Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-07-12

The ssi ulIursts Of shis couEtrJ practically IN
acquainted aHh the legitimate msaninE and aprl cation
OF the word sconom', In farming. Even in Great
Bi'sin, where grsssr Attention to the bGsiness Of
aaTisg is accorded than lie obssrVb here there
lIIitJ Of discipline which contrasts meet unfsVorablT
With the isdsstriaus frugal aud rigid economy of
Macy o.hsr cou1uies OF Eaross and pt,tieul>rI, /,
lhs Ihe OAse with respect Belgium and he German
States. ia,s bou'st in remarks illustrative Of
G-rmAn life and msnEsrl, says:
Each German has bic bsuss, bis orchard, he road
SIDE Eses laden With fruit that did he c-r.iull'
prop them up ana lie together aud in places h6d
TIE boUghs t0gSther by means OF wooden clamps sy
s0uls be torn Asunder by heir own WsKht u c has
potatoes, fer hemp, csc. lie is his own mat and,
shcretsre he snS bis family have the strongest motives
for e1sron You the II eta OF this il bis Industry
aud eoOuTmT.
ala Germany nSthng 10 loI.. Toe produce OF tho
trees AMI the is carried market Much fruit il
dried for winter use. You wooden trays of plums
cherrisS and siced appss, lIyisg in t. dry
Ysu strings OF shem hanging from The vindoss in
the Tssoo~s ere sspt up for ths gresier par. Of
tas year aud every green thing ia coliscted them
Every ltt'e look where the Efat grows by the rosd
de- river aud book. is oIfsful' by the sickle and
carried home the beads OF Wonsn sni children, n
baskets ted IN lArgS cloths. Ns;ssg OF abe KIDD
ItGs possibly be mGds Of any use is Tort. WsedA,
nstues, the vary Geoss graz, which covers
piAc+s, 10 Gus up add taken for the cow.
You ;he Little oEldron zaUding in the streets Of
the villages and in streams which generally ruu doSD
them busy washing these weeds beIOro they ara given
to Ihs cattle Tusy carefully coec, the seves " the
uI'sb.E'sss, carefully ouG their pota>o tops them,
sveD, Other tninEs fail, gather gree, aves from
toe woodlands. One cannot hop til king O4htinuAly
OF tho enormous of such things IL BaGsnd Of
the vast qolsrtsI Of gTI'S on banks by losGsds 10
tho opssug5 Of plautstOna in lsnes ia chu,c ysfds
where gas, from Year TO ysar springs aud sss but
which, Il carefully os, YOU'D mbiat.in msly thousand
cows tor the poor.
To pursue suli further the .Dbcet Of Gsrman econt-
nv thc very tS.uBEs II he ViGes afs dried asd IRE
served Tor wn..r fodder. The tops ana refuse OF bs
hemp SerVe ~ bSddDI for the cows; nay, even the
rough Sinks Of he psppiss AheS she heads have been
gathered Tor OIL saved and converted INTO manure
for the Ia. WhIn tbsss not suiieisst. do ohl-
GTsn ssn; int e woods gather moss, and 81
readers familiar with Germany will rencMsss to have
sssu them coming homszsrd Wiih large bundles Of ths
on chair heads. In autumn, tho falling leaves are
gathered and sacked for the same purpose. Tte 6r
cones WHICH, vito us lie end rot il tie weeds are care
tsly co,leosed and sold f.r lghii fees.
"In ebert, tbs economy srt of the German pea.
sant era IN example 20 al EarorR He has haan Tor
ysGFs-RaT, Sgss-dong that, a. regards agricultural
nanIgeEen' which tns B,l5sh Euhllc bus jusI now
beKirnins 20 open la EYES. Germany, Ike
Judea is t-ray Gnd logiug with milE aod hossy--
land q corn, AID siue, AID ell The paiaI are fu Of
cort; tbs hillside, however s,sny, green with vine
,Irds; and though they have the olive they pro.
ouse vast qnsnS 81 oil ifom tbs walnut the poppy
aud the rape"