INDIANA   FARMER.
DEVOTED   VO   AGIUCDttDRS,    HOItTICULTURT-4,   MECHANICS,   AND   THE    USEFUL   ARTS.
VOL. I) fttSi-TMOND.   INO..AOG.   I,i852. [NO. 24,
Close of the Volume. ] own h.tcrcs.s. you shall hiVe<our best "ettttiDnS
Wilh ihe present number of the ,,F&rvm_'r,• t.vej for your -sttcCess. W'e are making &rrattge_m.hts
first volw.e will be coMi-pleted. The year.for greatly improving our paper, and shall el>
Vhrough which it has passed litis been an eVent- ways endeavor to make it the Farmer's most
fill one iu the history of our Agricultural pro- sjnxiotaly looked for visitor. Let every friend
^*e*s"g. of the cause,then, makeup his -club.    Roll up
At the tunc of its cotmncncenient our State the names at every Post Office. Remember that
-. . • 's -    ■* ,
?rad done but little -excepting the autnorii_ir.g ofjyou will get full reports of all the County Socio-
a State Board o'f AgricultunO. towards fosteringUie$>, as well as of the Slate F*air, and thereby*
Xhi great interest.    In fact, many of our would-  at the low price of one dollar, get a full history
be-wise Legislators Were highly indignant at the of all the important operations ofthe year,
idea of the Farmer needing any encouragement Se.m*  in* your names earlv ! .
f-rom G-overmiwnt, and opposed the early mea-s-j  ~— -. ~ ™
toes forits success.    But at tbis time we   cc'r-'J democracy  cfjScience,  No. 1
tainly have ample cause for congratulating our- By josiah uolbitooK.
selves upon thc great strides which we havo* ta- Consolidation and diffusion are two ope.a-
ken towards die high fositrow which seems to *•"<_*« distinct and Opposite. B6th-are witnessed
fee "awaiting us. How does the matter nowi*m -wealth, government, religion, knowledge,and
stand with us? We have an efficient and ener- nearly everything human. However applied,
getic State Board-we have ample arrangements tbe one is despotic and ihe other demociatic—
made and making for a State Fair with a liberal The nature of man and the progress of society
list of premiums offered. We have some forty! tend to consolidation at the expense of diffusion.
(wwaiHy-Socielies felly Wgah..ired«a4id in tb«e field, JTtic spirit o!f republicanism is to promote diffu*
tnost of which will l«ld fair, tbis fall. We'sion. It puts checks upon consolidation; and
b-av^ta rowtkiijied iuf-ux of the very best varie- jthat, too, is connected with all the leading in-
ties of Cattle and Sheep, os well as of the most jtcrests of human beings.
approved kind of implements—and last, but; Democracy of science is the subject now un-
*vhat is»a.ore impwrtantthan nil, wcltave a spir- ; der view. The true democracy of science is
it aroused among our farmers and mechanic's [''tohtcrcaseaiiiidif^sekn'oidedgeamong men"
which must lead our young and giant State, to!—thedesign of Smithson, this is isot only a great,
n position second to none in the Union in an 'but the great object of national and State poli-
-Vgncullural point cf view. (cy—no* to consolidate but to diffuse knowledge
Iti view of tt.cse facts Wn respectfully call t.re J interesting to all, especially fanners end mc-
atitntion of our friends to tbe coming volume ; chaniis, as lhey constitute mote than scveu-
of our paper. While we are awat-e of how'eighths of all civilized communities,
much depends upon the state of public feeling^ The development and application of the na-
in regard to the Siiccc-ss of obr cfcuse, wc arc not thral resources of our country, stand first and
unmindful o'f the fact that a well conducted j foremost ii. furnishing lhat kind of knowledge
Agricultural paper is, at this time, all impor- interesting to all. It showr the possessions and
taiit, and absolutely necessary to its cohtih'u'a-; the modes of using them—strictly the "use of
tion. ! talents."    But with developement and applica-
Our paper has had rnshy difficulties tb coh- .tion there may be diffusion; there may olso bn
tend with the first year of its existence which will 'consolidation. It is one thing to have our min-.
not hereafter interfere with its success. The !cral resources developed, and a knowledge of
prospect for the future is a very flattering one,'; them so diffused thnt every former may know tho
as we shall commence our second volume with'character and capabilities of his fields. It is
over three thousand subscribers and we cannot quite another thing to have our country subjec-
for a moment doubt but a few weeks, will swell ted to scientific explorations, however full and
the number to tcn thousand. complete, and thc results placed in ponderous
Farmers of Indiana it is in your hnnds. If volumes, and thofo volumes confined to the
you come up to the work   and work  !br  youT ' shelves ef college and State libraries, to be little