The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1854-10-18

IutfNNpNuufHt ~ H4f CAtrf'NHA
colcmparasy, the Gcrmantown Telsy
gral&. SAYS:
The Young wadswnrth sindicasctI
the dignity af agriculture, when he as
serted that there suopursuif inwhich
81 many Of the laws Of nature Dsust be +
and understood. as in the !
of the earih.- Whoan,org
the merely practical men Of our coun-
try can explain. IN =. manner satisiac-
tory to themselves even, BY what weu-
deriul process the dead vegetable be-.
comes a living plant? How the plas-,
ter sown upon the surfaced the glover
field in the spring, enters into and is
assimiIated by the living tissues IL the
produrtf How The iluisls, distracted
irum the soil and from nanurcs, and
taken into circulation of vegetables, !
perform the various parts of perfect,
ing, fun its common tide, the various
members or parts of thetree--torining.
in one instance, batk aud solid wood 3
in another foliage, and in another How
crs and luscious fruitf l,y what pre-
cious alchemy is the wheat plant rna-
bled to appropriate to itself from q soil
not previously prepared for Il with re-
ference to such an astonishing result,
and from few handfuls of animal ex-'
crement, the principles Of lime, mag
nesia, sulphurlc and phosphoric acids.
and indeed all the chemical elements
exhibited in its composition. in It's de-
veloped and perfected state! What
can be more unlike than the hot, acrid
onion. aud rich. ripe aud delicious me-
Ion ] Aud yet. If We plant the germs
oI each in a box, and Gil the said box
with earth, taken from the garden, OF
the roadside. each will fnd in that
earth, by the aid Of that mysterious
power denominated BY philosophers
vegetable instinct" It's appropriate
almeut-aad in the fulness OF time,
will develop a perfect system Of parts
Wheat placed upon pane OF glass.
perfectly isolated Irom all terrene ele-
ments and particles. IL covered with
straw, even oat or rye straw, aud irri-
gated with pure or distilled water in
which no allmentary matter can exist.
will gcrniinate, push forth to maturity,
aud reproduce It's kind.
How these results are accomplished,
il is the province Of science to explain.
And yet, we are tol.l--yery often told
that with such things we have no.
thing whatever to do. That God in
his providence. or nature in her bene-
ficence, has ordained. and that, whether
We are acquainted with the processes
by which such astonishing results are
brought about, or ppt. they will occur,
and equally without, as with our aid.
True. But did wheat, and rye, and
barley, spring from the earth sponta-
neousiy, and IN their present state Of
eAcellencef Or are they Fictitious
productions exalted to their present
state by the art Of culture? Can man
has manly his skill aud science
done nothing to assist aud improve ma
ture in this department of his art !:
and may he not reasonably trust that
what, in the long file of centuries, he
has slowly and with SO much labor
achieved, is but an earnest Of what he
may accomplish il he exerts his facul-
ties aud studies to mprovee Is sci.
ence Of no avail in mechanics, or ra-
ther, what is mechanics without SCI
ence? What is farming without its
DRneaN PEAs.--As we have had some
experience with them, We take the IL
berty of communicating it with the
Hope of saving trouble to others. Ga.
therins the pods isa very tedious ope-
ration, and we can suggest nothing to-
wards facilitating it; but after this, an
apparent difficulty. is to get the little
peas out Of the pods. Here our cxpc-
rience comes in Spread them on a
sheet in the sun, and in the course Of a
day, OF of two days at the extreme
| you will find the pods opened, and the
4 peas at the battom Of the pile. you
will have nothing to do but to rake of
| the hulls gently. and the peas will re
| main. almast perfectly clean.
! Wehad. in sundry little patches and
scattered stalks, about half an acre
The half of this quantity is still stand
ing, aud maturing very pretty crop
j The other half has been converted int,
two large stacks offoraye, Of the value
Of which we cannot testify. From thu
whole, We have gathered and thrashe,
Tout six bushels Of clean peas. As thu
is our Erst contribution to agriculture