The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-28

A AF4aA ss0th tlc ABOVE c0nSf1er2fi0n, Al
agricultural Soeisly 10 Of inr.lculable Be
nett to stock raisers, because these pre-
minms viii enhance their value. T'la
Tart that your COW. or horse, or hog, IA.
taken the premium - being The finest an
imal Of The Kind exhibited u 4 show o
animals. would give 70 purchaser or "a,
stock. higher estimate or lie value thar
ANY eommendslionofyours could inspire
In confirmation Of these views, nigh
instance those sections OF our State Il
which Agricultural Societies have beer
organized. Mnh Fairfield Dislricl espe
eialiy, claim 10 establish my views. Er
anime for yourself. the pzpers oflhe day
and frequent advertisements Of. line stock
Tor sale. may be found from that Districl,
and Il not unfrequenlly happened that a
COW and calf has sold here Tor one hun.
dred and ifly dollars. And thousand Of
acres Of land whirh were, Ten years ago,
thrown away and given up 10 Be disfigur.
ed by gullies, a. worn out and yalueless,
are now in high state ofcultiyalion, and
yielding 10 their o~ners far heavier crops
Than they were capable Of when first
cleared. And the very lands which six
years ago would not have commanded,
upon an average, Eve dollars per acre,
could not now be purchased for ten dol.
lars per acre. All OF which. a. e,ery one
acquainted with that District will say, is
mainly attributable 10 the influence Of the
Moniice 10 Planters Society. With conf.
d-nce. therefore. recommend the iorma.
lion an ofAgriculiural Society in our Dis
trlci; for just as sure as like causes produce
like effects. just so sure will such Soci-
ETY. benefit our District.
Wemay promise ourselves. as farmers,
other benefits, which we think Agricultu-
raj Societies will promote. No one will
deny but that agriculture has heretofore
been esteemed as one among the humble
pursuits Of liie-as not possessing in it,
self material for investigation beyond The
capacity Of the humbIesl intellect Il has
never been permitted TO be ranked among
and 10 be called science, but has e, er
been esteemed as mere ART, To De learned
from imitation. and requiring neither taste
nor talent to enable its initiated TO become
par excellence with the most perfect Of
their predecessors. At the same time all
will admit that agriculture is the source
and foundation Of every comfort OF the
human family. and OF the wealth. power
and glory Of q nation: that although the
seas anal oceans bear our vessels TO eve
~ nation on the globe, yet agriculture a.
lone unfnrls their sails and gives them
freight; tina. Notwithstanding science. by
SIS magic power. has thrown the wide
world into mere neiglIborhood by the
influence Of steam, yet were il mol for ag-
riculture. distance would again be what il
was, and The now artificial neighborhood
would spread out again into world.
u hist this is admitted, it seems no age
Of the void has given to il an attention
worthy Of its position, or which would
warrant conclusion that they knew its
importance. The prevailing ignorance
upon the subject ofour remarks is farther
manifest. from the singular fact. that ag-
riculture has undergone less change in
its manner of pursuit, than any other Of
ancient arts. Mechanics are NV afford.
ing to the human family comforts aud
conveniences Of which the people Of the
last century never dreamej-and the
same might he said Of the learned profess
sions-but where is agriculture! II is
now where it was at period so far back
hat his ory cannot inform us who is en-
titled 10 The h"nor Of having done for the
art wha, has been done for il. If we
knew who invented the plow, and taught
the horse and OK to become subservient 10
the uses Of man. we would be compelled
to revere him as the creates, benefactor Of
the human family, and as alone entitled
to the singular honor Of having possessed
skill in his profession, a superiority
over which no individual Of any subse.
quent age has been able to claim. And
why is it so! Is il because it wants i'm
por,ance! or is it because its importance
has never been appreciated. To the lat
ter we must attribute its neglect. Parents
may never educate children with a view
to qualify them for the pursuit of plan.
ter. Yet, If they design their children
for any of the learned professions, they
consider an education indispensable-an
education favorable to the particular pro-
fession. Blu, the world practically car
rying out the idea that "any fnol can be
an agricul.urist," none are educated for
tina, purpose. Hence We may account
for the existence ofso many worn out and
desola,ed farms-,hc frequent occurren-
ces of those distresses consequent upon
emigration. II is not from choice .ha,
men leave The home Of their youth. the
graves Of their parents and children. Of
their friendly associates in life. the affairs
BY which they worshipped. and around
which thousands Of friendly associations
cluster; il is from necessity. Ask these,
when you witness their distress upon the
eve of emigration. why they 60. and they
will answer, al can no longer make a
| sunnort here.n In il the tyranny OF ig.