The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-11
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= Whodoes not at once perceive the adj
vantages which must necessarily accrue,
when a perfect combination Of effort shall
have been effccted9~ There are stated
meetings in different parts of the country,
of men engaged in literary and scientific
pursuits. and of those employed in the diff:
fcrent branches of mechanics, and these
meetings are recognised and appreciated as
productive Of great benefit to all who par
tlclpate in their proceedings. How is it,
that the mass of agriculturists are so neg
ligent or backward in awaiting themselves
OF the advantages Of such intelcOmmunica-
tons? They move in wider and more
important sphere than any other class of
men. They have the whole surface of The
earth as a work shop, with nature as their
instructress, to devclope her secret resour-
ces, and to solve her unknown problems.
County Clubs as auxiliary to this socie-
ty, must be Of incalculable benefit, in elicit
ing information and in spreading it abroad.
They, in connection with yourselves, possess
the means of determining many questions
, which are still undecided, and which in
solve deeply the interests and the ultimate
success OF far:ing enterprises in Minnesota.
1t is the duty, as well as the interest, of ev-
cry farmer to join some one of these clubs,
and to add to its stock of information, all
the practical knowledge he may have ac-
quired, as to the capabilities Of Our soil and
climate, and their peculiar adaptation to
this or that product For it is to the va
ried information thus contributed that ag
riculure is principally indebted for the high
perfection to which it has attained in Eu-
rope, and in the older states of this Union.
| have said it is duty to the community,
that every farmer shonld furnish to the So
cicty, with which he is, or ought to be con-
nected, such knowledge as he may have Oh
tanned in the course of his field operations
None of us have been placed upon Gods
footstool, to labor simply for himself or for
his own family, and the man who locks up
within his own breast, knowledge Of
facts, which, being spread abroad would
add to the sum of human comfort and hap
piness, is guilty of gross ingratitude to the
Father of all.
Nor, if by any newly discovered process,
or mode of culture, larger crops of cereals
or other vegetable crops can be secured, the
fact should be made public through some of
these clubs, and every intelligent worker Of
the soil be thereby beneftted--or if, unhap-
PLY, our fields should become infested with
vermin, or fail to yield the ordinary re-
turns to the labor of the husbandman, it may
well be that remedy has been found for
sach evils by farmer resident in distant
county, which, but for his membership in
one Of these societies, would be of no adj
vantage to any eXcel t in his own immediate
neighborhood So with regard to farming
impements-thc latest improvements, and
those patterns best calculated for this re
gion-can better be ascertained by the I'M
tied experience of forty, fifty, or a hundred
men, than by the trials, however oft repeat
ed, Of single individual. Isolated expert
ments may, and do accomplish much good,
but they are not to be compared in their
results, with the advantages derived in ev-
cry department of science, from combina-
ton of efforts With land such as ours
tcening with fertility, it is not enough that
we plough the ground, sow the seed, and
reap our crops as our fathers did before us,
but We should tax our ingenuity and essay
every plan to render our fields more and
more productive not only on account Of the
accruing benefit TO ourselves, but because
of The duty we owe to the great family of
man.
Even now, the farmers among us are en-
joying to a greater or less extent, advanta-
ges from this plan of association. Nine
tentbs or more of the improved field imple-
ments now in use, have been invented and
patented by practical farmers, who have
contrived them after long and frequent con-
situations with others engaged in the same
occupation, and as intelligent as themselves.
Who among us would not consider a day
well spent, in attending the deliberations OF
Il Territorial or County Agricultural Club,
if by So doing there is even remote chance
Of our gaining knowledge which will result
in our adopting a new and more advanta-
geous system Of culture or enable us by the
exercise of a wise and prudent foresight, to
avert disaster from our crops or our stock?
And yet such may, nay will, be the case,
when these associations are fully organized,
and attended at stated periods by agricul-
turists from all parts Of the land. Efforts
have been frequently made in Congress to
induce the establishment by the Govern
ment of a Bureau devoted exclusively to the
interests of Agriculture, but thus far no
success has attended them, owing principal
ly to the apathy and Indifference of the far
mers themselves,
There are but few members of Congress,
whose constituencies are not composed of a