The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-06-05
TERRECULTURAL
AGRICULTURE AND IT'S ADVANTAGES.


OF the various occupations and professions
which have engaged the attention of mankind
there is none that seems to be so pre-eminenty
useful, so honorable, in short so compatible
with all our interests, as the cultivation of the
earth. There is none which has so many re-
sources within itself, or which can furnish from
its own means, the supplies for all our neces-
sary wants. Food, raiment, and uxures innu-
merable, are the fruits ofthe farmers labor and
care; and in their train follow health, happiness,
and independence.
And in view of these facts, for facts they are,
are we not led 10 wonder that so many of our
young men are placed behind the counter, to
learn the arts and mysteries of the scales and
yard-stick, to deprive themselves of the bloom
and freshness Of youth, and bring early and deep
furious Of care and anxiety on their brows, by
the difficulties and perplexites attending the
prosecution ofmercantle pursuits, when so many,
and so strong inducements are held out for them
to engage in that profession which was the earli-
est employment of man, and which as the light
of science is spread abroad, and Improvements
are made in the art, is becoming more interest
ng, more profitable, and at the same time less
laborious.
With what different feelings do the farmer
and the merchant leave their pillows in the
morning! The one buoyant with health and
spirits, goes forth with the first dawn of day tc
his cheerful labors in the field, while the other
after restless and perhaps sleepless night
walks in sober mood to his counting room, an
ticipating with fearful forebodngs the insolven-
.cy of his customers or the i'll success of a voy
age.
With what honest pride aad heartfelt satisfac.
ton does the farmer look at his luxuriant fields
his richly laden orchards, and his growing hocks
with the happy assurance that with every return
ing season his substance is increasing, that he il
above want, and far from feeling the fuctuatiol
OF merchandise, or the emblrasmens of trade
Who, that has seen the hale and vigorous
P'oughman, Whstling along as he turns up The
turrow, and has not sighed for the Joys of paste
raj life? Or, who has enjoyed the privilege o
witnessing the internal arrangements of thrift,
farmers establishment, and observed the carr
and attention evinced in all her domestic econo
my by his industrious and frugal wife, and la
not coveted the happiness and independence o
the farmer? Much as the wealth and prospert
of nation may be advanced and promoted b
its commerce and manufactures, still we are con
strained TO look upon agriculture as its sourc
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our existence. For let men pursue what othe
business they may, they are still dependent o
the farmer for what they eat, drink and wear.
And, suppose the farmer, by way ofrelaxatioI
occasionally deviates from his regular routine {
duties, and engages little in horticulture, or tn
cultivation of the choicer kinds of fruit, will
not be repaid thousand times for the time an
labor bestowed on few trees, vines or shrubs
And further, will not the appearance of h
house and =" front-door yard" be immensely in
proved; himself and family enjoy large amoul
OF pleasure, and qualification, not to speak of tt
frequent lessons of noatness and order which h
children would learn by the cultivation of fe
varieties Of flowers. And will not these silcl
monitors, which so beautifully remind us that
The hand that made them is divine,''
also have moral tendency, and teach US TO loo
Through nature up to natures God"