Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1844-12-19

oil The laws. Far he il for me 10 I'M
courage among farmers gvoveling
thirst Tor Office, either TO crafty a
vain ambition for little brief anthor-
lty,or rs the precarious means of livel-
hood, so little 10 be coveted in compar-
lson with the humbleSt subsistence &C.
qulrcd by the independent exercise OF
individual abilities; hut what | do
mean to insist on is, that until we have
angels in the shape of men 10 govern
us, farmers should never rest satisfied
until they shall have accomplished n
system OF education which will quail
NY their sons 10 prosecute their partic-
ular avoeation with knowledge of
the PRINCIPLES that essentially belong
TO IT. and that shall at the same time
endow them with capacity to perform
that most important of all duties, the
making of their laws"
CULTIVATE 4 LITTLE LAND WELL,
RATHER THAN MUCH POORLY
"When it is considered that labor be-
comes cheap, or WHAT'S the same thing,
more productive, exactly in proportion
to good tillage and the richness of the
land combined, is it not self-evidcnt
that if the owner unproductivc land
cannot otherwise command the rcqui-
site capital, he had better sell off one
half of his land for the means of inn
proving the remainder, rather than re.
tam the whole in state Of paralys
that hemay vainly boast, Il an lord of
all survey even though it be but a
barren waste. Not week since, hay
ing the pleasure TO pass delightful
day, in company with the editor of the
New England Farmer, and other
gentlemen distinguished for intelli-
gence and character, at Indian Hill
Farm, in Massachusetts, the residence
of Col.Benjamin Poorc-( PooR inname
but RICH in all the qualities that
gives assurance ola MANI ] heard
him remark that, as young man, be-
ginning life, TO make his way by in
dustry, and without capital, he would
sooner commence on an acre than one
hundred. You may estimate the weigh
of his authority when | add that he
took the premium not only for the best
managed farm in the State, but for the
best specimen of under draining on a
large SCALE, and for the best system of
keeping farm accounts. There were,
among other proofs of uncommon en-
srgy and skill, about forty acres Of o.
riginally worthless waste land which
he had so reclaimed as to produce
2 1-2 tons of the best hay to the acre,
while his own fourishing plantation
of forest trees concealed ard ornamcn-
ted rocky precipces inaccessible to the
pillow.
REcLAIMING LAND.-'I once heard
Mr.. CrowningshieId, then Secretary
of the Navy, say, that he gave 800
for an acre of land in Massachusetts,
and had TO pay $50 an acre to clear il
of stone, before it could be plowed-
| saw land being ditched, cleared, and
cleansed of alders and stones, at In
dian Hill Farm, in Massachusetts, re-
quiring more labor to get up one acre,
than is expended in the ordinary way
on 100 acre in Delaware or Maryland.
But VIII at is impossible to idomitable
perseverance The very aspect of
such land is terrible to Southern
man yet suppose, by any outlay Of
so. or even S2G or $50 AN acre. il
ditching, draining, or irrigation, Del
aware farmer would, as many might,
reclaim otherwise worthless land, ma
king it produce, without further cult
walton, say 2 tons of hay, worth Oh the
spot at least SO per ton, at the same
time dissipating sources of autumnal
disease, and rendering his farm at once
more beautiful and productive how
much better and more patriotic would
it be, than pusillanirously TO fee a.
cross the mountains, he knows not
where, far away from the grave of his
fathers and the endearing associations
of his youthful pastimes, ay, and of
youthful sorrows"
PULVERIZING THE SoIL--"Of all agri-
cultural retormers, the onece celebrated
Jethro Tull, the first to suggest and in
vent movements in farming machine
ry, and author of the drill system Of
husbandry, deserves, in my judgment,
TO stand at the head of the list, True,
he carried his theory in favor Of ex-
treme pulverization TO the extravagant
length of maintaining that il might be
made even to snpersede manure; still
his leading principle ofperfoct rulveri-
cation is too much overlooked IN com
mon practice. No farmer need expect
a good return, whose land in horse or
hand-hoe crops, is not kept clean and
infinitely pulverized. This is the rea-
son why nothing is more destructive,
or al least for that year, than blowing