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NUMBKR TWO. I stated in a former number, that in my opinion, England was in a htghei s;a e ol Cultivation than any oth?T country in En rope. This is in pan pwing to the industry of its inhabitants?to the int?-l!ig? nee of those under whose direciion the lauds are cultivated?and little to chma?itself. The persons conn* etod *i' i agriculture in England may be d v '< d nito three classes. First?The owners of th>- soi .? These are, in the majority of instances, composed of the weal hy ndbijitv. T ?: properly is usually entailed, an I the laws o' primogeniture assign it to th" eldest son. ? He seldom cultivates his lands. hut hires them out in large tracts to !? 'second class - 'PL: ;.J ..I,I..?ii, ?Hie iarmer. 1 ninnu M ium k.u.v s nr commonly for a term nine f*-n yea>s. 11 - iusually well educated and intelligent, an I is able to introduce those improvements m .ig ricul'.ure which the lightsot science, and lit experience of others eneourug him.o idopt, The manual labour is f?rfufineii hy. th?* thir i class?the P- asautry. T <?e.se ar* usually poor andignoran*, arid have scarcely an* hope of rising beyond the condition of serfs. They are the cultivators of the soil from generation to generation, and the sons and daughters, in nearly all iustuiv es, follow the condition of their parents This is the Class, which, above all others, is most benefitted by a removal to America. In England, provisions .are "high, and the priee of labour cheap?in America, it is .in general* the reverse. Here, th" ujdustr.ous husbandman is soon rescued from a st ?te of dependance and poverty. Lands in our new settlements can be^ujrcha ed ut a less cost than the taxes woulJ amount to in England. Hence the difficulty of obtaining labourers on our Amprftln farms, w II, for a long time, present a serious ohs.acle to our improvements -jn agriculture. Man every where strugglos for independence, and lie will not labour for others when he has so fair a prospect of becoming th?? owner of a form. But the strange an I wayward climateof England, unpleasant and uncomfortable, as it may be in many respects?may ?h?? eppref of lis lertllitv.?? JJHC UO U WIUV>t>u tKV - _ .. With the !a titude of Labrador* us winters arc less severe than those ot Maryland.? Surrounded on all sides by contending oceans and currents, it partakes of ti eir * variable climate?it is land possessing liie atmosphere of the sea. The Gull and Tern fly over it as if it wore a part of their poss**s. sion9, and the Solan goose and other seabirds not only nestle among tho beet f nig rocks, but their notes are heard in every part of the island. Within three days sail of England, the fogs and drizzling rains commenced. My journal tells me there was but one day out of forty in which a did not rain during some portion of the div. I heard no thunder?nor did ihc rain foil in torrents as is often the case wi;h us, hut light showers were continually sprinkling tho earth like heavy dews?then the sun would shine for half an hour, throwing its rays in fitful streams through the passing clouds, giving slight indications of lair weath. er, which soon ended in disappointment.? There is no calculating on a dry day in England.. An umbrella is almost ns neces sary an appen Jage to an Englishman as u .hat. It is no wonder that he is enraptured with the bright clear sky of Italy, lor he was born among fogs, and ha6 all his life time been looking through . a haze. He judges by contrast. Otiters have told the tale of the azure skits and balmy air of Kome and Venice, and his imagination has been fired by the theme, hence he conceives no sun sobnght.no air so soft. Had Carolina been as accessible ami could he as easily h ive made the contrast, he wouhJ, if not bl ndetl by prejudice, have admitted thai nn Itnli.