New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-09-18

a, t.;...r. ou nav uaieu 10 organiz'
for thn STU az anu MecnahiSa. Associatioi
all 'o vi iehhessee. lou propose u
,r;s d, souiseNes 0, Whatever knowiedge Of
assist ,,nn T., may w IN ,''is S'ate, whIcn car
;n,ns ou !" 'ne WORK OF your genera
hps'ae.,eht: lou haie dared to open
c,,i,,,-ni t - e'. VI Nash'i,ie, State agri
,o,,r ;,a5,,..' W uIaPiiy the ,,ch fruits o.
no., &c s'i an. ~ ash ,ouf ieiio"-couhtry
on5 -. on''p ~, anu coiors, 10 we"
nor, go t .n.n' inis an act' ON your
ro, . rn 10 az ~ - Sne. IL proves tna'
T, nrn,.aa .a. VI .oui achievements.
Crop,weiI ou VA. sou, IKE he great ohver
no na;n,oJ 'n y, ~, o'nes o,a's men, want 70
Other or L;,ho suu LII a,.i anu 70 reeve no
bonna, niSnel 'Ieuit 'i,an that wmcn you
TL win py open anu Iair compemion.
r,l S e o,sahina'."ii oi your state Agricuitu-
iar,o,a..s, anu inns .n'ro annual eSmoition,
~ 20 az: .ha, you appreciate inc new
o,,. 'Ss "H'" mas ua"heu upon the
ouu ny .ncse, Two Signs you ad'ertlse
dnn ,ni"ri, .ne Wotld OF your Jorereu, your
iod,na i'.. ioIe,er from the moral ana intel
ond ha,. o aeia VI py'SCne cohdluon,
Tho hann am up hpur i.he Ci marcn under
ad,oncad ,,oooio ' oe WIN Tue more
49, CO f1op.es vi Tue earIh 10 hlSher
conora,,,,n,o ,.n, .ui'u'o anu rehle'heht.
Tho ,nis5t ".e 20 az; you aSain, genuemen, upon
nnj,lic caronr ' ne q. mn.on you peSin your
| This yosnoct ,Ho nSnd;.;on .nuus.rs. IN
neor,r narcaot So h vi success are
| tic Ncoi " ~ tan1n ,ie Tug AT
accmn,n,, ,od $500 ~ the iu'i piaHc vi inc
Of h''n'a ';s "isuo,n vi ages. NO MY years
croadnJ iii, ,o ,; anu eAerli9n nave peeh so
first half of ,bis sIe,5 anu invention as the
NO., ,,a,, y. in ii'lie,eeht, century fou
n9 w W can. pl sign. where DINERS only
wa, ~ , y, , Sa,, LOU nave NOT 10 ieei your
way III tht uiih, VI 10 new OUT any new ROAD
- In g ne very elelhents arounu you
fnr,,,no, - o na,s vi your sue, anu, IKE
80 n.;a Senelai, you came upon the held
VI nv" at cAactis inc ri9ht moment 10 Sc
tu'c an easy victory. Agricultural imple-
lliei,ts Oh "ofid-approved materials and Of
Woria-approved patterns are ready to your
hana. Inc toii and drudgery of ancient farm
,iis nave peen panished from the held. The
heavy cradle which wore out your manhood,
ana the sickle which bent your bodies in pain,
pelonS 10 by-gone age. The old-fashioned
lIue' proau, heavy, ana cumbrous; and the
WOODEN plow, win It's miserable mold-board,
anu us so-cailed steer point, that kept you
always running 10 the 5lacksmth's shop, have
followed the sickle and the cradle to their
common restihS-place. Science, the noblest
ana Grandest artiticer OF human fortune and
weli-being, the source and explanation of all
progress, has patiently unfolded the nature
- 800 'tAt]NS 40 az
! quainted with the properties of the common
EARN, Wherever they grow. The quality of
SOL, pest suited to gwen class OF plants,
mas peeh accurately ascertalned. The chem
zeal properties OF various kinds of manure
nave been thoroughly investigated. Even
weather, hitherto supposed to be hidden in
the lnscrutable bosom OF intnity, and only
known 10 God, has been compelled to give
up Its mystery. Instead OF being governed
ny any supposed supreme will, or controlled
ny the wishes and prayers OF men, it is sub
Ject to and acts in accordance with eternal
and irreverslble laws. "Old Probabilities"
| as the commissioner Of this department is
oaiiou, WIN MS heiVcS VI wire, extending al!
o'et .ne country, ~ apie 10 teii us daiiy ana
IN advance wnat storms are IN the SKIES, and
whch ana Wherc they may be expected to
descend. Ihere IS lSht everywhere, and
darhhess nowhere. we nave only to open
our eyes anu 10 pehoid all around us the es-
sential conditions OF successful eXertlOn.
| have spoken OF the impossiblity of pre-
sehtinS anything original upon this subject.
In reaclhS inc WORKS OF modern writers, 1t is
surprising 10 hno now much ana now lar we
nave Deen anticipated by those who have
gone before us IN inc heid OF thought and
discovery. Most that we nave done IN mod
erh times mas peen, after all, to find new
aPplcatiohs OF ola principles. The piow,
"u5,A '"'.iS iinPio'ou' ~ 'ho Saiiic nhpie-
ment known py tnat name thousands OF years
ago. Deep plowlng and draining. and
| thorough pulyerizatlon OF the soil, so ear
nestly and eloquently insisted upon nova
days, and very wisely so, though now better
accomplished by means of our better tools
than at any previous time, especially in Eng
land, were we'll known to the cultivators of
the soil in China and Japan centuries ago.
The Egyptians even deified Orsin, the inven-
tor OF the pillow. The small farm theory, by
which man may double the number of his
acres, by skllllul and thorough cultivation,
and one which has been so eloquently and
perslstently advocated by the lamented Hor-
ace Greeley, was by no means a new idea,
or IN any sense original with him. Cato,
two thousand years ago, held and advocated
precisely the same idea. The wisdom of this
theory may be appropriately commended on
tliis oerasioh. Inc principe underlying the
snaii iai'r .hepry very easily eompre-
nehueu. IHeryoouy Knows that distance Is
an eieiiieht 10 De considered IN farming and
III llucn othei WORK. AS much time and
iapor are required 10 walk, plow, or drive
over one acre OF poor ground ms over one
acre OF rich Srounr, whiie the poor acre will
give you only nan inc production OF the rich
one, ana that an article OF inferior quality.
IN Tue one Ease you are OUT nan paid Tor Your
Toll, whiie 10 the other you reap an abundant
reward poth In quantity and in quality.