Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-18

s s,n one whose sou Is sandy or gravellv -
falls TO buy all the Wood Ashes ne can ana who
price per bushel less than the en-. "a" Eel at apy
halt hushel OF Indian corn, does not value Of |
| 10 grow corn, Judge that a he,in1' "Now how
considerable means and little m5nnno who Ia,
afford 10 pay the high price exacteJ G, van better
Guano than attempt to do without i, '' a. unG
abundant time and labor at command nu With |
er can make Fertilizers cheaper than h. WY IarD
.nshl, save Where something is needed w. lF
land that the best cOmposts do not ,.N 10y III, |
he must obtain where and as best no c, bs
! This explains the great cry in ON. ."Ii,
! their vicinity for PhOsphates and Co. TpueN aud
! every farm. Much of the noise l. h. "onv on |
ers anxious to sell their wares; bnt ,b "t u deal
piled is real and pressing For ty vo want Ent iR
years the land along the seaboard of oo "uulod
ry has been pastured or moved most of ~ 'ount |
ana the Dones OF most OF the animals tl,, uls
eu ana suoSlSteu nave been regularly soll ~
city streets and slaughter-houseS IA c,i NV o9
ish farms. This has been allowed N ' ,,. D't
Ill Phosphates that combination NJ Gpl vi 10 .
rouS with Lime and other element uuSpAO .
| which bones cannot be grown 49, has boo. oG
most wrenched from the soil lam aSs,, "'en
believe that there age lands well enrirbc5 a'i
! binary manures, yet so denuded of phosr Y N |
that healthy, strengthened COW or OK c rn''
longer be reared upon them. What Vii, IIN 10 I
upon you, therefore, is not the necessity "g uf
ing 20 the cities for Phosphates j fms, ro ,el
not vet reduced TO that extremity - but t6o,N ~
carefully pick up and save every bone th". you
be found, and apply itspeedily TO your rnsno. ya
farms. Grind it in mill if you can djcspoIlI
in diluted Sulphuric Acid il convenient. may
with beetle on rock or barn floor If ,S,.
the best you can do; but let not a bone he Gs
that so may You avoid the Phospbate. brr %N
which in some shape has become a ncces,,.
us on the seaboard. And one of the recomS..
dations of that digging of Muck from Sy,m,
Boys, Ponds, &c, &c, which has becoroo ~
sion with good farmers on our seaboard !. gN
thus the bones of thousands of animals tho, S SI
in these low places or have drifted hther sao'
death, will thus be restored in some form IA A,
arabic tracts whence they were originally MAJ
up, and thus rendered useful to mankind ~
But have wandered far from UnderIr.rr.
Whatf would urge respecting it is this-DoaT
tie Of it forthwith, and do that little well Rss,
with your garden; proceed thence to your SWAMI
or any DOGGY corner of your farm: first mai,
sure of ample waterway or outlet; then cnt von
trenches through it as narrow, as straight anal
deep as possible, so that there will be no mist,5,
as to the water flowing into and THROUGH tbsT
use slabs, use boards use poles TO mako 4,
drains. which cover, so that you are sure nolo,
or sand can filter into it: then put back the e,r
removed in making the drain, and your work
, done. When You shall have satisfied vour,f
that draining IUiH pay, ascertain where draipds
are most conveniently obtained, and order Soma
The more of them you use, the more YOU vT
want until all your plow-land at least is under
laid with them. If you shall thence proceed
{ underdran your woods and rocky hillside Da
lures, understand that you do that on your 67
responsibility, not by my advice.
very great - had almost said advantage
but I will be safe and call it opportunity -bs
been secured to the Farming Interest or rl,bs
, to the general interest Of Productive Industry
by the Agricultural College act of the pryr
Congress, introduced and ably supported bvvg
representative, Mr.. Morrill, That act annwr
ates nearly ten millions of select acres Of D
Public Lands of the Union to the esablsh1a
and support in the several States Of the U1a
of COLLEGES devoted to the education Of DG
teal Farmers and Mechanics. II all this
! dowment were concentrated upon one COIese
would probably be misused, squandered, ds@aa
= ated and come to nothing since il is app0tI0lg
among the several States, see no inherent d
probability in the presumption that some Old
Colleges may prove successful; and even Oh
such will mark an immense forward stride aa
history of Human Progress. Give us C0As
, | in each State or even in each of half doE
States-teaching our youth that Agriculture
the Mechanic Arts are truly liberalZing pNie
4 sions--that they require intellect and learning
{ | their most effective development and proSeClla
I
, servility, ignorance and brutality-and thatNa
usefulness and even lasting fame may be aclI
ed as well by " making two blades of grass 10
= where one grew before" as by tramping hsz |
: beneath the Redeemed hoofs OF Battle - and "
must, we shall, gradually rise to such an een
ton of mind and just respect for useful labor al
the sons of thrifty farmer shall no longer Z
e for employment is tidewaiter at New York.
S sub-doorkeeper about the halls of Congress,
I | fire-maker in some State Capitol. We shall Us
ually realize and act upon the truth that, WI
| an ignorant, stupid, rum soaked boor cannot
made respectable nor happy by farming nor a
' other pursuit, a virtuous, intelligent, enecIf
D thrifty, independent farmer, who spends his da
n | in or near +" the cot where he was born, II
dies at q good old age, surrounded and siuCar1
regretted by the playmates of his youth. Il
. friends of his ripper years, the children il
love, is in truth one of the most fortunate
h enviable of human beings.
= But do | forget, in the contemplation oil %
n prospective, some possible Arcadia, the a-
n condition of our own native land, torn by NV
: sicns, prey TO faction, and writing IN in5 Il
n rid flames of a desolating Civil War; No.
@ not, I cannot shut my eyes to that terrible ~
/ ty. Nay, | have doubtless been unable, even
a the brief space in which have claimed you
I tention, to withdraw your thoughts from
4 fields on which our cOuntrymen are ieaPg
I bloody haryest-from that fraternal STRIFE W.
l. IN property. liberty HE ltseli, are DeihS V"7
II with fearful rapidity. Even yet, we scarcei
n alze, while we see ann declare, that this lar y
q so late the favored abode of peace ana p'ug
n being scourged and desolated. as was ne'a u
4 before, by the widespread ravageS OF d elya.
r Civil War - that, along an irregular HUM
!. not less than two thousand miles, orotlel
i the deadly rifle at the heart OF 0fCla n
n shouts exutantly when his intended Vcu Iu
: to rise no more. | do not see how TINS wa If \,
> have been avoided by our loyal States a%
zens; but do not the less feel It's hoiiV '
q bless the assurance afforded by scenes l lS,s
II around me that War is not the natuf% Nv Mr
= Man that his true destiny, his true gTip, s,
h found in the quiet walks of Industry "n So
= God grant that the manifold sufferings, 'h ea
l. fees, the bereavements, of this STRIFE W n III
q dured in vain - that the Bow OF fro ihS Nh
n soon rradate our sky-and that outol ari,a NJ
4 tons, the agonies, of this crisis may al III
e stately fabric of impartial and uhN'''"
: doml r,ioo
n At the close of the address reso'u'"
:, thanks TO Mr.. Greeley was move"
h adopted. il
: The great length ofthe address cS'DP'
a to defer any further mention OF the l"" u
i ings OF yesterday, and of merlorlou' ''
g on exhibition until tomorrow.