The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-07-20
'iMisceIIa m e o ~ 8.
-r-a-n the Portsmouth Journal. ]

THE PURSUIT OF AGRICULTURE. 'a
.,, orar,s! from Heaven itse IF who came,
& !" III, aourished in unspotted fame;
|I| "', ,..n With her sweet innocence we find,
nNG ", ,,a,, veace, and Joy without name,
W n"' "A, Asy ravisll, tranquiize the mind;
%2M md Art at once-dehgM and use COM
zE# bned'"
when The population of the United States has
=, ,DidIy increasing, the number who aim to
'-unl.,c riches without hard labor, has increased
# ;. ,.,t ra,io-and too many have neglected the
,,,, or,he soil to enter on business of questions
bh utility.
n icdcuIlure affords more certain profits than any
AZ ,lr business While half who enter on mer-
~ .ie uursuits fail at the outset, ard quarter
,,s bi when advanced in e,-the failure Off
* ,nrerate farmer is almost unheard of.
a Increased attention to agriculture and those man.
"a ,,ues which are Immediately dependant upon it
r,ud remain in our country much of that wealth
y which is now sent out Of it. The public document
dows that in the year 1886, (when the scarcity
a dnoney paralysed domestic industry no less than
rnly.6ye millions Of dollars were sent 10 foreign
* nSs pay for silk goods?-a species of merchan-
aton fabrics-although one which scarcely re-
Sares thought from the American agriculturist.
" The dignity of agricultural pursuits is not suf-
|Nenly acknowledged. What is commerce-wh
n,hs Hts-but dependents upon agriculture? To
|vhN purpose is it that our canals-our railroads,
4 The developemenIs of the great system Of in
n m Improvements are going forward in our coun
z hi khnot that the grand system Of CONNER
fAatwourse, founded on agriculture may be car
fdaTlh greater facility7 e
Lsruy farmer, but for one year, suspend his
clbHjOy that ease in the snnbenms of which
smaso many basking, and what would become
bfNeY mercantile and mechanic interest?
There is another reason why the dignity OF this
pursuit sAOuabe acknowledged as essential 10 the,
liability ofOr NATIONAL wealth. We cannot bet.
|Fyaossa dan in the language Of one whose
ne stands high in the annals of our country
Gd has made the breast of those who labor in
hhis peculiar deposite for substantial vir.
e Corruption in morals in the mass of culti-
Imi ba phenomenon of which no age or coun-
a has furnished an example,
'Ihe proportion which the aggregate OF other
%s of citizens bear in any state TO that of
usbandmen, is the unsound to its healthy
49,"
Mcommunity appear TO be awakened to a
FRoi their negligence in this department of in.
NE The agricultural and geological surveys
several States are coming at the root Of the mat
Fnd these surveys ought to go on, until the now
loe Than half hidden resources of our country are
Ay developed. 1t is to the earth that we must
$@hr the valuable and inexaustable store house
nature, filled with the rude material for the pro-
'u'e aoores, and rich in bestowing the nutri
sa' OIL lle nation which bases its hopes of
''peINy upon any less substantial resources, can
'e acquire undertaking national wealth.
AZ 'ns time, it is for the interest of the commu-
phod out such alurements TO agricultural
"s'oat more may be induced to engage in
~~such Inducements as will not only lead to
u"Va'lon ofthe distant sections of the Union,
:" " give that dignity TO labor and encour-
~p ' INDUSTRY, which will lead young men of
s"s,ana, as well as the other old States, to
1; WV" uie whole strength of their own native
sn 'sO's hey will feel inclined TO court the aug
e,s,.;, r"N"0ns and s'avish toll which must ne
,,,n, 70 SuOm''ad to, in subduing the soil of
HIM, g. va STALE of Massachusetts,, where the Pills
.,,,l. turned the sod, an agricultural survey,
' completed demonstrates that not one
t,i,sd ""a' me soil lie capable of bearng is yet
l,r p'e heid for labor at home would employ
a,S "" VI 'he New England farmer who NAV
tsu nue. NJ stage of action for halfa centurv at
aad, ,,a Is enough land IN New England to
phhi,,s '"f'ch at least ten tines as many agri.
kaa, or,." a'e now employed. Then why do so
" hs,s \. 'oung men 60 abroad? Better far would
y he lana wi many OF them had they remained
lOwin.N =, 'helr fathers.-- the spir;t of,ba
aa,ea - auu'ess, from the pen of G. p. Jslee. be
-, '' throughout New England:-'l .o.''DND'F
F., ~ IVY your own New-England soil
Leav. ~. e more bright, more fair
You, n.y. your hli-sides and your streams,
d lhon,l "" pure mountain air.
Thssr warm and fertile is the West
Bin ", sn lighter there the Toll fa]
Ls,,. mere reaps rich reward y 1.do
your native soil? ~, -dg'--n
wh.,. you leave your native soil
The ola your treasures be-
muse BY your father bull, '