Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1856-04-22
PROFITS OF FARMING.

Although farming does not lead to the
rapid accumulation of wealth, yet it yields a
competence to the industrious and frugal,
and is The most independent calling in life
The items Of profit, though apparently
small in themselves, amount when those for
the year are added together, to no incon-
siderable sum. And farmers expendi-
lures in money being less than is required
bv other kinds of business, nearly every ar
ticle for the support Of his family being
raised on his farm, his balance sheet shows
healthy and thriving business at the close
Of the year. Commerce and manufactures
are the basis of large cities, and the sources
of rapid accumulation of wealth, the legiti-
mate products of Which are luxury and ex-
cess. These crept into the Roman Repub-
lic. and undermined the very foundation on
which it was established-industry, morali
ty and virtue. Licentiousness and vice oil
every kind following in their turn, corrup-
ting the better portion of her people, and in
due time did their work of destruction
Thus terminated the existence of one of the
most magnificent political structures OIL
winch the Ol0 WOrlu cOulQ OCaSI.
uEALTHINEss OF FARMING.
Agriculture, from the constant and reg.
ular employment It gives, is most conducive
to health The labor it requires is calcula-
ted to knit the frame and give strength and
vigor to the muscular system; besides, it is
mostly carried on in the open air, which
tends to promote a free and generous per-
spiration and give tone and elasticity to the
body; while many kinds of mechanical and
other cmployments are rendered unhealthy
by the constrained position in which they
must be performed, and the close confine-
ment which is necessary in carrying them
on. tits obvious that mind and body must
be exercised together in order to promote q
regular and healthy growth in both. Man
is naturally indolent and loves his else, and
were it not for the strong hand of necessity
he would often become idle, useless and
wicked the constant and regularly employ.
meut. therefore, which farm requires
makes it promotiye of good morals; where.
a., in other employments, where those en-.
gagged are more dependent on others, theil
labor is more Irregular this often leads them
to spend portion of their time in idleness
and thus bad habits are contracted, acquain
tance is formed with persons ofimpure NOR.
ais, and their characters and standing in so.
ciety are destroyed. This is one among
many reasons why persons who live in cities
are more liable to become profane; intem.
perate and vicious than those who reside in
the country. The business of farming is
one which renders mankind more or less in
derendent Of each other, but impresses
their minds deeply with sense Of their de-
pendence on the Divine Providence; for they
know that they may cultivate his land in
the best possible manner, and plant it with
the best Of seed: yet, unless God gives ia.
vorable season they can raise no crop
They constantly realize the truth Of the ho,
" oracle, that "Paul may plant and Apol-
los water, but God giveth the increase. =
There is no employment that leads a man
to reflect so much upon the character and
works Of God as farming, and consequently
none is SO conduciye to morality and the
practice Of virtuous principles.