-in ?kv exceeded that of our own V ?j Southern land. Men nvty boast of having climbed the Alps to see the sun rise from v the mountain of Riga, or set in the Adriatic, yet I am either so prejudiced or old fashioned as to believe that the poet or the painter may go to ihe ends of the world and find 110 fairer sky for the embellishment of a picture than that presented during summer, along our Southern Atlantic coast. But to return to the foggy elimate of England. It has appeared to m- ib.u these incessant slight showers in a h gli North* rn latitude, (where the nights are so short, and -the continuance of twilight so long, that I 6nd it noted in my journal that i was reading by day-light *jt half p;vst ten in the evening, and resumed my book at half past two ?hleaving but four hours oftnght)?contrib ABM .1 .V D CI ?a??eaaamcag?kmmbbmmb ClIEF ?? ??M?M? ? ute, in q considerable degree, to the nbun dan; productions of the soil. The sun, dur ing the long days of summer, imparts stiff] cient warmth to the nourishment of tin plants, and these are continu illy kept fr?'sl and green by nature's watering po'. It i tru>\ the e.irly part of the summer of iny visi (1838.) was characterised as rainy in ev-r part of Europe, still it was not regardei 5 in England as a very striking eveeplion t< 1 -' -- ? ??I ? ~ ? TLA lArro onr ' i ineir oroiiiiiry seasons. j u mc ?-'ga ?... ! drizzling rains? together with the absence o [ too bright a light, I ascribed that rich d irl g.eenol the fields which I have never wit, nesg d in any other coun!ry?*h? scent o t e flow-rs w is, lor the same reason* strong erjind longer retained?the groves wer? full of mtdndv-?ike-goldfinch and the thrust si erned to sing sweeter after every passing shower, and the skylarl^arrofled high it the*air. in spite of the dizzling mist. Bat, in ad htion to a favorable climate the soil of England lias the ben- fit of a ju diciou* tillage* 1 was p trticul rly struct w iti ttie system, almost universally adoptee in r- gard to the rota ton of crops It shouk be rema ked 'hat ih? v never culpvuie twf successive crops of grain on the same field Although pb\sologis ? have not been abl? fully io accouu; for the fact, that the succes stve cultivation of grain or vegetables exhausts the so-1, whilst a change to a difT-r n product lo"s not impoverish the land to \ Considerable cx:etit, v"t it is now universally a iiniue.l,- bv all good husb.ndinen, thai '.ns i> ih case, S ?o?e hate ascribed the io the exhaustion of the prop* r locKJ-of th? plan in coiiscquen- e of its cultiv itlon <hirin j sur;c?s> ve ve.trs, whils* Ihvahdoll M .ea're an I* oftii rs have accounted l??r it tv. the fo'* r ne r?? ,t plan's exude from tlien roo s cei ( )!) snosc uiri-s po'sonotis o plant* of he same variety, winch in turn* rtMi l' rtli c ull, unfi Io- their etfl station. (S-*e J old ?fv number of t ie Souther Cal)Del, p. 17.) As toujour*perdrix cloyed on trv appeti e of the Kreurliiiiai, *<> .he teeming ear h longs for a change ot fool, and withholds '?er Irut lulness unless she lie indulged. It has often been* inquired why is it that a forest which has long be. n Cover* d with a growth of pine, when cut down do s not spr ng tip again m nine, bul in oak, gum. at J inekor), an i vcr. versa. Tne fuct-s in a majority of instances, arc so. All plants spring from seed?there can be no spontaneous production. Omnia ah ova is a docirino as old as th" days of LirihSOus, and nature has never departed from it. May it not then be that nature, after having for ages nourished one kind of iree, has exhausted t ie properties of the so I adapted to iha kind ofpioduction, and when a new forest is o lie created, imparts its indu-nce to trees of a different kiod, better suited to its present state, and wj iihohJmg ilr fertility foui that to which it is no longer adapted. Be this as it may, the English former acts on the principle of the necessity of a rotation of crops. The result from this and oth. er judicious modes of culture his heen an increase of diree fold. In Carolina, we have adopted the opposite course. Many fi -Ids have heen pi mted in indian corn since the d >ys of the rcvolullon, and the result has been that we have retrog ided from for y bushels per acre to eight and often I sr. I will now give tne method of English cui.ure in reg rd to the Rotation of Crops. 