Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-11-10

vnrnbe circumstance IN the planting i'e'"i
where tobacco i the chief staple, and requires 20
much time and attention, the surplus products
Of the farm may be proftaby fed In respect to
the raising of hogs. have seen it iairly tested by
a planter in nv own section of the State. lie
raised over forty five thousand pounds of PORK
nett, for successive years, being more than one
thousand pounds for each laborer, and without
any dminution in his crops. II is well known,
that corn is unriyaed in It's quality for iattening,
as compared with the cultivated grains, contain
ing by recent analysis near ten per cent OF fatty
matter-( Aorton's Elements 1911 Its produe-
ton may be pushed to almost any extent ny IN
improved agriculture and udcious feeding and
grazng and at the usual range OF prices between
corn and pork in the country. it i more protta-
bic TO feed. than 10 sel--besdcs il furnishes urge
resources in feeding for the improvement of the
land 1t is "A continual reproach that hogs are
driven from other States aud sold in this. No
justification can be plead on the score OF economy
or profit, In the sale of agricultural products TO
purchase meat Indeed there j. something
passngy ridiculous in the the very suggestion
that n strictly agricultural community should pnr-
chase lis meat from another state.
IT is true we do not possess the humid climate
of England and Scotland, nor have such frequent
showers of rain, and cannot therefore Craze so
heavily nor support so large IA number OF i've
stock. Yet the cutting of two tons OF clover from
an acre annually, is good crop in any country.
Wherever this can be done, the most improved
breeds of stock may be introduced. One of the
striking faults in our agricutureis the cultivation
of too lnrge Il surface. larger portion should
he laid down to grass and devoted to grazing
Itis difficult TO break through fixed prejudices
aud habitudes of thought, TO remove the convlc-
lion that grazing impoyerlshes land. In all OF the
older cultivated countries it is one of the well es-
tabIlshed means Of improvement. LANDS after
cropping may be laid down to grass and grnzed
with constantly increasing fertility, but if suffer
ed to become full of weeds the Improvement IS
-ow,if pcrccptible at all" Glow. Prac. Ag.)-
This is the leading distinction between cultivated
grasses and weeds, and should be remembered.
Those plants which are nutritious to animals are
I, rtilizng to lands, and in almost that exact re-
laton; for they derive their nutritious principles
and fcrtilzing powers from the proportion of nit
rogcn they contain. Beginning with the strictly
leguminous plants, and cloyers, and descending
through the grasses to the weeds, the relation be-
tween the nuritye and fertiizing powers, is sui
fciently well established for practical purposes.
Whilst this State is emnenty agricultural,
we should not look upon Agriculture as separate
and distinct from other great branches of indus
try. 1t is not upon that foundation alone, that
national prosperity is built; but jointly and insep
arably upon its commerce and its manufactures.
These leading branches of industry constitute
the triune embodiment of II States prosperity,
not separate and antagonistic, but one and indi
visible.
The progress of Agriculture in this State has
been much retarded by want of free intercourse
among her farmers, and the collection of their
united experience. Isolated as they hnye been,
| their experience and information depart with
| them. An Agricultural Society consolidates this
experience and transmits it to future generations,
with constantly increasing knowledge. Such are
the vast advantages arising from the collected
information of scientific and professional men,
that they have expanded from counties to States,
from States TO nations, and from nations to con
t1nents. Europe and America consult together
| over the winds and currents of the Ocean that
commerce may more cheaply and expedtlously
interchange the products OF agriculture and man
uiuetures. And u result of the exhibition of
the industry of nations, American ingenuity. in
the construction of the reaper bids fair to prove
victorious over the cheap labor of Europe on their
own harvest fields.
Another for the slow progress of Agri-
culture will bc found in the fact, that Virginia
has contributed to the service of the Republic,
from the first struggles for independence many
of her most distinguished sons. They devoted
their intellect, energy, and patriotism to the ser
wee OF our common country. Nor can repine
at this when behold the result of their abors !;
when We look over the vast extent of country
! contained within the limits Of the confederacy-
! stretching from ocean to communicating an
area unsurpassed in fertility. unrivaed in the
value and variety of its productions-when we
look to its agriculture, commerce and manufac-
tureS-its universities, colleges and common
! schools-itS railroads and canals, binding to-
gether distant portions of the confcderacy, uni
ting them in interest, consolidating them IN pow
or. When we see its rapid strides to the highest
position among the nations of the earth--wthin
! the lifetime of "A single mnn-for the Republic is
not Yet so old as many of its citizens-command-
! ing respect not hy standing armies, nor by its
navy but by the successful development of its
mighty resources, the inherent patriotism of its
| people, the great principle of popular freedom
which 1T represents, and by the historic lustre
/ which surrounds the names of its early heroes
and statesmen. In its early strugglcs,in its on
ward progress, on every page of its history, the
names OF Nmginia's will be found,-begn-
ming with his, whom yeneration and affection
have united IN calling the father of his country .
/ They devoted to the service of our common
country that ardent patriotism, those mighty in
telleets and that enduring tortude which in the
| service of their own State might have rased her
To the height of material and physical power
! But who is there so sordid, that he would ex-
change the glories of the past, for the material
power of the prescnt-who would barter the his
orie glory of her sons, for any amount Of taxable
| property or any simple enumeration of inhabi-
| tants They achieved for themselves undyng
fame, that Immortality which history can give
| their works live after TIN m-and the world gazes
! in amuzement upon the fruits of their tol-in the
onward march, the unchecked progress of the
great Republic. Virginia gave, not only her
sons, but an empire to the common country-and
out of that has been carved n State, that has al
ready surpassed her in population and wealth.
We may look back upon her noble deeds and her
munifieence with glow of pride and holy de-
sire 10 emulate But let not her glory rest in the
history of the past, nor her sons ignobly repose