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European And American Culture

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Parent Issue
Day
15
Month
December
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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"We cainiot afford, as in England or Surope, to roly upon manurc, proporly uade. We must havo something to enrich ur land tlint is moro choaply doue. Tho lifferenoe in tlio two countrics is mostly n the labor, which ie choap in Europe nul dear horo. To raiae turaips or roots largoly where oiover and grass can bo suciosfully grown, and with coraparatively little laboïi will uot do. In Europo the gruss oro]i, Üdcluding hay, is small comparcd with ub, bocauso tlie morosucculont food can bü grown choaply ; and tlicso with the ricb oil-meala make the manure. id I think wiscly, dopend more upon the free mainiro whioh the atinosphére offers, and which our loss expenáve way of raisinp dover and the grasses aecuree.tous. We need butpraotwe thoroughly our node to get the botter of our transatlantio brethreb, both as regards itition and the yicl'l of prodnets. Our ohei se-fáotory újm m is an nutanoé. We cannot therefore tak the Bnglish ae auexinplefor ourfarming. Their drainage, their thörough BVBtem oí culture, raising wlirat ii bo bigt anav( rage, their stock,- these are advaatftgoe we should aoguira. Hut we oanaot haye their ■ , because Üie climate wil] not admit it. Our olover and out coru ai . our wheat largely with a littlö pains. There is then adinérenos. But Li our favor as we oan gain more from them than thoj from us. Prmri Varmer.

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Old News
Michigan Argus