The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1864-12-07
agricultural
Agriculture I'm War Times.


as the first among the arts OF peace, but IN
uuthitis also the mot efficient handmade
en- oi war; aud no natioH, however strong
they may be ON sea and land, can long main
tain an offensive or defensive warfare, or
sustain an amy in time of PEACE sufficient
TO insure the re, pect Of their DeighhOrs. un-
less agriculture IS u,ade the foundation uf
its prosperity, and the majority of its cap
ital is invested in this primitive pursuit. 1t
has been said that Rumulous founded his
State on agriculture and war, the former
nourishing and sustaining her normal growth
and the latter making her mistress Of the
world. ] he same il true of every great and
powerful nation, ancient and modern.
China, in which agriculture is carried to
the .hlg hest point OF perfection has existed
the longest of any nation on the globe,
though she, has always been the prey Of
foreign wars and internal disSensions. In
dia, whose wealth Is on scale of which
Western nations can have 10 conception, and
wlnch has been said by the Eamd9rg Re
CjclC to be the grave into which goes the sill
yer and gold OF the world, aud from which
it never returns, owes all her material pros
perity to the products of her soil, which she
exchanges tor the treasure of the whole CIV
iiized world. Egypt, the mother of civil
zation symbolized herself as the lotus
bringing from the mud Of the Nile, to the
fertility of which alone her position among
the nations was to be attributed
England, which We have come TO look
upon as commercial and manufacturing
nation par erceitence, and which has been
designated as a nation Of shop keepers,
would seem at first sight to constitute All
exception to the rule; but the rule has not
and never can have an exception. While
England is beyond all dispute the greatest
trading nation in the world, she is also the
greatest farmer, and statistics show that by
far the greatest bulk Of her capital is to, day
invested in agriculture, and that the income
from the soil is just double that from hcr
commerce, manufactures, stock investments,
and all other sources. Napoleon understood
full well that war must be quartcrud on ag-
riculture, aud he established agricultural
schools throue ehout the Empire, and thought
it tine well spent te draw up the details Of
their management, cy non theeye Of battles
I,ut il agriculture has been our mun re-
source III peace, ii mu t le our dependence
above all things now in time Of war. Our
colnQclte is well nigh driven from the seas
ty The rebel cruisers; eur mills cannot OF
tain aSuppiy OF cotton; the products OF the
gold mines We cannot keep IN the country,
anu We have one OF the largest armies the
world has ever seen TO feed aud eiuthC no
one knows how long, and even when peace
returns we shall be obliged always to main
tain Standing amy to keep peace.
which will be 50 much withdrawn from the
productive resources OF the country. Ii
We would carry on this war, then. to sue.
eessful istue, and have the breath Of life
lett IN lis al the close, We must pi0w up Two
aces for oRe On the coming sea,oii, and
make two .,.ades OF grass grow where oNs
grew bcIore.
But the Unitel States is perhaps after
all the best illustration Of the importance of
ChcliShing this universal and only true source
Of wealth. With our three thousand miles
OF coast, and our tens of thousands of na,i-
gable rivers; with our cities Of Spindlcs on
every waterfall: with our gold m!ncs in Cal
ltoInia, and our non, coal and copper under
lying tie whole land, our real available
wealth cones after all from the surface soll
in the shape Of our immense surplus pro
duce. Agriculture furnishes the cottou to
keep our factories runnlngand our merchant
fleet employed in its transportation, Ihe
great granaly OF the west keeps long lines
Of railroads and canals and an immense a
mount Of tonagc tlnploycd in carrying its
corn and -four to the doors OF the c0iisum-
cis. Even CaIiiolnia isLtconliug as famous
for its agricultural products as tor its gold
and without the toiner to sustain It's rapid
ly umeaihg population, the latter would
hardly be available. and it would he imros-
siblc, in the present disturbed state Of cur
commerce, to supply her from tie Atlantic
States, as at the period of her first settlement,
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Cost OF "a Crop OF WeeEs!
In riding past the premises of. farmer
recently, We observed rich lot OF land
planted With potatoes; but labor being scarce
he had allowed the weeds to grow except
such as the plow and cultiyator had destroy
cd Letwecn the rows. Tie weeds in the
mounted to twc-titths of the potatoes in
weight. They, of course, required as much
Of he strength of the SOIL weight for
weight. The lot was three acreS-consc-
quently the weeds in the whole lot were
equal to the potatoes or two acres Good
crops Of potatoes in this ncighhorhood ON
such soil as this, have yielded $50 bushels
to the acre; consequently the products of
this lot had ii been kept clean, would have
been 450 bushels. As the matter now
stands, the weeds have taken two-hfths, or
$50 bushels, and left three-fflhs, or 270
tu; hels. .... rob. r-'. j. |
Calling the potatoes fifty cents per bushel,
the owner has lost $50 by negccting to i
clear out weeds, which, certainly would not
have cost more than sixteen days's labor
which, at a dollar and a half per day, would |
have been twenty four dollars. The account
stands as follows, to wit: -....
i, CROP OF WEEDS; DR.,
10 $50 bushels Of potatoes lost, 500 !
OR.
By l6 days labor saved, q
Net loss on weeds $50 |
We leave our readers TO draw their own |
conclusions as to the mode vt avoiding such |
disasters. SOME will say they they cannot /
lelp it; but others who have no can't in |
heir vocabulary, will devise means for clean
cultivation. - Country Gentleman.
Soil for Grapes.
The discussion on grapes at the late meet.
ng Of the Ohio Pomological Society at
Toledo, among other fings INTRODUCED the |
question as to the soil ON which the best
quality of grapes were grown. III ere seem
d to be but one opinion, and that was that
strong, clayey soil or one Of lonmy clay
With limestone or even slaty clay sub
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