Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-02
YIG GAAATTE.
OCTOBER 2, 1928.
~ the Editor Of the .Marfins5u-g Gazette.

Mn EvASs: agriculture bei0g the parent art
from whcb mlaufsciuFes and commerce orIgina
ned. and On which the comfortable existence,
b,ppness, and prosperity OF the hunsn family
haze always depended, and must NANNY depend
IN ait time coming. it IS hambiy hoped that at
the new and interesting era. in conseque nee of
4b. grand scale on which Internal improvements
are commencing. promising, when completed,
much greater advantages 10 the agriculturalist
Than has ever fallen to his lot ieretufoie, as IL
UiIbrng all the grand msrts on the sea board;
and because it will add TO our population all a.
long he shores of the Potomac, and through the
contiguous countess, towns and villages, IN a
much swlfter ratio than we have ever Witnessed
a. say 4nterior period-whiclI cannot fail to pro-
duce he same effect winch a dense population
brings IN Is traln-that is, numerous and endless
wants, md an increased demand for the products
ot agriculture-a concise and comprehensive
,re1ase on this important and invaluable art
.dspted to all cspscIties-with a view 10 diffuse
mongst its votarss a systematic understanding
il, true principles, and their ssi!ful and pro
ole Application viii not be an uGp0pular uh-
artaking Although many respectable and USE
R ,rac.s on THIS subject have been published
hreugh the fundamentally OF Agricultural So
Eetles. and Otherwise, 10 the United States,
|Aey have no; found their way into private libra
hes generally, and, consequently, have MOI been
[ytenslveiy useful. The agricultural community,
n most parts Of Virginia, at least have pursued
he beaten track which vas originally marked
aud t~raversed at random, without a poie.s,sr,
compass, or pilot, to point to the destined object
aimed at.
In The prosecution and illustration of this in-
~teresing work, we will first endeavor to give .
biei historical outline of tie progressive stages
Of the agricultural art, from the commencement
OF tsinproving state, on commendabie and nn-
3erving footing in the British realm, down to the
present dste-both in that kingdom where it has
long been remarkably well understood and skill
fully prscttsed, and in the United States, in ma
ny sections of which, it has, since the introduc
ton Of clover and plaster. as melioraters of the
sol, ,t'aned a high degree Of perfection.
Secondly. Give view OF the Theory of Agri-
*cuure
Thirdly. Remark on Soils, and the uses 10
which each soil may be most prof ably applied
F0ur,hly. Make observations on Til!age.
Filthy. On Manares. aad their j~udlcious ap-
phcslon.
Srx,hly, and lastly. Go over The ground on the
Management, of arabic lands, and the husbandry
best adapted to the varieties Of soiis.
II attempting To elacia4te the subject under
consideration, it will cot be expected that the
Experience of an indivpiusi can furnish all the
essential materials absolutely necessary TO render
q work Of this sort truly valuable, or TO supply ali
the desiderata 9hich a living science would re
quire
We make this apology az the start, because we
shall be compelled to resort TO the archives OF
ancient and modern lore, TO Gull and extract
matter and manner TO aid us in Ia5oring and
o%ur7eying on with this undertaking.
Wheat being tn grand staple, on the success
fui cultivation aud growth of which, a large ma
81 lorty Of sgrlculturatists in this portion OF the u.
States must chiefly depend for an adequate reye-
81 nue. to keep The wheels of their domestic gov.
emneat in motion; aud as the primary object
VIA the writer of this essay viii be to dweii
much on 'ts culture, and to i~nculcate the desirs-
Die resulr that may be confd ently anticipated,
from abandoning the Improbable and pernIcious
foAdon which has, up to tais period, been put
sued by Vrgintans of the Valley, it may NOT be
deemed altogether foreign from the text. here
to premise, that the prospect for a better market
tor THIS popular staff of lite the world over. is on
'De gaming hand.
Nearly all South America, together with the
West India Islands, comprising a population IN
the aggregate Of nearly twenty millions, must
ever depend on us for -four This round ssser
Ton, or dogma, lift shall be so considered, needs
no o'her defence than TO say, that four ftths OF
te South American continent lie between the
equator and $50 S. lat. and that the whole range
VI terra hrna On both sides the LINZ to that
nlAoer OF degrees, is not adapted to the growth
o. Wheat; or Il, as in Egypt, and along the Me-
o'erranean Coast via Tripoli, Algiers, and Mo.
pcco, some wheat be grown, tits too subject to
Ie ravsges OF the All devouring weavil ever to
become an object OF profit TO those countries or
"l 9theTsin corresponding attitudes; or OF dread
~a' on the score ofsriva!ship, in anysof our
Markets.
m uncomfortable portion of Mexico. or New
..p'', bordering on the Pacific Ocean and Lou
n'aha m NoF,h; an1 3 small district in Buenos
Ayres' Chill and Patagonia, In South America,
uay grow this product, leaving a scope of coun.
Wy equal to thousands of miles square, lying
't"hm the Prescribed range referred to, capable
:" containing as dense u population as China,
hlngs,
Audit the wheat district in the North Ameri-
el States he traced out on the General Atlas
S'Vel and directed by matter Of experiment. and
."N" Will be found to be quite diminutive &c
"D'e vast contiguous and surrounding scopes,
"nch, from climate, soil, AID local pecullarities
se'lyerse 10 its growth. This wheat district
%4os,nhned TO a narrow slip, say from SO or 7 q
lat. and not more than a fourth part of u
Pronounced good wheat land. In fact, It
@oaVu be neareT the truth to assert, that nine
aus OF this wheat district are poor, mountain
ana unproductiye. The principle is hxed
."Hovsble rs Sir Isaac Newton's law OF graVi
HAAAn H.