New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-11

There IL seeming assumption In man OF one vo-
cation irving to tell others how to do their own ousi
ness. which often detcrs people from giving good
and needed advice An Editor may fairly claim ex'
emp,ion from this mistaken modesty and we, bav'
,ss .nsrt our carly wears q, work farm and re-
ssrded zricu,ure with deep interest ever since,
claim special nigh, to speak plainly to the Farm
,r~ community Bear with us, then. few mo
u,en,s farming friends.
Taking nasty trip TO Saratoga some weeks since
we were struck with two or three aspects OF the
Country One was the severe suffering from drouth
on the rich ntervsles Of the Hudson river. espe-
cially above Troy. There were hundreds of acres
Of gently slopng land devoted TO garden and till
age. burnt up by drooih, as though fire had run
through Il, and no, yielding over onetbird Of fair
crop. Yet right beside that parched intervale ran
noble river sufficient drench the whole daily with
ouf a sensible diminution Of its waters while the
plain crossed almost every mile by stream com
ing down from the bills To swell the rivers current.
How can il be tia, the owners Of these fertile acres
suffer themselves TO be divesed OF half the reward of
their toll AZ often az every other year for want Of In.
RioATIos How easy it would be for science and
skill to provide for the thorough moiscning OF those
n,eryacs at pleasure either by damning the streams
a. they issue from the hills and carrying their waters
along the bases to be dfused over the plain or by
drawing supplies, by means OF windmills or steam.
from the Hudson itself But nothing Of the sort is
done the earth Is left to parch and its vegetation to
wi,her The mere loss in the quantity Of product
is bu, an item the vegetables there cultivated would
have commanded double the price if fastened for
ward for early consumption while Saratoga and all
the inland towns full Of pleasure seeking trav
eers that they did when ultimately fit for the table
That they would have been far more juicy and pal
atable also il sbundsn,ly supplied with water, need
not be urged.
IRRIGATION and DEEP PLowISG-these must be
generally adopted in Country We blndly fol
low our British ancestors in negecting the former,
without rejecting that sunshine Is almost as in
England as rain 10 here. As to deep Flowing. all
science, all practice all authority. recommend it, and
vet three-founhs Of farmers persist in skinnng
their land over from five TO eight inches deep, or
not half what is require. VS. saw field after field
Of corn which will not yield ten bushels TO the acre
and poor stuff at that which might have been put
mp to twenty by Deep Flowing alone. OF course,
one year would not exhibit all the benefit of this cu
turc though even the first year, if dry one, would
show its decided advantage; but let land have
time to get used TO Deep Flowing. and ii will tell
you plainly how il reshcs that treatment And the
man who plows deep is prettyaPt to put something
else into the soil as well iron. He will have
muck and pea, from his swamp holes and noble
compost heap near his barn.
We hear Farmers complain and most truly that
they can make nothing by their business-and this
while they paying taxes keeping up fences,
and perhaps paying mortgage interest on twice as
much land AT they cultivate well, and letting
half of it go from year TO year without tiagc with
out fcriizing and often growing mp to bushes and
all manner oimischief Now the wonder is not that
such farmers do mol thrivc,he marvel is that they
manage to exist Let any manufacturer mechanic
or merchant do his business after this pattern and
he must ial--,here ia no help for it,
But must we conclude that bad farming has
become invoteraie among our people that
Farmers have resolved though they know better,
hold wi ice much land as they can till thorough
~, and ormen, it Ill ii ruins them. We will not
give up. Every farmer admits the evil
says he and his ncighbors run over too much land,
cultivate too slovcnly. are not sufficiently wide
awake TO the march Of Improvement, and lay out too
much main strength what could be easier and
better done by the aid OF skill and science All are
aware thar they farm better or break for the
car Of Improvement moves on, and the only choice
Ia to ride on or be run by it, We do hope
tina, general movement In favor of Thorough Cul
turc is about commencing and that The assemblage
Of the Farmers Of New York next week at their
State Fair Utica will mark an era in the history
OF American Agriculture.