Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1863-04-17
Advantages of System in Farming

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: us; minds that philosophise, discern
geological system below us; the
school-boy learns the system and
harmony of bodies, animate and in.
animate around us. The system OF
the upper world is such, that the de-
Walton Of planet a single hair, in
each turn Of its accustomed round,
would, long ere this, have created
the widest disorder and the most
lamentablc results--a collision O
worlds would have been the fearful
consequence. The creeping babe
loves order; see the system as he
arranges his marbles in squares
| God gave the wild bird an instinct
i've system, with which to build her
nest-the beaver to build her dam
and the fox to dig his hole. Why,
then, shall we not wonder to see the
farmer so loose and unsystematic in
his modw opcraadi2 1t is to be
deeply regretted that many OF my
| brother farmers convert the enchant-
ing face of beautiful mOund-that
which might be an earthly paradise
Into an Egyptian ruin, as the SER
pent Of the Garden of Eden convert
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ol misery
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est tongue 10 you not see Wlefe-
Ill you can improve your system I OF
ratnef Wa"t OF system IN farming ?
Is IL not poilcy lof you TO exercise
thoSe goa given qualltles OF taste
IN the arrangement OF your build
ln8S, the grading, seeding and clean
llness OF yards, the building OF fen
ce8, dc. DO you not wish to de
light the eyes OF the passer by ?
W hen we see a farm house surround
ed by tasteful barns and other build
lngs, we can but consider them typi-
cal OF the general character Of the
proprietor
Agriculture IS as Old as the oldest
time. Inc highest powers OF crea-
TED intellect nave given us the jew
els OF experience, handed down to
us by the long arm of the past +;
leaves OF antiquity have been lain
before our eyes by the chronicler.-
Shall we not heed when they coun-
SCI ! Shall this raging age Of arts
TIC progress, and scientific research,
see tne coax OF apathy upon the
shoulders Oh the agrlcuituristE l
VIII answer afilrmatlyely, unless his
duneS anu iaoors become systemized,
a genera system Oh agriculture IS
among the greatest wants OF this
era Agriculture IS a precoclous
science, WIN gray locks surrounding
boys intellect There is won
derlul development locked up IN this
sclence--that development accom-
pllsheu, ana we snail see agriculture
reduced to general system, extend
ing at least over a tract OF country
consisting OF homogeneous soil.
There are at present nearly as
many different methods of farming
as there are farmers. Now, no one
will deny that general principles de
duced from tacts, should be regarded
and adopted. No one will dispute
the assertion that every plant con
tains the four acknowledgement,
nitrogen, oxygen and carbon--and
that unless certain soil possesses
all these attributes, it will not ger
inmate grains. This leads me to
suggest the policy, and vindicate the
propriety, OF establishing more Ag-
rlcnltural Schools, thus giving agri-
culture the merit it has so long de-
served-a systematic development.
Our sons should be thorough mas
tiers OF agricultural chemistry. Then
we would not seas we now often
do-a sickly field OF barley striving
vainly to mature on heavy bed OF
clay, where the hand of ignorance
strewed it. We should not see so
many oats weighing twenty pounds
to the bushel. We should not see
so many potatoes resembling mar