Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1884-01-17

| more intelligence than the man VII
tends it; or. rather, the brain and skill o
the inventor of the machine has foreStall
ed the need of brain in the man who OF
crates it. Over the broad fields of agri
culture it is written thus far shalt tho
come and no farther" to ward off thoS
who wish to change these pursuits int
those of dwindling process of brain. II
Illinois, OF his way TO the fat stool
show, he passed farmers who came a
near being automatonS as could poSsiDl,
be; they grew but one crop, grown b!
machinery invented by the brains of an
other. even selling at the nearest station
at a price made by another. At the show
he met farmers OF different stripe. mel
who made the development of stock ;
study; they accepted the theories of eX
cellence because they were carried out by
their daily observations. 1t has beeI
shown that stock breeding as we'll as hOr
ticulture has developing power. HI
spoke of the large butchering establish
mentS, and their influence in brutaliZins
the mind. How much per day, parents
would you take to put your sons into the
hog butchering business and take then
away from horticulture? The former is
narrowing to the mind. and the latter en-
nObling and yet thousands of boys have
to be engaged IN this work. All through
this job of butchering seems to tend to the
brutalizing and narrowing of the mind
Each part has man to do it, " 10 does il
skillfully, and can do nothing else. On
the other hand, horticulture has a rein
ing and healtful power; it is health-giv-
ing-this rests on a hygenic and phySio
logical basis. 1t gives moderate exercise
and gathers strength by the contact with
the mother earth. The care of strawber
rieS and such ligher work is just the thing
for the farmers girls. to make them
healthy. Horticulture has refining in
tluence from its surroundings beauti-
full flowers. its beds of ripe Strawberries
&c, and the eating of the luscious ripe
fruit is also health-giying. Smoking and
liquor drinking is far less done on the
farm than in the cities. The farmers boy
smokes first when he goes to town, to be
smart. Horticulture is an educational
force because it is interesting and eleva
ting. Creation is greater and nObler than
destruction. Teach boy to see how the
berry and grape reprOduceS in kind; teach
him budding, grating interest him in
the farm life; teach him to study the
facts of entomology. HOrticuli ure has
an educational power because it is diff
cult, and the problems are so varied that
the mind is kept in constant work II
takes more thought to raise Strawberries
than corn; then horticulture is more ele-
waiting than agriculture. The difficulties
are of kind that must be Surmounted-
they cannot he Shirked. The Studen;
must learn when the bugs are destroying
his Stra wberries, the curculi his cherries
&c. Necessity compels the horticuttUrist
to be a botanist, entOmOlogiSt, &c, a stu
dent at al; times in fact. The speaker
continued at some length on the error of
farming-or trying to farm too much
ground; and gave an illustration Of a
man who farmed j3 acres successfully
and profitably, after making a failure on
a farm of $50 acres. He also spoke of
the hilly places us the places where the
best fruits grow, where it is almost i'm
possible to grow corn. Ii the hOrticultu-
raj society of the State would look this
matter up, it would be of great money
interest to the State of Ohio. | have urged
the State horticultural society to under
take a work similar to that which has
been done 10y the Board of AgricUltuTe.and
went on to tell what the latter board had
done; among other things this board had
got up these Farmers Institutes, which
farmers here understood the good Of IL,
well as anywhere; it had more than dOub
led the receipts and exhibtS of the State
Fair. In 1SSothiS fair was settled per
manently at Columbus, andNS the Board
got low rates on railroads, it is now what
its name designateS- state fair: former
ly the visitors and exhibitors were from a
radius of 30 miles, while now they come
from all parts OF the State.
Adjourned to 1 80 p. IN.
Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session was opened by
the singing of farmers song by Joseph
Denham, Esq, who showed that he not
only understood the raising of thorough
bred animals, but had also found time to
cultivate "a knowledge of music. There
is a little history about this song, which
we will tell, but ''for goodness sake don t
say told you" Mr.. Denham att nded
the Institute few weeks ago at Wash
ington, Pa and also the banquet that
followed, and being called upon to re-
Spond to toast, was too modest but said
he would sing song instead: and cOm-
menced this one, but before he was half
through his treacherOuS memory, which
had probably been too much banquetted,
failed him. and he had to leave off, leav-
ing the heroine of the SOng-the farmers
wife-in the midst of washing and a
host of other difficulties. \ waggish
newspaper man present. said: Friend.
for Gods sake, don't leave that woman in
that fix" Several parties are said to have
come here from Washington, to hear it
finished-hence the song.
The first address of the afternoon was
by j. w. AxtelI, Esq, of the Pittsburgh
National Stockman. whose topic was
Stock Breeding" We give this excel
lent address in full, and it will be found
at the end of the proceedings.
Mr. Axtell's address was followed by
one on Carp Culture" by George Finley,
Esq, of Pittsburgh, who has several large
ponds of carp, and is a successful fish
grower. Owing to the interest there is
on this subject at this time, we also give
the full text of his practical address on
this subject:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-I have heard
old and practiced public speakers who
possessed talent in the line of oratOry,
declare that they never confronted an
audience as the chief speaker, without
experiencing degree of trepidation. 1t
men of this type feel nervous on such
occasions, ought you not to pity me un-
der the circumstances which l now APP
pear before yQR
Not belonging to any of the learned pro-
fesslons, propose to keep off any liter
AIRY stills and use no Latin OF technical
scientific phrases, as my purpose is to
impart knowledge in my speciality. and
thiuk it not egOtiStical to claim at
least practical knowledge of this spe-
cialty beyond those who have not the
experience / have had therein.
do not expect that all | may say will
be implicitly believed by all who hear
mel rather expect otherwise, and it is
a well known fact to you all that there