, 1870-07-13

eided valoa. = taaEs taat almost ~ isnd sitsin
my miles Of Neat city. md not mose thsn tWo |
Wafe1, may tfe Be made to earn FOOD tutsresf
On $leo per scrc, zftE< meennK all the cost Of
e sna
now J1eld IeA than 80 per acre annually in pss.
tursge. wouh net 1t least double that sum to tie
owner II wisely devnsed 70 forest sree4
There il something very funny in this to
Hooeier Who has pulled hickory sprouts in our
Western woods, and has allayed his boytsh
sppetito by chewing sheu sucnlent roots. II
Mr Greeley, or any other u1n" vii! SOW
bushel OF hickory nuts in the most faEofable
soil. exposed to the SUI, NC will venture that
our nins-yeu old boy can pul! up his thrift
test four-year old sapling with ono
hand. NJ. Greeley states, APOLOGIZE
caly, in the same Article that he las
had 30 little experience IN plansing thAt he
sn9qa n hsTe to sa no sor
the shove because he says lettera that have
reached nc imply thst the Ignorance of othefs I..f
Is even denser than mine" We are httle
curious to know upon what part Of this planet
these correspondents live We had hoped 1oAs
Mr.: Greeley had exhausted his fsp-doodIe
style Of writing hla tarin articles. In that deld
it Is very spptuprlate, for the less aman th1nks
and KNOWN ct the subject, tho better he is pre-
pared to advocate the extreme theories OF the
motoctinuists- In one o{ Ffeldtng's novels
tna1 Sh1batt IL Aau915u chkPtaf% astanpts ~
ahow by argument that = man can write better
upon given topic il he haa some knowledge
Of his subject-but he sor1pwfuIly confesses
tbat On this point he il ut outs With most Of
the critics OF his time. who insisted that.
other things being, equal, the writer
would succeed best. Mr. Greeley has undount-
edly adopted the latter theory We are not
afraid that his last contribution to arboreM
science will mis1ead many Of our Western peo-
pie, bat We confess that ne have sorae appEs-
tensions that IN the East, 1here, to use Mr..
stony hills-too rocky TO be even imperfectly
plowed7-some innocent parsons may astempt
10 1saIrender" (thAt is hr. Gree1ey's word)
these favored localities to shady groves OF
hickory and walnut trees in the rash and
haaty manner suggested. 70 suppose that
have their SEASONS Of storms and sunshine.
How long would the little pockets Of Garth On
the rocky hil1-sides have any ear+h in them
il dug up with pick and spnde and hoed
annually IN June or July. Al Mr.. Greeley
suggests To be within bounds We would
over one nut IN lU,Uuu would sprout, ana that
of these, the child is not born who would live
to see one Of them become hoop pole OF re-
spsctab1e aize. Tho precaution suggested OF
growing these forests near = railroad de-
pot or navgable river is entire1y useless. We
warn the New York coopers that they must not
rely upon the success Of this scheme for their
hoop poles.
We are sorry that spirit Of envy has
brought Mr, Greeley into such vagaries. Why
could be not have said to tho ambitions
s'Train, !" who WAS buzzins about his ancient
and philosophic nose, what Uncle Tobj said to
the fy: "io, poor devil, 60; there is room
enough in the world for me and thee" Our
country il neither 60 ANAL nor poor thst it
cannot give room and support to two first
class agricultural editors, and We trust in the
future that no feeling OF enmity to 4 hated
rival will drive our venerable friend to auch
unpardonabie acts of hostility.