1st year. Fallow crop. Irish potatoes ?beans or iurmps. The po ntocs, ris is the case in high Northern hitdudes, produce ? - J until stalks, and are consequently ptantea inucn near r m ihe rows than with us.? landless varieties have been produced fiom seed* * The beans, ndnpted to field culture, ore the kin is usually called horse bean, (Faba vulgaris.) Hundreds of acres are cultivated v\?;h tins hean? und its numerous varit? in s. and the product is immense. It is used ns food for cattle. I have never known it to thrive equally w? II in any part of Aiiv rica, prob ib y owing to our warm suinm rs. In our Southern States especially, the pods in gen rtl do not fill well, and I doubt whether it is calculated to be a productive crop. There is, however, one variety from the South of France, called the Wmt' i B- an, (La Feverole (Vhirer,) which is remarkably hardy and prolific, Ii is planted late in autumn, and stands the winters-of France and England, and might be experimented on, as a winter crop, wher nothing else can be cultivated with us, an< it would not interfere with the crop of tin following spring. The Heliogalund brai Burple Fadd bean?und Alexindri.tr Field b*ar>. arc also varieties which the ag riculturists of England and France recom mended to me as probably well adapted t< ? ? AI?I? nlmi'itO. wiucr 1'uiiuii1 in wui uiiui xi < > iiii>?iv? I h< turnip crop is consul red as the mos valuable in England for feeding catt'e.? Tnc.se different productions, however, re quire to be noticed under separate heads, will endeavor to return to the subject in ? f turn number. 2 id .year. \Vheat?the varieties nr< yearly increasing. At present the kind cultivated almost universally in the higbc grounds and ligh;er soils of Scoif n I, an the* Guld -n Drop and Blood Red, Tin i skins are thicker in most other varieties, tliey yield more bran. These vnrietie would, I think, answer well on our elovafei mountainous regions The av rags cro| ' is sat J to be about fifty bushels to die acre To tie- Lo.'hians?theCarsc of-Sterling, nn> m the low rich sods of England?in D"n mark?ami the alluvial sorts of G rmnny, remarked that the varieties called Uxbridg ' and Hunter's wheat, were most cultivate* and considered most productive. Theviel E It N' f ft e r \i p LAW, SOUTII-CAKOLINA HJmJMWHBWW? ?EBHMPM - is from fifty to sixty busels per English arre ?the average we ght per bushel is from 6*2 i- to 7'i lbs.?the finest, 65 lbs. The Mene goswcll's wheat is n variety of Hunter*# antl h and is cultivated on the Carsn of Gowrie s as a superior grain. 'Phfee new varieties it have been very recently introduced; The y Witi tington wheat from the Soitth of-Kng1 land?t(ie CnaveIi?T wheat from France? "? and tue (inklings?tne latter is white in i S faw, but yellow in s imple. kye Is not f cultivated. Grass seeds arc srfwn in the (ions of liie farmer principally, is the great source of weal h, had long been overlooked ; an I when, by progressive advancement in civilization this truih was understood^it whs ' at once obvious, that to fosier and encourage agriculture was a puriinoutii interest <*f *>o cieiy. "Wit n knowledge or the nets-sstty of agriculture to the increase of wealth, it oegun to assume a place in the estimai'oii of the community, to which however justly entitled, it might lbimcrly have looked in vain, as no such claim would for a moment have been allowed. The application of science to agriculture, was one of the first benefits which the busi- , ness of the I'urmcr received irom a proper . estimate of his employment. Formerly the farmer was compelled to plod on in an tin-' varied routine, he being presumed to under, stand hy nature or bv instinc, all that was neces>ary lor the cul ivulor of flic soil to know. The reasons Jor tire processes he i employed ; the cause o> the vurious phenomena of uniinal end vegetable nature; the why and wherefofo of the changes continui ally going on before him, and for theobser. i vution of which no man is mere favorably (.situated ihan the firmer, were held to be | beyond the acquisi ion of me occupier of lite soil, not easily understood, and useless it known. Science placed her torch in tne hands of such nvn as Davy and Chapt-d, : and its light dispelled this