New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-04-02
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discovered 30 much that was ne " as 10 enaoie IS
% produce such results, and toey were risn. IT,
We do not claim any such credit, bat simply that
We have put In practice what is we'll kaoVa %
The few among the many. We oisen hearot iarse
crops raised by indivduals whose neighoors pro
duce 10 such results. In such cases We yiss sl.9
growers aud find Out If practicable, tneH iie ~,
ods usnures &c, aud then by analysis oi su9
soil compared with that of the crop are euaoieN
10 advise Others 80 az 10 enable them 10 p'oduos
similar results We claim no originality o..
merely, with the assistance OF enc H'S''{, !" 20
able 10 duplicate on any soil CONTAINING ia' ~
ersge of constituents, the same results
have been produced on any other soil-anoi "hlcn
NAV be done by adding the missing constituents
IN the soil with such cultivation as the peculiar
Ties Of The crop mechanical condition OF the s0l'
sc, may require
in another article in the same paper,
Prof MAPEs gives the following glance at
what is doing for Agriculture in Europe by
Governments which we are accustomed to
consider as far behind our own in know
ledge of, and devotion to, popular we'll
being: -
Our readers will be surprised to learn how
much 10 being done by European Governments
for the advancement Of Agriculture, while our
own General and State Governments are supinely
inert on this alimportant subject
Every political economist knows that an IN.
crease Of production ADDS permanently to national
wealth, and hence the English Government are
ever ready TO lend judicious aid to their farming
interest. As an example by long experience it
has been ascertained that by thorough under
draining an acre Of land will produce one third
more nett results TO the owner, and therefore the
Government have enacted laws and appropriated
funds to be used for this purpose Several appro'
priations have been made during the last session
Of Parliament, one of which is 100000 ster-
ling, equal 10 $40 100000. This sum is placed at
the dsposslof commissioners, who loan 1t to aQ-
plcants on the following terms:-The farm of the
applicant is FIRST valued and then q loan is made
20 him on mortgage, to be applied 70 under DRAM
ing his land under the inspection OF the Commits
sioners. This mortgage is only active on the In
creased value Of the farm by under draining
The borrower ia required to pay per cent IN
terest, payable annually, and per cent OF the
principal, and thus in 20 years both principal and
interest will be paid off and the first instance
has not yet occurred where the increased products
of the land have not been sufficiently great to
able the occupant TO meet these payments. Should
the borrower fail to meet the requirements Of the
mortgage, then the farm may be sold, but before
the Government can appropriate any part OF the
amount toward the liquidation of their mortgage,
they must first pay the borrower the amount at
which the farm was valued before being IN der
drained and long experience has established,
that under drained farms will always sell for more
than the cost Of under draining added 20 Commits.
sioners valuations.
Now, look at the position of all the parties at
the end of twenty yearsf The owner Of the land
having paid off the mortgage from increased pro-
ducts, is as much richer as the value Of the i'm
provement while the Government have been re
paid, and the wealth Of the nation has been in
creased equal 10 the increased amount uf pro.
ducts. Add to this the future ability OF the soil to
continue 10 produce this increased ratio, and the
whole result 10 before US. In the face OF the ex.
perience of whole nation, is 1t not ridiculous at
this time to hear American farmers railing against
the practice of under draining In addition to
this loan OF Sl0000000, the Government have up.
propriated 100000 for similar purposes in Ire
land, and further sum of 100000 if the Com
missioners Oh all think advisable.
Many other acts have been passed for Enclosures,
general public oraInagr, 90. uiiI eIWtsiua ~Y
preparations from the Public Treasury. In addi
ti0n to these appropriations by the Government
we find half a column Of advertisements in the
Mark Lane Express Of chartered companies. with
cspitals varying from $500 900 to $5 000 000 offer
ing to make loans for undertakings oil land IN
terms nearly as liberal as those offered by the
Government. We fnd also, the reports OF
County Agrlculturists paid by County Societies,
deliver lectures, and give gratuitous advice TO
farmers. Schools for instructions In Scientific
Agriculture are being established in almost every
township, and the wisest and best men lnt the land
are lending their aid to the general advancement
OF Agriculture.
Necessity may truly be said to be the mother
Of invention; but in our country it would seem
m IL old Mrs Necessity was away from home,
and her offspring had gone to sleep. Why is it.
that while our mechanics are busily employed IN
the application Of the sciences to their vacations,
that farmers alone will suffer theirs to remain
without Improvement The exceptions to this
rule are really rare, nor do we claim from our
Legislators any amendment.
We find our Government ordering new steam
vessels almost monthly, for the mere purpose OF
testing new inventions In steam machinery snu
the whole mechanical interests OF the country
ssing their interest and influence to press rward
the approprieti0n. More than 100000 have been
spent for improvement in the telescope, and not
one cent has as yet ever been appropriated for
improvements in the plow. Within the last
twelve months France has endowed $50 Agrlcul
tural Colleges and Academies while the politi-
clans of the United States have told the farmers
that they were the bone and sinew OF the coun-
Try, and paid nine.tenths Of the taxes in consid'
GRAFTON OF which they had better attend to their
business in the old way, and vote for them again
at the next election.
Prus,is. and indeed all the continental powers.
are organizing institutions for the advancement OF
the agricultural interest," and while all the world
beside are busy in the good work, both our Gene
raj and State Governments fear to act with prompt
ness and decision. The hackneyed excuse that
we have so much spare land will no longer avail
Our whole sea board, and indeed our middle
States, do not produce half the grain crops OF
thirty years ago The great aiority OF our bread
stuas are brought from the West and even the
wheat. growers of the fsrfamed Mohawk and
Geneseo Valleys, are driven from the held by
western competitors. One competent lectarer on
Agriculture, visiting the different counties In
either of tho Northern Atlantic States, and deiv-
eripg free lectures on Agriculture, would double
the crops in five years. Let those who doubt 1t
spend single hour with as, and FIVE cannot pro-
duce tho evidence beyond q oavii to any unpreju.
d;cad mind we will break our nan and cease 10