, 1860-04-27
Drea9 4 Grihtt1tt.
AGf}ICU.LTUK RAIL,

A4N1f HUI III 4 u Al IA-HAs
fr2ErA1ED KxrxkssLr ron THE FEES A;p 1R1nrSE1
4 PLAIN TALK WITH FARMERS.
No country cnn be permanently prosperous
unless its labor embrace j diversity Of pursuits
There must be an equilibrium bet cen its Agri-
culture, its Mechanism and its Commerce. Egypt
was once the granary and garden Of the world
Commerce and Mechanism left Egypt; aud
where is she! Greece was ut ONO time the
worlds workshop. Agriculture languished !;
Commerce took unto itself wings; and Greece
followed Egypt Venice IVES for centuries the
great merchant and ship.owner. Mechanism
and Agriculture she had not. One day sew
route was discovered to india. Commerce for
sook Venice. She had no resources to full back
upon. She had no recuperative powers. And
he sank to rise no more. Venice, and Greece,
and Egypt! Alas for tue mighty fallen.
The Northwest is country for Agriculture,
for Commerce, for Manufactures, for Mining.
But would It not be bad policy to conGne our
manufacturing enterprise to one or two princi-
pal branches. Would it not be short-siglted
in us to limit our carryiug trade to dry goods
ana groceries: what would the world think OF
us it we mined only for coal, and quarried only
for limestone, leaving untouched our freestone
aud marble, our iron, and lead, and copper
And is not our Agriculture managed On some
such principle: From Like Huron to the Ohio,
from the Missouri to the Allegheny, it is wheat
and corn corn and whent yenr affcr rear md
decade after decade!
war breaks ant in Enro,a. vast ,uuhare
".~AAo "@' :" Ao1"Fs' '@ss nouoe4a
OF Inc agricultural class are drafted into the
armies; unfayorah1e scasons may add to the
general calamity: and fhc prire Of food poes IN
"s'' as"ee'! :" Anef'ea, t"o11a1t'"4
seasons iolIo" each other. Prices keep as close
as possible to Europea prices. Farmers all at
oucc turn snecula,ors. Every available acra ia
..:,.1
pat ~ eoi " "uea'' rtonl oasneos I'LL aarS,
1t IS SOW, SOW, BOW; liant, plant, plant. Corer
deem. cover shallow. half.corer-any war. so "a
~. -, a.. - -1s..e, ~ -
!" ecl "' lne efoano pianieo' Fof Us Tue num-
her Of acses is, 50 will be the bushels; and as
the number of husho1s so tte do1la,a,
49, - - -. ,,a ,,r,
.;,au. nose tan1dLon, lor mere lsho: why we're
the land to nrona@aa sh Wa % afa' M
nns7I \
@,n,e ~ wI,aa ana ,Ea9 u.s., mo1tq Fase
iards III ~" .nsu ,r;,t ~ t.;. Mase
f.o,,ea ~ ~ ~ .. ,..t..:,a ~ p!'eA ~ sH,se
~ I'n'. au ~ - aIohe ana 1ue ~!
:; 49, III .us enaIeu l"nn nuu .lfc lo99tA.n
~ tne ~ooanouse, ano tne cistern " The k!tch-
en- door, nnd tue bearing orchard with its cider
LIE h1na.a .,aau pGeGpaes aassa''s9saIne has
on.y nundiea and SIXTY acres. 80 ne goes
snsts si.s "eeAs Journey ln'o luz wilderness ana
hansa Icy ~" uaotsa.9n 3 ne!e - no scnool
hut 1shat IN NJ ~. nG socis, no ms1het
drad n5 g, Sa.t, -. III, H. ~. .".ce s1 nun
duce Ju sTfs,t ' = AeAs'' "'' no' every ae'e pro-
~" ,,.;ra-s,1 ,r.- = c;- ..
r,r;ne H. re,s,;,o3 70, ~nt Us 'nore 'ana
;n+n ~ ~ radu, nan.usr ~ mc1 uass sune
foro. u an' n no" thled puasus' isely otner
tasGs dn.1i has a3uo'eo ms acres, o. more than
,nns ~ ene nmt - me las oonga' aorses ana
3no o" VI nv. ~ nas, .lon ne1; year seap
tus Macllues " harvest II; Inles'nns macn,nes
| 10 prepare II 1o1 mafHe5. lie mas gone IN debt
| ~ ttne stores. Ae pas borrowed money at e1-
| ~ Gio1tan1 Iatso. ue nas mo9tsaeeo n3s 1arm'
~ has P1F"eeu n1s 1na1s1ouai no1es anu MS
ne'gnoers secatalf; ana Pas Ras IN turn gone Sc
Guilty. Tor us neighoor. Two more such crops
| as iast year =, t"o more s9Gh seasons OF high
pt'ees, anu ne ~! ne o"t ot DEBT ana rich, with
nls hve or zen nunofed acres PAID tor. There
attcr he Will have bis thousands to loan and
he VIII ADD continually TO bis possessions.
= chan.e passes upon the minds Of Europe's
| ru'ers. They hold grand conference, and
nuke peace Ihey cnrts'1 their armies. The
seasons become propit:ous, and the people no
longer look to America for bread. Prices re-
cedc as lar beto" the usual standard us they
haa nelere gone aboEe IT, and how do these
| things AFFECT our farmer? Ho Is startled to hear
tnat me price ol wheat has gone down to one
collar per 1ashel; presently it falls to "tlree
quarters; 1t is "a.half;" it is forty cents. And
the great farm is yet to be paid for with .1Aeat
Then comes meditation and repentance. Half