Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-11-05
NUMBER Al.

.'cuon IN The hour Of battle, and safe retreai
~ ''ie Doroer warfare, which was at that time
Saeeu between the rivals, already strunplinp
'or precedence. Nor did this plan of opera.
uon interfere with their spcnnd object. since
lett them greater amount Of ,iiIable band
| upon which, il but moderate o,an,;,, oc
seeu was scattered, rich harvs-t of prain
"ouiu spring up, and Thus yielded them an
ample reward for their labor.
lhe forests gradually melted away. and
the settlers. tndng themselves no longer
Pent up IN a small territory crowded by u
uense population, felt that il was M, yow
necessary 10 observe that strict aoricpl,prs,
economy comparatively speaking. which tbev
nad been taught in the mother conr,ry
Ihere, land was valued, and to occnn,nl.;s
any great amount, repaired no mean degree
Vi "eu'th' ana when once obtained a str;c,
| economy was necessary in order to renumcr.
ate me purchaser. Htys its value wa,
merely nominal. and he who woulJ ro;,,h,
OBTAIN portion more than su1iei.n, r,r H.,
sell and his family, for renerations 10 co,,o
- oui'''"tr' was matter of secondary i'm
Po.' '""cc' 10 clear" was the all engrnssing
9oleGt' out OF which sprung an error III tbr has
III, naru,y osen Corrected up 10 the present dav
nc ieelnig descending from father 10 son
mas oeen kept alive and cherished. when ,be
ooJFc's which excited il have long since nas.
sea away and the want Of room for tbs cro,v.
ing nation, and the growing family has
dr'Ven The cnterprising defendants from, ,ho
coasts OF the Atlantic t. the vally oftbe Mis-.
slssiPpl and thence westward to tho shoro ~
'he faciic; still clearing" but no, cutiya,,no
sun crowding and crying for room, vet neplcc.
.hg' IN many cases, To occupy that which lics
Immediately before them. IL was mo, bow,
ever, the circumstances which W. hnra 80
o"en' :" zen .nat alone induced the early settlers
W ~" 'hto lax system ofcultivation,
mere IS IN the human mind, n constant
desire 10 initiate the examples of others: and
Tue more powerful is this feeling when thu,
example Is novel in lis nature. The settlers
were III situation, and surrounded nv cir.
cumstances, Of which they had never beG,re
conceived. They naturally looked oroun1
them for precedent to guide and direc,
men, as well in their agricultural nursu;,s
as IN Their architectural ESSAYS. and This ,har
lound IN the rude culture exhibited in tho
neids oi maze. planted by their widest nre.
aeccssors. This undoubtedly had n great in.
nuence IN permanently fixing the c6atacter
and caste of cultivation along tho sbr-as or
the Atlantic, from whence il wo, ca,,;.J
westward oy the pioneers OF civilization. into
'ne neari oil the New Continent The meth.
Cd OF cultivation adopted by the ancestors
anu whlch was, perhaps, the best under the
circumstances, is implicitly followed by the
descendants, not because reason indicates !,
as the best HoW but because usage has sane
uoned It as glaring error in the social noli,i.
Cal, and scientific world, maintain their forco
ana continue TO receive popular approbation
because the accumulated dust and mould of
ages settling upon them. hide their de(or.
mites from the unscruiinizng glance of those
whose familiarity forbids even moderate crti.
cism. WV
But tho errors into which the SUCCESSORS of
the early pioneers feel, begun at leng1h To-
" .p''ec' themselves IN the very place where
'ney Originated. As the territory lyinr
a'ohe Tue shores ot the Atlantic became rnure
densely populated, and land increased in val.
ue' II oehooved the owners thereof that tber
should raise the greatest possible quantity Of
produce from their ground in order TO cnm.
pehSa'e them Tor their labor and yield,them an
interest adequate To the amount of MONEY in.
vested. 10 succeed in this they be,an 10
stndy the Art of Cultivation; to make prac,i
cal experiments; AID at last, after caliny into
.neir "id' the half century experience Of their
trans atlantic ncighbors, they we're forced to
enlist the talent and wealth of our own conn.
try IN the establishment of Agricultural
Journals, thing which they had SO long. and
SO much needed These aveuues once onen.
ed to them. our chemists and mioeroIo',;s,s
poured forth the treasures of knowledge 10
enrich the fields of agricultural science: and
the energy of our farmers, is doing its u,mos,
to attain to the highest excellence in this mosi
uSeiui oil all the arts. and most beautiful Of all
me sciences; so that at the present day. il is
almost impossible to find the farmer who doss
not send his best specimens to the yrand AZ.
play OF the products OF his county. or his
State.
Having glanced briefly at tho history, and
progress OF ;he agricultural art. we shall en-.
deavor, in our next communication to law bc.
lore our readers some Of its fund. ..menta pfin.
ripals. ''''
Horace Greeley