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VOLUME XXVIII.—No. C. NEW YORK, JUNE, 1869. new SEMES—No. 2G9. 
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THE PAST AND THE PRESEN T.— Drawn BY Edwin Forbes. — Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
The little fellow sits upon the decaying earth¬ 
work, quite bewildered; he looks in vain for 
the martial display which only a few years ago 
so delighted him, and instead of seeing the sun 
reflected from the bayonets of the marching 
soldiery it now gleams only from the well-used 
implements of peaceful husbandry. The sheep 
no longer fly affrighted to the shelter of the 
woods, but rest among the relics of former strife. 
All over the world agriculture removes the 
scars of war. Kind mother earth forgives the 
.disfigurement caused by the march of armies, 
the building of breastworks, and the plowing 
of cannon balls. The traces of war are obliter¬ 
ated by the furrow turned by the plow, and the 
olive is not more the sign of peace than is the 
harvest of corn or of cotton. Let, then, the 
earth-works be levelled and an improved agri¬ 
culture make glad the waste places. It is very 
gratifying to see how rapidly the more southern 
States are awaking to a new system of things, 
and the increase in the number of agricultural 
papers, as well as their generally excellent 
character, is a strong indication of progress. 
Smaller farms and a mixed husbandry bring a 
dense population,’ without which schools, 
churches, social intercourse, and all the accesso¬ 
ries . of general intelligence, are not possible. 
Some of these States are making great efforts to 
induce immigration, and a few years lienee the 
census will doubtless show not only a large in¬ 
crease in population but a great increase in 
the value of their agricultural products. The 
States north of these will he benefited by the 
receipt of fruits and garden products, which 
will soon be forwarded in great abundance. 
