, 1862-07-10
6hs farmers Corner.
Let KnoWledge increase.


casa let knowledge Increase.
Never, since the landing of the pilgrims,
was there time when knowledge was 50
valuable 70 the farmer as at present. With.
out Il be can do nothing. He can neither
buy nor sell, SOW nor reap, prepare his food
nor clothe himself The multiplication Of
the civilized mans wants have not necessa.
Fily increased the amount of his false labor (;
but they have rendered necessary an in.
crease of knowledge. It is not alone an &C
quainlance with the rudiments Of agriculture
that the farmer needs-he must be thor.
oughly acquainted with the world. He
must read. He must study. He must
keep pigilant eye on the markets, both at
home and abroad. He must gather up sta.
tislics Of commerce. He must note the ex
ports and the imports; the accumulation Of
aome products, and the decrease of others
II The granaries Of Europe be full, he must
cow less wheat the next year; Il empty, he
must SOW more. Oue season his corn rOts on
the ground for want Of hogs TO eat II, and
pork commands good price; another sea
son he has too many hogs for his corn
perhaps corn is dear and pork Is cheap.
Against such drawbacks he can guard, not
BY showing how to cultivate corn, and how
tOlAttsn hogs; but BY knowing when to
plant . large crop, and when to increase or
diminish bis stock.
The farmer can no more get along with.
out his newspaper than without his plow.
fns. hs might grOps his way in the dark in
fegard 70 oil that Is going on around him,
and yet get enough TO eat and drink; and
be might also earn Q bare subsistence by
turning over his ground with the spade and
Doe. The savage manages to live without
either plow or newspaper; but such exist
eucs We count as just no existence ct all. Its
day e past Tbs decree has gone forth
knowledge or annihIla.ion; and no nation,
no Stafe, no community. no family can escape
II Our humble province - to give farmers
fsasoAa5leadvice in regard 10 their immediate
calling, andourarray Of twohundred thousand
readers makes ita position Of no small respOn.
sibility-all the agricultural journals in the
Northwest put together not having 50 many
readers but In the great Tribune sheet we
takeup . scarcely perceptible space, suFroun-
ded, as it were, By the perfection Of news
paper journallsm--by news gathered from
allquarlers Of the world, cOllated, Condensed,
arrllged- -by oomnnercial statistics, facts and
eommeula, without carefully reading which,
very few prod1cs merchants IA tke North.
west venture % buy or ssll4-and BY general
rpmarks On cnfrsnt cvenls BY men who have
made journalism their lils-siudy. We can
anI1rt' without Boosting, that 10 . The Farm
column Of the Tribune will Be found more
valuable and interesting information for far.
mors, than Il scontAined IN the same space in
any oiheF American journal--aericultural,
political or literary; and yet il our humble
eltlmaion, every other part Of the paper,
taking he whole u connection, = equally
Valuable 70 he armefs
Lsi knoalcdgs increase. The fewer g.
horani peoplein . community, the better
for lhose Who are Intelligent All classes Of
men are brought together BY the newspaper.
The hrmor becomes familiar with The busi.
ness Of the merchant, and the merchant with
he business Or th6 farmer Isolated pro.
fersiona and trades have . tendency 10 es-
tablish casl1s N society. Periodicals de-
voted exclusively 70 the interests 81 the
'lnln 81 particular avocation, unless their
inanepce be heutrhli1ed By he newspaper,
tend towards The separation Of their FeadPrs
from the rsst Of the world. Let the family
newspaper take the foremost place IN every
household the journal merely coated
with news nspillg are coaIed with sugar;
but he Legitimate newspaper, which q 3
conplste history of The times, and which
brings al men of The saInP comprehension
up y ihs lame lsVsl.--C Chicago 1tituas.
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