Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-10-22

works in masses. and sets his irresistible
shoulder to your mills and your shops. OF
transports vast bouliers Of rock q thousand
miles. But it, FAR greater power lies in is
capacity to enter the smallest holes and
pores. by It's agency the vegetable world
e1is.s, carrying IN solution the elements
necdfal to every plant. Water that daily
miracle, substance as explosive as gum
powder. The electric force contained in a
dr0po water being equal in amount to tina,
which is discharged from a thunder-eloud.
quote from the e1ae, Farnday.
&c whlst the farmer has these grand eel.
law laborcrs to assist him, aud these majcs.
tic tool. to work with. IL must be owned
that be j. not quite competent to their d.
rcciion. His servants are sometimes too
strong Tor him. His tools aro too sharp.
But this inequality 6nds iis remedy in prac-
ticc. Experience gradually teaches him,
aud he j. thoughtful. The farmer hates
innovation be hates the hoe till he tries a.,
prcicrring 70 scratch with stick be will
walk till be has tried the railway car, bot
tie Oldest fogie- among ", now that the
Atlantic Gable is lad. would hardly -, out
TO dsspaich letter across the ocean by
swimming with IL in bis own mouth.
While such great energies are working for
the farmer. be should also rccollcct the
great power that is in small things, IL i
very ltile that is required. lt' internal
iorcc consists IN a few simple arrangements.
Look. i0r instance az the powers Of n chest.
nut rail Look az that prairie hundreds Of
miles oG, not a stick or a stone upon IL, ,K.
cepi az rare intervals. Well. the farmer
Manages % put up a rAil.fencc. aud a, once
secds sProut and crops rise. It was only the
bFoWse and Gre that kept them down. Plant
fruit tree by the roadside and It will mol,
produce, although It receives many hints
from pr3ictcl stones and sticks that fruit d.
desired % come down, and though fruit has
gone crude into the bowel, Of small boys.
hut pot fence around Il. the boys will let
10 alone and you will have iruii 80 large
and luscious IS to secm almost inviting you
u take IT, picture before being sent u the
Horticultural Fair.
MATURE drop. pine cone in Maripo'a,
and 10 grows thrcc or four centuries, pro-
ducius ,rccs thirty fcc, in circumicrcncc.
How was q, donc7 They did not grow on
a ridge. bu, in a hasin, where they found a
deep and dry soil, aud where they could
protect ihems.lyc. from the sun by growing
IN groycs. and from the winds by the nouu.
tain shelter. Tho planter who saw them
rrmsmberci hi. or'aari at home, rherc
every year a DESTROYING wind made hi. pears
and peaches look as bleak As suffering ,ir.
tue. not better than Aholiiioni.ts, while the
at Democrats that had got their ,ap.roo;.
into th, National Treasury, grew s,ou. and
hearty. - he went home and built a high
wall on the exposed side oi his orchard. aud
after that his p'ach,s grew 10 the siIo Of
melons, and his vines ran out Of all eOn.
troll.
- have heard a man say that he could
have a whole farm in 4 box rcd square.
lie would take his roots into his library and
feed thsm with the food they like. II they
had fancy for dad dog he would le; them
haze il, being sure that the fruits would
never reveal the secrets Of their table, Such
men We need to bring out greater degree
Of cultivation Of our soil, which is capable
Of As great an increased produeiivencss as
that which England has achieved Concord
Is one Of ,he ollrs, towns in the coun,ry,-
lar on now in its third century. The 80
lectmcn have once in Eve years perambula-
tel il. hounds, and ye; in hi. year very
large quantity OF land has been discovered
and added to the agricultural land, and
without murmur Of compliin,. BY drain
age we have gone 10 the snbsoil, and We
have a Concord under Concord, a Middle
sex under Midilssex, aud blscmen, story
OF Massachusetts, more valuable than all the
superstructurc. Files are poliiica! econo-
mist,. They are 50 many young Americans
announcing better era, and day Of iai
things. There has been = nightmare bro;
up m England, under the indigestion OF the
.appsrs u overgrown Lords, that while the
population increases in geometrical ratio,
The crops increase only in an arithmetical
ratio. The theory is that the best land !.
cultivated Grs;. This is not 50, for the
poorest land j. the first cultivated, and the
lao, land. are the best land. IL needs sci.
eu-s 10 cultivate the best lands in the best
manner Every day new plar, a new the
ory, AMI thi, political economy is in the
hands Of these teachers. Ii is true, howey-
er, iha, population increases in the ratio oI
morality, and the crops will increase in a
Ike ratio.
81 congratulate the farmer Of ofMassachu-
setts on his advantages. congratulate
him that be Is set down in a good place,
where the soil and climate is 50 good. We
pant more than in any Northern or South.
cru latitude. We are here on the Northern
boundary Of the tropics, on the Southern
boundary Of the arctic regions. We can
raise alnos. all crops, and il we lack the
orange and palm, We have the apple and
peach and pear.
} "And then congratulate you at being
born at a happy time, when the sharp stick