ftliiia ibiilrliwaii dfinti't j jjjlilicj ll.'iii oj:i;iit:irr internal 3.njiraiifinfnts eommcrfe tljr mid s'nfnrrs jllornlitij and tljr mill cirrlr m.misi'i xxxn saltsbuuy \. c january 20 1857 j j lllll mill minor uml i'marleliir | address yi /;,.,,., ,//„,:„.,. ./„• montgomery coun ty d al/riattuural society by j l tvmin ll,d ol i'/iiladelp/iiit an honorary member m i'reilllrnl ml iu„ium a .)/„„.,..,„„,,, (',.»„., agimiliunl 8um \ ,,,, clllllll.l lt ii ni ,,,, l ran i 1 po to uti.'i ii nidi that sill he r,.-i ingot nil nil i to yon a pruc , ,, furin or ms lifo l,n hceii passed a - hunks and men tho gruuu li.ld of the country tlinugh over a chni'iii iu me havo only i.mmii ll iml i l . — . i 1 si la ry miniiiii'i ssi less to investigate ihe pun lid iml of inilliru than it i - ipe ih.is wrangling cuiitmvuh.li which i corns tlio lawn ut'niuii ; fresh air niiiuapiiiunl and ,. : nn itiughl hv tho iiilnil.it.il , n ' their ruriil oxcursiolis i liej ■ , ,, ' qimlnl themselvos villi cumitry life or ' agricultural dulio cmitunl in see 1 ' ing vertllio und luxuriant alinndance nn ' every hand limy do mil itiquiru nun \'., ' gil (,/ lidfueiatla m ■■ /■■■■. hy seeking ' thiil entertainment which iho pi of vegetation ss d att'ortl i li i ■ ' tliemaelvua with tracing thu ciiuvviiiiu ' bctwoen the private thrift t the u r ' and tho growth of national prosperity ' other art ur linpoilaut hill thai ul .... ' , some mini ' 1,-r to r convenient e alitl ollu luxury : i i i ilesnol men ' l_v tu both hill i ,■-... i'i ni i i i',..siti,.s ,,| iiuiiual nature under such circumstances i feel ihut the t pliiiu nl of an ins itnlinti luappeai ' hefure youi so uly i lay reou to ihe accident ul ins huing ., hi prietor in j our ' ounti . than t , am ,, ., ' it_i i po loss to 1.1,1 i.i ', ., ill inn i ;. .. mi y,,ur own subject indeed i must - throw mi i si hulls up u snlir i ti 1 1 1 * genco in truhting n topic -• iiiewlutl lur " vign to mv ordinary undies and which in one can presume tnc tn liuve . iv unlet , i ' while i ni retcndl ol agt culluru u a practical urt be un nn i i nut lo .. of inntil up ., illllitil i .■'.. ul principli and in.d referred lo in i .,.■.'■ of a vein whose name a well ci s in connect ■ ' ricnltiire.il and :. -. li us ;" frequent liails t .......... . his i -;■ la .. r nf 1 lieean i i na d :' .,, ... i , ti from i,m lips nmru lliau en of virgil or thu d lust : a la for h pill i do p pi ivute into est and ul il ti lie ntilitv i ii clustering uticpelicd and sunctitied tmi ahsi willi i miles of the p 1 luring retiiaius of • ' mitt ' for -, s i gen nlit.ua i ■ :' ri ii be ascribed ins i u acre wlii at -,, 1 .... ii job ii . ■' thu ant vnnia r.,ii,..i i . i ixp.-ct from me a ni'tt oxporimc is wl ted in it ti.-l.l the perl riuai i duty however linporfe ■ iy i ■ shost thai nol to km porim nt and improv thus st,r ■ . ed with the bistort nf iuq i ... statu 1 ■ i duo i the i i tins umineiii phaiii ,. and ii to tho ( tj whoso farm .■-! ho advanced an t i i kl iti al i . i au radiant nn i a rapid and bountiful i « according tn the reel i hible job itobi wn ...... of march 11 ,«, ti .« n i - ■ i tl more than olio humlred years ng i ilu,1 i i |, ., ... ..- t'liich i lui \\ litpu no town ' ■ '' tin mnnsimi uml un 1 • ' inn where ul ., ' ii tbe ■_'.,, i i aug i i-'i ' 11m ins ll ,,'..,. , || ', ll •' . i i lie oflth far nf his age it mil ed as evidonci uf ll , • he salubrity i.l thai hi .. ml tho mm ago mid thul ud i i " tielh year both a hundred eai ago i'ennsylvaiiia onl : i ■ r mi or nf a high grade mi '' i s , nu ' ■ . ' " odueati - tl ■ . il'nrde.l but it n t ! ,. ni were slender ilul in •■ tu ' ■ have re paired bj a . nil at in in tin . . uf ', !, n ',.