Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

There was considerable ulsSu7 .,ona
merits of wood and tin bucRe's-oi P''''
and evaporators. .lo in the /
highest terms of an evaporator maGe ~
him by the Vermont farm machine No'' Vi
Bellows Falls. .p,,o
Col. Mead read his paper on huucI
tion," which we have reported, ana wiiion
was followed by sharp and Interesting
discussion on education, participated III ~
DR.. Hoskins, President Buckham' MI
Tinkham, Prof. Atwater and Others
EVENING SESSION.
Ora Paul, ESQ, chairman: The first pa
per read was that of Sidney Fisher, Esq,
of Knowlton, p. Q. He spoke OF tract OF
land there, which. years ago, was great
wheat producing district; now, from coh-
tinded cropping with no return, might DC
called n tract of thistles. A custom whlcn
operates TO the detriment of the farming
interest is tho custom of dividing the iarn
at the death of the father, among all the
sons, and that, by running the lines
through the length of the farm, making
sometimes tract one half acre, IN Wldth'
on the highway. and thirty or forty acres
in extent, in length.
The old French farmers used no manures
but, when their yards became too CROWDED
with manure, used TO draw it on the ice SO
it might be carried away, and later when
some of the fugal Scotch farmers came ana
bought tracts of land, they used to get pay
for drawing the manure Oh 10 .no, ,tl w" ~
farms and save !he otlerS Vno ''o"''' VI
drawing 1t to the ice: lid 10
The water supply Is poor IL eil'on5 T,o
ing drawn from WellS; ~ etonJJ od ond
value OF me meeting nc n,su d;a a. 'I conid
the wish that many Oh ms heisnoot ;', III la
be mere ana near "ila. ii''u oool 's'a' i,,.1r,
thought many Oh our lalis WEI , iUo roSIits
the Worh ehl''i!e'' was wv Ia a 60,
100 disastrous IN pIeih".ui l. o,' q snoia
over work. ana lach oi oui'ut? anu ~ n
bllity from Tue too SLo'' isui''ro -.
Pected great tllhSs IRON tio ,.u' c1ito M
there' where lhc seeuli.So VIZ 1T -
merous ahu Vely piolnIa nt go INV -. -,
an uhity Oh interest NM o' hn.h and tho
Io%einel ~ tlio Dcnon s,.ooairn dosire to
speaker cIooeu ny IAp. .I;II;,;on in wbich
see III iitet-coiolIl.'i 1A'i nGi - al
we might JOIN anu 10 'iie oc'iei' VI "'.'
Prof. Peter Collier, the chemist OF Inc
department. OF agriculture "aShlhS'on'
d. C., spoke in very pleasant terms oil Inc
satisfaction he experienced IN lhuS comm =
back to the held OF his laoors IN years past
and though ms hearers would no oouoU DC
disappointed in what he might say, ne was
sure he Should not be disappointed IN them;
The tree Is growing anu us rooIs i'tu
struck SO wlue ana aecP nc oehcVeu ~
would still flourish ana bear lrult. Tic
spoke OF the working OF The depart
ment OF agriculture IN the past anu tnat
among those crlticislnS IL none were more
severe than the present commission, anu
indeed 1t was II question OF whether IL was
worth preserving ut all. lie spoke OF the
former work OF the department IN dlstrlou-
ton OF seeds, ana the general olssaI'siac-
faction attending 1t, ana me same OF 'ne
statistical department, whicn lie hearo
compared to the old farmer, Who' Wneh ne
wanted to sell qnarter OF beef' ana nav
ing no scales, put plank across the fence
to balance and then putting Inc peel on
one end, piled stones on the other to equal
weight, then guessed at the weight OF the
stones. The figures of the customs show
that we import 36,OO0,OOO dollars worth
of products which might be raised IN our
own country.
| The press had criticised very severely
the commissioner action concerning the
tea business, but he had seen within few
days tea leaves from trees as large as
hucklcberry bushes that had stood a zero
temperature, though it might not be profit
ably raised at that degree, but he thought
it would prove u success, rs it was now
raised in, and the commissioner was using
tea from South Carolina. lie spoke of the
sugar interest, the amount imported reach.
ing 10O,OO0,0O0 dollars per year, and any
industry here which shall, in whole or ii
part, supply that lack would be a nationa