawings, and showed
the results of the process of crossing b.
showing numerous heads OF wheat produc
ed from kinds he had hybridized.
DISCUSSION OF TIE PAPER.
Mr.. Halbert asked Mr.. Pringle if tn
many names given to one variety was acct
dental, or one of the tricks of the trade.
Mr.. Pringle related number of case
where this might occur by accident, an,
probably has occurred, and he was happ,
to say that he believed it was rare tina
they occurred by design, with the purpose
to put off an old variety tor new, ant
defraud the public thereby.
In answer to a question Mr.. p. state,
that old varieties wonld vary when carrie,
to different chimes, but this is not sporting
science cannot explain that, there is n
known laws that govern sporting. In pre-
pagating new varieties by hybrldizatlOn
the old habit is broken up, old stabilit
lost, and it requires some years to give sta
bility and fix their characteristics. In re
ply to a request to explain smut in wheat
MIR. =. said wheat was plant and smu
was a plant, that, like other plants of fur
gold growth, derives its nutriment upo
some other plant, as the smut did deriv
its nutriment from the wheat. Rust wa
also a plar that was fungus. While tn
former derives its food from the kernel G
wheat, the latter receives its life from tn
leaves and stalks.
AS to chess Chat he was asked to eS
plain he replied, are those who thin
wheat turns to chess found among thos
who have Investigated and learned to kno'
the most about plants, i. e., the botanists
No, not one. Mr.. Thomas has offered
thousand dollars for proof of the change
and the offer is open to the world, and ha
been for years unclaimed.
The meeting adjourned to $3.50 o'clock
the evening.