The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1889-11-14
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The sfior,s oi Commissioner yalcniiBc 81
Vermont hare resulted 10 giving some
ialse impressions regarding that state.
Criticisms quite uniavcrahio have been
made that would never have been made
had The authors Of them taken pains 10 IN
form themselves regarding Vermont and
Ia people.
Hoard's Daitymsn, whose ediiorin chief
IS W. ID. Hoard, =, present governor OF
wlssansin, assumes that the farmers Of
Vermont are praclicine the OLD, nlayea-on,
methods OF forty years ago, 10 breeding,
handling aud feeding The dairy Gov. He
further assumes that there Is y wonder
ful sigh, Of old fogyism 10 Vermont No
Que will deny but there is enough OF that
u all sections Of the country, but the per
son that believes thai Vermont farmers as
a class have more OF it than farmers 10
other states, believes 40 error. The gov
ernor emphasizes his belief by stating that
the Vermont farmer himself needs iei,iliz
No as much ~ his land, aud adds that
agriculture and agricultural farms are so
ing into decay, referring OF course. to
Vermont.
No one will deny bnt the people in Wis.
consin are entitled to great deal OF credit
for the progress that they have made in
farming the past few years and especially
IN dairyipg A great deal OF this progress
can be attributed to the efforts Of such men
rs Gov. Hoard and others who have been
Instrumental in organizing aud carry on
the farmers institute in various parts OF
the state do not believe 1t is necessary
for any citizen Of Wisconsin to Moderate
the dairymen of other states in order to
give Wisconsin dairymen the position to
which they are justly entitled, Yet the
governor said in his comments on Mr.
Douglas letter that 1--WE talk aud discuss
and think and read on these vital questions
ten times as much 10 Wisconsin with all
our good virgin soil as they do in Yer
mont.
do not believe that statement and
challenge proof that will sbtw that Il 9
Vermont farmers are not reading people.
There are farmers living in that state that
have been continuous subscribers for the
last forty years 20 good agricultural PR
pers. ] know Of scores 10 that state wi o
have been constant readers Of such papers
as the New England Farmer aud Country
Gentlemen for at least thirty years, There
are hundreds that have taken for mary
years not less then three agricultural pa
pers each. A careful canvas Of Vermont
wonld show that as many agricultural pe.
pers bre taken by its farmers IN prop, ion
to their number as in any state in Il Q
union, il not greater number
believe Gov Hoard s conclu Ions wire
based rather Oh what lie did not know If
Vermont add It's people ;ban IN What ! g
di know la other words, he has drawn
his conclusions from auIavarab!e com
ments regarding Vermont and its people
that are too common in many western pa
pers. While know nothing about it,
will risk the statement that Gov Hoard
never attended an agricultural meeting in
Vermont or stood before Vermont aud
ieace OF any kind The northwest has no
brighter man that Gov. Hoard aud none OF
greater individuality. but. like many
Others. be is mistaken regarding Vermont
AMI Vermont dairymen.
Clinton, Iowa Il. W. MosELEY