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ripe fruits, the Keligion of Agriculture here, in the beau^ 

 tiful Garden, dedicated to Flora, the Poetry of Horticul 

 ture, he perfects himself in the science which underlies all 

 art the Science of Life. 



He now sees before him the temple of Ceres, Faith, the 

 goddess of the fruitful, productive earth ; the inventress of 

 Agriculture, without which man is a savage ; the founder 

 of civil society, which fixes the wandering savage to the 

 soil, by making him a tender of flocks and herds. Softening 

 his nature by degrees, she grants rights to property, and 

 gives the protection of laws. He is no longer a barbarian, 

 for now he has property, civil rights, and is a respecter 

 of the property of others. 



OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE GRANGES. 



We hear it constantly dinned in our ears, that &quot;Agricul 

 ture is the most important and elevated occupation of any on 

 earth.&quot; It is important as furnishing food for mankind, and 

 elevated in proportion to the intelligence of the community 

 which practices it. The farmer s vocation must depend for its 

 relative status upon the intelligence of the individuals compos 

 ing the fraternity. It is a mournful fact that the average 

 farmer is not the equal of any of the other middle classes in 

 education, and, consequently, not in business tact. One reason, 

 as we have seen, is that he is isolated, in a great measure, from 

 his kind, so that it is difficult for him to continue at school 

 long enough to acquire more than the rudiments of an Eng 

 lish education. The fault is too often with the parents, who, 

 even when near schools, seem indifferent whether the child 

 attend or not, or think they can t spare him or her from 

 other work. Many of them fail to comprehend that this 



