New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-15
,y.yoRa. TUEsDAY MORNING, APRIL IS. asa5.

r,sn blessed with common S15Ts or cJGr1lCa
ns- should have. Il t1el, every Gzy aUSineSs oP
rsnoR- the tall benefit Of the e>i hshs d modern
sci-nc.. Sciencr gives 10 tie poo. man uakaos-a
and -verIncrsesing power over heat, light, eectTl-
cltr chemical attraction. air. wntrr: td ile sold
substances which form the surface of The globe
All these element. sr- b!oughlaio rsqulsl5lou by
n ,li,e IN changing crude Enera! matter INTO Nv
in. organized oeinss-into the Cultivated plants
nd domestic animals produced by th-i dor of rl=
b,sb.odTusr To increase the Suowi,cge Of The
producing c!asses does mol cetract. n The .easI,
i-or me aia!nmeats Of any class that may stand
or think they Stand, above the common ayeTes- OF
the cor1nlnltr IN when thev i've.
Whv sa!i We refuse 10 90 rs much - MAKE saiiiul
and scieniifi. fAr.ne5s as we 10 TO MAKE skull
doctors and lawyers,
Thers are 100000 acres TncsI cultivation
IN ihis Stais welding az av-Tase product To5il
81 DER acre. Communicate 10 the halt million OF
mr. who culiiyaie these lands snoweo-r Of the
laws OF nature which govern all tn results u Tarai
iadusrry, and instead of cyhau=ng th- SOL Of It's
IRE forming elements al the rate al nii,1ns
y.ar they viii improve the land ana iI-rves'. .,
the same cost IN labor three dollars ger acre more
than thev now DO THIS vii add 10 the productive
v7,lue al our AGRICULTURAL lnaus'Iy S:3 OC0,lt0
wear. and 10 the revenue OF orr canals more than
onr million of dollars For large portion 81 this
viii 20 Il m. cities on the sea board ana be pad
for IN goods 10 be returned through our canals 10
inc consumers Thus the property Tug from tn
Earth will contribute double tell TO ih- eiate
Who cannot seq that commerce, manufactures.
and 81! other rlrsilirs IN civilized socet. vii be
largely benefited hy Increasing The lrodactIYsnesz
OF rurel labcyl Hence. Whatever we glre 10 as'i-
cufure Is truly gwen 10 ali Classes. by un"lSe
cultivation we have all consumed much OF me con-
-tltnents OF human food and clothing 'fai oout-
uful Providence spread the virgin earth IN tue
EmpiTe State Science now comes 10 our AID. aud
teaches US how 10 change cold, compact SU0soH,
INTO loose friable and most p-ocuctivr surface
soil il reveals 10 rs lrhy Il Is that good soil VIII
produce 100 pounds Of rIPe wheat plants. ana yet
lose only Is pounds OF It's weight and SUBSTANCE oy
the operaiion eighty-ive pounds coming from Tie
atmosphere.
In combustion. respiration. and by ierrnen'lHg
and rotfluE an immense amount OF organized mat
ter is decom2osed and 5ISspatcG through he ar
These gases are all soluble IN water. Hence, al
the carbonic acid expelled from the lungs 81 nii
animals. aud the ammonia formed by fecomposlns
organized substances, are dissolved IN ne rdloS.
SHOWS and dcws IN the aimcs herc, y hen ia iothe
earth. and Pass into the ROOTS AID circulation at
cultivated plants. Thc leaves also lmoloe from
the air very considerable amount OF vegetable
food.
Tncre az. a thousand reasous why the laws of
nature should be carefully s,uc!icd ard rs care
tul!y obeyed by our whole rural population -
I, i: bv this means alone that they can drSe-
" Increase the products oi thar honest ton.
and ktcp for the benefit OF themselves, and their
L
90 Ia form the immense fortunes Of capitalists =
England and Walrs have a million and halt al
public paupcrs. Do W. desire an equal raiin, a.
compared with our population II NOT. then some
poyver must project III. lnalienable rights OF Labor
aud OF humanity.
10 make a ginning in this great enterprise of
universal education which aims 10 uni;e scie'ce
ruth labor, your committee beg leave 70 introduce
BILL aaproariating five Thousand dollars year, tor
thre- wears. to tie Fairfield Medical College, on
condition That the Institution snail be connected
with model anu experimental farm, Tor the prr
pose of Teaching both the science and the ptacuce
of Agriculture. This College was chartered IN
1871 and has peculiar and strong claims 10 the IA
vorable consideration OF the Legislature II has
bou, SIS, 600 invested in College buildings, which
are worthless Tor any other than educational pun
2o--s The experiment, then, ii any choose so to
regard it. can be tried al this institution cheaper
han 10 erect , new establishment. The trustees
are eminsnty practical men, and will be under the
strongest inducements 10 give success 10 the under
taking. The College has library ard chemical
apparatus worth abou, $4,000. and many conven,
fences which will be valuable TO an Agricultural
school