Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-25

large quantity OF nay, more presume
than cut. will discount that consider.
able aud put 10 quantity Of oats that were
injured by being put on to heating mows Of
hay. But none were "as rotten as q pear
on top" IL is true the present board are
not responsible for my smoky mows Of hay,
but some one else is, aud il they endorse the
same doctrine, they should be held response
bic. Am to be sneered at for putting in
practice what the great ones of the earth
preach 7 respectfully suggest if it would
not be quite as we'll to say a little less about
manners and injured dignity, aud attempt to
reconcile these conflicting opinions aud make
this matter so plain that the wayfariug man,
although fool, need not err. The grass
crop is almost the sole dependence Of the
Vermont farmer, and the question how be
shall manage to make the most of it is one Of
vital Importance. only mention my e1pe.
rience that some one else may profit by my
folly.
Perhaps l ought to sign my name to these
articles but if should, the name would add
no weight to argument, and the argument
reflect no glory on the name. will say,
however, that am naturally good.nAtured,
and very polite, My insolence ]. only spas
modic, but SO deep.Seated that one rap on
the knucklss will not effect permanent
cure. l have growing respect for the
board of agriculture, aud thiuk the state was
wise iu charteriug an agricultural college on
wheels, so all parts Of the state might I've
benefited. What pity 1t is that that sleep.
ing fund at Burlington could not be made
available to help run the institution.
L. W. b.
[We desire to say, once for oil, that a
man who is constantly taking part 10 public
mestings, the reports of the proceedings Of
which are so condensed that three or four
columns is made to suffice for a two.day s
meeting, would hardly desire TO be held re-
sponsibls for the accuracy Of every such con-
deused report Of his remarks. For instance,
the report Of the meeting at Orwell makes US
say, at (hay) does not hurt as much as most
suppose, if it heats little Perhaps not, but
We neUer made such a statement. AT another
meeting two reporters made US take sides
fatty opposite to each other in the debate on
housing cattle in winter. Mr. Fassett was
made to say "Ordiuary cows yield l35 to l4O
pounds Of butter per year. The cows of Mr.
Whipple Of Pomfret yield ten times that
amount per head" We do not intend to
complain of the reporters. Their work is
usually done faithfully, and averages as well
as the performance Of the speakers whoss eff.
forts they send down to future generations.
II is not strange that they do not always get
the whole tenor or even an accurate idea of a
Eve minute speech into Eve line report
The report of the Canaan meeting was quite
above the average. Yetw think the read.
ers Of the FARMER have already been sufi
cisntly informed that the report did not quite
cover our views, which we have sufficiently
explained. Being rather a busy man, we
do not follow the reports to see it errors eK-
ist. Often having not a moment to read
the board reports published in the FARMER
When our readers differ in opinion, or OBJ
serve Inconsistencies in our statements, ",
shall be glad to have them called to our at
tentiOu aud promise to reply good naturedly
however unsound the positions we may take
The editor Of the FARMER has expressly
stated in the discussions in the meeting tha
the principle that the heating from sap doc'
not injure hay. is given by him at SECOND
hand, and not from experience, and he in
tended at Canaan to suggest the thought thai
it that principle was sound the ventiators
in Col Mead's bays would do more harm
than good, leaving every man to judge fol
himself. We said in the FARMER OF Janu
ary l4th, I'VE give no opinion upon thi
point
II "E. W. B." will hunt up "conhictin
opinions" in what we haze said, we will tr
to "dispose Of them" or back down. As 70
reeonciing Inconsistencies between what W
say asd what somebody makes US say, III
W. B." may have the job to work over. II
can mediate upon it while feeding out tina
musty hay and oats We are done with tn
effort to clear his mind
The policy of putting this educational sys
TEN ION wheels" is for the express purpos
of meeting tho farmers face to face, with th
opportunity for mental stimulus which come
from the contact OF mind with mind withou
the Intervention of "short hand writer's"
There is no "call" for X. W. BIS "sar
kasm" or injured dignity" While respons
ible for the tone and character Of the frs
page of the FARMER, we might claim til
privilege Of bringing writer's up with shor
turn If they "call names" Perhaps the led
itor Of the FARMER has done very wrong" i
omitting to draw his pen through the roug
passages of "E. w. B.'s' letter. We prefe
to let it stand as he wrote it.