Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-02-03


drouth where the soil is veil dlslntc-
grated because a cold surface is there
presented. on which the atmosphere
necessarily deposits water--as you
will see water collect, under the hot
test sun. on the outside of cold
pitcher. This water in the soil dis
solves the inorganic matter aud thus
fructifes the plant.
We may anayze a plant, but let
MS try to reconstruct IT, of the same
materials, and we will find there is
material requisite, which has neither
weight nor measure, which we call
the principle Of life, aud which we
cannot control. Iiisan error to sup
pose that the sap runs down tree
II always runs up. The moisture is
carried of from tree by the blasts
over il but the carbon, &c, which
il holds. remains. Twelve gallons
per minult of air are rendered by each
PERSONS breathing incapable Of sus-
] tdiiilhH hits Ndib'il btiiS tAlldltus
which makes IT carbonic acid gas
but the gas passes away through
pcnings small enough to contain com
mon air. II will pass through cast
iron, granite, &c. Sap never falls,
except a small portion between the
wood aud the bark on this principle
a farmer puts a stake upside down
/ according TO gro~th) to prevent
rntting. Place one end of rattan
IN water, move the other end 20 and
fro. and the water flies off by cenlrf-
ugal force. The wind produces the
same result IA a tree. fruits may
be improve dby removal. The peach
was originally poisonous, until re-
movals have made it a fine fruit
The pollen from a red ear Of corn
will blow over all The field aud h,-
bridge all the rest have examined
pollen aud found it to consist of
small balloons filed with hydrogen.
SO formed that they travel through
The air I'll they meet one Of their kind.
A thousand apple pits of the same
Tree will all give different fruits; to
have the same fruit graft must
be used. After giving a good deal
OF Information such as The above. the
lecturer concluded with an cncomium
on agriculture aud lis importance TO
the nation. He continued lhus We
III large cities thlnk we are welding
the desunles of the nation, but we
are wrong; we are no more than bro
kcrs 60 the agrculturlsls three-quar-
lers OF the counlry's capital is en-
barked IN Agriculture. All the ac
uvlty IN our large cities is only for
the purpose Of supplying our fa.mers
with the commodity they require
from abroad. One half Ola per cent.
added TO The agricultural products Of
our country, would be better mine
OF wealth than California. The stu
pld son is generally kept Oh the farm,
and the bright ones sent 10 college
but they come back, IN tim. TO feed
on the stupid one. The map oi The
Unlled States is not Oh the Battery.
We see the successful advenlurers in
our City, but not HE large mulorly
who fail. The cora Of The United
States will this year he 700 millions
of bushels this, al so cen bushe.
is worth $50 millions Of dollars and
the corn crop will not compare with
the hay. The cotton crop will not
compare with the Dat crop; the dead
hogs packed into barrels are worth
more than all the cotton crop but
the quantity Of The hlcr IS regis
tered ~ the Custom House and thus
we think much oft The horse shoe
nails used 10y the farmers of our conn
try are worth more than any Bank IN
New ork and the discovcrcr Of
pillow that would pillow one inch deep
er would do more good than all the
discoveries IN political economy since
the days of Bacon.