Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-02-01
MORRIsTOwN
rErrrso or FRIDAY. ,as. 20. 1871.

. sf =. = " hNAEa- a....H
If there 4 any man Of whom it may B,
said more than Of another that he shoul,
kHG7 whereof he affiTms. thai man i ID,
farmer. Placed at the head OF all EN-
pioyments or professions practically, b,
should take precedence intellectually. tn,
man who neg'ecis the cultivation Of hi
mind, or his soul, TO cultivate an acre o.
potatoes, wrongs not only himself but the
community Of which he is resident.
They are really entitled by the laws Of
consangaiuity to any benefit he is able to
confer upon them. At the same time he
Is said be a public beneiactor who
makes two blades Of grass grow where
but one grew before, and he who is able
to do the latter for himself should remem.
Der the apostles injunction, ito do good
and communicate
But the man who Increases his crops by
accident only, is worthy of but little
praise, while the truly scientific man who
knows that vegetation is produced by the
operations of fixed laws, requiring certain
constituent qualities in the soil to produce
it, while another plant requires certain
other conditions and qualities, if be is |
able TO ascertain the principle lacking on
barren soil, and to apply it in such
manner as to produce a crop with scientif.
&c certainty, he must take precedence of
the farmer who succeeds ly accident. 1t
is no uncommon occurrence for single
principle only to be lacking, which might
be supplied at triaing cost, did he but
know what the principle was, and the
soil be made to yield an abundant harvest
obedient to the imperative command of
science. True, the man who knows moth
ing of this, or of how plants grow, NAV
by the application Of fertilizers provoke
the soil to fruitfulness, but often at an
expense far above his better informed
leighbor, and because he has succeeded |
n one case by accident, he may as surely
all upon the next trial, in manner he !
'annot recount for.
SO we see that the man who has tho.
oughly informed himself in these matters
as much the advantage over him who has G
ct. He who has made the plant and the
hammer of its growth his study, derives "
luch pleasure from watching their dcvol- 81
pment, and contemplating the wisdom u
lat has ordered all things in harmony. a
Indeed, the farmer who knows nothing q
Agricultural Chemistry is the loser in ~
any respects. He must work blindly,
I'd consequently nmany cases disadvan. .
geously. Should we commend the man "a
no should attempt to make complicat. "
machine with no knowledge of its inte- Ia
or construction, or CT the requisite ma VI
rial? Should he not rather be well ac-
tainted with every part, with all It's in Sc
Icacies, and its movements when FIN "a
red +? aha Ya ~ Hd oil
The man who neg'ects to develop him. ~
IT in this direction, has for his consola- III
m the cheering thought that he is deny '''
himself an enjoyment very oheaply
released. Would he but devote to this
bject few evenings in the course of the W VI
nter with the addition of dollar or Wv
0 for the purchase Of the requisite books, 10
d take scientific paper at the cost Of
cents year, he would find himself at "
''end of the year in much better condi- :"
ms is respect than at the commence ~
mt. 0}hii'@A5 .H naHft fe0. iho
~ elah al.i IS tha