■,. at scl i i wlintevi r st i ,,■ . ' in '' r ipect au disciplined ai mind is reading and .,"., i ud i . .... i 1 in mid wrilii ■ wl toexpn in id n wiih pi • ip . an iiml for such ii a i hi i inn tor that iu aril lif ' . ' ' -' hi oollipi i i ii ... in a ! i m i ii i • i cunt . ii si i " , iitmulte i it his tnic 1 llllli ii whotlu . ii th.dal lo'.iii btullul .,..„.•,.. s h i.i , t i personal or rural nfliiirs in trusts and as umpire arhiiralor and juryman he un often ill request lie t n . .:, cli i political nlhco tl ■„•.:' , fre qnuiitly pressed to accepl it lint gov '•' ■ millllll in tlio far 17111 ilcil ed senl li , i ,-!..„ „- , \|,.. irate nfthu i v a pi.sili u acted in with renin knl in roilil ami ,■ ,, tuln down in ll . .... i .,, ulieti i i fi'iicr g nl l„s iiininrilri . ,'. mill 1 liiriii ,; : .- i , , i t " ii icier in ll.i post ,, iliapule i ■ |,| ,„.,... „, ,,.,, iml for hie personal im ,..,.,, and in . iv |. intruded lill ,'. ■ i ..... ■ . i certiorari h uj,p.al ol in lrurv.il i related of ihe lawyers i norriatnwn when applied to hs u ilef ,■.,! purl i ■■.',. i in thai i1 . ' im furl which is well i-stulilishc.l ,. .,. dde to the eg.i |„„| j is county as it i to thu justice s 1 iniell jji nee and inlcgril were iii such high repine i'l.o sterling put u ... mi l ■ ert'si .' io ... m ivuhiiuasmneh inilui'ii stitli i conn mpnraries as ,- .,,..! vigorous nnilersl hid ing his uaiiif ui never r li i j lit eiuill house it'll mi inll . ull i ' '.. s • al i ii peel tu i nl'li n ii icruii uf ii iw i went into the i ,- itirl mid ! ■ 1 .,- a man ... ■ ■ ■ ..... |. plication i client iitiliast 1 . . ■ in " ' . .■'..:. i i thai . li ' m || iy and was ... ph in the pul lie ' ■ . mil i riupl . . tvh.-th ■ ■ ...... ■ . . u nl ....... ■ ■ i'lnm ihi habit . . it'll iii wh 1 • i , . ■ , ,.,. lot oliiiuan tl the i 11111111101 i i soptem .. i i ■ . : i . i id known i • , ..... ■ . . ■ iniinj ..■■. , mi ■ .. ■ , , , m,.r|i sought the of a man win was n..t il i ill iiiniuullls and ttlu had neser • ,.. iiulrt'tl m ' . ids it i ;,. in i seems i have appreci ited uu i i . - ilh ., , , the mas lei ii ■ iiini cnrrii il .," iy still i.i priicliealls nn 1 11 - i ' i'lof ,. i i < 1 lines h - no tu ... . !, will ihe tu i i'm ■ is v , , ,, ■ ■ riualin 1 , men - ll . nivo linn mnl in live pi i i mill i i li 1 no truce ll , ., i s ,,, „!,,,,, ,,. wn i ...,,,. quoted to i ll senlii uul ihal il ua n pnl lie lieiiefuctoi ith in mail i •. i • in ml . ■ , i and in-stowing ' she required would often mull ■ 1,1 lo i.t i i lad and e i lllllch greater nuiiilii , ' ss . ii mi it-iln-ri in , i rii ,' is 1 hie illtfii.leil tons i kurope and 1 in ivi syltuuia lleatl lined veal i . ..' iho d llii ilu ,,, his u.ii , a he could not lila von th ,:,,]■ i in i.i f . id husbandry many either illlllll'ht'll 111 ii i ,,, llil , . in supply in u ,,,,- i i i i and n i i iv icacriptions ivl.ii'l im i i in foreign work . i1..sv in inn i k(ll farming i in practical results mid i .« ii / . ir -. nun l ilineov ui't'il it tl multiplication of till blades ' tin iiic luiil in i.i career ' : l in ilu vi'iir 1790 in proposed in build n l.urii of'tinhlopro lli i'.itl ■■!. who sin living np l iii bclluiiio ii cllfl in-l.'iil insisting iiml ii wniiltl in impossible ever in till ii tn in th crops at his request mr li li ... d fhia in t mlt-ii i .:; ,:,,/ m » --,,- f..ur ii.n „- .;,.... in list all ■ ■ il ii l«i.ihti"u ' '.