Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-10
AVAILABLE MEANS OF AGRICULTURAL
IMPROVEMENT.

Societies and premiums we're tried in vain
in Germany, to renovate agriculture, says
Mr.. Flnischman, and SO was theoretical
farming. "Tne practical farmer, uneduca-
ted and full Of prejudice" he says, "wass ao:
able to understand the principles ofthe new
system: the man ofscicn.iEc education had
no experience and knowledge of applying
science to practice properly ;" and SO bclI
failed or improved slowly. At last agrIcu!'
,ura] schools were established, and the sci.
ence and practice were taught simultaneous
". "In SIX years." he continues, ''lhe IN
fuence of these schools was felt throughout
the whole country Rotation OF Crops
was introduced the stock Was Increased
and improved the fertility Of the land was
renovated; prejud'ced neighbors became
convinced I; they began TO initiate, TO Eead'
and to think, and in short space OF lime,
the old system was abandoned, and the
farmer soon saw and realized the advanta-
ges ctthe sc'ence Of agriculture"
81 look to he estab lshment of ngrIcul-
tura! Schools" says our highly Intelligent
O seso correspondent, "as belonging to an
earlier safe of things than agricultural ex.
bIbi,;ous. To MIN who has made an ad.
vance," he adds with great truth, Gan agrl-
cultural exhibition ls a source OF mortlilca-
lion and wound'ng of seil-love--l because
il throws his own labors and skill INTO the
back eroundl but school w'llawaken the
sniri, of Improvement and few young
men going forth from such an establishment,
will be like d litlleleaven in the inert mass"
1t requires but little reflection and fore.
sight to predict, with grea, certainty, unless
something is speedily done, by the people
and tn. peoples representa- ives, 10 lmProve.
the state of our agriculture. the farmers OF
Europe will soon suppIanl-wlll und'r.seIl
us--n our own markets, In the products oI
our soil. We already find the bread 'stutts
of Europe and even of Asia, Pu, IN requlsl.
ton 10 feed our population. From the low
price of labor in Europe. and particularly
! from the recent Improvements IN asrlcul-
mre. wblch are donbling and uebIIne the
products o: agricultural labor there,t des-
pari,y in the actual cost, to the culliValor
Of these products, is constantly increasing
! apaios, US. The venerable Fellenburgh--
and NAV he yet enjoy long and happy
! life--was the first to demonstrate the utility
of comblnia. the science with the practice
of agricul!ure--of making farmers gentle.
men, and gentlemen farmers--oi combining
intellectual with physical power, and lltera-
ture with labor--in school for the educa-
| ton ofyoune men. The sagacious Fred
reck, kng Of Prussia, soon saw the advan'
tages TO the state, which were likely to re-
sui, from schools like that at Hoflwy, and
soon established lhe great school al Moege'
I'm. under the distinguished Thaer, and has
since incorporated its principles into the
CANNON schools of his kingdom. Bava-
ria. Austria, and other ofthe German stales'
and France, have since established like
schools: : Russia has agricultural schools
near S.. Pe,ersburgh and Moscow, literally
endowed and supported by the government;
and even Ireland, it will be seen by the ex'
racts in our last has started in this noble
career Of usefulness. The Untd S:ates'
which should be foremost in efforts TO en-.
tighten, improve and elevate The agricultural
population, will, we fear, be last TO establish
AGRICULTURAL schools, and the last 10 profit by
| their usefulness.
The only presen, available means OF ac.
celcra;!ng the introduction of these schools
am ng us--for established they ultimately
mus, and will be--is the agricultural press
the enlarged circulation of agricultural
periodicals among the people. We have
now about twenty OF these in our country.
They are every day increasing the sphere
of,heir usefulness, and the extsnt ol their
circulation. They are bring ing into no'ice
the best practices in husbandry, and pro-
mitigating the principles ofagriculturnl SCI
ence. They are producing a salu'ary
change in the public mind, in regard to The
importance of improving our hustandry;
and this change will ere long, we trust, be
felt and manifested in our halls oflegislatlon.
The sooner the better, for all classes of our
citizens.