Let us never forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. Without the cultivation of the earth, he is, in all countries, a savage. Until he gives up the chase, and fixes himself in some place and seeks a living from the earth, he is a roaming barbarian. When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization. Senator Daniel Webster (1840). Copper Cane: Wines & provisions. St. Helena, California. Winemaker - Joseph J. Wagner.