New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-17


uD)ess the people cen b co1visced Of the pse6t Of
raising improved stock. A nan may breed for fancy
prices, but the test Ia their value ~ milk, meat or
wool producing animals and 1t is the duty OF every
fsm.r 10 stuoy this question, until he fully setishet
which is the most profitable kind Of tock for him 70
keep In my opinion this Society does not sufieisny
improvements in our native breeds OF cat
ue.. 1t is often objected tha. what Is called
bike to inquire. if god farming does not pay,
does poor farming pay Thst is, such farming a. is
all rcO common in this State. Does growicg rag weed
instead OF grain pey Does that .ort OF farming p.y
The speaker here drew pictHre Of CONNECTICUT farm
irg as it is of:ep to be found, where little
pev-snd is half manursd, half plowed sod
half tiled, and where the in the old back
pasture and where all the sales Of the year consist ef
q little hay, butter, eggs, ard few loads Of
wood, TO the amount Of few hundred dollars
only out Of which, said Mr.. Mitchell, You
have 10 psy your grocer's bills, shoemaker's bills
taIors bills, and certainly your wfes miDers bills.
Out Of ths sum do you lay up enough to buy West
tIn fam fer y"nr -oLs, or to dover your daughter
neh leave the cid farm and armitg that don pay;
and who can blame them, or the daughters either, for
trying TO escspe from such afarmsuch an unadorne1
upst,ractivo home. 1t is no evidence that this
kind Of flaming does psy because 50 miny hon.
est old Connecticut farmers are still engaged in
this uIpsyLg work. Recollect thst q man
cannot nske an amusement Of farming, bat
he can make II profitable if il is conducted upon
suits Of life To be successful, he must devote his
mind TO bis work. Some who come here from shaving
notes In Wal street. where they kept both eyes open
but think that they can farm with both eyes shut.
Such men undertake things out Of reach OF Their ca.
pscity and the consequence is they become dlseussd
themselves and disgust Others with their whlms and
ridiculous bunders in their attempts TO become farn
ers, aid after year or two they sneak psch 10 tue
city, ard tell great stores about the "deuced eIpsn-
siverets Of faImiDg-i, wont pay" And 30 tney go
back to their old occupation again is no woI 1sr
wont pay, where city farmers build barns at S0,OOO
e1pt nee, or dig bitches at q hundred dollars rod
Tere is much sticking to the old style OF farming
in this State. What want Is adaptation OF crops to
our soil and position We do not want to gov corn
ele more profitable Have you who are here to day,
ever cors6ered whether we cannot, as many persons
do on the Hudson, grow berries and fruit 20 much
greater profit than corn AID rye He then dwet upon
"mi1ed farming" He thought the most prOft,ole
fystem is for one to do ole thing at time, and do
it well. He showed this by reference to the
system of trade and manufactures. Is
course arc rot a mixed one in farming, snce all OF
opr laborers come from Europe. He gave true pic
ture Of the nggsrdness of Connecticut armng OF tue
dipostion to sptnd money to buy bush pastures ano
third of the capita of farmer should 60 to land, aod
the other two.thrds to labor, tools, and working
csIitaL He alluded to the value OF better ne
lime tools all too common in modem times
He also alluded u the value OF improved
stock but cautioned people TO be governed by common
stIse more than long pedigrces. Inc best TEST OF
Tx cow lies in the pai aud not in the pedigree nor
borne, be they long short no matter how many I'D
ons faunt from their horns at such show as this.
You must fret inquire whether you want bullock
for work or beef. We may grow anything, even
elephants, but cannot grow ali sorts OF animals
upon our short pastures with profit. la my opinion
the shorhOrns are not fitted for our land, and II
would be better for our Society TO offer their S25
pte iuma fir imnroyed native breeds
now have come of the best work'o1en IN
the world, and some OF the best milk cows
il the country Of the native breed In farming IN th'
State, want more brain-energy. not more hard Ia
Dor. We hire that-we cannot hire bIaln-work MOI
year passes but truth is discovered, that
if properly applied, would improve our Connecticut
farming Plants how they transmute earth aud air
into food fSr man. What subtle alchemy is this OF
the growing plants what work is here for the brain
nofw standing the prejudice of old farmers against
scientific farming. care not whether you farm one
OF a thousand acres, you must earn what is best
adapted 10 it for crop, and what animals you
can best raise; The more you give you. thought to
this subject the more you will be scientific farmer,
A chemist may determine some points, but he cannot
tell v, all that it is necessary to know Flowing Ia On
old stack bottom upon lard that the chemist bas told
you needs vegetable matter, will not always prove
profitable Notwithstanding he told you the truth as to
what your land needs. Scientific farming is not all
ucoie be folks have not succeeded In con-
tinuay growing good crops by the use Of guano ana
q whip on horse without giving him gram.
The tendency of mechanics, as applied to sgricul-
ture to improve faster than all hand labor. The
moving machine is fixed fact, and be you as 1'd ior
gysh as you please you must come 10 cutting al your
hsy and grain by machinery. The time VIII come
when the great Western fields will be powed by
stesm ard then will you still try to compete with the
praiies In growing corn and wheat The more we
call upon mechanical Ingenuity to help us in farming
the greater will be our success; and we must apply
more brsn-labor to our work. Let US hye down lne
cid notion that farmer is or must he uocoltn,
~
cannot get yourselves out Of the range ol civi!Ia-
ticn and all It's influence, and therefore 90 nj uehe
dudges of your and daughters. Make your MONIES
che srful. FL them with books and paPers ana now
ere and happiness. Do not care 60 much Tor athcia
onamep.s for the beauties OF woods, trees, MOWERS
fields. Do not live in mean kitchen, to keep use
lesp idle pasr for the paron or teatabie gos:ps ou'
make yorr everyday roOn-:he home OF the family
the subniest and pleasantest of all. Keep no IDLE
rooms for show, but make all for com.
fort. Do not teach your daughters frehch
or music until they have learned to weed hower
garden. DO not bring up your girls to be ashamed OF
their sun bonnets Teach them 10 love and protect the
forest sopgsers the beautiful BIRDS and to despss the
miserable bpeds who shoot little blue birds ana robins
He then dwelt upon the numerous hspPy iar S
of Conr ectcut and the why the people should
all rejoice and be happy, in the most beautiful and
touching matper that language could depict.
A. the cose Of the address, John Cotton Smith
moved 80 three cheers for TX Marvel, our brother
Connecticut farmer" which were gwen with most
hearty coed will.
Gen. Pratt then moved vote Of thsnks and request
for a copy for publication, which was put by Judge
Smith, the President, and responded to with great
fervor
Mr. Dyer, the Secretary, then commenced reading
the premium list, the greater portion Of which was
published this morning in The TRIBUNE, where all
would have been given the committees had not been
30 dlatory. 1t is now well settled fact in the New
Yolk Society that an immediate declaration Of premi-
ums is by far preferable and if the reports made
early enables the press give the inform ation while
it is st fresh and interesting.
premium list of the FAN is stale. 1t even stals