New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-29
AGRICULTURAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEGLECTED MINES OF WEALTH.

Il !. not quite beycnd our memory, and We ere BY
no mean. the Oldest irhabi;ant when people other
wise tolerably sensible, went OF upon swad-gcose
chase Aaer the buried treasures Of Captain kidd-ths
same that be buried upon almost every farm along the
.ea shore Of the New.EpglAnd States
H. n.se ". william Knd~
Crforuns,ely, as reward Of iniusiry, that OF the
money diygers never rewarded. II surely would
have been. If the same amount Of digging hal oeea
spped 70 the mines Of wealth that he buried al along
the sea shore and rear every stream, and between
thousand hills upon seseoast and intanH, irom fes-
ssmaquoddy to Cape Hstterss Between these prom
inent points. in the " coast survey, we have !a'ey
discovered that there sre almost innc@ersoie
mines Of wealth within easy reach Of the owner,
We. neglected and unworked, notwithstanding each
one contain. more gold than We ever heard OF beng
dug from all the deposits of William Kidd, while he
sailed" Notwithstanding, also, that the owners OF
some of these neglected mines are also the owners OF
poor gravely farms, from the cultivation OF when
they try to live, and do live to be sure, but 1t by
hard digging. hard AZ the midnight money hunters
used to dig for the wealth they never found. NO
wonder Look at his pasture-overgrown with NOES
till instead of carrying five sheep to the acre, Ii requires
five acres 70 sheep and that is but half fed Look at
bls moving Fote poec NC eVs wv" VI N~AN~
tuns of hay per screi No, but he mows two
or three acres for tun, and that Is part bunch
prass part sorrel part mullen, and part i've
finger vines. Now and then stone-hesp produces
a few thistles and blackberry vines to mix in the
hsy but the land is generally too poor for thst No
vorder- j. never uauured; all that the poorly-fed
stock make in Winter after being exposed to al the
storms that fall is applied sngily to corn and pota-
toe. The cats, rye and buckwheat, have to look for
their share at second hand and after these the grass
/; is rot surprising that it is not lu1uran; It is not
surprising that the oiing owner looks ike sad pic
ture of encouragement, and complains of hard
times" il is not surprising that his sons leave the
farm for some other occupation go West to look for
better farming country" and that his daughters
declare they will never marry farmer because
they see the drudgery and requited toll of farmer
life ard the unenyiable position of such q farmer
wife.
But il is surprising that such farmer can live upon
such farm and never discover the mine of wealth
hidden in that fifteen bog swamp, which. as If by
the hand of benefcent Providence, had been placed
there for the restoration of his gravey upland when
its natural fertility worn out. No truth Is more
true than this that load of muck is worth as much,
| and often more than load of barn-yard manure.
Yet true as il is and true it also is that farmer
would grow wild with excitement if assured that pot
of money was buried upon corner of his farm, he
will III down and whine about hard times and his ina
bity to produce better crops, while he looks every
day upon what should be to himan eye-sore-a mirey
swamp on his farm-which really contains and would
yield to him if dug, a mine of wealth.