New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-05-08

twenty five. and have the following quslSc,.;o,ss
to be able 10 forge horse or or shoe acr heating,
pass examination 10 the French laueu,sa ar;,6
metic, and geography, and after four yesrs stndx n
permitted 10 practice veterinary surgery and receiye
diploma In Belgium great attention Is paid 70 the sa,
ject There hundred agricultural schools or eel
leRes established by the Governments hiuh school a.
veterinary surgery. The science of agriculture IL to
most fashionable In the kingdom They have their palace
furnished less with specimens os the tr3-,
Of the land and fsrmsd like garden These fse,.
know. having travelled considerable part Of s.s
country la Saxony they have Eve schools In B.vsri.
thiIty-fve; in Wurtemburg seven; in Austria thirty
thee in Prussia thirty two in Italy two in scotI.sJ
two; in Ireland sixtythree The one az Glassnevin
Dublin, visited II consists of one hunfy.3
and tweI yeight OF good land andcoavenen. bud
nes and about 10 add 10 their farm and increase
their buildings so rs accommodate one hundred or
more students. With the teacher, Mr. Donaghy, be-
came scqusnted He IL an intelligent practical man
With him view ed the farm, and their famine ,,8
buildings, sc and IL Is carried very successtsnv
These schools doing for ireland than any oth
attention the Government Il giving them They have
Colleges and Agricultural Schools In England sustained
by the observation-disclosures four i've with large f,ros
attached 10 them-where all the sciences c0nnect,J
with the general business taught with great peec
ton and millions Of money each year invested in ths
general science of agriculture by the nation IA an
investment and not expenditure Other counrias
are engaged i'm the same business but csnnat "a
further into detail Sufficient Is said to draw parslS
between their views and ours. Abroad they ;uyss
millions each year. in country not larger than an aver
age of our States Here in all our country, for seven
five years. for the general object we have expended
SO COO. -
come now TO the provisions Of the bill proposed bv
your Committee We present what supposed couA
be passed. rather than what The capacity and wants a
the country in all respects required. II Is 10 the mof
unsxcepuonsble shape we could device ana and mature
ished at the OF Government OF the United States
an Agricultural Bureau, the head OF which shall b
called The Commissioner OF Agriculture whosct ern
m TOD kv hn -
the Of the Senate, and shall receive yearly
salary Of 5000
The second section provides that the Commissions
shall collect agricultural statistics; procure aud die
tribute valuable grains, seeds cuttings, buds an1
ubers procure and put In operation chemical aosrs
tory at a cost not exceeding S2OOO and cause ~ %
made ali desirable analyses of minerals and mineral
waters and such relate 70 the composition and in
provement OF soils, and to collect information o the
same, and of the proportions and uses Of soils feeding
Of domestic animals preparation and preservation q
provisions and breadstufis the culture OF cotton rice
corn wheat flax hemp, and sugar, and such msnutac.
lures may directly connected with agriculture and
arise Immediately out OF agricultural products and to
prepare and make annually, full report TO Congress-
containing account OF such experiments as may have
been made and such useful information he may have
obtained in the duties OF his office and all the duties
appertanng to agriculture shall be transferred from the
Patent Office TO this.
The third section provides that there shall be sp
pointed by the Commissioner chemist, at salary Of
$4,000; chief clerk at salary OF ST. GOO; one record
q
Here 10 a bill as simple and plain rs the elements Of
our Government az express and explicit a. Language
can make it In all its details and embracing IN outlay
Sl0350. The general policy OF the nation appears 70
be agricultural rather than manufacturing to buy our
merchandise rather than to make It. Many OF those
who have been engaged In manufacturing must turn
their attention agriculture for want OF other business
IL is the main business in which foreigners as they
come to our country, engage. Our new country 10
being opened and settled rapidly with enterprisnS
farmers.
within the last few years over the world More has
been done In Europe in Elk years than has been 10
twenty before to improve t; more In America In hye
years past than In iortyve before. Since the present
session began four States have passed resolutions, a.
unanimous, "a am informed asking this orgaai.
zauon-Florida, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and
Indiana.
Nations and iuviduals parents do to
their offspring and with this relation Is exceedingly
orcibe, numerous, and endeaIiDg for children are
increasing the sands of the sea- aud be cov
ering the whole earth. Already their cries for aid
protection, and instruction reach from the Rocky
Mountains This relation imposes reciprocal duties and
obligations from one to the other From TO Oh
spring aid protection, and instruction, and from them
to us fidelity And may this relation, through all time
be preserved Cherished, and cemented The chijren,
yes the children of this great agricultural family ask,
yea imporune the parent the nation, for head Tor
fountain, to which they can look for instruction.
science and wisdom, to guide them In their infancy,
and sustain them In old age Do not repel US with the
and the penses great We reply, you begat u.s. aud
bear US you have scattered the lace OF the
earth, TO you alone can we look, land 10 you will We
cling. Grant the prayer, and the protection 10 visible
and the fidelity enduring. But | am told agriculture
should be free, unprotected, untsush. These terms
free freedom, and tree trade In tnsir stldnous and
ndisc riminae use unmeaning and suicidal a.
would be for nation 10 let loose and unbriole all the
passions and prOpensties of her subjects and the rens
Of her government or for parent 10 say TO his cad
at Its BIRTH CO. be free to your stuIiy; or for the
luff fha nj
turn nothing 10 IT, and turn IL of because il is out
No, this will never do. The agriculrmist asks for
nothing that inereres with the general wcldigested
views of any member OF this body We only ASK for
the scientific influence ana p,wer the G)yernment
10 aid and direct all various Of freedom
and enterprise away from the shoals and quickssnds
that besct our path, without chart compass. We
propose only to furnish at the seat Of Government
where all nation cencrs where eli ether nations
center to transact business sc-ntif organ or agent
Of creation, To anayze soil and cumuls;e
information in the manner propose and send over
the country broadcast in the shape Of reports for
benefit and Improvement OF the masses
Permit me to give single instance Of the result Of
snslyz soils In immediate vicinity, which got
from the public journals and from Mr. Johnson him
SELF
Hon Reverdy Johnson In l649 bought q farm near
Baltimore so poor that the last crop OF would not
yield peck to the acre, and all plants and vegetables
growing upon the two hundred would not make
load Of manure. He applied a chemist who analysed
the soil and found all the elements of fertility except
phosphoric acid, and trace of that He recon
mended preparation OF bones, which applied q
an expense OF ten dollars Health restored
TO the deserted s, and the crop was twentynns
bushels OF wheat 70 the That soil il of a snila
character to all tho poor and partisy deserted sal
about this region. Who knows, and who may mol
raionaly infer from this single exa nple, thst your
chemist In single year, In your own nelghborhooc
may not earn and enough to this nation TO pJ ~
salary for fifty years.