Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-05-07

the United States is dmiuahng At the rate " ten cents
an acre. This would amount to Sln000O)0, and involve
the loss Of capital Of Sl666 666 G66 annually sum
| greater than all our national and State taxation
Mon waste hundreds Of acres Of land on the theory
purchase the raw maerias-thc magncsia lime, soda,
potash, phosphorous sulphur carbon, nitrogen, Nc.-
necessary TO make single possessing primitive fer
uiiy Thus the accumulated store Of ages passes away
! In single generation.
And this waste Of soil is not the only thing wasted.
For want Of the kuowedge and skill which tho inetifu
tons aimed AZ can alone mpart, Colonel wilder gem
tlcman Of wccarncd fame. estimates the annual loss of
the single state Of Massachusetts In the one product of
her cereal grnns al S2,0o0000 Another gentleman in
The same state, o great experience iu the lime OF stock
dairy &C.. reports the loss from the ignorance and
unskflncss 10 these interests at Sl5000010 for that
State alone The loss Of Now York upon her four humid
red aad forysoven thousand and fourteen horses. and
Ohio by the census Of lsil had more through the un-
vcrsai ncompeency in the veterinary art has been reck
oncd at no less than two million dollars. The horse,
that "wonder OF nature universally adored by man
for the slightest aimcn is handed over 70 the butchers
Of quackory, whose practice is more fatal than that as
/ crbcd even 20 DR. Hornhrook
Folk mauu do something for their bread,
An sac maun Death"
Wcarc indebted to Europe for civilized inhabitants,
and for nearly an of domestic animals whatever the
testimony of che rocks may Doe to hc pfccxstoncc OF
the latter. The soil have acquired hy the dsuacc-
dwell upon with compaccucy Is. That we surpsss ihc
stock from which we sprlul and that we present our
unless true
We bring forth new States by the litter and when we
grand larceny end annex them This progress seems
wonderful but with appears the bitter ct that these
new smtes in half century brief time in The history
I Of Saics-hccomc dcrlctOd and stationary This carly
/ maturity is followed los sudden baucnness
concerted effort is necessary 90 educate and elevate
J whole nations That effort is being made abroad with
governmental ad in the lead Here. in the "modcl Re
public, where free republican government t. installed
10 guard the general welfare no such effort being made
Government has vet followed the lead OF the people,
even afar oG We DO not ask flr and pcrss-
tent outlay and guidance but rccognizancc fr once,
|#H Na.r fI. g
couraging useful knowledge among farmers and mcchan-
ia n order enlarge productive power give iuel-
dobt due 10 holders abroad flr the little agricultural
science we now have and which is quite unsafe 10 use,
b reason OF the great differences of soil and climate
larger per square mile than we maintain, and hold
their annual increase. but. the system of hshludfv
generally pursued here thc land T., held nniH It IS
robbed II IFS virtue SKINNED N lbs cream and then The
owner selling his wasted field 90 some kinhut nrehbor
flies 20 fresh fod, win he foul purpose 10 rcpca h
same spoillton and this annual exodus which prevails
over All Die Older states and oven begins unon dc first
drr htyc lo.t s.eh of the savage. painfully indicates
uatve ba,c reached uio mayimum OF population our
land v support in the present slto Of our agricultural
economy. Our sl ll wf-t Doc further developed. here
s aHr limit 4 f.,cr-tul agui,h progress warmed by
speculative exciicucuts. and chilled bv nanics may he
kont ur while our unpcorad pli. domain 8. supposed
f0 De incshaustic and while those who Auy % srii aud
never otherwise intend $50 hold or drive Bot there is
barrier already visible, more impossible than The
Noc.t Mountans Che grclt sand plains stretching North
aud South. commcncng near the nuctv-cighfh degree
Of wc,t longitude or about She coure Of Kansas aud
running 10 the Rocky Mountains barren 0f soil. wl-
tr timber and an vegetation as 20 preclude the possi-
lfity OF settlement by civilized inhabitants Here the
wa,e must be STAYED but shall we not prove unworthy
or our patrimouy II we run over the whole before we
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We are diatcd with the notion that, as a nation, we
may now claim rank with the Oldest the best and the
strongest. Our population is rapidly Increasing. and
brings annually increased demands fr bread and cloth
int II We can barely meet this demand while we have
fcsh soils 90 appropriate shall early reach the point
of aur de-iinc ana ftU The nation which lls the soil
So ns % leave Ii s-reo than they found IT, is doomed 20
doe1y aud DEGRADATION Other nations lead ms, not iri
fh, Invention and handling ~ improved indictments but
Too nearly a the practical sciences which can be brought
t' mid the naneeccut and results of agricultural labor.
We owe Il TO ourselves not 20 become weak competitor
in the most important field where we are TO meet the
world as rivals, II touches MS I'm tenderest points our
national honor as well AS our private pockets. While
$50 ought 10 possess the granarv of the world IL has been
hut brief time since brcadsts rose almost % ssra-
on point and indicated the possibility that we might
mot forever cscapc the only test that Of famine 10 which
our institutions have not been subjected Able 10 be in