delusion. Cheinis. ry, hy its powers ol analysis stiowed the j nature and composition ol soils; the proper ! kind, time und value of tne several varieties J of manures ; the mode an i means ofnittri. . non, and with the knowledge ot these came the power of supplying wains wliep* they w-ro tout.d, and correcting deficiencies , wneie ihev ox sli'd We do not mean to : s ty that manures were not ipphed to soils i and good '*r?rps occasionally ruis 'd. before i ilie Mivustiga a?rr of scieiic* nad ueon direct ed u> ugricul ure, but tne whole business was 1 i on?'ol unc'Tt iin v, and must always have t r'-maiued so, had not the rnus? s that pro. i duced tnese fc,vor?bh- resu h been shown, t and the mens, of repealing .bem at pic isure i plneed in the hands ol t n? tiller ot the soil. I Wh le tne public mind was tnus aw;tk? u nig, and science was b'gnning to lend la r aid ; men ol enqu ring mind*, practical Mr. 1 mors, commenced u series id experiments, whfch emhr icing in its advnnee the whole . Ir.-h, #,(*?(,ri/Milinr. uml mnfintiod with III ) ) < reusing zed nil the presf-nt time, has .itFor*? ?1? d the greatest beuelis ;?rri pi teed wit .in l reach of the lurmeroue of the surest ni? ens - of unlimited irff. rrtvi mut. V V e 11 conducte l experiments that is, experitnen s based I on a knowledge of the ends to be obtained 1 and the sur- st means of arriving at th'ein. now constitute the most ?dF rtu il m? a .s ol 2 advancing agricu.lure ; and i t every eouu s try are t?? he famd m?u who are engaged in r carrying diem iorwar I tvrh h success tan s equals evt ry r<'as'inable'ai.ti?*ip;tlion. Thai q > very man who owns,or till* the sod, should :l engage in want may be t? mred experun 'tits nl farming, is cot !o be expected or perl) <ps j desired, though there is rio one who- rmht of at t nits feel the necessity of adopting new modes of culture, or who in >v not have rj .experienced the benefit of doing so. A . greater degree of attention and care than | can be usually bestow m hv the common r> farmer, is required to conduct experiments I, to .useful conclusions, though as observers d of facts, they enn render the most cssgent% J fields of wheat in the month of April.? Tii'-sp are red clover (Trifo/ium pratmsc) I and Ry grass; Lolium p> renne and ltahcuth'.~* Calves an l s'icep ar?' allowed, in auJ imnn an 1 winter, to feed on the young ? grass. \ 3d year. Tliis Is a Grass crop?usually i a heavy one. I is sometimes cut twice, but usually only once a year, and serves as . pasturage; in 'In* fall. 4th year?iA crd> of Barley or 0*f9 is i now raised. Tniaisonee more sue**' ;ded I by n fallow crop. In this manner crtfps I succeed .acb other by fou;s in good lands, ? or wh'-re the soil is inferior, another year is ad.ied for g ass an l pasturage?afford ng a wheat crop only once in our years, hut producing in the mean tim*, oth' ' .. ?r* I KD iurmuf . ^"1 Ml liv ica r^u-uijf ?aiuawi?. vu iuv? ivmihvm From the Franklin Farmer. ViFW (<F THE PA -T. AN I# MEANS OF IMPROVEMENT That fai'mora nt i<*? pres< ni (imf' have within :h?*ir power the nleaus for a more/apiiadvaice in t>eir profession than a..a en. ioved by those of fit"; v years Hin<:e. is perfec. 11y p!am to all. The obj?-et of this essay is not to est ish this tact, hut by theenuinM ration of some of the means williif? our reach, to nablo us to decide whether we avail.ourselves ol them to the extent that wo ought and shon1w< re ia? ir importance properly appreciated. The acre in winch we live is one of movement ; and though' farmers, as a class, are the last to be infect d wiih the spirit of change and innovation, j? would have been surprising indeed bad ilus honorable employment of so large a portion of mankind, been surf red to rest withou'availing its' lfctt ,he benefits which sca nco Hiid experience have furnished. The I ?rrunH lunt :hi?r cIk> I'jirih. thrnoali tnennera. eipre 01 association iur mo accuiiipiisinijiu if great objects, have received no betti proof of its |>otenry than is given by the hii tory of most of the oldest ot these sociepo Agricultural societies br.ng farmers in o beneficial acquaintance with each other they teach