The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1848-05-18


possession of the requisite data for determining thi
interesting question, though the known fact, tina
wheat which has lain three thousand years in tn
catacombs of Egypt, will terminate and produce
seed precisely resembling both tselt and the gran
now commonly grown in the same locality, certain
w tends to prove that the cGrealia Of the old wOr
undergo no change from long continued cultivation
| have already noticed the fact, that our only indi
gcnous cereal grain, Indian corn, is an exception
the general rule that these plants are unaffected b,
change of climate. Does this indicate an essenta
difference in character or is it the result OF its late
reclamation and consequently more incomplete
adaptation to the uses Of q migratory animal lk
mar?
1t is q characteristic distinction between dOmesti
Gated and unrcclaimed plants and animals, that tn
latter are much more constant III form and dmen
sions, and much less liable to what are called acct
dental varieties than those whose original proper
ties have Leen more or less modified by domesuca
ton. Unrestricted nature works with minute Vari
ETY. Of type, but in general in close conformity witt
her appointed models, and il the influences OF cul
tivation are withdrawn for few generations from
plant or an animal which has been Transformed by
domestication, it will resume its Wild native unlior
nifty Of properties and shape. Wild plants OF {
given species, growing under similar circumstances
resemble each other closely as hardly to DC dls
tnguishable, while the varieties Of the same plant
when reclaimed. are so numerous, and so abcTan
both from each other and from the primitive type
| that they seem to have nothing in common. he
rlnmoge Of the wild turk key is uniformly black, shot
win bronze OF goa, Inc % att, T
districts in South America, though we know them
all to be descended from the varCgacd race OF Old
Spain, are exactly like each other, that the deal
V'e can ttii, s'lLIlE w "t0 oti'l;r M: ~ Ioi nv
LcaIoIl "Hcle thcS MtlI nivG ,L;i W.
easily rendered permanent, offers to man an mex
hauStblc field Of Improvement in both vegetable and
animal life and the ameliorations which the skill of
I-sIih olIea aiS t;,,,,, ~ rf oo,
unonS lLG MOS ltIii'i M'.olo M ;ni u -
ia.u.e LOW ID. ot!'5 Inf thoro is o,or,
roos a 4"V9U o ono Of 6,r cnltyntcd vcTe
toi1Dli ~ a','' tG; hibst i,f ~ ~
r'oie3 nave let lc''C.', S,,ni iti ~ lt az
''l''ic!o ptilcCt'9l, j." rys'H ~; ~ f;t ~
qutHH VI pIouHcI lIc ilIn',',i'.s 'II'. VI
M "I G IL; thn od "oId torc+hnr
lor agricultural proulcts III INC Ola "oliu' toSc'Hci
WIN tle spirit OF rivalry ana cmu!auon IN inc new,
VIII stimulate continued ehertOh VI TINS hoh"raoe
ned OF labor, ana we may nope that inc Peaceiul
triuhphs OF the huspanuihh VIII echPse IN PoPu-
!l [eoWr' as We!i Us Ill 'uo u'i'!' 'o 'o"0eS'
trophies Of thc WARRIOR
But besides improved modes Of cultivation, we
may look for great advantages to agriculture from
Inc ihtrGduct!on Of new VEGETABLES ana ANIMALS ln'9
Imorca hoTSS ,t,o, nnrcbcd nsch otbdr w ,
new forms Of productive. iift. and consider what
vast provinces cemins with endless variety of vital
exstcnces still remain but half explored upon our
OWL comment II we rt,eGs NOV mug We fow Go
realms of rcnt ,,1i hsp onJ Of China where ore
Third part of the human family subssts upon the
fruits Of rural industry, and where the art of the
lusbandnah and gardener IS Said 10 nave Dceh car
led to- Pfn un Gd M n EMfopS, we nay %e
ne destined TO oconiro new soIrccs of y6cetabc
uxurance and wealth and beauty from regions vet
by Christian feet. But we have good
hone, that
o,,no " Con1necd as we havn bno in th,s o,
world to avail ourselves Of certain and approved
methods Of husbandry, We have not yet had time or
means to experiment upon the economical value of
VIVA ln4Gcn94s pdS, G"t since s ava l6cHuy
u vogotobles and to extract the
rom the dea9ll, eoosora it seems not improbable
nat clyzea cherS,iE may rS t IT, gi c
] GoI - Tha ,otivc GRASSES Of o,, co,,,,'
90, promise to prove highly valuable in agriculture
nd the wild race and wappatoo of our northern |
wamps, which are largely consumed ~ the Indian
FoeS iaF , pg, 10 Sn "Vri IN "Um ana
ySte,9 ofhpsb1pdry, are wholly uunroductiYc.
rrhoro ,ot ,,o,bors roo,,, flr % .oro,,;.o
>,,lntat;nns ~; ,oarJ TO ;,croas1,. ~ amy
H.. - o,,,, ,Io,,lost;o 0n;,,oI, Wv
raIo1I,, oon,rn;ntoJ Will, al ,bo oro,nn," "~
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