Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
PReFEcrEoN OF OARBseE

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gardeners and farmers. Mr.. Thos. 8.
Trigg, of Montgomery county, gentle
man of nice observation, assures us that
stale soap suds applied to the heads Of
cabbage will drive away and keep away
all worms. There Is something about the
soap suds especially obnoxious to the
worms, and few applications of it win
protect the cabbsges from their ravages.
There is another advantage in the use of
soap suds-it fertilizes the land and in
duces a more vigorous growth of the
plant. We hope every farmer who reads
this will give it trial and report on its
efficiency.
LET us HAVE EDUCATED FARM
ERS.
Agriculture ii the basis of commerce
the source of national wealth and of in
dividual prosperity. In proportion to the
successful cultivation and bounteous yield
of the soil, is the aggregate happiness of
mankind promoted and advanced. 1t is
the great well-spring whence flows in ex.
uberent and copious diversity the IN
numbered blessings of the human race.
1t underlies and upholds all professions,
all enterprises, all development and all
successes. In piece and in war it is the
srbiter of destiny and wields scepler as
universal as it is potent. Nations, kings
potentates and individuals bow in submits
sion alike to its influences. It is above
all, over all and sustains all. 1t was the
first calling to which man was called by
the voice of the Omnific God, and will be
the last, as it is the highest and the
noblest. This being the case how emf
nently essential it is that farmers and
farmers sons should be educated to q
standard of elevation commensurate with
the dignity and exalted worth with which
their high calling is invested. The great
and the good, the wise and the powerful
have in all ages honored Agriculture as
ranking foremost among the occupations
of men. The crown of Ceres fits
well the farmers brow, nor did
Persian prince ever wear a more glitter
ing coronal than his. God himself, who
from chaos shaped the fructifying uni
verse, was worker, and man, created in
His own imsge, while carrying out the
injunction to earn his bread by tie sweat
of his face, can elevate, dignity and
enoble labor by educating himself up to
his work. Husbandry and tilliDg the
soil, and feeding focks when the stars
were made to dance in the azure of
heaven, formed mans aVocation and his
happiness. Cornields grew over the
plains of the Midianitess and the Giant of
Gath fed on barley, Noah planted vine
yards, and Patriarchs herded fiocks in the
wales of Hebron, while Israel eat from
granaries of the Pharaohs, Ruth went
cleaning 10 the harvest time and the
Saviour of man walked through the corn
fields and plucked the ears. Smooth
Yersed Virgil dropped the heroic and gave
in Roman praise the famed Bucolics.
Thrice was Cincinnatus called from the
field to save his country, and as often re-
turned to his vocation. Great examples
in history and in song are not wanting to
cheer the farmer on TO elevate him.
self TO the highest educational
elevation, From the farm and
from being the surveyor of Fairfax, and
of the then wilds of VenaDgo. Washing
ton was called to the loftiest destiny ever
opened to the grasp and comprehension
of human usefulness and human ambi-
ton. Jefferson, with the same hand that
drew the declaration, showed the spade
and used the pruning hook around Mon
tecello. Calhoun, among his broad acres
made historic the farm lands Of the Alb
beville District, South Carolina. In our
own Tennessee, the old war horse of the
Hermitage, sleeps amid the cedars and
magnolias of the farm he supervised.
Webster, who went down at Marshfeld q
fossilized mastadon to fame, who shook
Senates sDd nations, ard made despols
quail and culver, was farmer, as was
his father Ebenezer, before him. The
beautifully tanned acres with thu ir prime
val trees and waving blue grass fields at
Ashland, ere classic from the name of
Clay, who also was farmer. These
were educated, self educated farmers, all
of them. They brought the gigantic and
uncoDquerable powers of cultivated mind
to act upon, and subdue the yielding and
plastic elements of uncultivsted nature,
which gave them wide scope, as she al
ways will, in their upward and onward
march.
The greateet discoveries, and the first
discoveries have been made and suggest
ed through this aVocation. The Chal-
dean herdsmen, singing TO the stars
suggested the system into demonstrable
science of Astronomy. To the shep-
herds on the plains of Judea the peace
and ''glsd tidings" were first made known
as the young Star in the East burst upon
their vision. In the apple orchard the
well fixed principle of Gravitation was
suggested to the immortal Newton.
Examples enough have been cited to
show the practical, recognized and ele
waited dignity attached to the farmer and
his avocstion. The necessity of educa-
ting him up to this elevated calling is
obvious and apparent. If these illustrious
farmers we have mentioned, with the
force of their wills aided by educational
requirements, accomplished what they
did, there is nothing to prevent the farm
ers or the present day, with superior
surroundings and advantages from &C.
complishing similar results.
The educated farmer is pre- eminently
great and useful man. He develops
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