toe best methods of accomplish inif Ihe several p roe. as- s of farming : llie .bring to the knowledge of the many, th most valuable plants, choicest Utnmal) and the must approval implements. The stimulate ii?qn?ry, "hey inVM* discussion the reward car and r- se.iM h ;and at the r: e ting o' these societies, the hands of bro ii emood, an I t? strong fe? hug o( attpclnnei to i to pursues of the hirm- r, n fur,illy ariing out of a congeniality ot interest, arc cr< atcd or material!) strong. h? tied. From the> associations and, tne Uruf spu ed bene ft found to arise from such communieanoi and mtcrcitanges of opinion, in regard i tigricul.ur" may In* said to have Originate another and mosi important auxiliary in t! cause of tno farmer, which, as a means i improvement, is second to no other ; 01 winch may bo gu id to In long almost excli Sivelv to the present age ; one which aire dy exercises, and which must continue I i J UXtM'fiJc, H Until! l| II!E1?]'lice Of I'lC c;*ir nl ngricu! tire. We diude of course to il Agricultural Pr .ss. O.iier < lasses of m 11 had long employ tue press to advance ih?-ir clnms ,rrfoi< iiieir rr^lr!*,- disseminate a knowledge heir priii-ip'es, promulgate the r views, t ff.iso necessary informal ion, and serve as kind of cuain to bind the scattered trr mbe ol the pursue or profession into a com1 nui ity of interest and feehng. Theagrf'uitur i loirir neylecte I this ohVious me ins of tr prnvcrnent nu?l li s c-isi\a< in mirny o ers, wli |** ho rar?*<| not (or himself no o can (! for him Their s^mrr^l a tacit u derstan hn<j anion" most of those in ot'i i pursuits and prof ssions, that knowf d was .not nc-iissary t? a iarme'r?th*?t air: information tie rfq?iir? s coiiv'S by i;ts i' ?riint?gci"n0*-M otiH do m? i i. ? in aid t-ho tiller ol li soJ ; and in this diapos t, of ma ters die firmer for a !o >2 while sue I ed patiently to acquies- e. At last came quiry, and with it the dt s re lor infbrmatio the experience of others was sought, a , when obtained there wa? no rest til! I 4 "* id r e , FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1 ?p?Pf^PlBPgMCJmWry. ak * r TWEwgr* (. # ial aid to those who have means and leistr i 10 attend more strict ii/res?iga,ion!?. In ti accumulation of recorded fuets, lh? r< si of these continued and multiplied exp?w ments, ill" mod -rn farmer has a means i advance already given him of the greate consequence. A better understanding of the laws th; regulate the improvement in the "breeds i animals, and the increased prnduc ivenei of plants h v furn^hed oneol the most fi r ent means 01 advance ns well as of proft I' has been stated as the result of tins alter Hon to breeding animals, that the averag weight of the cattle slaughtered in Londoi or sole! at the Smi hfi? M market, hasinci i sed full orc-third in fifty years, and that ?h difference in the mutton is nor lesrs than i that of beef. A house in Boston, that li.i for a number of years slaughtered the nurr ber of five or six thousand head of cattle ar rRially, s'ate that the increase in weight ft; the last twelve years, has amounted to te or twelve per cent ; and as the averag weight of tin* animals is oboui QUO pound: there has been <?f course an average game about 100 pounds on each animal wituin th tune stated. These fac s are sufficient t prove the immense importance to the farrat' of improvement in stock, and show him th wuy in which still further advances may b made. Nor hast'.e <mp''o\ed sta:eo: qu > itv and quantity of ttie grain grown at 4f> preseni day been scarcely less decided tha Iran hit we'have noticed in beef. Fort bushels of wheat, and one hundred bushel oi corn, to toe acre, arc ?s common now a thirty of *ht' firs' or eighty of the l ist \v- r bu a few years since ; and th fact of su" crops not hemg ofh ncr produced, does tic mdi a e against the theory of improvem ni it only es'ahlishes the truth (h it the fnrtne is too s'ow in leekiug he means of advanc in agriculture, or negligent in availing him vlfof litem wnen po nied out. Th" great advances in the mechanics . . 4 kn tYVtrn utml. ikVAit. WIS* UV piW'JUVMi^ nruiv |r ?"'