Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-05-27
The Meeting of the Dairymen's Assoc
cIatiOn, and the Lectures of Pro-
fessors Cressy and Perkins.

The one days meeting of the Associ
alton, with lectures from Prof. Cressy
and Prof. Perkins, was held here. on the
10th Inst. The busy season of the year
and the imperfect notice given, account
ed for a smaller attendance than the
meetings deserved; but quite good
number of the leading agricultural men
of the county and vicinity were present to
listen to and participate in the exercises.
The meeting was called to order by
Hon. E. d. Mason, President of the AS
ISOLATION, after which prayer was offered
by Rev. johnson. President Mason, in
few timely remarks. opened the meet
ing and afterwards broke the ground for
the forenoon's discussion. He briefly
called attention to few of the import
ant things that he deemed necessary in
the successful pursuit of agriculture. and
especially dairying. Mr.. Mason init
mated that lively interest in agricul-
ture, like anything else, must be created
by agitation, discussion, education and
the frequent meeting together of the
people in gatherings where they can
receive instruction from practical and
scientific men, and for mutual inter-
change of ideas on important topics. He
stated that an agricultural college,
Boards of Agriculture and other institu-
tons necessary for the higher education
and elevation of the people in agricul-
ture, can not of themselves accomplish
great ends, unless they have the support
and cooperation of the people. There
must be a mutual effort to produce that
reform and benefit which is so much de-
sired. In speaking of the hard times,
Mr.. Mason said that the only sure PAN
acea is industry and economy; laziness
and prodigality will not avail in these
times. Among other necessary things
which he recommended is the keeping
of accurate and general accounts of all
the business done on the farm, so that
the farmer can know at the end of the
year what paid and what was done at a
loss. Many farmers have no positive
knowledge of their financial affairs, much
less of their profit and loss in the pro.
duction of any staple. Strict accounting
would be likely to eliminate many kinds
of Improbable work. while it would turn
the attention to that which paid. In
speaking of one of the wastes of the
farm, Mr.. Mason believed that one-hali
of all the manurial material in the State
is allowed to 60 to waste. He instanc.
ed the fact that in recent travel Of
eleven miles in one part of the State, h,
only counted three places where thu
manure was properly housed. The lane
in this State, he said, is wonderfully
adapted to manure, and unless bette
system of creating and saving it Cal
be adopted, the time is soon coming
when it will be necessary to surrende
this region to race of men adapted t.
the desert and wilderness. Some men
he said, complain that farming does no
pay. Such men can usually to be foun'
croaklng about the saloons among thos
who are as lazy and thriftless as them
selves those who know that farming
does pay are the ones who give the ben
eft of their labors and their. intelligen
thought. A farmer must give his busi
ness his muscle and his brain, the sam
as the professional man gives his bes
energies to his profession, if he makes
success. r
Mr. Thomas Baker of Barton. the
contributed paper on Dairying, whic
treated the subject very intelligently.
If Mr.. B. will send us his manuscriI
we will give the public the benefit of i
(ED.)
Mr.. Jameson of Irasburgh remarke
!, that in his section the mooted questic
among dairymen is, whether the dail
market is not likely to be over-stocke'
/, and the price reduced too low for prof
for some time to come. There is cons
quently kind of trepidation among Il
dairymen, which does not give them Il
zeal in their business that best contri
utes to its success. Mr.. J. would lii
the opinion Of those best informed as
= whether dairy products should be put
to the market at once. or held until ia
to He thought that the very large amou
- of butter that would be produced Il
season, would show whether it was o,
sible to over-stock the market and ri
7 the business. If the market is not 81
ted this year, he thinks there will be
|. danger in the immediate future.
I DR.. Hoskins of Newport coincic
with the president, in regard to the
portance of keeping accurate accounts
\ the farming and dairy business.
y. speaking of the low price of butter,
attributed the cause, in degree, to
fact that the producers, by the keep
of lot of proftless cows, are. to u:
Wall street phrase, bearing" the n
70 ket. In other words, in almost ey
dairy there are poor COWS that proc
ed some butter. but not enough to N
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