New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-10-14

-sc;se proportion Of present labor TO Valuation Of
fixed Capital but only that there IS such proportion
and that Economic Science viii yet ascertain and de-
clare IT, ,.
II is not necessary that land should be cultivated IN
order 10 be productive. Tie young, growing woo1 Is
earning money for its owner, az we'll az the ccrnneii
He who has land that be does not need yet WISHES W
leep for his children, can hardly serve men 49,, 49,
tbsn by ipcosing it efTeetuay, planting 1t WIN icc1:
hickory and other choice timber and leaving u uns
turbed till bis may require H. put ;oa
open naked common, land generally tenl' ~
from the renoyatDg influences OF ,pe S.h 49,
- 49, the reclaimed "Odfelds' OF the sCutn pear
itne.s II only poorly fsrmed land that Is piign,
q. its nossessor and discredit to the country. al
he labor now devoted 10 farming througnVu' 'ne
Tuion were wisely concentrated on One-han 'ne L,"1
our annual product wOuld DC nluch "a sI,t1 -
voud appear far productive and yaIuaoie' "hile
,i timber that we are wasting and destroying as
tIoueb Prophet MiIlers speedy CONFEDERATION of tne
world were demonstrated verify, would be grsdusly
re-uvestng the earth with beauty and graceful ma
iesty which Cabot or John Smith may have realized
Int If which our children destined to have none
but hearsay EVIDENCE .,,,;..., 81
Artfcers 10 estimate highly and Justly than most
of them now do the Importance and necessity OF
SCIENCE. or a profound and accurate knowledge OF
prncpes 10 the efficient and profitable prosecution VI
Iejr isbors Tie worker in Iron, for example recoS
nizes bis need TO know what is the nature ana "ha
are the properties Of IRON and not merely OF IRON III
general, but OF tbe FdIlOhh Hudil'tte
his he nav blow or strike fairly in blacksmith
shop and may have learned TO make toleraole morse
shoe; but be has not risen 70 the rank OF an artisan
Let him acquire thorough knowledge OF iron III va
abstract and Of the laws Of cbenlcal amhi9 "HiIn
GOVERN It's combinations with other substances anu INC
1ractical knowledge he has gained in making morse
sLoes may be made available in forging anchors IN ma
king plOws in thousand other employ iheh's T,.
in he absence of Science, he must nave 40
n noyice and learned from the beginning. science IS
the bridge across which practical knowledge gained
nv experence passes and repases 10 aid US al need
In our stern battle with physical obstruction ana stuD
boruuess He who knows how to DO one thihg "el
and does it, is good workman, 50 Tar o. lat sPega
Gync+op is REGARDED; but be who is Thoroughly
rounded in the Science which underles his vocatonls
enabled TO master dozen different arts or lnodinca
tions Of his pursuits with CELEBRITY and perfection o'he
wise unattaDable. A.
Now the farmer, who perfectly comprehenus 'ne
value of science in the construction OF bridge or
chimney often seems not TO appreciate so wildly us
iuuorauce in bis own vocation. His unexpressed ou'
aced-on idea would seem to be that while oheI 'uuf
trial csings require instruction. method' aDsyloc'
knowledge, Farming is matter OF instinct or
ical imitation He seems 10 think knowledge OF l's
rrinciples and laws d" comes by Nature as Dogoerry
ruppofed reading and writing did He sends to CoAege
the sen who is to be fitted for profession ana 10 the
Academy he who is to be qualified for Pedagogue, Out
he does not consider that one who is to have rhe farm
an condition of taking care of the old folks, needs any
other training for his lifelong pursuit than that weh
i, becn in tie District School and finished behind tue
plow. H. .ro.,1
And vet there is not good reason in the world
for indnctinq youth who is to become masterworK-
or in iron COPPER or lead, into thorough knowledge
of tie material he is to fashion for livelihood, whchls
not at least good reason Tor lnstructng tne young
farmer thoroughly and scientifically in the nature and
diverse properties Of soils. These are more various
more complex less obvious than those OF any single
metal A good soil is always compound, and the more
various its materials the greater probably It's vaiue'
pure yellow sand or blue clay is easily c0mprehend-
cd and estimated while deep black loan may be-
cause of certain latent elements, be worth twice as
mach as another equally promising to the casual OBJ
server No man who has not scrutnzed its husbandry
and productions for year after year qualified to H the
value of farm any than 10 cultivate H. without
the ability to chemically anssiyze aud accurately oe'ef-
mine the composition Of its soil.
But This. which | am commencing, is sneered at as
BooE.farmng. and sturdy old codgers who have sped
the plow all their days laugh till they almost iahcy
Themselves witty at the idea of man coming OUT OF
coececbamber or chemical laboratory to teacn mem
how IN GROW corn or rear cattle. And truly, II the
teacher were 10 commend his science as substitute ior
their practical knOwledgeas rendering experience I'M
meaning and personal observation supernuous-theIe
voud be ample provOcaton for sharper shaits Oh VIII
than these viii ever be able to speed But tins no man
has ever suggested or commended The farmer pest
schooled in the nature and properties oil SONS INC
which govern vegetation and the elements esseha W
form thrifty plants or hlllnhls' WIZ .ain nm RI
rence not less but more than his unlnstruct negh-
bor His observations will have wider signincanee
and the fact newly observed to-day will be readily as
stoned 10 its proper place where will cast light on Ot-
or facts observed Yesterday TO be observed tomor-
row Not to supersede experience but 10 ee'ate IL 10
standpoint whence its range OF vision Will De o1oSu
er and its deductions more reliable do we plead ior
Science in Farming. .,u...o, =,
What is in effect contended for by the advocates ol
Book farming is simply ths-that farmer Ike an!
artisan while he needs practical experience, may aso
proft bu The practical eIperience Of others FOR ehape
new plant vegetable is introduced, wnicu oui
antibook farmer concludes to try though Totally igho
ant Of its nature and season Let US suppose ,ne h1a
est pephbor who has ever grown this plant lives hSt
miles away Now, will not this new experimenter, !
he have decent share of common sense ride over an'
ash the experienced cultvat0r what soil best adap'e'
Ia this plant what maDures are best Tor h Wbat .IH
itsbouldb be planted or sowed how cultivated, &c &c
Plainly il would be sheer madness for HIM 10 onii
such inquiries and 90 on if there had been no pre-
.eSro a,neriepce 10 answer all these questions an
determine all these points for himself by hap-hazar
pntpc on every variety Of soil at every possible sea
son with any OF every sort OF fertilizer by 50 uoin
he must spend several hundred dollars 10 deterhh
what he might readily have ascertalned at the cosI
dollar Wei: If he could turn TO the proper pae
Of an Agricultural Dictionary or Encyclopedia, an
there learn exactly when this plant should be soWn
4 This latitude how MANFRED, how cultivated, &c
would not that be still easier and cheaper than 10 rid
over 10 his distant neighbors Would Il not be ing
lyrrobable that the directions contained in the boo
tstns founded ON wide range of experiments, woul
he more reliable and complete than his neighbours cou
. sci based on his narrow personal experience A PR
. dent man would probably consult both book and neghoo
and then follow either only far as his own Judgme
y should dictate but how any one approve MS IA
). Ing counsel Of one mans experience, vet condemn
u course which is in fact but paying Difference 10
So