The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-05-29
Recruiting Vermont from England.

The article which appeared in these
columns last February, in reference to
the desirability of encouraging the immi-
grafton of English and Scotch farmers
into this state, was in great part repro
duced in the issue Of the Norfolk
(England) Ne,Ds of April 9th. The
copy of this paper from which the ex-
tracts were made was sent to the editor
of the Ne,os by Canadian gentleman
connected with the offices of the Cana
dian Pacific railway in Montreal, and
his letter, as follows, was printed in
the same connection. The writer says
cdr. Hoskins is thoroughly practi-
cal man. Twenty years ago, when he
started his little farm in Vermont, the
Vermonters, on account of the long
winter and billy nature of the country,
were of opinion that no really good
apples could be grown there. The
doctor took upon himself the work of
experiment, with view of obtaining
varieties that would stand the climate
and yet bear good useful fruit. He
department of agriculture at Washing
ton (Which, understand, esteems his
opinion highly, and in conjunction
with Mr. Glib of Abottsford, one of
our greatest Canadian apple-growers,
and fruit specialist, introduced some
Russian varieties of apples which stand
the climate well and produce very fine
fruit. A more lovely sight of its kind
than that presented by DR.. Hoskins'
orchard last September, when / was
down, think l never beheld. / need
hardly say that DR.. HoskiDs, in the
matter of the introduction of hardy and
good apple-trees, has been great bene-
factor to his adopted stately ermont.
A few weeks ago the Montreal Horti-
cultural Society held a meeting in
Montreal, at which DR.. Hoskins was
present and gave two or three addresses
on different subjects connected with
apple culture. While in town he stayed
with US and then saw the papers men
toned in his article, copies of which /
now and again receive from my Nor
witch friends. You will notice, from
the latter portion of the article, that he
thinks some of your hard-up Norfolk
! ~.
| agree with him; or, if they do not
like the United States, then Ontario
and Quebec have plenty of room for
them. 1t is curious fact that just
now a very great emigration of the
farming community is going on from
Ontario and Quebec to points in Mani
toba and the Northwest. Some three
years ago this company commenced
running excursion trains at very cheap
rates twenty-five dollars for 1000
miles) from Ontario and Quebec farm
ing districts, that farmers might pros.
pect in the Northwest. They have
been doing so, and the result is that
many of them decide to go West. Sew.
eral hundreds leave Ontario and Que.
bee every week now, with their fam.
lilies, chattels, etc., to commence life
on the prairies. They are, of course
much better adapted for that thar
English farmers, and it seems to mt
the best thing English farmers can dc
is TO come to Ontario and Quebec ant
take their places. They would fine
houses, barns, cleared land, neighbors
and the conveniences of civilization
more to their tastes"
We reproduce all this here not TO-
the complimentary notice of oursel
/, which it contains, but to show the goot
feeling entertained upon the subject o
the proposed efforts to obtain so de
sirable class of settlers in our state
: AS, since our article referred to abov
appeared, Governor Dillingham; ha
, filed the new Office of commissioner o
} immigration, we sincerely trust tina
the new official will exert himself t