Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1859-11-23

tobacco cotton and even wheat rapidly exhaust the
substance Of the earth, whose texture and compost
ton are continually changing. By change OF crop
or resting in fallow restore the lost ash ngreui
ents and fertilize the soil again. And espccay is
this desirable result produced by green, crops or
green manures as they are sometimes called. Na-
ture must be clad and her avorte habiliment Is
green. See the wild PRAIRIE and the meadow, the
forest the mo- ntain and the valley, how green they
are in natures robes! How beautiful and how ooun,
tful her supplies for ever renewing grown anu
strength and multiplying increase when untouched
by the destroying hand Of man Use, then, not on
" the artificial ard inorganic manures IRON the sa
bic and lime.kiln and mari and guano, out restore
the wasted, the overtasked and overwrought powers
of the earth, by sometimes covering, with her own
beautiful carpet of green and warming her INTO he"
life and activity and rnifultness. 1t is these green
crops whether of turnps or PEAS, or clover OF ot-
er grasses, or cereals which so much adorn the Eng
sh landscape and enrich its soil; and 1t IS :her ao
sence which first and most strongly lmpresses the
mind of every intelligent Engllshman VINO visits our
country and especially the South. When our heius
are bald, worn, whenever the great Pro'ect.oh VI
nature given by the forest and the wild covering OF
the fields is removed, the hand of man should sup
ply, as far as possible what has been taken away,
the elementary substances which have been exhaust
ed and which are indispensable to the fertility ana
fruitful condition of every soil We should not Tor
get too that by occasional changes of the crops we
destroy the myrads of insects which prey upon tie
fruits of our labor, by taking away their food ana
depriving them of their means of an evermultpiled
increase good farmer should be regular, pune,
tua systematic, careful in all things. He lives ana
moves and holds daily converse with nature, whose
first great law is ORDER order in all her sublime and
glorious beauties Let there be an air OF ncatness
and tdiness in all things about the farm smooth
and clean surface to the fields; straight rows adding
much to its beauty; good fences clear bitches ana
fence rows, everything in good repair, and IN tne
right place. with barns and other buildings properly
situated: and especially let there be good, and COM
Portable and handsome dwelling for the family home
If man cannot afford to have large or an expen-
sve house let him have small and cheap one;
but by all means, let it not be in the wrong place,
or uncomfortable unsuitable to the climate, not to
say, unhealthy receptacle and originator OF maa-
ria from the fatal effects Of rottng wood and other
decomposing vegetable natter where the inmates
always sleep in the midst of disease and the certain
causes of death; with floors so close to the ground
that no air can penetrate or dspe the fatal moisture
and malaria and so exposed to the heats of summer
and the blasts of winter that more money is spent
in Doctors bills for pncumOniaS and rheunatSnIS
and agues and typhoids than would pay ten-fod,
the cost of better construction and keep 1t in better
repair, while the innocent unconscious inmates Won
der why they should have taken cold or the fever
and why they should be afflicted with such distress
ing maadies while their neishbor is exempt, whose
only advantage is that he has spent some of his mon
ey for better and comfortable house for his
family to live ill., regret to say that, heretofore.
rural architecture has been too much neglected in
our State But rejoice to believe that we are now
beginning to cultivate an improving taste in this very
important matter; that are learning how, and
are becoming disposed to bcautify and embelish
rural homcs-and to combine the useful with the
beautiful. Let no one 60 beyond his meanS-but as
far as possible within them, let home be made not
only house to live ill., not only to cat and to sleep
! in as some would seem to think. but sacred spot
| full of opportunity for high moral. religious and
mental cuiture-fn of cherished. lifetime associa-
tons around which dear memories may cluster and
cling with the fondest af'ction--with cherished
memento in every object within and around 1.-THE
grounds the trees. and the library, with the maps
the drawings and the paintings where the heart and
mind are trained and encouraged to high impulse and
noble generous deeds of patriotic duty and Christian
charity and love. Such should be the home of the
American farmer as far as be in his power: and the
poorest can do much more to obtain it than he at
| first imagines never saw a family mansion how
ever humble in it size and unpretentios its surrOn-
dngs nesting in the shade and under the beautiful
foliage of nature, away from the dust of the road
side with its green sward of grass in neatly kept
yard and its little cump of trees stately grove in
! about the doorway, the tasteful handwork of mo-
Their daughter;of that lovely scoman Who in the
beautiful language of Sheridan, governs us all let
us render them perfect; the they are enlight-
ened so much the more shall we be; it is by woman
| that nature writes on the hearts of men'-I say,
never saw such home-with such harmonizng,
such refining attractions round about it. that did
not believe that the inmates, whatever their wealth
or poverty, were not better and wiser and happier
| han I hcva
not homes-I will not desecrate the sacred name
they were eating md sleeping places-hardy fit for
that of men, who were consumed by vile and cor.
roding avarice-steelcd and encased as with a coat
of mail, against every feeling of human sympathy
and love- whose income at the rate of thousands
year. and whose only pleasure and consolation anG
comfort consisted in being able to count at the enc
how much richer they were than at the beginning o
the year. No wonder that children brought up If
such miserable tcnements. without comfort or refine
ment too often without any education, should seek
the first opportunity at least such of them as may
have been spared by constant disease and RUTHLESS
death, to fly from dwelling which was not a hona
and this even birth place which had no attrac
tons. My advice then, to the farmer, is-frst t.
make and keep his land rich-tend 1t seeU reject n
improvement because it is nec-if it be founded OF
reason and fair experiment-and make his home tn
place of all others next to the Church, to be love-
most by his wife and children, the home of their al
fections as well as their interests and where the
may learn, and cultivate knowledge of all the du
ties and trials of the life that is and the bless
ings and bliss of that which is to come. If you te
that you cannot afford to do all this on as muc
land you wish to work, then l say, tend less an
make it more productive for the labor bestowed
is far better, on all accounts, to do SO.
Farming is the best business =" for most-and ST
rest for ALL The field Of Agriculture is wide enoug
for the exercise of all faculties and talents an
tempers-moral, mental and physical It is tn
most ancient as well as among the most honorab
, Of pursuits. Even in the heavenly luxury and al
gelic innocence of Eden-where every tree gre
that was pleasant to the sight and good for foo,
Adam was placed by the Lord to dress and to ket
> It," We all know the sacred histories of his Sor
and Of Abraham-of Isaac-and of Jacob-of Mos,
and of Gideon, of Saul and of David who wore she
, herds bag when he went out to fight the battle