? > miilm* u*cr of agriculture, and enabling men of gemu 10 carry ou1 their .plans in const ructmg q<m machines, hairo added ftlr'li r Incline's f improvement, and means, which fitly year since, could not have b? en found, are not very whereat command. Thus wehivi only to look at our light, beautiful, easy work ing cast iron pbugh.and compare them wit thfc' heavy, unwn Idy, ill looking and wors working p'oughs of nur predecessors, to rf nlize irf phrt the difference that exists hp t ween the former an I t ?o present times i tnis important iniokoieqU. The anqmior ty-of-the hoe.fork in ail its varieties, scytlu crudie and rnke, is not legs manifest! Th horse rtke, by v hich one man performs tli work of a dozen, the drill, so indispensabl in tno cultivation of roots ; the reaping mil dune, by which the grain is cut, threshet cleanod, and delivered in the field fit for th miller; the cultivator, by which the labor < hoeing and dresslng corn and root -crops i reduced ut least one half; the roller, so ne cessnry to good husbandry, and in short th multitude of improved implements now i use, but which a short time since were ur known, furnish undeniable proof of the jr erased means of progress the farmer r lite present time possesses. Agricultur >1 s cietu s'have been found i miing the most efficient agent* in pfortfofin agriculture, and nt th'' present day there ar constantly increasing in number, aetivii and constant usefulness. The grand prir i r r?_ ,u.. i:_i "? . . Z E T T riZER. i V ' wew??a??sw????ti?? L84tt' -t "* # re " wh^vs nnd because** were also given. v Books could not circulate extensively or raj!r ()' 1!y nnougb to mee; demand for agricultural ?i L- riAi?)L.<}.r.? t lit* ^nnr?e /tn 0*r% cn ^nntunrfnl' ! I- j iuv --il' 9 ov |/v?? vi ?wi of ' gains1 b >ok farming, was disregarded ; si f mt< demonstrated tho.utility of science in farming as w<-ll as in other pursuits ; the at neC'-ssi'y of mediums of communication if between farmers became apparent, and the w periodical agricultural press had its origin, i- That well conducted agricul ural publicatt. ions are the most efficient means of" promo* j. ting good husbandry in a country, will scarce* ,e ly be qu s io.,e by one who has watched [i, t eir operadon. or noticed liie change in the i- agricultural state of the cipun'r^ that has ie taken place since their rntrodutbon* ?Tobe n without the leceiptofane or mbVeperiodicals is of this kind, is a practical admission by the i- farmer that he is behind the age, and that j his syst m of culture is erf an old fashioned J >r and inferior kind, and an examination of n his farm,and its products, will be found usu* ; ally to confinp the impression. A paper q which gives monthly n history of the opin* )f ions, or <letai!s t te results or the.experience e ol hundreds of the ablest, best informed, o and mos* successful farmers of the country, r cannot fail to interest and instruct. Where e is the agriculturist that would not esteem it c n privilege spend on evening with any half I- d07.cn of tlv-se, and listen tp their opinions e or ihe:r facts ; and this privilege a wejl Con* n ducted nud well supported paper will, give y- him mon.hly, and allow him at tke same1 a tiine to change the conversation and the s speakers ns it were, at his own pleasure, e ' Of all the means which the intelligence, ex.. hi perienre and genius of the oge^hns invented >t' or ii produced for the aid of agriculture, there ; is none more effectual, less expensive or r more deci l?-d, than agricultural journals, e Agricukural schools deserve, and would ' i* have received a prominent place in this notice of the means within the reach of the far* t) finer to advance his interests, but the sub? s ject li.-is been so ably treated in a late nums her of this paper, that fur her remark would n seem'to be superfluous. The experience o of France, Russia, England and Ireland, de* s monstrate thetf utHity ; the testimony of v Fdlonberg, Von Thaer, Dombasle, Yountt, p Farday, and a host of oilier distinguished ; men, is decisive in their favor ; and we shall i ii hail it as a proud day for the agriculture of J *' our country, when such schools, either by j l.