The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1843-05-30
The Farmer,

ton is fierce prices almost 10 Inc lowest choui"po
point then it is that all classes need all the light oil
knowledge aud experience which the past has dcve-
oped-,hen il is that nothing short of the perfection
of ar aided by science, and practiced with the great
est human prudence and sagacity, ensure success
and profit.
Now then, If ever, is the time when our farmers
should be wide awake to ascertain the true Pfhc'pes
Of agricultural improvement; the very best me'hooS
or onctoe. the exact extent 10 which labor saving
r,,cbiocs NAV be introduced into their business; the
nrncples of oyaiing and enrchng their soils; the
exact nature and economy Of mineral mahures' inc
means Of making the appropriate adaptation oil COM
posts both to crops and soil-n shor,o know how 10
raise the most and best Of every thing at the least
possible expense and with the leust amount OF labor
10 prevent the ruvages Of insects and expend each
crop exactly in the most profitable manner. Analo-
gous 10 this is the perfection to which the sister arts
have already arrived.
If YOU cannot raise corn and make pork Tor six
cents pound when you can raise but 30 bushels OF
corn to the acre with hard labor, then it stands you
in hand to ascertain what elements wanted in
your SOIL to make capable Of producing 60 bushels,
and how labor may be saved in its cultivation If
YOUR wool is dreg and your fecces small, and the
ravaces Of disease great in your flocks and our WIN
fer too long for their health the stall, then il be-
comes the shepherd to give the closest attention to the
true principles of sheep husbandry-how tie enlarge
the carcass and the hcece-how TO invgorae the con
stu,ion--how to check the ravages Of disease, and
how to mitigate the severity Of our prouaced win
ters, by greater variety and improvement in his
method of feeding.
How is it with manufactures and the mechanic
l,,aI halo
what one would think could make them living bust
ness; as general thing, at these low prices, they
have yielded greater nett profit than in former
years, when with less experience and science,the
best workmen often erred, and often wandered
on to uncertain and runous results-Now we have
passed on from the hand-whee to the most perfect
labor saving spinning chimes, doing the work Of an
hour in less than single minute-from the old hand
loom to the power-loom, doing days work in an
hour and weaving carpets and coach lace, the most
complicated and beautiful with greater exactncss than
our srandmoihers could have woven piece oftow
CLOTH BY the application Of science TO the art OF
printing the whole New Testament may be print
ed as cheap as one single chapter in the Gospel of ST.
John could have been printed century ago.
Thus much and q thousand times more, has sci
ence in its application to the sister arts, done for
their elevation, honor and profit. And now is the
time when her aid should be invoked in the loudes,
grains in behalf Of agriculture; for now none but the
mos, sklful farmer ,on tho most udicously managed
farm, can aspire either to fame or fortune The old
haphazard and expensive process in agriculture, like
those in the mechanic arts must give place for the
rore improved and productive.
when the mission Of agricultural science is fulfilled
she labor saving machines shall relieve the farmers
life Of much of its oppressive abor, and steam power
Ghlli be monopoly with the sister arts-then man
ures shalt be made at little expence exactly adapted
20 the soil and crops and crops 10 soils figures are
now woven in fine Venetian carpets, or the head of
me Immortal Washington woven in fine bandanna
handkerchief
Time was when the action Of The common medi-
ezra, rccmdcs shrouded in the mystic veil if Isis,
but now by the revelations Of science these mystic
yes are explained An unpoetic hand has taught us
that the healing virtues of the springs of Savoy, arse
from the small quantity Of iodine they contain, while
The wonderful effect Of Peruvian bark arises from the
Iiitle ouinine it embodics. In calico printing estab
shn ents till very lately in this country, the solid
cycrcments of the COW used to brighten and
fasten colors on cotton goods This absolutely
cessury and the expense immense land the pecu-
liar power of this supposed to be derived
from the living animal; but science has dissolved the
mystery and supplied substitute in an artificial
chemical composition or mixture of salts. How this
manure acted covered with the veil of Isis, as
is tho action and peculiar Offices Of each of the
constituent elements Of soil land the precise adaptation
OF crops to soil, and manures to both crops and
soil
Analogous to such results as these, are those which
science has in for the farmer, and their attain
ment will be the moro speedy as our government
shall learn to be just to the farming interests,
and agricultural education assume its proper place
in schools and colleges. Then let US not dispar
but husband well resources, though both the
science and art Of agriculture in their infancy vet
their is surely and slowly rising and his genial
influence is now felt throughout the whole range of
civilization, and points to the day when the artlzan,
shall be unable to say, alarming is dirty business,