The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1852-09-10
s y From, the Working Farmer.
ADYANC CEMENT IN lAGRICUL-
TI1RE

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and balf years since IFS commencement.
N3f9 Al that time our advocacy of sDbsoil
n plowa, deep blowing, analysis Of soils,
ea- Sc, was without support. Notone far
a'a33 jnet IA one thousand believed inlbe use
.1sl.ii fuIness OF either Of these necessary ad-
slee iuncis 10 agricultnre. Since that time
a1lgs We have been steadily employed in The
n ~ analysis Of soils, writing letters Of advice,
9ss z FOUNDED upon such analysis, &c, until,
" ss Mt this time, we find II impossible TO
!, meet The demands Of all. Our table is
asN' loaded down with new samples for analy-
W. sis, and each day brings one or more new
applicants furagriculiufal advice. Sever
'''yssN al Of otlt pupils are busily eugaged as
practical farmers, and in every case with
success. El Aile9
Subsoil plows are now 70 be found N
every county, and il isno longer necessary
Cor fius 10 continue 10 keep their tneriis
% before The public. Farmers are begin
Iei ming 10 learn that the term lasting man
sa tures which give out their influences SO
sr slowly as 10 last ten or twenty years, in
lbg the soil, can benefit each crop slightly,
.0lat and they new prefersuch manures as will
'fs last until used up by crops, and such
5isi.l1 only ofthese, as will produce the crop
rapidly manure applied one year
Il which will give the effects Of its energy
a;ag upon the current crop, and upon the sue
81 s. ceeding crops ofthe rotation, increasing
ae1s the amount Of lhess crops materially, is
aa preferable 10 one which will give less in
u9 e crease ofpfoduct per year, and spread
&. 1 over greater number Of years good
i.w manure is now known 10 be snch as is
,eB 3 prepared with reference TO preventing
E IFS loss by evaporation Nheotmosphe
shH and itspeculiar adoption 70 the wants Of
e# plants. . sn
,lag New beginners VINO adopt tie improved
@ methods, have been annoyed ty the
ge doubts of friends, and like tursef proba.
eliii bly,, have been occasionally discour
~ aged. Every city friend who met US du-
(, ia ring the last two or three wears of our
s0es agricultural progress, advised us to aban-
don ihep project, "Eyerybody knows, "said
b.they, Nhat money cannot be made by
aig al farming, and even If you are successful,
'ila7 ard prove yourself TO be tight in The adap,
g08 taiion ofscience TO agriculture, the iar-
S 8 simers will not believe you nor follow your
recipes" hotr5e sa
every turn; bu, lhank TO the truths Of
es science, we have oullived every cavil.,
Had we two lives instead Of one, we
could employ each at the request nf in.
quring farmers. II is only those who do,
NOT, or cannot read, and whose eady
education, OF the want ofii, prevents Their.
understanding what they do reud; who al
nj ibis time have solitary doubt as to. the
improvements in, agriculture brought
about BY The assistance ofscience.a "a Il n
Baru-yards, instead Of being a means
for wasting fertilzing materials, are fasi
9h being changed into well consirucied
manufactures for creating manurcs.
Those WHO believed limesto be the only
,sgmeans of improving land, now understand
that3it is simply means of rendering
inertportions Of soil acve,and where such
uert portions do NOT exist, the use Of
lime is rapidly being discontinued
Farmers are no longer frightened by
boas the terms organic and inorganic consl-
,,sqs tuents Of soil. Many OF them now under
,68 stand what these terms mean, and well
ie "a know how to replenish either, in an econ
omicle manner. A few years, and the
8 slH truths of the science, now only repndat
a ed by the ignorant, will be admitted by
msi4 all. Farmers will cease to be the mere
mass OF society, regulated and handled as
/ btla an immense political machine in the
ip1l handsofihe few, and tho spirit Of inquiry
ita is fas, teaching Them their rights as mem
beis ofihe body polite, and they will rise
ia in their strength and demand of our leg
d pislaiors that protection 10 their art which
sIg has been SO long withheld A few years.
w and Secretary of Agriculture at the
.i head Of a department o. The General Gov
ernment will he viewed as one of lis most
important oficers. The character Of
e sGi Cincinnatus will be foupdamong modern,
"a sse as among ancient farmers. Advance
i5 n ments in the great art will receive the
thanks ofihe pu blc, as do now those of
\, g1y;slesser importance. In the absence Of IA.
) s, mine, we forget that fumine would now
4,a s5 exist were il not lnr the advancement al
Il ready brought sbout bysihe application of
"a a science 10 agriculture. England at this
moment, with agriculture us il was CEN
e4ieua fury ago, could NOT sustain her population;
b.sa., and even with our broad lands, with all
their plentiiude, double the number Of
C) acres now used would be required TO sus-
.I tain our population, IL the soveply meth.
iIe,,s ods Of Our ancestors were alone in use on
the woru.down acres of the Atlantic sea-
board. Our breadstuffs, few years
,biIsH since, were less than halfper acre what
sar they we're but forty years ago. But now
n l1lll AN occasional farmer is found who, on
Is sii land which we're supposed to have been
psq AZ worn out, produces crops superior in
amount to those ofihe olden time, and
ifl eddhs is due entirely 10 the application Of
iea gfrAhe sciences TO agriculture. M
aisI "A The amount Of imnrnvad Snnar.nhns