St. Mary's beacon., 1859-10-06
SELECTED MISCELLANY.


readers, the following extracts from an Ad-
dress. delivered by Col GEoRGE W. HUcHEs
before the Frederick county Agricultural SUI
ciety. They win repay al attentive perusal.
1--WE babe sail, IN general terms, that Ag-
iicnlture is tha Parent - all ether Interests.
This is certainly true of our own country. 1t
has been estimated by esicial authority, on
the mo~t reliable data Slim reach, that in
1854 shesvalatsa the As. - l.arab productions
of the United States amdunted to the enor-
nous sum 0f 81 GOO 600 900, which was no
douLt greatly ex,ee,lel hv the following year.
The Federal Census of 1910 shows .unlcr the
heal oC occupation Of the Free and Slave
y ,pult;ion uf the United State of both sexes
and all ages, that of aA industrious p"pula-
ti,n. incuGin. the learned protest. ris, ol
4,79G ,4O7. 7.-&7I7,7 ,756 wcre empl.yod in
Aericuiturc-thIt is nearly thrcc-i"ul'ns Oi
/ the whole. Tie CeE-,is If 1850 Dies not
give the positive numb = q pcr-ons cugt god
IN agricultural cmrl'ymcrts. bat "It a Ger
I tain assumption states The r"lip at 2sO-2O
to every one Thousand Of aggregate pupu|,-
F.. ton aud uf oil orsuuat,Y..S ut jl4-"G.
Whist in 1910 il va, 2i7-s0 t. every one
'hnu.aud, and Il all Industrial caS>e, 2SG--99.
lhe-e iacis would seem 10 show large pro-
! p"rti"ual increase il tie yIr "us departments
i lal,r b,. the Iei!fTrS a:r not a, specific
anl rclhl, ~ could Lc ,ic-:,,.. anj can Lr
r"garicd only as approx nation 20 Ia" truth.
They are perhaps near enough for cur Iur-
p.'Sc. Al a'.V rat" wc caUL't greatly ,rr
Wien We a-sulu' tat nearly hr.s- 'n.TTis q,
our lah0rug population, lrXciu,ru2 the ic.,rnr,!
protest. nel are cn.p."ycd IA the cultivation oi
the earth.
One would naturally suppusc that 81 vast
al interest. involving the Happiness and pros
rcrity q! =" k,ri:r n rr"p'r'."m If "ur pcol'!r,
,ui the ,uppogt d:.i ~'r.;.1tlr ui the govern
.avui it-cIf would 1"mAud and rccrIvc thr
,p.,Iu aft"u,i.u "f the F,'crAj Ir-i- iaturc
Bat itr from H. ,f," aud MT the least i'm
,rtfi.utt. nf i;s cn-, luatr branches, has =.
italy i-m"rcd the subject Il, t. dispense will
,..c.. "a crrnIus;i," "a Agl-i:ur", .,> if it wei,
: matter . pr"I"und Indifference t. the G.v-
rnreut uf The Iriru Ter, is s.AI,c'y any
"tnrr department OF labor rr e cut,rprizy
..t.. nt> al rccrl'.i IT, i,~:.r.l. care.
: T. D., true tn- Farmer uc,.~r need, nur re-
iulr's H. bcni.ts& II Lea K i, - '.e If
! d"ne, in the Gni"t caj',I.crt of tl,e fruits "I
u,> industry, a'ld not ta.cI ca tic hvn.iit al
; tl.rr Interests; and that hc nay be pry'cr'c1
1 IA hiS lrricrty against Iup's:tl.Is lr,n
! Whatever qa,Tt'r ihry u.av arsc. This ~
/ has a right to demand, aud if true u
~. -. ,.a~ many difficulties I" cnsoun-
/ .o, i, me pin. .erutInu - h~ ardu"nS and pre-
J ,.,-;,,u. -.,,r'ssi1n lie is cxpo>cl 10 The
7 vl'i,siiUd,s oi c'iml,r-tD f., titiuus iiuc;ul
tion -! Vrir,s--lo the depreciation Of the Hes
SIAN fy. tie w""vii tie ar:y worm, aUi ut
"'htr insects destructive 10 Vr.ct.g,I..u. Bat
tisrr are otter. All perhaps greater evils th.tl,
'Ic>r t. Which h" Is >ui'ic, tod. he - prey
- the attacks f rl"rr form i,!aLic cnrinCS thar
| i,c fy AMI the aymv worm. Who rrInu r<c!c-sl y
at up his Substance mrnh the EsarS-
MT nay Lcnic hearers inc sHVa-" animals de-
,crihoA hy uatur,.I~'> uis!. the I!;>-li al =
! 1t Ie Genus CTSwS Lut tie Wild beasts WI.
