^6 VERMONT AGRICULTURAL REPORT. 



In summer's heat its cells expanded, its long arms reached 

 out and upward in mighty strength. In winter's cold it braced 

 its strong roots to withstand the fearful icy blasts. Through 

 years, decades and generations it held its place. Firm on its 

 native ledge it stood immune from fire and flood, giving of its 

 stored up riches, spreading its shade for man and beast, asking 

 no care of man, robbing nobody. 



Mighty monarchs of the forest — pioneers of our grand old 

 State — rockribbed as her eternal hills on which they stand — fit 

 emblems of Vermont — more worthy a place on her shield than 

 the pine — lofty, living monuments linking the past with the 

 present — I love them. 



J. A. CHAPIN. 

 Middlesex, Vt., March, 1906. 



