Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-17
Boards Of Agriculture.

thelr work. Tins opinion will be valuable
or MOI according 10 vOur acquaintance
with the facts. or course. much mus. he
decided upnn 10y hearsav, as il Is impnssi-
bic for Won 10 be personally familiar with
all the subjects to which You refer In
the paragraph relating 10 Vermont. Won
heclu 10y commencing the work Of Tie
ard, anu then dropping down 10 scant
nr'ilse, and finally 70 sharp criticism. You
have not favored Us with vour presence nj
any Of nur meetings, so YOU ARE evidently
eNnre sing tile opinion OF others. In our
@nnd state, We have third Of Il million of
peopiG, and it may he confident " asserted
that out Of that number not half dozen
would convey 10 Won such views n Won
expressed You must come Brother Chez
er, and get acquainted with US and then
write another editorial.
Le, mt begin where van left of and
correct SOME wrong impressions You
shy, with a little less GOODNESS il the
family circle. there is no GOODNESS in
lie family circle Single individuals do
not alone make Il family. Al every meet
ing Of The hoard during the past winter
TWO, three. ny moro of The state nrgaulza-
tlurs have been represented among tht
speakers. and lie success Of tleSe meet
lnGs has heen largely due to the hearty
interest tint various organizations have
taken II them, and NJ the closing Meeting
a Montpelier. the different staff assncit-
ions furnished large number of thu
SPEAKERS, and they were apparently rs ST
llcitons inr its happy results as The mem
hers Of the board could he The right
f,4 d
to each menIher Of the family. and rs
cordially CRASHED by all
A change 10 the mnunl system has
heeu talked Of That may be So. The
change Of the Sahara, to Il lake has hren
aIkeO 0.. Indeed, this change to the IN
nuul system must have heen talked OF. or
nur good editor would never have heard ni
-hr fact But ! dnuh, whether such Il
thought has crossed the minds nf any
person ever u member Of tht hoard There
has neen little more friction il the run
ming gear N thu agricultural machine than
Is aCreeahc' Whv, where dld such Il
drought come from From the firs, mo
ment lie machine was put into running
order 10 the present hour. scarcely Il
rrcaE or & lar has heen heard Ivery
l0m, and hearing has heen So well uiieu
Ina, there has heen nj chance for friction
!. any creaklnc has heen heard, il has
come ron something outside ni the ma
cline
Now we come t. the pleasant part, vuur
communication IL whlcl Vermont Is cred
lteu tor accomplishing q great dra. with
II the past few wears IL the way OF iwuk-
f 90 al. II Ia, ~
agriculture. and - better education foy
the farmer VT will hea, this praise
mc"ky. We ser TOO much lief mdnnc il
our STATE to 1T putieG ny by it. while WE
may no, commend ourselves we may takt
some Quiet satisfaction IL the amount Of
WORT done with the small means niaced
Il, ON command From the staff upnrc-
nrail0u ui Two thousand dollars. the eZ-
pnnscs OF ii least fourteen public meetings
must 1T provided for, tht salary d. hit
secretary anG ms expenses paid the anaiv-
Scs o. commercial fertilizers. tlit cnllec-
tl0n OF Statistics, and the illustrations TO,
LIE annual repOr, allowed for. our com
incubation IL view of what money we
have to snenu Is hut inst
While il may still he "a matter of dis
rus~IOn IL Massachusetts. what form Of
wort 8 state hoard ought to undertake.
the matter Is pretty wei settled Tor Yer
mont. A series OF meetings, hy which
thousands OF farmers and farmers fam
lie, cIu he reached almost ri their own
homes, meetings IL which the farmers
themselves take part, and IL which inter
Is rises To enthusiasm, cannot, IL ON cs-
innate ht henetGlally replaced by al All
nuaI meeting. however large may he the
numbers, o. eminent the Sneakers Ii is
not men ol wealth Of leisure and OF inteli
@anc' alone, or chiefly, who neel lhr heIr
OF - hoard Of agriculture. hu that class ol
farmers, rs well. who canno, for DAYS
ieavc home u lOin in the exercises nj q
grand, intellectual feast. 1, has heep ivy
doing tie least nrelentlous, nut moi less
heplu wnrh. that Vermont ha~ Succeeded
II awakening thai interest IL bette, metl-
od- 81 agriculture, and hetter education
for tht farmer that has no met vourH,mdiy
apnro7a,. HENRY NJ SEEAY
Mjddlehury, VI. March It. 1915
I.EMARKa.-As - truth admitted under
stood AND appreciated, mus 1T more vulu-
;lolc Than one which Is doubted or hui
poorly recognized 10 Il statement which
fails 10 Go full Justice il Il ease can only
WORT henehcially II il tends t. draw nut
truth which would otherwise remain mo
den from view Il Is cOmulralvely hu Il
short time since we knew Vernon, or her
neOpIr II ali, AND tnr more WE have he
COME acquainted with hOth tht more we
have heen drawn towards them # we
,+ NV
= public manner to al ou1 feeling towards
lllr state 81 ermnn,, her prOptr and their
customs, we ieal VT might have heeu
charged with something akin 10 tlattel'y. Il
charge which would certainly he very dis
tasteful To have made against us We
nave tell lhat tnc subject Of state boards
oi agriculture and their WORK was one
witch should ne discussed by those az
qmlIned with the workings OF THESE pub
he organizations; that the different meth
DDS adopted IL tint severa states should he
made more familiar to the members ;is
wei. rs + tnC rmGTs III other states. so
that from Il comparison OF methods the
hes, only MAY he adopted Il we have
formed Incorrect opinions concerning the
value Of The WORK done by any state board,
Is deserved, we are certainly glad to be set
Alright. To accomplish tins end was one
nl tile objects III view when commencing
TIT discussion OF this subject il these COZ
umns. We have held certain opinions
concerning the value Of the labnrs of the
several state boards in New England and
elsewhere. They may have been wrong.
they may be right, SO long as the methods
OF these organizations are discussed in a
friendly spirit, and for the purpose of i'm
proving them and making them more
etlicen, t0r good, we shall be glad IT, keep
oul columns open to correspondents. We
had felt, and do vet, that reforms may he
needed In all the states THESE STATE in
sutuiInns are none TOO firmly grounded in
the hearts OF those farmers for whose hen
eli l, Is supposed they were chiefly estab-
lIshed. They are less popular than we
would he glad to see them EVERYWHERE
and less popular and far less useful than
WE hope TO SEE them Ill years to come Bul
even with theil taults-and who and what
are without faults?-they cannot be dis
pensed with.
The above letter from Prof. seeiv with
remarks by Mr.. Cheever, we take from
the New England Farmer, and from on,
standpoint Of observation, it LOOKS to us rs
l-.,tI ,v,,,., ,..,.-t L., 1911. -. L