Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1853-02-12
Important Discovery to FarmerS-Ter-
ra Culture.


ra Culture.
We copy what follows from the Osvego
N. Y. Times, in relation to an alledged I'M
portant discovery in the art of cultivation,
called Terra Culture" by which production
is wonderfully increased in amount We have
no means Of Judging of the discovery, or Of
the degree of the character of Mr.. Comstock,
the inventor, and the reader must take it, as
we do, for what it is worth.
The Times of the goth Of Dec, 1852, says:
We have been not little interested by the
examination of a paper containing mass Of
matter relative to little discovery of "A prin
cipal of natural law in vegetation, by Mr.. Rus
sell Comstock, of Mabbettsville, Dutchess Co.
New York. 1t appears that the fact Of Mr.
Coms!ock's discovery has been for some fine
before the public, but owing to want of any
provision in our patent and copyright laws,
recognizing or securing reward for such dis
coveres, he has thus far made limited and
confidential communications of his new agri-
cultural theory, sufficient TO test and demon
strate its practicability and importance by
actual experiment. AS the only method by
which he can disseminate and obtain remun-
| GRAFTON for his discovery Mr.. Comstock gives
private and confidential lectures all over the
State, wherever a sufficient class or number
of subscribers are obtained to justify his at
tendance, charging one dollar for admission,
and five dollars at the end Of the year to
those who adopt and make practical applica-
ton of his new theory.
| For two years Mr.. Comstock has made his
confidential disclosures TO agricuturists, and
as the result of the information thus commu-
nlcated, he now presents certificates and let
ters from a large number of gentlemen of
known intelligence, probity and honor all
tending to establish and prove from actual
experiment the validity This principle, and
the most remlrkab,c results of its practical
application, The experiments prove genera
law applicable to the whole vegetable king
dpm. BY the terra-cul;ure all kinds of trees
forest, fruit and ornamental flourish; peach
trees from fifty to II hundred years old, par
TALLY decsyed and barren, are restored to a
healthy and thrifty condition. as when young
IN single season, 50 as to produce the mos
abundant and finest fruit. The same resilts
are produced upon all fruit trees, and wha
seems scarcely less remarkable, it appears
that the precise age of trees are ascertanec
and determined by Mr. Comstock's theory.
The terra culture has been applied to al
+. kinds OF garden vegetables, plants, fruits anC
shrubbery, ms, also to all kinds of crops, will
wonderful success. We cannot 90 into detail
of what experiments have proved. Crops o
grain and vegetables are, at great saving o
Labor more than doubled by terra-culture.- -
One experiment shows the production Of l3j
bushels Of sheilrd corn to the acre, and an
other the production of 1000 bushels Merce
potatoes to the acre. 1t is also shown tha
the great crops which have commanded pre-
f miums at agricultural fairs have been produ
ced accidently. By terra-culture, Of which W
have an evidence in Oswcgo county.
, On the 2ith ult Mr.. Comstock lectured
. u large number of farmers of Oswego county
at the village of Fulton. among whom wa
Mr. VIM. Ingeli, of the town of Volney, VIII
for the loSt two years has received the frs
, premium on Corn at the State Agriculturs
Fair, We learn from an intelligent agricultg
rist of this city, who was also present, tbs
during the course of the lecture, which ha
the form Of forty questions, propounded an
answered by the lecturer, any person preser
. being at liberty oput and answer question
/ it was clearly ascertained that Mr.. Ingell pre-
duced l35 bushels of corn to the acre by th
r accidental application Of the terra cultur
4 principle.
= From the evidence before us, which ma
be seen at our Office we cannot resist the COZ
viction that Mr. ComstocG's discovery OF
. natural law of universal application is one
:. the most important of the age; a discover
!. that for the honor and prosperity -four oour
4 try. aud for the interest of mankind, should
+ once be made public by the patronage
" government.
!. The Times of ten days later date says ii
n discovery is attracting n uch attention,and th
q a Terra Culture Convention is proposed to
S held at Rochester, in March next, of Del
j. gates from the Agricultural Societies of Ne
e York, to consult on the means of making ii
d discovery public Says the times:
n. "There is a growing desire in this region
hear Mr.. Comsock, the discOverer of the ne
science in agriculture, disclose its principle
y and the operation of natural law of vegetj
IS ton hitherto yelled to human vision, althoug
old as the creation. There is something wo
If derfuIIy attractive in the idea of digging o
If Of the mysterious economy of the physic
If world, great benlcent principle of inestim
Y BILE value to the interests of mankind. If the
ii is any thing emitting man to the proud di
le tnction Of beneiactor of his race, it is ce
5; tainy the discovery Of such a principle"
m Cincinnati Gazette,
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rs FLOUR AND ITS EFFICACY IN TIE CURE
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