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while the other has but one stomach, in which strong nourishment, 

 as our common «ijrains. are most readily (li<i;este(l : ami to judge from 

 their different formations of the i)roi)er proportions of mixed food to 

 give to each different class of animals in the barnyard. 'Tis true, he 

 knows that the hog will not do well on a diet of timothy hay. or 

 that his horses will not thrive on corn alone, and if you ask him Avhy 

 this is so. he will quite likely reply, "• Wall, it "s the natur of the 

 brute, you know." Yes, he has told us the truth, it is the " natur of 

 the brute;" but if he had learned the reason, as taught in the science 

 of natural history, would not the simple act of feeding his stock, 

 which he now does as he has seen others do. assume a new and pleas-* 

 ing importance, quite different from that which he had before known? 

 The scientist is constantly making grand discoveries, whi(di are 

 soon in daily use l)y the creature of imitation. Some one will say: 

 " 0, a few scientific men will do: we cannot afford the time and 

 money necessary to educate every one, nor do we think it advisable 

 to do so." Now T do not say that it would be an all-wise plan to 

 bring up a nation of philosophers. We shall always need men to 

 plow corn, hoe potatoes, raise stock, and to operate the various mills 

 and factories; yea, even to propagate and produce for us flowers and 

 strawl)erries. We must still have working people and artisans in 

 every industrial branch: but let each one thoroughly understand his 

 own business in order to produce the most desirable result. The 

 successful farmer of the future must fully understand and appreciate 

 the science of l)eautiful nature, which in its lavish abundance sur- 

 rounds him. Was it the creature of imitation, or the maji (jf natu- 

 ral science, who discovered that wonderful system of ensilage des- 

 tined to revolutionize the whole system of stock-raising in our north- 

 ern and western states? There are many other noted examjdcs that 

 rise uj) before us on " memory's golden page." Kemember who it 

 was that discovered the science of electricity; who it was that ap- 

 plied it to the electric telegra])li; who it was that invented the steam 

 engine, and who ;ip])lied it alike to boat and car: who it was that 

 invented tlu; phonogra])li, electric light, and telephone; who they 

 were who have geologically examined our mountains, plains, rivers, 

 and lakes: who they were who have studied into and explained to us 

 the nature and requirements of our various trees. ])lants. and flowers, 

 who they are who are constantly making grand discoveries in the 

 realms of nature, and as a rule they were not, and are not, professors 

 of Harvard and Yale, — not men who undei-stand perfectly the dead 

 languages - but men who really strove, and are still striving to un- 

 derstand the living language of that l)ounteous nature spread before 

 them. The fame of Franklin. Morse, Fulton, Edison, Agassi/, Hum- 

 boldt. Hugh Miller, and the chemist Liel)ig, will shine with uiidiiu- 

 med lustre when even the names (jf the professors of Hiirvani and 

 Yale have l)een forgotten. We intend no slight or slur to be thrown 

 upon these noble and hard working men. 



