Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-08-20


pedtOusly to leave ample time for scientific
and for developing the natural and Concealed
treasures that exist in different vcnities mart ~
which could SO adyantageously and termi
nate a collection for the establishment ;nst ressr
red to.
Permit me now to advert little to the Importance
or rsgab productions by which would be understood to
mean al that Is aoU growing or that has grown from
the SOIL any period OF the world, that may better
appreciate the labor of those who are engaged in
ing the fertility of the earth.
The vegetable kingdom affords sustenance to az ami
mated beings Even the in the earth and tn. nSn
in the sea are entirely dependant upon organized vege
table matter for their support Hence the reason why
sh IN such numbers frequent the mouths of large rivers
yeyed, On which they subsst. 4 Is very great but
7key exist ana multiply h those localities
dsh Of have suhssted vegetables among
J xsIsn q I. seaMssa, e y A!Ees a. are ihsluded.
Gently puRHshcd "A The National Intelligencer Pis
s'sror 1saor i and rearing q fishes from
q tns Mlnsler of agriculture and Commerce Of France
i"o frencnmen, Gehn and Remy, have made PROPOSE
ton 70 thc Minister Of Agriculture and Commerce to
stock the rivers Of France with Ash The same plan ia
PROPOSED for the riyefsss England, and the intelligent
"IlteTs as ney evidently are seem to regard the
only difficulty the fecudaion of the fish eggs, and OBJ
tanning an adequate supply Of young fish, when they
peer 70 furnish their countries with aabundance Of cheap
1904 from this source But their hopes destined to
disappointment stream can no more support an un-
limited number Of fish than field can of cattle both be-
ing limited py the amount of vegetable matter they
tam farmer coudjust readily make beef cheap by
purchasing great number of calves and putting them
into one field TO mature these learned gentlemen will
make nh abundant for food by the ingenious plan they
propose for stocking the rivers.
This dependence of fish as well as other animals ON
vegetable matter for food is not sufficiently regarded
One great cause Of the dminuon in the number of fish
In the streams in wellcultvated districts of country is
aeeyed TO be, that less organic matter than formerly
permitted to be carried into the food for them
But the vegetable kingdom not only affords sustenance to
all animated nature also yields all those substances
used by man for obtaining artificial heat and light 1t
not only gives life bat lifes comforts Have you
reflected how comparatively desoae the world would
without IRE and artificial light? Well, for all these
forts We are entirely indebted to the vegetable world
WOOD COAL rosin, tallow, OIL all Immediately
condariy the result of vegetable growththe product Of
that mysterious power, the vital principle which has
assimiated the materials of EARTH and holds the
particles together by modified affinity that upon the
application of certain degree temperature they unite
with beratng heat and light for the comfort and
uses OF the human family Essential as these are to his
comforts man with all the efforts of his genius unaided
'y the vegetable life, eoud obtain them. For the
support OF animals the growth of the present year prn
ised as food is then laid up the Great Husbanman in
he sterehouses Of nature for fuel and other useful pur
poses to man, first in the tree, then in the coal
among the many treasures which benevolent and fore
seeing Providence, like kind parent making preparations
Tor the convenience and necessities of future of
his children has provided none valuable or give
rehections greater interest,
Ind guano, the consisting of vegetable the other Of
animal remains At period in the worlds history as
ecorded in nnmistakable characters on its Strained
thousands and thousands Of years before the crea
fon OF man, when animals did not exist in suscicnt
lumbers the amount Of vegetables that
grew, the laid up in the form Of coal in Ma
lures grand repository Who appreciate the value
OF this coal to the present generation not onyn the heat
and light ii affords, but in its dbor-peforming Offices by
the steam generates 1t has been computed that
much labor performed by machinery in Great Britain
nd
generated by COAL as could BE- performed By all The labor
ing population Of the GloJ ito And for all the var
Gus applications Of steam wholly indebted to the
vegetable world Hence farmers stand in closer relation
to this subject than others and wish to increase in
teres IN the vegetable L whose Offices are in ways al
most as numerous their multiplied forms,
friendly to man, and thus be led to find Of increased
gratitude to Him through whose wise benefcence these
avors have been bestowed upon us.
But the beautiful and bountifu provision does not stop
iere When wood or coal is consumed, carbonic acid is
ormed which, as has been already stated of tho
reat elements OF the food of plants Every six pounds
u coal consumed form nearly twenty-five pounds Of car
onc acd and thus the atmosphere is furnished with this
nucn more 1000 Tor the growing vegetables 1t may be
eadiy shown that every pound Of coal that is burnt
,yes the means to the atmosphere of sustaining the
rowth OIL at least two pounds Of vegetables and
hese IN condition to support animal lfe The coal thus
seems to experience resurrection restoration to raiy
after its slunber for countless ages in the dark NINE
delicate blossoms and green leaves and the tender
herbs OF which daily parake and the rosy cheek
year in the Cumberland coal beds
Let us bear in mind, then, that the consumption Of
rood and coal renders the atmosphere capable Of
sustaining vegetable growth and thereby increases the
amount Of animal population that be sustained in tho
enjoyment Of life.
At a corresponding perhaps later, period in the
worlds history, and in climates particularly adapted
Is preservation find these superabundant vegetables
instead Of being preserved in COAL employed to afford
ife and happiness to countless numbers Of BIRDS and
er having performed this Office kept in concentrated
for the use Of and those who may after u.s.
immense deposites Of guano. How can We fully es-
nate and appreciate the extended wisdom and bene6-
ence that preserved the cast-o remains Of animals
rhch rejoced in existence through successive genera
ions, for numberless ages and thus enabling remote
ions to sustain far greater population of rational in
slgent beings, capable of much higher enjoyment and
thus giving greater glory to their Creaor Like the
hels found in rocks guano is monument of the fall
ity OF former ages 1t Is great Of pleasure to
ontempate the wisdom and goodness Of Providence
among many other instances by these two
good gifts" coal and guano, the one contributing
much to our convenience and comfort the other to the
erty Of the soil.
There is sublime interest connected with increase
4 the fertility Of the SOIL and il presents spectacle
hat must be regarded with appreciation even by Deity
imssf Happiness resides in scaent matter alone and
entent matter is wholly dependant vegetable matter;
Ind vegetable matter the growth from the earth through
he combined agency Of its fertility and the vital principle
If plants Hence all sencnt beings all animated exist
the earth dependant ON the produce Of the
SOIL vegetable growth. The amount OF existence, the
total Of the recipients Of happiness and enjoyment
upon the EARTH limited by the Of this vegea-
bic produce The more the earth can be made to yield
the greater viii be the numser Of animals Ii will sustain
md the greater will be the of happiness The
farmer increasing the fertility of the SOIL co-operaes