New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-15
:. ,p,., cbesp land and dear labor. our farm

With cheap land and dear labor our iH,"'
10 fsh - 90 ,;val the dear laud and cheap III
en- western Europe aud send '""S,"'i" a,,1
Co ~ their product to markets four '"" ';.;o'
share " Tbot is an arduous comretltloh'
w;sh il were not required - 'n"' ,o.
.,.,.ls Wares. and Fabrics new imported, W.,
smccd ON our own SOIL aud our nced 'i rNi .lir..
III ,L.rcbv urcycn.cd. Bat we must laNr ''.'
,se find thcm and DO our les; Win s'''' or,,.
% are vcuch,afcG us; and our Agl'eUl'"' ~ in ,hc
snsintoin its prcCulncnco in tie ruin ,d frank
-nmo1iatc past. 10y the eager recel"'oa ,nIomcnts.
,rpreciation of every Improvement ~ natural
,nd in fine development and appi'.',,O ,.oko 70 the
IA mechanical powcr. Are you WIN. minnesota
t,nno,,,rco of This subject, farmers ord r.uscd
SGi,;ors az horsepower uhlihri" :, tho form of
.,,uouv sweep over your PHI. ara Won sure
,;,d ding no good aud some ." ,"a,;talyi WHY
NHi' u'e ond continue ihdchh',eN
that tbs nee" :. that utilized the power
rhould the i''," nrovc unequal TO like achieve
ol Wl"u oH IN In short why should power "hi'h
heht o'' ,."1 u, TO waste while we delNe III INC
costs "',' 'sna tbe ponderOus engine 10 create u
m'he III" oxucusive power that, alter all, Is
dangerous a. transported to the point of uEe White
Win u'',. here and can re gathered up ana
,..;,;,oJ exactly where 1t Is hceoeo
ntlIlzeu d;sporacc Steam Ii has already done
for mankind that We may fairly expect it to
70 n''" do,I more. believe il destined to do inn
.eI, more for Agriculture than it has yet done,
- esooriay in the Prairie St;tcs most of all IN
Ca.ou,bosc growing season is short, and who need
., make tie most Of every day between
shat in which the soil ia first ready for
HE pow IN Spring. aud that wherein the last seed
l. sown You viii all bear testimony that month
more for blowing ard seeding would vastly increase
the Whcat-ciop of Minnesota and tie Steam Flow
will vet give you that month. Say that II cannot
break ~ ana pUlvclize your soil any cheaper thlil
rom teams UhOngh it can and Will, yet the simple
lart tina, Steam Plow, worked by two sets Oh
hands will soon he fitting twenty per day OF
Wild prairie for sowing to Wheat, and will within
twenty Years increase the area to forty acres and
the dc;ih of fulTow to two feet, VIII give you Sole
idea of ;hc tremendous and bencfcent possibilities
tlat H., embodied in the bosom Of the giant Steam.
MANY of You Will live to realize that you cannot
AFFORD to pow with horses. not merely because they
are too feeble AID too slow, but because it is far
.hrarcr 10 use power which need not be fed when
ld,r-.liat nay be piled up and set away when the
ground freezes. and will cost nothing thenccfOrh
a.! brought ont and set to work again i'll Spring. In
.rour stern Winter climate, this consideration is pc
crliariy important.
Farming used to 5c very hard work. lie who las
no knowledge no science, no skill, and must ito
whatever his employer prefers not to do himself.
may eil find il so. Sill the general truth that 1t
grows steadily lighter, rs human power gives place
TO animal or to mechanical cannot be gainsayed.
In my bOyhood moving grass and reaping grain by
hand required strength, involving persistent strain
Oh tic muscles Of the arm and hand, to say nothing
nj The aching back the b Mt and crouching body.
H0cing corn and other planted crops was nearly as
ard involving constant effort and large eXpeud-
ture of strength To-day, the horse tlls; the horse
mOws; the horse rcapS; the man only ndes ana
guides. Can you doubt that this silent revolution
destined 10 go on, uni the farmer shall be prac-
'icallv an Cngiuccr, ard pOwing crops pursuit IN
VOlving calculation. arrangement, and foresight, Dut
.axing the muscles far less than the eye and the
nindf
| close with hare suggestion as to the intel
iectua and moral uses of the un@cnial seasoi, lou
arc making great progress i'll Minnesota; but YOU
are not overcoming your Northern Winter: judge
that You will scarcely modify it. The character 81
yOuT seasons prcscnbes that You shall he resolute
persistent workers during uhe long days of YOU
Spring and Summer and that yOu shall take rue
world easier throughout yOur long and constant WIN
ter. Your five months beginning with November ano
ending with March ought to yield to most OF you
the whole of their long, cold evenings 1OI
study, for reading for thought; and not
many countries on earth afford to then
teTs of the soil opportunities for mental improve
reasonably trust that, while many will ,sQuander
these opportunities in soth or frolic idlencsS or
dissipation very many more will improve them In
storing their minds with knowledge and wisdom,
and that there shall hence be developed around these
myriad lakes along this mighty river an Agrlcul-
fure based on Science and careful observation, GER
tain of its results because grounded in thorough
comprehension Of principles, and more ethclent
because wiser, than any which the world mas YET
kAOwn!