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FARMERS' REGISTER— BONE MANURE. 



icy — for the pliysiciiiris rarely intermeddle in these 

 atiairs ; and tiie clergy ouy;lU ibrever to i)e exclu- 

 ded by law, if not by a hij^h sunso of duty. Our 

 farmers and mechanics thoretbre, who constitute 

 the great body of the people, are governed by tlie 

 lawyers. Now it is not in iiuman nature, that in 

 such a country as ours, there siioulii not grow up 

 a son of professional aristocracy, which in time 

 may become irresistible. Wherever tliere ms a 

 privileged order, no matter how constituted — whe- 

 ther like the pairiciaii of ancient, or the ecclesias- 

 tic of modern Rome — it will, if not duly checked 

 and counterbalanced, in the long run, become 

 overbearing and tyrannical. I look to the coile;;e 

 for a seasonable sujjply of countervailing agents. 

 I look to a well educated independent yeomanry as 

 the sheet anchor of the republic. I look forvvard 

 to the period when it will not be deemed anti-re- 

 publican ibr the college graduate to follow the 

 jdough ; nor a seven day's wonder tor the laborer 

 to be intellectual and to comprehend tlie constitu- 

 tion of his country. 



" I am not unfriendly to lawyers. I could say 

 much in tiieir praise, were I in the humor of jiro- 

 nouncing encomiums. In their proper sphere, 

 they are useful and necessary. But that they 

 should engross the legislative, judicial and execu- 

 tive functions of the government, is neither repub- 

 lican, nor, safe, nor upon any ground, delensible. 

 There would be reason in tlie thing, if like the 

 farmers, they composed a large nun;erical majori- 

 ty of the |)opulation But that a lew thousand of 

 any particular profession, class or order should rule 

 over millions is as ano nalous, and as inconsistent 

 with the genius of our popular institutions, as 

 would be an hereditary aristocracy possessing the 

 same exclusive [irivilege. The farmers have no 

 alternative but to yield their necks to the yoke, or 

 to open up for their sons a great highway to the 

 scientific halls of the university. Belonging, as I 

 do, to their respectable fraternity l>y birth, by ear- 

 ly association and by all the ties of kindred— the 

 son of a laboring farmer, the brother of laboring 

 farmers, and the father, it may be of laboring far- 

 mers and mechanics — 1 cannot be iiulifferent to 

 their welfare even upon the most selfish conside- 

 rations. But I feel conscious of a higher motive. 

 1 seek to elevate my country, by imparting to all 

 her sons the noblest attributes of humanity. That 

 we may be forever a nation of enlightened, gene- 

 rous, high-minded, self-governing freemen ' The 

 envy and the admiration of the world.' 



" Who, let me ask, — I put the question to this 

 assembly — to the good people of Tennessee, — who 

 will oppose our projected instilution, designed, as 

 it is, exclusively lor the benefit of this people.'' I 

 will tell you. It will be opjjosed by the faint- 

 hearted, the cowardly, the ignorant the covetous; 

 and by all the enemies of light, truth, virtue and 

 human happiness It will be opposed by that de- 

 scription of selfish, arrogant, self-sufficient would 

 be lords and Solomons, who exist in every petty 

 village, and who always oppose what does not ori- 

 ginate with themselves, or what is not submitted to 

 their own wise management and control. It will be 

 opposed by those who can, by any artifice or mis- 

 representation, convert the scheme into a political 

 hobby to ride into office. It will be opposed by 

 those who despair of getting out of it a job — a Inir- 

 gain — a money making speculation — some paltry 

 private gain or advantage. But it will never be 



opj)osed by o!ic honest man, by one honorable man, 

 by one-enliglitened man, by one j)atriotic man, by- 

 one benevolent man, by one great and good man." 



noNK manuhe. 



Extract from a late English publication. 

 [The Long Island lSi.ar, wlien j^ivnig ifie foilownig ar- 

 ticle, stales, that the farmers of Long island are begin- 

 ning to understand the value of bone manure. Not the 

 least use of it has yet been made in Vnginia. Some of 

 the intelligent "town farmers," who reside in Richmond 

 or Peteisburg, might profit greatly by the general ne- 

 glect and consequent cheapness of this very rich ma- 

 il ure.] 



In several of the northern, as well as some of the 

 midland counties, this excellent manure has been 

 long used, progressively increasing in quantity 

 from year to year, as experience taught its value, 

 it is not a little extraordinary, that in many of the 

 counties in the southern part of the kingdom, the 

 farmers should lie so long ignorant of its virtues; 

 but since its introduction into Berkshire and Sur- 

 rey, about five years ago, with complete success, 

 many who were sceptical, have now become warm 

 advocates for its general use ; and ere long, the ag- 

 riculturists of the counties around the metropolis 

 at least, will be as loud in its praise as the experi- 

 enced farmers of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, and 

 Nottinghamshire. 



Of the use and advanlage of this manure, we 

 will now proceed to give a brief description, the 

 result'of our own experience. 



No manure etprals it for the turnip crop — Swe- 

 dish, as well as all the other kinds. When land is 

 dressed with bone manure, plants are rarely at- 

 tacked by that dreadful destroyer of turnips, the 

 fly; and even when subject to "the depredation of 

 tliat insect, they thrive so rapidly that they gene- 

 rally grow beyond its power of injury. It is al- 

 most needless to call to the recollection of the far- 

 mer the fields which lie has seen devoured by that 

 voracious insect, as soon as the plant appears. Now 

 l>y using bones this evil will scarcely ever occur. 



Bone" manure is cheap, Light of carriage, and 

 possesses strength and durability — no slight re- 

 commendations. 



pii'st — It is cheap. An acre of land, however 

 poor and barren, will produce a good crop of tur- 

 nips, by expending sixty shillings in bone manure ; 

 and where the land is in good condition, an excel- 

 lent crop will be obtained by using from thirty to 

 forty shillings worth. 



Secondly— It is light of carriage. One wagon 

 will casilv convey one hundred and thirty bushels. 

 Let the average of land be estimated as requiring 

 twenty bushels per acre, there will be enough in a 

 wagon load for six acres. With a proper drill ten 

 or Twelve acres can be manured in one day. Here 

 is an immense saving of labor, at a season of the 

 year too, when so much is to be done by the far- 

 mer. If dung were to be had for nothing, and 

 happened to be two miles from the field, the car- 

 tage alone would cost nearly as much as the whole 

 aii^ount of the bone dressing. But dung is sold in 

 many parts of the kingdom at a high rate, the cost 

 of it swallowing up not only the turnip crop, but 

 a portion of tliat crop which follows. Where a 

 larsie breadth of turnips is sown and where there 

 is plenty of dung on the farm, how frequently do 

 we see "the best part of the season gone before half 



