Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-01-09

conscious he can improve. and resolves
| that he lcill improve, will most surely
| succeed-and the means of improving will
readily present themselves to his mind
Agricultural journals will afford him a
ready and cheap means of ms ruction.-
! They chronicle and bring TO him, period
ically, at trif1ing expense, the improve
ments that are continually being made in
the business by which be lives, and ex-
rects to acquire wealth for himself and his
children. They convey to him all the
discoveries IN the science, and improve
menls in the art of agriculture, which are
made IN Europe or America, and that are
calculated 20 improve him in his business,
and advance his condition in life. They
explain TO him the principles upon which
the new system of husbandry is more pro-
ductlEe, more certain, and more profitable
than the old system; and they demonstrate
the correctness of these principles by the
successful results they give in practice
They explain to him the operation OF ma
nures-as essential to the growth and per-
lection of his crops, as hay. grain and
pasture are to the growth and productive
ness of-his cattle-and enlighten him in
the means of augmenting, and of apply
ing them In the most economical manner.
They bring to his knowledge every i'm
pfovement and invention in the labor saw
ing implements ofthe farm. They instruct
him 10 the principles and most approved
modes OF draining-and of rendering sa-
luxurious and productive, those portions Of
his farm which have hitherto, perhaps
been prolific source Of disease and death
10 his family, and neig hborhood-a high
~ useful branch of modern improvement
IN husbandry, which we have vel 10 learn.
They demonstrate 10 him. in principle,
and by numerous illustrations in practice.
the utility of alternating crops, and in
struct him in the economy and manage
ment of root culture. They treat of the
comparative value of different breeds of
farm stock, and furnish the best examples
OF profitable management. They teach
useful lessons in gardening and orchard
ing, and designate the fruits, roots and
garden productions most useful to the fam
l'y' and most profitable for market. They
abound in Instructions in household econ
omy, and show, that under judicious man
agement, the garden and the farm may be
made to produce most of the necessarips,
and many of the eleganries ard luxuries
! ct Lille. They are in fact sort ofaqricuI.
tural museum, In which all that is new
all that Is useful in farming-mav be
found, and applied 10 the individual hene-
ut ct The reader. They are, in effect. a
sort of universal agricultural society.
! which collects into focus, and from thence
dituses over the land. a knowledge of all
that is useful in the improvement of the
soil. But independent of these and other
advantages might particularize. agricuI-
tural journals are worth thrice their cost
to the children of the family, in in1ucing
in them taste for useful knowledge, and
desire TO improve their minds, their
manners and their morals. The good
seel, sown in the spring time of life. will
produce its fifty and its hundred fold. in
the summer Of manhood.
Another and very important means Of
Improvement is agricultural societies or
associations. Although these have been
oil long standing in Europe. aud have con-
trIbuied largely to agricultural improve
ment there, more new ones have been
formed In the United States, in the last
i've or ten years than ever existed with
rs before. They afford strong indica.
! ton that the important business of hus-
bandry is commanding. as it ought. the
particular attention Of the American neo.
pie; and that the benefits RESULTING frop,
these associations have become palpabIe
and important. Agricultural societies
tend to bring under the eve. or TO the un.
Outstanding, of each member, and in )
great degrt e to the public at large. The
pest household and farm products, and The
best agricultural practices, of,he copn,rv
or district IN which they are established
and thus enable each individual to ammo
pirate to ms own use, the experience and
inc improvements Of his neiohbors. Tb,.
lNample OF every good farmer produces
ofnehclal Influence upon those around
MN; who seeing his approved modes Of
management, and the advantages result.
ing from them. will not fail ultimately 70
ADOPT them. Hence the more pooa far.
ners there are, the greater will he The ;.
NO OF general improvement, and conse.
qUently ofpublic benefit-for is the ..ro
ln9s and products of agricultural laho.
.lfat ma. my contributes % the prosperity
OF the olher classes of society, and to aug.
melt the aggregation of the na,;onoI
wealth. When the harvest is short eve.
ry department of business feels The eIec
trIc shock. When it is abundant q new
ana happy IMPULSE is given 10 every sor,
OF business These considerations show
mat 1t IS the interest alike of all. to patron,
ana encourage every effort that i
made to increase the products of the soil
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