Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-09-06
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Farm Adornmsnts.


From the American Farmer.
tits much to be regretted that this
most interesting department OF ag-l
,;cnIs1raI improvement should have
been so generally neglected by farm
ers of this country--that merely
the land itself should be made the
medium of 8 circulating currency
through the cultivation OF wheat ana
other cereals, thus bringing quick
returns and ready profits in dollars
and cents, but forgetting the more
permanent deposit which every farm
should be continually making In the
Improvement of its landscapes and
proper cultivation, and rearing OF
stock or domestic animals, which
seems to have been the mistake oil
all agriculturists in America, from
the landing of the pilgrim fathers
until now. The great temptation to
this has been the natural richness Of
the native soil, requiring little cultl-
walton and no application Of artificial
or barn manure, standing as it did,
ready to receive a nuclus, in the
shape of seed around which to clust-
er a fund of wealth, to be gathered
and generally by the farmer at the
harvest season. But this aboriginal
richness of the soil is fast being, II it
is not already exhausted, and the
farmers of this country will now be
obliged, like his less favored breth-
ren on the eastern continent, to
make agriculture study, and to
take every branch of his department
of industry into earnest considera-
ton, that he may be able to know
where the most advantage may be
gained, both in ready money and
permanent investment.
Now, every person of any expert
ence, knows that city lot or resi-
dence that is improved--that is, if
its walks, its lawn and garden are
properly laid out, and its trees ad-
vanced in size-is worth double or
treble the value of the neighboring
lot, which is unimproved, though
the climate and situation are equal.
This, of course, is applicable to
farm experience. A farm, where
every field has a tree of some kind,
under whose spreading branches the
COW, the sheep, the horse, may find
a grateful ST telter from the summer
heat of MONDAY sun, and whose
graceful foliage adds to the general
appearance of the landscape--that
farm, we are confident to say. is
worth from three to five times the
value of the adjoining one which is
destitute Of shade trees, all other
things being equal.
Another thought 1t is a well
known fact that human beings aver
age less weight in summer than in
winter, and that perspiration or heat
has tendency to weaken, &c. Sure
ly that which is applicable to man is
applicable to his beast, and if this is
so, and we all know how cooling
good shade tree is, and how eagerly
the cattle seek its shelter from the
sun and heat, 1t must be perceived
ut once that the value of a tree or
two in each pasture or field is not
only apparent in the appearance of
the farm, but also in its advantage to
cattle in preventing the evaporation
through the pores of the skin of
those juices which should 90 to form
milk, fat, flesh or muscel.
1t certainly cannot be necessary
for the argument to be continued, or
that we should urge upon the lntelli-
gent farmers of this country an i'm
mediate commencing of improve
ment in this direction.