The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1853-10-12

harvest, the rich profusior Of ffuta and flow
ere end impionsay assert that the labora ofshs
husbandmsn are attended with q curse? As
well might the fool at the hour Of ridn light,
lift his eyes to the starry hea Tens and say,
there is no Gad.'
What higher power or higher jog can man
kind possibly aspire to, than thus to combine
patient rural industry with the smiles of u
Beneicient Providence in tilling the ground,
from whence they are taken? What reward
to man so rich and certain as that in cultivat-
Ing the fostering earth, which receives him
and nourishes him in his infancy, sustains and
bears him through youth and manhood, sup
ports him in the langour of infrmity and age:
and when forlon and rejected by all the world
besides, then, ike fond mother embraces him,
and covers him in her bosom; thereby making
his remains sacred and holy, and then bearing
his tomb, monuments and titles, extending his
memory to posterity, as it were. if possible, to
compensate for the shortness of his sojourning
here
To this sweet boon in mans pilgrimage to
wandering outcast looks with longing heart
but has not perseverance and resolution suffi-
cient to reach it. For this the Merchant,
Manufacturer, Statesman and Warrior, spend
years of toll and hardships, impatiently waiting
the opportunity to retire, ever from the most
lucrative and envied honors of life, to the de-
lghtful employments of husbandry, as there
reaching the summit Of human happiness, and
the ultimatum of his earthly hopes.
For the full fruition of such animation and
ioyful anticipations, where shall we look for
more favorable field than Northern Ohio?-
Although the soil of this region is one of mod
crate fertility still, with the blessing of good
climate, the opportunity of collecting cheap
fertlzing materials, together with the facilities
for reaching a good market, what point is
there in the scale Of noble independence and
human elevation, that may not be here attain
ed?
According to most creditable estimates,
Ohio is already the greatest wheat-growing
country on earth. Should only one-third of
the land now comprising the Western Reserve
be cultivated in wheat, so as to produce at the
rate of twenty bushels to the acre, the yield
would be more than is annually exported from
the whole continent of Europe to the great
London market and would also exceed the
amount at present produced by the whole state
| of Ohio. ..-.... ......-.
! tits believed that the improved fruit-bearing
trees will flourish and produce quite as well,
| and even better, in the Lake counties of Ohio
| than in New jersey. And it is ascertained
| that the small State of New jersey annually
sends more peaches to market than all France.
1t is well known that American apples bear
double price in the London market; and that
the Newtown or Golden pippins, from the
North River orchards, have been readily sold
there at SO per barrel Each tree properly
nurtured, will produce barrel yearly. Should
the outside boundary only of The Western Re-
serve be transplanted with such trees at dis
tance of twenty feet apart, the yield, at this
rate. would be upwards of 100000 dollars per
annunl.
AS in the kingdom of Prussia, should all the
highways and by-ways of the Reserve be thus
transpanted, there might be an annual income
of millions from comparative trifing outlay.
The remaining profitable fruit-trees, together
with the vine, cannot fail to flourish here, if
properly nurtured so as to produce an abun-
dant supply for expectation. Most of the in
I sect tribes, which have appropriated to them
| selves the labor of the husbandman, instead of
| remaining a scourge and curse, may, with q lit
tie management, be converted into blessing,
and become an important auxiliary in the pro-
duction of crops. In order to manage them We
must particularly understand their habits and
their whole animal economy. Wemust search
out their winter retreats, and also find means
to destroy those that survive and come out in
the spring. We must make use of some tribes
to destroy others or hold them in check. We
must call the little birds to our assistance, and
carefully distinguish between those insects that
are really injurious and those that are benef-
cial, for some crops could not be well perfect
ed without their aid. Thus having used all
the means a Benevolent Providence has plae-
cd within our reach, if We suffer ourselves to be
overcome by them, it would be entirely our
fault.
The minerals soils and constituent elements
and ashes of the different crops, should receive
our particular attention, that we may know
how to apply the richest fertilizing materials
at the least possible expense, and with the
| least injury to the land. And finally, having
discharged our duties for q few years as faithful
| and wise stewards, before we are aware we
shall find the windows of heaven open to our
aid, and blessing poured out SO that there
| will not be room to receive it.