, 1880-06-07
HORTICULTURE.

WHO St1ukg 416 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. fSA
tlac IIorticmlsurist-slr. Hays Kssay
on Educatlun for "ta,e Tliler Of the
Su1l s--11r. Ilalntttondsa Report on
Observation-Disclosures Prospective Ins
Inatrlcx.
FINN, Our Dun Corrtspondtnt
No. 40 yELDEs AVENUE, CHICAGO, June
3.--At the late meeting OF the Warsaw IIor-
ticultura! socicty n report Of which Is Just
received, sent by A. e. ita'ninolItl), Dr.
Charles Ilay rcaal lengthy mid elaborate
essay upun tito subject Ut
"EDucATlON fpIt TttR FAhARn AND TILE
uolsTlcuLTuIusT,"
In which WIS propllesied that tho time would
come When "the ullers vi tho soil" wsuld
be tl.e greatest scientists 9f the world at
ll.s;asl 1t %as argued i!,at they ought 70 be:
Ttleir calling demanded 4 wider range II
scientific knowledge thnn the "psotessiuiIs."
The physician alsd tile lawyer were more 1t
IsE swssr r. 'hfn to The s,S fsp'nss wHat 9r fTs %
education to for the hortlculturis.?"
ti,g n,am, Of thu essay answered; curly,
"Eycrything." And ke Hrorsetlsd1 to sioM u,,
pllysical SCIENCE especially chemistry, geo'-
Ogy, and tIotally. Tic advance III theSclence
aiia art of Industrial pursuits Is tie reason
~, "",igricu@|tnre @ in England at the present
In lie Eleventh. ainl Twelfth Centuries. Then
we ufe told, t!le avera&sG production uf wheat
per ncre WIS Etx Ur SEVEN bushels. NDw. WE
nre toI, un!oss III very exceptional sens',is
bushels per acre. III our own country VIZ
begin to learn TINT improved inodes ot cult
.lre afe doing lnuctl fDr.tl!c farmers henctit.
III Tue lust report front uio Commissioner, ot
tile most Northern States In tho Union-,
sur!, Us Vermont, New Hampshire, and
Massachusetts are taking ule }eA! Of tl,ose
States whicl, were once coiSlugireH the @ beSt
States, wc ulca,,, B Kentucky, Tennessee,
Ohio, ln,lil1 and Illinois. Willis thesU
Northern States alrst natnel urs NOW proauc-
luz Uli Mn Aycrage forty bustlHia per acre.
fallen considerably below them III the pro
d,lctIpn Of that most valuable ,stap'e to t!,e
far1ller, corn. New Yurk n,lti Pennsylvania,
t.U, ieatl those Western and Southern coril-
producing States In tho average production
per acre Gf the same article. LII wheat Ike
wise those Northern Suites, rs well ~ New
York and Pennsylvania, Mru londlny the
States ot Kentucky, onl,, lndiana, 1nd ID, ~ lll!-
ur,lly the most -fcrtile soil. Aud tits well
known that those Northern States, including
New York and Pennsylvania. hase, wltli!,,,
the Inst half Of the present century, paid
grentiy Increased attention to the study as
we'll as the practice uf agriculturs. Our In
dustrial and agricultural schools, VIC have
r,.nsnn IN hrInyy, will bring about much
Eoutl to the country ~ time. It III scnrcely
MI i, nrnstir.. IL" tl,e nunijs INV recniylnt
sir'eiu m i9'Ss II tkoss i!sttations, Int sod
wilI hr sttwn wliich will bring fUrt!l good re-
suits III the next gcNerntiDl1."
mini old, established errors, md to
itnpiant new doctrine. Dut, with In
pFoVemcnt and auvalsce III AFf1cuN-
ute and horticulture, hete y IN
| advance and improvements all niong the ilhe.
tsfp MSytI fspIs ne nIp.isa ~ lid aeys tic % n
That Is, u llEher standard Ut farming DfInRs
about y higher social, lnoTal. n1ld rellEion!s
state OF Things EeliefaIlS: lshorAMeeH ~. tt'e
sSt' sns S 81 Ere Tas fs'i tu ssfsysg as s
tratet by reference to the state Of M @ psop's
tile rl'lal populatson77pf Spaiil ala Hllssla
I and ,ouler countries. llu elgseu WIN SONS
woffs 1HyGro'S 70 i. ns M sii Vi ear Il
slanlere!l occasionally, lplus ;ts OWL, 1~n, ne'
cMilGb 1t IL f0uNtcu oh sglentlllc p7lhelp!cS,
md Is sIha 4un non In the progress OF cival'
zati0ll y na? hS nardonssa 1or qugSIle yl
s!xtlls of tho population, Il | am correct in
the statistics Of cur list census, are engaged -.
| IN Agriculture a1id lioitaeu!lufe, ailu. ~ Wy
oil Fno" that inc wealth aiu ptos,pes.t.ty y! y
every country depend upon the pr0huctlon o.
the soil, who woltltl dare soy TIE iarlller and
would not insist tfat tl!e farmers son sloult
GO through th9cnrrclti;n, oi w. tIio pMys.ea
fal farming; hut %na1 isst tllat y.
ns extensive requirements ns H. my 9taor ~ Pr
aa at saseess 1ah n M f s,9ns i9r
CONDITION OF TIE pNci1ANns.
Mr. q. IIn,nmnnd rcnorte,i uuon tn,
ani,icct 1;nmri ai,,W,,. liz suifi:
"Ti.o prospect for q good crop Of fruit a