New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-19

1 everyday -c LOT tasA y. - f'~
moss disoourassns TASK ever uadertsksn ~ man.
mnst be begun AMI prosecuted 70 completes IN 'an
view the tact tbs, those who to b. voc, L pos
sbs to listen to he whole sr some pas Of 4, arsi
Ssnb!y rooed AMI grounded in two PRIMARY eoonc-
nots nrsi, that thsy have lii 10 uobirg to iern %
the suS)ss' and, seccndy. thai. II tssy coad bs
| taught, ~ cannot tessh them. He . avsas tha No
was invited to spcae not beoss$, he vH sapPceed
snpable Of mpart.ag say useful irsormatics-thst IT
aa had be the obisas avery sArenasot II psrvsa
wpuld have been spilled to-but be& suss be sith~
plant la-yer. known ~ pores, CAB fssility 1t
taking, taking, any >ahsct, Weather ne knoww
anything pstbng abou. il, in . ~,,y To ps-asc .
crowd; or else NJ has somehow acqCf1d a nesor,ety
thrs will help crssss interest end ,buis through
the aijacess ccnnsry suS has irs mesin'o the
Socistys not u,ossiy overbusisnsd t.sa1ry. Tie I"
h fact some fancy bra mustang hich ts~ eater
Prise of the has hired 20 nc eae, il nsy
be- the attractions sad profit of ne sho, hore bces
good many times invited TO speak shese gather
hgs: but cannot -cce2ect that of these invita-
lions urged as resscn Why should scoept thN
sond probably say something this. the Sccrty or isS
ps.rons mi ht profts5y and consider No spesar
At an Agricultural fsir thinks OF being offended OF
moxti6ed because asr he has be'p hold sg forth H.
teen or twenty minutes, majority OF the yoan, pe"-
pie who irs crowded the srea in front Of nm, hndnS
their position constrained and urcomfotabl e. sud than
he is merely talking pa hesnely common srse aoont
soils crops cultivation and fertilizers, con eiude thas
longer Listening will not ray and quietly sh on 10 10
cations in which they may enjoy the freed nm OF tne
grounds and the delights each others soci Ay h1
any wonder then that ira great majority of speakers
at these fairs end it slvssoie to deal out ses care
fully adapted TO the popular demandto 81 My the
American Farmer as the yisest greatest, ha pp'sN q
earthly benys and his rur.l home a. the foe, OF ali
celestial virtue and mundsne bss-or 20 me "nt the
high soaring American eagle snd ncite him to expand
BIS outrageous wings until II them chs Uover-
shadow Cape Horn, and the other intercept - sun
Eight that else would CLEAN the icy bosom Of Had
| sels Bsy-vinding up at length with . trb Ge -
"eur fair cosntrywomen,' and especially to those
whose brighs eyes now dazzle aad ,ansdI him, stAs
most lovely, enchanting, angelic creatures Whose 'us
sriag rngess breeze ever Aueersd whose ,2hie
faces sun shonei
Ilack taste for that style Of orscyy-probsbt be-
cause lack ability to excel in ia HEsver am IN wed
by its utterance, the influence ceases With tho ast
tnes of the orators voice, and in my colder nat ua&
mood, earnestly ask, g Ii thiss al ST. what ne il
talking to such favored, such exalted bengal A.
least what in ny talking Why not rather in, tH
them 90 speak while l listen and learn, since Gu
sadly aware that my knowledge Of Agriculture is ~ ry
crude and imperfect IT the sctaa average h U
pandry of tnrnefs ~ indeed ~ Wise so ekifu 20
soniorned to Truths oil scienos and tho dictates n
reason why do they form and sustain societies, ID
hold fars and offer premiums All these ere, to my
mind, indications OF desire for improvement, whit h
implies consciousness of prssen impsrec.ion or %
iciency know that with many the State Comlt y
FGir mere spectacle holiday but insst that, il
enjoyment its sole end, then a circus would be
quite as effective, and got up at sr lee expense. Hs
whom Agricultural Fair may not teach sps nd
his time prsitably elsewhere.
! But whether am not qualified to instrus I, I
know thst the great body of the farmers of this
ny sadly need instruction. know they nigh /. it
wiser larger reward for their labor than they
now do. know they might not Only have largs but
surer hsrvests than they obtain know that they
night and shoaid b. more intelligent, more u rfty,
iss in debt more thoroughly comfortable, than they
have ye: been. realize that hey are to-day in tho
enjoyment of great advantages great blessings but
Insist that they make their life struggle under great
Experiments aiso, and that these must and she uld BE-
removed while the former shall be- cherished I'D pre-
served. These convictions nlofm the srgum ,nt aud
direct the aim Of this Address.
Let me deal deesvey at the outset with q st mis-
taken consciousness of Sclf-sr disency which 10 the
snicf obstacle 10 Agricultural Progress. n il by 20
hsans local infrmty-in fact, know not . locality
absolutely free from it. Bnysrd Taylor, at the cIoss
of his last Winters survey of modern Groo o. whoss
naturally fertile soil has been afflicted and q Ihxustod
BY thirty centuries Of At the be nds of 60
aved oppressed and benighted sultivaoi finds in
the seLfcOneeh Of the people the ,af obsta
Gle improvement in Greek ,liage "To cro,wn tho
Greek short -comings agriculturst ssyp Toy
ior "sdd his egregous varDy, which pr n, him
from suspecting that therSis any knowledge tho
world superior to his own. And he proceeds tor
late how English farmer, now twent y-for years
done a. /, should be, beer every aborecs fs en-
poys insists teaching hin how to do it, isa cad Of
sbcying his directions Tho spirit 10 to-day
rampant in venerable conservative China, Ssstsru
Asia, in Spain as well among the Wes>hy lie DE-
groes, who, when furnished by their masters humsa-
NY with wheelbanowsi srierthst they nists lorg-
err cary such enormous loads their heads persisted
in carrying their burdens in the good OLD y wheel
barrows and all. Hence hardly surTris n 10 find.
al the Council Board of the great World sRs hibtion in
London that Mr. Phl.s Pusey who there spresenteA
British Agriculture, AMI Who IN louis sdly one Of
the most ghtened ead best farmers in 10 kinsdom
had absolutely conception that here existed any
knowledge, any practice any implements even, in tho
round world beside, BY which British Agri culture could
be advanced proEted. He evidently presumed thst
10 give premiums for plows, for i,stane, With sole
gard to their absoiie merits, woaid ba TO have those
premiums all monopolzed by British inve stop and
manufacturers at the risk Of offending and notifying
those of all othar countries; snd the trr nph of
American Reaper which hs wAs among mo 6rs -
acknowledge AID TO crown, was to him mop -