The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-10-29
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may dream away the night, reckless q pre-
tested bills or latent rocks bot the effect q
our errors is no less certain 10 The end.-NIew
the snug aud comfortable IN ausion, surrounded
| by well filled barns and durable fences; the
abode of plenty, peace, and happiness and
contrast i. with that slab covered hosel, where
old hats and rags out-number The Panes Of
shingles and broken glass I; the abode OF want,
discard, and misery surrounded by teDce-
less fields, and doorless barn. The mas
tiers of both these tenements, came together
into this State each with amaze on his should-
err but not a cent ID his pocket (; equal IN
health and bodily strength and aborous baD-
its, and in advantages OF soil but unequal IN
discerDment and knowledge. The one, has
already paid for bis farm, and settled many
as much as when he feled the first tree and
is 10 man0er the servant his richer neigh
bour, Tor /" knowledge is power"
Nor j. the advantage Of agricultural know-
edge more obvious in individuals, than I'D ma
tons. Look at the land of our forefathers,
whose princes and mobiles have delighted in
the cultivation of the soil I; and whose late
monarch was one Of the most able and success
fii farmers in bis kingdom Contemplate their
Board OF Agriculture, their agricultural Soci-
cites, their Agricultural Surveys, their period
ical Agricultural Publications, their expedi-
tons to every quarter OF the globe in search
after unknown or untred plants. See their
philosophers aiding aud emulating their states
men, and adapting chemistry and other Sci
ences TO the purposes of rural economy. Think
r 49, l. n. n al A. G.
minerals, to add verdure TO the surface--oi
their draining morasses and irrigaiing hills
now boring their drains, like moles, under
ground-and then heapDg the top soil into
ridges and beds-and not only cleansing their
cities TO fatten their fields but, for manure.
importing from the continent whole cargoes OF
bones, many Of them doubtless human--so
that perhaps ere long, the myriads that fell at
Waterloo, may sprout up like the army OF
Cadmus, on British fields, and give bread TO
their conquerors.
Nor has The result been unequal to the pains,
but has exceeded The most sanguine expecta-
tons The progress OF England in agricultu
raj knowledge has been so rapid, that the pro-
auctions of the soil are more than qusdruple
what they were under the boosted reign Of E.
lizabeth-and very far exceed the produce OF
her gigantic commerce, her innumerabe man
ufactures, her 5oilomless mines, anG her pro-
ductive fisheries, all added together
Now for contrast turn your eyes 70
sister kingdom, neighborng island blessed
with as good soil and climate But the
proprietors of the land have neglected its cul-
tivaton, while they have been rioting on lux
ures abroad. Her peasantry have been un-
instructed and undirected each one tilling
few acres OF ground, instead of many labour-
ing under the direction OF one intelligent man,
as in England spare you The disgusting
detail Of the consequences but you cannot
be ignorant Of the fact, that thousands Of Irish
peasants have this very last summer died Of
absolute star vation; while the granares of the
English farmers have been overfowing, SO that
they have not had " where 10 bestow their
goods and this, without any very unusual
failure in one country, or abundance in the
other. grant that much of this distress is
owing TO political oppression but il is more
owing 10 the low state OF agricultural knowl.
edge, and the neglect Of rural economy.
Yet, Gentlemen, do not think, that though
the English Jdrmer pays rent greater than
the average lee simple OF our tarUs, and
burthensome tax, and oppressive tthes, and
higher wages Of labour. than any other farm
ers ia Europe, and YET often acquires prince
ly fortune that therefore would hold up
his practice, as an example for Us blindly 70
follow. BY no means.-rhe circumstances
Of the two countries being very different, The
practice must be As diierent-Though from
him we may learn the great utility agriculiu-
raj knowledge, aud the general theory OF bus
bandry Oar practice must conform to our
circumstances and il is 10 very few instan-
ces a detail, that we can successfully imi-
tate has Circumscribed by the ocean, and
Astounding in population, the rent oil their land
is necessarily high and when compared with
ours. the wages Of their labour is proportiona-
bly, low while we are bounded by endless
forests and possess extensive tracts Of the
finest soil tue world can boast Of our popuIa-
ton is thin, our labour high, and our land
cheap the crop often costing more than The
field il grows on. and worth double its value
1t is obvious therefore, that in EngIand, the
cost and consequent price Of an agricultural
notwithstanding the destructive wars in which G.
Britain has lately been engaged her population has in
creased IN 90 years. wiz from 1900 1820) less
than three and half millions Horses and other