Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-09-24

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ies,i. 81 furnish ampie Eii CT iuislisstual A.
usiiyt Not a AL uhsTc l. Ne oti.sr Depart
.ientoi hhor vhsFe hrzius aFs = mueh as,lsi
lusi aoE. The truth l.. ii has isccf oaisirirFs.l
aiii isii almost hoprlossly IN the rulr a every
other iniustris pursuit. No one i ignorant II
the miuisirati0ns q sciCace % the u-fil arts In
those latter days.
Veal knou h5u through Il the las Of usfurs
have bocu dissoveroi Aui applied a. mluisicrinH
SPARTA, AMI Eith shat .proiigious cdast thoss
discoveries have loon ussl IN almost every de-
Partmcnt q lies labor. bar least q an In agri-
culiure
Cal 10 mind the change IN facilities G.r inns
por'a'ion. BY single invocation within cur Own
memorics-
"FoT thrgssh Yea depths TIE painting engine
Ills chariot ringing ia hi. siesi-.hoa shoes
Most wonderful invention child Of the philos-
opher's brain, born full panopliel. aud elolhssl
with majesty aud power, now breathing gently
like a sleeping infant. now snorting and sarcam-
ing, and tearing away like a hend let loosc from
the regions below. Obelient, Il moves new this
way, now that, uhithcrsocyer the governor
listeth
Il is difficult to believe it is not scntieut be-
ing. thing Of soul. Untiring. with muscles Of
steel, IL sweeps away at the rate of fyc hundred
miles day, with as much fright ~ forty years
ago would have required seven hundred and
/ fifty horses TO draw fifteen miles per day. Think
Of the service this same discovery is to those
4" that 20 down 10 the sea in ships. that DO bus.
mess ia great waters We cross the Atlantic
visit every capital in Europe, aud return in
less time, than it formerly took for a trip to
St. Louis.
Trace the progress in the art of nayisation,
An old tradition SAY S, that this art was first
suggested to the mind Of some ingenious savage.
by a hollow reed split longtudinay floating
upon the water. This suggested the canoe. Ia
time followed the paddle and oars, aud later,
the sails and ruddcr Then came voyages FROM
headland to headland, or from mainland. TO is
land-the navigator meanwhile watching the
shore and sky. At length the Chaldeans taught
how to steer by the stars and the boldest mari
ners ventured in clear weathe. out Of sight Of
land, but he CROPPED helplessly under an over.
cast sky. At this point Improvement stopped
centuries. till by accident the polarity Of tn,
needle was discovered. Since then the whole
circle ofphysical sciences, philosophy, astrono-
my, magnetism, and optics, each after its kind
has contributed discoveries and innovations, by
which the mariner sets out with serene conf
dence to trace his way over the traeklcss ocean
lie measures his progress, calculates his drcc
ton and position with absolute certainty Con.
fdently he holds is ships head to the tru,
course and fearlcssly stretches away over thu
!, dark blue waters, which bear him onward liz,
the horse that knoweth his rider -
, Think of the increased facilities for trans
mission Of thought. Sent on the wings of tn,
: morning it traycrScs space with velocity thu
outstrips the rays OF the sun and antipodcs holc
: converse as though they stood face to face
f So through the whole circle of industrial pur
E suits, but least Of all in agriculture.
There is nothing which scicEcc cannot accom-
; plish. 1t is the only omnipotent force on thi
9 foot stool 1t is omnisciont too, and will soon
| trust, be omnipresont-thc pcrsonaiion Of
God himself, stripped Of his moral attributes
t And this science stretches out her hands t.
you. Already has she given you tokens of he
purpose in improved implements, and increase,
= knowledge of the relations of soils, crops ant
I manures, whereby the fertility of every acr
may be increased by employing principles an,
= clements Of the physical world, which work to
gether to produce the kindly fruits of the earth
= each in its season.
But science does not alone minister to GU
material interests. 1t is an instrument in tn
Q hands of heaven for bringing about the colder
age Of universal peace.
It binds mankind together MS with colder
r bands. What Cowper once said is no longe
true
; LANDS interscctcd by narrow irith
E AhhOr each other; mountains micrptsCd
, Mako enemies of nations, which had else,
Like kindred drops, been mingled into one"
for fIiths are now quickly bridged with steam
. boats and mountains trayerscd by rail.
have thus alluded to progress in other de
partmcnts, that we may more readily sec whcth
err it has been equal in ours. We have improve,
implements for husbandry. Mechanics ha
contributed something to our aid, by which W
shift some of our tolls from our own shoulder
, upon the lower order of animal creation.
Men used to fret the surface of the earth will
Q crooked stick. This was the germ of tina
f perfect implement, the modern pillow.
, 1t was followed by what has been described a
| slow, long, rakish looking craft, -" which
/ many of us remember whose wooden moult
board had to be cleaned every ten rods, ant
whose wrought iron share and coulter had to b.
A taken to the blacksmiths shop, ut least once
e week. Compare these primitiycim implements will
the plowsllon exhibition here to-day. The chang
= marks progress. So with your move rs ant
l., reapers your cutivators and harrows; you
: implements for sub-soiling, and 50 on through
s the whole catalogue. With these Implement
| you larIn more lauu WIN less ltUOf.
n This is well, provided you increase your ma
s nure-heaps in the same ratio, that you increas
| your acres under culture Good farming aim
: at producing the greatest amount of food, upo
the least area, with the least labor, in tho short
A est time, with the smallest injury to the soil
@ If we don't understand the true succession or 70
tation of crops; if we do not understand the pro
s per relation of soils, crops and manures to eac
# other; If do not learn to take crop after crop
: without depicting the soil, and so to use our Ian
i rs not abusing it, in short, if our power of re
+ cuperating the soil be not increased in the sam
ratio with our power Of exhausting it, we ar
: really farming, as the phrase is. " out of pock
! ct" Constant production without exhaustion
is tn first lesson all tillers of the soil need t
IS learn Unless this be looked to, it may tur
/ out that these very improved facilities for farm
ing, which mechanics has supplied, shall prov
! a curse rather than o blessing. This must
q the result, unless we learn how to awaken tn
: latent activities of the soil, without impairin
: it.
# The real test of progress is, do our acres frol
S year to year produce increasing results? Do W
!, get larger returns than did our fathers? Ii on
i lands are ill-used-robbed of their fertility,
o cannot be said that the art of agriculture is m
e proving under our ministrations, even thong
we secure crops Win less lapor anu less COR
: and they bring larger price per measure. W
: are drawing on our capital. We are gradual
; impoverishing ourselves, and defrauding til
t generations which shall come after us.
! The science of chemistry has made many dis
If coveries, and taught many lessons, to which W
il should attend, and upon which our success q
IS farmers depend. By the analysis of manures an
r soils, their adaptation to each other is ascel
t tained; by the production and use of artifcit
It fertilizers, deterioration ofour lands may be pre-
~ uontod If ,re do MT rnnfnrn In nlr method