|- T -L-ll I puunc ur private inagnilicence, snaii ue es i t- i a Wished among us. I) ? ! From tha-ffewiS airland Farmer^, i, GROWING INDIAN COlMf. u As this is one of the principal ?hpl$ j c products of the agribulturist of New Kng. e land, I believe the result of my crop of corn, i- together with tho method adopted for i's J, production, willintorcst many ofyourread* e ers. >f The piece of land upon Which' tny corn is was raised, has been accurately surveyed _ by Mr. L. Ammidown, and was was found to contain one acre, ono rood, and four n rods. [See certificate.] * It may be proper ). to state that this survey includes only the i. lmd which ihe growth of corn occupied, it and was not measured .from wail to wall but the lines were run upon the outside rows ?. of corn. g The corn in the car which grew upon c this lot, has been accurately measured in y tho presence of the Hon. Linius Ch Id and i. Mos-s Plimpton Esq. ^ whose certificates it are su joined. The quantity thus mcag r ured au.ouired to two hundred and fiftyeight bushels. I have since caused one ?. and a half bushels of these ears of corn to a be si.elled, agreeable t.? the abpvc measure, ; and find that a bushel and a half of ears - yields seven half pecks of corn, which would y m;?ke in t ie whole 15X) 1-2 bushels of shell? ? d chrn. But a deduction should be made n, ;or h?-cp'onncss of the Corn, it not being v ve s itficleiitly dry to be called marketable: - .. II - /* !__ y Iioa much it will sn iriK i am not sumeien. i ly experienced to fbfm ? correct estimate. '** Tno soil which I cul iva'.c is what geolit nffis-8 call Gntiss: it contains a small * trice of clay,, and abounds in iron: no. ?- lime rim be detected ; it has more than the te usual attraction for mo s ure, nnd in its nars tural s.an-, was called by farmers cold, is mois' land?Hie produce of which fen years ! to ago. was not worth tweofyfive cents to the ?d a? ro. It was subdued and brought into ?e mowing by myself, about eight years ago, of in winch condition it h.is remained?a ie mo ving lot, w.thout manure or cul iva'ion, i- unt.l about a year ago, when it was simply a- ploughed. About the first we?k in May i* to was harrowed, and twentvfivc loads of long >r or gr-rn horse manure spread over if. It ie was ifyh ploughed as it could conveniently be done ; t'U'ii h irrowcd again with a horse >rl Inrrow, and seveut C'n fofcids to the acre of t fine I'rfmetrted man are which had lain in a of h'-aj) dirriug the w.nmr,sprr.id over it and li. ploughed m ligntly wish u iiorse. The land a was tivn furrowed one way only, rs Aith a ftpnc# of ;hr< e feet and ten inches (f~ b'twirrnth - furrows: seven Toads of fine j immure to Ihe acre was put in die hill, at n-- about he distance oft wo and a half feet ? h- , Tnc corn w is plant->d upoirhia small quian? ri;y of manure d the lull, on the tenth of im.- M p? five or six kernels t* the hill. i<-r Tue corn w<*$ fox-d (ploughed but one gc way) rncc tim-'s, in the old f'S iioned way,' i??v by luii ig up, on the t?-nfh uhd twentieth of ict June an I fiis- week 111 July* oil Th s ex ra ird'uvvcy production is lo be on nreouotoU p*r( y by fho manYKTof cul" in ! tfcva?reri and pirily by the kind ot*corn that iru. was pihat-d. -In lh first place, it is nccesn ; sary ifoiVi the shortness ci'our Reasons, to nd ! select a kind of corn th# most prcl'fic and the! which will ripen in, fir shortest space of N MIa "*/ w M ... .. '* .- ' ** mmsgmssmmrntmsmms^ei NUMBER %L time. Again, the lund and manure should ^ bo adapted to the immediate wants of this tender plant from its first germination. It rr f *i /loo nure was c iculatcd to operate to their farthest extent and exhatiere^the soluble geine in the hi J : the grcfefl or long manure, which was first deeply ploughed 1 in, would bpcome decomposed, and the geine m^Fe'hsoIgble and fit for assimilation by ^th&i&orn at the time of its earing and en:-. ??. - uuiuj; our,- + At thCti^jfe of hoeing, 1 prefer the plough to the cultivator, for this reason?