Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-07-06

S'h why hope 10 nhhe Jnem hIl bsIJcf,
by pulling down and reoonstructing the
debris, but by generous building up of
those now existing, and by fraternully help
ing ourselves while helping them to a greater
number of students.
! The Agricultural Experiment Stations
established in 1887, and most properly placed
under the direction OF the Land
Grant Colleges, was measure
OF extraordinary MORT, for which
tho author Mr.. Hatcn, member Of tue
House Of Representatives trom Missouri,
deserves the gratitude of farmers in all
parts Of our country.
The silly charge occasionally made, but
never proven, that literary or classical stu
| dents do not meet and treat scientific, agri-
cul ural or mechanical students as their
equals, is mere trumpeiy, ana groundiess
aud unworthy OF notice. On the
contrary, college lie is democratic and al
most sure altidote 10 aristocratc concet.
| 1t is a veritable snob-kiler. Students in
training for what hes been called "the
learned professions" know that upon grad
uation they must seek thvir livelnoo and
future reputation through popular favor aud
| the good will of tho world at large. aud tney
wisely shun the un-Americau Distinction OF
arrogant and superciiiou5 manners which
| leave public Impression seldom Glazed and
1atal TO personal success. lne assembling
toge her of children Unfortunately OF u
whole district or town without distinction
of wealth or class, is rightly regarded as Il
who esome and valuable discipline, or rs II
crucible that IN Its and throws oil the droSs,
leaving nothing but tho refined metal as tho
result. SLcI social contact, competition
and nutua. refinement Of children Of alarger
growth in coIleoes in like manner. is for
Them even NOR. q ,sentloI and edvanta reous.
not less to c,a.sicI student, thau to ali
Others.
Demosthenes. it is cIaimeJ was the son
of a blacksmith. and we all KNOW that Web
ster was the son of a small farmer. as was
Mr. Marsh. one of the most renowned presi-
dents of the Nermont niveritv II shoulI
not bs for ,otten that 81 I,res nortion of the
studenta of everv roiIege a, we'll ne of the
men of widest fnne in our country.
hove been GINS ar foruors IT. vould
hardly he nos.ibIa for Sons Of
farmers ALWAYS proudlv claiming to
have some "bev-seed not vet ont Of
their hnir - To i'm in iearing horticultural
students II vould ha a IibaI on tina omar
acter o. thas, wang mon osnjriny tn H.,
| gentlemen md scholars to charps them
with being willing lookers-on of such brain
less fan es "witbont snoering to teocn tbe
rest to IN ,eru Mt tbose proposing to fo, oy
the great occupation of their own fathers.
1t would not be too much to say that such
blackguerd offences in their presence would
receive due casti.ation on the spot.
There has been an era when the western
| overflow of agricultural products has seve-
rely depressed the prosperity of New Eng
| land farmers, while other industrie, were
| comparatively less harmed. That era is
! RAPIDLY passinr away bpincrease of consum-
| ers is overtaking that of producers and the
! most des rable nomcstsads of the west have
! baen pre-empted They are now less plenti-
| full there than torpadoes and cyclones. or
| than drourhts and erassAoppers The crv
''Go west youny man" Is now often sadly
echoed back in the voice OF Poe's Raven,
"Never More The fertility and produc-
! ing value OF land in Vermont, unquestIou-
ably the best in New England, is more ap
! preclated Abandoned farms are undis-
coyerable. and the phrase finds no roosting
| p acc among our sugar NAPLES. The tine
| Vermont breeds of horses, sneep and cattle
command the quickest market. Cream
cries and cheese factories are renumera-
! tive, General farming as we'll as special
market gardening, Is becoming prosperous,
aud the agricultural competition of our
| Canadian neighboIs-iu-law has been made
/ iuuCu lees lOT utD.e.
SO long as agriculture seemed uuder T.
cloud, there was little or no inducement for
preparatory instruction to Il Ter u field prom
young men to spend years in obtaining
ising an inferior income 10 til at of a most an V
other. Hence past paucity everywhere
in New England aud the east OF students
IN agriculture But, even in seasons of the
greatest adversely, it should be remem bered
that the number of annual financial failures.
among one hundred men engaged in trade
has been aud will be ten times greater than
| that of one hundred men in the quIet career
of the farmer. This is especially true in
Vermont. where The mountains bring
forth peace and the little hills Righteousness
to the People,
The future OF farming in the East looks
mora auspicious TO the fathers. and tb.ir
sons in Vermont will bavs less reason to
shun il or to run AWAY from il. with the
sIiohtest faith that any other locality. or
env othsr vacation Dromises n hlpher re
ward or ultimatelv a surer indspendencs
| They will Aockin lergsr nunbers to the land
Grant collage and NOT Ina reluctantly cent.
! Tbev will bs inspirsd with a more buoyant