The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-11-13
Agricultural.


fairs Aad isrmsn meetings we Ga
i. two gate dissiDot classes. Who are /
considerable degree representative
: 81 The great body II our farmers .
oFer The c0uniry There are isr
. Who are beat 90 science. wbo tai
: lsAEneSlJ aboul al The ologies ths
; pssisia 10 Any way 70 the operations
! The farm. who hApdle scientific term
iS The nost d quilted mSshsF. Aad wh
seem 10 th,nk the common, prsetic,
. uAtIers q bard. handed iarm iAbor--th
'Abor wbieh tnrps oct bread for huu
cry childreu--is OF little consequence
anless brain and science aud edacAtio
are put iuto ID There are some farm
ere who talk 10 this wsy--we meal
farmers wbo employ poor methods an
~ho reach low results add there At
Also writer's aud speakers for GU
papers aud conventions who cay leAru
ed thiags 10 praise Of science, aud DO
little 10 prsise Of steady intelligent
eoaraxsou. work-- the work which
clears the torest. subduss the prairie
sni grows meat aud gtAin
Thrse are ioutuals which are we'll.
meaning and honest hut which Ia AL
most sssiy s'liels. apou ulmost every
page. tire 80 hixh over the beads OF our
good. saFd-voFkiug. iptslligsnt farmers
that their Charges burst into the air ia
Is glitter Of petty theories. Diving no
harm only 10 dsakle the brain Of our
real farmers, who slsfeaud say; How
much some ioIks do know but they
lever hit The mark OF common farming,
they never bring pull OF help over a
bard plsve. they neser tell how the
working isrmer may grow larger
crop al lcss cost, or put him on the
road 10 improvements be may make Of
hamassh aiad tvr himseli.
'Ihrse are, We say. among writers
aud speakers. representative VI a
quite small class vi American farmers.
Having some knowledge OF science,
they ny 70 bring every Operations ol the
farm up 10 their standard. They take
the results Of scientific experiments
obtAioed 10 foreign countries. apply
them to our different conditions, and,
not lsking into consideration all the
fyahations and modifying circumstances
think certain results must follow their
adoption. Nothing is OF value that has
not . scientific basis 10 it good prac-
iice is, perhaps. we'll enough, but it it
not 10 accordance with certain scientific
theories there is doubtful shake Of
OF the head, even though good practice
brings thirty bushels of wheat TO the
acre.
Now, GU the other hand, we have a
large body OF men who are representa-
tives OF the great mass of intelligent
farmers all over our country, east as
well as west. We fnd some who are
writer's, journalists, speakers but
more are farmers themselves, who know
their soils as well as the chemist their
farm animals and how to breed the best
and most desirable specimens better
than the Psychologist, and the nature
Of farm fertilizers and their uses better
than the manufacturer Of patented
manures, These are practical men.
Though not skilled in books they know
enough to understand that farming in
America is sort Of primitive or
pioneer system that it is q system
which raises bread aud produces meat;
that we have yet no scientific expert.
ments from which our farmers can get
much help, because these experimental
have nowhere been undertaken and
carried on for Sufficient length of time
10 yield results that eau be depended |
upon, or adopted upon the average
arm with positive success ; aud that
alter The primitive syatem. long way.
must eo1e the systems which, in
hundreds Of years older than
Dur own, are but just now beginning
o be practicod. They understand,
90, that ell over our great country
thousands OF farmers are poor they
rave not the means to do 10 they
would, 30 must do rs they can. II not
'blc TO have thoroughbreds, they must
'ut up with grsdes il not able 10 have
he best, they must be content with
hat not so good; II they cannot farm
y science. they must yet try aud get .
living BY hard work. They under
tsnd. too, that none Of our methods or {
ystems or organizations are perfect
nd complete, and capable Of doing
ist what the scientific lecturer would 4
ave them debut that this Is no {
eAson for encouragement or . refusal /
. get ell the good possible out Of ex- !
ting systems. They recognize tha, )
will only be in the coming ages thai q
erfecron will be attained and 80 II o
their duty TO work on. accomplishing .
! much as possible in the best diree- /,
ons and towards the highest ends Il
ith the means At hand They do not o
.Kvaf that n.tws,h..a.l.. ~ :