Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-14
Meeting of the State Board of Agriculture.
Manufactures and Mining.
At Cabot, Thursday and Friday, December
80 and III, 1873.
Thursday Afternoon.

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The meeting of the board at Cabot opened
with large attendance.
Mr. Fassett, Of Enosburg, made 4 brief
explanation of the object and purposes oil
the board, and invited the audience to make
all the use of them possible, during the meet
ing, as for that purpose, they were simply
the servants OF the people.
On motion Mr. A. NJ. Foster, of Cabot
was elected chairman. aud I. II. Lance assis-
tant chairman. The chairman formally
opened the meeting as follows
Gentleman of The board of agriculture. and
ladies aud gentlemen.
For this token of your confidence and
respect, thank you. would much rather
you would select some one for chairman who
has had experience, or Mt least some espe-
cial fitness for the position. If undertake.
to perform the duties, l shall expect your as
sistance in the discharge Of them, and for
bcarance with my errors. l can only say
will do the best | can
And now, gentlemen Of the board, in be-
half of the citizens Of Cabot, allow me TO ex
tend you hearty welcome. We are in
darkness, and you bring us light. May your
advent into Cabot prove the dawn Of new
era in our farming. The full value of your
~
cause they are OF such % character that they
can never be estimated. You are now SOW
ing the seed-doubtless some may fall in the
stony places of ignorance and prejudice,
but we hope most of il will fall on good
soil and bring an abundant harvest of good
works. And when you shall next visit us
which we hope you will do ut an early day
may the good results of this meeting be so
manifest, that tho good fences and clean
roads, the finely cultivated fields and we'll
| kept forests, the luscious fruits and beauti-
| full flowers, as well as the bOuntlful farm
crops, may all attest the value Of these meet.
Ings in short, is it too much to hope that by
this means we may improve the quality and
| increase the quantity of all our Farm pro-
duets. and Mt the same time adopt better
methods that will reduce tho cost and show
n balance on the right side Of the ledger.
Again, with efficient help. better tools,
more labor-saving implements In the kitchen
and on The farm, We shall relieve farm lie
lofts drudgery, have more time for mental
improvement, and rise higher in the scale
Of human being, and take our true position
in society. Farming will then become not
only honorable, but profitable; we shall all
6ecOme prosperous, consequently happy.
Tell me now If all this Is not only desirable,
but possible and within our reach We
hear n great deal about hard times, and that
farming don't pay; we look about us-ws
| see some persons VINO appear 10 be making
money Mt farming. We call them lucky,
and say to ourselves, his dish is right side
up when it rains porridge; but some one in
qulres what do you mean by luckp l will
tell you; bad luck is man with both hands
in his pockets his under lip dropping. wait
ing TO see how things are coming out; while
good luck is n man with coat offand sleeves
rolled up, working to make things come out
right. l.uck-how unluckly that the word
luck ever crept into the English language
what other excuse could have people in
vented for pure ShtftlessRess than bad luck
and why do we call intelligent enterprise,
luckp But II we observe closely. we see
that the lucky man has some definite plan
and purpose in life; he steers his bark direct
10 the point he wishes TO gain, he Is not nj
the mercy of wind and wave. he controls
circumstances instead Of being controlled by
them i'm short he puts brain work into his
farming and makes It pay. The truth is, we
shall never make farming pay until we get
outof these old ruts. II 10 hard times, and
we think we must eoonomize, and we do II
about as the man did who held on to his tea
and coffee, rum and tobacco. and stopped