The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-24

vcrside Nw q poliuch ocenJmy the manifest, Bat
psS oeo Cos icy of Sceuntry aboundiuy Cheap ana
fertile lands with odiy Inc rsAsing Aad hsesly
suniog population ct home aud ending c0nmercs
v.h .hs rest o. the world TO 'oore ,ss p.saae aoa.
employ much the argest portion of American .bor 4
contributes ao by its annual products Soach the
The whole annual prsduss Of Industry OF every Kind ia
the Unitec States. in 1870 hsys bsen estimated ~ q
Learned and ingenious statist P ofsssor Tucker in hs
from The escuespt TO shica hsya 1st refereed AZ tue
total Of 81 e63 134 736 Of which 1854 3s7 5s7 were
derived from az ,culurs; pa from msDntsc
tures $40 III 086 from commerce, and balance from
mDir &, the Forest and tho hsheries GO ncinsd Far
be IL rom me 70 refer to these stiuitica 90.
tails In any spirit OF invidious comparison, for
the purpose Of derogstng, ia the slightest dssrae
from the relative value and Imp sancs OF the sister
branches of the national industry which tbs lads
penssbls supports Of prosperous Agriculture. l. Is TO
the ufsctures and comnerce that the fcuturst
must look to give marketsols value to AL that great
bis prodnc lions which Ia needed for hs
consumption willis, at the cams time Ii Ia by them
that supplied his various additional wants with
promptitude, certainty and economy, which snso.s
him TO devote his energies without distrac ioa and
viii the highest effect, TO his own pro par csliny
Hence it has nesn found that agriculture -four
isbes by the side Of and In reciprocal ami spon
taneous communion with manufactures aud com
and State be said to DO fully coustitutsi
natural progress Of things 1t rests uooa the triple
alliance OF AL thsse arts of social and civil zed life
Feeling then that every propitious breeze whica fis
the ssis OF the msrchantmsn, aud every PROD able
tera that the busy wheel Of the but
iDparts q . fresh impulse and offers \
ouIsgsmsnt to tho hbors of the husbsndmsn !;
l have referred the comparative statements
presented by official statistics with ves but
place before you in Its true light sreay na ons in
engaged and which, apt bs overlooked iso-
ted and seq lesered lives of Its followers, bs pro
pery appreciated only by It's collective results Looking
II from this point OF ali must aek slsdgs tina
the Of tDs sgliculturist in American public
economy is ooe of greav dignity and np,rt.oce; AID
happily, did there exist in Any country com
ClTcumFtaQC0a
biphsst perfection and development OF the art
Let Let, u. tor m. moment. compare his position here
which the fsuda systsm which succeeded the fad Of tia
of M pecu sr policy with regard to landed pro
t. As c0nssq of that state Of things, this
tos Of the original inheritance OF the human family re-
mains in the hands Of comparatively small NUMBER of
the propretors. La Euelaud. for example the actual
eutvstor and occupant of farm is very rarely its
In ninety nine out Vt hundred Il . tenant
frequently for q short term sometimes without
the security o. lease 1t Is in human nature under
such circumstances that the farmer should bs very
lct0us to make improvements OF which the chief
benef may snure to another and It Is, iadesd voater
full and fact most honorable 10 the ten ant farmers Of
ard that other oppr ssve tradition which, 10 the
OF tthes subjects them to increased burdens Ia p-opor
ton TO their skill Industry aud expense Ia improve
snentS. English agriculture should BE- what IL is.
In the country which Is separated from England BY
narrow sea, and yet more by strongly coutrasted ma
tiona character institutions and manners, the dis
coursgements Of agriculture Of precisely opposite
nature There II il not tbs monopoly but tas extreme
and unnatural subdivision Of landed property and the
diminutiveDess Of farm. to the verge OF the
finite dvisby Of matter that opposes the most serious
obstacle TO ,he general progress Of agricultural
ours Of field suring and half ards two and
farmer owning and cutivaing soge f row, and that
examples Of the former attsstsd By the authority Of
grave AID respectable French writer Mons Bosc) and
in Brittany the comcaon name applied BY the peasant to
bis possession ID salon or furro~ and it is In fact,
often nothing It Ia estimated thst there shout
million end quarter OF propretors ia France, nooe Of
whom hold than hectares Eve acres Of laud
and dividing the ~hols of the country by the total
Lumber of pIopreors Of every grade the aveyrags
Of the farms eleven and hat This inor-
too. for the most part with hereditary mortgages
which have descended with the land from father
to ION, must = Is EVIDENT IN much the larger
the capital necessary for an improved system of
husbandry. Tbas there are. not ~ithstanding
amres Of high ard successful farming France only
proof tine national genius administrative orxauizs
tion and tho application f science to art exempded In
pursuit where both are imp rtant and fruitful.
