The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1869-10-23

h1nRS ana Irl1lces establish these u
increase production and enhance The
revenue necessary to sustain the pub.
lie burdens landlords, that by rem
dering their lands more productive
they may increase their rents. In olu
Republic-a government of the people
where we have no peasant population
where all do, or may own the soil
and where the individual and the
State are enriched alike, how mucl
greater the inducement TO found and
endow such institutions
Fifty years ago agriculture in the
United States WIS in crude and un.
promising condition. The possession
of too much land induced a careless
and improvidcnt system of husbandry
from which many of the older portions
of the country arc just beginning tc
recover. The careful and scientific
study of agriculture IS n found
alton of n wise system of political
economy, was ut that time n mea-
ger part of the education Of an
American Statesman. The great law
that the soil that feeds us, md supplies
the material for our clothing, must it.
self be fed, was only understood after
n wretched system has rendered mil.
lions of acres unproductive, and in
many of the Southern States IN aban-
doned waste.
But brighter day has slowly dawn
ed. The man Of letters and science,
the discoyerer and inventor, the me-
chanic, the merchant, and the farmer
"of ono accord and one mind" begin
each for the other, TO exercise an en-
hgntened faith and due regard for
the parts they are respectively to enact
in elevating the character and increas-
ing the resources of the great body
Ipoltic. 4 flood Of light has been shed
on the workings OF nature, the econo-
my of animal life, and the vegetable
productions Of the earth, tho proper
culture and preservation of tho soil,
and the application of mechanical forces
and chemical agencies 10 the industries
OF life, inuring largely TO the wealth
and influence Of our nation.
Our secular schools are far more
practical than formerly and it is felt
mere and more that our sons and
daughters should be educated TO, not
! from, hose pursuits in which their
lives can be rendered most useful to
| themselves and others.
Agricultural and scientific papers
and magazines reach multitudes and
produce the most galutary effects. I'm
i proYements in agriculture and the arts
are sure 20 attend their careful peru
sal. But these are not moiety of the
benefits they bes,ow. They instruct,
entertain and improve all, and extend
to many literary and scientific culture
inaccessible otherwise. They elevate
labor and stimulate invention with
out dohbt they have added millions TO
our national wealth, and have diffused
Icontentment and u relish for labor
among the masses of still greater
value.
The Annual Reports, Federal and
State, literally scattered over the land,
are treasures OF the mest valuable sta
tistics and facts, and are replete with
information conducive 10 tho general
Ewell-beiag.
In many States there are Farmers
Colleges and experimental farms, COM
bining science and practice, already
permanently established. The pro-
fessors in these are generally men OF
thorough culture and exalted worth.
Prof. Turner has well met the OBJ
lection that the studies of these insti-
tutions ere too gensuous and gross to
be the basis OF pure and elevated
mental training. ''They cover" says
he, "Gll modes and phases of science
-abstract, mixed, and practical. In
short the field embraces all that God
has made, and all that human art has
done; and if the created universe and
/ highest art Of man are too gross foI
our refined tastes, it is n pity the
Morning Stars and the sons of God
did not find it out as soon as the blum
der was made" "But these topics
are of quite as much consequence,
he adds with pith and force, "as con
lectures about the galaxy and the
Greek accent, unless indeed the pc
dantic trihes of one man III thousand,
are of more consequence than the
daily, vital interests of all the rest oi
mankind"
To attain and preserve just stand.
ing in the respect of the world, oul
young farmers must be as we'll edu-
Gated as those destined for other call
ings. Well trained minds will secure
well cultivated fields; soils treated il
the light of science and experience viii
be made to double their productive
ness; as the implements of husbandry
are more and more improved, there
will be corresponding diminution o
that depressing soil that enervates tht
thinking function and indisposes it
! es~..sarcise,
Nor will the farmer that IS wise
give to Incidence and dissipation tn
opportunities thus secured to attain
, higher position than that hitherto &C
corded to his profession. He will no
only advance in the sphere of his call
: ing, but in qualifications for honore,
: and useful place in other worthy pul
, suits. He will guide the pillow wit
: thrift, and, If need be, with steady han
t on the helm, the ship of State. Th
!, agricultural class, intelligent, free al
: owning the soil, are naturally the cor
: servators of law and iberty-the bes
9 defence against outward peril, the bef
: guaranty against domestic tumult'
Y Their contribution to the support IN
resources Of our great Bepublic, cor
Q Meeting and blending with all th
y moral, social and political interests {
d the world, is moderately estimated {
q 81 zoo AA0 900 Il 90 Tho e111anaC,l,t Z