Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1834-11-27
FOR THE vIRGtSIAN.
ESSAY on RURAL ECO Monty,

ESSAY ON RURAL ECO Monty,
BY ACHILLES ID. JOHNSON,
JFict ,ecci, ell he Prc0siam al tie ia.c Echibi-
non of IL, New l. nion Agries.hurol Society.
H Chnirmaa-- he practical illustration Of
Rlra Economy pfrsena, perhaps as many l'9hfs
and shadows vi perfection and lmpcrection hat
| VI any other branch Of hum n industry and all
Of us have Witnessed rs various degrees Of differ
ence abroad in orr travels OF ut homc in our own
nc.shbarhoois. On the one hand, we have passed
by the dc ier,ed field whose abuse mas consigned
70 rnin and desolauon-on the other we have seen
The fertlo farm, with IT'S several departments OF or
clards, fields and pastures, yielding their rich tres
surcs to the tenant The one has taught us to re-
member the f,ilhess steward VIII, buried his tai
ent regardless of the trust reposed in him, while
the other brings TO view his counterpart improy-
ing and multiplying the bounty which na;ure has
left to his charge.
The question then occurs whence arises this
great difference between results 50 dissimar md
yc, loca' ed soncar 10 each Other Tho answer
We presume, is at once 70 mi in the characters the
industry and The skill OF tn ,sc who have produced
hom. In short terms, the one is the effect
OF neglect, and improper choice f the sub
l.cIs OF cultivation, or n want of that cons AMI
Manaeem nj which secures the b st results from
'heleas labor while the other is the rcwardIne
cas'q 'ence of proper appli,a.on OF time and a.
enion, a1i It's necessary atteudani--a discreet
'nlin the economy of things. From the soil that
great fountain which nature has SAID should yield
NC s'alf OF life TO all TIE children of Adam, and
WHOM whose bounty no man may ive there Is
H@e who may not acquire an ample Subsistence
Aiospare, 10y the means of right economy
e@ IL may be set down as always true, that he who
Vfom's The victim fwan,, ia the cultivation OF II
eefOus soil, has N elected forgotten tbs radl-
anqalsltc. May il not be said indeed thtt he is
amn lily giving his HE away for nothing, and
hns mess Of potagel
Iilhen, the culture Of the earth is Of such Vita
npolance as 10 be the support Of III; a1d the
"Ace OF all human prosperity, there must be l.
"f an'ed with practical system of management
ND close attention to its interests, 10 secure these
Vfai results in their hest perfection. Labor,
Slwc say J We mean ceaseiess industry
shch is never satisfied, and which looks 10 con
s'qenccs s,iE more aud more perfectand abundant
us an old truism that no nah can become perfect
any branch of bus ness without a constant APP
Plea ION to II - and the hlsbandman, more per
maps than the votary Of any other profession, ~
nv, 1t excmNhhed IN his avn employment, IL
acquire complete skill in his business and tbs
highest sraf-aIion tof all MS hopes, tie viii have
put lev idle h urs except those which are devote
10 fepose; and the farmer who divides his attcn
Won often between his native employmeni, an'
Inc d luGs Of some learned profession, or some 10
meal Calling must expect his lands and tenement
10 wsar the imprint, Of neglect, and TO yiei1 les
G cum OF prosperity than he could WISH.
b The frs, great requisite then which perlcc' hi
: rd Economy requires a, the hands of the tenant
n he SOIL is, thai he slould be a farmer,-ExcLi
VfEt,Y A A for nOnular favor,
a s1ndness iot professional distinctions must be sh
0 'Airom his bosom, and left to the few whom nj
= Vie or fortune may have rendered fit candioa'
n' IF these objects. AL, canno, Study the class"
wise 10 cmincnce in politics; and, indeed ~
"' which boasts a yeomanry wealthy, conteh't
'"ffee, certainly this necessity is no. 10 DC
god. Tie many, then, mus be ia me's' "n'
'ns''s abundance Of. soil, and II is d da'y w
wv" themselves, 10 their Country, and : posi-
w .omc as good ones as poss ol". oao 10
oeen' are, the ctfecis 'oflts ne igence ho"e
\ "" INC W aud prr',aps the sisioo OF Tue va
nv popI ron OF Vlrtla}a We n ve' seen l"
s'h"S F." n, of The younger ella S par 'c'' ,
"'o'" "at ueyc, ,ntcrded tor any oh tto'i'
meW man ft,u.h, siined from tpetf 'ora'
l., "eas Ny 'a,ah nope OF popula' d SIM %
w. .Pfoessnnas inence These have become .
:" gers upon Community, their Ven''y ha'
y lahed mem tf they nave iai the sd hee's'
Oh returning as 10 their native earth Tor emp
mea, the. nav onrcd habits of thinking, U
aptitude al not n... al all, but Jude adapt'
fe" The tbrit and p,euiy of rural lie. ~
'h'' may DC couec.lnarked that multitude oI
$ persons Is one o., causes OF The many s.
farms and homess in our State, which e
:" the shame Of ourss. and the sneers OF The