The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1853-02-22

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waite ipl care that had guarded her early years.
aud on mlny eraver occa.idn than those hero.
In described. had checked the excess OF an i'm
nul,yo tcmpcramcnt. She had long since
learned, by hsppy cxprr cncr, how much bet
tor it i, to do little gool. than alto harm.
IMPoa-AuT Discovery I'd rAaMEas..-1Ea.
IA CULTURE
We copy what fDlows from tho-Oswcgo N i.
VI Times, in relation to an alleged imp 'rtant
discovery in tho art of cultivation. called Tor
r, Culture mt which production is wonder
fully increased in amount! We have no means
OF judging of tho Ii,covery. or of the character
(AAIr. Comstpch<Lb nvertor, anl the read
CSA,s' take r. 2ke do. for what il is worth.
1HATimcs of the Goth Dec. 1852. says:
| We h,v, bsen not a. little Interested By tho
examnation of paper containing a mass of
matter relative TO n late discovery of princi-
pal of natural law in recitation. by Mr.. Rus
sell ,.onstock. of Mihbett<vi!lc. Dutchcss Co.
Now York IL appears that the fact of Mr.
Comstock's discovery has hcen for some imo
before the public, hut owing to want of any
provision in our patent and copyrigh: laws, re-
cngnizing or securing reward for such discovc-
ries. he has thus far only made limited and col
fileniial COMMUNICATIONS of his now agricutu.
ri theory. sufficient t. test and dem ,n.tratc
pertinent. As The only method by which he
can disseminate and obtain remuneration for
his discovery. Mr.. Comstock gives private and
confidential lectures all over Tho State, whcrcv-
or sufficient class or number of subscribers
are obta nei to justify his attendance. chargii e
one dollar for admission, and ivo dollars at tho
end of the year to those who adopt and mako
prac,ical application or his new thoory.
For two years Mr.. Comstock has made his
confidential d sclosnres to aqriculturisis and
tho result or the Information thus communica-
ted. ho now. presents certificates and Letters
from large number of gentleman of known
intelligence. probiry aud honor. all tending TO
establish and prove from acttial experiment tho
validity oI his principle, and the most remark
ablc results of It's practical application. The
experiments prove general law applicable 10
the whole vegetable kingdom BY the term
culture Of all kinds of trees. forest, fruit anil
ornamental, flourish peach trees from fifty to
hundred years old. partially dccayed ani
barren. arc rcstor d to healthy and thrifty
condition. when young. in single scason.
so ms 10 produce the mo- t abundant ard finest
fruit. The Same results are produced upon all
fruit trees, and what seems scarcely less re-
markablr, il apprar-'hat the precise age of firoc-
are a~ccrtained and determined by Mr.. Com
stocks theory.
The terra culture has been applied TO all
kinds of garden vegetables, plants, fruits and
shruhbory, as, also, tn all kinds of crops, with
wonderful success. We cannot 60 into detail
fwhat experiments have proved. Crops of
grain and Vegetables are. n great saving Of la
bor, more than doubled by terra culture. One
experiment shows th" production uf 35 bush
els of sheled corn In the aero. AND another the
production nf 1000 bushels Mercer potatoes TO
tie acre. 1t il also shown that the great crops
" hich have commanded premiums nj agricul
tural fans have been produccd accidentally, by
terra culture, of which we have all evidence in
Oswcgo county,
On The 24lh nit Mr.. Coms,oc's leclurcd to
large number Of the farmers If Oswcro conn-
", at the village of Fulton among whom WIS
MIR VIM In-cll. of the town of Volncy, who
FIR the two lat years Inns received the first pre-
miurii on corn ut the State Agricultural Fair.
We learn from an intelligent agrcnlturists of
til, city. who was also present. that during
The course If the lecture. which has The form
of forty questions, proroundod and answered
hy tlc lecturer, any person present being ut
bcrty to put mil answer questions, it was
c,enrly nscerrained That Mr.. Ingcll produced
his l35 bushels of corn ~ the acre by tho acri-
dental applica ion OF the terra culture princi-
pie.
From the evidence before us, which may he
seen ut our Office we cannot resist tho convic-
,ion that Mr.. Constock's discovery of a natu-
raj law oi universal application is ono OF the
most important of The age: u discovery which
for he honor and prosperity OF our country,
and FIR the Interest of mankind should ut rncc
be made public by tho patronage of govern
rncni.
The Times Of ten days later date, says the
discovery j. attracting much attention. anl
that Ieria Culture Convention is proposed to
be hcl ~ Rochester. ~ March rcXt. of Dele
ga,e- from the 'griculiur,l S cicics of New
York. to consult on the means OF making the
discovery public, SAYS the Times:
,"Jhcrc is growing desire in this region TO
hear Mr.. Comstock, the disro,c crer of tho now
sccrcc in acrcrturc, Disclose is principles
and the operaii ~ Of natural law of vegrta.
tion hitherto revealed TO human vision. ahhj'
o'd ms the crea ion, There is something won
drrfolly attractive in the idea of diggipg out
of tho mysterious economy If the rl'ysica
world. great and bencfcient principle of in.
cstimablc value 10 The interests of mankind.-
If there il anything cntitling man TO the proud
distinction of bencfactnr of his race. il is ccr-
tainly the discovery OF such principle"