Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-10-09
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AGRICULTURE.


AGRICULTURE.
The United States owe their great primo
pies of power aud duration to that spirit
honest industry and tina, God reverencing fee
ing which. filled and elevated their forefather.
They came from the old world to this ney
one-to pillow, harrow, and hoe it-lookin,
to God alone for his blessing upon their en-
deavors to obey his great command, OF earn
ing their living by the sweat Of their brows.
Spain sent out Coriez and Pizarro to gathe,
the gold Of Peru and Mexico. They did
gather it. Spain dropped her spade, her plow
and her hoe. She revelled in The pride which
thirty millions of American dollars year for
a period did sustain. She lost the will, and
Of course the power to continue that beauti-
ful culture of the splendid peninsula in which
her lot was cast. The Hidalgo was too proud
TO work-Granada ceased to be what it oncc
was--beiore the voyage Of Columbus para
disc IN its gardens--Spain has forty years
past almost ceased to be heard OF, except in
her msfortunes. In that period of time, by
the sweat of her brow, this Union has more
than doubled the population of poor Spain,
and grown so rich that the gold OF the mines
OF Peru gathered FOR twenty years, will not
pay for the produce Of our industry in one
year-nor for that of England OF las. year for
sir months, for by the Parliamentary returns.
the product of British agriculture in 1914, was
three thousand millions of dollars,
There is no lesson in all history like that
OF The great fountain of Roman power. Cato
said, "meet the ar,'uous labor of the farm M
you would the enemies Of your country in
battle. Summon all Your forces. and the earth
Will reward you with all her gifts. Neglect
her and YOU perjshr
Such was the enthusiasm which gave that
powerful people the first stand among the ma
lions. When they became rich, built cities,
herded IN luxurious masses, crowded their
amphhheatres, lounged about their magnificent
baths, Tying 20 alleviate tie horrors of the
demon OF idteness bawling at every corner
OF the streets to passers, "Qud Nouarum
t2uad .NoUarMm % what's the news what's
the news ?--they fell wretched prev before
the Goth and the Vandal, who lived d hardy
life.
The people of our country seem to us.
more than all others, 10 have drank deeply of
the precious instruction afforded by history.
1t is hardly practicable to find, between tho
Aroostook and the Rio Grande, sound man
who idles his years away. ALI are inpelled
ny the spirit of industry which old Cato
'oomld clap his hands to behold. Onward
onward! is the national heartfelt cry. La
Dor with invincible perseverance. No disap
pointment can check its progress. The axe
proslrates the forests of ages-on comes tho
plow-and then the cradle which gathers
IN the glorious grain to feed all ours and half
another nation besides, if necessary
In the eagerness of cultivation, we have not
yet had time to think Of the necessary exhaus-
ton of our vexed fields. Now in our older
helds we begin TO see that in our excessive
haste we have oUerdracn our bank. Science
and care must now be consulted to restore
tnat vegetable power which has been too pro-
-gtgately squeezed from, The bosom of the earth!
The means are happily in our power. lis
already settled to certainty that science can
be applied with absolute prof, 20 agriculture.
Recent experiments have demonstrated the
vast value Of an accurate ANALYSIS of soils
OF plants and the peculiar elements required
by the various kinds of vegetables for their
complete and perfect growth But however
valuable this discovery is--the grand art re-
mains a0here scas. 1t is tilIing The SOIL By
deep and frequent plowngs-by narrowing
and hoeing, the soil obtains from the inhx.
ha"stIbie resource of the atmosphere, its ele-
mehis, It's dews and rains, the everlasting re-!
newai OF ITS fertility. No art will eeer render
tins constant stirring Of the soil UNNECESSARY.
VANS tabor is bound to be foreuer anired IN
IN The products Of agriculture Balm saws
that agriculture is manutacf,lre--tbat the
yield OF the earth is almost without any pre.
parat'on, tit for consumption. This is true
OF almost every fruit. II is so true that TO the
best specimens of natures own confectionery
IN the fruit line, man can scarcely do anything
TO alter 1t for the better.
The products of the farm are honest. Who
can forge a bushel of wheat ain OK /? straw
berry, Perfect from the hand of God thew
cannot be forged by man.-Their profit, Balm
SAYS, is dIreet-for eoery seed you plant, YOU
haze many In return
What interest have you like that from one
pound of tnrnip seed, giving you tpelue hun
dred bushels Of tarnipS
We rejoice TO see so great number of The
pest men IN our country earnestly engaged I'M
the cause of agriculture. On such men and
their weil-tlled farms--on snch men of TEN.
perate and vigorous bodies-oh such met, Of
calm. cool heads--the vast fabric of this Re-
public rests secure. They are the mighty
pillars or which the grand edifce proudly
mcines its vast weight. God speed the
pillow