The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1878-12-07

i and that existing laws, in which the de-
struction of the forests is not sufic emit
/ IL guarded against, should be speedily
/ notified. A general law concerning
this important subject appears ito me
toabea matter Of urgent public neces-
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Ic From, the organization of the gov
ernment, the Importance of encour-
aging, by all possible means the
| increase of our agricultural produc.
tiens has O been acknowledged and
urged upon the attention of Con-
gress and the people as the surest and
readiest means Of increasing our sub
stantial and enduring prosperity. fillo4
iesThe words of Washington are as app
plcable to-day. as when, in his eighth
annual message, he said: 6 It is not to
he doubted that with reference either to
Individual or national welfare, agricuE
turesis.of PRIMARY Importance. In pro-
portion as nations advance in popula-.
| tion and other circumstances OF matur-
ity, this truth becomes more apparent,
and renders the cultivation of the soil
more and more an object of public pa
tronage. institutions for promoting it
grow up, supported by the public purse
-aild to what object can it be dedicated
with greater propriety?sl Among the
means which have been employed to,
| this end. none have been attended with
greater success than the establishment
Of boards composed of proper characters,
charged With collecting ands diffusing
information, and enabled by. premiums
and small pecuniary aids to encourage
and assist the spirit Of discovery and
Improvements; this species of establish
ment contributing doubly to the increase,
! of Improvement by stimulating TO en-.
| .terprise and experiment, and by drawing
/ to q common center the results every
where of individual skill and observa-
I,tion; and spreading them thence over
the whole nation Experience, accord
inglY hath shown that they are very
cheap instruments Of immense national
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Fd;s The great preponderance of the agri-
culturaL over any other interest in the
| United States, entities it to. all the con-
sideration claimed for it by Washington.
sAbout one half the population of the
hUnited States is engaged in agriculture.
The value of the agricultural products
OF the United States for the year 1873
is estimated at three thousand millions
of dollars The exports ef agricultural
products for the year 1871, las appears
from the bureau of. statistics, were five.
hundred and twenty four millions of dol
lars. The great extent of our country,
with its diversity of soil and climate,
I enables ms to produee within our.
sown, borders, and by our own labor,
i not only the. pecessaries but most of
The Injuries that are consumed in civil
aized counties. b Yet, notwithstanding
kour advantages of soil, climate and in-'
[tercommunication il appears from the,
/ statistical statements in the report of
the commissioner Of agriculture, that
we import annually from foreign lands
many millions Of dollars, worth Of agri-
cultural products which could be raised
In our own country.
/ Numerous questions arise IN the
! fpraetice of 4 advanced agriculture
which can only sbes answered. by 'ez-
periments- often s costly and some
times fruitless- which are. beyond tn
means of private individuals, and
are a just and proper charge on
the whole nation for the benefit of
Ethe nation. 10 is good policy, espe-
cially in timessof depression and uneer-
. .tainty in other business pursuits, with
vast area Of unculhvated, and hence
| unproductive territory, wisely opened to
homestead settlement, to encourages, by
every proper and legitimate means, the
occupation and tillage of the. soil.
The efforts of the department. of
agriculture to stimulate old and
introduce new agricultural industries,
to improve the quality and in
crease the quantity, of our products,
| to determine the value Of old or estab-
P1ish the Importance of new methods Of
culture, are worthy of your careful and
favorable consideration and assistance
by such appropriations of money and
enlargement of facilities as may seem to
be demanded by the present favorable
conditions for the growth and rapid de-
Eyelopment OF this important interest.
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