The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-11-30

not any more claim the customary reward
for the red ear found by the lucky swain
or damsei. A cast iron corn grinder cost
only &26 90 said to grind 10 bushels per
hour. There were horse powers ranging
from one to ten. The two horse powers
were light and portable, costing only about
$66 90 and could be gearcd on to any ma
chine used or needed by farmers. They
could be used for saving wood, shelling or
grinding corn, cutting straw or corn stalks,
threshing, cleaning grain, &c. saw
two horse power threshing machine that
would thresh over 100 bushels per day the
cost of the whole thing being less than
5000. And I must not forget to mention
the beautiful and ingenious Sewing Machine
which will dothe work Of ten ladies. With
this machine sewing is mere recreation
and here our young folks will sec visions Of
departing quilting frolics, no longer to be
enjoyed when this busy little hand maid Of
Industry is commonly used as 1t is dcstin.
cd to be.
Now farmers of Hillsdale County what
wo need and what we must have, il we
would be up with times, Is moro oethcse la
Dor saving machines. When the Almigh.
ty created man and placed him upon this
earth He created for his uso beasts Of bur-
den, and gave him dominion over them.--
The inspired writer says of the frat pair
sand God blessed them, and God said unto
them be fruitful and multiply and replenish
the earth and su6iae it, and have dominion
over the fish of the sea and over the fowls
Of the air, and over every living thing that
liveth upon the earth.' And although at
tho the fall Of our first parents the Lord
said "in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread" Still he did not tax from man his
dominion over the bcasts Of the earth. And
he gave to man the promise Of the Millen-
ium; but we have no right to look for it
until we have fulfilled tho command in q
material sense and replenished and subdu ID
the earth. Ard we cannot do this
until wo assert our lawful dominion over the
beasts of the earth and make them beasts
Of burden. For miscellaneous farming to
be carried OH by inen ofmoderate means, |
know of no county that holds out greater
inducements than Hillsdale county. Hero
running brooks grace our meadows and
wood lands. Any quantity Of stone for bull.
ding and fencing are at hand. Timber is
abundant. Wo have all qualities Of sol!
from the richest loan TO the lightest sand !;
and any quality of fertilizers lying in our
swamps and marshes. We need not import
guanc, nor trouble ourselves about phos-
pilates, super-phosphatos or hypersuper-
phosphates, our muck contains them all
Do you long for the large stock farms Of
the western prairie There you are depri-
we'd Of stone and timber, and near neigh
bors, and friends and schools for your child
rem. Our neighbors of northern Ohio may
excel us in the cheese and stock business,
but they cannot raise our wheat; so the rich
valleys of Southern Ohio, Indiana and Illi.
nois may excel US in raising corn and fatten-
in wheat and wool.
What We need is to have our swamps and
marshes converted into meadows and corn
fields, pouring into the lap Of plenty their
bountiful stores, instead Of spreading over
the land fruitful crop Of chills and fever
annually. Then with our Hills and dates
interspersed with streanlet, AXE and wood
land, we shall enjoy one Of the most beau
tiful as well as one Of the most fertile and
healthy countries in tho world. And this
is no imaginary picture. Many who hear me
now will live TO sec il. I have seen since
| have been 10 this county, now some tbir-
teen years one Of tho most cnt ngled repul'
sive looking swamps on sand creek, convert
ed into a beautiful meadow.
Although wo have made great advance
ment in agriculture, still our numerous fail
ures show tho want Of more Knowledge
TO supply tho deficiency We have establish
ed State and County Agricultural Societies
sustained partly by voluntary contributions
and partly by taxaticn. In addition to these
the State Of Michigan has taken tho lead
in establishing an Agricultural College;
which is now in full operation on farm
containing 676 acres, near Lansing undor
the supcrintcndcncc Of Joseph r. Williams
practical and scientific Agricultu-is.. The
State has already appropriated about $780,
900 to tho enterprise 1t now acrommo-
dates about 100 students three ofwbom are
from this county. The course of instruction
in this College includes tho following bran
ches: an English and Scientific course, Nat
ural Philosophy, Chemistry, Botany Ami
NAL and Vegetable Anatomy, Physiology,
Geology, Minerology Metcorlogy. Veterinary
Art. Mensuration, Leveling and Political
Economy; with Book keeping and the Me.
chanic Arts which are directly connected
with Agriculture, aud such other studies as
the Board Of Education may from time to
timo sec fit to prescribe. The College is
conducted npon the principle of uniting mon
tai with manual labor. The law requires
full annual reports to be made Of all cSper.
iments, improvements and discoveries, and
copies to be fled in the Office Of each town
clerk. 1t is expected that these reports
together with the practical knowledge dis.
ccminated by tho model farmers eduoa' ed
at this Institution, will do mrch to enlight.
en- the great mass Of farmers in the science
and practice Of Agriculture, and save them
from the devastating losses now suffered by
the fly, weavil, rust and tho numerous
other evils and pests which now annually
af1ct the farmer asd diminish his products.
So far we have examined certain mate
rial questions connected with Agriculture; (;
boconea man poust he fad and clothed or