The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-02-23

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no department Of his labor in which he is
more likely to become pleasantly interes-
.eu' ou feel towards tree that YOU
nave reared and trained a degree of at
tachment akin to parental You feel when
planting and rearing it that you are pro
VIdlnS the richest luxury for yourselfand
your family. You feel that Won NAV be
making such provision for them, after Won
shall have left them. You feel moreover
| the sweet consciousness, that you are dis
! charging an obligation, and performing
duty, which we all owe to those who NAV
follow us. The tree that you rear, NAV
| outlIve you; but there is something pleas
ant even IN the thought that it NAV sur
we living monument to your memory
linen, when in the spring time it shall
put forth Its blossoms, aud IN the summer
, or autumn bend beneath its rich fruit.
/ your children will be reminded Of You and
VIII say, "our father planted it." it viii
i've, living remembrance Of you, when
perhaps, the stone that marks your resting
place i'll the cemetery, shall be neglected
and moss-grown.
But, comparing the yield with the ex-
pcnse, there Is no more pToftuLAe croD: nor
IS there any other way BY which a tarmer
can, with the same labor and outlay. so
much increase the permanent value Of his
1arm- With respect to the profits Of fruit
growing, | have not time to make or pres
ent calculations. 1t IS well known, that.
IN New York and the eastern states. the an
pie IS a valuable export crop and it can
be produced as well here as there. 1t IS
known also, that in New Jersey, many a
prlncely residence, and many a princelv
fortune, have been reared by the profits
OF the peach And, to show how a Good
orchard enchances the value Of farm
here, or how the want OF one depreciates
1t, allow me to state a single fact There
IS body Of land lying within two miles
OF one Of the county towns in this State,
upon which the owner, very worthy man,
lived, and which he had cultivated as three
farms, for, perhaps, forty years before his
death, without planting an orchard upon
either. Being at this time in market at
an Orphans Court sale, a gentleman, who,
with an intelligent friend, recently walked
over and examined them, with a view to
purchasing told me their conclusion was,
that, compared with an adjoining farm
which has Il good though not Il very large
apple orchard upon, it, there was a differ
ence III the value on that account, or from
that cause alone, Of one Hsousana dgRarsi in
each, or Of ttrce, ,ttguSand d0Hays in all
And, upon repeating this to the gentle
men who owns the orchard, he assured me
he would not take it for .fticca hUnalcd
dollars. And, by planting a good orchard
upon farm which has none or one that is
worthless, while the expense Of doing so,
and Of taking the proper care Of it, would
be trivial, and soon be Reimbursed by par
tial crop, it is safe to affirm, that the farm
in almost any locality, and in the estima-
ton Of any purchaser, would, in ten or
twelve years, be increased in value u thou
sand dollars
| have thus, farmers Of this county, ta-
ken the liberty Of bringing to your atten-
ton, and Of respectfully recommending to
your consideration, 4 lew selected subjects
deemed OF leading practical Importance, as
lying at the very threshold OF improve
mcnt and reformation in our husbanslry
/. As lying at the foundation of sue
cessful practice, the importance Of obtain
ing knowledge Of correct theory in
farming, or what may betermed 5ts cicn,ca-
tory i2riaciDLes; in relation to which | have
recommended, and would again here re-
spectfully but earnestly repeat the recon-
mondation, that every frrmer here who
has not already done 50, avail himself OF
every available means Of information upoa
this subject, and then ACT apon the A7,oacl-
edye acquired; end, as an instructor, and
valuable monthly mentor upon this and
other practical subjects connected with
his business, that he take, read regularly, |
and preserve, the ''AMERICAN AGRlCUL- |
TUEIsr," or some other good agricultural |
periodical.
II. The subjectof d THOROUGH TILLAGE
in reference to which, we urge It upon
every farmer TO coniinc his operations to
the surface which he finds himself able to
caijjcote WELL.
III. The cultivation and pract;ceof ofoooD
TASTE, In ornamenting his farm and home
by degree Of care and attention, as regu-
larly ana Systematically bestowed upon this,
as upon any other part OF his business.
~. And finally, the planting and raaz-
ing good fruit trees, and the cultivation
OF choice and valuable fruits.
| am well aware, my friends, how hard
it IS to shake of, and break away from old
and iuyaterate habits and how alu.as
hopeless 1t IS 70 expect it. But sure [ am
that, If our farmers here present could ke
induced from this lime tC act upon tLesa
suggestions, the year eighteen hau.reG
,a2d 6fty-Dine would date an eic 81 the 80