The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-15

horse pillow and the hoe, and the reaper
been dependent upon his cradle at harvest
time. many millions of those cultivated
acres would to day be unproductive: IN
vention was kept abreast with the west
ward tide of emigration, so that the cen1le
of mechanical manufacturers, which nest
led for half a century among the oieaA
hills of New England has long since NOV
ed west of the city of Pittsburg. ne
three great States of Ohio, Indiana ana IL
linois are rapidly monopolizing the man,
ufacturing of agricultural implements ana
besides supplying the Northwest, the
Southwest, and large portions OF tne
South, they are actually shipping tneit
manufactures Eastward.
The Northwestern farmer no longer
measures his cultivated area by the num-
Der of hands he can employ, but he calcu-
lates everything by his horse power. Nei-
| Their the area, nor the number OF hands are
the important factors in estimating the re-
suit of his years labor, but 1t is simply
| HOW MANY HORSES
has he emplyed One man and boy with
two good horses will plant and cultivate
sixty acres of corn and sow and harvest
forty acres of small grain. Fifty bushels
of corn, and twenty bushels of wheat, or
|
otherwise the corn is sold to cattle and
stock feeders as it stands in the field, net
ting perhaps but ten dollars per acre, no
| great income truly, but when we remem-
Der blowing begins in April, the seed are
planted in May and June, and the crop is
sold in September, it is a speedy and pro-
fitable return for expended labor. One
man and team of four horses will turn
over ten acres of corn land, and seed it in
wheat in a single day with the Chicago
Screw Harrow, and in the same time will
one man driving four horses, aided by
single ''help," harvest from fifteen to TWEEN
ty acres of grain. The self binder cuts the
grain, binds the sheaf with small wire and
throws it far enough to one side to pre-
vent its interfering with the team in their
next circuit around the field. Then again
Their immenNe thseshers are commensurate
with the extent of the crop and frequently
turn out from 500 to 1000 bushels of sack
ed wheat as a days work.
MECHANICAL INVENTIONS.
AS in agriculture, so in every depart
ment of life, the American artisan has I'M
furled the banner of progress, and excel
, sior is engraven upon most of his mechan-
ical inventions. All the clothes we wear
are made by machinery, and annually
over 100, 100000 pairs Of shoes are made
in the United States, S. per cent of the
, labor being done by machinery. So ex-
F pert have these mechanics become that
f one man can, with sewing machine,
stitch 900 pairs of soles to as many pairs
of uppers in a single day. Socks and
, stockings are knit by machinery, propelled
by steam, at so small cost that a pair of
, socks can be sold at a profit of one cent
, more than the cost of the raw material out
of which they are manufactured. Car
f wheels are made of paper and exported to
all foreign countries. Locomotives are
sent to Australia, Russia, Brazil and other
South American States. Horse shoe nails
are made by machinery so cheaply that
5 the manufacturer sells them chea pei
t than the blacksmith can buy the iron OF
: which to make them. Elgin watches made
in Illinois are exported to Switzerland
! the superiority of whose time pieces has
: been acknowledged for century. And
my fair country women, one-half the
labor performed in all these manufactures
is the result of the tiny fingers of women
as fair and lovely as you. Yes, with in.
! creasing interest I have watched theil
skillful manipulation of the delicate parts
2 of a watch, which to be seen at all had to
did my interest abate when observing
them asserting horse shoe nails rejecting
t with the rapidity of thought every mai
! with flaw, which to me was apparent
S only after the closest scrutiny
b But why continue to instance evidence:
S Of our mechanical progress? They are
e around and about US continually, and show
themselves in every implement we use
e AS in mechanics, so in all the arts and sci
: ences, American genius is pre-eminen
: and unrivalled. 1t is as successful in dis
e covering hitherto unknown planets away
in the region of the fixed stars, as it is il
t, manufacturing spurious coin and substitu
It ting it for genuine money. Whether it b,
e in Astronomy or Alchemy, moral scienc.
e or rascality, the American expert is a mas
i ter mind. State prize, patriotism, rever
# ence for the Sabbath, attendance upor
i divine worship, tender regard for tn,
e rights of others, are all
# ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
}, in the character of the Representative,
# American citizen. But a perusal of tn,
daily papers admonishes us that he is in
imitable in his skill at picking locks, de
1t frauding his neighbor, committing muir
d der, or even in inventing methods of tax
IS ing his own life
d We are Protestant people and conser
d vative in religion, but few people hav,
d gone further into mormonism, freeloveisn
rs and adventism than we. Nor are we lao
is gard in the science of government as is in
IS dicated by the constant boast of that SAM
j. average American citizen that "our's i
d the best government the world ever saw
lie and every school boy repeatedly asserts
" whether he believes it or not, that ''this i
h the land of the tree and the home of tn
brave"
N Yes, my friends, we do live in an ace O
l. progress. 1t was our age that carried tn
L. star OF civilization westward, till to day
4 twlnkles above our EXTREMIST wester,
at shore. 1t was our age that strapped thi
Il Continent with hands &C L..