The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-01-30
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ter. ARricui,uIei Society, at their last exhiA
bi,ion, by this kenlle NJ sn, has recently been
placed In our hands, We have read Il win
. great deal OF pleasure, sod think il credi,a-
.6s 20 the sr,ho,S reputation. Il is not q
practical lreaiise on domestic economy. nor
doe. it pretend 10 sdysnce or esommend any
new theories in the pi omo,ion ofogricuiure.
The autsor commences his subject with q
short historical oo,Iiue Of the progress Of
,huseandiy fiom the ea liest pges, ard he
brings =, down,in an eloquent aud classic,
manner, TO fhoteIl sir,ss. he then tskfs
TO thsrolturc Of wheat,.apd its spop,sbepus,
ood 'hsniant growth In other parts Of the
wQfId while he lsmsnts the interdio, which
exias 10 ,.s cultivation here. Cha, chief IN
siameSt ctafstmefs success, aud hi 8. opss,
the ePIesgt,lsat eogssesh his suspgoni nd /,
the miNakvn notion. AnSitntd tothe e,dee
Ca'o'" changs ~, your plough" he happily
introduces Tor ths psrpose of shew'pg Us in
consistency with tho progress OF imp ove-
ment. The rsmaioing observations Of the
address, arc Of miscellaneous charactet, aud
perhaps bespeak more the scholar, aud tho
man OF general Intelligence, ihnp The soisn-
uhc agricullu, slis,, or the business t. mers
We arc eoamoured with the style OF tho
composition, throughout, and although we
appfehcn6 there are illusions in !, which the
homes, farmers OF Worcester found j, 6ifficuis
on hearing, TO tathom, we believe the c 10
still enough left for 'nem Of the more ,angi-
bic sort. to treasure up usefully In their mem
ories. Mr. Russell was probably sod,es,inE
a MIXED multitude, composed Of lettered and
unieuered meD--of farmers who had been
reared in the z owes Of the "scsdemy," ss
we'll as those who had boon brought up in ths
town school, and Injured 10 hard labor in re-
turn for the advantages they he'd enjoyed.
II became Rim therejote, perhaps, 20 consult
the taste.a and inclinaliona Of both, and n In
doing this he was little unintellir 'ble 70
some, IL was On eros in judgment, father
than one Of design. What necessarily rcn.
deted his address less practically 0se|pI ths1
many others, and conscquen,ly less &C en- nc,
was the disadvantage ot having 90 rn3n re-
decessors. Tho ground had been % often
trodden, that II required diffeten, msuu,s
to impart to II fertility; end cooside ing IL
was then for tho asu time applied. W my
nope at no diNsnt day il will prove tc hsss
brought forth good f'ui,
We commence our extracts from the Hft
page.
"To trace, for instance, Tho cultu'o OF
Wheat to lis origin, which the EeyptI9ns as.
cribed 10 the bounty Of Isis; OF 20 attempt
even eursory ueati,e on III Plough, g., 40
invention Of which the same peoplc B, eged
themsel Ives to be indebted 10 Osiri,--a d
consume the remna o. the dty, ght
would close on the uDhoi.hcd iabv
That Isis was the moon, and Osins tho
snn, ado ed in early times by the inhobitauts
e II ~ J;S,, al. aC ti,.k, e..
is sufficient 10 show the fabulous sou ccs TO
which bis plan, and this implemen wero
attributed. II Is no. evan row known 10
wba, country mankind wee hsr inccbtsd for
Wheat. Il grows, indeed, - ortsp ousy On
the wastes Of Persis bur ~ hoOri hes "a the
same manner on The cultivated plrins 4 Bu-
enos Ayrcs, and msy be, alike, an cxo,iCk 10
both, The learned, however, are agreed thai
il belongs to The family Of the crosses, and
that It was, originally, even very small in
dividnsl Of that family.
Beautiful as nature has been to man in tho
abundance and diversity of her gifts, i, is Tor
thi, plant he ought TO be particularly grste-
ful. II has in every age furnished the prino
cipal nourishmeni of civilized mso, snd
while IL is singularly qualified to sustain his
health and life, and 10 administer to his com.
forts and even to his enjoyments, it aptesrs
10 be specially privileged % dwell with him
in every region Of tho north and every where
to promote and TO reward his industry Ie
accommodates i,se lf 10 oil tho vsfie lies II
climate in both hegpispbeies. il supports
The Gdenl beams ef q tropical GUN, and obo.srs
10 9Th rNrfeog,h end vigout bepea'b n. ico
end snow Of polar win,et Itonee p'odoce5,
on the southern borders Of The Mediterranean,
it, hundred fold, and thence fed imperial
Rome! and now, from the bieek shores Of the
Baliic, il sends the surplus Of hs sbuodsnt
bsrvsets, to relieve the wants sod 10 reProseb
the error, the ignorsnee, or tho incidence Of
those who dwell uoder milde' skies.
Whoa: not only eodu'es, socce'sfolIy, The
temperature of every cline, bur prospers on
every soil where IL receives the bospit ,t'e and
fostering care Of mao. Il requires, iuGeeds
les, portion of this care on some cDngenisl
soils f.; yet IL sGo ds Tor IL, on 81 at least a
iu,t indemnjtv When skiIluljv cpltivsted.