Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-05-14

Agriculture IL one Of the best and mob
lest employments that We can engage in.
The following from an elegant writer con.
tsins much that is true:
"What sovereign man is the intelli
gent, industrious farmer. Within his own
realm Of earth, he Yields a scepter to
which all must bend The balance of the
worlds life and comfort be holds in his
statwart hand. Neither courts. nor camps,
nor armies, nor fleets, can exist without
his aid. He is the feeder lay, and the
garmenter, virtually Of the race. Cities
spring from the traffic in the products of
his industry: Commerce is born at his
behsst. Of the State be is first estate !;
lord of the land ;. No man has 6rpier bold
of the essential title of nobility; and he
need be no plolder because he is far.
mer. The day is past when the soil tler
was COMPOUNDED with the clod turned by
the pillow. The soil is his servitor He
smltes it, and, 10 ! the harvest comes forth.
The hoe and the sickle make him music
drawer than dulcimers, and sounds the
march of a triumph, grand as i, is peace.
ful and blessed. But he is not forever in
the furrow. For him are broadcast fields of
s,udy-fairest fields of delight. For him
are honors linked 10 beauty and wisdom
for him periods of communion and rap.
ture, of which the birds, the flowers, the
streams, the stars and all wondrous things
of the universe, may bear witness. Honor
to the farmer! May his sphere widen and
| bis statute be exhalted. And honor to all
honest toll, for such are the fruits that
form the browning glories of the world.'
The farmer sows his seed and the world
looks anxiously on, awaiting the hoped for
results. All mankind have deep interest
In the success or non success Of the far.
mer. II the crops are good, rejoicing
everywhere abound. If the crops fail,
gloom and distress are pictured on every
countenance ; and yet the science of agr.
culture is still in its infancy. Nowhere
else can science do so much to promote
the Well being of man. The casualties
which continually threaten the farmers
crops require the exercise Of high order
of intelligence to successfully combat
them. Take, for instance, the evils Of
drouh. In former times, if the rains we're
wi'hholden, fear Of famine prevailed; -
and even now the prevalence CT drouth
is wide spread calamity but, by the
practice of thorough, deep culture, effect.
ed BY the power Of steam, blowing and
pulverizing the soil to the depth of eigh
teen inches or more, the dreaded evils Of
drou,h may be almost wholly overcome.
Again, the depredations of insects on the
crops Of the farmer. and their attacks on
the fruits he cu!tivates, afford room for
the widest Investigations Of science in
learning how we may stay their ravages;
and then the evils Of rust, mildew and
blight. the troubles OF noxious weeds. the
natural deterioration that takes place in
the fertility Of the soil, the rapid decay of
buildings and fences, and the diseases Of
domestic animals, all 60 to show how
much is yet to be learned BY him who is
ambitious to succeed in the business of
farming.
The independence Of the farmer is a
subject that is often dwelt upon. He is not
independent of others OF the human race
When his crops are harvested, he is de.
peudent on others to become purchasers
Of the same. It is to bis interest, then, to
encourage mechanics and manufactures,
that he may have near him those who will
become buyers Of such things as he has to
sell. In bis own purchases he should pa
tronize home industry. The wagon.
maker, harness maker, shoemaker, etc,
living in his market town, should receive
his custom. There is false sentiment
that has been spread abroad by quack
political economists that enjons US 20 buy
where We can buy the cheapest II isthe
sentiment Of men possessed only Of one
idea; Of men who are Incapable Of grasp.
ing all the wars and means by which CON-
lno,ities thrive and grow rich. In every
prosperous 'conmn1'i.y,; IT, i, important
that money should be plenty and circulate
freely. Now, if the shoes, the hats, etc,
that the farmer buys. b. has manufactured
a thousand miles away, the money that
he buys them with goes, there, too. Sup.
pose he has bought them little cheaper
than thsh hotnen mechanic Q No uu,d have
sold them. As az Offset for this. If he had
bought Of the-ls.ter, the money would
still remain in his neighborhood to aid in
jig prpspsrity. The bone meebaqic IN his
turn beeeases : buyer Of ,ha. which tho
farmer has to sell, and he can afford to
pay him better prices than the distant me.
cbanic, who, ia addition to the purchase