670 State Board of Agriculture, &c. 



proper times of applying the same. The members of this 

 commission should have sufficient remuneration for time and 

 labor, so that, if necessary, they could temporarily abandon 

 other pursuits without damage to their pecuniary interests. 



It is only by the association of several careful observers 

 and investigators that the most useful results can be 

 obtained. 



Secondly. When this information has been accumulated, 

 it should, in compact form for easy reference, be widely pub- 

 lished in newspapers, and in pamphlets, for a general distri- 

 bution to all farmers. 



Thirdly. When such information has been made general, 

 compel by legislation, and impress the acts and the benefi- 

 cial results of the same upon the community, through your 

 agricultural societies, the Board of Agriculture, and the 

 newspapers of the State. You already protect your birds by 

 law, which is one step in the right direction. Can you, in 

 fact, find an intelligent farmer in the State to-day, that 

 would not cheerfully obey a judicious law to concertedly 

 counteract the injury of the advancing potato bug ? The 

 rights of the intelligent who are disposed to help themselves 

 and each other, can only thus be protected against their 

 indolent neighbor who allows his fields to be the nursery of 

 insects of destructive tendency, which overrun surrounding 

 farms to such an extent that no industry can protect against 

 them. 



This, then, allow me to say to the agriculturists of Ver- 

 mont ; that a successful campaign against your insect ene- 

 mies can only be brought about by the demand of your- 

 selves ; and that legislative enactments must furnish the 



