Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1839-09-13
~ From he NJ Y. Observer. m
GLEANINGs AND REFLECTIONS
.al IN THE GREAT VALE

eiPpn'a'n7' ana through'the Great Lakes,
send you majority OF my gleanings for
Eysur paper. If you think them suited to its
character and objects. 4f 5fa
s 49, \. 81. i, BASS
al spe'c'ul,y yours &C,
Annerss CoHe2e, JafH 1879
The Greai Vaiiey--,he Great Valiegi--
And who quote the first man that hap.
pens to cast his eye upon this article, "who
that can sharpen goose quill, or pay for
steel pen. has not indicted his marves about
the Great Valley, iii the slightest alIusion
10 H. makes every body feel quaimish ?"
But still, il is very great Valey--and is
beyond all question, to exert mighty info.
enee upon the destinies Of this great nation,
II not upon the world. Your 6rst impress
SION when you have got LARRY into IT. is that
o. vas'ness. ~ as Hat were illimlta-
Die so that even by the help OF steam. you
can hardiy nope ever 10 get out oil IT. And
you can never get the right feeling. by
me,e'y looking az tne map. GU must
gliue owe. us waters day a'ler DAY, q week
ai'el wesk-you must traverse ITS vast prai-
'ies% "i'oefnesses.ii imagination ures.
ana ,nen DC toid, that you have hardly en-
'eiea upon your Journey. before you can
'ake I'D the idea. Livery thing IS on gignn-
TIC senic--'is riyers---iis toresis--iis natural
paiks-.s caves--its pmiries--its corn ields
Its allIgatofs-lts raltlesnakes--and its
mas9ae'Oss N, inese ias'' Is SAID IN Mis-
sou,, ana i'lino's' ,ney 90 moi allow to bite
ha a,.' WI ,pey a1e.n'se years ora. mink,
o'v.s r. ~; "'usI oe sumo 'is'a1e ABOUT
.;r;S,.' u sns.a = s",n I Jaw u is mol very
,s'.,y sh'o''eu " ne.ner 'ney nave ever
~ 'Ige'"e'' auu Vo'eu 70 'ranp'e upon Inc
'a~' ms souie o,hsr ~ooa sneHefs OF larger
S' Nv ~ onc " tue New England States.
~ 10. 'ea'"-- o'' 's'he' 'n,hN' from my
e'"uo" anu experience. 'na' tney nave
~. soo' sTnse' 70 eon'en' themselves WIN
oung s'yiy Wherever ihey can get a
e"""s
Agricultural and mineral resources.
oouot whether these have ever been
o'eiIa'eu' eHner py the most enthusiastic
'es'uen'' OF traveller. IL would hardly be
saie ior any man east oil the mountains, who
whishes TO be thought sane and strictly vera
cious by his neighbors. to come back and
speak oil the depth and blackness ofthe soil.
VIII not say upon the alluvial bottoms.
merely, but upon the upland openings and
prairies. do not mean by this remark 10
represent that there is no poor land at the
west. II would be easy. no doubt, to find
considerable tracts, or smaller patches or
INN soil IN all the states But in general
y Is exceedingly rich and productive. When
they tell you nothing is more common than
70 lnd 1t from two or four feet deep, you can
hardly credit the statement till you see It
actually turned up by the spade to satisfy
your incredibly. They use no manure
even where their faIms have been under
cultivation for a long ,ime--and they will
tell you lhafthe land is rich enough without
u. ln some cases, corn or wheat, is raised
Tor iise, or ten years, perhaps longer, on the
same field without allowing il TO res, at an
or giving il any relefby a rotation ofcrops
This is bad husbandry, any where. Al.
tho any body who sees lcau doubt the ex.
traordinary capabilities oflhe soil, nor DENY
thai in its virgin state il will ,brinp forth by
handluls, without any other extraneous aid
than the rain and the sunshine. still N wants
and would be grateful for an occasional
dressing from the barn. yarn. n LOOKING
at more than one fine field OF timotbv. in mi.
nois. could see tbs dfIs,nnc.. - ,,Ia H. ~.
where the cattle had been as in one of on
own meadows. The grass was much ran.
kcr and darker than where no manure had
fallen. And here will venture 10 Serprsss
my belief that no soil in the world : a.
rich. as 10 retain lis or;neyal G.e,nd;,,, "a
long series of years. without the Aid II some
kind of mauure.--iloweser dear ana ;asxl
haustible its natural fertiIilv ma q he !, orsa.
ually loses its learea II / NAV be ;n,bloed
in this exnress;on md rn,,st b.,a s<,,> ~.