Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-04-06

df ..- are before him-hIs
conslan, and duly operations are with her
important irutfis-can he fail TO observe
her facts. thus forever thrust upon him =
does not familiarity with them induce him
10 compare them lis ii the nature of mind
to stop here dues i, noi eagerly ascend
n grade higher. bound into the iuvestis l,iou
of causes and effects and their imnuiahlc
laws-In what else docs irue theory CON
sis'. Than 10 correct observation Of facts
and their mutual relations, Of causes aud
effects and Iheir laws-Ii was for this the
attributes ol mind we're given 10 man by his
God. and their noblest exercise and that
most gratcfu! TO the Dicty. is in the iuvcs.
,i:a,ion Of he laws Of his creation. In
faci.-ofw what consists The bna,led expc-
ricnco of our best Farmers. hu, ufn system
of rules Tor practice. drawn irum facts &c
ten and repeatedly observed. There
neither IS, nor can he such u hing rs sue
ccssiul practice opposed TO enlightened
theory al! excclcnce 10 practice is based
on sound theory. Itwerc net less ABSURD tn
expect blind man To exIriratc himself
from surr ,untins pitfalls. 'ham TO look for
success Ia ,iir operations oi 'ln uIfhinkirg
asricul,uiis, Chante may favor lriut for
awhile. nu ultimately ne mu,; iaii-ior
distinguished success b. cauuui hopc.--
The laws hich govern asric lure are As
fixei and nrvariabie rs thDsc oi aus ether
science. and Consequently knuwI-ise of
then, NAV tie attained by accurate expert
mcn,s. superior ilteilcct To recognize
those laws and greater cnergv to practice
them. constitute The difference between
the successful aud theunsnccessful farmer.
That the same cause. under The same cir
cYm,laaccs will invariably produce the
same effects, is as true rs elsewhcrc--and
The conflicting theories which prevail! in as-
ricalturr, are mol The consequence %! vari
able laws. but either oi incorrect obscrvu-
,ian of facts, or inaltca'lon to the various
circumstances under which they appear
and tins brings us 10 reconsideration OF the
best mode of conducting our experiments
Heat, Light, Water. Air and The Ear,hs
are the principal aseris, which, produce
the yarlou, agricultural Pncnomena, oi
which we have auy kauwledge, s. by re-
ference To them, those discrepancies which
are often manifest IN our experience. will
find their solution. u is tu n ncglipen,
Observation aud me mo- noticing down of
their respective degrees OF operation, thai,
so little certainty is established by our ex-
pcrimen,s-and couseqleutly so li,lc reIi.
ance Is fell on their efficiency IN establish.
ing truth. To arrive al certainty in Ag-
ricultural experiments, I Is absolu,ely re-
quisic. that the Experihsn'er should note
particularly the character OF The soil--ils
component parts and sfensiii--'he neces
simdes Of the season. whether we, or dry,
cold or warm--thc eifec upon the plan, OF
every process ia The culture--lhe time of
planting aud hafsesl'nssand that the re-
suits or product be accdlaiely asceHaincd
by measurcmentor ws'sei. Wewill fur,h
er observe that a sineiedsperiincnt neither
proves nor disproves asy lhinS-repeti-
ions Of every expciimeF upon The same
suh;ect. 10 he conducted b The same man-
uer, the circumstances attending and re-
suits produced, 10 be carsully no!cd, urc nc