The Arkansas banner., 1843-10-07
AGRICULTURAL.
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HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL soCIE
 SHOW IN nIlNDEE.

This great festival took place on Tuesda, and Wednesday, the Sth and 9th oi August The grand dinner. on Wednesday, took place . in the pavilion. By o'clock, the company had nearly assembled, and filled the enulre space. The Duke of Richmond m the chaif' snnported on the right by the Earl oi Mans f;etd Na;or Thorold. f92d IIighlandefs,) Mf. Richardson of Piilour, Dr. Grant, ana N,r: o' Tvndal Bruce; and on the leit by the Mar ouis of Breaelalbane, Provost Lawson, balle Anderson, and Mir. Coleman of New ork. Lord Kinnaird filled the croupier's chair, sup ported on the right by the Hon. Fox Maule, Professor Johnston, Sir John Ogllvy, Lord Arthur Lennox, the Hon. Captain Murray, Major Moray of Abereairney; and on the left by Lord Duncan, Sheriff l. Amy, Sir M Men zies, Robert Haldane, Esq, and Dean of Guild Thoms
 After number of toasts and speeches, the Chairman gave
 .sThe distinguished visitors who have honored us with their presence"
 MT. Coleman (from New-Y ork, said, my Lord Duke, feel myself greatly honored by being called upon to loin in the festivities ol the evening. am delighted to find myself among the enlightened and accomplished farmers of Scotland-a the most enlight- ened and the most accomplished farmers i'll the world. Sincair's Husbandry of Scotland was among my earliest agricultural reading :; and this, together with the publications of the Highland Agricultural Society, (among the most valuable ever given to the world, uniting, in an eminent degree, ssscience with practice,n) has made me always strongly de- sirous of seeing Scotland To my great re- gret, passed through the Lothiars by night, Gmean to see them by broad daylight ) but the gardening from Edinburgh to Leith, and the agriculture since leaving the Firth of Forth until I reached the Tay, have more than realized my expectations. l have seen a great deal of good farming in both heml- spheres; but, in eXacmess and neatness Of cultivation, in the richness of the crops, and the beauty of fields waving with their golden treasure, and in the admirable condition of the fences and the farm buildings within this district, l have never seen this farming sur passed. It is often sneeringly asked, (excuse inc for saying by biockheads,) what has sci ence done ? or, what has science to do with agriculture I answer, all that its friends claim for it. To science and philosophy are directly due the improved condition and pro- ductiveness of these fields. Science is the observation and accumulation of facts phi losophy is the wise and judicious application of these facts to practice. The high and m proved condition of those fields, the improved implements employed in their cultivation and management, the construction of the farm buildings and appurtenances, the improve ment of the live stock kept upon them, the application of labor and capital, and the whole arrangements, so as to bring about profitable result, are all the work of wisdom, gathered from the only true source of wis., dom-experience and observation. If the hand has labored successfully, 1t is only be- cause 1t has been directed by wise and en- frightened mind. Wherever the mind works, there is science The more the mind is im- proved, the more agriculture must be inl- proved. And no art, when we consider its various details and relations, presents so wide field for scientific inquiry no one, in its bearings upon human improvement and com fort, Is more worthy to occupy the highest powers of the most gifted intellect What desire IS, to see the profession of agriculture occupying its proper place among the hu- mane and liberal professions not merely as a servile drudgery, not as matter of mere trade of pecuniary calculation-for these are low views of its character-but as profess sion and art, in so claiming the aid and con- tributions of all the branches of natural sci ence, and its bearings upon individual and social virtue and happiness, so full of moral and religious considerations, as to reader it, of I,fo .>f, q, bo. and the best minds. claim for an enlght- ened and improved agriculture place among the highest pursuits of philanthropy. In its proper character, no pursuit Is more benefi- cial. It's true end is to multiply the produc- tions of the earth. In proportion as these are increased, human happiness, consequent ly human improvement, is best provided for
 1 received letter from abroad few days since, from gentleman, congratulating him. self upon the prospect of short crop, be- cause, as he said, it would increase prices I have no sympathy with such sentiments l detest them. should be glad to see bread as plentiful as the ancient mama, though l should be sorry to see 1t attainable in any case without labor; and trust may profess my creed without giving offence to any party,
 
 production. This will secure to the landlord his rent, to the tenant his profits, and to the poor man his supply. What seems to me, as a passing traveller through your rich, beauti- ful, and magnificent country, most to demand the. attention of the influential and powerful, is the condition of the laboring classes. In Christian country, abounding ill wealth and knowledge, no honest, sober, and industrious man should even be compelled to suffer for the food which Is needful to sustain his body. or the bread of wisdom and life, which may feed his mind and soul. But his physical necessities must be supplied before you can provide, with any success, for his moral and intellectual wants. In passing through your beautiful country since crosssd the Firth, was delighted to see the improved condition, Tn their external appearance, of the new cot tages, compared with that of some of the old, which are still standing This is as 1t should be. The man who, by his toll and sweat under the blessing of heaven, brings bread