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witla us without the creation of a national debt ; and the example 

 would soon be followed by capitalists, as it has been in England. 



Who doubts that by adopting a proper mode of tillage, the Indian 

 corn or wheat crops of the United States would be doubled ? In what 

 country can instances not be found where individual farmers raise crops 

 double in quantity per acre as compared with those of their neighbors ? 

 Why should these processes not be collated and made known to all? 



We hope some Cincinnatus will be found among our members of 

 Congress who will have a fellow-feeling for his craft. We hope the 

 good sense of the present Congress will prevent their offering any 

 compromise for the wants of the farmer, and that they will at once 

 give us a Department of Agriculture, and not a sub-organization in the 

 form of a bureau or agricultural clerkship. If they do not, they may 

 rest assured that the farmers will eventually rise in their strength and 

 represent themselves in the legislative hall with special reference to 

 this question. 



Thuse who use agriculture as a hobby-horse for political preferment, 

 must prove that they are sincere, or they will receive the curses of an 

 offended country, worse than the anathemas of the Church of Rome ! — 

 Working Farmer. 



The following, taken from an Englisn paper, seems to exhibit the 

 remarkable fact that the Jews are turning their attention to Agriculture 

 in connection with their undying desire to return to Palestine. In no 

 portion of the world, during all their miraculous history of eighteen 

 centuries past, have the Jews shown any disposition to become tillers 

 of the soil. The present movement presents a different phase, in this 

 particular, from any heretofore observed of this wonderful people, and 

 seems to inaugurate a most important era in the marvelous history of 

 this marvelous race. The English paper says ; 



On Wednesday night, a meeting of ladies and gentlemen was held 

 in the house of the Rev, R. H. Herschel, Gloucester-terrace, London, 

 ■with the view of taking into consideration the best means of establishing 

 an agricultural colony of believing Israelites in Palestine. Lord 

 Shaftesbury was called to the chair, x^fter the usual introductory 

 devotional exercise, Mr. Herschel submitted to the meeting a clear 

 statement of the objects which it sought to accomplish by the contem- 

 plated association. It is intented to make arrangements for the 



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