Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-08-09
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4 !, I i Jl5IJ.
lnll alad snnanily hanied them IOpoh his !
lsndI snl nadse9 mir ana s4uals sdistri-
hutton, I'LL farm a 'hlYs made his
pldaes I I and u ans4 osided his lsst dayIl
wlthsa hoaie INA lI, 81 tlIb,sliistencss 1is'
IRhaye A sssA Y Vlllags q spifing p Ii Z Up ,. snda "a
houfish 'and grow Ike I green
bay trsss,, /, while ths i6rst ir0iitsof tie ne- t
tiyesoil wss being taken from the, suirs-i suirs
rounding country And 4 have ] seen
that same village failing for want of|
busiasss, and I'd houses stofss ! md shops
tehantless md going " decay after ffsw
4 fsxlE years of cropping Of that sooSSil 1
sls WA the fall haafvs III sb,een III
l(ipil i ilsen s NJ ~ thirty yesrs. YOU VINO
shall live fors tl,st length of time WIN
witness the same result III this beautiful
country; unless the tfllers IF the land
san be urged u . less improyident syss-E
TN of hpsbandry than IS customary
With those Who have the advantage of
,that 6riginal power ID operfect vegetation
which nGture has given to nncultiyated
soil. iaaa
There IS no past for us--l speak Of
the present and future. And think Of It
al you will, the farmer who neglects to
appropriate the vast amount of yegeta-
BIN matter WHICH is annually produced
from The richness Of his land, to its ras-
|tosstion and support. win find in the end
IN \ has ceased to repay him for his
lal , and that he will again b obliged
ItS xchangs his quarters and re-endnre
thu nkiyations aad labors of = new coun-
| ltrJkand new home. N es
\ often said here that the soil can
MOI bs exhausted, and that old French
sel lsrs and indisn Missionaries have
cu fated the same spot, on the same
saI plain, for so successive years,
Wiif 4 any deterioration Of the large
or; yield and without manure
Th stement, gentlemen. is not true
unIe 4 Frenchmen and these Mis-.
siea hsd ihe power of performing
mif y1f ii has been %, II has beer
I lion eaa yis siaa pf ths, ,lsx!
u 81 may have bean done il
Ieselsfn localisiss upon river bottoms, d
psc .ef alluvial deposits, and espe
i ci here these bottoms are annual,
Il iying rich additions from the over
flsriing of the. waters. But whoeve
rlb shis prosperity apopthe expectation
IEit such viii BE the result Of cultiya
a ~ npon the sandy lprairies of Mime
II @ lill learn, and perhaps when il j
I loo late to retrieve his fortunes, ths
they who build their hopes upon san
wilfbs II the pfedicanent of those VII
build their houses upon i.
our frst crops win be abundant
4 I'D. " ille farmer ayails himself III
ahr,1 1sdse 81 these crops to sustain III
!, fsgtilizing principle Of his soil, he ma
!, ,lgo 6 tospering 70 the end. One !
I ths ~ important duties of your sc
Z cisty 10 wake up public attention
this Important subject Vt this early pe
riod n your history. and while ever
J thing may be done It small aexpenss
4 The man pf commerce., who sends ii
3 ships nppn : long voyage atsea, is care
I fuI - stare them with The supplies whic
the term Of time requires. You hay
upon long voyage and y
!. .lthough you need not. like him, make Il
I sniirs Advances " ths outset, there
& I'M saab necessity that you should con
" nsbcl make them: and continue the
II colasl JIM MI You olui,s would Y nv ne found;
n ton II saccrss @m % sMnd M safe return.
i ~ would not pardon ne for takir
q up yours le il elabotating hissubjec
I and Ileave N asking. however. 4
dicall your attention 70 another % near
] connected VIM \ " " ~ psrt of 4
i same. And thin Il 70 % Ne erection
Nj convenient and comfortable sheher +
IA your stock. ~ indeed true, thats
u this iJSsiitt you haye not'had ths aiss'
sl lof doih HI sce1eny ~ould haye d
j ltaled oflyou desired Buk IFspsak "
n bscss I bavs eBssfysd 4! !lansntabl
u ina not unffequ emily Ill urnSc cSesal