■ - ii „.'. biud.niighl l-lill ubnniofgreaterilinicn -:.,,,-. i'i i,l gentleman entertained a high id n nf in 1 skill ill iho ni aing ..; i luit hi hflii i ■ i ti ul ,, «.,- via i that i ,. increased pro i i seres would i i|,i i thu prn j cted inclosure it ilu colli i lis sour iv in the tin nf its erection the new structure was not only full luit 1 mi the quantity within it washonsed in temporary im l:n outside or put away in ricks and t ks i 1 .-... ., ' '. _• iitlemi •! iii nnd iironn.l !' ..... it ; log tliei ii itli ., si is to ini|irove thuaye lem i tunning then in i guu ii is well known tlt.tr n -,• .-. i ,-..;-., - ,. ., - gave , -,• ,.. / ■.. /'/,,'.,,/., - /•, imj aijri line to i i'liis s ..■ etv was ' rston ii vcineiit in this ,• to i npmvo mu domestic tillage ii is ii ihiri n , it and beueticeiil h ,.,- i .. ii ■•. . i.s general washing . . .'. . enti tlained iiic in st e.l views on i ie whole sul.jeet ili.l i is lot 1 si i 1,1 1,1,1m i i era n.i in i einitii nt men of that ilay wlm live : a.ke.l int the early i.l ' i-.„t in i'm i l sis lllia mi . i mi i young man nnd living ion i'm ii,-l,..„t t llnil curl ins thuaid • i mi for in i|iienl coin iheseg ....... • i ... hill the , l..it sin , ; ■ :. t il ,,■, t :, . r].n-il st ere loo lest in inn i i it form i : ingls ,., i ;,,,.,,,, f p'mvi ■• . ..... u th ■ ■ . ' • enelit uml . ■ , ... lie had i ted i j .-..., ■■■)., ... ,,,„. iii und unpaid of repaying lie i . i-utely re ■ ■ hi'iii il into n high a condition as the iinp rfeel at . . ild per mit ss , ,., ■ .., • •• .- ■. i , , ■ i i factors hut-it left i . ut '■ i i.ii hue .:.....• iimt-li mid the li i-iuist and others ... ....... ,„...,.. | , -• i •, . .. dt uf t-nri ' .,.,■■ if ih.'se i ml '.. , ii i-ii.orthi ■ - underst land mill kiu.it u lull in h an ugri nitiirisl would mil i in •.■,..-.. iii|.|i-l,i'd the i'.m ini.tis ul inn employed il ti t r lauds aim sl since the lime nflhc incus anil ud its uiarvullniis ell cts . ave adopted a k ,,. ur of their sense uf its in ippn l-iahle value in vegetation i liliin , ' i . i n ," i ... d learned von lluml.iil.il rail mum ire « ,- al last itn i . , rear 1 s.t.i or i i . ■ ...-,: pari . alioutthis , tin i . i discovered i i.i'iiiii .,, of i;i i ... ipl : was al i'yniu that tiiiu lion i u.i in . ' ihe y a 1-1 ... . . . ills hi bought hi d ii ii pro ..',.•'!•. i mori . . tro iiiiii n alls , titles hut fi'.'lif i alilllt'lils i inn i purluips ... i i i'lliciieions and .. . , il ihe uai'iipe nf ilu in i teal nils if thu s ei'nl.li tl ; . . ■ . insensible kumpu hud i.iilr 1 his reasons tu the ngriciiltui is of i .. t caiiuol he d mil tin ti't.ii il soon have i un i an itttctitivu anil lulling . i ' i though dostitutu of these aids mr itn hurt knew the value of deep ploughing und of cross or oblique ploughing of lime tn assist vegetablodec p ni n,of pi is i for animal substance's of sveoding and of barn-yiird manuring all ili.it these i id eli'ect and in thu best milliner nil ii i ubsei ration reflection und cxperl once from time to lime reveulcd were promptly roaorted to the reaull wns a he lull us iu a k which he published in l-.il untitled thu pennsylvania pur uior ihal ho raised from n llold of 1 , , bushels of wheat which is 5«j bushels to an acre even at