The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-10-18

qulUo cekm ana cOilocte0. he said, :"
have done my best; / could do n
more. My detachment Is half destroy
ed; my regiments do not exist;
have no ofilcers left they sent me n
reinfercements, and I have lost tire
guns" They were three of the fou
gums which he placed In the redout
upon taking II, only one of which hi
.retreetlng troops had been able tocarr
or Why did they refuse you rein
f0rcements?" i asked. "Who was {
blame?" 4 blame nobody,u be re
Piled. 1t Is the will OF Godv -
lack CHANDLER.
| ADDRESS AT THE CENTRAL AaRI
II CULTURAL FAIR, LANSING. s.
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Mr.. PRESIDENT Arp FELLow CITIzEss
have been persuaded 10 undertake I.
talktO yours little On the subject of agri
culture, subject In which am equally
interested with you, and although may
not have spent as much or my life In az
riculturai pursuits, 1 have devoted mucl
attention to the subject, and hope to b,
able to say something of interest to you
something worthy of remembrance, a
least.
Twenty years Of public life at th Q Cap
ital ofthe Nation have not diminished
the interest that have always taken IL
the occupation In which was engaged
during my youth and early manhood.
Perhaps some of you know that was
born and brought up on q farm and when
In my teens could swing scythe or q
cradle with the best of you. L own the
old New England homestead on which
was born and farm near Lansing on
which /! keep few horses, cattle, sheep
and swine, enough to keep my hand in
the business.
g0Ir1f s FARMING
You have all heard of book farming,
and probably the most of you think
that book farming is no farming at all.
You are right.
There is practically no such thing as
book-farming. A man can learn how Ia
be good farmer by reading books Just
rs easy as he can learn how to swim
without ever going near the water. He
can read In a book full directions about
swimming, how to throw out his arms
and legs, by initiating the motions of the
frog, and when he has the printed direc-
OAOuo III III uAo AhAnu, Va hOW W SWlul dC-
cording to the best authorities, let him
plunge into the water and nine chances
out Of ten he will go to the bottom like q
stone. .t
But do not wish to be understood as
saying that books and journals ON agri-
culture are not worth reading. The most
Of them are well worthy Of your atten-
don. You can largely increase your
stock of knowledge ON this subject by
reading agricultural works, but the
experiences and theories Of others cam
not be safely adopted and relied upon to
the exclusion Of your own practical ex-
perience.
: The beauties and differences in the de-
ivelopment and manifestations of ma
ture are innumerable, and q rule that
might work well at one time or place
may not prove to be the right thing at
another. e
Soils differ materially; seasons are ever
variable. The quality OF grain grown In
different sections of the country differs,
although it may be Of the Same variety.
Science leads and instructs In a general
way; 1t furnishes useful hints and inval-
liable knowledge, but after ali much
must be left to actual experiment. e
Art supplements science, experience
veri6ee theory. The accumulated stores
OF knowledge can be drawn upon advan-
tageously. The growing plant absorbs
from the fertile soil just what 1t needs,
and rejects the rest; SO tho judicious
farmer, surrounded by the knowledge
and experience of others, selects and
adopts that which serves his purpose, not
trusting implicitly In theories, not rely
ing wholly on experiment In the acqui-
avoiding either extreme, the path ofsafe-
ty and success il most likely to be found.
It IL notable fact that wonderful i'm
provements in different branches of agri-
culture have taken place within the men,
Dry of the oldest persons see before me,
and in the last hundred years the inn
provemont and advancement in this old
est OF pursuits have been greater than in
all proceeding time since Cain titled the
ground and Abel tended focks.
OF AGRICULTURAL MA
CHIMES AND IMPLEMENTS OF AMER
- 1cAN MANUFACTURES.
The best reapers, mowers and thresh-
Ing machines In use to-day are perfect in
their construction and adaptation to the
uses for which they are intended. The
excellence of American reap
ers and mowers over those of every other
is an important fact. At the
Worlds Fair at Vienna, In the heart of
Europe, every reaper and mower entered
for actual trial was Of American manu-
facture. Neither England, France, Ger
many S NOR sqy other asy %
ing to enter in competition against our
American machines. apf
Statistics show that one quarter of the
reapers and mowers manufactured in
this country are exported to foreign
countries to supply the demand for their
use. This is indisputable evidence of
heir superiority. Almost every variety
Of agricultural machines und implements
here excel those Of other
countries.
The American cultivator, horse-rake,
he world. The ingenuity of American
inventors and manufacturers in the con-
Itruction Of labor-saving machinery and
he adaptation of machinery and imple-
nents to the uses for which they were
Is unsurpassed.
Intelligence goes hand In hand with la
,or, guiding and directing 1t by the best
Methods In profitable channels of indus
But for the widespread and general in
diligence OF the masses of the American
)eoplo, we should not find such an ear
rest desire anu capacity for improvement
md progress, solmarked when contrasted
With European nations.
Although we are in advance Of the rest
II the world in agricultural machinery
md implements we are besind in
LIVE STOCK
cattle and sheep. Not but
hat we have some of the best stock in
he world, but we have not enough Of II.
Too large q proportion Is of q common
nd inferior character. There are stock
Towers who are doing all that Is posi-
lie to improve the grade of their cattle
nd sheep, but they form only pioneer
orps. We need an army to follow in
heir footsteps and profit by their exam
lie.
There are from twenty-five millions to
hirty millions of sa a i
trl .aa .o.-, CATTLE ast- -
n the United States, but on an average
lot one In q dozen. Ia anything but OF the |
Common breed. Hereis an opportunity
nd nc II need ssl, Of Improvements that should
II win hardly be- disputed that the |
hort Horns have ffAr outstripped all |
Their breeds Of cattle In their popularity |
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