Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-10-24

AGRiCUlTl EE-.b BdHe's speech At a r=
crat meeting ct the fblladtp hla Agricultural Society
an address. VA, delivered hy Nicholas Biddle, Esd
The speech is marheih by thd Of slyle and felicity
vi nmorA which usually eamrlcses the composition,
Vi tbs gentleman. Among the topics alluded 10 in the
address Nj BmdlcsIea lflhe present system Of fen
eng uoW in common use thrughau the niled States
lir thinks that II cuals an unnecessary expense upon
Huucls. int calculation Is made 81 :hr quantity III
enclosed tud it, the Stae Of pennsykauil-.it Is lut
down at tea millions 81 acres oul Of the twenty eeh
millions constituting the whole surface OF Tie State
lhc estimate Is. no doubt moderate. Tho a,cmor
suhliv siuor ola pennsyltan arm rechonrd Al ten
dy's, us alt moun between the small los near elites
ana towns. and The at2cr fields u iarms in tie cmn
Iy.-Ar Riddle proceeds with the calculation:
NO" 10 Inpiosr field Of len acres. yn0 have ON each
side Opo ltel, and calling Panel 10 feet YOU have GG
pa"ueS o" tach sdc o. 81 lanncls TO ca round tie
whole but as every nnel serves for an nrlosure On
each side. the number If panels should be reduced Of
course II one ha - that upon LARGE scale Of 1cosure
every ten acres require 52 pannels Of tcnec Now ten
millions OF acres, thus divided INTO fields of ten acres n
mou"t Ia one mdhon u fields, each OF which requiring
To- panels, the whole amount OF PANELS Is 32 Zoo moo
he pn"c ot panel varies different parts of the
Stat. Hove II would cast one dollar mnncl Bn,
aklhE the average Irco at 80 cents Panel we have
SlV3,bupoJ), or Ia reund numbers 800 900 600
'oohsldor NOW tie interest ON tins outlay the Wear
and t,aro the hnce. and that The Mhole Of II will not
last more than ten "a fifteen Years and you have MS the
annual tax upon agriculture IN fenns, lyania sum o1
ten millions ofdollars Ii THIS estimate appear sill loo
nigh r,3cc uunc hall anl You have still laXot five
r.!!iiJus.
looh AT II in another point Of view. See how many
post roads, private roads aud lines there are with ROY
u 'rnr's oo each sle-see ho" every farm up in
To liiIc divisions Of Ky arles-aud the result will mol
vary much from What have stated They say that
every man hou Sc Is his rastle-nne would think every
man > iarm was his Publication 81 cut up is IL with
These les c los, HE many entertainments Indeed
the best USE o icnce HAT kn1w Is that nj the Battle
II bunker l The ilrncr Wa1rles brought two fences
together and hll,d lhr interval with new hay as an IN,
p1oiap'u rampant But Times reace they are also-
late uusauCcS.
"fur what is the Use ofall this fencing? In my lnIa
mcn 1t is OF No Scryicc AT all. We might gel nd Of
the whole expense oi II. We are 50 accustomed 10 /,
smut uPln those Wonien pens that can scarcely uu.
dtrsland how We are TODD without then But w ear
surely DO without those fences Just all the resi- Of tn,
world docs.
''hoover all the continent Of Eurape-take Portugal
and spain and franoc. and Italy, and Germany Their
are ~ such things as hcse fences. The lands are div
H'd"y stone mails Of other Indications Of boundary
which are just sacred as post and rail fence III,
cattle are gcGcaIy kept mp n barns aud other places
where their InaHGus hushanded Instead Of heine
wasted as they are by roaming over fields Ii they are
OCCASIONAL yput 0u ia fields they are ethered or walcl,,
ny b"lStr dogs, So as not 10 lutde their ne h,rs
VI - Hyl 2d.i the same sysrml The difficulty seem
To ho the road laulr E4cry where else people 90 on m
principle that no ones cattle nave right to inrude or
his nogtbor'- land. Here We seem 10 think that il i
moi tue owner business 70 heep his cattle in. but h
hcighbu business 10 keep them cut. Ace rlinay al
the high ways and lanes Infested by cattle turned aa
To Tlazn on the public rads. which were made Tor tray
cling, not for paolura"e-a sci Of land pirates who ~
ppns about for any weak place IL some fence aud no
only invite themselves IN. hut generously introduce Al
ihCir associates. The necessity Of keeping out 4 bl,