Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-06

deficiency among cur farmers or gardeners,
but it will be &" hook to hang hope on.
that system of Improvement may be inau-
gurated 1t is designed to bring mind in
contact with mind, procure extensive COM
parsons Of method with method, SO that
farmers may deduce reliable conclusions as
to the merits Of different methods Of culture,
and which will atfort! them light in determin7
ing every step Of their career They already
stand well III some respects. There is land
in Wilmington, Springfield, Chelsea, and in
other towns Il bc!ieye) on this side Of the
Mountain, whose value has been quadrupled
by WITHDRAWING.
Very much more Las been done on tho
West side, by the introduction Of tile, and
an almost houndcss field for improvement in
that direction is opened in Franklin, Chtten-
den, Addison and Rutland Counties. The
manufacture Of manurcs is already better IN
dersood than formerly, and lands easily ara
bic are in many cases increasing in fertility.
But what snail We FAY Tor the high, steep
and broken grazing lands ? Ihey have for
merly been productive, but they arc losing
their productyeness. We would bnow how
to restore it, We wish to lay before the
fine plains Of Highgatc, Milton Colchester,
and along the Lake, means for their perma.
ncnt Improvement, and We know that such
means muat first he found. We wish to
make good lands better al poor lands pro.
ductive to the whole extent to which the sci
cnce at oulturo would 60, and We think the
iniiiatoiy step il in ihs BILL Measures Ike
this have succeeded in other States and
Countries, and We are sanguinc on this meas.
uro here. Another fact Gil this point Ia
| l76& Lord Kumes, in the Gentleman tar-
mer, had pointed cut the unsatisfactory con-
dilon OF tGrui, g in Scotland. He aroused
public attention to the subject Scotch far.
nors began to travel and compare notes, to
notice the Improvements Of other nations,
and to introduce those improvements at
home. l hey began 10 read extensively agri-
cultural works, and the result was the adoP-
ton Of thorough culture, as that alone which
s and was trply rCmuueratiye. The same
authority tells u8 (the American Cyclop&dia)
that Hartlibb, about the year 1925, had
pointed out the necessity Of Board of Ag-
riculture in England From 1868, Lord
KamcS urged this plea with his well known
zeal and ability, without success till his
death. But Sir John Sinclair succeeded in
that advocacy and in 1893 that Board was
created. To its establishment, more than
to any OthD moceasent Of the day, ENGLAND
Is INDEBTED FOR THE PRESENT HIGH AND
PROSPEROUS srArE OLE HEB AGRICULTURE
" 1t was through the Board Of Agriculture
chiefly that Sir Humphrey Davy was led to
investigate the elements of the soil, and to
apply the science Of Chemistry to the I'M
provement Of agriculture, and here begins
properly the real progress of the art; for
without d knowledge Of the simple substances
Of nature, agriculture could not be expected
to attain the rank Of a sconce' Will the
gentlemen notice that fact? To the cstab.
lishment Of THAT BoARD OF A0McULTvRE,
more than to any other movement, England
is indebted Ter the present high and prosper
GUS state of her agriculture. But that was
day Of prodigious mental activity. The
germs Of greatness were bursting into life or
growing with the rank fertility of newly.
rooted plants. But let it be remarked, that
England's agricultural greatness was and is
tho basis Of her commercial and military
greatness. Connected with these, and in u
great measure resting upon them, Ter civil
and religious Institutions rest, and her Bible
and her religion are carried to the ends Of
the earth. and made hc hope Of the world.
Is there, then, Sir, presumption and fancy
in connecting this measure with the best good
Of our race? History and philosophy both
bear INC out in cyorv prediction and assertion
| have made, ard if reasonable doubts have
existed Of its utility, the facts addeced ought
to remove them,
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