Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-02-22
4AcRICULTURAL.
From the CultivatOr


NA1lE-a tA947se From the Cultivator.
SEVEN REASONS 4~-,
WY AeRicuLTURR SHOULD RECEIVE
rTHR PArRoNAGR OF GOVERNMENT.
l.. Agriculture feeds all. Were agTi.
culture to be neglected, population would
diminish, because the necessaries oil lie
would be wanting. Did it not supply
more than is necessary forts own wants,
every other art would not only be at
stand. but eyery science, and every kind
: az mental iuourovement would be neglect
ed. Manufactures and commerce orig
!. inallv owed their, existence to agriculture
Aoriculfure furnishes, in a great measure,
raw materials and subsistence for the one,
and commodities for barter and exchange
for theother. proportion as these raw
materials and commodities are multiplied,
blythe intelligence and industry Of the far
fner, and the consequent improvement OF
the soil, in the same proportion are man
ufactures and commerce benehtted-not
only in being furnished with more album
dant supplies, but in the increased demand
for their fabrics and merchandise. The
more agriculture produces, the more she
sells--the more she buys; and the bust
ness and comfort of society are mainly In
:. fuenced and controlled by the results Of
her Iabors '@'
q, Agriculture, Jirectly or indireeAy
pays the bHrthens of our tGIcS and our
tOils,-which support the government,
and sustain our internal improvements !;
and the more abundant her means, the
Ia h. hn
fhrmer who manages his business ignor-
antly and slothfnlly, and who produces
from It only Just enough for the subsist-
ence Of his family, pays no tolls on the
transit Of. his produce, and but small tax
upon the nominal value of his lands. In
struct his mind, and awaken him to indus
try, by the hope of distinction and reward,
80 that he triples the products of his labor,
the value of his lands is increased in a
corresponding ratio, his comforts are null
tiplied, his mind disenthralled, and Two
thirds Of his products go TO augment the
bosiness and tolls Of our canals and roads.
II soch a change in the situation Of one
farm, would add one hundred dollars TO
the wealth, and one dollar to the tolls Of
the state, what an astonishing aggregate
would be produced, both in capital and in
revenue, BY similar improvement upon
$50, 900 farms, the assumed number in
the state The capital would be aug.
Amented two millions and fifty thousand
dollars per annum.
3. Agrieultare is tie principal source
efour lOsalth. 1t furnishes more pro-
ductive labor, the Legitimate source Of
wealth, than all the other employments
in society combined. The more 1t is en-
iivhened by science, the more abundan
will be its products; the more elevated
It's character, the stronger the incitementi
to pursue il. Whatever, therefore, tend
to enlighten and increase its labors, mus
proportionably increase the wealth OF th'
state. and the means for the successful
prosecution Of The other arts, and the sci
ences, now Indispensable to their profta
bic management
AgrieuJtarists are the guardians o
our freedom. They are the fountains G
political power. If the fountains becom
Impure. the stream will be de6led. fifth
sarricuIturist is slothful, and ignorant, an
moor. he will be spiritless, dependent an
seryile. If he is enlightened, industriou
and in prosperous circumstances, he wi
,vbe independent in mind, jealous Of h
tights, and watchful for the public goo
His welfare is identified with the welfal
a 3 ofthe state. He is virtually fixed to ID
soil; and has, therefore, a paramount IL
terest, as we'll as giant power, to defeG
II from the encroachments OF foreign
domestic foes. If his country suffers
must suffer i il she prospers, he too ma
expect TO prosper. Hence whatever ten
to improve the intellectual condition Of Il
fafmer, and to elevate him above ven
- temptation, essentially contributes to Il
GOOD order OF society at large, and to Il
perpetuity oil our country's freedom,
8. .AgricaLtHre IS The parent Of phySic
and moral health 10 sthe state,-it is Il
z. salt which preserves Us from moral CO
ruption. Not only are her labors usef
In administering TO the wants, and in d
,,~pensing the blessings Of abundance to OF
err. but she Is constantly exercising sal
..tarv influence upon the moral and phys
alhealth ofthe state, and in perpetuatil
the republican habits and good order
society. While rural labor is the gre
/, source Of physical health and constitutio
al vigor to our population, it interpos
the most formidable barrier to the demo
alizing influence ofluxury and vice. v
seldom hear ofsiyil commotiOns, of crim
or of hereditary disease, among those W
are steadily engaged in the labors Of a
iculiufe. Men who are satisfied W
the certain and abundant resources
their own labor and their own farms, |
not wiling to jeopardize their enjoymer
BY promoting popular tumult, or toler
log crime. The more we promote
influence ofthe agrieulturlst by devel.