Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1844-02-02

c,ssant mental %cXGrtiOn and solicitude, cannot
fail to induce premature decay, and to shorten
LIE. There cannot be a reasonable doubt that
under the due observance Of the Sabbath life
would on the average. be prolonged more than
one seventh part OF lis whole period" A. i.
THE CENTRAL NETWORK FAR
MERS-INFLUENCE OF AGRI-
CULTURAL PERIODICALS, AND
SOCIETIES.
The January number of this monthly
publication, being No. l of Vol. 3, has been
laid upon our table, and we have pcruscd its
principal contents with much qualification.
The paper is published at the village of
Rome-the circumstances from which It's
title is in part taken, and where two of its
conductors, Mcssrs. B. p. Johnson and f..
Comstock, reside; their cs,imi,bIe and
intelligent associate, Mr.. C. N. Brmcnl,
being IA resident of Albany. They arc all
sensible men, OF sound judgment and ripe
experience, who, in their agricultural vocal
ton, as in their other relations rs men and
citizens, combine practice and prccept; and
they aim especially to give their paper a
similar character, that ii may thus be better
suited 10 the circumstances and wants of fine
majority of our farming population, who
have, during most Of the year, but little lei
sure for study, and who, therefore, need that
the information designed for their benefit be
presented for the most part in Il plain natter
%ol-fact form, ready prepared for immediate
use, whenever they have occasion or incl.
nation TO apply it. The paper is in the
ordinary octave pamphlet form, most con-
vcnient for preserving and binding, witt, 80
pages 10 each number, and at the remarkably
nall price of SO cents a year.
Publications of this kind harmonizc adn,i-
rably will, tic objects and the operation of
Agricultural Societies, and both are in many
ways cmincnrly useful. Tho ed;'u,s, in
sane remarks on commencing their third
volume, observe that more Improvement
has been made in nearly every department
Of hnsbandry, in this state, during the last
five years, than in any previous equal period,
and they ascrihc the fact to the influences
of the Two causes mentioned. The ohsrr-
walton cannot, we believe, be Justly disputed !;
and for the cxcitcmcn, of this spirit of i'm
provcment among the farmers, not they
alone, but the whole community also, are
under wcighty obligations TO the public
spirited and enlightened men who have nut
slch Wholesome influences in motion.
These good influences arc by no means
limited to the improvement of the soil and
the STOCK of the farmer, and the enlargement
of their increase. A still more important
and more precious Improvement is that which
the farmer himself experiences. The accu-
mutation Of new and valuable facts, the
knowledge of new and better methods Of
applying labor, and the clearer insight into
the principles on which the results he is seek
ing depcnd-nonc Of these things can be
attained, without bcneffiing his mind as
much as his crops, or his cattle nor without
extending the range of his IDEAS and giving
IA greater practical and productive value to
ms thoughts because by being enabled TO
think more intclligen'ly, he is enabled to
obtain more beneficial results from the same
expenditure of money and labor. Thus, by
one and the same process he improves his
crops, his stock, his fields, and his mind.
All this is done, too, not by turning away
from his proper labors, or by sacrificing any
of the time necessary for the due execution
U! "' ua"y uu,es, Gu,, un nc ,unru,,, ~,
IA closer and more strict attention to his call.
ing. instead of being required to quit his
proper pursuits and 90 elsewhere, for a time
to procure the benefits proposed, those pur.
suits constitute the very school in which only
can he learn what it brhooves him TO know
for it is the more full, exact, and thorough,
knowledge of the facts, methods, and princi.
pies belonging to his occupation, which, con.
stItulcs the lesson he is TO learn, and he can
learn it, only by habits of more attentive
observation and more diligent and carnes,
study than ever, of the Identical subjects on
Which he has already determined to bestow
The chief thought and labor Of his life.
This is by no means all. BY thus fur
nisl'ing the whole class G Interchangeable
small proprietor and the day-laborer, as well
as tho wcallhirr, more educated and more
extensive land .holder-wilh fuller supplies
of useful knowledge respecting the princi,
pies and details of tho one great occupation
common to them al'.. us storing and
Ceie,
'ei'''iz'ng their m'nth ~ = Thoughts and
facts, new views and ii w.der range of IDEAS
apperlaining to the pursuits in which they
have a common interest, they arc enabled
to meet on more equal and therefore more
agreeable terms ; their occasional ~associa.