The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-08-02
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Lettera from the Wost.=Eo. @.

Letters from the west.-No @.
Farming in The ,cest--nccessity for change
--morc ieoOi shouid be grOr,L-high cost Of
mdnntcs-t;co frgitircs-thcir dpprchcn-
sions and Jyight-5fnoi safeiy-instanee Of
Jematc adreatu,c and triumphant success.
NEWARK, Ohio, July, 1854.
Tho modo of farming, that very gen.
orally obtains at tho wost,is oxhausting to
the soil, and exhibits want Of forecast,
which utters tho language of warming to
those who shall inherit these lands cen.
iury hence. To take off all the grateful
soil will yield, from ygar Id year, aud
restore little or nothing back, is the too
prevalent mode Of farming in all the new
States of tho west. A farmer in Mich
igau told us, that thirteen years since
lis farm was rcw and produced from 25
to 80 bushels to the aorc now, he add.
cd, [ get from l2 to Is only. Continued
cropping must extract from the soil the
clements that enter largely in the for.
nation Of those crops. Hence, lands
should be laid down to grass, ere they
become tired, and after while they are
ready TO resume their work, Of growing
cereals again.
In tho United States, the number Of
sheep have not increased tor the last
seven years There is now dcfcien cy
Of 100000 lbs of wool, to moe, our
annual consumption Our population
increases ut the rate of 100000 yearly.
and this increase requires 1900 900 lbs
of wool to clothc them, which would call
for addition of 100000 sheep, to the
hrcnty-one and half millions now
comprising our national aock-simply
to keep pace with our present condition
or in other words to hold our own
We are Of the opinion tha, the farm
crs ofthc west ought to grow more wool
aud plough less, thereby they would i'm
provo, rather than impair their farms
1t is notable fact, that England pays
annually for manurcs the round sum of
$500. 100000, being more than tho val.
uc Of the whole Of its commerce Now
admitting, that the grateful soil yields
back with interest, all that is thus Law.
ished upon it, and admitting that OIL tho
Chincha Islands on the coast of Peru,
there arc thousands Of neres Of guanv,
piled so feet in thickness, and that OH
these three Islands there so millions
of tons, and although the export is largo,
still the quantity is increasing Never.
thclcss, is it not in accordance with tho
first principles of political economy and
national policy, to husband the virgin
richness Of our new lands. rather than
create the necessity, of importing ma
nurcs extensively from foreign shores, at
great cost, to restore what our improvi
dcnce has squaudersd
Recently, our attention was called to
a scene, highly calculated to awaken our
deepest sympathios. Two colored fusi-
tivos escaping from their southern pris-
on house, had been put into the baggage
car, by the conductor, (who was hu.
name fcllow,) aud quite securely were
making good speed for the Queens do.
At stopping place for wood
and water, three or four fellows pass.
ing the baggage car discovered the
darkies, and believing them to be run.
aways, at opco resolved to have some
sport with them, as they termed it. To
effect this. running conversation was
held near tho car, sufficiently loud to
be heard by the inmates, about negroes
and slavery. rewards and runaways.--
Soon they mounted into tho car, and
he poor fellows were trembling with
ear, and shook like branches in an au.
umn wind. Their countcnanccs bespoke
he terrible agitation Of the soul within,
md fell dispair marked every lineamcnt
If their sable faces. They did their
'est to cohccal their fright hut the
orrible thoughts of recapturc, whipping,
nd severe toll, unrequitcd down to
ifes latest hour, caused their stalwart
ramcs to shake with commotion,ip spite
f their efforts to the contrary. One of
he men stepping up to them, and putting
is hand on the shoulders Of one of them,
emanded to know ii they were not
rom -, in kentucky "No
lassa, no Massa, mo nebbcr in old
ientuck, me nebber SEQ it in me life"
Don't liz to me, you rascal" said tho. .
nterrogator, Il understand where you
re from, right well, tell me the truth
wn up and you shall fare much better
t my hands. I'd kill lying niger
s soou as | would rattle-snake. Come,
ell us if you have not run away from
-, in Kentucky. Spcah the truth,
nd you shall receive better treatment
you shall not he put in irons The
read of handouts and clogs, Induced
hem to own up, and confessed that they
ad escaped from slavery, some three
ceks before, aud were on their way to
anaja, and being told that the conduo.
II of that train was friend TO the slaye.