Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-03-04
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Agricultural Books and Experiments

nation, yet We sometimes throw down one
ot these works, cNolaimins. " farmers are
not much to blame tor entertaining rrcju.
dicp arain., book farming" Perhaps We
us,lvc TO show them up with all their
faults, as the only means Of improving our
agricultural literature. \ celebrated a..
vine, who oncc conducted an agricultural
journal, and who, no doubt. often had the
same feelings. lately remarked, q" American
Agricultural Literature suffer, FOR want Of
iust criticism" And it's too true. The
Agricultural Press. we fear. In this respect
is no fault, and we have often resolved upon
a reform. But at the outset we find. even
in the worst books. many great ira,hs, and
We fear 10 say aueh, tha, may prevent the
circulation Of tie good because 1t !. mixed
with cv.l. The greater part may hc bor.
rovel or stolen from some previous writer.
The httle thn; is original may ha unreliable.
or evidently untrue, but We spare the evil
lUr The sake Of tho good, and in this we
have tbc example of Him who cannot err.
VII, would have spared even S,lom for the
sake of ,hr righteous. Then, We console
ourselves with the though, that ihe farmers
or tm. country aro hiHiiay a' we'll as a
r,nI,u. class. men or good common sense,
cmirrn,ly c,r,bl, or sitting u, cl,aG irom
thr wheat. aui iu no danger or swallowing
inl..riniulig'y ,hc good and ihe had.
When srokins of Agricultural Colleges,
in At, uumryr. vc stated tie rry,i want
va. competent pr,fvp,s, without which
College organization. ami buildings werc
worthless. We arc equally destitute ol
competent agricultural b,1k.wri,rr.. Who,
iu a'i ,bi. land, i. competent 10 give us a
god and reliable work ON practical acri.
cul,urr' not theories that have b'rn proved
a thousand umc.-n1r visionary ideas that
mover wall h- rr,vrI-but a hook giving the
teaching, of experience. thc result. or well.
triei exp rimrnt.. ,.01ii7r tuN IN man.
uer no, o. %, r,uayrd. : I'r.ltpc and =
fortune might BE- we'll spent in the accumu-
''''.' "' ''''' i'r 'u'' 4 ",'A' ""' ""'h
accomplished d, would hc a blessing o. the
country AMI ih, world. AMI place the ava.
u'r name on ih' r''' OF lame away out
q eight o! the nururymrn l,,k.mtkers.
who man'''''ar' books TO '''' Their 'n'
ll''5'' ''' l''''''''''
Perhaps it, better mat We make poor
h'.'' Than n'n'' ont! We lear 'he'' INFERIOR
things discourage ''' necessary 'u'r' '''
something '''''r' Tor ., F''r ''oN ''''
costs about r''h'n; W" sr''' who can 'N'
l'eia man 70 sp'nA h'' energies talents
a"i wAn'-'n' best years 'i h'' '''-'n
gathering materials i'ra good book when
'.' ra'.'' ''''e seems fully '''''a'l with an
article '''i ''''' 80 ''''''.
Tie h''' part o' our agricultural l'''F''
'ur' j. 4" he ''nni 'n 'h' Ni''e'''ur"
J''ma.'-'n ''' ''."''h', ''','' "' ''''"'
'r'' H.r' we nave ''"I'' j'.'-''''''
when n'iNte "''r' 90 h'' Owe" "n'''''''A.A'
hi' language. 10 Is - h' regretted '"A'
tHr'' experiments are "'i always m''' WIN
sHen c'r' -s o. give 90 all cases " certain
sound anu % j. u '''l ''r''''' attention
. '"e importance OF '''''' ''I''''"'''
'"'' we now "''u'' % ''' '"'J's' u j.
'a' 1''y '' every '"'''' '' I''n at '"'
.;.' he can anu I" '.' ! ''' 'S'' ''','''
In 90 way can '''u'''' hh'"''iS' '' S''"'
'i sd "''' a. !" Watching WIN -" - '''
Tie results ct Ut" '''"' y '''''' W, W. 'r'''','
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''''' "r''''h %! arthur io'''@' !" We
as important ana "''''o' 10" "' was
when renncd' nearly honir'l year "So
" Tho rnhlic''ion oi experiments ''''!
made faithfully related "h s''''''"''!
authenticated, Is OF great ana Important
consequence to Che r''I' s''l' h'' '''
very reverse - '"' '"'' VI '"' - 'S", c, "'',,,
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same s"'.',''' WITHOUT " ''''''''
l''i' 10 discover '"' -''' '''"' ~, -, ','.
mas been '''i '''''"' '''"''' "''' "''' ,'y
graf justice ''a' ""'' W. "a"' = " "'y
~ n'p''''''"h' II '"! I'''''''' "''''''