The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-13

. introdgced hlm SS" was V secured Mr. clark In
aHtss Mng nest az ioIIowe:-"Ladies and gen III
men-I have the honor to ntrSoucs we " All know
gpishea Ame HHS H casace1 Greeley Of
yhcers and waving Of hats followed, an an" DIR.
one hand and in the other his book OF
I ABOUT f iaS pages, with the writ ing n heavy
aracters II every thru thu a, lns, I'D Sowed. the
r. Greeley found II ain'. su il to Sc heard Tic ia
oduced ms theme ee W. Va the following remarks In
elation 10 the CoD dsion arQnnd him -
~ sECH OF fHE SAGE. |
CITIzEks oS vERMoNT-Jt is, OF course, tmpossl.
ie for me 70 make OIL Of you hear me- w ene
hose of you who can hear me will wait patiently
hoSIs who cannot hear will, OF course, be relieved
m Greeley then launched forth nom his manu-
script and bfavely read through u all, although nc
the for the effort Of loud and deliberate speech
was dinlcut. The horses In the carriage were res
tive and no water s ceu Sa % snoEe himself Susc
hoarse. He continued
When /, y child Of scarcely ten years. FIRST
crossed the Connecticut on the ice In The Winter d
OF l82o-2l, seeking opportunity to earn my pread
by helping to TIL the soil Of Vermont this state
than her present number. But the intervening
half century has witnessed signal multiplication
and growth OF her cities and villages, her quarry
that those who live by agriculture In TINS state are
hardly more numerous and may even De lever emil, IA
walton lie doubtless larger and her annual harvests
more bounteous, while these command 9gan far
very much work formerly done IN the
field has been practically transferred , TO
chine and the horse-rake shortening as Wei as
tightening the husbandman's toll IN ms meadows,
Of which Ne dis his barns-tas is, transferring
labor nom summer to Winter-from the Gei1 to
the shop-from the quiet, slowmoving rural town-
mains that agriculture Is not advancing IN inns
State-that, when compared with other industries,
it seems to be retrograding. Absolutely Its re-
wards are greater than In my early b0yh0od; reia-
lively they are accounted far less. Or the more In
apprehend that but a small proportion choose and
follow the farmers vocation: and Judge that TINS
s oae to
West, ;" when give such counsel only to those who
cannot find satisfactory work and adequate bread
In the East II you have or can secure oil You
need where you are, advise you not to "go West"
nor go anywhere, but to remain where you are; for
ing years OF prevalent hardship and privation. 1t
Is hard for men, 1t often proves too hard for wo-
a snug warm cot, costly nestled among these hills,
with the schoOlhOuse, church, store, Nails, &c.,
within easy reach, to rude cabin OF logs or rough
everything seems to the unfamiliar eye coarse nm
genial, repulsve. do believe In going West but
passed the meridian OF their days; and deem it's
nndenlable prlvations more lightly regarded more
traverse arm.in-arm alike the fiOwery and the
thorny byways Of life than by almost any others
fury has witnessed progress in the agriculture OF
this State; and DO not cite the TACT that whereas
she formerly grew her own bread grain anu some,
discreditable. If she can make her bread cheaper
by grazing than by poughing-by selling wool ana
butter than by growing wheat ana ryc--so he ~.
ask whether that can be good farming which dis
Qualities land for producing the very stan Of life:
1t said, has stopped the growth Of wheat In New
England. do not admit the apology. regard the
hus6andry. 1t was something lacking in the soil
which weakened the plant and Invited the ravages
Let me barely hint ct some OF the directions in
which an enlargement OF the application OF one
chemical power promises to advance the interests
l. WIND.-For at least five thousand years wind
has played leading part IN navigation; why not
for regarding wind as inherently tractabe and ser
viceable on water, but not on land Men have
ground grain by wind power for at Least hundred
should 1t not press cheese and turn grindstOne and
saw wood and pump water, and even, ultimately,
throughout the night may thereby accumulate
power to he expended during the ensuing day or
days Can you suppose that we shall much longer
allow this enormous aggregate OF power, which has
hitherto thrust itself into our very faces anre
energies In topping over our chinneys and blow
Ing the apples from our trees tell you that this
II. WATER.-A hiIly, woody country naturally
abounds In springs and brooks-in ripping stream.
lets and aasang UNUSED Snregarde
llcal. viii yet be employed to create Il should say
transfer) power, in the shape OF compressed air;
and this power will in time be used OF long dis
tances from the point at which 1t was pressed into
the service of man. Especially In regions like this,
where considerable streamlets often TALL 100 feet III
mile, will water be made to play an important
part in the creation utilization Of power or the
farmer. 10 81.
natural force, cannot stop here to consider.
cannot believe that the power which sends mes
sages in an instant from STEAMBOAT to San Fran.
cisco Will long he found inadequate or unfit to
tighten the farmers labor or to increase its pro-
artiHcally evolved from dead. Inorganic matter,
which has been widely pressed into the service OF
dered little direct service to the farmer. II should
and might have rendered much.
Let me indicate few more points at which i'm
provement seems to me feasible and commend.
able -
]. IRRIGArIoN.-This, the original basis and in
requirements also. God taught men to 'I prepare
the earth and SOW seed by setting them the ex-
lower Nile and other rivers From this to dam.
ming back water, and thus keeping it for applica-
ton to the soil when thirsty, Is but step; yet
man was long In taking that step.
II. FoREsTs.-The green which gave this State
her beautiful name was that of her primitive for
lighter Not that trees were not made to be cut
down and forests to give place to cultivated
nelds; 1 KNOW tney were, ana rejoice In
the dspensatiOn. But between the clearing
away Of forests to give place to fruitful fields
and destroying all forests, SO that fields can no
longer be fruitful nor homes happy, there is wide
space; and the necessity which mpelled our
pioneer ancestors to destroy trees as life work
has rendered their descendants indscriminate and
reckless in forest determination. Every farmer
should have from fifteen TO twenty five per cent OF
his acres covered with forest, and will average
more grass year by year than II the owner had
his ridges the sides or his ravines well covered
with timber, and he viii cut more grass from eighty
acres thus shielded from the drying up Of its
springs and slopes than n he had his whole one
hundred acres denuded OF trees and devoted TO
grass This Is one of the few cases In which part
is greater than the whole. / hold that systematic
tree planting is already In order In yerniont-that
thousands OF her farms should have acres OF their
crests and sleeper hill sides planted with hickory
locust, white oak, white pine, &c, &c.
IL s my conviction that far more labor than has
ever yet been bestowed on the soil OF this state