the American sgsicuitu,ist With but exec tons
be Is the o.ess vol tho osa"Pisr of tho farm hs
distinctive and stsious associations which attach
HIM to it with tenfold power 1t is his aud his child.
after him Tne labor be bestovs upon 1t is L.
a love vsl interest Every mpra makes
eDvres 70 his own benefit and gratiacAion, AMI to
the benefit ana qualification Of those who are
dearest AID dearest TO him. This cherished pOssss-
zion too Is OF extent su cent afford the for
its own improvement as veil "a the comfortable main.
Of its owner varying with the circumstances Of
liz locality ana the culture which Is devoted. Tae
proprietor is Tot ethered like his beast little spot OF
etn, to browse about day after day, .nd year ateet
ican;y subsistsDcs Hs looks around him with "a
erect oounteusnce and spirit, aud With conscious
mon inhsrisnos. He has amris SPACE for the
full exerion OF kll his energies Of mind and
BODY Returning froG his daily toI he mests at board
crospes Nth abundance as Is PREPARED With nsatne
joyous asd happy family, animate and whsn nscss
sary, to share his laoors and them all govern
equal secure 70 each the frai.s OF his in
castYy and kill with neithsr t.hes nor poor ratss nor
oppressive tSes to Abstract any portion Of his
iDss which he Goes DOT freely give LIST 1t NOT bs said
there wanting Amoug tbs spirit TO improve these
pro Dous stances and to turn them THAR high
est account On the contrary fopdy psrsusds myself
that America as shs the ffeest aud best govern
country III Ger tns su1, is che destined be the
best cultivated snc the most highly improved Is there
not tgrinate encour cement 10 this aspiration IN toe
reflection that ne Who ab We all Others tine
full ssserter ard founder OF Aneric liberty,
tine, the 7esious psron and promoter Of
American agriculture whenever duties TO
the country permitted Of is most earnest faithful
snd uniirDg pract ii vctares. Let any who would
wish see how the wisdom foresight ensrxy and vxi.
lance which found and administer goyernmsnts aud
duct armies 10 vi story, car od fall for their
cise in the management and of farm
toe hsEds which have held the scae o. empire and ruled
the storm OF mighty war can bod and direct the
poushIst him read the agricultural pa OF Wash
ington. Nor WAS his example without followers among
those sho succeeded came high post Of public
American IpdspsDdencs hs highest prosf both Of
his scientific AssssneDs and Of ria devotion
eats OF sercuture by constructing ,rding TO strict
mathematical laws tns mou1dbosrd of plough of the
least rssiss and candda.s before the Aysicul
tursl society Of Paris. wbie he filled ocs Presi-
der Of the United States for prize offered by that
learned assocaion fer tbs most perfect model Of this
chief instrument Of the husbanoman's lAbors and
tuallJ Obtained If mistake not the second prize In
art complicated agriculture, and requiring for its
successful ion the union 81 with praca
cal judgment, and Of sound theoretical vie with dis
eliminating observa.ion the intellectual power Of the
county well Its numbers, Hnst be largely enlisted
promise the highest Ia this respect as in
Others The United States hA been eminently happy
eer insugEa'ed by the great Of WAshipgtsn
and Jefferson. ara ilustrs ed in times
by others, whose brilliant ienown, capoossd by
death, form the just pride Of the couotry by the
psn1es OF Clay and Webster OF Ja,kson and Calhoun
has not been slov 10 draw its AID talents sri
alta pents Of the hishest order and Of every diversity
of character whether practical scientific Bat rhers
Is PORTION Of tue mortal the couutry
obyic usly and visiby connected with the opss
t0ns OF agriculture ~bicn IL Is impossible to pass By
noticed on the present ason. refer
ordinary fscuBGity arc Ingenuity OF the American mind
il every species II mecnscsl and aspect
ally those intended TO economist human lsbor aud to
augment is productive posers. Inst sa's is IN pscu-