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introducing a good rotation of crops, and artificial grasses, 

 for these benefits never fail to accompany them. It is pro- 

 per here to remark, that by the beet culture a new and im- 

 portant article of food is created without in any manner, 

 diminishing the usual production of grain, or the feed for 

 stock, baton the contrary materially increasing them both, 

 as it is peculiarly fitted to take the place of the fallow^ or 

 to alternate with crops of grain and thus essentially facili- 

 tate a good system of farming. 



In this anticipation of increased prosperity to our coun- 

 try in general, from the production of indigenous sugar, 

 there is nothing fanciful, or exaggerated, and it is especial- 

 ly applicable to our own Neza England, whose hardy and 

 enterprising sons are yearly and daily deserting there fire 

 sides, in pursuit of fortune in ihQ far West, whilst there 

 own native soil endeared by so many associations contains 

 mines of wealth which only require to be sought, tobe found. 

 When therefore it is considered that this culture may 

 open a new source of profit for our fellow citizens, which 

 will attach them to their homes I know of no aspect in 

 which it can be contemplated with equal gratification. If 

 this agricultural revolutio?i {and perhaps the term is not too 

 strong) is but a provision with us, it is a reality in France, 

 and why should it not shortly become so here? I hear it 

 said that the high price of labor, here is a serious, if not 

 an insuperable obstacle to our success, but are there not a 

 thousand countervailing influences in our favored country 

 that will more than compensate the discrepancy between t^e 

 wages here and in Europe. I have for sixteen years of my 

 life had much to do with laborers in Europe, frequently a 

 a hundred or two laborers and tradesmen at one time in my 

 employ, and seen enough in my own country to satisfy me 

 that this subject is much misunderstood by men who have 

 not had the means of making this comparison ; it is the 



