Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-21

may be proper application Of The skill and eS'
pttieuce alteady acquitted. 1t is science that d.
reoI,, Il is att tha. executes, and they should ever
accompany each otheh In tue system Of nature,
The Creator has united them; they should neyet
Be nut asuuiet. How ONen ore esIaIss lost and
fortunes squanaeSd i0t went Of ability In llePf0'
btelot properly 10 direct The PRACTICAL SkIlloi 'hO's
who cultivate his feltsl
Men appear TO appreciate, IN oIhei dePsn'
menls, The advantage Of this union OF AT anu
science. The embYo.PIgsician has his medical
school; the advocate, his law.school. Even The
metchsnt has his mercantile college. is IL mol eS'
lraotdnaty tha, in The department Of agriculture
,he most important aYocoIion'of human lie, we
hive NOT in the Whole United States, single
school where the fatmet can be properly PfePsfeu
fot his business-a business loo, which requires,
lot lis ptOPst management, wIdet tango Of
knowledge than any ollIef!
Tia, great elliott should be made to elevate the
profession Of usticuItute and place uPoda prop
Z. basis Il becoming evident 10 every one The
agricultural department Of tue Patent ofHce Is
eifcienlIy AMI earnestly engaged in the introduce
lion Of new and valuable varieties OF plants as
well as 10 important investigations concerning the
various species Of insects destructive to ciops'
from which researches we may anticipate The hap
piest results, II Tile agricultural community can
only be awakened 10 active co opetallpn' ! was
qualified, too, 10 see In the Southern PlaH'et lot
The present month, oil appeal to astlcu'luEl's
from Lieut.. MsuEy, Whose name alone commands
for every thing proceeding from his pen, tie most
respectiul and earnest attention, Devoted 10 tile
true Interests Of The county and Of mankind, aud
possessed OIL That tate sagaciiy which knows how
10 accomplish tue greatest ends ny the simplest
means, lie has already by his most valuable dis
coy,teS ia relation 10 Tue winds and cutEsntS Of
tie ocean, conferred Tie greatest benefits upon
The world and reflected the highest honor upon
his county. With lie same extraordinary talent
lot Truthful induction, and the saIne uncommon
aptitude in the proper connection Of ELECTS with
causes, which led Praakn 10 identify the light
ming with electricity, OF leSettiet 10 asset fton
The ptnurbutions Of Utunus, the existence Of
Neptune, Lieut., Muuty, from The facts tecOEderl
in few old loe.LOOks in Tho Navy DePatImen!
was led 10 investigate the influence u certain
winds aud ocean cuIrents upon navigation, aud
by eniSling il The observation VI necessary facts
out cUnmefcal narIne, Succeeded al length III
deiucing truths Of so much practical value, lhoI
ocean voyages have lIren Gltesdy sIIOftemed IFOm
len 10 twenty Iet cent, and system Of nautical
observation has been established IN which The
nations Of Europe are now Co.operalIns, That Will
III It's ultimate results, confer blessings upon The
maritime community which cannot be estimated by
any pecuniaty Standatl.
Lieut.. Mauty proposes 10 sci on foOt similar
couHs Of observation upon The land, in sprenl
reference 10 ths meteorological inlluenctS Which
elect vegetation, aud liz promises 10 furnish tue
details Of suitable plan, il ugricuIlutists ~llI
but co operate In carrying The design into effect
trust this appeal will Ur needed, for certainty
we may confidently expect ~ iind important
truths elected, when The proposed multiplied aud
extended observations ore TcfrtIt,i 10 Washington,
as central punt, mud placed In such skillMl
hands. | hope that aEtCullutisls will OF once
earnestly respond 10 This appeal, aud Tint as The
name and reputation VI Lieut.. Slaury ate now
borne upon each ocean btct2e aud waited by each
ocean CutFent, they may lie hereafter likewise as
VOcaled with Tie termination Of each seed Ond
growth and ftNilose Of each plant cultivated lOt
mans use: an hUnOI fur exceeding that which would
lie cOnfetted oil any Of legal lineage, II, according
10 the fancy Of fiIsil's ShephetlI iONSTs we've "
gov, inscribed with the names Of kings.
! ain confident, indeed, that there is growing
interest felt By farmers in the Improvements Sns.
gested by. science, aud that we shall, eEe long,
witness a complete revolution in ordinary modes
Of culture. Most nssuredly, these subjects lRefI
gteal attention, far more than is usually UtsOw ed
but not mote than las been awarded 10y the great
ell and nobIesl Of mankind. have always re'
patd il AS one Of the Hottest ttalIS III tue claaC
lei OF outiIluSIIiouS Washington, that he took so
deep, and 81 practical all nteteSls III tie pursuits
Of agriculture. Nevet, even during the trying
scenes Of tie revolutionary contest, twas the farm.
Ing business OF Mount Vernon absent from his
thoughts. lie constantly forwarded 10 lis mana.
ger the most minute objections, aCd when he re.
turned home after the war, he devoted his WhOle
attention and energies 10 the improvement Of The
ordinary modes Of farming, ale quickly remark.
ed" says Downing, "that The system Of The TO-.
Lacco.p Onters was fAst.exhuusIins Tie lands, and
rendering them Of little OF no value. lie entelrd
into correspondence with The most distinguished
scientific agriculturisIs Of Greet Bti;nin, studied
the ablest reatises then exinnt abroad upon that
subject, and Immediately carried into Practice the
most valuable principles, Which he could dtnw
from the soundest theory and practice then known.
At a time when planters wtre beginning 30 think
Of abandoning then woIn out lands, Washington
began new AMI most excellent system Of rotation
uf crops, based on a CAREFUL examination OF the
qualities Of The soils OIL his cstae, Nnl by SuLSIi.
tninr grain, glass and root crops. tot obOcCo, lie
soon lest lied The soil 10 good condition, ond Ounl
his income materially Increasing, while lls neigh.
bors, who pursued The Old Saysle,n, wetG daily
glowing pooreh
"NOtIiRg was mote remarkable, among the Iii.
ais Of this great mans charaClet, and nothing con
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