Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-02-16
In Board of Agriculture.
STATE OF MAwE.

ucullufe IN lnh Staie NJ lhs Une HoW u
this wan, to DO me,i"-wilh snndry resolu
ton, pariaking Of the nature Of Instructions
laying had he subject under consideration
aud given !, al the thought our limo and cir
cum,,npces would admi:, beg leave TO repor
as follows;
10 taking into consideration the condition
Of the agricultural Interest,". Of the State. on,
Of the Gre, thing, iha, a,lracis our attention
is the paucily Of fertilizers. This fac, force.
itself on our attention, equally, whether ",
ramhls over the cultivated field, Of the State
OF intouagaie the operator. themselves. AL
the farmers IN every ncighborhooi and IL
every part Of the Slaie,-wha, do you mos
need to make your operations in the hiphes
/. degree successful and the uniform and an
varying reply wall bc,-morc manure,
greater quantity Of fertilizers, Thu, It Il
the cry IT the iillcrs Of the soil and the sol
ITSELF going up from one end Of the State ID
the othcr--Fohisers, FsrhiserS. Fohi:r,
give Us nor, frhii;i7c matter
I Equally united is the conviction and al.
mission, iha, the mere droppiors Of the do.
nestle animals Which can he sustained BY
any farm, are totally inadequate to nee, the
demand Tor frnlizinr matter BY ihh, farm.
AUD every intelligent farmer knows, Iha'
wrr, an entire ,,,p pu, Ia the present enor.
mou, waste Of stable manure. from bleaching,
washing. and the ncglos, " mean, to save the
urine. hi, source would be totally inadequate
to rr,'orc our exhausted fields to primitive
fertility. mucn less 10 the highest state Of
prodg-,i,cnsss. even did such marurrs eo7-
Tain. Il, the requisite proportions, M the To-.
.r,l.r,,, ,r,rirrI. Every intelligent 5ar.
,ulmral,s, knows. ,hl, To- the rrr,cu, conli.
ton cr things. rrllssn mus, 30 had from
SON, source aside from the stables. or Il is
impossible tn bring our farm. TO the highest
state of fertility. even Il uhen attained, lbc,r
fertility can pc mainainej mr this reason
alone. Hence every inlcll.,ra, farmer Do.
.i,,,mo,,oS,rlm know
Ur- 3, ,,, "a, o.,t communicable and
,y,,,rf,yy ,7,y,a,, N, gygaD,y Of HI, g,,l,
MANURE, ,,grrsr, ii,i, gglI,y and most ~
t,,,,,gy and economically arply hem 70 III,
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h,, n, need. 70 know the result. ,o which
science poinn-ro be qualified to abandon
sucs,.vork, and be guided BY knowledge.
Ne needs 10 know the composition Of lhr soil
hr caluu'c', the manurcs he applies and
the crops hc raises, so 'ha, he can adjust the
one 20 ,hr other And lhIs needs 10 be-
known uov-lhr sooner the bclicr-'o that
he can De auI'na himself Of the benefits Of
this knowledge. Ilo docs no, want to val,
long years, to have al the suggestions OF sci'
cnce tested IN detail, before he is permitted
To know wha, ,hcsr suggestions arc, bot be
nigh, be Disappointed 10 some OF the results.
Ne wants something to help the rrcsen, con.
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i" h''P m'''' generations ana WIS N"'"
'''i' Us n'' on'N ''' want ', ''' ''''"'' "'"'
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ana must ever DC ''l''''' j" ''' '''"' "''
mus go VIC answer ''' "''' f''S'.'' t'".
posed
>. uow SHALL rm' w'Nr rr Atr
With the answer To the frs, question dis
unr,ly 10 mind. the general answer to Ihi.
question readily suggests itself III, This.
|, can h. me, only through the agency OF
,rhools Of some kind. IN ,ht, general state.
mcnr. the intelligence Of the State would an.
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