THE AGRICULTURE OF OHIO. 483 



Salaries of Teacheus. — We have re- 

 ceiveil a pamplilt't coiilaiiiing a iliscoursc de- 

 livered before the Boiutl of Public School 

 Commissioners, by Rev. J. N. Mc.Iilloii, 

 against tlu; reihiction of the salaries of Toach- 

 ere in the Piihlic Sc hools. It is an aihiiirable 

 discoiirtte. The point contended for is very 

 clearly Bustained. There can be no doubt 

 that the teacher who devotes his time, talents 

 and enerjjies to the instruction of youth, should 

 be liberally jiaid. None but those well (|ual- 

 ificd can discharge the highly important office 

 t)f ateaclier; and, to secure the services of 

 such, au adequate compensation must be 

 given. Teaching has lieretofore been looked 



upon too much as a mere alternative or step- 

 ping-stone to something (~.lse, and hence many 

 undertake it totally unqualified. It should 

 be made one of the regular professions, and 

 no one be allowed to teach without having 

 j)ursucd a regular course of study to that end. 

 This would secure talent, education, and all 

 other necessary <pialific<ations. The profes- 

 sion of teaching would be looked to as per- 

 manent, and none but thos(! who could com- 

 mand good salaries would be in ryqnisition. 

 Tncoinpelent persons, who have been in the 

 habit of teaching, would be under the neces- 

 sity of seeking other pursuits more appropri- 

 ate to their capacities. [Baltimore Patriot. 



Oh ! that Editors in other States, were it only occasionally, in their country pa- 

 pers, Avould exhort tlie farmers of the United States to reflect on the prodigious 

 average elevation and improvement of their pursuit, in all respects, which could 

 not fail to result from taking measures to have their sons more expressly and 

 thoroughly instructed in the art and principles of the great calling by which 

 they are to live, and by which all classes are supported ! See the advantages 

 enjoyed, as it respects the press and its all-powerful influence, by all other classes, 

 in comparison with what it does for the del'ence and enlightenment of the landed 

 interest! Look, in this particular, at the State of Ohio, for one, and, ex uno 

 disce omnes. Contrast her agricultural population and productions with those 

 of all other employments united, and then look at the number and cost of the 

 mercantile and party political papers, as compared with those (might we not 

 say, with the one ?) wliose province it is to watch over, to warn, to enlighten 

 and advance the agricultural community ! The force of the question we raise, 

 and to which we invite the attention of the cultivators of the soil in Ohio, and 

 in other States, to which it is equally applicable, may be better appreciated on 

 a view of the facts which rise up before us as we proceed — as, for example : 

 Look at the estimated value of the annual products of agricultural industry in 

 Ohio eight years ago, as compared with that of other sources of her wealth and 

 strength — assuming, as Prof. Tucker has done, one-fourth of their gross value as 

 the annual value of the domestic animals (horses, mules, neat-cattle, sheep, 

 hogs,) and the account stands thus: 



LivCi^tock S8,447,r.26 



Wheat bush. 16,:)71,661 *8,28.'),830 



Oats 14,393.103 2,1.58,965 



Maize 33,668,144 6.733,629 



O tlier grain 1.659,884 669.179 



Potatoes ,"),805,021 870,753 



18,71?,356 



Wool lbs. 3,68.5,31.'') $921,329 



Tobacco .5,942,275 297,113 



Siipar 6,363,386 381,303 



Products of dairy 1,848,869 



orchards 476,271 



Hemp and flax tons 9,080^ 726,420 



Hay 1,022,037 4,088.148 



Other products 1 .896,666 



10,636,119 



Total annnal value of the products of as^riciiUural indiistri/ $37,802,001 



Of Manufactures Si 4,588,091 



Commerce 8,050,316 



Mines 2.442.682 



The Forest 1,013,063 



Fisheries 10,525 



26,104,677 



(1003) 



