New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-15

49,, I..f In n I'd lie fac thA, 10 amoant Of SILVER
caa possibly produce one Kernel OF wheat; and II
,;I.,t his industry against the use Of 5000 SILVER
dollars. he must eiths. eat VIVA, n nd befo--
earned, or what some other man frsduets ), or he
How crnellf have thousands suffered, because
they failed 10 remember that debt land will
last ior loo generations, and cx;or from poCr toll
ing humanity, an annual tribute more Isnorseless
han lhe grave Beware. Their, how Won degrade
the human ntellee', and human ;lesh and blood
These greatly need. for Their is!i development and
Comfortable support IN infancy, naGhoe d, sickness
and proirdctcd od sse, he entire proceeds o. one
pair Of honest hands. Never forget that whatever
yo1 give TO insu matter Is much stolen from
Inv ng soul and living body TINS greattfuih should
b- known, that no man can make d beast Of bur-
then Of his physical frame, and not iniilct INFINITE
wrong on ms immortal mind To supply eur nal
Ural physical want, orr rsec labor beyond what
10 necessary 10 Dpart health and ygor 10 MS body
and ms mental faculties Why. then, degrade
human being almost 10 q level with The OK that h
drives by compelling him, ike the patient eX, TO
gre 10 the word twgce much as he receives IN
return II is thus that create that rebellion
,zasnet our unwise and unjust laws. winch calls for
the brute force OF military power Il is thus that
are so successful illDg pouG-houses with pau
pera. and our Jails and prisons with criminals
Suppose paierAal government, acting on the
rInciple OF equal and exact justice, were 10 credit
every member OF Tire community, every family IN
The State, with ail the good taBgs produced by he
same and should debit each person and each fam
ily. with all they have ever consumed. how iew
could show balance in Their favor OF 5000 =
GnGer system Of JsSt debit and credit with every
mouth. back, and pair o. hands. now many who
are now rich would De bankrup,s for thousands J.
How many, now really poor, would reloice IN Their
comfortable circumstances
Suppose. every man that has $1,000 at interest,
were compelled 20 work at 40 cents day, 10 pay
his own interest! Vino then wonld care 10 over
reach his neigtbors and acquire So 900 which night
fully belong to the families that gave them exist
ence
lis because 81 GOO will draw for lis holder, from
human bone and muscle, 300 DAYS work year,
for ten generations, that we are all so anxious 10
acquire Tie means thus TO eat bread by the sweat
If other mems faces, rather than oy the swea; al
our own. humanity gains nothing by The clrcum-
stance that capital 80 often changes owners ! o
the producing classes, who wolk lVO days al 40
cents day, for the OF l,010'a year. II mat
tors not whether this money has shifted owners
thousand times or only once.
Having thus briefly noticed few o! the evils
which affect most lnuriousiy the great Agricultural
interest of New-ioik, your Committee regard 1t n
part of their legitimate duty 10 sn2ges; remedy
The objects sought 10 be attained are these
First, 10 increase the productiyeness of rural
labor.
Secondly, TO secure to every cutvator Of the soil
the entire proceeds of his better directed and more
productive industry.
On what does Inc prrUUCllNtUtSS III Tue GlUlci
labor mainly depend Surely not on his mere mus
cular strength, for in that case the mechanical pow
er of cart horse will exceed five-iuld IN value the
labor of an agriculurisI Its The sound judgment,
experience and acquired knowledge OF the direct
Ing Mind, that imparts productive value TO the LABOR
of human hands And II is mainly because The IN,
tellec employed in rural pursuits Is less developed
than the rnind devoted 10 other and more PROBES
sonal occupations, that agricultural labor i so
poorly rewarded. The truth is that paSsiee i9tei-
lectual faculties are utterly less They produce
nothing Hence, as the mind OF hu nan being
lacks science knowledge, the market Value OF his
more physical fierce deprecates Ia price Without
going into nm elaborate argument, Your Committee
appeal 10 the ten thousand improvements 81 The age
in which we live as furnishing conclusive evidence
that there is no power on earth so productive OF
great and bcnefcent results the power OF highly
cultivated intellect
Those that follow the plow, and swing the axe,
and gather the harvest, have not, as class, bSen
instructed in the sciences which reveal natures
process for changing Garth, air and water, into
bread. meat and clothing. Hence, 10 manufacture
barrel of pork, Of flour, frkin OF butter, or leo
mounds of wool from the ingredients necessary 10
form those agricultural staples, The farmer ioses
one third or one half OF his labor by lts mlsapplica-
ZION To make one ripe wheat plant, nature re-
quires no fewer than fourteen simple and clstnci
elementary bodies. Each one OF these substances
has peculiar properties. and not one can serve as
substitute for another.
The "A established DIV tIG SIthttl vi uiS "iii-
vsrse which govern all The changes IN the form
and nroperties of matter, whether IN crude MN
eral or in an organized condition, making The living
tissues oil plants and animals, are us UNIFORM ana
unerIing az The laws that regulate the Using and NE
setting OF the sun. BY studying the operation OF
these laws, the practical asricuurist is often able
10 eiitc, a result in day. which he could net &C
compsh in week, while working against the
purposes OF nature 1900,
1t is not far from the truth 10 sew, that 100000 OF
the 100, 600 children now attending onr common
schools are des,inedto become practical operatives
N the create art of making something into grain, grass,
roots milk, butter, cheese, wool, iai, lean meat,
hone or some of the numerous Other products OF
,ural labor. JFhere that something can be toEnd.
and ho,c the raw materials OF all cultivated plans
should be combined as 10 give tie largest return
for any given amour, of capital and manual toll,
are problems IN pracucaihusodhuIy, "hich sS'euee
the ashes obtained by burning ripe wheat, rye,
oa. corn. barley or timothy plant, De analyZed, not
from FIR 50 per cent will be ieund 10 be silica. or
common flint sand TINS s;|'ca ls an Indispensable
Ingredient in the above named crops and YET, not
ore particle OF this miue!a can enter the root oil
,nv plant excert II BE- dissolved in water. Now,
~ ali ear,hy substances, flint sand Is The most Insoi-
nbe Indeed, YOU may boil 1t for hours In aqua
forts sulphuric murlatlc acid, Without oiSsoSns
it. How, then. Is the practical lSI'e! 20 ulSso.,e
this mineral, which, more than all Others, forms
tht benc necessary 10 give strength TO the stems oil
his grain, that they may hold ur, wlthoa; failing,
he load of ripe seed IN the ears =!
Chemically speaking, silica Is an acid, ana VIII
mite with large dose of the two alkalis, potash
and soda and form soluble silicae Of those bases
his explanation reveals The reason why 'ne al al
sandv soils o. comparing the analyses o. maple
beach and oak sshss M these S9snsd m 5S% fs,
real plants, there VIII be iouna s''Nins S'''ii''
IN their respective constituents;
" Next to clay, sand and potash, lime, soda, phos-
phorus, sulphur, chlorine and ron are the mosiirl
prepare these ingre aents for use, the following is
cheap and easy process
h.f,ra !, ;s sLkea. and mix il thoroughly wi:h
twenty bushels OF loan orvesetoble nould . Aad
TO the heap five bushels Of common salt ana an equal
amount Of plaster OF Paris moistsn I'LL the mass is
The pasT will furnish sulphur, and the T common non
S Niil leave The sodium aud Quite with The cars,ic
forming ssn bns fst caaR Rs sa? 5a 90
III IL -, co,nh;ne with the carbonic acid from