New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-19

which does not necessarily separate them from human
interest and human sympathy
Another instrument which To me destined ~
play an in portan part in the future economy OF ATHi
ing il the Barometer. Tie Alterations Of storm ani
calm cloud and sunsne are Of deepet interest to me
mariner; next to him. they most concern the ia'ue''
who is often heavy loser by bai guess a. 70 "ha'
Will be the weather for the next twelve OF tweniyion
hours But why should be res: ccltent with guessing
when Science Las provided en- instrument by WAlcI
changes Of weather may be foretod with \ very he-
cided approach 10 certainty Why snould not 'A7
odes, thrfiest farmer in each school district put Up
his Barometer where It may be freely visited ana IL
spected by his neghbo-s, especially through the eFlu
cal searon Of the Summer harvest WY should hot
tie Telegraph apprse Is whenever storm s raging
within two or three Hundred miles Of us, 'et'ing us
know where and when Il began. in sha; direction II
has since moved and what winds now prevail in its
vicinity. 50 that may safely compute 1.-The chances
ard the probable time Of its appearance in our neigh
borhoodl Doubtless, the first deductions from such
observations would be crude, imperfect and often mis-
taken but experience would gradually and surely cor
rect our errors ard improve conclusions, Until we
should he qualified by the help Of the Telegraph and
tie Barometer combined 10 anticipate the weather
Spring Summer or Winter. may err rs to the
means but not az to the fact that beuecer. progress
in this direction is feasible therefore IN th.s day OF
light aud investigation, inevitable.
VI One of the greatest present needs Of Agriculture
habit of recording and jouraizlng Their e1per-
euce for public use and benefit the part OF thor
oughly practical men. Day aitor day. we, VINO are
termed theorizers city farmers, dsbbers in agricul-
ture are reminded of the superiority of practice to
theory fact TO speculatioras II we had ever disputed
that averment. Day after day, we Intellectually re-
spord. "Yes, we know Il; want facts; we wish to
profit by your experience do not conne II to the mar
row limits Of your farm ard your ife but LET Us have
g" so recorded and displayed that all may acquire COM
preherd and profit by IT, But those who say most OF
tie superiority Of practice to theory are the last to
give the world the bereft of their practice. How
many corn-growcrs in Indiana can tell what hos been
tie precise per bushe OF the corn they have grown
in each OF Tie last five or ten years How many can
tell for their guidance, what crops they have
grown 20 the greatest profit, and which have involved
them in loss, during any term Of years. How many
know what the live stock which they have raised and
now own has cost theml Who knows what the in.
trnsc value of hundred acres Of good corn land al
given point on the Wabash or Miami il, and how
many dollars. more or less IT should command per
acre than just such land in another given locality,
therefore or less convenient to market These,
and thousand Ike questions require practical sou-
tons and practical men should promptly grappe with
them. The thriving artisan, mechanic and manutac-
turer all count the cost Of their several undertakings
and products; if they find they are making an article
that does not pay, they speedily rcinquish it for
another promising viii any one say that this is
generally the case with our farmers1
VII. 1t is melancholy truth that while the acre
able product Of Great Britain has increased at least
fifty per cent. within the last century, that of the
United States has actually fallen of, With all our
boasted progress Fairs and Premiums, our books
and periodicals treating wholly or mainly of Agrlcul-
ture, our Subsoil Pows and vastly improved impe-
ments our selfglorifyug orations and addresses at
gatherings like this, and constant presumption ani
assumption that people were ever so enlightened
and free from antquated prudces ours, this is the
ret result. Even can remember when New-England
farmers grew Wheat an ordinary crop; now You
shall not find patch Of Wheat grown this year or to
be grown next on NewEngland farm in every five
hundred. Thirty-fve years ago, when | was boy
employed at land-cearing in Western Vermont
used to thirty forty wheat-laden wagons
pass daily in October and November their
way to market at Troy or Albany; now Yer
mont does not export bushel of Wheat, but
imports at least wo-thirds of the Wheaton Flour con-
sumed by her people. In those days, Western New
York produced larger crops Of Wheat than any other
section Of our Union and Genesee Flour was about
tie bes that could be bought anywhere to-day, New
England not only does not but could not by her or'-
nary produce eight bushels of Wheat to each
arabic acre, while the product of my own State does
not exceed ten bushels from each acre sown. We are
dreaming of buying our cloth mainly abroad and pay
irg for il in Grain and Four-a feat which no decenty
dressed nation yet able TO accomplish yet
our ability to grow grain is steadily decreasing; ard
are quite likely before the close of this century to
BE- unable to grow enough for our Our long
est cultivated soil is, in the average far poorer this
day than il was when Columbus first set foot On the
shore of the New World and the larger part Of 1t is
steadily growing worse. Old jamestown, the site of
TIE first successful attempt by Engshen to coonize
North America could be bought to-day for less than
il was worth in John Smiths time; and Plymouth
Rock though not quite so badly down, cannot pru-
deutly take airs at the expense of her rival There
are hundreds OF square miles together Of Maryland,
Virginia and the Carolinas that yield absolutely noth
ing. and are scarcely worth taking as giii That is
to say it would be cheaper to buy good lands at 81
per acre than to take these as present and make
them worth as much Us the former. In whole sections
they know no other way Of renovating wor-out fields
than TO throw them ont into common and let them
grow up to bushes ard ultimately to wood then clear
and start afresh-whch is little behind the Agrcul-
tural wisdom of the day. of Moses Two-thirds Of the
originally wooded area Ct our country has been opened
to civilization by pioneers who knew no betierat
least they dd no better-than TO extract the potash
from the ashes Of the primitive fores. and sell it for