During my very pleasant experience in visiting Billings Farm & Museum in Woodstock, VT, I somehow felt that I was on a mini-tour of the entire state. This working farm and museum seem to combine and embody all of Vermont from several different perspectives:
1. Its history
2. Success in land and forest preservation
3. Introduction of sound farming practices
4. Tourism.
The historical personages George Perkins Marsh, Frederick Billings and his granddaughter Mary French Rockefeller and husband Laurance Spelman Rockefeller are key players that have led to the variety of Billings Farm. Marsh and Billings played key roles in emphasizing and implementing the following:
1. After cutting down forests, there is a need for systematic replenishment with new trees. These are needed for new forestry, of course, and also to prevent flooding and soil erosion.
2. For farming, safeguards are needed to prevent the erosion of fertile farm soil.
3. For farming, procedures are needed to enhance crop production, such as crop rotation, fallow use of selected land portions and plowing procedures that provide alternatives to the traditional straight up and down.
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