The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-08-09
SEEDING FARMER RS

Our readers have seen and heard of seed
ling apples, peaches, strawberries, pears DC,
but probably they have never before applied
to men, and vet perhaps there is no improprie-
ty in usingit; indeed there may be a great deal
of significance in It's use. The phrase IS not
original with Us, we caught il as It tel tron'
the lips Of an acquaintance who was "aiAtn8
with us among the heavily faoeh trees u "
neach orchard and we asked HIM what he
meant on, said he, L call all those farmers
who have no desire to improve upon the old
methods OF farming; who are con'ent to re-
main in state OF unprogressIveness whiie All
around is astir with progress and improvement;
who are content to DO just as they saw their
father did in their childhood,-cultivatin8 as
he cultivated, and in all things following out
and acting upon the otd fogy notions Of by
gone economy call such Seeding farmers
and the difference between such men ana me
active, go head, progressive farmer y as par
pable As betwe cen the miserable, shrveled up
worthless fruit on yon migrated peach Tree
and the delicious, mellow, tempting specimen,
Of this 'Crawford's Late OF which you are
now eating
But, nv dear SIR Seeding fruits are not al
ways bad Indeed, | find IN looking over the
catalogues Of the nurs,rymen. many KINDS
set down as seedlings which we must suppose
are S"r ya5lna bt , rgqaitts or they would
.rrue very true said our friend, .out We
lars. In the use of illustrations we must be
understood that our parallels hold good in the
main features of the case, and not in a few
rare things which are but exceptions to the
great whole. That men have, by a careful
and Judlcious experimenting with seeding
fruits, obtained some fine varieties is true
in fact all our fine fruit traced back will be
found TO have been Seeding at first But as
a class, seeding fruits are worthless, and let
me tell you that Seeding farmers are not
much better
But we have known many unlearned men
who were the best kind of farmers
Exactly; that is if you call all men who
have not learned from books, unlearned; but
l make different classification. man NAV
be great reader Of books and yet be what /
call an unlearned farmer-a 'seeding;' and
on the other hand, have known men who
never read a book in their lives, who are vet
quite well posted in the principles of good
iaF%hg tsfS and 6eer yet by
The man who really wishes to improve, will
strive to improve, and he will improve, aud
whenever he puts forth an effort to improve.
he will improve, and from that moment will
cease to be Seeding While the man who
only reads to cavil. or does not profit by what
he reads nor practice it, though his head may
be full Of theories as the Crimea is of soldiers,
is yet Seeding
Would you then discard books altogether
why, how ineffably stupid you are, and
an editor at that! Pardon my bluntness, but
really your question surprised me. l would
have men gain knowledge from every source
The book-the periodicals. important, but
not allimportant, nor only important; men
must read the great book of Nature, as it is
unfolded in the blade of corn, and in the lofty
oak; in all the forms of animate and inanimate
life; and he must read this great volume, in
order that he may draw lessons of practical
improvement which receiving. he must act
upon his own case. Nature never errs-
books do occasionally, nay often; therefore it is
that while he who despises and ,ejects the inn
portant aid which is to be derived from books
casts away from him one of the most impor-
tant aids to the study of the great book of
nature, the man who relies wholly on these
Understanding them his only instructor
is not any better off. if as well. and will likely
continue to be all his life seeding
Have we any seedlings among our read
ers.- Valley Farmer.