Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-01-27
STILLA LEARNER
Nov. 30. ls41.

a kFuFWcTs C0otHft
ECONOMY or AGNCULPURE-There = no
subject less understood mr. more generally mista-
ken than Lhisnor any Rors essential TO the prosper.
ny. @tagicnltnre. Sufficient To afford matter for
an s0tirs treatise. il cannot be embraced IN a short
ehapter. But a short chapter may put minds upon
tho track. able 10 unfold lis involutlons with every
branch Of agriculture, and more especially 10 dis.
close is value.
Elimination, ofcom6 Is, nece~aries and expense
are too oiIen mistaken for the means OF producing
the ends tBey O5sifuc,; a. the apaciiy which s,aryes;
frequently receives the Just retrbution of a disap-
PoiQ6nent, 5-goltcn by a vicious mode Of avoiding
~ 4 rom Ihc snS.s down To the meansst ufensil
uhe test .ctp.eiy Tor fulfilling Ihe Contemplated
eads, ~ invtItbiy the best ecunbH. unl The s,ne
ress'ning winch demonstrates Tho b,i econom, az
nshatiere4 lDbfn. Viii dsm Instraie The bad economic
o a sh~ttercd splsliiuiion OF an im2erf G. siaie of 20.
cy. The cltiager. NbO inlet upon themselves a
theiI !aml.iss the dIscoJntbris Of culi houses, bad
nesdi1g, aud iAsaie.enI e!,uainz.io acquire wealth.
AossFoy the vlgor bIih-Oi the mind and body. uec.s
saEy fH oriaiaiug The Contemplated eud. at which or
reourse, Riey can never arrive. The farmer why
csiafVes hts lahorers Is a sUll greater sufferer. He
t-es the p-oiispaI hIced d. lreaiih, strength, and a..
iA'Hiy; and suiirrs the losses caused by disease,
~eaShss, a1d dejsciipn. In like manner the mare
perfect. tho more ~prOflable are wOrki.g animals
ana inpietnenis.and ever saving nv winch The en-
'pauty oi eIi1ur tofulil IheIr destiny IN the be,t mon.
ner IS diH'inlshed. terminates with certainty in seine
yPoHion ~ La, aad n"t uBIrequent.y In exiravar1nf
"a''s- ~ a tae . Ject OF nanuring is vastly al
leeied b. the ~plightOf those animals by which il
Ia aidel.
Il a Ptlc.nns. misery system Of agsieulIurs may
andesI se"Aa Farmer out ola prison, bur il will
never ioige him IN a palace. Great profit depends
on great IN orovem 'nis Of the soil;lnJ great improve
ments oln never be made by penurious efforts. The
oHscntTG,~ioi between usesal and productive, and
C0d barren excuses, Contains the agricul
T1-rzce-s of ac1uiring happiness aud wealth. A
good flrmer viii SOW the frt with IN ooen.hsnd
and eradicate every seed Of the other.
Lioefa.i'Y constitutes ihe economy Of agriculture,
$50 perhaps q "a : the solitary human occupation, to
which The adage. the more we give, the more we
-shaiI t0ccIve ."'cln he Justly applied. Libenlily L,
NE earth IN manuring and culture is the fountain of
~ bounty 10 us. LibeIalily TO laborers and working
enim.als Is the fountain of their profit. Liberality To-
oom'siic bruies is the fountain Of manure. The
tooi work ola strong team causes a profit beyond
ue Dad work Of a weak one, AFTER deducinr the adj
diiional expense o ~ieedngi il; and 4, saves. moreover.
PSI tie !ahoF OF a driver. sunk in following a bad
PIC. liorralfiv ~ warm houses; produces health.
sTenglh' aud comf'r; preserves the lives ordo-
nes'ie. aEimllsi eiuses al animals 10 IN live on less
fNc3i and secures from damage all kinds of cr,ps
POO l'eraiiy in the utensils OF husblndy saves IA.
boT 10 o vast extent, by providing The proper f,ols
Sr dong the work both we'll aud expediiou,Iy.
tHrrslght ~ nnniher lien in the economy of nc-
ncrillra. 10 consists IN preparing work Cor all
~Nheihcf' ana doing all work ia proper weather, and
a. propef tmes. The climate OF he United Sintes
makes he irst easy. md the second les, difficult
THAN utmost committees. Ruin0us violaIions Of This
1mqpriaat rn'e are yet frequent. iroa iemper and
imDaiience. Thing Is more rnnmun Than q psrsis
'eaee ~ pirugrIu2. making hay. cutting whenfand
o'ne5 WofaS wirn n small delay miyl1 have escaf.
si,l gred loss. ahd the labor emp,i, ed T., destroy
would have been employed % cave. Crp,S oCaIl
kinesars olep planted or sJvn ai im3m,er peri,.ls
~sc oaseisIurh'yin relation to the stale Of The weaib-
az 70 their deirmeni or destruction, from the wani
~ IN arrangement of the work on a arm.calculaied
r dong every species Of il pre- s,sely At the period.
90 n the seasons most likely to enhance the pro-
III -
= thrtSen IN me economy OF agriculture is MOI
kll time by doing Ihe same Thing twice owe,
tPwegef isbosiuusly At work, we are DOING n,tbip-
q iring cneof the oper1uons, and Creonen1v vo,s
4han soihing' on account Of The double dstrimen
= 'ooSfeans' and Clothing. The Loose, 10 srmer.
9ecasio'ed ~ hs error. are prodigious under eve
~ detective system Of agriculture. Shifts o,d r,p
4rFances mnumerable are resoted In Cor savi,,
tfae, by bad and pcrishablg work. q, an eo,rm,n
ttss of future limo unHl atlength- the several frag
inPnis OF time thus destroyed yisibly appea, spre,.
oser a ilrm. 70 the FRA. of ruined bonses e,,cc.
v hards. aud soil; demonstrating That every odear
bye otsuch shtis - tho parent Of many dis,dv,r
ard 'iaia habit of G~oishing every species o
gk IN tho best mode Is the best economy.
AraDTs Essags.