! frequent tue C'rn Exchanges "f uur C..tHmCr-
cidl Cities. The greatest curse nu ri.tI t. ;iC
Farm.cr is the SPECTATOR III N5rnu-tUii~, wiz
/ sells largely nu time, without .XprctiIs actI.-
ally /" deliver tn the pUr' la-cr single bu>hCi
/ Of ara;u ~ bair,l f i'our, an then Ly t.,
. E.nNiuc power of m"l.cy SITS the C'mi!"T,lti
Press I" wuk {" lower prices. This l. "tm-
bling with the fGiiy inert Of Ire people, alj
20 the inhIhrr INJURY OF all classes. The Far
! u!CT may recognize m raya-cI Il, Is. and tie
blight If tccnIug harl ,s;S, the cLs>lcu:ng dis
pc, sa'iuns # nu Ail-Wi~. ProyilcI.ce-Nhu
over. rules everything fur e"od-perhaps a. a
/ punishment for s;us cnrnrutttcd or duties un-
! performed; bu' II snrely trie, his patience and
! fIbcarauCe tn lie told. in contradiction tn the
evidence Of his scnScs. that hc has made larg'
crops and that therefore lou prices must rate
until he has sid the mragrc fruits If lis TIL
and then preS'ot there is marvellous change
ia the tune ard it is III Idrr'y discOverc, that
the crops were sh n tie last season. and pr
4 u 81
the n"n-rrO LAGER pays in the yul, more thai.
the average value "f What he consumes; :,
that TO one is benrGI;ci 10y these operations
but the speculatvrs and The Instruments they
employ.
Early in each year, hong hcfrc even a
shrcwd Yankee could p.~sibIy guess tie prob
abilities uf the harvest, the same Cu kon note
Is heard Of the great and extraordinary pro-
mise "f tine wheat iiclds-tLdt tie lStssH! year
will far exceed th's-c "f any previous seasons.
tni urgent appeals are uiaIe To farmers {,
hasten th,ir grain u mlTk,t a. pU. = cA'u"t
lie maintained 4 sufficient illustration Of u,
truth uf these remarks can be f1uud in tEv
! experience of the present year; an! when tie
r,l, state ui the case can uo longer I've con
c,aictl, We ar exuliagly pai"te.' - the over
flowing gra'eries "t Eur PC aud -rc told, wit.
ur without foundation, that there can be Ia
cali TOR expectation. Year after year We ar
assured that tine supply exceeds tie demand.
an! Yet every year tie cry Of starving thou
stris a>cends to Heaven
rhere is.a very erroneous impression IN tie
putac uftd in rcfrr"Ucc IL cur surplus pro-
.luciiun # brralstuii>. In t'pil the annual
exrtss uf hrcad-tnti, bcy"ud our q. nics'ic c"sl-
sumption j. comparatively small; nT has 1t
largely increased since lSE0, when the Fc.-
eral Ccusu> was taken. Tie increased pr
,luctipu OF whca. does not keep pace with the
aug rcntaIi,'n "f population. The ce:s>''s q:
1850 shows the increase Of pop"htion during
the preceding decade at the ratio ci 80 Ter
csnt. Whilst that of wheat was ogly l9 pcr
cut The exports Of wheat last year from
this cou;,ry Was ;as !a,gest ever kGown; tu;