Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1843-10-06

10 YOUNG MEN-FARMER's SoNs.-In ad-
dressing this class Of readers, wish to lay a.
side The dignity ofthe editor, and come among
you as one of your number. For too am
young man and farmers son; and know
from experience what Disadvantages you la
Dor under IN the pursuit Of knowledge, and
what numerous discouragements you meet in
your efforts for intellectual improvement. But
i also know, that if you have the will You can
succeed in making great attainmea,s; and l
know, too, that there is great work for you
to 90, and great things will be expected of
you. Immense responsibilities rest upon you.
as those who are about to assume the manage
ment OF our much-abused farms-as those 10
whom the communi y must look for that re-
form IN our practice Of agriculture which is so
imperlously demanded at The present time. II
begins to be plainly seen that it will not do
for you to follow in the beaten tracks of your
fathers, and content yourselves with doing as
they have done. They received their lands at
low prices, fresh from the hand Of God, a.
bounding with fertility, and producing plen,i-
fol crops with little skill or labor; while the
absence OF western competition enabled them
to obtain ready market for all their surplus !;
and their simple habits and fewer wants, rem.
dered it less difficult for them to attain respec
liability and happiness in their profession.-
But how different is your situation! You OBJ
tam your lands at high prices, and many Of
them SO impoverished by long course of bad
culture, that the staple productions are great.
~ diminished; or the fields are so filled with
noxlous weeds that double amount of labor
IS necessary to obtain even scanty CROP
While the competition from the vast west is
so great and increasing, that the prices must
be very low.
But you will ask, How are we to obtain
this knowledge? Wehave only plain school
education, and are obliged to devote nearly all
our time to labor. Scientific belongs to collie
ges and those who are not obliged to work for
living" Here again is great mistake, and
one which the Cannot family are very apt to
fall into. unhesitatngly affirm, that there
is scarcely young man Of ordinary intellect,
who cannot, if he has the desire make himself
familiar with all the most important sciences
connected with agriculture. Within year
past. SO many excellent and cheap books have
been published in which both theory and prac.
lice are explained so that all who read them
can understand. that there is no longer any
good excuse for remaining in ignorance. It
is true there is one thing greatly needed in
this country, which is not yet supplied; but
1t young men will make their wishes known,
it soon will be. We mean an Experiment
School of Agriculture. To those who could
devote a year or two to the subject, such an
institution would be Of more benefit than ma.
ny years Of reading. Let none DELAY. how
ever. and LEI none repine because they are o.
bliged to labor: to labor is noble.yea. is a
blessing. Only make good use of the powers
God has given you, and you can rise above
all difficulties, and will find the profession Of
agriculture afford yon more true enjoyment
than you now conceive possible.-Genesee
Farmer.