New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-07-04


Mn. GRgELEY-Sv. ia The Hob'y I0bfm
o.. the nth inst on the Sd PAGE under the cap
/ ton, Farmers viii you read you ask;
VIII Farmers fer the honor and welfare Of The proies
.oo determine and treat intellectual one unung
or 10 benefit the study aud the application 10 u Of ne
awe 81 Nsi1fe-in "hei NYius ~ ~, T ~ b u,
4sf essentially belong 20 Hi II ihey VII, why lo ,s
oo either for themselves OF their sons subscribe TO me
Farmof Library"
Now. IT the above is asked merely as patent
medicine puff, then have no answer but If It is
asked because you do not know. and cannot divine
Why on iarners do not subscribe then reply for myself
and think with the sure appreciation Of many Western
farmers Of small capital that rH not pay
The readers Of The Tribune are told monthly and
frequently semi.monthy. Of the agricultural wisdom
which Fl. rescryoircd in the Farmers LiJrary and we
farmers are exhortod TO take it, not -ey to make us
Intellectual but a. a matter OF profit We are assured
that it sppies 10 all parts Of the United States You
seem % forget or overlook the fact that the life of
north. western farmer s. life Of toll continued, hard
cxhaustng Frequently the climate is bilious and en-
eryatng Not one In ten can command the time and
pay for and study work that treats OF sys
tenn Of agriculture varied as any system must De,
20 be applicable 10 the whole United states. II must ne
oessaniy be an Encyclopedia OF Agriculture
The people Of this State the north part OF Ohio, In
dana aud Illinois and the state Of Wisconsin, are gen
orally New Englanders and their immediate descend
ants-a people who have world wide fame for adap-
ting Themselves 10 the circumstances m which they are
placed. When in the West where our virgin soil can
BE- had almost for the asking and the mass Of agrcu
iural products have no mdTid value, while moHy Is
scarcely known IN performing the exchanges and labor
high and often not 10 be obtained farmers see mat they
practice that system which gives them the great
ct product with the least labor, irrespective OF the
amount of land.
They are slow in being convinced Of their errors by
the attenuated theories Of classic writers, drawn from
English and other European presidents. In those
countries land and agricultural products are always in
demand at high prices, while labor ana capital are
abundant and frequently seek employment IN vain
Their conclusions though well drawn from their pre-
nses are not applicable 20 Western farmers, since IN
be- essential foundations of profit case Is widely
tferent and Nank se farmers see It,
You say that you have cmoelllshed THE FARMERS
LIBRARY with the portraits Of the yeneraed and par
nc Van Rensselaer, Wadsworth, Sc" want 10 know
fthese f0rmGs had lie farms bm great pr0dRcs and
nus like the Bloominedale Asylum become pro
Fable hints 70 farmers" Were they enabled to be
come rentrafod and patriotic by cultiyatng thoroughly
Eha they attempted 20 cultivate even though they
bad TO sell half three iourths, or scvcneighths oil their
and 10 enable them TO do 80 DO enhghten us on tins
point Thorough b. indefinite, comparative, very
The writer has the farms of these veneraied
md patriotic individuals And he s silly enough 10
mink that the frfas of other and less noted farmers
would not suffer by comparison with those Of these
men, who so patriotic and vcuerated that their poF
traits speak the worth OF an agricultural publication
Farmers though In the West would like 20 be pari
oc even though their pile of dimes should prove too
small 10 make them "veneratcd.'
As for your impartial sketch of the character of the
work yOu publish there ID room for difference OF opinion
4 t not natural 10 suppose that Partially Tor your cho
sen enterprise superaddcd 10 your own interest would
tend 10 color the F0rmcrs Librdry in your estimation
Have not farmers quite a. much reason to think thai
sou undersize their intelligence and Ovcrdress the
neris OF the Farnvs Library AS You have 10 think
our account OF it, merits are impartial ON.GoAD
Rep'y 10 me Foregoing
We have kept the above letter in hand until
mabed TO reply To 1t in perfect freedom from the
amt or suspicion of sel-interest The Farmers
Library. which for three years published at a
bss Of some thousands 10 ourselves but we believe
% the signal and lasting benefit OF our country
men. has been transferred 10 its veteran Editor
ADD his son. and will henceiorth be issued IN ano-
her city. under a different name, and ON a some
What modified plan. 1t is now entitled THE
Plow. TnE LOON AND The ANVIL, somewhat re-
hced IN size contains matter relative to useful
J Arts and Manufactures as well as Agriculture and
Afforded at 50 per annum. 1t viii OF course be
,yaluabe work. tor Col. J. ; SKINNER is its Ed
ur; but it will not appeal exclusively to the
Farming Interest for support, nor contain any
thing like the amount OF Agricultural matter 1t did
But however the change may be regarded, We
have no longer penny of interest IN that nor any
aher Agricultural work, save the common interest
actizens in whatever affects the general welfare
d their country. Yet would not that the
Farmers Library had never been published,
dough that should bring back to as the money we
have expended upon it. 1t viii ever remain
source OF pride to as that we first issued and for
Aree years sustained an Agricultural Monthly
shich we are sure has not been excelled IN cost,
and we behevenot In the substantial worth and tho
nughness OF It's nculcatous by any ever yet issued
m this country if anywhere Now let as consider
Ox-GOads objections TO a general circulation OF
the Farmers Library:
I The Northern farmers life is one of hard, cX
hausting incessant toil-Well: does not Ok
Goad personally know many farmers who work
hard, vet remain poor, because they DO not kaoc
A0r % rork 10 NE bost 0draRfagei Is not tins
quite a common case And what is the reason OF
~ Is it not evidently deficiency Of kH0wiedge!
How is it to be remedied Manilestly, by diilus
ng the needful knowledge. That is precisely
what the Farmers Library was established to
D. Aud We believe il TO great extent has done
b We believe the three principal works hrsi
gwen to the American public in the Library
'Petzholdt's Agricultural Chemistry. Won Thaer's
Principles Of Agriculture and Stephens BOOK
n the Farm, carefully studied by almost any far
her, will enable HIM to accomplish more by nine
Aours labor per day than he can by eieren hours
per DAY with the average amount OF information
possessed by our farmers knowledge IsPower-
IS Wealth-is Production. IL IS not essential that
farmer should work necessarily, If he can pro-
iuce an equal or greater amount by better hus
bandry and less labor Many farmers, Tor exam
bic. have each two hundred acres Of land, half IN
wood or waste forty acres in pasture, and the re-
naming sixty acres In meadow, grain fruit and
Now if Agricultural Science can
each such farmer % sell half of his land pay OF
ms debts and mortgages. improve hs stock and
Implements, supply himself with plaster, mari
ashes, sc. and, applying the same amount OF labor
10 the cultivation Of twenty to thirty acres realize
much larger and more valuable harvest than he
before obtained from the two-hundred acre farm
with sixty in moving and tillage Will not that
armer aud tho public alike be benefited By
diminishing bus area OF tillsge, he has increased
the chances for those seeking farms increased the
demand for labor doubled the production of the