The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-10-22

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plan for the two yeaIs be would have beeu
r with very little extra trouble, severa
hundred dollars better off. So be buy
t the Acknowledgements by Il book-not he
e merely by those several hundred dollar
@ worth ct experience. Th other obtainer
it, with maDy things of similar va!u., trou
"A his agricultural paper-pricc, one dolla
r per auuum. Now Progress was not $
g absurd US to 90 and show ucightor Goa
servative the article in his "Cultivatol
4 as soon US it came, and insist IN his try
a ing it aG once, without loss of tins. PRO
grcss kuow- very we'll that different mtl
f must take diff, rent ways OF arriving at
conclusion, aud that his worthy ucighbnj
t would have denounced the thing at one,
Us an uumitigated humbug, aud - set hi.
face ike a iint" against the Innovation
for at least ten years. The deficit in hi,
crops would thus have amounted to some
|, thousands instead of the few hundreds
with which he has now bought the little
piece of wisdom "Ny gentle, Don-inter-
~vention course says farmer Progress,
ais thus a clear gain, you see, to my good
%neighbor, of many hundreds, which lac
would have inevitably missed like the
first, had tried to force the thing on him,
or make him g by the book" Aud so,
by one means or another, the improve
ment goes on. The same things that ben
eft one will benefit another, provided,
always, that he gets them. And whether
a farm comes under improved ;,iiage
from its owners .book iearuing," or from
his following the example of "a neighbor.
it matters nut,- as to the simple fact of
getting into the improvements, ali Is we'll;
the man has a right 10 learn III the Every
dear school," if he pref,r it-a little bit
of ari9tocracy by no means coutined to the
country. But as to the time OF hi en-
bracing these agricultural reforms, is il
not the ~ccuntry's business, somewhat,
whether a man be one year or ten in en-
tering into them He may live, mean.
time, supporting his family, aud paying
his debts, raising but u minimum Of pro.
ducc above what he consumes. But has
his country claims on him tor no more
than tni-? That country is continually
atfording him far more than it need to
IN his policy, Of the things which make
Il home in ii comfortable and Convenient.
That country brings the articles he wants
u his very door, as it were, whereas he
mast formerly tax" wearisome journeys to
procure them. la the Journeys them
selves, it has made him improvements shat
save the greater portion of the time, dis
comfort. and expense. Aud now it ask
hin to rcciproeate the favor a little 10y
improving his farming, So that tbe in
creased population of artisans which was
requisite for the furnishing of all those
extra comforts aud convcnienccs may
find u properly increased amount OF
the Recessaries OF life for their con
sumption. And the Community makes
1t the business of cHrtain cf the
thinkers, takers and writers of the land
to tell him how he may, by the same liz.
Dor and eXDoBs' make this Increase OF
product. Now, to Zurich him, in ability
Of production, by this secret, gratuitous.
~, aud at the same tine build him a rail-
road that shall take his produce to mar
kct at "a fraction of the former expense,
would surely seem, if there were nothing
farther in the case, sufficient to rouse up
his gratitude, emulation and public spirit,
so as to secure bis uso of the increased
aft rded. But the pab,:c is nat
Utnpian enough TO expect, even on these
terms, the requisite agriculture! rtk4rs.s.
Verify, n! They offrr the farmer u
increased price for his increased
aud also raise the value of his iayG
IN Ike proportion. What does all thi,
TO h;iD? Why, it thuuder r. this iutu
his ear: Tive Us more produce ;i'an Your
old tijlage will d., or else sell out, instau
ter, to somebody that will =
Fortunately, not many are willing to
attempt standing unmovingiy before the
rush Of the cars OF pr 'gress. Their cwp
lnterest to-tids it. Somc noble spirits
there are, moreover, who are always ready
to go in advance of that Car aud help t.
drag it on. That Improvements may be-
made, there must experiments prccede,
pf;en at Il sacrifice to the cxpcrimcutors
they who make them are contributors 10
,he common good, and should be houored
~ such. Bat the mass will wait iiIi they
ire sure "the thing will pay" and
ire then as loud in its praise as they be
were with their scotIs aud increduii.
$. The proposer of new and valuable
has often a most thank ess task To
But he " bides his time" AMI
rs reward is sure. He that a few years
go ridi .uled the grain cradle "a a subzti-
ute for the sickle, now throws by, with a
'urroh, both cradle and scytLe, for the
Reaper and "Mower" The brush
.sed to put in our wheat, then the hlr.
wv anu p'Ousu, anu now tne uriii ne
uil thunder of alternate fails" j. los.
n the rear Of the ''patent ThrssGer." La
aud .nor,ey-geining processes
re multiplying still Oh every hand. AND
ow, whence do all these Improvements
prIug! Not from muscle, but from braiu.
Ut from matter, but FROM mind. lis
dncated mind that ponrs out its stores al
ie feet of Agriculture and bids her bright
n the bloom and richen the produces of
er fair fields. True, 8 necessity is tue
,other Of invention" and many an ip-
rovement Is suggested to the Iaborer by
ld in his very tolls themselves. Bat its {
'pa'S raining and not natures that gives
he general and particular habiSs Of ;
which lead to discoveries and in !
.sntinns. For such training, oar agri :
population must always be chiefly j
to another class. Agriculture,
etymoiogicaIiy, the culture Of the ,
Id, and your mind, . tiilcr of the q
has fields more precious, infinitely, b
'an those of your farm Nor will You L
ell manage the latter, except there be I
me tillage of the former. Aud there are l
laborers for each, and all are y
Let no unnatural division or v
valry exist, but let each class of | bor- &
$ help and be helped. How much bet r.
r to lay hold of these aids cheerfullv AID "
alous1v- than Tn Lao bAhinA onJ .. al