Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-02
Agricultural College vs.. Board of Apri.
culture.

There has been no lack of cbean writ
ing on the above topic in our state, mostly
made up of assertion with no single parti-
Gle oil proof, till it's a kind of family affair,
and we don't know but we have RIGHT to
Il serlmmage in our household. But orr
heishboring state of New Hampshire has
1t state Board of Agriculture and the board
OF us secretary issues monthly Bulletin.
IN Il late number it has the following
rather remarkable production:
A CIANGE.-For several years the Uni
Sefslty OF Vermont, at Burlington, as we
nave been told by Fermonters, has made
war on the Board Of Agriculture of that
state. Why? For this reason: the mi.
Verslty mas the possession of the 1920. 900
OF agricultural college fund, but has NOT.
us we nave it, established an agricultural
coIleSe' and, what is more, refuses to do
80 ana apparently delies the state author
Itics' ne BOARD has condemned this ac-
. ~ 'llt. thereoy incurred the bitter onpo-
s'tioh Oh me college. The result is, the
power OF the board has been TRANSFORMED
I" superintendent of agricultural affairs,
Now This is our quarrel and we can't
see what particular business it is of the
We" Hampshire Board of Agriculture
whether we have an agricultural COLLEGE
or not SO long us they have at home 50
brilliant success in that line. GAS we
are told by Vermonters and cas- we
have it," Messrs. of the Bulletin of the
New Hampshire Board of Agriculture,
your Information on the subject is not +,
credltable to your intelligence, and vour l.
sources OF information or your under
standing OF them egregiously mistake the
facts.
flrst' there is no such institution nc
the University of Vermont, that Institution +,
ceased to exist years ago by the surrender fl
OF It's charter There is an institution b
named University of Vermont and State L
Agricultural College-which institution t.
mas as part of ITSELF the fund of the 40 k
flcultural college, and the property, real ri
ana PERSONAL of the University of Yer IL
mont. So second, there Is an agricultural st
college, and you evidently " have it in M
correct and there is no alarming amount in
OF refusing I" to establish one, or remark
ably dangerous " defying of state autborJ- Ia
ties in the matter Here is an extract ha
from an article by Mr.. Cheever, in the "
Nc'0 EngIand Farmer, and it seems Ina to
" has it rather in different way. tn
We must admit that we are NOT nc f,- NV
lnii l as we might wish with all the VII
lndcriorces and currents in Vermont pol- =
tics which come to the surface in the form
OF legislative acts, but this VIC do saw
That we do believe that the Vermont Uni
Fersity and Agricultural College has ever
either openly or secretly, been an enemv
o the State Board of Agriculture. We Ay,
ire perfectly aware that there has been $40
more or less feeling between individual Nat
members of the state board, the dairy. H9l
mems association and the trustees of the |
srlcuituarl lege,and that there has been pie
1 |, severe criticism and censure publish firm
through the newspaper press against Ayl
ne OF the other of these institutions SIN;
luch OF which had better never been pnb, M
sled' Ii the college had been the bitter hay
nemy TO the state board that it has beon DOS,
presented, we cannot believe that II stor
'uld' though its president and professors dret
lyo worked so kindly and SO earneStir mar
it'll the board for the past few years. only
The president and secretary of the Nev the
ampshire board were Mt the hrortno,;a. figul
noro1 ,,,oot;ro. or 4h.,, NATL
5 VI 'iao 'o'l'l' ana VIC be- larg
We The president of the Vermont Uni herd