The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31

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Successful Farming.
An axiom Of agricultural success
might be stated as follows: That farm
er will be most successful, and will
receive great return on his invest
ment, who applies his efforts to raising
those commodities for the production
Of which the soil of mis- farm and the
the climatic conditions in which he Ia.
bors are best adapted This is about
as nearly self.evident truth as il
Is possible to express But in spite
of its truthfulness, it Is constantly and
widely neglected, in this state as well
as elsewhere, and It is this neglect that
constitutes the one great reason why
SO many farmers are dissatisfied with
the fruits Of their labor
An example Of wrongly applied en-
deavor Is evident III Vermont to-day
In certain parts Of the state soil and
climate are almost In perfect combina-
ton for the raising Of apples, but there
l. none who would say that the apple
industry i developed to any extent near
to what it might well be. That the
growing OF this fruit is profitable
business has been clearly demonstrated
BY such states as Oregon, Washington,
and California, which yearly make huge
shipments to the eastern and European
markets.
Maine this week sent to English mer-
chants $4,000 barrels Of apples To
bring these to the water front for trans.
fer to the steamer, $50 freight cars
were required. and this was but one
shipment taken ont on one vessel. 1t
might almost seem that the railroads
of Vermont would be but seizing oppor.
tunity by the foreock If they joined
III the campaign Of education which
alone can be the means Of awakening
the Vermont farmer to the fact that
perhaps he may find his salvation in
raising the frnit that popular tell
has it caused the original downfall Of
man. Whatever the apple may have
done to us in our earlier days, there
is a chance to make it square the ae-
count to-day-St. Adams Messenger
Water Power On the Deerfeld.
In an opinion handed down By Judge
Powers of the supreme court, in the
case of the Deerfeld River company YER
sus the Wilmington Power & Paper
company, the court held that the VIII
mington Power 6 Paper company, which
is organized to develop the power Of the
Deerfeld river, may exercise the right
OF eminent domain for flowing lands and
erecting transmission lines for public
use.
The effect Of this decision is Of great
Importance to the state. The right 70
take By eminent domain is dependent
upon the right Of the public to use tae
power. The charter Of the Wilmington
company requires the company to fur
nish electricity for municipal and domes-
tic uses at rate fixed by the court, and
also requires the company to give pref
orcnce at all times to users of power
for manufacturing companies in the
towns in Vermont on the river,
This practical dedication of the power
to local use so far as there may be
local demand for it is the basis for the
right Of eminent domain The case
above referred TO was a test case. The
position taken by the court is of great
value to the state for the conservation
of the states resources.
The FIRST charter Of the kind was that
Of the Connecticut River Power COM
pany. The committee Of Brattleboro men
who had the matter in charge made the
provision in the draft of the charter that
the towns bordering on the tlowage
should have preference in the taking Of
power and the rate should be fixed by
courts commission if the parties should
not agree, and on that basis the com
pany was given the right of eminent
domain.
The experience in this locality has
been that the landowners have gotten
very liberal prices for the land, but at
the same time there has been no hold
up because Of this provision in the char
ter. On the other hand. the develop
ment Of the power has already resulted
in the reduction by 80 per cent. Of the
electric light bill of everybody in Brat
tleboro. 1t has provided electric lights
for Vernon and it IS likely that Putney
will shortly be reached with lines for
the benefit OF the town.
II used TO be possible for one land
owner TO act the part Of dog in the
and prevent the development of
water power for public benefit. The ef-
feet Of this decision is to prevent such
an attitude in a large measure.
The development Of the power OF the
Deerfed river is pretty certain 10 be
Of tremendous benefit to that valley
The tendency is 70 bring industry near
TO the power stations and with the great
power which can be developed in the
Deerleld valley, that valley ought TO
thrive tremendously
BY the way, when the Deerfeld val
ley grows as it seems likely. why should
there not be an electric railway from
and Nottingham to Brat
tleboro touching the towns IN the south
erB part of the county? Isn't Il good
time to take that matter upg An
electric railway across the southern tier
Of towns and power line with il would
mean everything to the whole southern
part Of The eounty.-Brattleboro Phoe-
nix.