The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1842-01-06
AGRICULTURE.

1
the following notice of an Address deliver
ed las, week before the American Institute
New York, on the SUBJECT Of Agriculture
by the Rev. DR.. Choules, Of that city:
Mr.. Cboules cnchniued the audience ior
an hour and q bali BY an excellent Address
foil Of practical Interrogation, and eurIched
by bursts Of genuine cIoquence. After re-
marking that our County IS u term Of wide
aud endearing import, he proceeded 10 Q
warm aad glowing eu!oginm on the charac
ter Of our people, the political and religious
institutions Of our Country, tho boupdles:
enterprise 10 which they have given rise
and us fruits exhibited on every side in our
Thousands Of ships, cur four lhousand mile.
Of Rail Roads, our gigantic strides towards
alQIcLce and greatness, aud The general
happiness Of our people. These character
istlcs are attracting TO our country the gaze
Of the millions Of Europe as 10 the light.
house Of the world-lbey lead thousands
annually to seek our shores, aud the mil.
, lions who remnlo to gaze across the Allan
TIC as to the home Of departed friends whom
they arc eager to reIoiu---llke tho bird
whose wing is broken at the season Of em.
grafton, but which continues TO gaze earn.
cstly, anxiously aiies those who have leil Il
behind them.
Mr.. ChoUles yipdieated bimsclf as pub.
lie teacher Of Christianity 10 appearing as
a speaker on ihls occasion. Ile maintain
Oh tia; there is an intimate connection be-
tween physical aud moral culture, aud IN
stanced the advantages that have arisen
from the active eSef,lons Of elergymea 10
behalf Of agricultural improvement. The
town Of Worcester, Mass, has been beGu,i.
Ged With trees by the efforts Of single
minister. Four ministers founded the AZ.
ricul,uraI Society oil tina, County, la Ho,.
land, 1t is requirement Of the Church that
every student Tor tho ministry shall devote
two years TO agriculture aud | doubt not
that general aod lasting advantages arc
thence realized.
Mr. Choules proceeded 10 glowing Gu
locium on tho study OF Nature as on IN
ceullyo to sud means of Religious and lu.
icl!ectual Improvement. Nature never
changes grows old size speaks to
tho observer the same language nov as she
did thousands Of years ago, add in her
grandea torus aul meanest insects alike
pfccaims the existence, tho majesty, and
the goodness OF the Crea,or.
i.t. C. gave a rapid sketch q Agricnl
lure from the days Of Adam to Tho present,
The tirs, book 90 Culture, asa science, was
published in England 10 tho sixteenth cen.
fury. The Gfst reward for an essay on
Agriculture was gwen By that truo Patn
ct and Statesman. Oliver CoFmwoll. Bul
tho glorious era from which oil the triuuphs
of Agriculture now date IS 1903, whom, IN.
der tue auspices Of Pit, and Sinclair, an
Agricultural, Survey Of England was order
ed, aod puShc attention directed 10 this i'm
portrait subject. Peers placed their sons
with practical farmers Cor instruction
Chemistry was saon called to the aid o.
Production, nud Agriculture took It's pro
per rank as tho first aud mobiles, Scicnce,
I7s0. $50, 1000 900 h1shcls were the
enuro Whca, produe, Of Grea, Britain; in
1910, II had increased TO 100000, 000.-
The entire Grain prodGci OF Eugiand is
nov zoe 100000 Of bushels per aauumr
and II is believed by scientific authorities
lhat this vast amount may 10 u year be
doubled.
Agriculture is the Ets, of useful arts
Without IL, all others must anguish and
decay. Without II, NO could have no Fino
! Afts-uo Commerce. Let Us look al our
owu Slutc, with a Territory larger Than
England and Wales. Her population has
rapidly Increased 10 two millions and half
4 Our Western halt was forty years ago vii
dcrness---i, 10 now a garden. In tia: time
seventeen millions oC acres Of forest have
been subdued, and brought into cultivation
+ The revival Of Agriculture commenced
IN Flanders seven hundred years ago; III
( soil was then white sand II is now the
most fertile country Of Europe. There
the farmer does not slumber Tho does moi
(. jsh--hc does 40. spcculate--ho does MOI
seek office. II is tho maxim that the mas
ler's foo, is the beEt.maBure. haso beer
considerably acquainted with our Western
/ faTtueFSs anu uNtlCho lUt1 WYNN VIC bNbS
fitted if one hall their land we're taket
away from then. 10 my Judgment, farm
should resemble as nearly as may be a wei
cultivated garden. lf the same produc
can be realized from ten as from thirty, thu
advantages arc Invaluable. In DOR owl
State, under tho auspices Of our Agricultu
raj Societies, great progress 10 this respcc
has been made. The annual product o
many farms has been increased FROM ! ) Il
80 bushels Of Wheat, und Of all other grnil
10 proportion. And my eye now rests upo'
individuals who have harvested 93 bushel
Of Wheat per acre and $50 bushels OF Pc
tatnus.
Mr..C. noticed some gross errors who
prevail in our cities, especially with respec
10 Agriculture. IL has been overooke
and undervaIuod IN 40 ,nsaoe struggle 70
sudden wealth. Speculation has heeu tn
universal passion. Ia one year we increa'
ed the valuation of our City property mint
, ~ millions of dollars. Tho whole COMMIT
G nifty seemed to unite in one general consp
racy against tho immutable law Of our col