New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-24

meDcemeDt. Al that hne our sdvocscy OF sub coll
plo~s deep pouDe. analysis Of soils, &c vas without
support Not farmer In thousand believed Ia
tbe usefulness OF either Of these Necessary Hdtuncts
agriculture Since thst time we have been ste .iiy
ployed In the analysis Of sole writing LISTERS OF advice
tOuDd' upon ,uch analysis &C. until at this tune
hbd impossible Ia meet The demand Of oil Oar table
IL loaded Gown with samples for snsysts and esoh
Gay brings one or more applicants for agricultural
sdvice Several OF our pupils are ousily engaged A.
practical tArmers, and In every case With success
Suosoil piows are now b be found In every county
sud tits no longer necessary for continue To keep
ther merits teOre the public Farmers begin uing
TO learn that the term lasting manure, 10 often miss0
Piled that uanures which give out their influences
sosy rs to Last ten or twenty yesrs In the soil
btneh esch crOD slightly, sno they prefer such
maDuTes "a will last until used up by crops and such
only o. these. ss will produce tho crops rapidly.
applied one year which ~ill give the effects of
It's energy upon the current CROP and upon the succeed
ing crops Of the rotation increasing the amour, ~ these
crops materially, 10 preferable to one which will giv-
iess Increase OF product per year, and spresd overa
greater number of years good manure Is now
bnown 10 be such as prepared with refereace 10 pre-
venti ts loss by evaporation 10 the atmosphere, and
Ito peculiar adaptation 10 the wants OF plants.
Guano, which was out slightly used when our paper
commenced Is article of large Import; out few
farmers are found VINO willing TO use IL 10 It's raw
or battered state All who read now know, that the
70 sie portions OF guaDo, by proper admix'ure may
De reDcered nonvoaiie, and hence cause the produc.
h'n OF grea'er amount OF crops Almost every County
contains one or more scientific farmer. and the term
scentbc Jtm1 10 no longer applied to chinerica VS.
iopaies but b. those no apply knowledge ucad 20
asysttm, TO the art Of agriculture The influence OF
these farmers 10 fast spreading itself and whole dis
icts are low producing improved products both a. 10
quality and qusnriy
New beginners who sdop' the improved methods,
have been annoyed by the doubts Of friends, and ike
oursef probably have been occasionally discouraged
Every city friend who met during tue last two or
three years OF our agricultural progress sdyed to
sbar0on the project Everybody knows" said they
THAT money cannot be made by farming aud even if
you are successful, and prove yourself ~ be right In
the adaptation of science 10 agriculture, the farmers
will not believe you ner follow your recipes"
ibis ard similar counsel we met at every turn; but
thanks 10 the truths OF science, have ou we'd every
csvil. Hsd we two lves instead of one we could
poy each at the request oinqulring farmers IL 10 only
tho'e who do not, cannot cad and whose early edu
cation or the want Of it, prevents their understanding
wnst tney DO reao who At this time have a solitary
ooOot as 20 the improvements In agriculture brought
about by the assistapce Of science
Barn yards, instead Of being means for wasting
feTtilzing msterias fat being changed into well
n'truc manufactures for creating snures Tnose
who believed lime 10 be the only means of improving
land now understand that ii 10 simply means of rem
derpg inert portions of soil active and where such
ineItprhons DO not exist, the of lime 10 rapidly
being discontinued
Farmers are no longer frightened BY the terms or.
game and tROrSGntc constituents Al soil. Many of them
now understand wbat these terms mean and we'll know
NO" 70 replenish either, In an economical manner. A
lev years, and the truths Of science only repud.
sttd oy the ignoTart will BE- admitted by all. Farmers
VIII cease 10 be the of society, regulated
ana handle d as immense political machine 70 the
bands OF the few, and the spirit of Inquiry 10 fast
teaching them their rights as members of the body
polite, and they will rise IN their strength aud de-
mend OF our legislators that protection 10 their art
which has been 10 long Withheld. few years, and
Secretary Of Agriculture the head of a department
of The General Government will be viewed as oue of
It's most important officers The character of Cncln.
natui Will be found among modern, as among ancient
farmers. Announcements IN the great art will receive
the thanks I the public, do now those OF lesser I'M
pOTtance In the absence of famine, we forget that
famine would exist were It not fcr the advance
Ut already brought about by the application OF science
to agriculture. England at this moment, with agricul
ure as IL WAS century ago, could not sustain her popu
aiior ard with broad lands, with all their
plenude double the number OF acres now used would
ne required 10 sustain cur population, II the sovenly
methods OF ancestors alone Ia the worn
down VI the Atlantic board Our bresdstus,
few years since, less than half per acre what
they bur forty years ago But an occasional
faTIrer IL found who, lands which supposed 10
have been worn cut produces crops superior 10 amount
10 those Of the oden time and this 10 due entirely 10 the
spp'catOn OF The sciences 10 agricul ure
TIE amount Of Improved Superphosphste OF Lime
used dui6 the months OF May and June alone has 10
the crops of those who used IT, average OF
more then 30 per cent with expense of less than
malt the ratio as compared with the crops OF former
Yeas In every direction find increased solicitude,
10 the kinds and qualities OF seeds Agricultural So
ceies cease 70 have enemes-ther fairs are no longer
loo sed al mere holidays for farmers but as days re-
qufng their best energies and closest observations
The idlers and curiosity MOI gers 10 be found At our
fairs are not farmers; smOng them may occasionally be
found an ignorant farmers lab0rer, or land holder,
only comIe tent 10 act rs such but the busy throng
around the exhibitions OF improved breeds of cattle i'm
proved agricultural implements and specimens Of i'm
proved products, farmers, adopting the improved
methods OF the day-lED.