Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1842-01-22
Nov.S0, 1911.

ECONOMIC AGRTCUITURE-There !, no
-nlgect less under,ood nor more generally mis,a-
ken than ihi-,nor any more essential to the prosper.
lty OF agriculture. Sufficient "a afJrd matter for
an entire iroaiIse. II cannot he cmlrnced IN a short
chapter. But u short chapter nav put mind. upon
the Track, aJlc TO unfold its inyoluIious with eyeU
branch oi agriculture, aud moro especially 10 dis.
close It's value.
DiminHtons Of comEl Is, neceSsarics and expense.
lre leo often mistaken Cor the means of producing
The ends they o5sIrurI; X the rapaciiy which starves;
frequently receives the llsi rclubuiipn Of = dislp-
pOlnlmeni, b"g,!ien 10y a vicious mode Of avoiding
H.. From ih IN Is sT JowI 10 IN, m-sucst utcnsil.
The best ciplciiy FOR fulfilling Ihc cJntcin dated
ends. ~ inv tulb'y ihS best ecunJm and the same
rcas ,ning WIich demon strltss the IA pcunumy of
Lshltier"h lr'm. viii dem 'aNlraia The had economy
. n h TERED c'l''iuiipn or an imperiCc Ct s ate of no.
dy. Tao c'iia5ers Who inaict upph ihein-clvc CO &
their families tat disrOmlJds 81 cell houses. had
h'ddH5, and ni'a ,ienI clo;hirg,to acquire wealth
destroy IN" vigor bpIh uf the mInd and hriy. uec.s
lrtry 70: obtaining Iho 4 anlc5u hated end. AZ wlIehnf
course, they ca never arrive. Tas hra-r who
siarv. $ hislrblrcrS Is "a still grenier suH rer. he
.Itcs IN profits -blIrcJ u health. strength, end A..
r. rat AMI suffers the ln-scJ caused by disease.
w-aNuc>s, AL del -c:irn. Il iIte mInusE the more
perfect, Ibc mlTe prof able asc r,rkI Y animal,
unl imp,cn n.slli ever slyinz ~ winch he ca.
p,ci'yo %! either u fulfil tIc!r destiny ia The bc.r maa-
ner i diminished. terminates with certainty IN .,mr
po-t'oa Of l's', AMI not uniieqncnily IN exiTavaglnt
wIs!c. Nv n t.e % Icct uf maaUrug is Vastly al.
iecsei b. the p!:ghIuf thJse animals ny which i,
is aided.
a p%inching, nnserly system Of agriculture nav
Eindeci keep a farmer ouI ola prison, bat II will
never olge him in "a palace. Great profit depends
on great I'm )rovem-nls OF The soiiaRd great improve.
menis can never be made by peHurious Efforts. Tb"
d scriminat o. between use:ul and productive. aad
useless and blrren excuses, contains the agucul
turil secret Of cqIiring happiness aud wenlIn. A
good farms e will SOW The lnt with an open hand
aud eradicate every seed of The other.
Iibsriliiy constitutes The econnmy Of agriculture
and perhaps II is the solitary human Occupation, "a
which the al 'se, "ihe more we give, The more Vs.,
shall rocefve," can bejnsIly applied. LibenliIy %
the earth in manuring and culture is the fountain o
lis b1unIy 10 us. LibeialiIy To lablrers and working
animals Is the Contain df their profit. Literally Il
domestic brutes Is the fountain uf m1nure. The
gDol work ola strlng team caus,s a profit beyond
TIC bal work Of a weak one, after deducing the al
duional expense OF feeding 10; and il saves. moreover
half the labor Of a driver, sunk ~ following a baL
one. BibrraliIv IN warm houses; produces health
T strength nnl c9mspri; preserves The lives ofdo
nestle nnimlls; causes all animals 10 Ihtive on les,
i"odi and secures from damage all kinds Of crops
And literally in the uteasll. of husb,ndry save. la
Dor to a vast extent, by providing The proper tool
Dr doing the work bJih well and expediinnsly.
Foresight Is another item m The ecu ony Of No
nculinre. IL consists IN preparing work for al
whether, and doing all work in proper We ,the,. and
al proper times. The climate OF The Uaited safe.
r makes The first easy. and the second less difficult
, Than IN most countries. RIinous violations OF Ihn
important rule ne vet frequent. from temper ant
impotence. Nothing II mpre common lhln a y ri.
fence m ploughing. making hay. cutting wheatanI
other works. when a small delay might have escap.
ed a great loss. aud The labor empln, ed t. destroy
would have been employed 10 save. Cmus oroI
kinds are often planted or sDyn At improper peripI.
or unSe1spnahly,In relation To the slate Of The wenih.
er. TO their deirmeni or Destruction, from Inc wanI
OF an arrangement Of The work un n armcalcnlaIer
for doing every species of { pre- Iscly nj the period.
hnd Ia The seasons most likely 10 enhance Tho pro.
&c.
a third ITEM ~ Ihe economy OF agriculture is nel
10 Kill Time ny dong The same thing twice o;er-
However labnriously at work. we are doing npthinr
during oneo Of the operations, and frequently wors,
Than nothing. on account Of Inc double delrimen
OF tOoL',ieams. aud clothing. TIE losses TO farmers
occasioned ~ This error. nre prodigious under eve
~ defective system Of agriculture. Shifts and con
irivances innumerIble are res1ued 4, for .avin,
time. by bad and perishahlv work. az an enormou
loss Oi future limo. until al length the several frar
ments Of time thus destroyed visihly aupaar .nrea.
over q farm. IN the fern. uf ruined houses. fences
orchards. and spll; demJnsining that every aJvan
tago Of such s'uis y tIo plrcpt Of many dsldyan
tlses. and that a habit Of finishing every Species o
work ~ the best node 10 the best econ1mv.
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