Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-06-20
RUTLAND HERALD
MONDAY, JUNE II, 1867


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our English friends ~ To the successful
cultivation OF Agriculture In the United
States, for the reason, that ours, In their
estimation Is superficial system, and
high farming involves high prices, and
that the system of cultivation which Is
profitable in Great Britain, would not be
remuncrauve in The Ur" I'd States, and
on: soil - constantly beln- impoverished
on account of the superficial method Of
its cultivation,
In one vrrw Of the subject, the theory
of our transatlantic friends may be true
To certain ,xtent Yet we should take
into consideration the fact that, in the
agricultural area of the country for every
two acres Of the improved land there
are three acres of land connected there
with not under cultivation, while the
gross aggregate OF uncultivated territory,
fertile and waste, swells to l ,466, 800, Sl2.
This fact gives color to the agriculture
Of the United States. Land is abundant,
and cheap while labor is scarce and high,
even 10 the older settled States there is
much land that can he purchased at ex-
tremely low rates and by the Free
Homestead Law, every citizen Of the
United States, or any foreigner who shall
declare his intention OF becoming clti-
zen, can have farm of 100 acres without
charge. And the lands which are
offered on these easy terms, to actual
settlers are as good as any in the world.
Under such circumstances it is eVi.
dent the system of agriculture which is
practiced in some older and more densely
populated countries where labor IS
abundant and the and mostly under
cultivation, cannot a. a general rule, be
adopted at present in this country. 1t
has been said that American agriculture
is half century behind that Of Great
Britain. In one sense, perhaps this Is
true. Our land Is not as thoroughly
under-drained MANFRED and cultivated
as that of England, Scotland or Bel
GUM; but we can produce bushel Of
wheat at much less cost than the most
scientific farmer of England by the best
approved method of cultivation, even If
he paid LOthiug for the use of his land.
We do not contend Tor superficial sys-
TEN Of agriculture, but we ask that those
who censure our farmers for not cult
waiting and enriching their lands more
thoroughly, should take into considera-
ton the circumstances which have sur
rounded US. High farming involves
high prices and the system Of Cultiva-
ton and manuripg which is profitable
in Great Britain, would not in our pres
ent condition prove remuuerative here,
American agriculture Is in transi-
ton state. In the older sections Of the
country there is much land that has
been exhausted of its original fertility.
In those sections the OLD system of farm
ing, which was Simply to raise all the
grain that the land would produce, is no
longer profitable. But yet some farmers
with that aversion to change for which
bucy dlc ever HuClC plONSA Oi0if al < oIoN
to adopt an Intelligent system OF rOta.
ton and cling To their old ways. One
OF Englaud's ablest agricultural writers,
In new work recently issued, remarks,
thai his only hope OF seeing any great
improvement ia agriculture lay in the
rising generations This remark IS quite
as applicable 20 American as English
agriculture We must look 10 the in
teligent young men Of our country for
any great improvement in Its agriCul-
ture, and IL is matter on which we
may well Cyugratu'Att ourselves, that
even during the terrible struggle tarOngh
which we have recently passed, agrlCul.
tural education Is not neglected Our
young men are beginning to realize that
agriculture is worthy of their highest
ambition, and that H. 10 other pursuit
will intelligent labor meet with y sure
reward
REMOVAL OF CIVIL OFFICERS -. The
Cabinet on Friday had another session,
which was almost wholly occupied with
the discussion Of the varloG--q ueStions
arising under the reconstruction act.
There is nothing to De added, as far as
can be ascertaiued, to the well known
fact that the Cabinet il almost unani-
nous in conCurring with the Attorney
General that military commanders have
no power to remove civil officials of the
Southern States. Mr., Stanberry, how
ever, says he has been misunderst TODD
wherever he has been represented as
being of the opinion that State officials
can be removed by trial by military
commission on charges that they are
ObstruCting the enforcement of the re-
construction act What he holds is that
any person acting in hia individual ca
pacitv, can he so tried, no matter what
position he may occupy. But he does
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