Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-09-22
agricultural.
From The ". Y. Morning Asus.
AGRICULTURE.


The United States owe their great principles If pow.
~ and duration 10 that spu Of hoaesl industry and that
God everenclng feeling which filled and elevated their
forefatheD They came irnm the old wuIld TIL,
one--o plow. harrow, and hoe itouking to Gud alone
tof his blrssng upon their snd,avus obey his great
command, OF earning heli living by the sweat OF lhslr
brous.
Spain sent ont Cotsz and Piarro TO gather the gold
81 Peru and Mexico. They did gather H. Spain drop
ped her spade. her pow and her hoe. She revelcd
the pride which thirty millions oil American dollars a
year for period did sustain Sne losl the " IT. and If
course the power Ia continue that beautiful culture Of the
splendid peninsula in which her lot cast. The Ill
dslgo was too proud 10 workGransda ceased be what
u once ~asbefore The voyage dr Columbus paradise
In lie gsrjens-Spain has Tor forty Yeas past almost
ceased 10 be heard Of except in her msonuncs II that
period OF tine. by The sweat ol her brow. this Unlin
has more than doubled the population Of poor Spain, and
Frosn 40 rich that the gold Of The nines Of Peru gath
erd Tor twenty yean. will no, pay or the produce OF
our industry in one ur ma, o England oi last
year ior cir mouths. FOR by the pstsnen ary returns
Vie product Of British agriculture IN 1874 WAS three
shouond million, q dollars
lhrie ia lesson 10 all history like that of III. preat
menlain oil Raman power. CATO ssd, inject The stdu-
nus labor OF The farm a. You would the OF your
nan,ry in battle. Summon all your mrcr.. md the
sarih will reward you with oil her gns Neglect her
and you PERISH"
srch was the enthusiasm which gave that powerful
people the first sIsnd among the nations When they
became rich, bulb cities. hefded IN luanriuus masses
crowded their anphthealrrs, louneed abuu, their mag
nhceni haihs, trying 10 alleviate The horrors Of The de
mon Of identS bsWlng Al every corner of the streets
10 p.s-efs. "Qad .Noparum Qaid .Novarum 20
what's The newsi what's the news They Tell a
wriched prey before Tho Goth and the Vsndai, who
lived hardy life.
The people Of our country seem to Us, more than Al.
ohefs. 10 have drank deeply Of hs precious instruction
afforded By history.
Il ia hardly practicable 10 find beiwe the Arossiook
and The III" Gfande. sound man Tho idles his yesrs
swsg All are mpelled by the spifl nl industry which
Old Cato rontd clap his hands 10 behold. Onward un-
ward IA The naiions hcar,>et cry. Labor with irwin
cible perseverance,. No Disappointment, can check his
progress. The axe pros,rars the forests Of ages-ou
comes the plou2h--and then the cradle whch gathers
IN The glorious grain 10 feed all and half another
natlun besides. II necessary.
In the esgernrss of cultivation wa have moi vet had
time 10 think of the necessary exhauson Of our vexrd
he'ds. Now in our Older fields begin that IN
nur excessive hase have orcrdra,rn our bank Sci
snce and must be consulted restore that veg
sabe power which has been TOO preigoiely squeezed
from the bosom fthe earth The means are happily In
our power. 1t 10 already settled tns certainty that sci
ence can BE- applied with absolute pGt to agriculture
Recent xpeoenis have demonstrated the value
III accurate analysis Of snlso plants and the peculiar
elements required by the various kinds of vegetables fol
theft complete and perfec, growth. But however vau.
sne this discovery s-fhe grand art remains ,chere ii
~os' u ~ Dl frequent pow
in2s-by narrowing and hoeug, the soil obtains from
the inexhsusibe Of the atmosphere. its ele
nenta It's deWssnd rains the everlasting renewal of II.
fertility No art will ever rrndrr this constant stirring
NJ ihs soil unnecessary afans labor 10 bound b,
}oreoer mired up in the products 81 agriculture BAN
say' ,ha, agriculture is manvtacime that the yield
Of the earth is almost without any prersraon, fl foI
consumption. This il true of almost every fruit. II is
% trne that TO the best specimens Of NATURES own con
dictionary In the i, line scarcely do any hing
10 alter il for the better
Ia The products Of the farm are honest Who can forge
bushel u whe>, Z an OK 7 a strawberry : Perfect
from The hand 81 Gid, they canna, be forged by
Their profit. Balm says. 10 dec-tor every iced yol
plant, YOU hare many in return.
What interest have you like tina, from one pound o
'nrnip seed giving you twelre hundred bushels Of
n4sP
We rejoice to see 80 ereat number Of the hes,
In "nr country earnestly Engaged in The Of agrcul
ture. On surh men and their ~ell>tiled iarms--o
such men Of temperate and vigorous bodles-on suc
men of calm coil heads--,he fabric OF this Rrpuh
lie rest. secure They the mighty pillars whlc
The grand edace proudly inclnes lls weight. CO.
speed the plough