Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-09-18

} ocean, hOIsts 1t into the merchants loft, and
lpwcrs 1t down agaiu wherever it is wanted
Mind directs and guides, while steam sup
plies all the physical force that is needed
% IN almost every department of manufac-
ture- The braIn-pOwer required is of human
origin this commands. impels, and regu-
lates. all the other power required. Iu
Agriculture, tins is but partially, perfect
ly p3ral.e.eI ; and Agriculture loses IN conse-
querec the service of the brighter, ADLER por-
tinu our youth. We must remedy this not
uy nuitiess, senseless railing at the boys for
doing what seems to them fittest and most
inviting, but by extending the cOnquests, by
cnlarging the domain, of mechanical power.
Let me barely hint for | can only take
time to hint-at some of tie directions in
which this enla-. cmeut is to be sought and
realized
l. HIud.-Fo at least FIVE thousand
years, wind has played leading part in
navigation !: why not also in cultivation
Does nature afford any reason for regarding
wind as inherently tractaDle and serviceable
on water but not on land2 Men have ground
grain by wind power for at least hundred
generations why not thresh 1t well !?
Nay why aould il not press cheese, and
turn grindstone, and saw wood, and pump
water, and even ultim Itely, plOw fields
! w no dreams that inventions OF the past bear
any proportion to those Of the imminent
futurc2 We nave at length learned that
sucu is the elasticity of AIR that windmill
running throughout the night may thereby
accumulate power to be expended during the
ensuing day or DAYS Can you suppose that
We shall much longer allow this enormous
aggregate of power which has hitherto thrusC
ltselt into our very faces uuregarded OF at
least uucJmprehendcd 70 expend its energies
~ topping over our chImneys and blowing
tho apples from our trees tell you tIat
this II not possible. | have nothing % say OF
\ = or B's OF C's cOntrivance for utilizing the
the power of wind in service OF Agriculture.
II you in-i-t that all these are fantastic
and absurd, | shall not contradict YOU |
shall only insist in my turn that tie power
Us thero-that 1t sweeps over every field
IN almost every day, and that the means Of
utilizing it. IT not vet discovered soon Will
anu mus, bc.
H. Hot.r-A aily. woody country
naturally ab lrd7 Dr. rpriuL- ami brooks =
in rIqlIaL -,-eaullcts and JashIng cascldes
ALI taesc are reservoirs oil pJwer-tOr the
most Iar; unused. unrcLarded power. Our
water falls. whether natural or artificial,
Will yec ae omplJycI - create q should y
trausier) power, IA the shape o. compressed
air: ana TINS power viii IN time be used at
long distance from tie pJIat AT which 1t wae
pressed into the service ot Man. E-pceitly
IN Tc-i1is ike Tins, where considerable
-trcamlct- often .all hundred feet in mile,
will water De made tc play AN important part
IN the creation or utIuZItIln Ut power Tor
JHc farmer. The Hon William ID. Kel-
icy arguing " y southern au1iehce O-e lh-
I'--y ~ .2''' ~ y "97y. 'e1 yN1' uo~-h u'en
anu 4'-7 "t+ olI'u I'Ii'"cd JOE uay7 on IHe
'l"-A Il oII ''-l- NI-i'7 "--'o "",tI .2"cI
eiul'a-en' Cd 'ue muscular IoTel o' d 1'ou-
7'ii "e-'ge7 ,,- ~" " ".7'a uuIe5 'I1o '-7lle
'-~.1- '-t' N e '--y
exposed but might not the smile De oroid-
enel ln g 2 -aush aud turned against our
selves u we I"cA the oTAin power 90 stop
I''7 mons .Io"7 waste l1ei sure -HiC ouI
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