The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1839-12-26
RER.IL ECO.I'O.sI.
From the American Farmer.
AGRICULTURE

consider lend % It has been esteemed
~ an intelligent meu, that Agriculture Is
lac fret Of al the ans aud il vas wisely
ordained by thal AIl.wlse Beng, that man
should make bread BY the sweat Of his brow.
How many young men al this IIme are pre-.
pairing themselves for the various probes
SONS, end Who will spend years 10 acquire
a professional character and support, ll they
sould turn lhetr attention 10 agriculture
would be ornaments 70 society. Bu, ihey
devote years IN yala for support on tue pop
ula, professions Of The day.
Men Of Intelligence aud judgment are no
longer wiling 10 depend on the chance Of
spcculatug 10 land, cotton, tobacco nud "a
nous other pursuits, or a subsistence
They sce and feel tic Importance ot culu.
anog tie soil for l',ns.
have no doubt, aul feel 10 hesitation Ia
saving, that # the people OF these United
States were to coaGae themselves 10 The
cultivation Of the soil a.ouo, 70 twenty years
they would BE- tho weaIlhlesl sn% ihc mes'
Independent cation o. Tho gl-1t u ORDER
that sc may eni7y those blessings. md ase
within ourscl :, w must raise cur meat
our stock, anl manufacture our cloths al
home, Ike our fotcalbers, instead Of being
dependant upon foreign powers iot the lux.
uries o, life,
Now IN oiaer That all those desirable
thugI should Be fsll and seen, NC must look
10 shc establishment e agricultural Soc,e.
ties, Shows Falrsani Conventions, through.
cot the length and breadth Of tbs VIDE 10.
man. lie, Agricultural Societies DO cs
tabIlshed in every county IN each state, aud
delegates be appointed from each society
and they assemble at tho capitol Of each
state, there 10 express their views, and cy
change opinions upon the great leading cues
tons Of agriculture, and notice the improve
meuls Of soil and farming implements
throughout the state, and publish these pro
ceediugs IN some well couductcda-rlcu1uta
journal, for the benefit of the farming CON
munry at large.
There would be the happlas' effects re
salIins from the establishment Of Agrlcul
,u,ai Societies IN ova!y county, and ipcserl
state. Men Of intelligence, and wealth
and practical knowledge, could communl
cato any new experiment they had made, o
notice any change ia the climate aud season
during the year--aIl those lhlugs commun,
Gated through au Intelligent body, woul'
have great wcightupon the EARNING commu
nifty and give a new impulse to agriculture
Tho improvement in agriculture is NOR
manifest "a some states thdn IN Diners
See what agriculture has done for som
parts OF Maryland, particularly the upPe
portion Of It. II is true, nature has don
much towards eurching her soil, but he
coierpr,sing and intelligent ctuzeus nav
done more. And who ever travelled Ihroug
some portions Of Pennsylvania, aud tn
Gcncssce Valley, IN New York, withou
being delighted and ustonished nj the rapl
strides in Agricultural Improvement Eve
the States Of Maine, New Hampshire an
Connecticut, can boast Of great Improve
menIs in agriculture. Those states FEY
years since, we're tributary and Dependant
upon their more fertile sister states 10
bread. Now their granite hills, their blea
aud sterile soil, has given way to the rapl
march Of agriculture,