Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-11
Altfauoria 6axtttt
THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER A.
'Theory aud Practice.

TheOry anN practice.
Thore ara farmers who are as stubborn anu
unwilling to accept the teachings OF theory as
are men 10 any other relation a lie. lucy
entertain contempt for book farming, as tney
call it, that is absolutely W!thcrlog. fahcy 'a'tn-
ipe aad fancy stock breeding are 10 Sueh iucu
the most trifling pucrity--it is boy play tDa.
was never cquaIcd 10 iriTcllty by any eanI r. q,
the !ircsdc or on the green. let u Is :. laI'
that some Of our most important aua pron'ap'I
prscticc in both these industries has been 1ausht
US by fancy operations. Fancy farming 's 'se'
IL eXperimental-and il IS seldom that eApe..
rnent in anything fails to result IN some Dcne"''
A prejudice against Theoretical farmlnS' tSPe
timeutal farming, CT book farming, Whatever
you choose to coll it, Is pr. Juice Whca o'ic'
calings have never cherished toward s'tli'iaI
teachings 1t is true that much Ct Ibis fancy
or governmental work amouots to Eottlng.
There Gre visionary men in al spheres CT aclion,
and they disgust Us With their Wild VagarltS
and schemes; but an Intelligent cSperimenter
will usually do something to hcneit himself anu
the world, Rogers, for instance, was expcfi
mcptinc ia growing grapes from seedlings 12r
\ quarter Of century, and during that time
failed 10 many, many Instances to produce any :,
thing Of value IL the way of variety; tut We ell
sDoT that lie rrctrccd the choicest varieties or
grapes that We have. All Intelligent expert.
merits result in similar blessings. to the World
and generally in pecuniary profit 10 the expert
mcntcr in the eod. The .hreeaing OF short
moro cattle is another example Mr.. Thomas
Bates, for icstaoce-amo1g the greatest, II
nos the greatest among Observation-Disclosures
10 6x the type Of the bcs: animal for all pnr;
;osos-moro especially toT beet. lie mad nSed
theories, aud ahorcd to II duce them to practice
10 doing SO be sacrificed anything that prevent
q SUCCESS or retarded lis progress. Il an ANIMAL
gas 10 any manner deficient, it was ru,hle:s!y
slaughtered, ard the result has been perfect
animal and az iacstiaah!c blessing 10 breeders
ana the gorld. 1t is our neglect to thcorlza,
together with cur Dcelcct TO reduce existing
theories to practice, that is proving ca inca!cu'
liable injury 70 our agricultural interests in the
former wheat sroTing regions, or the East,
there is now scarcely any wheat Gf0Wn. Ihe
wheat belt Of our couutIy has been moving con
santly westward Indiana, Michigan and Lii
ncis comprised tie wheat producing sections,
when the East ceased 10 produce it. Now The
still more Western States are the wheat prodcc-
ing sectiosS. Wen, why is it that the East
does ct any logger grow wheat? Bccauso 1t
c2a't do it with profi'. Why dob't Indiana,
Michigan ard Illinois produce as much wheat
az formerly Because they cant; and Why !
For the reason that the natural r!chucss OF the
soil tempted men to grow wheat year after year,
without returning to the soil any OF the elements
taken from it, uutil the soil was thoroughly OK
haustcd, and refused longer to nourlsh this crop
But the same thing is being done 10 the present
wheat regions, and it will 20 on moving West
until We reduce to practice the theory that the
clements which the crops take from the soil must
be replaced Western Rural.
s5- "SEOTA REDWEIN. I've have used
Seols Redwoin for some timo past in our fsmil-
les, and ind it to DO Of wonderful efficacy in
RELIEVING SICK HEADACHE.
Mrs. DIR. BAKER,
Fairfax Court House.
g. " HoLBRoOK,
Baltimore, Nd.
:. NJ. JACKSON,
li29 18th ST., Washington.
WALTER HELEN,
5Ul d ST., Washington.
For sao at all Drug Stores. sepl9-lm
E8 CLEANSE TIE SYSTEM aud purify the
blood QUIRk'S IRISH TEA will do this,
and relieve Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Constl-
p&tion and ali disc .ses caused by arrangement
of the Stomach or Liver. Sold By Druggists.
twenty-five cents per package. making ono
quart OF medicine, tea cup OF winch Is .!osc.
saS~ TEETH, if net kept clean, soon decay.
Yclng people, remember this, Use daily
Thu kSTON'S IVORY PEARL TOOTH
POWDER 1t will preserve :hein through iin.
SOFA ~ druggists 2,c n"r bottle feb 23-ly
r, ,, pm.
DliARD HINES demand economy: ; XII
t!ce it. kcnoVato your soliea asoyes WIN NV
VIEWS CD Is L. SIS AID el!vT
UtEANEE. II will cleanse them thoroughly.
Sold By druggists. Is eo"ts por bottle
TWIN MANN RED WARRIOR AXE
wv Our Ayo HIS stood The test for moro than
Dfiy WARS nmakn nIir AYES in tho old wsy.
.,nft;ng ihn steel into thn iron. not over it Our
40 ;s i,,st what We ellis, torit-the tcyt in tho
,norL~t Krnrv "A si.mueI WIN. Mann,
.;n,n,inr J,o,y;sinsn i;asi Stao;.''
enL G,r Sal,. wholesale and retail NJ s. King at
nc. ~ CREIGHTON 81 SON