Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-09-29

lfled politics, that the soil again enforcef Its
primal and nperious claims: and Ct Is
and cultivated plains announce, that u. t,
order, civilization and art have recovered
their suspended Empire.
i Hence, we see that civilization, the child
of agra 1ltlre, dutifully transmits to us the
record of an ancestry which was unattended
.Iby the great handmaiden of modern hus-
bandry. 1t was hardly until the present
j century that the application OF analysis to
soils, to the constituent elements of yegeta-
{ ton, and the Ingredients Of fertilizers, slim
ulants and alimcntary materials, shed true
land unerring light upon problems which
had heretofore derived their solution from
experiment only, or had substituted empi-
Irical deductions for the cxactitude of chem
lical science.
i The field Of inquiry winch the eminent
Iintellects Of antiquity so closely considered,
land which sagacious minds Of our age zeal
lously explore, expands to an illimitable
lscope when we pursue all the details which
traverse and bound it. The list Of those
names who have investigated the varied
topics embraced by agriculture, would in
clude the natural philosophers, and pilysi-
: cists who have fourished since the ieviyal
| of letters. And an enumeration Of those
who since the sixteenth century have pub
: lished manuals and speculations upon its
principal branches, or a notice Of the mod
ern keepers and improyers Of floeks and
/ herds, OF the distinguished sewers and reap
ers of grain. or examiners of the laws ofar-
boreal and other vegetable life. even ia ouI
own country would present a long and lu-
! mnous array which however celebrated
land honored can only be reviewed at periods
! of the amplest leisure. The direct Of bear
lingof geology, mineralogy, vegetable phys
tliology and other ccgnate sciences form SO
great an arc Of the circle Of physical science
! as applied to agriculture, that the alum
,ldance Of material leads us away and OPP
presses the mind with the amplitude of its
revelations. So intimate is the connection
tor dependence of all terrestrial phenomena,
THAT the farmer who thoroughly under
Stands Lis profession, must rank as well
Informed man in every respect: fully capa-
BE Of applying the suggestions ald discov-
eries Of all professions TO his own afi;ts,
! land of regarding them with liberal and
] elevated scrutiny 1t is to the efforts OF
such men that we owe the successful ceyel
openaent Of our landed interests, and tbs
direction given to public opinionin this pa
Trent stem Of all branches Of our public
J wealth.
Cur government indeed, following ths
| steps Of older countries has begun to inquire
J infinitely into the peculiarities of foreign
!, Zoology, and to introduce exotic animals
We have already imported the nucleous d
a future race Of Calnels. Private enter
J prise has brought over the Cashmere Goat
land there Is every prospect that the impor
ted or progenitor Individuals wiz originate
t an acclimated or naturalized race, perpetu
lating among themselves fitness for oul
peculiar climates. The constant importa
lion Of oriental horses, has since the day q
the Godolphin Arab, to the recent arrivals
presented to Senator Seward, tended to inn
prove the admirable strain we already pos
lsess.
4 Indeed the solicitations Of nature toplace
under the yoke of domesticatiou new ami
lma servants, have been wonderfully ample
/, and notably declined: for out Of the one
hundred and forty thousand animal species
at present known, we are profited only by
lforty-three in domesticated condition; 81
which last number, perhaps ten or more
, are wanting IN the United States, and while
4 the South Americans have domesticated
the Tapir, quadrupcd Of considerable sizt
! (which resembles the hog IL its genera
+ form and tendency to fitfen, while its pro
Z boscis assimilates it to the Elephant, anc
enables it to feed upon small trees and I'M
} der-brush) our Indigenous buffalo as yet
refuses his magnificent bulk to the plow OF
! carriage.
On the continent of Europe Zooloyical
} club or association has been founded on the
grandest scale: since it includes fourteen
t crowned heads with working members in
, many countries beyond lis limits, to pro
mote the aeclmation and naturalization Of
| useful animals. TO carry out this Unitarian
'limpulse a section of the "Bois Boulogne'
comprehending about forty acres in the
most salubrious location, has been appropri-
J ated by the city of Paris for "Vivalium'
and garden. We cannot doubt the favora-
bic results Of this generously cosmopolitan
step. So a,rtely are the minds Of men up
; on the alert regarding all natural occurren-
ees, and so fertile are their expedients tc
! promote or suppress them that the great
Entomologist, Dr. Fitch. boldly proposes Z
import from Europe the ichneumon fly a
, q foe to the terribly destructive whea
) nudge: the latter insect having in New lorl
/ DESTROYED in only one year the value OF fif
? teen millions Of dollars in wheat, whistih'
{ former although parasitic, is innocuoas, aDc
e sweeps every other fly from the earth
Nor should this device Of afsaying nature
against herself give rise to any feelings 9
! aversion. Ut is said that the novel as vel
as ingenious transportation Of sparrows L
J Australia with view Of producing race
: OF accllnated insectiverous birds, and pro
itecting The crops from ravage has resulted
Tin the most beneficial manner to that i'm
mense colony.
! Proceeding from the subject Of Agrieul-
: ture, a host of expansive and elevated con
] sidorations become presented to human IN