Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-09-18
THE VERMONT DAIRYMEN's
ASSOCIATION.

OF business, will be held in the Agricul-
tural Committee room Of the Capitol at
Montpelier. on Wednesday. Oct. 25th.
1876, at 4 o'clock P. NJ. \. A. Viii
lard. A. NJ. President of the New York
Dairymen's Association and Board Of
Trade, will deliver the annual address
at z l-2 o'clock P. NJ.
A full attendance is most earnestly
desired as business Of much importance
will come before the meeting. The Inn
portance Of the Association to the agrl-
cultural interests of the State is no long
er questioned. except by few indivia
uals whose interests and prejudices run
counter to it. Though much restricted
in its operations for want Of means, It
has accomplished very large measure
of goOd-far greater in proportion to the
money expended upon it, than any other
organization devoted to the same, or
similar, objects, within our very wide
acquaintance This is not an unmeaning
boast, but fact, of which there is the
most indubitable proof The field Of
usefulness open to the Association, was
never broader than at the present time
the necessity for its earnest intelligent
labor, If we would sustain our old time
relations as producing State, to the
markets and people of the world, is even
greater than at any former period.
The business of dairying is in tran
sition state. The very broad margin
for profit, which it has heretofore afford
ed, has drawn to it the attention of the
people of the world, NOT only of those
who produce, handle and consume. the
goods, but of very large class of spec
ulative characters, who see in the active
efforts to adapt the BUSINESS, to every
climate and soil, their opportunity for
advancing their own personal interests.
Appearances now indicate, that more OF
} the real principles Of successful and
economical dairying will be developed
in the next ten years, than are now
known. This development will not be
: limited to the processes of manufac-
ture and the marketing of the products.
but will extend to the details of tillage,
breeding. feeding, &c. &C., embracing
all the arts, in any manner subsidiary
, to the dairy. Exact knowledge Of prln-
ciples, and the effects of various prac-
tices, is what we need and must have,
; in the place of vague theories, and un-
founded opinions.
All down through the history of the
Association we have spared no pains to
get the very best assistance in conduct
ing our meetings, aud we have been
able by discussion, to throw very much
: light upon the various prevalent theo-
: ries. Many vague opinions have been
1 discussed and their absurdities exposed,
: and many practices have been much
modified and improved But at every
: point the need Of more positive knowl-
edge, such as can only be adduced, by
careful and exact experiments conduct
{ ed on practical scale, has been forced
: upon our attention. Many Of our dis
e cussions have not been founded upon
sufficient absolute data, to ever estab-
e lish principle. if pursued till doOms-
day. We have made many efforts to
: induce persons, apparently favorably sit
uated for conducting experiments, to at
tempt them. but without avail. Farm
: ers are not favorable to such efforts.
They have not the time. the means. the
patience, or the training. necessary to
the conducting Of exact experiments, and
they prefer to accept the testimony Of
the veriest quack, to investigating for
themselves.
/, While the Association should not re-
lax any Of its efforts to elicit informa-
ton from any and everybody. as in the
past, it should at once establish an ex-
!, perimental dairy farm. completely stock
ed and equipped, upon which thorough
ly competent. practical. man may, BY
careful and exact experiments, sift ev-
cry theory which may be fairly suppss-
ed TO have in it modicum Of truth.
bearing upon the material prosperity Of
the people Of the State. Such farm.
at the present time. may be bought.
stocked aud equipped. for from $4,000
to $4,000 aud would be worth 70 the
dairyrnen and farmers Of Vermont,
many times is cost every year. There
are ten thousand dairymen in Vermont.
who can better afford y pay $40 each
70 establish such an institution this
= year, than 70 have is establishment
d postponed I'LL next year. whei' somebody ,
{ else will have stoleB the march upon
u. There are thousand meu 10 the
State. owners Or otherwise. interested III
J. real estate. though not practical dairy
: men, who eau better afford 70 give 800
6 each. than that tie Association should
not 20 promptly forward with the work.
yerIaout has . prestige - q daIFy
: State. which it i alike her duty and hel
II interest, 70 sustain 70 Do this. de-
. mands of her. every effort she il capable
Of putting forth At this juDeture IA
. the affairs u tie World. > single seasot
y of relaxation u her eHorss. eanHot bat