Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-03-14

| ~ in the season, its vitality may be des-
troyed. Z Why? and hows No matter how
cold the earth, that surrounds the seed, il
viii most certainly inbibe moisture enough
to rot, before it receives warmth enough to
gro'o. Hence, by mistake in the farmer
in regard to the temperature of his corn
ground, cotton ground, or sweet potato
ground, the parental seed planted in each,
or either, may die and give no sign Of par
entage. The laws of God, the common IA
Their, must be obeyed in farming; and to be
obeyed they must be knoton; and@to bs
known, they must be studied. sl
If many seeds, buds and bulbs, may be lost
By too early planting, because our, agricul-
ture and horticulture are on the wing, and
change their climate every dsys-still
greater injury may be sustained, by taidy
tillage, and lazy preparation ofthe ground
for sowing and planting. In this way, no
uncomfortable share Of the negotiating and
vital force of the sun for the present year,
may pass by unused by man. Why are so
many honest, home-stsying people, at once
poor In property, and poor fArmersa $500
/. Because their knowledgeis at once SO re-
stricted in its horizon, so defective In its
quality, that they do not ard cannot utilize
the natural forces of production, the God
given power of productiVeness, which wiser
men find in the soil and climate of Tennes-
see. The whole force and the whole source
OF wealth Of the sun and lis system of
worlds, would be barren of cspiial without
cultivated and applied common sense. All
capital is the fruit, not Of labor alone, but
OF productive labor. Man, By his profound
and sublime ignorance, as nude biped,
that knows by nature at the outset of his
manhood just enough to grieve, and laugh
at what pleases him, and cry at
what hurts him, throws away for
indefinite generations ninety -nipe parts in
100 of all bis manual labor. All such peo-
pie work hard, live hard, and die poor. They
do not understand agricultural production
as science. Let all such study the week
ly lessons in the UNION AND AMERICAN,
from the pen of an old student and work
er. Let them see as clearly as he sees,
that all capital represents no more, no less,
than a certain amount Of force utilized.
This force may be that of heat and moist
ure and vital air, which bursts a garden
bean with its before unborn
root and leaf, the one creeping
down into mother earth, and the
other rising up to find the
glorious sunshine of Heaven; each seeking
its appropriate nourishment, moved by a
power alike invisible and Irvine. In per-
feet harmony with this chemical and vital
force, there is another manifestation of the
same power in the best thinking and logic
OF the human brain, and in the cunningest
of arts of human hands. What is wealth
but fruitfulness? What is fruItfulness
more than the womb of an oyster, that
gives new existence to a million oysters
in all respects as good to eat as
itself, and form human nerve
brain, bone and muscle? Think of
pair of gold dollars multiplying themselves
at such rate Gentlemen bankers, your
dead precious metals are no where, COM
pared with our perfect vitality and climate,
which God places at the service of the read
ing farmer. No banker, merchant or me-
chanic, can use in his business, vegetable
and animal life to multiply dollars as the
good husbandmaR uses them with entire
success. On this planet, and for wise pur
pose, the Creator has made agriculture
highly favored pursuit.