Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-02-13
American Agricultural Association.

The fourth meeting OF this association
was opened in the Grand Central Hotel,
New York, at 1910 p. NJ, on the 9th inst.
The president N. T. Sprague in the chair.
He announced that owing to i'll health he
should not be able to preside, and called
on the senior vice president. ExMayor
Hutchinson, of Utica, to preside. who did
so during the sessions of the associations.
Mr.. Hutchinson spoke briefly of the
aims of the association. and suggested that
to make the society stronger it should be
put in connection with all the local socie-
ties through the country. A cohesion of
all the various branches of the same inter-
ests. Mr. Real, the secretary. read the
names of many gentlemen present, (about
4O) and Vermont had the largest proper
Tomato if not absolute numbers.
There were present, Messrs. Hastings
Of Waterford, Gibson and Sykes of Rye
gate, Whitney of Wiliston, Whitney of
East Bethel, Douglass of Shoreham. Dyer,
Salisbury. Peck, and Powell of Burlington.
Buttolph, Middlebury, and Tinkham of
Pomfret.
In the afternoon Mr.. C. T. Good win, of
Connecticut, read a paper on Effects of
Forests on Agriculture, in which nothing
particularly new was brought out. Jelfer-
son thought that three fiflhs of ali the land
should be left in forests. He attributed
the floods in the west, AS well as the
droughts to the destruction of the forests.
Now we are attacking the forests of the
south and augured nothing but i'll from
the act Philo Parsons, Esq, president of
the Michigan agricultural society. spoke OF
the importance of the subject, and of
some of his experience on the subject in
Europe-where in some places one cutting
tree is required by law to plant five in
its place. Next paper was read by Mr..
Real from Senator Vance of North Caro-.
lima "What shall be done for tho Tillers
of the S ill.," There is no conservatism
all is progress. and in the race the farmer
is left behind. The farmer is the producer
all the rest live off his labors and yet he
makes less money than the rest. The
brakeman on the railroad which hauls his
wheat to market makes moro money than
he who raises the product. The manufac
lures and trades take most of the profit,
and the claims of bankers and dealers and
Spectators are openly acknowledged and
acquiesced in. farmers are not consulted
nobody is afraid of them, The farmers
are the producers, they are the life of all
the rest are consumers. lle spoke of the
influences at Washington to look after
other interests, lobbying is not reputable
business but it is done for others, the fal
mer alone is not protected.
Mr.. Parsons of Michigan took issue
with Mr.. Vance. If there is or ever has
been privileged class it is the farmer.
He spoke of the money spent in building
the Erie canal, Of the money appropriated
in Michigan on their agricultural college
Col Filing Of Pennsylvania said they had
five hundred thousand dollars appropriated
for an agricultural college, but the poiti.
clans had stolen it all. Farmers should
combine. Mr.. Tinkham of Vermont said
he was born farmer and lives farmer
Senator Vance's paper was very pernicious
in tendency. 1t is true that the means oil
bare existence come from the farmer, bu,
those things which make the presen,
system of farming possible and the sur
roundings which make life worth living
come from the other arts. There is toe
much of this talk of farmers being tho
producers and the rest only consumers
Every man who does his honest day.
work for an honest days Wage, whether
at the plow or the anvil, with hand O
with pen, is entitled to equal credit ant
respect. The effect of such talk will be t.
excite feelings of jealousy and hatred
between classes where none naturall,
exists, and whose bitter fruits may nov
be seen in European countries.
Mr.. Deane of Delaware said he was nc
farmer, but had an interest in agricul
ture. He gave brief sketch of his lif
as a mill operative, till he could run
mill of his own. They had an agricul
tura college in Delaws re, but it turne
out doctors and lawyers and parsons an
anything but farmers. He spoke of wha
had been done toward securing hone.
terlilizprs in their stale
Ex-senator Cluigman of North Carolin
spoke on the possibilities of grape grow
ing in the United States and saw 10 tt
increased production of wine ! i'll it shout
be the general beverage of the country,
sure road to temperance. prosperity an
wealth.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The oleomargarine question was di
cussed with no new light.
Thursday morning the session wa
opened by a short paper by Mr.. Whitma
of the Mary land Farmer on the mpo
lance and necessity of holding nnnu
expositions at central points.