The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-10-08

that time, I think, of about fifty head: They
were all named, Dukes, Duchesses, Princes,
p,incesses of various degrees, in accordance
with a lurking weakness Of the old gentleman
for the titled and noble The stalls IN winch
they were kept, were very simple. Inc nero
was divided into separate lots, and most OF
them were grazing in small fields OF rich pas
ture They are too well known to need de-
gcription. AS he descanted upon their merits
ha told me he thought he had formed an AMI
NAL with a combined capacity for milk and
fattening far superior to every thing else III
England. Headmitted however, that mgh iced
ing was essential to the excellence OF the breed
! One of the most celebrated Sheep Farms III
I Furope is that of the Baron Won Steinberg,
near Leipsic. It consisted of eight hundred
acres. nearly all of it in pasture or meadow
There were upon it at the time OF my WISH,
some seventy head of horses and cattle ana
about eight hundred head of sheep. inns nock
had been selected, and managed with great
care. and skill, and was regarded as one Oh
the finest in Germany The Baron had tray
eled in various countries, our own even, with
the view of ascertaining the effect OF climate
and other circumstances upon Saxon Nheep,
Indeed his researches had won for HIM his IL
tie. The sheep were at pasture under care OF
shepherds. In bad weather and Ill winter they
were housed in a building Of brick, Wen ven
tilated and arranged, the cost OF which was
I15,OO0 dollars. They averaged yearly about
5 lbs. of wool per head. The barn near by
was conveniently arranged. The grain was
stored in an upper story-threshed by machln-
cry moved by oxen, then passed through a
tanning mill Oh the same floor and finally de-
Iivered to small grist mill on the floor below,
where it could be used at pleasure for the stock
on the farm.
1t will be observed from the specimens pre-
scented that a leading idea Of the agricultur-
lists of our age is that Farm is a manutacto-
ry which is more or less profitable according
to capital invested articles produced, and Vi
cinitv to market 1t will also be readily per-
ceived that the advantages of these systems,
must depend on situation, and variety OF CIR
cumstances, that in practice will surely be
found, combined Fortunately the American
Farmer, with the national staple of Indian
corn, has little need of turnip culture, or the
oil cake mills, and while irrigation, subsoll
ploughing, under draining, and scientific
amendments, are every where useful 1t is
chiefly our care on these rich prairies in which
our lot is cast to preserver the present fertility
rather than recruit exhausted soils.
| In most instances it can scarcely be doubted
that it will be found most remuneratlve to
follow the advice of the French Chemist, sin
making diligent use of the means which are
aatamGtJy at our disposal" and in conforming
| TO that old rule of such utility in all profess
| ions, thorough work" ''what we do, do
well"-thorough work, in every department
of cultivation--thorough work in guarding
against numerous pests Of weeds and vermin
with which we are called upon to contend.
| The advance of Agriculture has. been at
| tended with a corresponding progress in the
condition of the laborer. Enlightened labor
reclaims its original position A thorough
civilization recognizes that the Law the AL
mighty has imposed on all his creatures, can
not be degrading. All things labor. The Ell
ements with ceaseless action, work to render
our Earth beautiful and comfortable abode to
man.
| The vegetable kingdom in manner labors
as each plant extends its lines Of root down.
ward, and laterally in search of nutriments,
and raises above its complicated system OF
stem and branch, with foliage, flower and
fruit, in execution Of those processes by which
it lives and grows, and perpetuates its kind.
The fowls Of the air, the cattle on the hills,
though they toll not with 'carking" care, roam
unremittingly from field to field from land to
land, from climate to climate, in search Of
those daily supplies, which He who satisfies
the desire of every living thing" confers only
on earnest effort. The high achievements of
our race, have only been attained by labor
By patient industry the hut Of the savage has
been exchanged for the elegant abodes Of civ
iEzation under its potent influence the civil
lied portion of our earth smiles with grain
fields and homesteads, populous and prosper
Gus villages and towns. By it we ride the
main. We disarm the elements of their rage
or subject them to our CONTROL we explore the
bowels of the earth we inhabit, or rise to a
knowledge of those laws that control the Uni
verse. Labor is the basis of state, and from
its conditions, as it is honored or despised, So
ciety prospers or decays.
The numbers engaged in Agriculture, the
Importance of its products to the welfare; to
the life even, Of all other classes, render the
condition of Agricultural labor of surprising
interest to all. Those arrangements of law
and government which will best secure the
health, the comfort the intelligence, the vir-
tue, the greatest activity Of the laborer, and
which will promote the increase in quantity
and value Of his products, engage in our own
day among all enlightened nations the most
earnest study of Patriots and PhiIanthropists
Ia this view, the condition Of Agricultural
labor in our own country, and especially in our
Northern States is subject of special con-
graduation. No blightimg shadow of arbi-
trary power interposes between the American
Farmer, and the enjoyment of his hopes, the
results of his efforts. No establishment ex
torts from his reluctant hand a 1.-THE of his
earnings No support of Royal family, and
aristocracy paralyze his labors with Cypress
i've taxations. The burthens of the state which
he endures, are imposed by his representatives
and if ever onerous, are only those which are
essential to the security, welfare and tranquil
ity of society, with whose interests, his
own are identified. His is the neighboring
church, sustained by his col'cat0ry contribu-
tons. His is the convenient school for his
children, supported with small exception, by
the munihcent arrangements of the State. lie
holds his land by no intricate title involved
and encountered with remains feudal servl-
tudes Self reliant, Independent, freeman
indeed he acknowledges no dependence, but
upon Him. who ''metes to him the Elements
and the Seasons $40 superior, but the magls-
trates whom he elects, in common with all
rural laborers. His work lies mid the fra
GRANGE of flowers and fruit. The voice Of birds
greet him at early morn, and he retlres mid
their song at even. His dwelling is the airy
field canopied by the Heavens with all the
shifting scenery of Clouds and sunshine. For
him are wind, and rain the dew and the shower.
He counts the hours by the shadows-the bur
dens of spring, the richfulness of summer, the
gay tints of autumn, and the solemn bright
ness of winter. But peculiarly his the uni
versal, man-inspiring liberty. Who that has
otpaused upon some gentle elevation on these
prairies and gazed until his heart swelled with
delight and patriotic pride as his eye ranged
over the rich expanse dotted and studded with
happy homesteads each set round with gar
den and orchard and its coronet of stacks?
Or still more as be learns the story of the
occupants and listens to the oft told tale Of ear