Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-07
Agricultural Improvement.

IluleS d udy.
Agricultural improvement.
A GREAT deal has been spoken and writ
ten concerning agriculture and its inf1u-
ence on the nation and on the individual,
and it will not be denied that the adj
vancement of the one in every desirable
direction, and the prosperity of the other,
depend in a direct degree upon the pro-
gress made in this fundamental interest.
And the prosperity of any section is in
proportion to its advancement in agricul-
ture and its associated Interests. Agri-
culture is now understood, and properly
so, to be almost a ScIence-the gaining of
the mastery by man over nature, and the
acquisition of such knowledge of her
ways and her laws of action, as will ena-
BILE him to attain the control necessary to
secure the result he has in view
There can be no successful agriculture
unless it be made profitable and pleasant.
But before this result can be obtained
there must be an abandonment of old
preiudices. These prejudices, that stand
in the way of improvement of any kind,
are the offspring of ignorance, and they
constitute most formidable obstacle to
anything like progress. Whenever these
exist an obstinate determination to per-
NIT no innovation on the rules and prac-
tees of ones forefathers, no deviation
from the customs of other years, there
cannot possibly be taken any step for
ward. When a mind is so constituted
that it can find nothing attractive in
the invention of genius, or the discover
les of SCIENCE, we can confidently assert
that it is stagnant, and until its depths
are stirred by the power of enterprise
or learning, it will remain dull and slug
gish, contracting always.
We must get something to dispel old
preiudices. Obstinacy is the result of pre-
JUDGE and of ignorance, and when we can
dispel them, we can, with reason, look
for improvement. Now, this is a fact
that demands more attention than it has
received. Unless farmers devote more
time to the cultivation of their minds,
how can they make any desirable advance
ment?
The wise man once wrote: "The wis
dom of learned man cometh by OPP
portunity of leisure" And in that SEN
tence is food for reflection and thought
sufficient for an entire sermon, if we had
time to preach. 1t is not the skillful
hand, the strong arm, or the watchful
eye dlOuC, bUdG VIII, Ill o0J O1lbS
success and wealth to the farmer. These
are needful, but the cultivated mind is
far more important. If thorough tillage
is indispensable to profitable result, then
an educated mind with experience and
observation is essential, for there can be
no thorough tillage in the sense here I'M
derstood, unless it be performed with in
telligence, care and skill. Judgment is
obcoluta1u xuorthIacc I1u1oco If ia hacnA
upon knowledge. An ignorant farmer is
sometimes successful, because the circum-
stances are fortuitous, but we urge a
higher standard of mental cultivation for
farmers, that they may, at times, wrest
success from unfavorable circumstances
that practical skill, learning, expert
ence and matured judgment may secure
desirable results even when the elements
seem to oppose him. Throughout the
whole country, we can see that agricul-
ture is making rapid advancement, and
that farmers. are increasing in their social
and political influence, while their ma
terial prosperity is being improved. But
the full power and grandeur of agricul-
ture will never be acknowledged
or known, nor will it ever attain that pre-
eminence it is entitled to as the basis of |
national prosperity, until farmers every |
where, large and small, powerful and |
humble, admit the truths we have just |
Land and Lao Ad0sSor. |
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stages of Consumption, the first symptoms is |
a hacking cough, pans in the |
chest, difficulty of breathing, or oppression
of the lungs Something should be done at |
once to check the cough, allay and hea- the |
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time also prevent the formation of tuber-
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disease is hard to cure.
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THERE are probably hundred or more
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kidney troubles, who do not know that
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over the country recommend Inc use OF
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Farmers and others in this section have
ong known and appreciated the advantage
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Mt
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