the present , a crop ssi ill i bring a prize in the distribution nf agricultural premiums lie informed me that after thu publica tion nf in work lie raised 300 bushels from a lot of six acres which i ou bush els tu an a i hi he said svn about the year 1820 such a product if •.. . ... .. i is very seljl.un exceed present day cither in this coiiii . pe lie leaves li - testimony ,,, favor of thorough tillage and attrib utes lo i much of what his land eltoctcd thorough ploughing lican)'»,i agr ■' meatun . supplies the want uf manure by keeping the earth in a loose statu reu i for thu reception of atinosphei icul infln . a . " when thus loos 1 und all its minutely divided in i ti.u itith the proper hind uf manure a il hardly be imagined to the pro ■ elit'ss of a gonial soil ho laid great stress upon the titn of ploughing ■ ■, gin the tall is of more benefit limn tss plouj . ." all his ex t man's | l,y who 1't't the •■ ' ,':.. ■ tary injunction to his sons in hunt for n treasure hidden in his i i hv m'v'.iv ,!• v , upi all over his estate ll protea loo the pi dm . i'i of the -' ui told i pliny of ibe vine-d'resser who after dividing his . ' in i ii i n his i vo daughters and . ■'. found b applying the bitme am ii of labor to the one-third which . ned for his nsvn subsistence it .. mu li as tho whole vineyard did before ihe division thu romans so d rsl i thedissadvantagb.il large litruis and the benefits of thai i i . - nail - nun , , . . t tl it . ir j ii |, et has left u his • . : ir our instruction this brief hul . xpresaive seiitiinent : .... laudato uij.-nna rura mr it .... ■•:- shows that care ■ iv lo the land i i nrop rtion to the parsimony st ii . . inaiiiiru nru witlihelil will lie i , farmer nnd that hi . use in the exact ratio of . ini i application s . ," ' h.-crves thai :." acres f land propi i iy luanaged will produce more tluiii si ll i l.udlv conductcl the thu 1 acres if you it . iu accounts you is ii tin i up • fcll'o n year clear profit foil acres were conducted in the sumo man lier the | ills ss mid be eo i vo ir lie iiui-t i ,• .-,■ be iinileistu l ;,. ' ., estic currency ti to in be ■ -. ■ nt i si ' o our i perfection nf iigriciilture consist in imikii g ,■■ ' • '■■ purl of the ground pro luce irgcst q iiml t of which il q i hie at the smallest cost and least injury to th il what land i ii .■ mas i , learned from i ..... i i tlu-v know thai loosening thu earl lit lllld deep pin igllil .: till i pi m ml manuring diligent ss . . needful in gal on iu seasons ol i i ring into activity all the iteul | i i plus of geriiiiiiatioii und fertility these little pulchos of earth repa ti nf . , tq plied and fivefold ii ilu . upended nj them mm without tillage performs only half of its i tillage without ni'.iuuru milk .■ d dependent u | ure the r in and the sun - it i ■ ters agree ollghlv broken up and ions enetl b ihopliiugli and harrow better witliout manure than with thi-ad . applied upon a tin r is surl'acu ur in hard and clayey i compact masses of earth thnisvii up hi a tingle inroad of the plough ii tied effect ul both th huing lill . irvasi in i ngl md ii in tl ,. popu lousnens nl . m mid ih limited ur agricultural dislt . . - iiuetimus : i.i its utmost unpin hi nl pro lint uiiiurs assert that i feu there it is eapii : in furl i ten tu us in re than what it nots | \ to goldsmith s an ere eiijiii ll lis this ruli , oiicb acre , slam four puts ,,-. i il iti . al thai rule thu vuliiu of tit ■ i acres ii 1 1 i oil iindur thu irusunl system iu l'uiiiisylvaiiiii is rat the cimifortublu miiiuluuaueo . fun il vei ling lo gold . 