The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-10

tduSc We uo not h1oW all Oh llelr atlcu-
dant circumstances.
In the second place, it is equally
true that what is certainly known,
is not generally difiiused Many things
Of great value to farming (by which
term include all of the operations ap-
pertaining or belonging to the cultivation
Of the soiD though known and practise!
by some, are unknown and unused by
large proportion of the community.
This latter obstacle to Agricultural i'm
provement can be best removed by as.
sociations or clubs of practical farmers
BY frequent meetings, the knowledge of
one would be acquired by all; each could
add something to the general stock for
the benefit Of others, and receive some
thing therp(rom of benefit to himself BY
the very act of communicating knowledge
once acquired, we improve our minds,
cultivate our understanding, enlarge our
capacity for the observation of new facts,
and increase our ability to investigate
them correctly when observed. The de-
sire, implanted for wise purposes IN the
breast Of all, to appear well in the eyes
of others, will incite the members of so.
cieties 10 greater exertion and more siren
nous elfnIls to improve their farming,
when its details are to be infinitely in.
specled by their neighbors, than when no
such supervision takes place.
But the benefit is not merely of Pc
cunIary kind, the ociaigood accomplished
by, will in every case counlcrbaance any
objections which can be urged against, Ag
ricuItnral Societies.
Farmers would think more (avorably
OF each other on more familiar acquain.
lance. They would act more in concert,
be more united to promote their common
welfare, and, sin union there is strength"
Agricultural Societies, then, when prop
ery conducted, will not only spread
through the community the present a.
mount of knowledge, but have IA direct
tendency to increase that amount, by in
creased knowledge; the profits OF your
occupation will be increased, they will
moreover improve your minds; they are,
indeed, schools where all should be earn-
ers and all teachers. They will foster, in
an eminent degree, those kindly feelings
of the heart, by the exercise of which,
men are only IA lille lower than the an
gels"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of this kind have
been formed and preserved, the most Ia
vorabe results have always been expe-
rlenced. Their beneficial effects are par
lIcularly manifest in the neghboring coun-
ties OF Kent and Talbot. The Agriculture
of those two counties has long held
a high position in our State; the increased
and increasing value of property in them,
Is, IN great manner, due to the influence
exercised by their Agricultural Societies
Allow me herr, gentlemen, to insis, that
all OF your observations and experiments
should be made in the most correct man
ner. NOTHING should be left to conjrc
lure. The non-observance of one item
in an experiment, will frequently nulify
all of the advantages which otherwise
could be derived from it.
An approximation to truth is not sui.
fclent. We should ever attain, in every
thing, "the truth, the whole truth, and
nothing but the TRUTH" as evidence before
a court ofjustice is disregartled that is not
wholly true, so to Agricultural Science
part only of the truth is frequently as
worthless as no truth at all. repeat.
then, that you cannot be too careful in
mating dom all of your farming opera
tons everything that can have any in
llnence on them.
Facts are wanting to improve Agricultu.
raj Observation-Disclosures, indlspulablc
facts. Unless the foundation of the sys-
tenn he based upon these, it will always
be as "haseless MS the brio of vision"
giving place continually to others as i'll
complete and cphemeral as all systems
which have not hitherto been founded on
trnlh, science, and experimental knowI.
edge.
Facts ascertained by experiments con-
Quoted in the mode which | have desig-
mated, when sufficiently numerous and
aided by well applied science, will make
the practice of Agriculture as perfect as.
any art where results are governed by
the influence Of the seasons. hey will
enable us to lay down certain rules for
the application of natures, not only as to
the kind. hnt the most economical guam
ll'y of each. BY This | mean, the least
quantity that will produce the greatest in
crease in our crops.
IN" mere hypothesis now, however
brilliant, can be received with blind con-
h"ence. No theory, however fascinating,
can he tOlera thu for n p,o,,a,, dat :. y, -,
founded upon legitimate deduction from
well established truths. The creations al
fancy, however beautiful, cannot now sat.
isly the human mind in its yearnings for
truth. 1t seeks for, and is only conlented
with, what is proven by exact demonslra.
ton. ltappeals TO reason and experiment
talnquiry 10 satisfy its doubts, and is not
satisfied with explanations of that which
it does not understand, by assumptions