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705 TIIU AUATOH l5J Li- V 1, . The' report of this Committee ap- jthc short time I have availed myself of ncars in the Working Fanner for the '.its services." V month of March, aud you cannot do '"I- : better service to your readers, than to publish it in extcmo It is replete with instruction of the liighest value on va rious branches of our rural vocation. ; Prof. Mapes raises 110 bushels ahelled corn to the acre, 1000 bushels carrots, &c. : , Vj ' The farm of Mr. Giflbixl is mostly composed of heavy, whitish clay, ex tending to ft depth of from twenty to forty feet, go that the turning of a sub foil of a different character could not be appealed to for the melioration of -the surface-soil ; yet with "little manure, this land was made highly productive by the use .of a deep tiller plow (Knojc's patent Y.) f in his preparation for pota toes, MrGjflb . V "I ridge iny land as high as I can get it in, the tall, then run the, lifting6ub.f soil plow between the ridges, using plen ty of coarse manure. In the spring the ground is thoroughly plowed, :harrow ed an cl cl il Is lbr e potatoes ! Btru ck out by running m each; then the subsoil plow m the "bottom, whiclrslightlr elevates the soil and leaves a furrow three Finches .. cep Ibr'the reception of potato .seed. Cover cvcnyitutnesinrqunuin sunace, ami a coating of coarse manure to prc- . vent tlie incrustation of the soil during the .dry -portions of spring and summer, r and the loss of moisture, which is al- ways injurious to ourHtiuesiciuys. ai: tor the plants are well up, I run the sub soil plow once about between the rows, alternating: with the cultivator, and deepening the subsoil cut iiteach time, until the plants get too large. I am con fident that the use of Mapes - Lifting 8 ub-soiin o w lias nearly or qui te, ilou- ibledtlie aino vwhere judicious u80;;ofri handsomely at the harvest of ariv croo. -;,Myoit has beebniei rich and pulver- !Many others bear the same testimo ny; but why multiply proofs for thoso ' who are designedly, doggedly and des perately bliiul? Pile evidence, like Pe lion upon Ocsa, until the overwhelming mass overlooking the clouds, with its . luminous summit pierce the heavens; its moral grandeur, weight and influ- ehec are unseen, unfelt, unheeded by : ; them. . ' -'r It is indeed passing ;; Strange--that men remain so long in voluntary igno rance of things so vitally connected with their welfare; but its solution'lies in the proverbial folly of mankind Men surrender reason; commcii sense and every principle of higher, intelli gence to the despotic sway of prejudice; arid this prejudice is as much controled by the opinions and practice of their fatliers, (whose ignorance was excusa ble for the want of light,) as that of the Christian world was, for many a- ges; while bound in superstitious vene. ration to that dark, confused pagan ,e-' nius, Anstottle " a veneration winch,, was parried so flir, that wlien mctaphys ieal questioiis r wetedisputedf in tho schools, quc3ti(s.onliichei6ne , . . ought ahvaystoJiavelibertyto6 his opinions;: when they 'were "cxamin I ng whether there we re a void in nature, wlietlicr nattird abhorrcth'a Vacuum, whether matter were divisible, whether they were atoms propcrly so called:,, when it could be proved, in disputes; of. this kind, that Aristotle was of euclv or such an opinion, his infallibility was allowed, and the dispute was at an end." This slavish surrender of judgment ft one man, is not -nioro surprising than the blind and supple unaniinity itK which a largo chiss of riarntcrs impli citly rely upqii the modes i of J culturoi of ,t :"0 their tathewf and still pcreistod their, degenerate son;,Thereisia:clarf aiulexaniple w v. 'V . v iilcHt beyoml my r cxp(tation,' during 1 it mavbe hoped, -work a r ' ' - r - v - . . . , V , ,. f V'v- ' 'A--.v .i r ' -HfN:- v'' " '-- .-.- ''v" Hvn, r ; h vA'',i!'' ,v - - .-f " x'i'v:j:Av.;j ' Vv -'L -. 'AH " '-' V' , '''",;'s . 1 a :-'t'"-' "' ' v , .- '4 , ... ! i
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