1 lain of i - i„„,id subsist two hundred men 8u thai .. willi ■ i a i.t l lis of leu pel - ii tnu an unit 1 products tu be ,..-. toil i.'lii.ur . , disi i u nl i support hundred and iiiuets i tl luhratud ciuuinutu i a a consul dictator and ■ . . i i v ii i e , 1 11 fan i ill ilul f 1 is c.l lip ited of a .■• ll h ur in extent what wealth might nut ■ limner aiieiiniiilate with . twenty times thu size f ihe _'.. at tiller ol itune irthcircmipnraiiv , ■ irated with ii..,,-„i.,t labor and equal inn-mi mi i ibertfl in great stress in his '. the superiority nt tailing em tio over ikusystc fpastnriigo in vogue i do in l undei'stiiiiil him as re iiiiund ing tn pracli f iininuring llmm in cruel and injuri us in contine lliein tl i ,. placed and f plied with -:,.,. i,i and water and large ... ssiil nt least enough li.r healthful exer ,■:-!•. it is certain that in the i in nl pastiir ng cuttle more grass is trodden consm , , anthori ip he lliatm reft uu which ' ■ ■ it and fed ua eight bul in i turn t • ' ... pi .. i f it st iiml ' e the ' gyps mi mi i d hi in i'ennsyli u hi except perlui y mr i hi "- an i the late 1 i i ters i e last mi ed get . i ite ., ti a upon il .'. 1 7*7 in which lie speaks from expi it i'urtili • | i ■ ... || win not ii ii ,: ul .. : ■ it | lo_s ed ., i until ,.„„„' lime after thu revolutionary war which terminated in it mi lt hurts i .- in his - ivrn-sls-aiili i armor | u i*l ,. as we have s'u u 1 of it being tiiuu in get ujiiuug farmers in in 1 speaks f its being specially applied hi him in it in ; n ■ us .: • was a hist 1 well n it •■ is .; a ,. ii-iino butwe ii hi u tin judge i'i ters wh isc cons-e -.,: n ha i been up n the uses at d abuses ul in - ui.it :. iv sq iv it hurls said th ju .... " ' ii |, ll - give to ui t , ; nf lull . . ng th , ■ uf gs p sum into i'unusylvania hut i am nots ire that you are noi entitled tu that honor mr roberts pleasantly answered that however the fuel might be as he hud ta li much of tnc pr lit judge peters bhuuld have all tho credit.--i do not re fer to ibis question of priority to deprive an eminent mini an 1 prominent pi er of the reputation which public i'unio hits - ludge cetera unqiiestion .■ died p ih m attention to this - li - nice n i ::.,". i a ireulise in whieh iu refers lo ..,- experience ol its use it ll it years before it ,.- enough tu say ma it appropriati y both these agri culturist sin nearly contemporaneous and thai ., qu stum id preceil lice can cure i he made where uachacted inilu . uf i ... other at ! where the .■ re so eminent : ri ,-. i'ho iuti iilucliuii i gypnii our turincr and its adop tion hs ih in ,- u uu ..- nl li ■•. .,• in i a fuel of im mall consequence in the history nf nur d unestie agriculture i refer to il only ill urdui to mark it a an ll it if ni pr in.v in the ad iptinn nf g.s ps ,,,, inn ■ , ,. -' uu d ids claim tu other improvements ure in mti -:., ih such in the tut ■ ofonrdu uesl i ' . ige uig i y an ug •. that thu pl.uig an i were until i ir their purpose - i'h -■ uf •,.- in iiivention wurusujiatitu i.