The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1853-10-22

water. Thus the deselater is checkmated by
his own instinct, and the fruit preserved from
his ravages. j know nothing cleverer in its
way than this device.
Now suppose there is no contemner of
Book. farming. Sd mulish or 90 dull that he
would not, after hearing Of this device, take
advantage Of any brook or pond he might
have ON his premises, and set his plum.tfees
where they will be safe from the Curculie.
But suppose the discovery had been made by
some fruit.grower Of the 81 century, and
duly recorded in book, had since been
subjected to a thousand ordeals, and had
passed triumphant through them all-wouId
it have been less acceptable or less valuable
than il now is! Hit be worth our while to
learn at oil, what difference can he imagined
between the knowledge founded on neigh
bors experience and that contsined i'm book!
Ii there be any, are not the odds altogether
in favor Of that prescription which has un.
dergone the der scrutiny and been subject.
ed to the more rigorous criticism!
And here let me speak Of another, who
more recently shook off the dust of our City .
pavsments to spend the latter half OF his life
on a farm. | allude to Professor JAMES J.
MARES, whose fame as an AgrcuItufist must
have reached very many among you. 10 csr.-
not be many years-it seems to me but five
or six-since Prof. Mapes, who was exten.
sively engaged in Sugar. Refining and had
heavy dealings in Sugsr-csme to dead
halt or rather dead smash. Stripped OF
means and of credit, he felt too old to launch
again on the dangerous sea of Commerce
whose waves had so lately and so deeply en-
gulphed him; 60 he hired bit Of land in New.
Jersey. removed his family thither, and re-
solved to turn the chemical and other scientif
ic knowle &c which had so little availed hin
as sugar-refiner, to account in the move
vocation Of a farmer. He was very destitute
and OF course got on but slowly at first; ant
when he first undertook TO lecture in illus
tratiOn Of Farming as Science, well re
member how very general was the prejudic,
and derision he encountered. But he perse
vered bot in farming and lecturing; and h
has gioriously succeeded. presume Their
may be some yet, for he is a genius, ant
genius is too apt to leap hastily to sweepin,
CONCLUSIONS from inadequate premises. But
whatevur his faults the root of the matte
was in him, and bis carter has proved it
As lecturer an EDITOR, and a. PTuctica
Farmer, he is enrichng the vocation he ha
. chosen, and by no means impoverishing him
self. Beginning with nothing, he canno
have cleared less than $4,000 in the las
six years, and his income must now be a
:! least $4,000 per unuum. And ;hisi is not al
nude by merely talking and writing ubou
farming. but in good part by actual work.
I For example: H. has last year bough,
ten acr' 8 OF naturally good but exhausted an,
weedy land jJining him for $50 dollar
peracre, pulver'zed it End feriIized
thoroughly ~ the depth of two feet, plsnte,
it with cabbages as close together as the
could grow, and By the sale Of bic first cr0
paid for the anr:e, labor and hand. hsvin,
the latter all clear at the years end, and il
far better condition than when he bought it
Can airy enemy of 'B"ok-farmis.' beat this
Or is there any Of them who would not like 4
know exactly how this Iahd wss fertility an.
titled, Gven though be should be Obliged q
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