The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1855-11-07

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Agriculture and good hsur Sifery shoul'
3 hand in hand t0gethcr. 70 weald avail
bat little f0i the fai nsr to pridaes exesllen'
crops Of grain AID fruit. An'l 70 keep thing
tidy and in order On the isrn. While ever,
thing goes wrOng in aks hoaseAif out Of
rhe finest -four The eountr- can produce. hi
unskiIlfal wife boiches the bssA1--h hi
iins fruits, instead Of being carefully pre-
served to decorate his table in winter. ar,
wasted or VpOiisd. BY his giddy, WORTHLESS
aiEls. Tbis indeed would be but poor en-
n0ursgemsnt But il his wife and dAugh
'ers keep pace with him. sad all goes well,
oolh within. and Without the house. ths
iaRily win enjoy, themsslvriss they should
de- There may be soue young ladies, II
hope there are pot as well as young gen
tlensn even in the 10 h century, who deem
it virtue to Esow-uotLing, And a marx Of
mest exalted te6nemspt to De-notl ing. But
hon. none Of that class are here. It is mo
p.aes for Lhem. M s
Batvhis great cause may be advanced IL
other ways. Schools should be established
inawhish both the theory and practice OF ag
riealtHrs could be taught. Such schools
have been established in other countries,
they can and should be established here
A Ettle book farming. as j, is called is GER
tainIy not to be drspised. know many de-
sie TO purzue the GOOD OLD WAY, and most
aborninsbly dstsst ''book farming. But
let US Judge Of the two systems by their
fruits. II by the good old way you can
raise | S bushels Of wheat 10 the acre, and
your neighbor. by book farming. can raise
Co. Ii by the first method you can produce
sarbushe!s Of corn to the acre, aud by the
latte, 100, we should think ihat book farm
;nr was not such despisable thing after
an. That such is the case. there can be no
aeubt. Hundreds of the farms in this state,
that are now producing from TO ia bush :
els of wheat to the acre, by ludicl6 Us cul~
ture. could be made to produce 40, If not
more. The average wheat crop in 0 10
in the year 1853. was ls bushels per acre.
In~Harfison county 8. The average corn
crop IN the state 40. In Harrison county
So. Does any one doubt, that by proper
ealsure, these figures could be doubleds--
/. has already been done. A gentleman in
Belmont county raised over 50 bushels cI
wheat to the acre. Al gentleman in Huron
county raised over 100 bushels ofcorr
to the acre. Now this was done by
sccrtain method. Suppose that method to
he published in book; had you not better
,eayn ii from book than not at all?
If present crops Of Harrison county
could be doubled the effect would be to adj
over 500, 600 to the wealth OF the county
every year. But they can he more thar
doubled. Why thousands Of years ago
history informs us chat on the plains o
Egypt they raised from 100 to 600 bushels
to the acre; and shall we boast Of the pro
gYess and advancement Of this enlightened
age when we only raise frem to 2o?-
Progress indeed. The progress of tn,
cRAw6sh. do not say that we will eve
reach such results as those Of Egypt, His
sory may exaggeratc the matter little.
einnot vouch for its truth. But scientii,
agriculture, even IN this countryhas produ
ced and is still producing many astonshin.
resuhs. Let MS have SCHOOLS then where
this science car be properly taught. Coult
rneh schools b. sustained? Why al other
branches of industry have their schools and
sastain them; and is it to be supposed tha:
the agricultural portion Of the community
the rnos; numerous aud wealthy of ali, viii
fall behind in encouraging Institutions o
aseful learning? Most certeialy not.
Eeery farmer should have some kuowl
edge of agricultural chemistry. and under
stand something of the anaiiz3tion Of the
coil. The soil is composed Of certain con.
ssituent parts or elements. Different soil
are composed of different elements, or o
The same elements IN different proportions
Plants extract from Che soil certain Of these
elements. which are necessary for their pro
daction. Agricultural chemistry teaches III
what elenen sare necessary for the produc
ton Of particular plants, and enables us ia
ASCERTAIN whether the soil contains those ell
sSents in the proportions required or not
II. for instance, it contains the elements, in
the proper proportion for the production Of
wheat. il il said 10 be rich for that: Ii Il
does nes, BY analization you can know ex-
actiy what it needs. Parts Of your soil,
owing u It's composition. may be peculiarly
adapted tossome particular vegetable; agri.
euItuyal chemistry teactss you what i. Is
thus adapted to. and you are saved the loss
and .rouble cf sowing il hap.hazzard, With
something 70 which II not adapted at .all.--
Thisis certainly MISTER Of Importance and
Hnuch superior 10 chance work. Every
srop extracts from the soil some Of its rich
nessl- thatis some ofthose elements neces-
sary for the production of that crop. Nov
these elements muss be returned in some
shape OF other, or the soil vail become a
barren wastes Everything should therefore