-i i'i ' ... lain us around him iii a i u'"u ,- my thu hurroa uspei alls was highls uppr ived as it worked by inn •.,- in the mid ilu -., us to dii ... nn i title gently over am irn giilurilr ■ obstruetioli ii devise i alsoa ro laud in thu veil it mi nuvi ami ip proved principles 1 is imph , lorn i nig time thu oi iv roller is i i ■.,.... . low it lo ■ e ii planted ll is a it . i ■ ss hate ,;. pi vi d -, hindi nt i as wi .. . ■ ■ a . : rm ul plough is n i ud iu italy a i e ol \ igusi ,-. ss ii.n in martin's i l miiutii .. f \ •£ iii the rearing f india , tin m : i-u as i ■ m grains . the burin ini tin dr tne ■ si ,; ■ roll 11 ' 1 - i ss 11 i s i ll ii i ilu state i lion in uv ii'utv plnnli in corn novel i ; it grew vi , . , . i • ■ , . , ...; i • pi 1 '""" hit reservoir int a i igah.'iul drawn upon wheels and ivoiii - by a con venient eolltl ivil i i t si a ii'i itiviiriitl.lt and s nehl less than i to ui about vear 1.315 ' ivii uul nidi a mrnto as to distal i duposili . ... number for eve ry hill this invention svn never pntuu ii , ii superseded by au im pluineul which i biiid to work ... • • ■ i nt v iu order i , c lucl his lain i npi riith.i . . is few hi in vai expel elite among i .. ni a water wheel it gentle stream f,,r i • in i ive .. was u tu ii i . ,. ■ plot i • which his . he a subject i i ' inn il is that many persons tut rum n satisfaction the i llm .,-. urtielo liicb ■ a in ii n for the paring ■ . . dcii n is requii'i : ur c m •■ ■ . . ... ■ ..... point ol .... : | i.i it fore tnen .■-• mied is ol ' i luxury al il i i it i mi ,. im iinilurtih.lt tbuextunsivu task hedges ol thorn lb .... i . . . i . ■ • i cen tury , il i ,. ige rows tn ■ lilt his iter lines of hi estati hut alas i i ie blight of a et killed ti -. : i g7ish an i viign an u - miii lens ing t , him and 1 s success rs ni ls a couple of hedges us n i'i ill ol ii hat al ... : me so tastefully and goner all prevailed but for many ye u - i iu were an ornament and consl i . a source ol pride lie refers to the culti vation ol thu ti un for ... ,..-. in his h.„.k already quoted ; and iu 1-ji he cu nt rib u i ud an article tu an iigrieutur al work uu the b -: mode uf treating them li can not be doul ti i i buy continued they svere complete sub stantial and beautiful uncus ilu often muni .. u i - t he receiied from the latu dr i .■ urge logan of si i .-.. - . ,, ifter the ret thu lis wi tiosvn '.....!., il of mr jefferson " dr l.giiti ii.l to i more thai to the hi -, .... in ds .'-, i i-^trope ' 1 i tu a cousidurulilu uxl ll : i : ". according to u writer in hazard's ueg -'. . il i'eiiiisylvuiiiu i'm jim :' i it yeai 1 '...- i ritur duseribes in lei i - nl the na in -• approval the gem r of i . ;,,, ... ut , . i p |. an i thus ex pre !.:- admiration of mr i . •-■- ■ ' - " hedges of thorn be ir i -. " 1 different descriptions inel -• ..... llltogel . . listu ■ . ■ . i . hedge ss . . ... ■ t-biell ll in ,. i'liev exliihit a mil ibori ige.s : i ir.q.e n more itgn than i view . .' lias ueg i'enna mr :: ..-■ i un ves i - i - ' - - ii • ■ „■ , • • ■ ii i -'.',„. •. of ntlnla asm ,..,.' „- ll wai of the a ,„ ,„ itevulutlon 1 when si nil i,p i ...,,,. iv of bison :-'' -' "< hi ■ wi ,-,,.. ini ad n | nanner in 11 ,., i il ,.,,„. nil n i lb ,' ■! ut ,!,,, i , mid u-tuiii • ■ n public inlliub ning pilud a i k iu . id tig m thecal ■" experiment ai thisday .... be | baaed us i it ,•,-.„,. tl .-,. various offices charged by the largest farmers ... t u p , ... . ,.., ' ' i in ■ uu lo nl nub delicate ilu ... i,i i , i ,|,„„. i ll„t il ",- , „.| i i.i tin without i ll i th ■ ■■- mu f incthod ■ . io tl tub ii ,..