Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-01-18

the TWO MESSAGES DR.. WILEY BROUGHT.
Dr.. Harvey W. Wiley, the famous and unintmdated and
champion Of food and cleanliness and common
door IN vermont and he can enjoy its freedom whenever ne
chooses to do
This apostle of truth in its concrete forms brought
sages with him from Washington One of these for Yer
mont the other Vermont These which
pehensve we'll grand spirit and proportion may be
summed up in exactly ten words:
'unce Sam helping Vermont -"vermont must help it.
If the people Of Vermont translate into action and
and the wisdom and experience condensed
helped to make the annual meeting Of the daymen and
makers Of the Green Mountain State above all other
gatherings the kind ever held in Vermont this State would
double its from the soil products thereof inside
OF ten years while manufacturing ndus would multiply
apace
Let us state the situation in a few plain words
Inc reason why Vermont is not likely experience these
wiley and his coworkers felt that they be entertained
rather than be instructed in the varieties of agriculture and
manufacture and trade.
easily followed rules how their and
improve their stock and extend their dairy yield for example,
VIII proDaoy go nome and settle down to the old routine
instead OF resolving to put into prompt eec, of the most
simple essential principles good farming that clearly
enuncated and demonstrated.
Likewise the young manufacturer and the young business
man may forget Dr. Weys demonstration that does
to aduterate any product to do dishonest selling
Dr. Wiley hit the farming nail on the capu when he said
elsewhere to make the farm home itself inviting and
tracve for the boys and girls well good
That fundamental fact which lies at the very foundation
Of the problem how to keep Vermont youth home
The girl who has seen her mother drudge through life amid
barren and forblddmg home surroundings the farm
able II she tries to avoid similar experience for herself and
every farmer and farmers wife face the fact that
ney nave Vermont future in their hands this time than
all other classes of our people combined
The attractive farm home is the key the of the
fnture agricultural development of Vermont. 1t needs be
costly to be neat and homee The product
the honest market spell prosperity for Mountain
States industries
In his mastery plea for She housewives
Wiley demonstrated that while important have clean
influences and to provide so and other farm improvements
it vastly essential and likewise profitable dollars
more attractive place of abation with good reading and
music and of the other finer features of everyday life
tor it's products and consequently better prices and larger
it's But improvements and the practical ques
who desires to mend his and become better how
to get the money with which to make improvements.
One speaker told clearly how to begin In the first
place study the dairy ntelgenty and you may find did
other that by cutting down the dairy from foryc
and adopting intelligent and feeding the product would
be as large before and the profits largely increased
ton Careful tests will tell unerringy whether worth
Keeping The rule OF intelligent operation applies
other product of the farm.
these things for themselves and for this well for
the welfare Of Vermont rejoice that the Vermont
daymen and makers in the of unusually commend
able resolutions called the next Legislature appropriate
the money necessary enable the State College of Agriculture
and the Experiment Station to college extension work
those who leave their the Agricultural
is matter for mutual congratuation that President Ben
ton of the State university illustrated his expression Of desire
cooperate with the farmers Of Vermont the indicated
by showing that could he provided town
in Vermont ought he able call upon experts of the State
College of Agriculture for assistance in working out problems
Just the State Laboratory of Hygiene called by
community take requiring its knowl
edge and facilities in analysis otherwise
The time will unquesonably when the State Vniver
sy College Of Agriculture will have object farming lessons
ed all parts the result of this extension
When farmers have thus learned how actual practice
the theories stated by the speakers at meeting
like that just closed Burlington shall begin to double the
profits of farming operations whole and Vermont
farms shall blossom the
In the meantime all classes Of voters should bear in mind
that the taxing of the young farmer is large factor in help
Vermont boy and the Vermont girl at home We
modify laws the coming session of the egis
the young farmer shall not be compelled to bear
double taxation when he into debt for his farm
In other words while the authorities at Washington
gisating behalf of the adueraed market and for the
farmers of Vermont must stand ready
supplement that good work through laws and appropriations
and through efforts direction of good farming
products and honest marketing
ly prevailed