-toft it eleva'es the hill; I have observed that a hiil of corn on my land that is raised abov? the general average high:, yields-the largest corn ; while one below the average, gen. ETally yields small corn. At the third hoeing the plough sinks into the subsoil and brings the. geino withio reach of the shorter roots of corn?while at the same time in hoeing, the subsoil completely covers the soil and manure, prevent, ing the .same from evaporating and drying during the hot weeks in July and August. Or-should a superabundance of rain fnP; the gutters are cut away only by the plough to carry off the'water. The kind of corn which I planted, J con'aider to bo the best udopted to our northern latitude, of ar.y that cm be found. It contains eight rows of kernels, is of fcbenuiful golden .yellow color, producing occa. sion&l'y three, and very frcquco.ty two.fcnrs on a stalk : the cob is comparatively small as will be seen by the average of shcHed corn to the bushel of ears ; the kernel is deep and forge?quite heavy?fifty of the largest weighing an ounce. .1 have no particular name for tins corn. SAMUEL "HARTVf ELL. I hereby certify that 1 stirveyed the ground for Dr. Hart well above referred to, and found it to contain one acre, one fourth and four rods. . f LUCIUS H. ASfMlDOVVN. ? * jT* Surveyor. ^ we certify, that wobfte present at tfte measuring of Dr. S. Havt well's corn, above referred to, and found it to be two hnndred and fifty-eight bushels of ears. LINJUS^CHILD. MOSES PLIMPTON. Southbridgc Oct. 17, 1839. -; Thr Press. Inunswer to a great mny enquiries from different sections t>f the courPv, in reference to Baldwin's CoVon, Hay arid Tobacco Press, wc are authorise i to say, that they are build, ing these presses ot the "Savage Factory/' near this city ; the Co'ton Press wHl besliipped to the Sou'h in a few days. Arrangements are mak'njto exh bit the Tobacco Press nt the meeting of the Tobacco Plan- ' ters at tlie city of Washington on the 1st of they next, when and where the inventor believes the Tobacco Planters will be abto to contract with h?s Agent J. -S\ Skinner, for a far bet'er articl* for this purpose tbar, was ever before offered in this city or any country. Am. Farn 6'. Table Fruits. The neglect to cultivate and provide choice table fruits, is l!>e scandal and sin of the Southern Smt< s?Yet what a field it opens for wholesome and even classical ?? terifi'mment ond exercise of both, mind an I body / Can any 5*oung gen leman, tt arcd in the country and expecting to live ip u, and to cultivate the soil, pretend tint he ha9turthing to rrad or to do, iyhile yet he is ignorant of the indingcpus country, the varieties and the history of all the raricus berries, cherries, grapes and other table frui i I Such knowle fga is net_only u?e?-? ^ '* fui, but highly ornamental and pirgiivwoftliy * to the prof ssor. If any doubtdte conjunction with classical reading, lot htm pc&aeib the old vo'urocs of the American Fai'mer seme series of papers on tbo histcry ant C&kure of fruit?, taken frooMhe Albany Ar?u4r and being the fruit of the elcgnm erudhion of Gen. Armstrong. We have said, writting in greni haste, as we are ever forced to do, yet we bekere with truth, that the scarcity of pboice table fruits is scandalous to the Southern Stnjes. ?Many there are who aru so engrossed in the cultivation ofa few staple-props for sale, that the delrcacius and fruhe of the jpirden * and the table are considered a? unworthy tf regard. An irish potato, a drum.head cabbage, a hard red apple, and a peach, nil stone ar.d worm*, nearly-makes up rheir j collection?There is not one farmer o. ' P-i??' - ??? ' nillft iM'fl I II I mrmur s own m ?u uunuibui nm, ., L , j graft or to bud?it who can ttfl,one app'e ; pear, or plumb, or grape from -another, j when lie s'cs them. Yet how could their leisure moments be more honorably employed than ir ruling ha araofjmfiing, budding, and improving tfte'.prtf'&fcfs Of fbe ; nursery and garden?studies *hjdMt*ura engaged and immortalized the mo$fafcCQm. i dished men of antiquity. ThwiMmtny of our farmers -and planters, it eaotrat wt denied, who sulce! and order ronnjt-'j^fwcu fruits from the lonp; ct?ldfejpn? cie -prof ' sional nursery.mc-D; end these ate pp&mtol -i - **y