Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-11-08

They study the Papers aud Compare
well with Farmers Of Other states.

They study the Papers aud Compare
well with Farmers of Other States.
The efforts Of Commissioner Valentine Of
Vermont have resulted in giving some false
impressions regarding that state. Criti-
cisms quite unfavorahle have been made
that would never have been made had the
authors Of them taken pains to inform
themselves regarding Vermont and its peo-
pie.
Hoards Dairyman, whose editor-n. chief
is W d. Hoard, at present governor Of
Wisconsin assumes that the farmers of
Vermont are practicing the old, played out
methods Of forty years ago, in breeding,
handling and feeding the dairy COW. He
further assumes that there is,a wonderful
sight Of old fogysm in Vermont. No one
will deny but there is enough of that in all
sections Of the country, but the person that
believes that Vermont farmers as a class
have more Of it than farmers in other
states believes an error The governor
emphasizes his belief by stating that the
Vermont farmer himself needs fertiizing
as much as his land, and adds that agricul-
ture and agricultural farms are going into
decay, referring, of course TO Vermont.
No one will deny but the people in Wis
consin are entitled to a great deal of credit
| for the progress that they have made in
farming the past few years, and especially
in dairying. A great deal of this progress
can be attributed to the efforts of such men
as Gov Hoard and others, who have been
instrumental in organizing and carrying on
the Farmer Institutes in various parts of
the state. do not believe it is necessary
| for any citizen of Wisconsin to underrate
the dairymen of other states in order t.
! give Wisconsin dairymen the position to
which they are Justly entitled Vet the
governor said in his comments on Mr. Doug
las S letter that Eve talk and discuss and
think and read on these vital questions ten
| times as much in Wisconsin with all our
| good virgin soil as they do in Vermont
] do not believe that statement, and chal
lenge proof that will show that the Yer
mont farmers are not reading people
! There are farmers living in that state that
! have been continuous subscribers for tn,
last forty years to good agricultural papers
| ! know of scores in that state who hav,
been constant readers of such papers a.
the New England Farmer and Country
Gentleman for at least thirty years Their,
are hundreds that have taken for many
years not less than three agricultural pa
pers each. \ careful canvas Of Vermont
would show that as many agricultural pa
pers are taken 10y its farmers in proportion
to their number as in any state in the Tn
ion, if not greater number.
believe Gov Hoards conclusions wer,
hased rather on what he did not know o
Vermont and its people than on what h
did know. In other words, he has draw
! Ga
regarding Vermont and its people that ar,
too common in many western papers
While | know nothing about it, will rsl
the statement that Gov. Hoard never at
tended an agricultural meeting in Vernon
nr stood before "A Vermont audience of an,
kind The northwest has no brighter ma
than Gov Hoard and none of greater indi
viduality, but. ike many others, he is mis-
taken regarding Vermont and Vernon
dairymen f. W. MosELEY
Clinton Iowa