Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06
AFTERNOON.
Hon. Z. D. Mason, Chairman.

Hon. Z. d. Mason, Chairman.
The first paper was that of Col. 4. D;
Stowell-Mental Growth of Farmers-aha
which we reported at the Mlddleoury 4
meeting. and was followed by Mr.. Fassett'
on The Needs of the Dairy, and some DIS
cussion Of the Oleomargarlne butter
Miss Stowell next recited TrowbridSes
" Evening ut the Farm" after which MI
Tinkham showed the butter package he
had used for the past season, and descrlpeu
how he had dispensed with ice In summer
by using package lined with steam iel'-
ing for holding the small! boxes.
EVENING SESSION.
Ora Paul of Pomfret, Chairman.
The first paper was by j. c. Adams
ESQ Of Concord, n. IISSecretary of the
New Hampshire board. Mr.. Adams said
he had for many years labored in the in
forests of the farmer with tongue and pen.
Farmers boys did not now help as former
lv. and the hired men are less efficient.
Twelve hours work was faithfully given
for n DAYS work, now ten was thought too
much, and not we'll done; but ten hours
would be enough if they worked well.
The wives were wearing out, and the
DAUGHTERS of little or no assistance in the
household work. These causes, with the
depreciation in values, the extravaganza
in dress and habits, had led many to the
Giving up of the farm and seeking of some
other employment. Some farmers are yet
making a profit in spite of the sons abb
sence and the daughters extravaganza,
and how was it done, He had asked one
old farmer, and he said, " Tell them to be
industrious, frugal, thoughtful. BE in-
dustrious, do not set by the fire or ut the
store or tavern, and if you take recreation,
take your wives with you. BE frugal,
without parsimony, and be thoughtful"
This expresses all volume could con-
tain.
All industry would be blind without
thought. In all his work the farmer must
be thoughtful study more and toll less
will give true industry.
The creator never designed that we
should till the rugged hills OF our northern
states, but draw what we need from other
more favored localities, and pay in those
products of our water power, the wood,
iron, wool and cotton.
New England must unite more fully
agriculture and manufactures. The poor
rugged lands should not be veXed by plow
and hoofs, but abandoned to grow up to
wood which will be of value to coming
r generations, and leave cultivation to the
valleys and river bottoms.
Draining will render worthless lands
valuable. irrigation, the counterpart OF
draining will give equal results. Import
ed stock should be sought for; in short, be
a qood farmer is what he commended, but
did not particularly Indicate just how the
thing was to be done. Vermont might
, raise wheat or fruit, or the product fol
which we had now an envable reputation
gilt edge butter, for the pethoric pockets
of flstidous customers.
, After Mr.. Adams, Mrs. Laura 3. Boyco
: of Foyston, read poem on Farmers
Trials, which we shall give entire.
r Hon. J. b. Walker of Concord, N. H..
then spoke on "reminiscences of English
Farming. He was once sent to Manches
| ter, VI as boy,to try and learn something
I He learned two things: we should never
, forget to love maple sugar and the goot
: people of Vermont; and he proposed t
cling TO these to the last. He spoke of {
/ farmers vacation and the comparative
shortness of the trip to Europe. The frs
5 impression of one there was, the smalines
of the territory. u little country compared
j, with ours. Streams are small. An
4 other impression is that it is II very ole
: country-houses four hundred years old
+ old churches, running back 10 old medieva
- times, and in some OF the northern parts
e or in some parts Of London, you come OF
/ some old Roman walls which carry yol
n back some two thousand years. Another
= impression is, that it is an open country
: less wood, and no rail fences, but hedges
Il make picturesque scene. The climate
h strikes one as peculiar. While England
# is about of the latitude Of Newfoundland
d the climate is mlder than that of Yer
/, mont, and while the rainfall is about TIN
e same us here, the climate is much more
}. moist, more continual drizzle instead O
t, the pouring rains we have, and conse
st Gueully there is there II verdurc which w
:, have not and never can have. One notice
Of there II higher culture than we have
10 though we are approaching it, and us tn
?, country grows old, shall no doubt attain il
y Their architecture is better than ours, Their
ID being few wooden buildings, stone o
" bricks being chiefly used. The populatio
g. is much dcnscr than ours; here we hay
10 less than forty inhabitants to the squar
De mile, while there it was more than fou
d hundred. Glasgow has about 100000
'g while in London, ON IN III Ell OF one hur
h bred square miles there We're three mi
e lions of people.
5. The turnpkes are abolished in Englan,
u and they are now highways open free
lie public travel,
es Farming is ctrried on differently there
l. There it takes three classes to carry on
tn farm. Aristocracy there was founded o
ed owne rship of land-and here, nothir
I'd would more surely perpetuate famil
ly name than the ownership of land. Th
ne land is owned by the landlord, the farm
lis worked by the tenant farmers, of whlc
&c, the average one drives Il good horse an
y, lives in as good style, if not II little bette
e. than our average farmer here. The ne.
at class is the laborer, whose average wage
&C. ave perhaps , shillngs per day, or or
mt shillings per week, and one feels to 50,
tn "God pity you, my friend" though the
he insist they have the best system of agr
ct culture in the world, and they have secure
I'D higher culture and better results. The
n are ahead of us in this, the English FARM
y, aims for something, they farm by son
ST. system, Il rotation of crops. They have
u thorough system of drainage, the duke
lal Portland has seven thousand miles of ii
buried on his estate. Besides drainag
I'm they have also irrigation, and where Il
lr. sewerage was used the most remarkab
he results Were secured. One instance W
nd given where one man raised seven GRO
III per year of Italian rye grass, which
he sold ut 10 shllings per ton green, and tt
ors tons cut ut each crop, making 20 tons p
ne acre of green feed sold ut 10 shillings p
nd ton making 525 dollars. income per acl
nd He spoke in the highest terms of Aide
list man Mich, of his large heart, his 90
ON sense. his enterprise, and the good seryic
eel he had rendered to advanced farming
&C. the introduction of steam, and the utilizi
of the sewerage. lie closed by hume
ere GUS reference TO the Barney stone in Ba
to ney castle, which he essayed to kiss b