Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-05

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There afs palie . nuwbfFei Arfi'
'sliufalssa. d. organFH ~ dnur-
snt l,sris 0fohf siafe, ahfwe fhould
l,u 90 a. bo In tommuaifspqa With
them AZ ~ wrthlnk Ne eoald make
iath ,he News" aud the Texas
Almanao' valuable auNiliaries In
promotirg the objects these sorietie'
sios have ia view, while In return
they eOad doublloss supply N with
macy valuable contributions f,r the
Almanac, showing the progress Of
Agricultural Improvement In their
rvspsOiire partitions of the State. but
We are only Informed ofthe location
and proper address Of two or three
saCt associations, and know Of 40
other way TO got the necessary in
formation to enable Us TO eommuni,
cate with them, except through the
assistance of our br0i her editors Of
the TeSns press. No shnil there
F-e fec, greatly obliged TO them, IL
they viii copy this article, or call
iho attention of all such associations
10 this desire Of the editors of the
Texas Almanac aud News 10 CO.
upera,e with them in promoting the
groS, objects which beth They and
we have ~ view. We shall be glad,
TO make both the Almanac and News
auxiliary in giving information Of
every step they take in facilitating
the farming operations or the coun'
try anh increasing thoyaluo Of our
annual productions. We would be
glad TO give the readers OF the next
Almanac, the names and locations
ofsuch societies in our State, togeth.
or with their officers aud such other
Information as may DO of value to
ihrm, and of interest 10 the people.
Such an association ought 10 exist
in every county of the State,
ilors,otacc science and invention
have conhncd their labors to tho
arts, TO manufactures aud mcchani-
cal pursuits, and il is but recently
that thcy have como TO the aid of
agriculture. To tighten tho burth-
ems and cheaper tho cost Of farming
shohld now be the object Of every
Intelligent citizen Of Texas, The
happiness and material welfare of
ever man, women aud child are
moro promoted by such discoveries
and Improvement as enable us to
porduce tho largo amount from al
given number Of acres and a given
amount of human labor than by all
other improvements put Together.
An invention in any branch of
manufacture which enables one man
TO perform the labor of ten, gives q
vastirnpulse to human improve
mcrk, but tho invention of a farming
implement. that enables ono 1mansto
porii,cm tho lobor of ten, accom-
TIishes incidentally more towards
amcliorating the condition of tho
laboring cllsscss and promoting in
dividu:I and national prosperity, for
the very plain reason that the tillers
of tho s0E arc far moro numerous
than all other classes put together. |
Another reason is that here we have
hundreds OF acres now awaiting i'm
migration aud increased facilities
for cultivatea. We therefore need |
tho combined labors of Statesmen,
and OF alI'eavA griculturnl Associa-
tons TO do%csopc the vast resources
of this ompyc State This is the
groat-thc paramount need ofTexas,
Whcn we reflect that tho present
yruascss Of our State could probably
be increased hvc-fold by the proper
application of such labor-saving i'm
PIGMENTS as have already been in
vented, and without any addition
TO tlrcnumber Of laborcrs, we cannot
fail to see tho necessity oforganisod
and well directed efforts to introduce
into our State every known inven-
ton for chcapening and facilitating
the cultivation of the soi.E 4 81
Galveston News.