The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-06-17

Let him accept the testimony of all emil ght en-
ed farmers as well as that of the few who
happen to be his neshbors?
A. But ii Experience be teacher, Science
is equally important and valuable. The chem
ist, who knows what are the chemical con-
stitnehts of certain plants and soils, may
thence be able to teach a man who has farm
ed all his life how to increase the fertility of
! bis soil to the greatest extent at the least cx-
pense. Yes, Sir; there is many II man .'who
studies Agriculture as he sits by his plrlor
Window" who could teach you how to grow
corn or rear cattle more prolitably, simply
through his knowledge of natural laws Of
which you arc ignorant. For the growth Of
| plants is ever in perfect obedience to fixed
| physical laws, and he who understands what
those laws are has very great advantage in
farming over any one who knCws them not or
| understands them hut partially. Many as good
farmer AS you are has plastcred his land at
/ cost Of $40 per acre when 50 worth Of lime
would have done il more good; and many a
farmer Las applied both Plaster and Lime
where neither were needed and neither could
be applied without positive injury. If';J.
p can take up shovcl-iull Of soil from
feld he never saw till yestcld y. and deter
mi; c by analysis WHITTIER ten dollars ap, TO
p!i tied TO increase its ftrtilit! may most adj
v'ntagcousy be expended i'll buying Lime,
Plaster, Guano, Phosphate, Ashes, or what
syer else, thcfrhe has pretty good start
toward enlightened and Sic ;cssiul f.rnirg;
but If he don't k,ow this, he has IL good deal
10 learn which men WHO sit by parlor win
lows can teach him.
:. 81. P.' does not dive deep enough into
the mud ofpopuar stupidity to come up i'll
thy as he would like. He says tie members
Of lis club generally take some \ ri ul;url
paper. 'r some newspaper with well con.
Quoted Agricultural column But lie ghbo:!
tbs is '.book;sh farming.' Just as much as
studying Won Thaer, Leibis, Johnston or
Stephens would be; in fact, the newspaper is
more likely to mislcad, through ignorance or
carelcssness, than the elaborate and method
ical treatise. But if You expect to inbib,
Agriculture from books, or essays, or the talk
at farmers Clubs, as Young birds take their
iODu, SOu Will Vi COliSc lHtkc IL SID HISS Ol
it. You must use your common sense in re-
cciving and digesting What you hear, whether
from books or newspapers, the forum or the
pulpit. And the more common sense you
chance to have, the more good an the less
harm will you receive from extensive real
ing and hearing, on Agriculture or any other
topic. And IT, you undertake to sheer at what
is said Of farming in books or Farmers Clubs,
you will he cut under by the donkcys all
about YOU, who lot only do ills but rc.-a 4
your Agricultural newspaper COR column in
political onr) with as much contempt as you
exercise fer ''bool>ish farming" II. r. is
consistent standing ground in regard to the
General subject for just two classes, viz:
l. Those willing to learn and ready to hear
what may be suggested by intelligent men,
whether in farmers clubs or elsewhere, with
5ut feeling obliged to swallow all obey hear.
and =. Those who, beyond the limits of
neishborhood tradition and narrow pcrso-
nal experience, not only know nothing but
glory init. Choose your place with one class
or the other.--[ Ed.