Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1875-01-28
THURSDAY. JANUARY Is, .s7s.

Gov. Din.ley finds the Farmers of
Maine on his track. sharply rebuking that
part of his Rctrenchment message, (which
proposes to abrid1e the number and mat
ter of the State Agricultural Reports.
There is such thing as being penny
rise aud pound. foolish, aud we think our
excellent Governor in his desirei,to be
economical in State expenditures. has per
haps gone a step too. far in encrosching on
the bottom industry of the,State. We give
below the discussion on this subject. by
members OF the State Society.
Mr. WATSON read the Governors recommen-
daion with reference to reducing the size aud
number OF the Secrctary'> report. tie WAS sur
pri-cd 10 find snch Recommendation. and
ctilcdthr attention Of the meeting to the labor
in pr paglng papers for the report These, &C.
cordIng 10 the Governor, were to grace the
waste paper basket. spoke Of the labors of the
board, without scarcely any compensation;
their labors TO prepare papers of value for
practicSl farmers-One gentleman had furnish
ed paper that required a wear in its prepara-
ton. The demand for these reports cannot
b. supplied. Now what advantage is a briet
abstract; II becomes of no value. We have
reached a point in farming that requires educs'-
ed and enlightened agriculture. We cannot
keep our Young men here unless we educate
our farmers. Claimed that it was more profit
abe II raise VIII Al in Msine than in any 9TH
er state in the Union. We need 10 know how
10 apply skill 10 our soil. and 10 bring the
brain IN cooperation with the body. The Gov
ernor'> message aims a blow at the brain cub
tiyatIon. He clio ed by speaking Of The great
value of the Secrctary'S report. IL WAS valued
10 the state and ont Of tin the small farm
houses aud in the large libraries. II the report
j. to be cut down don't cover II all
hr. Robbins OF Winthrop. heartily concurrcd
with the remarks ofihe previous speaker. In
re- ard TO the subject OF milk. he had received
his week much information from The report.
Thought ahrdgemcnt would be better in 9TH
er places than in agriculture.
Mr.. Thing said that the fact that the reports
wcr, found in the houses that have no other
books upon the shelves show. how wicked Il
would be TO cut it of. These families read and
Tc-rcad them, and they set the rising genera
TN 10 thinking. spoke OF the cost to make "a
criminal. How can we better spend moucy
than IN keeping men from becoming CT iminsls,
lie criticised quite sarcSsIically the Governors
proposition.
Mr.. Durham said that the reports in hi,
section had been sought for and read. Thought
the number and SIC should be- increased in
Stead Il abridged. The trouble with farmer.
l. hat We have to trust too much 10 our own
experiments. IN the absence of text book.
Mr.. Colburn of \ nd>or was surprised that
any one in the state should desire TO cut down
tJe reports. Don't have half enough OF the
reports 10 i >tribute. The number OF the re
ports should be d ,uhlcd.
Mr.. Durham thought the Governor wa.
whipping some one c.se over the shoulder, OF
the farmers.
Mr.. fillmore Of Dedham. ssid that il we take
away these reports We strike AZ the lite IL
rcnce Cfthc people.
Maj. OH thought the Governor meant the
iIrmrr-. a. in hi first message no slu>ion Wa
made 10 the farmers. They were specially
mentioned in the second message. Farmers
are reading more than ever; we want the
book
Mr.. Hamlin again addressed the meeting on
the subject.
Mr.. Perciysl made some strong remarks in
tn same direction.
ON motion Mr.. Thing. the following re-
solve WAS unanimously passed by a rising
vote:
LeSDlrei, that the interests Of the industrial
classes Of the state demand that there be no
Arrangement in the size or numbers Of the re-
port OF the Secretary Of the Board Of Asricul-
turc.