New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-21

can be no fner crops They are grown from very
,u all quantities OF wen selected seeds but sbese
small quantities, under Mr.. Mechis system, sesm
to be more productive than large quantities any
where else
How, then. have these results been produced
The answer is simple. BY deep drainage and
liquid msnures, regardless Of expense Mr.. hechi
knowledge Of chemistry taught him that the worst
soil might become better by allowing their pores
10 be fermented by the sweet rains Of heaven.
Every cod in the hard clay at Tptree was choked
by staenant water He drew il of BY deep drain
age Then the plough let in life and light upon
heaps of earth which had never felt the influence
OF either. Still, though the lanJ was broken up
though from hard, cold clod si clay it had
been converted into a dry mGj-stiu, 1t was
poor and needy. Mr.. Mechi's next application
to it was accordingly. intended TO give i strength
and heat By means Of pipes carried all over the
estate. lquid msnure was laid on freely wherever
il seemed TO be required and the ground soon
showed how much il was strengthened and how
much il was disposed 10 give grateful and hearty
acknowledgment OF the favor conferred upon 1t.
In by-gone times il used 10 be great joke
with the farmers TO ask Mr. Mech where was his
balance sheet" You may grow crop upon one
of your own razors, was the argument, but what
will it cost you For many years, while the Price
of wheat was low, Mr. Mechi was compelle1 20
acknowledge that be had invested more in the soil
than the soil returned him But things have now
changed and Mr.. Mech retOrts the joke upon the
farmers at is not says he the man who
farms with the least expense who makes the
most money When prices were low and labor
was low, invested large sums of money in the
land now that prices are high. invest no longer
but ] reSp the benefit Of my Investment a. low
prices Ny fields produce more than yours my
returns are, consequently, greater than yours.
tkar IN
at periods when improvements can be made az low
rates OF wages" such are the arguments Of Mr.
/ Meehi. They are, 10 great extent, OF world
wide application, and doubt not you have many
on your side the Atlantic who will know how 10
apply them prohtably.
! Mnch more might | write yen apropos 10 Tip
tree Farm were not afraid of encrOaching beyond
measure on your space, and of tiring your readers
/ / Iiiaht tell you OF learned dissertation on the
"Wheat Midge.' an insect which has been com
I hitting some depredatons among our crops here
| this summer, and which farmers are warned TO
destroy by burning all their this years chat. /
ought perhaps also, 10 say word or TWO as 70
| several ingenious new machines that Were eXhib-
ited, one of which was from your own side of the
water. But as | am now limited for space, pre-
fer abandoning many topics which are matter OF
the past and present in order 70 say one word as %
tie great Farmers Future.
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this: the Farmers Future Will BE- found in the
0ppiication Of steam 10 The cHtiratiOH ot The SOIL
That is the Farmers Future, and great one il
will prove. We are rapidly coming 10 the cOncu-
sion here that the good old pOw is humbug We
begin TO think that spade-husbandry applied by
steam il the right thing indeed, there are some
among US Of opinion that machine may be in
vented which should, in effect, plow, SOW, harrow
and roll altOgether-a machine, in fact. which
should make a seed-bed and SOW the seed all at
one operation. / own | see no difficulty about it
myself There has already been one steam engine
exhibited in this country which viii walk any
where, and DO anything il is required TO do. II
has got feet about the size Of yours Sir and il puts
them down upon the ground one after the other,
very much in the fashion of a dandy going up your
Broadway, only the feet of the machine are fixed
on wheels, and revolve regularly, instead of NOV
ing up and down awkwardly, like his. This ina
chine will 20 through plowed field very comfort
able, and rather quicker than good hunter will
get over it and il will drag dozen plOws after
il. DO not see, for my part, why il should not be
made t0 carry, as part and parcel OF itself,
mechanism that will readily convert the untitled
ground into a seed bed Well. then as TO drainage.
| saw d machine the other day that would dig,
DRAIN and LAY down sixteen and half feet Of pip.
ing per minute, the pipes being rather more regu-
laTy and satisfactorily laid than any skilled work
men can lay them. The machine lab0red under
the disadvantage of being cumbrous, and of being
made to be worked by stationary engine. But
having got so far il seems to be only one step fur
ther 10 give US steam application TO the soil so as
to enable twenty times the quantity OF land 10 be
put under cultivation by the same amount of labor,
and at no greater cost than now. Then We may hope
for produce of cheap corn, the great desderatum
in this land OF sweat and toll, where IL depends
upon shilling or two, more or less, in the price
Of food, not only whether a man can reap the ad-
vantage of his labor, but absolutely, too often,
whether he can continue 10 exist
Yes, TO the application of improved machinery
to the earth We must look for accession Of home
comforts, of worldwide prosperity, Of universal
happiness To Thee o, bountiful God Of Nature
We offer our first thanks that Thou hast given us
the great seed bed whereon We live and move, and
whence We have our being. To Industry De given
our next best tribute, and then let US thank Art
and Science that teach us how " make the best
uses of the means so bountiiuly placed at our dis
pOsal And As hOmewsrd bound in the dewy even
Ing. we race across the cloyer-held, the sun set
ting glorousy in the horizon on the one hand, and
the gentle moon stealing softly up TO the zenith on
the other, let not forget the tribute due OF Will
ing thanks 20 the hearty and enterprslng host who
exerted himself so successfully for our rational
entertainment, and who tempted u, so vastly TO
our natural and moral benefit from the 'Jamsm,
e. It opes, sirepiipmgue home" to make this" Pill
arilnsce 10 Mechr ". r. II.