. Rapacious birds of Ohio . ver, to say that I share the growing be-lief in the permanency of climates, and appreciate in its fullest force theaxiom, that artificial changes in the surface of. the country, cannot greatlycounteract, much less entirely obliterate their general characteristics, andyet I hold it injurious to deny to human agency all ameliorating we should guard against any misapplication of mans labor, is wise;and we should ever act upon the truth that the greatest success in agricul-ture and industrial pursuits exists wherever men labor most in harmonywith the laws of
. Rapacious birds of Ohio . ver, to say that I share the growing be-lief in the permanency of climates, and appreciate in its fullest force theaxiom, that artificial changes in the surface of. the country, cannot greatlycounteract, much less entirely obliterate their general characteristics, andyet I hold it injurious to deny to human agency all ameliorating we should guard against any misapplication of mans labor, is wise;and we should ever act upon the truth that the greatest success in agricul-ture and industrial pursuits exists wherever men labor most in harmonywith the laws of nature which surround them. It is but too often a wasteof physical power to attempt a system of agriculture at variance with cli-mate, or to try to raise special products not congenial to the particular local-ity ; and yet we know that man has added to his comfort and pleasure byforcing, if I may be allowed the expression, his climate southwardly. Thefruits of the tropics are now cultivated in many parts of the temperate I. yA m
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