The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-03-19

spend part Of the nlne.ienths oil tue "ho'e ha'
iioual income, which is now paid by farmers
10 placing proper instructions within the reach
Of those Who I'LL the land-and that. too, IN
way 10 be Immediately effective. We must
not wait 10 remedy tho difficulty BY cduca''
ing the rising generation; We must inform
the many whs, is doing by the lew who are
successful as sgucullufIs's. some farmers
raise one bundled bushels Of shelled corn 10
he acre, aud soma raise fifty bushels OF wheat .
10 the acre, bat these are The ones IN len ihou
sand. Send competent persons among tue
10, thousand to tell them how the enc man
,pes his creps-le, AM we'll educated pTacti'
cal man be called from his plough, and EN-
poyed solely in collecting and disseminating
information, and instead of raising large crops
himself, he can cause thousand others to do
30. Every farmer should hear such lectur'
sr a, least once in each year; aud should
hs,e an opportunity of prapouuding questions
70, his examination-such teachers would
coon know what the farmers required ana
could obtain the information for them IRON
other and more successful practitioners.
Il need not be urged tina, farmers VIII mol
listen 10 accredited teachers; We have leciur.
ed in many counties 10 New Jersey for three
wears, rrd in those where ~e first lecluted
most evideu, improvements hiss ensued. Far
mcr. canno, leave home, end hence do not
learn Of tho Improvements OF the day, unless
they occur in their own immediate neigheor
hoods-nor will they have confidence IN the
recipes Of mere bookmakets; they must sec
those sho would teach the IN, aud have sh oP'
portunily by listening, add questioning, 10
form their osn estimate Of .her capacity TO
teach and, If, they approve OF the teacher,
no set Of men are more ready 10 be Instructed
The improvements 10 agriculture IN Europe
are prea,er Than at any former time-ihe free
trade system, By lowering the prices OF lsfm
products, has rendered It imperative on Gov
srnmen,s 10 enable the farmers 10 produce
oroporr,ona,e lncreascd quantities TO compete
With foreign prices and Jld they 90 pursue this
course. revolutions would be invisible, or their
f,tm products must be protected by high do
res; ard While our ratio OF crops have been
yearly decreasing, those Of Ensland have as
steadily increased, Until the opponents OF 'helr
no v school OF politics are daily becoming con.
ve,,s TO the new system. Every county IN
Enyland now receives per anBum more bsne'
f, IN the form OF agricultural Informstion, dis.
semlna,ed Of the public expense, than the to.
,al amour, paid for similar purposes SINCE the
formation Of our Government.
Oar politicians al Washington sny thu, ID;
mower, OF tho General C5.ernr.snt do no
reach the case, and lhn! II should be done by
the S,al.s-ir so the States should not be in
active. Ne~ York does much b. publishing
Iarrc ed.tions Of the Transactions Of her S'a''
society, ana oil lHe hu9eIiShb iuNl o. w
no, half so much as she shou aud could d,
/ by Inc appoinlmen, Of few lecture" to v'.l
each County, collecting and disseminating IN
, formation. Mars and has appointed Stall
f Aericuliuris,, and slresdy tho good result
have rendered both the office and the incun
ben, popular No other 5 ate has acted q
j, yet inany way to improve her greatest sourc
!. Of wealth. Two men might exchange thei
+. hats once per hour for year, and neither
them would be improved in fortune a, the en-
Of tho time but If each OF them could produc
/ new merchandise as dsos the farmer, not OF
If " themselves, bot the body polite Of who
+, they form part, would be benefited; and as OF
n percent. increase OF crop. would be more ths
a equal IN value to The hole OF tse present :
q, cent. Of tho Government, 4 is et least pr
n, Pc. that less than a one. theusaudIh part
Ee tha, receipt should b. spent to produce pr
~ babe gain OF mony tunes one per cent.
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