Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1850-12-26
fertilizing and renovating thsS Exhausted
land of the old States.

land of the old States.
Encouragement may be Afforded to en-
terprises like these. and facilitie4 furnished
for the collection Of seeds, plans, and We
getables from all parts of the earth, aud
their distribution throughout thetceuntry.
Premiums may be offered 1rshe best
practical treatises on the didered branches
Of husbandry, which can be Published and
sent abroad among the people.
BY means like these spirit " pbiloso-
phic inquiry may be stimulated. spd great
impulse given to the interests 4 sgricul-
ture. Much has already been ddne in this
respect through the agency Of be Patent
Office; but the subject is too important to
be left in this dependent condisan. The
last annual report from ahe dep4tsaest re-
commended the establishment q In Agri-
cultural Bureau, to afford TO this great
branch of American Industry the encour-
agement it SO well deserves This was no
novel suggestion. 1t had the sanction Of
Washington, who, in his last annual mes
sage. referring to the propriety Of creating
an agricultural board, said This species
of establishment contributes doubly to the
increase of improvement by stimulating to
enterprise and experiment, and by drawing
to common centre, the results, every
where, of individual skill and observation,
and spreading them thence over the whole
nation. Experience accordingly has shown
that they are very cheap instruments Of in,-
mense national benefit"
therefore renew the recommendation Of
e. L. r =
bureau, to be intrusted with the duty Of pro-
noting the agricultural interests Of the
country. The vast extent and rapid deyei-
opment Of the mineral resources Of the
country seem to require that adequate pro-
vision should also be made by law for the
analysis of the various mineral substances
Which have been or may be discovered, Sc
that their properties may be understood and
their value correctly appreciated.
The purchase Of farm in the vicinity o.
the metropolis, TO be titled aud managed
under the direction Of the bureau, has been
suggested as all important auxiliary in illus
tra,ing the best modes of culture. If thi.
idea should be favorably received, woule
respectfully add that Mount Vernon, whose
soil was once titled by the hands and is nov
consscra,ed by The dust of the Father o
his Country, should properly belong TO III.
nation, and might with great propriety be
come, under its auspices, model farm Il
illustrate the progress Of that pursuit Il
which he was 50 much devoted"
The suggestion Of purchase, by tn
| general government, Of Mount Vernon
'once titled by the hands, now consecrate
BY The dust, OF the Father Of his Country.
will, we are confident. meet with universe
favor and appreciation. By carrying out tn
recommendation, in this respect, OF the 81
cretsry, the Nation would erect Msos
ment more durable, and more honorable ,
the great name and character Of WASHING
| TON, than the lofiiest monumental pile til;
ever percied the skies
We feel an allowable pride in addin
that our Legislature gave the latest impuls
TO the movement that now appears likely I
result in the establishment Of an A -ricutt
raj Bureau. Our readers will remenbt
the admirable Report Of the Hon. Frede
lex Holbrook, made at the October session
lS49, in which the project was urged an
argued with great clearness and ability
TINS document was transmitted. by DIRE,
ton Of the general assembly. to the Pre-
ident, Heads Of Department, aud the Gu
errors of the several States. Its recon
menda:ions and reasoning were receive
with special favor by President TAYLOR, I
his message to Congress In December 70
lowing proves, aud were promptly respoa,
ed by many of the State Legislatures. ID
S.uar. has pursued manly the same train
argument employed by MIR. Holbrook, au
= quoted precisely the same extract from II
message of WASHINGTON which appears:
mong others, in his MIR. HoIbrook's) R.
!, port.