New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-20


mn. tor the benefit Of himself and the c1um nifty
At large as DO the labor and soil Of another although
the land Of both may be alike productive. TIE re-
| turrs procured through the medium Of few plain,
simple questions put by the Assessors or Collec-
tors OF Taxes, would demonstrate the truth OF the
above remark AID, when demonstrated, those Who
fail to use their means 10 the best advantage, Will
discover their errors and Immediately change Tor
the better.
So soon as legislatures shall De willing IN pro
mote improvements in tillage and hasoandry. no
thing il easier than TO effect the desired Object -
Bring the practical results Of the art me science
and The energy devoted TO agriculture often oe'o'
| the public, and the influence OF thousands OF gOo1
exaupes will tell powerfully ia favor oil universal
! adyapcement Good and bad farming are no " 30
/ blended tia. delnquents escape nearly an sA'
nospre. while such as do well are denied that dls'
/ tinction which is the just reward OF nerl. lnIlo
| ia no resisting legitimate argument susta'neu "
tbeorv nnst give way before the light OF truth aud
/ ,bs t,,ub aIenl should be diligently sought and
widely disseminated among the farmers oil the ne
public r,.;,,.d .o know the exact
| difference in the organic structure ana Prouuo'e
- 81 the machinery which transforms grass,
gTsin. roots. and other vegetable food into MILK
1s,t wool and hors efesh il will be seen that some
| dome,tic animals yield a profit ten times larger
than others There are samples OF WOOL 10 tne "a
tent Office, the prodnct Of sheep that yle,os io
lbs Of washed wool year. and weighs i5o los
| This mammoth sheep is the property OF Col josiah
w. Ware Of Clarke county, Virginia, whose best
fat weathers sell at s35 ahead.
In no branch Of husbandry can greater or more
profitable improvements be made than 10 wool.
growing. Instead ofimportlng so many millions OF
bounds OF wool in broadcoth, flannel, and raw ma
terial, American farmers should supply the home
demand and have large surplus for export It's
much 10 be regretted that the census OF leoO VIII
give no information as 70 the number OF neeces CLIP
ped in the United States. Withoutths kno Wedge
| it will be impossible to know what county or dis
| trict gives the most wool per fleece
The statistics of the dairy business are more de-
fectiye than those pertaining 10 sheep husoandry-
The counting Of cows in all the States IS the hrat
! step toward their universal improvement; bat this
1 is vet to be taken. Previous to l545, the number
! milk ed in the State of New York was not known
! and il required some effort to persuade It's Leglsa
ture to have them counted In that year the num-
| Der was 999, 400. This number $50 near mllllon)
attracted public attention ~ the production oil but
ter and cheese, and the improvement OF mch Kine'
! in aremarb able degree.
| To the New York State Agricultural Society,
! and especially to its interchangeable Secretary Z.
Johnson ESQ great credit is due for successful Ell
forts to advance this important interest IL is
thought by those best informed on the subject, that
LOO coo cows in that State now yield an average
return Of $50 a head. One Of its best darymen
State Society for ls49 that the dairy products OF
that Common cath will reach, az no distant day,
$50 COO 600 per annum. The business is rapidly
extending in Northern Ohio, and more or less as
! far South as Georgia. Excellent cheese, from two
! dairits in that State, were exhibited at the well
attended State Fair held at Stone Mountain, In Au
! gust 1919. About sixty cows are MIXED in one OF
these dares, and not far from one hundred in the
! other. Both are profitable, new cheese selling at
! from ten 10 fifteen cents pound. The annual CON
sumption Of cheese ct the South is increasing, and
J We know nothing that should prevent the farmers
OF Tennessee and other States IN that quarter OF the
Union from producing enough for home consump-
ton, if they make none TO export. There are dai.
res in the State of New York which turn out six
Hundred pounds Of good cheese per COW in year;
but from three to four hundred pounds s more
! common yield
Intimately connected with the economical pro.
ducton Of butter and cheese, is the art of making
cheap pork for family use For rearing pigs but
iermik and whey are admirably adapted bat
| where hogs are to be grown In large way, dill
Ierept system is practised. Clover peas and oats,
fed Oft in the field BY hogs, produce meat at
/ cbeaDer rate than il can be male on corn alone
According to the res uts attained by Ms Ellsworth,
late Commissioner Of Patents, three and hall
rounds of corn will form pound OF good PORK al
/ though most farmers give five pounds OF corn Tor
one of pork Our statistics relating 70 the prodac
/ ton of meat whether beef pork, veal or mutton,
are mesger and extremely detective. very llttle
, tCerce has been brought to the aid OF American
farmers either IN the production or curing oil pro
visions Of any sort. la shipping perishabe com
modities Of tha kind 10 distant markets, and par
ticuary to England, agriculturists In this couat'y
labor uIder many Disadvantages. Much OF the SAT-
sold in the United States is too impure 20 save
meat butter, and cheese well l. om this defect
alone immense losses are sustained.
To compete with Eglshmen Ia feeding people AZ
their own doors, while Americans have 10 trans
Tor tler breadstuiis and provision from three to
four thousand miles TO reach the consumer, Is oovl
ously hard business for our farmers In the oPe'
ration their cultivated fields lose al that IS export
ed and receive nothing Whatever IN return Bat
independently of this probably more than half the
butter sent 10 England from this country IS sold as
eye0Se and at hall the market price OF good artl'
Gle. This Injuries the reputation OF all American
butter and oiminshes tue demand Tor II abroad.
Equal CON plant is made OF the bad methods In
which we cure and handle bacon for English con
sumption. Our export OF picked pork, bacon, lard
end live hogs during the year ending June 3Oth,
/ ls49 was SO, PAS SIS. After making due allowance
for every disadvantage, it is believed to be better
farm economy TO convert corn into pork and lard 70
send abroad than to export the grain or meal by
thus saving all the manure which the corn will
make the expense OF growing this crop, and con-
,equepty the cost of the pork and lard, may be re
duced from l25 TO 50 per cent Ripe, dry corn
should be boiled especially if it is not ground, be-
fore it is fed to swine cattle or sheep And will
than pay the expense % oollcorn lea 70 WORK
log mules, horses or oxen.
The statistics Of the raw materials consumed and
wasted in the production Of every crop, and 10 the
food of every animal kept on the farm deserve to
he studied with peculiar care. Few appreciate
the immense loss sustained by first impoveFishing
arabic lands and then cultivating them in wheat,
cotton corn, grass and other crops, with poor re.
turn for the labor bestowed. In national point OF
view. it is susceptible of demonstration that all Ia.
Dor which impsirs the natural producaveness OF
the earth is worse than thrown away, no matter
what the price paid for the products Of such labor
We should ever bear In mind that the continued
fruitfulness Of the soil is above all price.
IImsy lot be amiss to inquire, what amount Of
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