Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-11-07
SECRETARY CUTTINGS REPORT

If any public official ever gave to
the people the worth of his pay in
faithful and intelligent work, it has
been done by the Secretary of our
Vermont Board of Agriculture since
his first appointment. Every one
who knows the doctor knows that
he is man of untiring energy. He
has always taken much interest in
agricultural progress, and since he
has, at the earnest wish of a large
number of progressive farmers, con-
sented to give himself to the work
of the board, he has literally left no |
stone unturned by which that work |
could be made effective for good. |
Our readers know that, not with
standing our personal friendship for
him, we have not hesitated to criti.
else him publicly when we thought
it due to the public that such criti-
cism should be made. The doctor
has had no hope himself that he
could carry out his work in a man.
ner entirely to escape objection from
some side, and the kindly way in
which he receives it, even when it
comes pretty sharply and clashes
with some of his pet theories, shows
that he is a man of sense, and of
that kind of self-respect which in
cmdes respect for others who may
differ with him in matters of fact or
opinion.
The Agricultural Report of Yer
mont for l883-84 is, we believe, a
positive advance, not only on DIR.
Cuttings previous report, but upon
all previous reports of our agricult-
! ural board. 1t takes up a large
number of subjects, all of a practi-
cal mature, directly bearing upon
matters important to our agricul-
ture, and treats them in clear and
practical manner, so as to be easily
understood. Any one who will look
over the excellent index (itself
great improvement which is at
tached to the report, will be struck
by the number of subjects treated
upon in its four hundred and thirty
pages, and on reference to the arti-
Giles themselves he will be still more
impressed by the amount of good
work done by the secretary, and by
the other contributors to the con-
tents of the volume.
But in rendering this deserved
tribute to the secretary, we by no
means desire to derogate from the
labors of the individual members of
the board itself. All of them have
been faithful to their duties, and
each has contributed his share, not
only to the report, but to the inter-
est and success of the forty-seven
meetings that have been held since
their last report was made. That
these meetings have contributed
much to the public enlightenment,
on all the agricultural topics dis
cussed, is proved by the good and
often large attendance that has
characterized such Institutes where
ever they have been held through
out the state. To Messrs. Lane,
Goodwin, Davis, Pember and Towle
much is due for the success of these
meetings, and we believe their SER
vices are thoroughly appreciated by
their fellow farmers.
| We do not intend, in this notice,
to speak in detail of the contents of
the report as published. The read
err who desires to study them for
himself can possess himself of the
volume through his representative,
the senator of his county, or the
member of the board living nearest
him. He will find there large fund
of practical information given by
experts in every branch of husband
ry practiced in the state. This and
former volumes indeed form for the
Vermont farmer, a cyclopedia of
farm knowledge, specially written
and designed for his use by many of
their best and most successful
brethren in this and our neighbour
ing states. 70 the young farmer,
especially, these are books to which
he may safely and confidently go
for often badly needed information
in emergencies that are constantly
arising in tho daily work in which
he lives. The set of these State
Reports, with a new volume added
every two years, ought to be owned
by every farmer in the state, and il