Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-11-19
OLD SERIES, VOL. ID, NO. Q.

When Rome, afterwards the miehiiest city
o. ancrni times, was gri about by her foes,
when The conquerng armies Of the Aequi
and VolSci were pressing her 10 the verge of
destruction, she summoned plowman from
his plnv and invested him with more than
regal power. Tha, plowman's word became
the abso't law Of the Republic The Con-
script Fathers bowed to his diclalion, and
proud patcians obeyed without questioning.
The ieweled fingers Of Rone's lofliesl mobiles
were pointed not in scorn, but admiration a,
the broad brow of the sun.burnl farmer. By
his vision aud courage the Republic was
saved, and Cincinnalus returned from victo-
rious armies and shouting multudes, 10 his
crops and his cattle
Then shall this ancient, essential, health
fnl, Profitable, pleasant and honorable Art
sand s'iii while every Other Art and Science
is pressing on with rapid footsteps to startling
results and mighty achievements While
Manufacturers and Commerce build up proud
cities, and adorn them with the tropics of
their success, shall the iiers Of the soil fol-.
'ON NOOUSI piu"s III llc sdtlle luTTOWo mat
were turned by their ancestors, some hundred
years ago! While the Lightning bears our
messages, and an element no, less mighty pro-
pels our cars upon lard, and our ships upon
the sea, bearing The products Of our fields
with ten times the celeriry as when our
fathers or grandfathers occupied The places
we now hold, shall those products be reared
with the same toll and Of no better quality,
than when they reared them?
The answer has gone forth, not from the
tieE Of the soil alone, but from the Bench,
the Bar, the Preachers study, the Physicians
office, and The Mechanics workshop, for all
are willing TO unite in the delightful task Of
improving the cultivation of me fields, and
thereby improving every mans means Of liv-'
ing, his convenience, comfort and happiness
they have aaswered-you have answered
by your presence here to-day. "AgTicnllure
shall not stand still. 1t shall keep pace with
It's sister aTts.h
! How shall il be made 10 keep pace BY
the establishment OF societies Ike jhis-by
tho foundation and circulation OF papers de-
voted 10 il by men of learning NOT only
fIom their own experience, bat tom he en-
| perience Of all other men eagaIed in tas
same pursuit. 1t is this combination OF mlad
and interchange OF experience, which give
10 civilized men-men having written IAN
| guage, their immeasurabe superiority over
savages, whose thoughts and experiments
can only be transmitted to pos,erny by word
of mouth
If any man doubts the efficiency of The
agents have spoken Of, let him go first into
country where Agricultural Societies and
Agricultural Presses have been a, work for a
pumber Of years, and then into a region
where such things are unknown-and OBJ.
serve the difference in everything about
them in their fields, in their dwellings, or
chards, gardens, horses, cattle, poultry, hogs,
sheep and even in their dogs and cats la
my own humble investigations, have dis
covered a way Of improving these last. Il
mean cats, and intend some day TO give it
10 The world through the columns of the Mil
tonian or Milton Democrat. But lest some
Of you should be so unwise, as 10 take neither
Of those valuable papers, will tell you how
| serve them. | lay them gently upon a
block and with sharp axe, cut their tails off,
just behind the ears, 1t is The only method
yet known to prevent their depredalions upon
young ducks, chickens and guinea pigs.
person coming from the highly culliya-
ted fields Of England or from The finer por-
tions of New York, or our own South Eastern
Counties, might find even among US, some
very slow and awkward ways of doing things.
He might see some poor plows and clumsy
hauows He nigh, tell of a drilling machine
al home, that would put in more grain in a
day, than wonld be done By hand in or 3
: days, aud do it much better too or of an i'm
{ plemeut that would cul down more wheat,
, rye, oats, or grass in one day, with certain
number Of hands, than twice the number
s could do in twice The time 10 the ordinary
. way. He might tell Of well bred horses
y more valuable than three or -four common
: animals; or Of an improved COW or bull, tina
: he wouId not trade for a whole herd of suct
1 peaked, scraggy creatures, as obtain ihei
j. wn,icr's living fIom some Of our farmer'
o dang piles. Now there is only one way Il
h put an eud to this Dragging, as far as We arr
= concerned, and think, Sir, we are fast com
- lug 10 it, ! mean by this friendly strife
V This emulation among ourselves, to exec
or each other, IN rearing animals, grain, vege
,e tables ard fruit, and soon we shall be able Il
- 60 Into regions more backward than our own
Of aud make the same brass that this progress
re siye gentleman has been making 10 US.
y Every year that we so on, raising inieno
al articles in an inferior way, we are inenilnt
losses for ourselves aud our children, AM
i, every advance that we make in art, science
\. or pursu, will rebound TO their advantage
II and onI own.
ID Last winter a neighbor from The country
70 called al my office Oh some iiflIng business
is After ransaolng it, our conversation iurne'
as upon farming, as il was he only subject h
W knew anything about and as had lately be
I'd come The owner of killdeeT plantation II
! IT he haI opIs shf