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first prodaeed by the capital of labor, performed by the farmer or 

 the mechanic. 



The seeds of agricultiiral knowledge, which have been so liber- 

 ally sown in years that are past by a BueljaGaylordjaColemanj 

 and a Lee, have, in most cases, fallen on good gronnd, and with 

 proper legislation and thorough cultivation will bring forth fruit 

 an hundred fold. 



The increased number of agricultural publications now dis- 

 semifiated through the length and breadth of the land, show 

 most conclusively the great thirst for knowledge on this subject ; 

 and, as a little knowledge begets more, the demand will increase, 

 and our farmers will not be content with book gr paper theory, 

 but will require to see it practically carried out upon an experi- 

 mental farm.- ' 



We ask not that special protection which is so loudly called 

 for and so liberally bestowed upon commerce and the arts. No, 

 we may talk of high and low tariffs, of home production and 

 home consumption, but give us equally in agriculture, com- 

 merce and the arts, knowledge for protection^ and we can most 

 fully and successfully compete with any nation to earth's re- 

 motest bounds. 



The plow is of no party, and knows no distinction ; she has 

 no narrow or sectional interest ; her broad furrows are opened 

 from the east unto the west and from the north unto the south, 

 opening the real and substantial treasures of our nation, which 

 lie burled in her soil, and can only be extracted by the plow- 

 share and the spade, furnishing naaterial for manufacture, stock 

 for the mechanic, freight for commerce, food for all. 



Our own population is increasing most rapidly, beside the great 

 tide of emigration from all parts of the old world which is flow- 

 ing in upon us beyond a precedent at any former period. Our 

 republican government and free institutions, our cheap and fer- 

 tile lands have attracted llie attention of the civilized world, and 

 we have become the brightest and most attractive star in the 

 firmament of nations. It behooves us, thererore,to use all means 



