Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-22
From the Boston Courier.

From the Boston Courier.
wuo WOULD NOT BE FAMER In these
times OF. depression and dizziness, we know OF
no class Of men who have so litle TO COM
,lain Of as those who cultivate the earth. we
have he ard il said occasionally that the farm.
ers are in debt, that their produce does not ma
ready and profitable marker, and that DINERS
have lands tina, are worn out and anproauc'iVe:
Ii is easy to imagine that many oil Inc iarms III
New England are uhproduclive, ard II is apou'
as easy 10 state the cause. III lands are proper
~ managed they, canno. wear out Deep
3loughing aud liberal manuring viii keep Them
forever productive.
In Boston marke, Peas have not been SOLO
for less than thirty three cents The peck, ana
many have been sold al Is GEMS. The >'owesi
of these prices is three hundred per cent.
more han the cost. Lettuce sells at two aud
three cents the head Of very small sIz'; kad-
ishes six cents The dozen; Spinach, iurnip tops,
and Beet tops, vegetables used for boiling,
some Of Them paed as mere cumberers oil the
ground are sold for about their weight in cents.
Turnips abou, the size Of a nine-penny piece,
twelve and a half cents the dozen. Can any
one pretend that with such prices, the raising
of vegetables is not prof able business?
We published in our paper recently an adj
vertis n,ent for CLERK q wanted in whole
sale store, who is willing 10 devote the most
of his lime every day to w'iIng, for s"'nH
salary !" with The customary direction ," apply
a, this office" On The first day after the pub
lica,ion, serenity eight persons applied, and on
the second about half that number. Besides, we
received TWO or three letters from distant pla-
ces, the writer's Of whieh were anxious 10 obs
| tain The Clcrkship!
The reader may smile al the supposed Incon'
gully Of the facts that we have thus thrown
together, and wonder wha application we IN
tend tn MAKE Of them. Ii is 40 more than tn!s:
| Tina, when business is SO dull in Bosom that
70 or 80 able bodied men apply in one day
! for place where constant employment IS de-
rnantfd for very small salary, and 'ege' ables
sell in the marker for five hundred iimes the
cos, of production. il would be we'll tpr some
of ,hese persons Ia re ire few miles INFO the
! country and cultivate the earth. We would
| also inpiess on the minds Of farmers, the folly
Of permitting their sons 10 come INTO BosIof'
for the purpose Of learning 10 measure muslin
| and molasses, TO weigh teas aud sugars, and
! 20 write puffs for the theatres and concers,
whist they can employ them in raising peas
and potatoes which ill yield mole prob on q
single summers work than can De gained III a
store in hall a dozen.
! There is, in ,ru h. no condition Of life so en-
viable as the farmers All the absolute ne
cessaries of life he can produce directly by the
labour oil his hands, AMI most OF he iJXurieS
can be purchased with the produce oil has farm
II we arc met with The declaration that The
lands are worn out and refuse to repay the
husbandman Cor his Toll, we deny the pro-
position. Massachusetts is capable ofsnpp1l-
ing three lines aud probably ten times her
present population. Land worn out and bar
only the TaDd 5fiHdI5Iiy EdfdTJ BY SI6 1ecnise &C
TO enable it 10 yield lis thirty, fifty and even
hundred fold
The above we'll timed remarks and excellent
advice Will srit other places besides Boston.