udious, or thoughtful than that which is demanded by any of
the other callings in life, none of which has or can have such
delightful compensations as this. Careful experiments should be made in
chemistry, analyzing thereby each germ, plant, flower, and fruit into
its component parts; analyzing the soil of our farms, and learning
thereby its various wants, its value, and what crop it will best
support, and of which it will give the largest yield; teaching us what
manures are the most valuable, how prepared, and how to be used for the
greatest profit. Botany and entomology can unite their labors and
discover the germs and development of our grasses, and the insects which
feed upon and destroy them; ornithology will teach us the habits of
birds, and their value to us as protectors of our gardens and fields;
and pomology will instruct us in the culture of fruit. Thus shall
science and philosophy enlarge their duties and help the farmer in his
devotion to his noble work. The public press shall herald far and wide
each new discovery, each new suggestion, and the results of each new
experiment, not in the technical language of the schools, but clothed in
the simplest vernacular, which alone can make such study valuable to
practical men.

Heretofore too much attention has been paid to the 'bread-producing
capacity' of our country, to the neglect of its as necessary
'meat-producing capacity.' Hence much of our best bread-producing soil
is becoming exhausted. The old tenants are leaving their once fertile
fields, now poor in soil yielding comparatively nothing, and are
emigrating to the West, beyond the banks of the Mississippi and Missouri
rivers, trusting that the natural richness of the 'new hunting grounds'
they seek and find is inexhaustible. This policy has made barren most
of the State of Virginia, and has begun to tell sadly, in the diminished
crops, upon the farming districts of Ohio, Indiana, and the other near
Western States.

To be the successful introducer in a new country of a new and improved
breed of cattle, requires capital, sound judgment, study, and patient
toil. Much must be considered with reference to the peculiarities of the
soil and climate, and of the animals, with regard to the object for
which they are needed, whether the dairy, the plough, or the shambles.
Happily, America is not without men whose wealth, intelligence, tastes,
and sagacity have enabled them to perceive our present wants in this
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