„'- i'u-i law ii tl i ' • . , 1 u : found it :,- l.i • ivhiub durl . i ■ .... niaexample fnl .... i mii-iukiii u i ■ iniii ii i been nf eminent ud ... witli i ii i iu du nee ll bis limit something toward elevating ihe - i t r of n | umuit winch from boing n nrd or contempt is now i.l ibu noblest ns u ii us mast useful . 1 bad a strong bold up 0 .,„„„. i tells us treatise arming ii i",i l 1 !•. make practical ag t.rauil ire nnd improve ,,,- ,,, husbandry his tuna ti nl un i prinuii id tu.lv and thai . " lulling rend most ofthn million on thai ub i'.,t i siibjeolud their tl ri in the test of l w irmaneo a ■ i in it i ll far ra ■ i im i ofclll ■ edified and enlight ■ ■.. m fads sad valuable ■ there recorded we ua i deny .. i ,.,,..■, in pennsylvaniao b i-ei ..' :!,.■ ins of : ■ tigator of the i ill ii.m a tanner i siisq i iiaiinal ounty by general ■■-• n bis vicinity ui - '. .-, ,: i.i ,,_-,. hint he followed . .. ,.. inmeiid 1 in mr ho lt "-'- treatise the s 0f tl former has ■ iho a lonishing crop f l-u bushels i indian com loan ncre from u field of lis , res in hie ndoplion of sueh obvious ira te a nu intelligent cultivator already i 1 irnek would know how to employ ir li walker the agriculturist referred to . au : i . ultii ui to the effl till ige a a means of pro ■ ' i und ..-. kept o and the grass and weeds h must however be remembered i mi lioberta's experiments were made . ,,, i,„nl and that what may be a | j . i , uul treatmenl of that soil nnd - may not be universal applica ' ni liii '- mat be .- ■ ■ 1 of great prao '.. all soils u.,,1 very locality for example two ol iu principles may be regarded j a in i iu i invariable laws one is that the ..,.' i'i i lolling an sl ui-t.d field li fallow i -:. without tillage or manure is erroneods .. >. i ,,.. other i that in order to .. cession of i rop you must give back i by i llage und manure tl elements ■ .- ci ip baa deprived it i i iu tin -• direct benefactions lo ,- '•■. his example ;.- » practical tiller does - much lo lift ilu art of rural economy limn the i loss i il .,, lo which vulgai opinion had con . nigned ii in a word we have in mr huberts . a personal cxeinplificalion of the dignity of man , u.tus who si f d at the plough when sunn i io till the highest office whieh _ the uii.iress of ihe world could confer sins of patrician birth und connecti na in die martial ■ atmosphere of koine the utility of agriculture i raiseil it u a profession to an equality with that ' nt anils i'urius cato scipio atiii'iunis and ■ ninny olbur illustrious romans labored as far i '- i ihe field a the i ii'i deputies al - s i i . . i ,'.:,.. u i i ai in plough we may i - u'l b ■ li it the force of the truth which - ,-■ has in tde familiar to us all : " he that by ihe ploujl would thrive * si fniiei hold hiunelfor drive it was upon this principle that fell en berg ed hia farm-school near lo bern in mil and it is upon this that an acade my of our own already incorporated is to be i ' ■ litre ' iii.iv in this mate i in mi ui.ii in this country who have nu ., training to cultivated understand ; ing ». i the ex ira leof the gentleman i a well a in i • i , bten ' i'i nsvli .,,■.. toaphao i~.ph.cp i , to „, astronomical , to a legal and politl ■ . li uun-.l and ' s - , , i , bun ■.. in lessons of of our os i - . • t the im ght ll - . : ' . - li we .. in .- were not . .. it ; i ni inpellej ' h . il.-s held ' . industry mr exci it , ffect whioh nn mil lulivuv . mied with nliirin pri served him i i . u of i'.ls ... 11.111 it i - i .. i ■ - . , lis an . i - ■ : : arou ■ ■ i t the i . , ■ ■ . ■ ■ vol xiii