Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-08-12

| NipSl persons are NlIIne 10 ndlnlt, INN
asnali crop we'll worked. rs better than large one
half worked, or that acre of Ieh land will pro
ducc us much os two Of common Now, would IT
not be best in good land 10 lessen the crop and to
| spend part Of tho labor which weuld be used IN
The cultivation of Two acres of poor land and make
one rich, and then get the CROP ! suppose, for eX-
ample, You take fields instead Of acrcs.-sny farm
with fields subdlyded into Say you improve
one OF these small fields every year, III vea,s your
farm would be rlch-thon YOU could COON 10 double
and treble what you formerly made.
IL Is true. IN the commencement thcsc things Will
be on small scale, but every year they gam
ing, and this annual addition viii ncronse rap
IDLY, that before many yenrs have past by, Per
son means OF improving vii comparatively speak
insi be almost without limit. We all remember u
sum in arithmetic, abouta smiths undertaking 10
slice horse for the G,st nall, certain price VAS
10 be gwen aud for every othet nall the price
To be doubled, and he prodig ious sum ii amounted
Apply this 10 ludciuus method OF improve
ment, aud dare say, 1t will not be very deceptive ;
ii the result would moi be crcat, II would OF
least be most astonishing, The great barrcS
winch prevents most persons itonl readily giving
INTO Tins plan Is their not having matters SO atrang
ed, as 10 be able, with tocrablc convenience, to
make commencement This II is true, will at
HIST re pure additional labor and little extrn
IS u not most Wise, al thlS
jnncture IN the management of our affairs, to take
prospective view, and conduct them accordingly,
and lay aside for a great eagerness for
present prohts-thc more especially as II Is very
questionable whether cur ideas about present pto
Fl S ale not based more III IMAGINATION, ouElnntlug
from the distorted medium through which We view
the improving system, than upon the iacts
which some farmers, are illustrating or the Logical
deductions OF distinguished asrcullurlsts 7 Would
not some Of ouf farmers who hive many laborers
and large quantity of poor land, do better, 10 s'IO
trac, u part OF the former from then usual plnHta
ton empoymcnts, and have them engaged III nm
proving their farms That some capital nj all
| tunes can be probably employed IN improving, but
few viii dispute, and We all know that great dcnl
OF labor is yearly expended without, any thing like
an adequate profit, ON t"eounl ol our lands beng
poor-nud il is equally well known that ebot Is rs
cheap here, if not cheaper, Than IN most OF the
States-and II is also equally us PLAIN, that II on
Lands were llch and productive TINT tins Suite
would be the FIRST choice of most PERSONS much less
! Virg lHiuns-and thut oul lands would sell rs hlGh
as any in the Union.
Now With all these facts before us, does II not
appear rs clear us midday, that TINS is the most
suitable time to alter or operations and that IN
provcments can be made here at l:te cost, and
with much expectation ,f profit Ms any whore
in the Union Is it not as praise orthy aud ms
profitable to convert barren wastes into ycrdaht
fields 10 ie'l the lofty forests, and to expose ITS
virgin soil 10 rude cultivation for few years
then TO neglect and hnally to rum Int man
is considered more deserving who makes fortune
than he who squandcrs one-if tins IS true IN mo
ney matters, 1t much more when applied TO
agriculture A man Who enrlches sterile fields,
and causes them TO yield Abundant crops, IN dong
SO, adds materially 10 the general stock OF wealth
more III my opinion, than one who hoards up
! mone y-Out the one who runs piece OF iand,
does public injury, and is much more 10 he reEro
hendcd than the spcndihrft no spends his Tor
;une-b"caose ia the letler cnse, the money only
changes hands, Whereas IN the iolmer, the sod
passes away uni no one IS benefited by the
change.
Agriculture can he made 10 flourish either by dl.
rcctly aiding and patronzng --fand as n eonse
quence, manufactures, commerce, &c would folio"
IN its wake, on indirectly by making internal com
munleaous, building up cities and manufacturing
establishments Bnt does II mo- appear most rca
sonable to have the materials in possession, or III
other words TO have produced the crops, before VT
determine whether they shall be sent TO market
on such and such rail road or canal-or 60 To
subslst this or that manufacturing community or
commercial city The other has the semblancc OF
least of accomI fishing the thing backwards, and
this is PLAIN, because agriculture is usually consi
de,cd tho great pivot upon which commerce and
manufactures turn, and without It, they could not
exist but to very limited extent nasmuch rs then
other resources only secondary II be
ing the most important, ought to be the Ii ST sub
ect to call our attention But crcumstanced rs
we arc may be best, all things considered to CT
feet the object by combining the indirect with the
direct means--ln that event. we could certainly
calculate on accomplishing our views, and that
100 in he shortest period. 1t can be aided directly
10y getting societies for that psfpose, and this
think would be very efficient mode, and be more
particularly so as il the Older oftbe day to do most
things either by societies or convent ms. II could
be aided most powerfully by our intelligent and
wealthy men--lct them study the subject, as II
| IS practised 10 the North and IN Europe, and by
| skfu men of this Stato-lel them make expert
mcns, introduce different Improvements in uten-
slls cultivation. SEED, stock, &c. aud last, though
not least let them inform the public OF the results
other experiments -ofihc various articles lntrodu
ccd into the State-and of all the new lights which
time, practice and information under the guidance
Of strong heads and penetrating Judgements may
dcvcloPc. h w. Ii.
From Hc Netc ERgtond Farmer.
ORCHARD GRASS
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