The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-05-01

And the heavy hours Willing till they light.
o'er me roll.
Guiding angel of my soull
BY the star ray evanescent, by the light of lunar
With a passion adolescent which 1 would no
all control,
/ await her step advancing, as she comes with
lutte and dancing,
And a smile from the glancing eye that made
the leper whole
Hovering angel of my SOUL
Oft when evenings gentle vesper maketh leaves
Name in low and silvery whisper, as the night
winds o 'er them stroll,
Doth she find me soiled with care anoint anC
wipe me with her hair,
Tighten much the load bea-, and up nearer
move my goal,
CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL FORCES
IN AGRICULTURE.
An Address Delivered Before the Wes,
Tennessee Agricultural and Mechani.
cal Association, Jackson, Tenn, on
Thursday, October "a, 1872. by Prof.
J. B. Turner, of jacksonville, III.
All animal forces, whether muscu-
lar or mechanical, m or forces of mere
digestion, growth and development,
proceed from one and the same GEN.
trail source, and are all most intim ate.
ly connected. AS these forces seem
all to emanate from the animal brain,
and to distribute to their several
functions through the nervous sys-
TEN, they have been called cerebral
or brain forces" These are un-
doubtedly the most valuable, the
most costly and the most delicate
forces the frame has to deal with,
and any failure to successfully pro.
duce and handle these forces will be
an utter and final failure. | strike
at the very life Of the profession
itself. No animal, brute or human,
can think, act, grow, toll, labor,
move, digest or fatten apart from
the constant and uninterrupted,
healthful and natural action of the
brain and nervous forces all posi-
BILE digestion and growth as intimate
ly depend upon them as does all
possible PERCEPTION, thought or &C.
tion. In every animal, brute or hu
man, fish, fowl, or insect, these GEN.
trail and all moving forces are fix
ed and limited quantity, and though
they may be diminihsed by exhaus-
ton and abuse, they cannot beincreas-
ed beyond the natural or acquired
capacities of the animal itself, and
when this fixed amount is exhausted,
or used up in any one direction, it
cannot be employed in any other.
In all animals alike, the strong sell
fish passion like anger, fear, hate,
remorse, etc., exhaust these central
forces of all animal life and growth,
with great rapidity sometimes pro-
ducing death on the spot : while all
healthful, social and beneficent pas
sions seem not only to be econo-
mized, but actually to increase their
healthful and vigorous action with
flow and we eall them benefcent
tor this very reason. These central
nervous forces are, therefore, not
only the final end, but the most cost
ly products of all good farming.
We do not raise wheat and corn
fruits and cotton, just for the fun of
it, but to sustain and invigorate ami
NAL life, in both men and other ami
mails. Apart from this, our field
products are of no more use than so
many chips. But the very central
idea and power of all animal life
alike, is this all-moving and all con-
trolling brain of the nervous power,
whether produced by an actual gal.
vanic current between the liver and
the brain, as some suppose, or by
some other means.
Please notice | am not speaking
at all of what we call mind or soul in
man, but simply the animal mechan-
ism or machine of which that mind
or soul makes use of, in the present
state for there is no more proof that
the brain and nervous system is any
part of mind or soul, than there is
that a mans eyes or toe nails are its
constituent parts. The bodies of
men and other animals alike, are as
simple machines, as are the sewing
machines or galvanic batteries, and
run as simply by the laws of mechan-
les these curious machines, are, or
at least, may be, wholly distinct and
different from all that which we all
call mind, soul, or spirit, and with
which we have nothing to do or say
now. 1t belongs to wholly another
realm, or sphere, both of thought
and action. Souls are not farm pro-
ducts, or field products but all pos
sible, mere animal powers and forces
are they all alike grow, in one way
or another, out of the fields.
The costliness of these central
brain or nervous forces will appear,
if we consider how very small is
their bulk or the amount of them on
the earth, and what vast amounts of
other products are annually expended
in keeping them in proper, legitimate
action and repair. Little is thought
or said about it, a failure to appro-
pirate and apply these forces to the
very best advantage, is, after all,
one Of the greatest wastes on our
farms.
The very best and most costly
part of our farm produce goes toward
the production and supply of this
brain power in men and animals.
Without this all other forces, powers
and products are useless and of no
avail as animals can no more grow,
fatten or work without drawing upon,
and exhausting his brain power in
his own proper sphere, than can a
man invent machines, or lay plans,
or preach, or plead, without it.
Everywhere throughout all animal
and sensitive nature, as well as in all
moral and intellectual nature, it is
the great central moving force, of all
other forces and all things else, needs
to be economical, and everywhere
looked after, and cared for /; yet how
little is either said or seemingly
cared about it. You will see in all
States two distinct class of farmers
One class by their cheerfulness
abounding good nature toward all
men, women, children, and animals
with whom they come in contact
put all around them, at once, at theil
ease and by sort of personal in
spiration, make them altogethe,
cheerful, grateful, lively, happy, and
cnntantad iovfnllx alert and ready