The Duty Of The Farmer

Wlth tha present season, our farming community should be as active in tho fiulds ol' peaceful pioduclioo, ns a large portion of our popnlation iind the Govijrnm-.Mit aro in the field of rar. Thero can be little question bnt that the war will be the means of circulating a very large amount of monev and funds that have heretofore been locked up in the banks, or in other seeurities. Tho subsistence of an immense army, raogÍDg from at least one hundred thousand men with a propoitionate naval íorce, will mako a demand for supplibs of all kinds, and o( every pro duction ol tho farm. It is true that taxes may be somewhat higher, but at the same time there will be inoro incana in circulatioD to pay taxes with. The farmer, however, who sits down and folds his hands, and coinplains for the want of help, or does not make use of all his energies, and consequently has " nothing to sell," has r.o excuso ; the maiket may be good or bad, for bim it is of little consequence. Again, the farmera who do not now esert thernselves more than they have done before, are not good citizens ; a patr.otic peopie are sending í'orth their best blood to preserve and maintain all that, as men we hold dear. Every man entrusted with the Government, is giving all hia strength to tho duties imposed upon him. The agricultura!" conimunity can do rauch to ecuro these eñects by using every eflort to promete and increase the productivo resources of the State. The average increaso of half a bushel per acre in our heat erop vvould pay for tho fitting out of all tho regiments to be eent into the field by Michigan. The incroaeo of the vvool clip by two ounces on each head of sheep, would pay the interest on the war lnan of one million which has jiistbeen authurized, and the cultivation and proper oconorny in our pastures and hay erop, so as to add ono additional heifer or steer on ea -h farm, would pav off tho principal in less than fivejoais. Our readers will, therefore, seo that thoy have a patriotic duty to perform to the State at home, fully as important, and as urgent, and as glorieus in every way, as thoso in the tented fiuld, risk ing their lives in defensa of' the State against treason and truitors.