Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 January 1877 — The American Farmer. [ARTICLE]

The American Farmer.

4JMM (kef* which engine the {to*- of the agricultural writer from week to week pants are the owners thereof, wad i they possess the knowledge and aits"ot" the most advanced nations of Europe., The jjeoplo enjoy perfect aocwijy of property, find tear go interffrenoe/or poxTdS w)ii«ll I mightdnftdi ot Impair tjheir onward course m material (hueperity. Thi* Independence l«fl personal sovereignty begets Ai dependence and exaltation o' character. JntaUigCMWis a result the ownership of property everywhere, btit especlffifr finder tnts aemocraticTJovfefhmeht, where there are no powerful and tyrannical land qpwttoito.oppresi the smaller proprietors land the poor Who qwn no land. W. deaismfißaf might have written with even jnorp fqrce about the advantages tvhich the ownefshlp of property gives a people, if he had visited America Instead pf Switzeijandbjt his words pe so wsll ehosen, and suit 1 ©fir present purpose so well, that wqcannnt refrain from quoting his remsrtff ‘afottt. jljhss ffimere. says': “It is from Switzerland we learn that hhriquUutel practiced by, tl\c very periods Who Sujcy.'ite fruits suffices do procure preat comforts the* result #of the easy circumstances wdmbnalm moderately fertile, ;anp where latifrpsta, arid (he ’ bickidistHßcy tof - 'seasons’ often might thfe* hopes of the cultivator. It is buppsubto to see . without admiration thoee carvings. In the interior spacious corriseparate- toe. different! chambers of sh% mithii'ous tamily; each chamber has bpt one bed which iq abundantly furnished With (curtains, bedclothes and the whitest linen; carefully kept furniture surrounds it; ; the wa»dro»es are filled with clothes; she daily*is vast; well-aired and of exquisite cleanness; under the same roof is V go-fat protifiod of corn, 's#lt meat, cheese ana Jvood; In the cow-houses are the finest add most carefifily. tended, cattle in Europe;, the garden is planted with flowers, both men and yoiqen are cleanly and warmly clad, the women preserve with pride their ancient c6stumo“ all carry in mM* impress of health and . VWith this eminent .writer in behalf of Swiss farmers, we point with greatest .pride to< American cultivators, whose eomfore, intelligence, strength of purpose and confidence in the future of their country',-’whose' abilities for work,* for Tirenmi calculation,' for civil or military duties are not surpassed by any people. iheu are morerespected than the agriculturists who are intelligent ana -well to-do in. the world. The, difference '-qetwe&n-the farmers of America who owu : tm a6res they cultivate, and the English farmers who are only tenants of the e#s totes which belong to the nobles, in social and mehtal "condition, in spirit and business enterprise is so wide that a true picture of the two classes, would look almost incredible? jMie farms of sie Swiss, German, HtaEguneKu flie Terms in America, and are more thoriillad. 'Jfqthbig indeed can iii-» ceed the iildustry of the- Swiss and German farmers. From the, small, child to the old*grandfather all have certain -fixed duties, which are diligently and faithfully jnttfnded u>. Mr. Howitt nays they UaAbY. early apd late., There Is not an Mtrfrif the y'ehr they do not Bed unceasing occupation. In the depth of winter hbe# ss4 k>nftething to do.* They c<*r»y out manure to their while the frost examples of suoh untiring work. It i& not perhaps so necessary, yet ffy\P|MMti'|iiliJft4Sriiyvere to take a few’ :x,x ed in more than pi|e way. The ease with KWch,w fasnmm gfowtethfiijt’ cfops and cattle gives them more leisure for mental jrakurabutiifcbas * tpodenoy to disturb labqr wh|ch makse •XM&fmPtm- of die' European -peasants so productivf apd beautiful, and which fura toes jfbßm | kith everything! which n plain simple living requires.— Ddroit :• , .■ ft I