CHAPTER I. 



THE DISCOVERT, DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLICATION OF " THE NEW AGRICULTURE 



TO THE WORLD. 



That there is a divinity shaping the ends of mortals, the author 

 of this volume deems a certainty. In no other way is it possible to 

 account for the inevitable. Solomon had it right when he said : 

 " There is a time for all things under the sun." The time would 

 seem to have come when the waters may be so controlled, as to 

 pass them through soils, rather than allow them, as hitherto, to find 

 their way from summits to plains and valleys along their surfaces. 

 What has been done by the individual in this respect, is to be done 

 ere long by the multitude. The immensity of such an undertak- 

 ing, is calculated to discourage, at first, the bravest and most hope- 

 ful. The Chinese wall, the pyramids and other evidences, all along 

 the track of time, indicate that great undertakings have only to be 

 persevered in, and the end is ultimately reached. 



Were every farmer or land-holder having lands situated on hill- 

 sides, slopes and inclines, to put but a single acre in condition to 



