Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-02-20

4ANNAihD hb
The meeting of the state board at Marsh
field was called to order by Mr., Mead o
the board, at the hall of the hotel, and or
ganzed by elccling l.. W. Pilkin, Esq.
president, and j. b Pike, vice president
The following is the presidents opening
address:
In 1870 the legislature of Vermont
passed IL law creating the state board o
agriculture, manufacturing and mining
1t was then organized and its work mapped
out The course then laid out has beer
followed from then till now with but little
variation, Meetings have been held il
various parts Of the state, and papers
have been read treating upon the many
questions pertaining to agriculture, discus
sions have followed to draw out some O
those practical points the farmer finds him
self in so much need of, and thus the mu.
lual exchange Of the ideas of practica
farmers in all parts of the state is had
which must awaken deeper interest ir
and disseminate II better knowledge o.
that pursuit in which the majority of the
people of the state are engaged.
1t costs the state about fifty thousand
dollars year for its legal knowledge,
which is, | was about to say, thrown
away; yet for the benefit Of the great and
leading interest of the state and for those
on whom the burden of taxation falls,
twenty-five hundred dollars is reluctantly
voted. Yet with this meagre sum the
tmmcrs complain not-they have taken
hold of the work with zeal worthy their
calling, and great good has been accom-
plished A greater interest has been
awakened, and the knowledge how to
successfully farm it in Vermont is being
better understood, yet there Is chance
for more improvement. The many ques-
lions pertaining to agriculture have not
been exhausted, nor has all the knowledge
of how crops grow and how they feed
been brought out. hundreds of young
men are eking out mere subsistence for
the want of II better knowledge how to
cultivate the soil and manage the farm to
insure them reward for their labor
Could Il better knowledge of agriculture
obliged to throw our real estate upon the
marke! and beg for purchaser.
In the furtheranCe Of better knowledge
of our occupation; in the solution of tie
many practical questions which the farmer
finds himself SO much in need of: in
awakening that interest in calling which
its importance demands, it is our honnv
pleasure TO rive to the board our greeting
We not only give YOU our cordial wei.
come, but we wish also to give Won our
aid and assistance, hopinr that this meet.
ing may not pass away without leaving
its fruit; that it NAV exert a healthy in.
tluence in our community: that the n3ners
and discussions may have that practical
turn which cives us an assurance that we
have been benefited.
Following this was the paper, death
in the Milk Pail" bv DR.. j, O. A, Packer.
Marshlield. 1t has LONG been question
much discussed. in what cevers Of the ty-
phoid type had their origin. 1t had been
located bv physicians in all parts of the
body, and attributed to many causes amono
hesc, and Il vehicle of its CONVEYANCE was
The milk pail. Prof. Low of Cornell ex.
lmined milk used in a family where tv-
phoid fever was rarinp, and found if roTv
md peryaded by destructive germs On
examination the hood of the cows was
'ound to be fun of the same germs, Tbe
lows were feverish. in an unhealthy con.
Iilion. and wholly unfit for giving healthy
God. II was found that there was No goo1
,ure water in the nnsture and tho cow
lr INK from a slnonnnt nool Water taken
rom this nooI and mt in the milk Soon
,rouoht !, to the condition first noticed
There was no safety in the farm house
without nnre water for the honse hum
md nastme, without Uoo1 drains from Tho
,onse. and great care of the nrivv and
,ess nool ram q, disease with ench Towars
# ditfusng itself
N SkinSor E.n of pl,infeId coI,o,rod
with \ nnner on :. life and Nourishment "
)nr DESIGN shonld ho to find ont tha val,
ionshin Of every object whether if he min
raj vagotahle or animal n orr own no
nre and 70 Keen thnt relationship cortim
nllv in mind Ind thus render onr knowi
dyn agrnoalIa and nrofI,hle IIo nort
n0ke of The laws Of nntnre. nnotinG