Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-02-10
WHAT OUR NEIGHBORS SAY,
Non-itesident Ownership Of Farm.
and summer Farming
(From Ahe Barre T,nes

satisfaction OF ALL for now comes Jud,,o
o. A. Towne Of Franklin. n. H.. with
the statement that he thinks .he acou,r.
ing OF farm land for city people does not
work well for the State. He declares;
i am not very much In favor Of thoae
sales They may DC good enough for tina
man who has farm which he WANTS 70
sell, but summer farmers will not add
very much 10 the productive wealth OF ,
| place l would much rather see a for,,
bought for farming purposes by n man
who Understands modern methods q,
farming, than to see one sold for summer
residential purposes
IL the occupancy Of the farm, and Tho
work Of cultivating IL were confined On.
TREY To the few months In the sun,ner
when the city people spend their y-,ca-
| lions on their country places. INDIA
ToSnc's position would DO well taken.
but, fortunately, II Is not the general
situation in the rural sections Of Ne,y
England. People who have country
places are either rich enough to oerrv
| them on extensively or, on the contrary
too poor to permit the land to lose f..
productivity and run to weeds and black.
berry bushes. Therefore. we have f.yy
| city owners Of country places who do
! not "work' their farms the Year around
! although they themselves mas, not be or,
the spot to actively engage IN tho yorl,
! Of farming. They let ont the work %
| carrying on the Farm to cxporicnce1
farmers, or farm It BY halves. as Seems
| most advantageous or Feasible Tben
| they come back FOR the summer season
and bring their families and servants
! and expend quite sum Of money dur
Ing the course OF Their vacations. Tho
personally may ne called I'm derision.
summer farmers" bur actuall,. they are
all-the-y ear-around farmers. and the
arms do not lose in productivity through
| their ownership. The only thing which
| they do lose Is the constant oversight Of
the owners, ana this is more than com
| pensated for ~ the engagement ~
skilled superintendents, who make a sci
entihc study Of the particular soil on
the farm. In fact, II might not be "a
bencft to have the owners about til
farm, SO far as actual contribution =,
the managing OF the farm IS Concerned
but when they do come in the summer
they bring a certain measure OF business
for tho community in which their farm
Is located, and they. therefore, add t.
the wealth OF the place in that proper
don. There may be some, as Judge
Towne iutimates, who merely are sum
mcr farmers" but they are much in
the minority. at least IN Vermont
BARREL" CAMPAIGNS
G'rom the Enosburg Standard)
a condition not a theory. confronts Yer
mont and. o the Standard views it,
very serious condition. We are about to
,,-t,,
tests. campaign for the governorship
based largely. on the part OF one Of the
aspirants, on commercial lines in one
form or another 1t will depend greatly
on the amount OF opposition that Is
thrown against DR.. Mead IN his cam
paign as to the amount OF money he
Will spend in trying I" capture the prize.
The condition that confronts the Re-
publican party in Vermont is not new AMI
Or. Mead is by no means the first aspir-
ant for gubernatorial honors who has
been willing to pay handsomely for the
privilege OF serving the State as its
chief executive. This method of conduct
ing a campaign was first in evidence, to
| his generation a least. in the old third
district tignt, when Bradley Barlow ran
for Congress as a boiler against the reg
|
That time on there have teen several
campaigns in which the ability 10 fnancd
he expenses of a fierce contest was tho
determining factor
1t Is not necessary to give a detailed
account OF all these contests Suffice it
20 say that the one we are about to en-
cage In is no different from what We
nave heretofore passed through. The
question Is, how long can Vermont keep
IN in this way and maintain her self
respect? 1t is very well for the people o.
mis- commonwealth TO hold mp their
hands in holy horror and denounce the
eruption of other States and for III,
Nermont press TO applaud the crusade
for good government going on in New
York. Pennsylvania, California, Color
ldo and in fact nearly all the states OF
he Union; Yet the ugly fact remains
whether We like to face 1t or not, that II
MS particular Vermont is not a grea
ways removed from Delaware as hein.
a rotten borough" To be sure there j.
no man that represents Adicks but W.
have several men who have employed
Adicks' methods IN carrying their points
Believing that it is the duty Of III,
press Of Vermont to take positive 20
Q sition In this matter. the standard vii
! he emphatically opposed to n continue
: ton Of these methods, and what influence
5 il has will be exerted, as opportunity Of
e fers, In favor Of candidates with clear
records at home and who are not com
! PEELED to depend upon lavish expend
5 ture OF money to assure their SUGGEST
in obtaining the nomination
J For this reason We are against th
nomination OF DR.. Mead AT the same
lime we propose to treat him fairly, has
I ing our opposition entirely upon tbs
methods he 10 employing and trying u
> show that personally he Is not the prop
er man to occupy the high Office Of gov
' ernor.
WILL BENEFIT DIARIES
(t'rom the ST, Adams Messenger)
The Messenger Is pleased to note tina
IT last an effort is TO be made To organ
lie COW testing association in this 10
cality at a meeting scheduled to be helC
- in this city tomorrow afternoon. and /
. earnestly cornmends the enterprise t,
, the favorable consideration of the dairy
men herea bouts. and of the entire county
), for that matter Because sooner or late
| COW testing associations must be organ
a., lied all over the county if Franklin coun
, ~ expects to maintain It's prestige tn
best butter producing region of New Eng
land.
This proposition is not a mere fame,
farming theory, It has stood the test o
| experience in Europe in countries tina
g produce the most butter and the fines
n butter in the world. and the idea ha