Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1845-05-15

branches should he considered as almost
indispensable in those persons who would
undertake the cultivation of farm, or
The management OF large landed estates,
either for themselves or others. II may
he said that The style Of farming in the
United States is so wholly different from
that in Great Britain, that, from the ne
cessiies of the one, we can make no in
i-rences as 10 the wants OF the other
| know that we have no class Of land
stewards, or pcrsons employed for the
Of the estates of other men !;
that our farms are comparatively small :,
and that class of tenant farmers is
scarcely known among us. 1t appears
to me, however, that il is quite as impor-
ianl that man should be able himself to
manage his own farm well ,as that another
man should be qualified to manage il for
him and that farms Of moderate size,
where ibe farmers depend upon their re-
turns for their support, have need Of the
greater appliances to render them pro-
ductive, and furnish, upon The whole, n
hetter opportunity for successful agri-
culture, and for an agriculture Of high
y experimental and improved character,
than farms Of n very large size, where
The attention must be greatly divided,
and The manag ent--the mere daily
routine OF operations requires the most
I,ncessant and absorbing care.
Bu, there sse considerations, OF a more
s'coeiaI character, which deserve n,ten-
rlon. No one will pretend that agricul-
Iare, oven ia Tho more improved fo,m IN
which il is any where 10 be found, has
as ye, approxmated the perfection Of the
AIT The perfection of the art of agri-
culture is that in which the largest amount
Of product is obtained at the least expense
%! labor and manure, and with the least
exhaustion To the land. Indeed, there
is reason to hope that VIC may presently
reach system of cultivation in which !,
though the crops may be large, the land
iself shall not only not he exhausted, but
be in course Of continual ame!ioratlon
| know well there must he IA limit but
Ihat limit no one can yet define. We
know already that crops with large leaves,
and therefore large powers al absorption,
are commonly improving crops and we
know equally well that the growth Of a
forest upon land, so far from exhausiing,
Is. in fact, an improvcr of the soil
There is every reason to hope, therefore,
that such system Of husbandry may
presently be found, when, without any
extrnneous aid, and from the resources
Of the farm itself, The largest crop may
be obtained, and The powers of produce
ton extended. The system of nature
every where, if man performs his duty,
is system of amelioraion, and not of
deterioration it is every where system
Of recuperativo compensalions, if man
does not conlrovert or pervert its laws.
MIR. Colman's account of the Veteri-
nary College near London, is an interest
ing article, and contains many hints that
may be useful TO the farmers, of New
England. lie wishes "that veterinary
instruction was connected with all our
medical schools, and made an indispen-
sable branch of study. In the country
a medical practitioner, who would add
veterinary skill and practice to his other
services, would confer immense benefits.
So far from such practice being de.
grading, the physician, who would be
willing TO render such services, would be
worthy of double honor for the more
humble, tho menner, the more (riendless
The sufferer, proportionalrly is the glory
Of the kindness enhanced"