New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-27

ton. We endeav0red 70 convince tnem tnAs s8fr
culture il most prosperous when the animal product
of the farm is equal to or exceeds the vegetable
value. The reason therefor is the necessity d
providing, by means Of domestic aninals me manure
to ameliorate or fsrtEse the soil loon the farm
We now propose to go more ;.nto detail on the
subject a. connected wip. the climate, - that
farmers in different t.calites may the better give
their atteaton to ~ch points Is are se7essIy most
profitable.
The sub ,ect Of climate is Of great Importance t.
hrmSIs, and its phenomena have beea but veiJ
ysperfectly understood, though creating marked
pecslArities which require different modes Of cul-
;iva,iop TO make their labor profitable. Although
the climato,ogy Of the United States Is iasde-
quately spprehended, and the Importance Of q
more thorough examination only now beginning
to be felt, yet We are not without the knowledge Of
some valuable and well authenticated fscta. These
have been gathered mostly by the exertlons of the
Regents of the University in this State, and lat
tery through officers of tho United States army
static ned at various posts on our western aud
norther frontiers, and from the explorations Of
western travellers. BY these various means, We are
enabled to establish two important facts. First !:
That the prevailing wind of the continent is west
erly, and blows ever . large surface Of dry !and;
Seand: That, as we recede from the see,
westerly and inland, the annual fall of water 10 rain
ard snow seDsbly diminishes, being much larger in
Ne x-EDg and and the eastern parts Of this State,
than in the western, and that dry seasons must be
the rule whereby to Judge Of the vast country lyiSg
east of the Rocky Mountain range almost to the
shores Of the Atlantic Ocean.
From these data, we are compelled to divide al
the country east Of those mountains into two Sec
dairy and the feeding and stock regions.
The true dairy region comprises the Ne~-En-
gland States, New-York, New-Jcrsey, Pennsylvs-
MIA and the basin of the lAkes, which would inclado
in it's southern rim all that part Of Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois lying north of the 4lst parallel Of north
latitude Over the whole Of this region, the dairy
system already prevails or 10 being rapidly intrs.
duced, and must ultimately become tho leading
branch of farming 1t is upon this region, the best
portion Of which il east of the west line Of Peaa-
sylvania, that the consumers Of butter and cheese
must rely for their supply duriog the next ceatury
at tho least Its topography pocul arly sd.p.s it
to the purposes for which nature seems to have dcs
tined it. Its billy and mountainous character &C.
cures q healthy atmosphere, pure water, and
abundant pastmsee during that portion Of the year
when the level country is scOrched by the heat and
dried up by the west wird. Pure water, next to
good pasture, is an important element for good
butter. Without pure, sweet water, the milk viii
not be pure, and without pure milk good batter
cannot be made. Good butter cannot be made
from the COW that 10 compelled to drink stasnant
or unwhoesome water. Even in tho dairy region,
it will be found that, all other things being eqna,
the beet butter comes from the hills rather than
tho valleys. In the manufacture Of cheese the
condition of the milk il not so Important, and tho
range for the cheeee-diry may be considerably OK
tended beyond that of butter, though ts pro6tabls
production will still be found only within the
butte, zons" For, out Of that Q sufficient flow
Of milk does not seem to be obtainAble to make ito
manufacture an object, aside from the greater aud
longer prevailing heat Of the climate.
This favored region will ever contain population
which, for refinement intelligence, and enterprise,
will have no ssperiors and few equals. Wealth
will be accumulated by the healthful industry pecu
liar to the country and the people, and expended in
sdorning their uses and in fafnsbins the utmost
facilities for the cultivation Of the mind in we'll
endowed and sustsned educational institutions.
Other REGIONS can boast Of greater surface of fer
tile soil and more favored climate, bat for con-
tanning all the requisites to health, wealth, aud
social epjoyments, no land can compare with the
more congeniafp portions of this dairy region. Many
New England or New.York emisrant has often,
amid his fat and fertile fields, sighed for the cool
breeze ard pure streams of his native land.
The dairy farmer there has nothing to fear from
competition, and he may count upon permansncc
Of price for bis products unknown 70 any other
brar CD of farming. There is but one item wherein
competition can affect him, and that is in swine.
Still. ,ha, is more apparent than real Its true to
a certain extent that corn can be raised cheaper in
other regions than this. But from the pig 70 the
porker. when properly fed, the dsirymsu cAn equal
if pct distance bis competitor.
Grain.sroyirg is not profitable in this region.
other than as accessory to the ds'ry n~ viii il be
generally fouod pco6table to feed ei.aer sheep or
cattle for the sbambles; for the Summer feed
which would fatten either would yield much
larger profit if converted into butter or cheese and
the cosrser grains would be equally profitable, if
led to the cows and hogs The Surplus sod from
The fam should be principally in butter, cheese and
according to the present diet pork. The grains
NEST cultivated beyond the Necessary bread ,r the
family, should be those which VIII produce the
greatest anount of hi. came pork, or of milk. OF
these. corn and barley are tse moss important
ip,eed Indian corn il TIE golden crop Of the I'm on