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

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fol observation, hos discovered the menns =
completely outwittng him. lie hes foui
by watching and noting her movements. III.
the female CurcuIio will not disposit her eggs
where they, when the plums containing them.
trap III fall into water, her instincts teach
Ing her that they win drown. Taking sd-
vantage OF this insiinc' tho Doctor plan.a
bis plum-,rees On the bank OF stream cr
pond, and give the trunk such an inclination
that all their branches cverhang the water
Thus the dcsolslor is cbeckmnfed BY his own
instinct, and the fruit preserved from his raw.
ages ! know nothing cleverer in 10 way
than this device.
Now suppose there is no condemner Of
'Book-farming' so mush or 80 duh that he
would not alter hearing Of this device, take
advantage OF any brock or pond he might
have ON his premises. aud set his plan, trees
where they will be safe from ths Curculio
But suppose the discovsry had beed made bv
some fruit gower Of the last century. and
duly recorded in book, had since peep sub-
jccled to athuusand ordels, and had na,.ed
Triumphant through them all--would Il hsr.
been less acceptable or less valuable than a
now isl fiji be worth our while TO learn a,
all. what difference can be imagined between
the knowledge founded ou neighbor's cx-
perience and that contained in book? n
there be any, are not the odds altogether in
favor Of that prescription which hns under.
gone the wider scrutiny and been subjected
10 the more rigorous criticism?
And here let me speak If another. who
more recently shook off the dus, of our Ci,ys
pavements TO spend the lntter half OF his life
on $ farm. sllude TO Professor James J.
Mapes, whose fame ns an Agriculturist must
have reached very many among rou ftean.
not be many years--it seems to be hut Eve
or SIX since Prof Mspes, who was extensive
y engaged in Sugar.Rr6ning md bad heavy
dealings in Sugar--cnme 10 dead halt, or
rather dead smash--Stripped of mcans
and of credit, he felt too old 10 launch again
on the dangerous sen OF Commerce. whose
waves had 80 lately aud so deeply enpulphed
him; 90 he hired bit OF land in New Jcisey.
removed his family tbither, and resolved 10
turn the chemical and other scientific kpoyl.
edge which mad 30 little availed him as =
suger refncr, to account in the norel yoca-
ton OF farmer, He wns very destitute,
and OF course got on but slowly at first; and
when he first undertook to lecture ia iliustrs.
ton of Farming as Science. well rcmem.
bcr how very general was the prejudice and
derision he encountered But he pcrsevered
both in farming and lecturing: and he has
gorlously succeeded presume there were
many errors in his earlier ineulcations. tbera
may oe some yet for he is genius, md oe.
MUS is too apt to leap hastily TO sweeuino
conclusions from inadequate premises. But
whatever his faults, the root of the matter
was in him. and his career has proved 4; A.
Lecturer nn Editor, and as Practical Far.
mer, he Is cnriching the vocation he has cho.
sen and by no means impoverishinc himself
beginning with noting. he cannot hare
cleared less than $40, 1000 in the last six Years.
and his income must now be at least $4,000
per annum And this is not oil made hv
merely talking and writing about farmino.
but IN good part by actual work. For E9.
ample: lie last year bought ten acres of nat.
urally good but exhausted and weedv lind
adjoining him for $3.50 per acre; puyeri,ed
and ferized il ihroug6ly TO the deptb of
Two 'eet' planted 1t with cabbages as c,ose to-
gather MS they could grow. and by the sale
OF his hrst crop paid for the manure labor and
land, having the latter oil clear at the years
end. and IN far better condition that when
he bought Il. Can any enemy ofI}ook-far.
ming beat this? Or is there any of them
who would not like to know exactly how this
land was fertzed and titled, even though hs
should be obliged to read in a book or p,ri.
dical?
Let me next illustrate the Importance and
advantages of the careful Analysis of So;ls.
friend bought. one year APO. small
farm which had previously been Snder decen,
or ordinary cultivation, but which II ,nne.r.
mas been Tor many years mainly feftilzed with
H'psum or Plaster Of Paris--an .xrailen,
thing in its place. and which had doub,las.
done The land good seriee. But fbe new
farmers brother Is through Chemist. deyo.
ing much attention 10 Agriculture: and he
was invited to analyze the soil Of tLis farm
with view to Its prospective and economic.
al Improvement. Careful Analysis showed a
signal deficiency Of Lime, bu, snns,.brr.
dance OF Sulphur and ingredients of Plaster
Os course, at each successive anol;c.,;on ~
Plaster the plnuts took up the lima onlv
leaving all the residue to Ii, liner, h N. ali.
ana so the Old farmer had for years been
eeding his SOIL at the rate Of tw enry 10 th;r-
.y cents per bnshel, with the requisite Lime
brought from distance in the form of Plas.
ter while there was far better Lime burned
al around him and for sale in abundance M
six cents a bushell The los. thus incurred
may have average fifty dollars per annum---
III Tor want OF an Anairsis that might have
cost ten or twenty dollars And there mr..
lens OF thousands to-day. farming lust a,
oiindly as did this cd farmer
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Inc great law Of Nature is "eat and be "a.
.oh' Inc spawn eater swallows the worm
the shark swallows the spawn eater; the hawk
Ponnees on the chicken, the eagle on tho