Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-10

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ta no en~elv e4N--4- To ali En&emts and
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frzrus<v q skc.s1~ 81 YEAR. N a4S snre Il
oil tte axk~r usrm1k~gs @S s.Rr L mss&- A.
. wl~slse exrt~ure ef thRs iraisrs-~-s,s,- thcrs
wtre r~s~sy-<f ~ nur cspeGzl Cav dursn-
fss~ ws-k. an eisassxaf~ly Ss<tsn mp nsssfA
nod dltAssxzz- CERTIFYING IL tfsr INV ksislx
fa<z th&f wa~hins1oa r~rritory had s<rrsr-i
od the cSvrs>d Ewixe- the gisft~rtn- h->
rzrcmigFu awarded for cereal. ds~yasys~l
~ the Centennial Exhitafssn tass year
A medal and dipiosslA werc awarded Ia
the Terrilory. and q pair of like tesf
izis "a W iillamO ID. Bush OF Ihur~ion casually Y
for having c,inceived and con~ssnnssts-t ~
grand PROTEST. These beautiful ARTICLE,
ore at prs-~ent tO lie sen al the Ranking
House ofG. A. harnes, Olympia They viii
BE- on exhibition at the Fair of the Wash
tngton Industrial Association and thence
hung in the Hall of the Legislature dur
Ing the coming session. Doubtless, each
grain-growing State of the Atlanr,: sea
board, as Oregon and California, WAS self
conscious OF her own unquestiOnable abit'
Nv 10 win the prize at the great contest.
But, like the foolish virgins Of old. while
they slumbered aud slept, II turned out
that. away Off amid the wiids OF distant
Territory, ridiculed daughter OF the
Union, only in her teens, even there, an
obscure farmer was hybridiz:ng and fos-
tering with jealous care the very grain
which was destined to render futile their
own belated efforts. Thus, we say, the
present and future Agricultural Societies
d Washington Territory, have an honor
Al t1,
favorable notice of the world; u broad
and firmly planted base upon which to
build the proud superstructure OF their
future greatness.
81 And we undertake to say that IL is the
ptivilege of the Lewis County Agricultur-
= Association to stand among these. not
II sthe extreme rear, but ln the foremost
unk, leading the vanguard of the hosts
hat are destined soon to follow after.
Knowing full we'll, the value Of time, we
Will now proceed to discuss what we have
chosen as the special subject of our pres
Snt consideration. 10 do this, we call
your attention for q few moments, to kind
krandest agricultural promoter of the
present age. In default of better term,
We have christened this promoter the
Farmers Right Hand Assistant. Before
We have done, we pledge ourselves to
chow cOnclusively that this assistant is q
llehtning reapers and separators are not
- be mentioned in comparison with 1t II
ever, indeed, they were placed by the
side of it, like the pale moon, when she
iutersects right line drawn from the
cGhter OF the sun 70 the center o! tne
e62fIgEd. Nov; AZ we have 4oxciAea eoaas
curiosity, it is just what we wished to do f;
il you are all just on the point OF asking in
breath, What is this wonderful assis.
tant ?" you will be all the better prepared
to appreciate the announcement that DE-
Cs..ies its nature and characteristics. But
we would excite your curiosity and tax
your patience yet little futher still. This
labOr-Saving agent is not made like other
machines, out of wood and iron. and paint
and putty ; it is neither manufactured at
the Salem Agricultural Works nor impor.
purchased for money, borrowed, trans
ierred nor bartered and yet, the poorest
farmer can, and ought to possess 1t. Y ca,
for it is as free as the air we breathe or
the water we drink; and every father
ought to leave 1t az the most priceless in
heritance to his farmer sons. And now
we will tell you where it is generated and
what is its true Christian name. Away
off in the upper story OF the curious taDer-
nackleOt flesh in which the creature man
resides, even in the despised garret of this
beautiful temple, there is royal recep-
throne, and upon that throne there sits a
sovereign more absolute in its rule than
any king of earth. who holds in his jew
eled hand q scepter of gold. That throne
is the brain, and the sovereign it supports
is the mind. Education is o ne Of the
stalwart children of the mind and, by
birthright, finished artificer and master
workmen. In this silent though busy
workshop is cOntrived the curious labor
saving agent of which we have been
speaking, the farmers right hand assists.
tant. Here, it is wooded and irOned ana
ten, now, willie we at last tell you its name.
Here it is: a Practical knowledge e. Az.
ricultural Chemistry. Considered in all
its fullness, we can neither Over-tstimate
its potency nor detail the victories which
its energy and powers have achieved: II
has revolutionized the agriculture OF the
enlightened world; 1t has transformed
the lowly tiller Of the soil from q dabbler
in clay and mould into scientific expert
mentor. and made his profession pur-
suit of material frofit and not q boOtless
drudgery; it has made the day.laborer q
capitalist and his employer millionaire
it has ems ncipated the farmer from a con-
ditiOr Of servitude and hopeless depend
ence and made him sit at the table Of Kings
and Princes. Through the science Of
chemistry we learn that all plants are
made Up Ut two great cissses OF sienents.
VIE: organic anu Inorganic euu8&AOcts.
II we take any vegetable specimen. ~ .
piece Of wood. q bunch of grass or stalk
Of grain. and burn t in m ordinary nr~.
we ind that the greater pan 81 :ss bulk
and weight is dtSsiIated that 10. % gocs
up I'm smoke and ~cens loss i'm the air.
while q small portion ef In substance y
Iefs behind i'm skse form of . rexiduum which
we call nsh<~. Well. all thosr PARTS os
she plant which. when barned. s.rended
into thu rewsca. of the ala and v~se dis
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