The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1912-09-05
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assistance that is goipg 10 aue
as fFom the national go,ernncn
bcrsnse Of the countrywide co-opeia
ton Tor Improvement Mr. Dodge
the United States farm manager OK
pert tor New England, recently spen
a part of day at the Association
headquarters. When he was as
sured that the Association was II
the Held 20 stay and that the wori
10 be undertaken was not an annual
bu: permanent. proposition, Mr.
Dodge became very deeply intenestc'
IN the work and enthusiastic owe
the outlook. lie at once wrote e
/ Washington. ID. G.. 10 secure th'
very best possible agricultural ex
pert for the County. He also sale
thar he would spend considerable
I time here aud that other experts
who make speciality OF specia
lines OF agricultural interest woult
lie available for our work here.
lhe Government is going to MAX,
unusual concessions to this County
because there is a strong county
Wide organization that is pushing
the work, This will give the Govern
ment an opportunity 10 do It's best
and to have field which may be
come an example toother counties
uoi only In Vermont but through.
out the entire United States.
The Progressive Spirit.
Another encouraging sign Is the
change OF mind that is taking place
In this County as well as all over
the country. There are not only
Industrial aud political revolutions II
progress but there is an even great
er revolution taking place In the
agricultural life.
The conservatism OF New England
farmers that kept them doing things
as they used to be done Is giving
way to the spirit of progress. The
pioneer spirit of the pilgrims bids
lair TO inspire the men living IN
the homes of the pilgrims once
more. This pioneer spirit is not
driving them out west as ii once did
but is leading them in to far
more fundamental pioneer task
This task Is to take the farms
and make two and four, and more
blades of grass grow where one
grew before and to establish, organi-
cations and corporations that will
be monumental in their achieve
menlts.
Now men are thinking about eff
ficiency instead of discovery" says
George French of the Boston Cham
Der of Commerce, about methods In
steaH of opportunities, about inten-
siye cultivation of that which Is at
hand rather than taking up new
quarter-sections. The question Is
not now wholly one of enterprise, it
involves more particularly problems
of economic production and dlstribu-
tion.
For every one who goes Into New
England with an open mind, there
are found many concrete examples
of the workings OF the new spirit,
which is transforming the whole re-
glon from whatever il was in the
way Of conservatism and stagnation.
towards whatever the optimistic es-
innate of the future may be. II is
characteristic of New England tenn
ancestry and historic in
that when the impulse of
progress attacks its men they have
the energy and the determination to
advance and advance no matter wha
the obstacles in front may be.
The rise of this spirit is giving
New England its second great OPP
portunity to render the country at
large most invaluable service. II
Is not spirit of war but spirit
of peaceful enterprise that is vastly
more fundamental to the building
up of strong nation than the splr-
It OF war. The people Of Bennington
County may well feel proud that thi'
spirit is becoming more active and
better organized in this County
than anywhere else In New England.
We are proud of the monument
erected on the field of the battle at
Bennington. Let this pride and the
heroism that was manifested then re
incorporate Itself in the work that
Is being undertaken for the up-lift
and the improvement. not only OF
The agricultural interests Of this
codnty, but Of the enntire life OF tn,
county.
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