The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-07-11
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PLANT THE REST.

Mr.. EDTToR.-My motto is, ana my
advice 10 every farmer is, always propa-
gate from The best. The effects of this
rule, and of care in cultivation, are won
derfully exemplifed in the history of al
most every production of value al present,
TO be found either in the garden or upon
the farm. Indeed, scarcely single vege-
table Known either to the gardener or far
mer at this day, can be found in its pris-
tine state.
Wheat is Fictitious production; and
so are barley, rye and hemp. Rice and
oats, are also never found wild. They
are, together with the afore mentioned
grains, the result OF careful culture. grad
uated upon principles of science and en-
lightened effort. The potato-one of our
most valuable, and, perhaps, salutary of
! all our edible esculents,-is native of
Chill and Monte Video, and is there a
small bitter, and disguslingly nauseating
root. Cabbage, celery and asparagus,
likewise owe their present reputation and
consequence in the vegetable world, simp-
ly to the efforts of enlightened art In
their natural and unamelioraied state, they
are wholly worthless for purposes of food,
either for man or beast.
The pear, the peach, the apple, plum
aud apricot, equally attest the effects of
artistic skill and effort in improving the
wild. insipid fruits of nature. In The t1o-
the results are even more
.rem%rtable. Not only have the various
specious of flowers been greatly improved
in numherless instances. by scientific cul-
tlvatiOn, utthere are cases in which in
dividuals may almost be said to have been
created That they are susceptible of.
wonderful and almost endless improve
ment, no one who has witnessed the ma
gical influences Of art. can for a moment
doubt. Nor is this ALL In the animal
kingdom, we have witnessed results which
in the days of the old Cotton Mather.
would have condemned the person who
had been instrumental in their consumma-
ton, TO The dungeon, or, more probably,
10 the stocks! An individual in Massa-
chusetts recently announced through the
public journals, that he was prepared TO
breed TO order any color or form of ami
mails that might be desired. If ANIMALS
purely white, were desired, he could pro-
duce them. Any peculiarly of formation
or ply siological developement named, he
for his TOLL
By selecting the best animals for breed
ers, and reserving them to propagate
from, farmer may exalt the character
and consequently the value of his flocks
and herds, 10 almost any extent desired
But this, unfortunately, is NOT the practice
pursued BY most breeders. The superior
price which good animals always com
mand in the markets of this country, and
that short sighted policy, originating often
times in the most sordld avariciousness of
mind which leads men to sacrifice future
rewards to present gains. induces ,he
owner to sell his best stock, and retain
the meaner and less excellent animals on
! his farm.
The same policy. also, is often blindly
adopted in reference 10 grains. The full
lest wheat is often sold, instead of being
reserved for seed, and what is the legiti
mate result? Any one can answer. 1t
is too obvious to every person. to require
a reply. A Practical FARMER.