Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful , and the most noble employment of man .— Washington. 
VOL. VII. 
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1848. NO. 1. 
A. B. Allen, Editor. 
C. M. Saxton, Publisher, 205 Broadway. 
public opinion. But do they 'l No, indeed; for 
however powerful they may be in number, they 
are weak in influence, and this arises from want of 
proper education. The sixty-five thousand, two 
hundred and fifty-five, engaged in the learned pro¬ 
fessions, are intellectually stronger than the three 
millions, seven hundred and nineteen thousand, nine 
hundred and fifty one, engaged in agriculture, and 
therefore rule them. If it were not so, seven 
eights of the offices in the country would not be 
held by lawyers and doctors; nor would all the col¬ 
leges and high schools be endowed principally for 
the benefit of the learned professions. 
Farmers, when will you arouse yourselves to the 
dignity and importance of your calling, and educate 
yourselves to that height of intelligence which will 
make you the rulers instead of the ruled of the 
other professions l There is surely nothing to pre¬ 
vent this if you will only be true to yourselves 
Look at the millions annually thrown away upon, 
the horrid barbarities of war or the preparations for 
it, and the honors that are awarded to those engag¬ 
ed in shedding a brother’s blood, and compare these 
with the pitiful and downright contemptible sums 
which are grudgingly doled out for your benefit, 
Every occupation in the country seems to be bourn 
tifully provided for, save that of the farmer, anc- 
surely no one is to blame for this but yourselves .. 
for if you choose, you need only speak to your se r ¬ 
vants, your rulers, and a reform might be had a 
once. Ponder these things well, then, and in tfu 
Legislatures assembled this winter, speak out aot 
demand equal benefits with the most favored of tiM. 
other professions. 
Annual Value of Agricultural Products—~ 
The value of those grown the past year in tfi^ 
United States is estimated at upward of $700 ^OO,.- 
000 . 
TO OUR READERS. 
Every person who reads this article, if agree- 
ble to him, we should like to have act as agent for 
our paper. Nearly all might induce more or 
less of their neighbors and friends to take it, thus 
benefiting them, and greatly increasing our circula¬ 
tion. Although this is considerable, still we should 
be gratified to see it extended. We probably have 
thirty thousand readers now, but we should be glad 
to have fifty, or even one hundred thousand; and we 
might obtain this number easily if our friends felt 
disposed to exert themselves somewhat in favor of 
the work. We respectfully call their attention to 
the following article on the importance of educating 
the farmer; and for this purpose we know nothing 
superior to Agricultural Journals. If these were 
disseminated bountifully among them, and they 
were apprised of their inestimable value to their 
calling, they would soon take them home and learn 
to esteem them as their best friends and advisers. 
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATING THE 
FARMER. 
It is calculated that the division of the occupa¬ 
tions of men in the United States is nearly in the 
following proportions:— 
Number engaged in Internal Navigation 33,076 
“ “ Ocean “ 56,021 
“ “ the learned professions 65,255 
“ “ Commerce . . 119,607 
“ “ Manufactures . 791,749 
“ “ Agriculture . 3,719,951 
Thus it will be seen that those who are engaged 
in agriculture are three and a half times greater in 
number than those in all the other divisions. The 
agriculturists consequently have the physical and 
numerical pnwer, and can at any time control every 
government in the United States, and erive tone to 
