The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-06-27
For the Republican,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

With the farmer as with every other
class OF men slime is money" and at the
present high price Of labor, everything
which tends to tighten, quicken and ex-
pedlte toll is just so much money saved,
and takes just 10 much more drudgery
from the man and places it upon the an
imal. 1t is unnecessary to go into an
argument to convince any man who has
given a moments reflection to labor-sav-
Ing machines. of their utility. But there
is a class Of well.meanlng, well to.do,
and tolerably thrifty farmers, who never
give ore thought, or take any action to-
ward securing the immense advantages
Of machinery unless their attention is
called to 1t by some enterpriSing firm
Hence many persons of this class would
be benefited by having their attention
called to the many advantages Of lmprov>
ed farm cultivation. How many of
our farmers do not take even one
Of the many excellent agricultural ourn-
ais in the United States, seldom ever
get Pate.t Office Repor. and as con-
sequence are not posted on the improve
ments Of the day, and are content to live
as did one or two, or even three genera
tions ago, deprived of many of the lux
uries, if not some of the necessities of
life? This class Of PERSONS feel it most
sorcly when victimized. But did the
farmer so post himself as to know the
advantages as we'll as the disadvantages
Of inventions, many "bai SELF would
be avoided, bad machinery thrown aside,
and better articles secured. How would
our merchants and tradesmen 80 readily
detect counterfeits, broken banks, &C.,
were it not tor the latest bank note re-
porters! How would they know the
best markets and be able TO supply us
with the best goods, did they not take
time for investigation? Just so with
the farmer. BY means of knowledge he
Is enabled to make his land yield most
abundantly by scientific tanning he in>
creases his yield, and must, therefore,
have the most perfect and rapid machin>
cry to complete his work of saving in due
time. This the inventive genius has els
abled him to do at such trihing expense
that, in almost one seasons time, he can
fully supply his farm with the most per-
feet machinery and refund the outlay.
Years of experience have fully tested
many valuable inventions which our far-
mers are still content to do without
Why is this the case? Do not our far>
mers love ease as well as others! Why
employ so many make-shifts that will
merely do, when good, complete and eff.
ficient articles are within reach? 1t is
evident that money invested in implies
ments which in one or two years time
will pay for themselves, is we'll invested
fit were only for the fact that you have
the machinery left. You have more, you
have time which IS money, you have ease
which is relief. You, also, become in-
dependent of the many contingencies
upon which labor depends, for with a less
number of hands you do your work in
less time. more neatly and at the time 1t
is needed, thereby saving hundreds of
dollars in quality if not in quantity of
material. And then the vast burden ct
labor which it removes from the family.
should be great induce.nent Why,
my dear friends, I would tell you that it
is much easier to feed horse or to use
machinery than to cook for a number OF
bands over hot stove, with the ther>
at 90 or 100 in the shade. But
lfyour fratelnal feelings will not prompt
you to get supply, then let your love +
Of ease appeal 10 your selfish nature for ,
qualification. Why not save the muscle {
TO supply the brain? Give the mind
lime for research, for investigation, for
and not make the body
The entire drudge of life time OF toll,
'tarve the mind, impoverish the soul and
die as the beast that "knows not its Ma. {
kerr If you will do this by purchasing O
and using the latest, improved patents,
and then impart your experience to your
ncighbors through the columns of our
county paper, you will do much to ad-
vance public as well as private interest,
by aiding in dispeling the antipathy that
exists, to an alarming extent In Greene
County, in opposition to "new>fangled
institutions" G.. w.D.
CATEHPILLARS.
A correspundent writing to tto Vir-