Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-06-11

same dwelling ~ tnuuu I" VIC
sickly , Place ablade Of fodder and ST.
ole straw of wheat on the naked ground
equally eyppsed to the weather tor sew
DAYS or weeks, so as that they shall NOT
be blown away, but stick close to the sur
lace. Examine them the straw will be
found to preserve its firm texture in so
far a. to remain tohols whilst the corn
blade will exhibit the mechanism OF ITS
frame and Ineaments only BY its tne ar
ticulsted fibres, which in their mere sub
stantial growing condition, had been neees
sary to preserve the broad spreading leat'
The outer cortical of the corn stalk, very
probably, like the wheat straw and the
reed, is a substance from which the great
est quantity Of vegetable manure may BE-
rendered BY the known agents, heat ard
moisture.
No consideration can more laudao'y
stimulate the msanest scribDler to WELD
his feeble pen, than the hope Of eifectual'y
scanning the writings Of Others, in order
to detect errors that are manifestly mis-
leading of his fellow citizens, and
that too in an occupation the most homo
rable, as we'll national as PERSONAL
Hence therefore, since Arator sis tie
first who has offered to the public pstro-
mage, an experimental composition, adap
ted to the soil, climate and agriculture
Of the greater portion Of the United
States" l would srrsign him before the
"Umpire" Of truth. His "sIPerience,"
certainly is good voucher" But un-
questionably, weights, measures and fl
cures are more convincing, viz. If eight
hills Of corn give nine, 1444 hills give
1920 of offal Wheat it has been shown
gives 27OO of ofal
Corn oifal is therefore 1850 minus. Q.
e D. Suppose however. We relinquish
the very great balance against corn, and
agree to compromise: that the two are
in fact equal, how stands the case with
Aratsr's unqualified assertionf
Industrious efforts" hence may prove
iIf we'll the wedge Of truth be drnve),
Like lazy theorists" ard quacks,
The pseudo farmer science lacks.
None are more likely to hand down
and propagate errors" in political, agri-
cultural, or any science, than a gentle
man of Arator's eminent re>pectablliry.
And if fame rehearses truly, no one has
been more in political error than "a citi.
1en Of Virginia" 1t is devou,ly to be
wished, at the same time, that his percep-
tions may have undergone revoluton.'
that he does not continue to believe that
"Mr. Hamilton hit exactly upon the same
mode for the encouragement Of our agri-
culture after the revolution, that the En-
slish did before it, for the purpose OF piI
laying it"1 Thus far 'tis my purpose to
| prosecute: discriminating public will
decide the controversy. My humble ia.
tents aspire not 10 goad Arator hudibras-
tically, or, in modern phrase, to quiz him
but whenever I contemplate bundle Of
fodder as his hobby horse-.whenever ! see
a Wagon lead of fodder going to market,
I cannot for the soul of me resist the idea
Of the " devil shaving the hog"
Arator's fame now spread SO wide-
AS elephant, imprrvisus hide,
Alike may mu.ket balls defy:
But fame should never pass Tor skill; |
And though its sting can never kill
May both not feet a simple fly
The president of the beard of agri.
culture may possibly, at the next har.
vest, cause given quantity of his wheat
to be closely mOued.-I beg pardon, his
high ridges render the thing impossible /;
aud yet hratOr has no where credited
the wheat crop for its stubble( The
Board too may induce some farmer, who
harrow, and rolls his wheat, to cut civ. |
en- quantity for the purpose Of weighingit
accurately, as we'll the gtaiH as offal that
can be produced from one stalk, one bush.
| ell, or 1900 bushels, in order to benefit |
the country at large, by confirming the
doctrines and practice Of Arator. or Of
| exnosino the faIlacy of a nrsornafjcaI