True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-03-04
TO THE YOUNG FARMER.

Judge BueI, in his address before the
Berkshire Agricultural Society in 1887.
said, that every age demands greater
mental culture, than the one which pTece
ded it, and it behooyes you to qualify
yourselves for that which now dawns upon
your mental vision. The more you learn
to depend upon yourselves, the more you
learn developed capacities and energies, of
which you are yet unconscious of possess
ing-the more likely you will be to pros
per in life. The sapIng which is shelter
cd by the towering pine, or spreading
oak, is neither so strong nor SO graceful, as
that which grows up without shelter, and
acquires strength and solidlty from the
bulletings Oft the winds and storms. The
plant that is nurtnred IN the shade is not so
beautful-its blossoms are not so fragrant,
nor its fruit SO rich, as the form, the flower
and the fruit of that which grows in the
glare ofsoIar light.
The culture of the mind should engage
your serious attention, that you may soon
err profit by its counseIs and its powers.
Mind is the great master power, which III
structs, guides and abrid ges human labor
the grand source olintellectual pleasure
"a faculty which distinguishes man from
the brute and which, as 1t is more or less
cultivated, marks the gradatons in civil
zed society. Say not that you have no
leisure for this, and your time is engrossed
in providing for your animal wants. Frank
lin found time TO bestow upon his mind
high and useful culture, amid the cares and
labors of an active mechanics life. The
hours that the avocations of the farm allow
to study, amount in the aggregate OF early
life, to months and to yearS.--KnoWedge
is power it is wealth; it is responsibility;
it is happiness; it cndures with life. The
mind may be lkcned to the soil both are
given TO be improved; and the measures of
our enioyments, and the welfare ofsocicty,
depend upon the good or bad culture we
bcStow upon them. Incidence may be
comparable thecourso marsh plants, which
feed upon the soil and faint the air, without
Welding anything comcIy or useful III re.
turn, for man or beast lntcmperanCc, to
broken down fences, which permit beasts
to enter and consume the the earnings of
industry, and beggar the offspring of the
GENERALIZATION, to the thcms and this
ties, which rob the soil of It's fertility and
mar the beauty of the landscape. While,
OF the other hand the faithful application
OF knowledge TO the useful purposes oflic,
may be Ikened to the draining and manur-
ing, which give fertility to the soil; the
rood habits which we establish, to the good
culture bestowed by the husbandman-
indicative alike of cheeriulneSs and plenty
and the embellishments Of the mind in
literature, science and taste, TO the gardens
and grounds, Astounding in all that is
grateful to the senses, which should sur
round and adorn our rural dwellings, and
bcautfy the country.
You have chosen an employment which
is honorable, profitable and independent.
Devote to it your best powers, I'LL you have
become master of the art, or of such
branches of il as you design TO folow-and
unIl you have acquired SO much Of the
knowledge of the why and where
fole of the great laws of nature, upon
which good husbandry is based, as shall
enable you TO conduct your operations
with Judgment and success. "Whn aims
at excellence will be above mediocrity; who
aims at mcdIocrity will fall short of it," SO
the adage teaches, and SO is the response of
rlence.--AierdHder'S Messenger.