New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-03-08

knowledge are cheap and abundant, aad IN every
mans power. | say again, there is no reason why
any man should not be well informed IN all that
concerns MS business. But, before all are so, the
barriers raised by prejudice and eeriy training
mus; ss broken down, and that patrlarchal respect
for old customs and old usages id old ways must
be done away e
"A few years ago, farmlngwas regarded as ltils
better than a menIal service, and the farmer was
looked upoa as little elevated above the ser or the
slave Ii was forgotten that agriculture, the man
ufacturing and the commercial interests. were all
inseparaby connected IN the prosperity OF the state
or rather, in the words OF another, that the
land and the owners, and The. cultlvators OF the
land, form the primary essentials, and the Inercan-
tile and manufacturing establishments the acci
dental aduncts OF our State; and that the ruin OF
the solid walls and foundation OF the stnpendous
fabric of the greatest nation upon earth would IN
vove in one common destruction lis richest aplen-
dages and most ornamental decorations" No
country can and this country especially cannot
foster too fondly It's agrcaltua Interests. II IS now
and must continue 10 be, our national wealth and
this Is at the present time, emlnently the direction
OF public feeling. To whatever cause II may be
attributed neither 10 the wish TO be tree from
the anxieties and cares and insecurity of CONNER
ca fe-to the sense OF the greater security OF the
landed lntcres,s-whether 10 these selfish consider
ATOMS, or the return OF a healthy state OF moral
feeling urging the conviction Of the hoer and
happier influence of rura pursuits upon themselves
and their children-io whatsoever OF these CIR
cumsiances II is attributed, 1t Is a gratifying tact
that many wealthy and intelligent men are for
saking the large cities and devoting themselves 10
agriculture"
The next article, on the Education Of the Amer
lean Farmer contains many valuable suggestions
The writer expresses the opinion that there Is no
need of establishing schools exclusively agrlcu!-
tural and that "the institutions already establish
ed are either in their present organization and
course of study fitted 10 supply all the wants OF far
mers' sons, or may with trifiIng alteration in their
course of study be adapted TO meet them" He
SAYS with much truth, "that it is not simply the
farmer who is TO be educated; ii is the man and
the citicen, and any plan or course of education
which leaves out OF view this sphere must be es
sentially defective, must be unsound and tend TO
foster narrow and confined view which belongs
only to place and business" And he asks, Shall
institutions be established which have no regard
TO the development OF the mental powers-instl,u-
tons which shall take the narrow view Of simply
httins the sons OF farmers 10 pow, 10 SOW and TO
reap?" All this he thinks is well as far as il goes.
but exceedingly deficient; and in this we appre-
bend all intelligent persons will agree with him.
The next article is on The Claims of Agrcul-
ture upon Government and, though it does not
embrace as complete discussion Of those claims
as we could wish, it yet contains much aad sug-
gests more that it is worthy OF earnest considera-
ton From the fact that agriculture is, numeri-
caly speaking, the great interest OF the State and
the occupation in which the great mass of our pop
uIation are engaged. the writer draws the very OBJ
vious inference that no other interest can have
strong claim upon the attention OF the govern
ment In this as in other departments of human
labor, he says very truly that 'there are some
things which can be done only through the collect
i've energy and influence of the State; the resour
ces of no individual corporation, are adequate TO
their accomplishment. And rs government exists
not for IFS own sake, but for the benefit Of the
governed, the inference seems an obvious one.
that where there are benefits which the governed
cannot individually secure, and which can be OBJ
taned for them by government, they are entitled
to count upon its aid" The writer s,rcnuousy
urges that the diffusion of useful knowledge in re-
ference to that branch Of human industry, which
is the basis Of all others, and u which two-thirds Of
the whole population of the United States are en-.
gagged, should be one of the prominent objects of
The creation OF the Smithsonian College A re.
ducton of the number and an increase of the
amount or the Premiums offered by our Aercultl-
raj Societies out Of the funds provided BY the
State, is also recommended. The writer Is also in
favor of the establishment of a permanent depart
men or Board of Agriculture, responsible. like
all the other branches of the government, 10 the
legislature and the people. This Is certainly wor-
thy of consideration. The writer proposes a far
ther discussion Of the subject at future time.
Our limits will not allow us 10 give synopsis of
the remaining articles, much less TO illustrate their
value by extracts. Forty pages are devoted TO 4
Farmers Miscellany, i'll which we find an article
on Draining illustrated by wood-cut. and ano-
Their on Disease in Potatoes, beside many
brief and exceedingly pertinent paragraphs on a
great variety OF topics of immediate practical I'M
portance Here is suggestion which our farmers
may proftably heed
MEANS FOR INSTRUMENTATION our farmers
be Induced once year 10 visit their brother farm
ers in their vicinity, II would promote very mate
rally their interests. There are many farmers who
sincerely believe that they know quite as much Is
their reishbors. This, 10 be sure, may be true !;
but. after all, Ii is very likely that they are not so
well acquainted with some kinds of rural econo-
my as others. Then, again. intercourse with their
distant neighbsrs for tie special purpose of beng
benefited, will serve more than one purpose II VIII
benefit both parties the visiting and the visited
Emulation, which is often the spring OF business,
will be excited We do net care who the nd-
yldual is, or what business be SIN, without emua-
ton, without ambition 10 excel, very 1.-THE. COM
paratively Will be done. Farmers, then, visit your
neighbors TO see how they manage their farms and
their stock, and when you have done this, so home
and improve upon thsi: modes OF management
Beat them if yeu can.
Fifty pagesarc covered by exceedingly valuable
Extracts from Domestic and Foreign Journals
There is also Revlew--coverins twelve pages
of Diapers Treatise on the Forces which Pro-
duce the Organization Of Plants, and ten pages
more are devoted TO brieteT notices of other books
relating 10 Agriculture.
We sincerely hope this work may be adequately
supported. When it is considered that each nun
Der will contain from l+O TO 200 pages of matter