Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-07-11


peake Bay. Let the other towns rise higher up the
steranis, (Which we have already shewn will be
built up, or enlarged, the head of tide water.--
And what an mmense~a and beneficial change viii
take place IN the tillage Of our State The coun-
try in the neighborhood of towns, but especial
ly OF Norfolk. will be converted, in a great nlea-
sure, into gardens. And this change will not arise,
because the corn and wheat OF the Westhavc de
sroyed by their cheapness the Agriculture of the
Lower Country; (this idea we have shewn already
to be utterly absurd) ut it will arise from the
peror advantages OF the nov system; the farmers
finding that the cultivation OF vegetables will be
more advantageous than that of corn and wheat.
In consequence Of the great market of the towns,
the inner zones, which we have just described,w
eSpan'i wider and widrr proportion 10 the growth
OF ;e Giles, and the Outer will be ushe farther
aud farther back Aud all those changes will be
Produced by the increasing advantages Of the new
system.
In the mean time, the whole face Of the country
viii be changing: soils, which before would
scarcely pay the cultivation, will now be adyanc-
ed III fertility, by the combined efforts of art, in
dustry, and capital. The fertile will be rem
dercd still more valuable; an, the constantly in
-creis;ng value OK the farms, will soon give rise TO
neat enclosures, comfortable and lasting man.
SONS aud an improved system OF neat and protIta-
bic Agriculture, throughout the whole Lower
Country. Nor, do se believe the imagination has
painted IN too brilliant colours, the prospect before
u.s. when we look forward TO a future day, when
our Iider W ater Country shall be acknowledged
the Garden OF Virginia; when it shall be princi-
paIy characterized by tiat cultivation, which al
ways marks the progress OF Improvement.
And here, lest we may be accused OF vain Uto-
plan speculation, willing to submit our,con-
illusions to the test OF experience and fact
Around the City OF London, the land is already
pushed TO the last degree OF fertility Manure Is
frequently waggoned out from the City TO 80, 40 ~
90 miles in the interior The capital hich is used
IN draining and erizing the soil, is absolutely as
icni-lng. Ordinary products would not justify
these great Improvements it is the garden cults
watson, alone which can account for the fact. The
same ding may be Observed tho in less degree,
OF all the great towns OF England.
This Improvement, which Thus commences In
the first zone, naturally communicates its benefi
cia effects throughout tie country. The different
departments of Trade and Agriculture, are like
the links in Il long chain You cannot communi-
pointing vibration along tlie whole length.
Agiin, let ,Is look to the case OF Holland, fora
verih lea ION of the principles here advanced And
here we are happy in being enabled 10 quote.
once more, the great work on the Wealth of Ma
tons.
8 Particular circumstances says Dir. Smith,
=" have sometimes rendered some countries so pop
ulous, that the whole territory, like the lands in
the neighbourhood of alarse town, la, not been.
sufficient 10 produce both the grass aud the corn
necessary Tor ss Subsistence OF their iuhabilau
Their Lands, therefore, have been employed prin-
cipay in the production OF grass, the more bulky
commodity, and which cannot be so easily brought
from q great distance And corn, the food OF the
great body of ihe people has been chiefly imported
from foreign countries. Holland is ut present in
ifS SITUATION s. considerable part Of Ancient tally
seems to have been so during the prosperity OF tic
RoIuans.''N
10 and, then, has been most striking exam
PIE 1i country, wherein, from the density of lis
population, and the number of its large towns
tboth caused, perhaps, by position naturally ad-
vanageous To trade, aided by intersections ronTr-
Vulnerable canals,) only the vegetable and hay
zones are embraced. The superior advantages OF
these, and not necessity, have expelled the others
from the country.
Again, in confirmation of Che reasoning above
stated, We recur with pleasure TO own country
Professor NJ fickar Of New fork, in his vaJua-
bic Noes TO VI Cuiloc.s Outlines of Political Eco
nomy, when speaking OF the opposition which kors-
island and Duichess County manifested towards
The Westcrn Canal of that State, says They
have not torcscen the superior profits of the new
applications of lands demanded by the extended
wealth and population of the City The farms OF
Long Island are comparatively turned into gar
dens and this not by being driven from their old
cmployncnts, but by the superior temptations .oe
the new; fruit and vegetables gradually taking the
place OF butter, and grain, and thus creating a new
demand for land Of the next grade of contiguityr--
This position may be further illustrated in the his.
tory of the supply OF Fat cattle for the New York
mdket. \ century ago, they were raised on farms
adjoining the City. They principally
raised three hundred miles from il, driven back
step by step through the superior proitableness OF
the new crops, demanded by the increasing extent
aud trade OF the Metropolis.
5ui, il is entirely unnecessary further to multi
Ply examples IN support OF the above doctrine. T.
very houTi-hing and poRnlous town the Glabc
and every dcnsely populated State, both in ancient
and modern times furnish convincing proofs oCpur
position.
The change in industry, which We have lis.
mentioned, IS that which arises from the consrinp-
TOW oilarSe towns We will now proceed to that
change wiicrs sure 70 be consequent on incrcas-
co activity oi trade and ready market for all
kinds OF prOiucs. The fertility and adapta;ions OF
various soils, us widely different, as the capa-
cities and dispositions Of the varioG' individuals Of
the human family. That cultivation, az general
rule then, will be most advantageous which is
best suited to tc Various capacities aud adaptation
oi the soil.
Now, what is the state Of things best calculated
60 give rise 90 dis system of cultivation! Most.
cer.nny uci state we have sicwn would
b. consequent on the projected Improvements OF
Virginia.
. Ina sparsely populated country, Tie inrabitsnfs
WIZ devote themselves 10 the cultivation only OF
those products, which are in universal demand in
consequence or tie want Of adequate vents these
are the only products which they can readily sell;
and We have shcwn above, that there would he
very slack deinandor even the great staples Of lie
/ Com, wheat, meat and tobacco, would, in such a
Community, be the only products raised for GIa
market other subsidiary products, such "a rye .
barley, oats, potatoes, turuips &c. would only Be
raised for domestic consumption, and therefore ia
/ very limited quantities. There is no regular de-
disposed Of 10 The gtcnt towns Of Ge Eastern State
but then, those merchants who deal with the far
MGR, are rot always, as we have shcwn above wcH
acquainted with even the state Of the corn mar
kct aud much less With the market for those
productions just enumerated. They will no.
5e disposed then to offer the farmer q lair
price ior them. Nhcna man is unoerfsin II is hui
y Ca @. 4. IN e..