Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-11-05

FARMERS CLuBs.-Perhaps a few words NAV
not be amiss upon the subject OF a more gener.
al interchange of views and thoughts among
practical, everyday farmers. There is no de,
partment oil business that is more isolated in its
operations than that of farming; each indi-
Vidual Is engaged in his own fields, and but
very seld ON can he visit those OF his neighbor.
OF Is visited by him, and thus he may be igno-
rant OF the plan of operation of his brother far
mers, although living almost in the same
neighborhoodi and perhaps some one of his
neighbors is in the possession OF the very
knowledge or skill, in some department of his
business, that he has been labering to acquire
ior years; or 1t may be that in the cultivation
OF some particular kind of grain. or in the pre-
servatlon OF some vegetable for future use, one
farmer has failed while the other has met with
entire success. Now, while the unsucc essful
farmes may be ignorant Of the cause of his fail
ure, ana would be likely, under the same cir
cumstances, to meet with no better fate anotb-
CT time, suppose he meets with his more for
tunate neighbor, and relates to him his failure,
ana he seeing wherein he differed from him,
should compare notes with him, would moi
D9th DC benefited The one, by knowing in
what he can improve his operations in the flu
ture, and the other by being confirmed in his
mode Of operating and forewarned of the dan
ger oil pursuing the course by which the failure
was made. Again, these ttre-unions'' recon.
mend themselves by their simplicity, and by
the absence Of anything like Formally, that SO
oiten render the proceedings of larger bodies
undressing. And, again, by the purely
practical nature Of the remarks and suggestions
oil those persons who are engaged in the bust
ness OF farming, and whose knowledge is the
result OF observation and experience. Anoth-
or advantage to be derived by meetings ofthis-
character, and composed of the class of indie
vlduals OF whom we are speaking, would be tn
cultivation of those habits OF sociability with
which all mankind are endowed, and which are
so necessary to his happiness and welfare as
rational human being, and of which the farmer
Is, IN great measure, deprived, by the very
nature Of his occupations. These primary
meetings could be made very useful as auxii-
iaries to the Agricultural Society, in the hints
and suggestions he would receive that would
aid him in competing for any ofthe prizes that
might be offered, and for which he might be
contendingi and by so doing, he would look
forward 70 and anticipate those yearly anniyer-
saries with greater degree of interest than he
otherwise would do, il no incentives were offer.
ed to excite him TO greater bxertions. These,
with many more that might be given, are
some OF the advantages 10 DO derived from the
organization OF farmers club in every neigh
borheod throughout the whole extent of our
country. N amount of education is necessary
above that already possessed by the tarmer.-
me information to be impaired and received
Is that derived from practice, and the sugges-
tons to be made are the result OF observation.
Dollar Newspaper.