Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-11-08
From The Ortord, N. C. Examiner.
FARMERS AKlTH .iEIIC.

Profits Of Agricatture.-lf the grea, Frsnklin
had ever lived m the country, his obseryin eye
would have mott ed, and hi disCriminsflns
jndc neni have solved the 70 flowing dflcult
problems
! Farmers are more imposed on than any
other class of The communI ; tn Y fay yearly
the whole expense of the state .oYernmrnt :
are sometimes oppressed by onerofr measures
of the General Government and BY the com
mercial regulations Of foreign nations n YER
have much money. vet every industrious, pru-
dent farmer grows rich
g The mechanic receives his seyen'y five
cents or a dollar day, UT remains poor the
farmer earns his seventeen cents day, aud
grows rich
3 Merchants. Physicians, Lawyers and o.
tn rs, receive thcif thousands per annum am /
die poor while the farmer scarcely receives as
many tens yet dies rich
How are these strange results produced
All calculation in dollar and cents Gli 10 ac-
count far ii.--Ihose who are determined 10
hring every thing to the 5 andagd OF dollars aud
cents pronounce agriculture 10 be- wholly unp,o o.
htable. when the fact that nearly all the wealth
oil the country has been obtained by agriculture
siares tnem in the face. In the opinion Of these
calcuators, agriculture is the proper pursuit Of
such only as have not sense enough 10 pursue
any thing else.
The mischief which such calculations are do
ing in our country, first induced me 10 call The
public attention 10 the Farmers 3rithmeiic
But having been more accustomed TO handling
the plough thin the pen, I'm altogether una
BILE to do justice to the subject. II some ADLER
hand would take it up, dispel the mist now rest
ing on the subject, and show us clearly the
whole truth of he matter. il would he suffice IL
" gsot 10 compensate the lahors of the 4bles
patriot
When the mechanic lays down his tools, and
the professional man is idle, they are SINKING
because their expenses are going on aud thur
profits are suspended. Not SO the Turner: :
while he Sleeps, his crop grows aud his stock
continues TO increase, aud whea he spends
social evening with his neighbour every thing
continues 10 advance. The Farmers Hrithne-
tic shows hal The farmer <, ows rich by swim a,
while others cJnIinne poor by spending. D.
theirs have first TO make money and then give IL
Tor meat .irnk and raifneht, while the farmer
ohtaIns all these at home. II he wants Fat
lamb OF pig, he has II without losing day or
two 10 trying TO buy one. II he wants new
coat, the industry Of his wife supplies IT. In
short he wants but few, very few things which
he cannot obtain on his own larm. Why, then,
mould the farmer repine because he has not the
,nopey 10 buy abroad or measure his wealth
by comparing his money with thai OF others,
who must give it all for things which he has
withost buying Surely farmer may without
a sch resign to others the gaudy fabrics OF
foreign artists, bile he is clothed by the labor
of the hand that sooths his cares aud strews
with pleasure his journey Of lie. When see a
! farmer appear IN company genteely dressed
in bomespun think of Solomon's description
! ofa good wife her husband is knOa1a IN The
| gales ,chen he stitch among the elders, aud most
cordially do congratulate the possessors OF
such prize. JACK fLANiEh'