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?0?r CULTIVATED FOB TUB STALK AJCD
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.'i.i' From the Southern Agriculturist.
V Savannah, March l4lh, 1839. j
Editor,?'The' high prico of labor
is producing art important chango in our
aystem of agriculture. From our cotton
pHtrttKtmrtS, the old treadle gin' is disappearing,
and an itnprotred roller horse gin
flt'lnipptyirtg Its place. Upon rice plantntC&VIS,
the 'thrashing machine, impelled by
dteaitt or animal power, is gradually expelling
(hat remnant of barbnrism, the
flail stock- Although the high price of (
Ubor ip a matter of regret, its tendency in
to ptake. u* bettor agriculturist*. It calls ,
tor a greater sagacity, as well as a more
s . . . ?
rigia economy, in tne management ot
butiltttM, It QMlfM us moro saving of
labor, and, more careful of the health of
the Jalp>rer. It leads to the adoption of
labor-saving machines, and to tho gradual
nuhatitution of animal powor for human
BMSro'y
1 Tbam|inle?anc? of tho animals introditoed
by this ohango of oyatem, is a prnc- j
Ucal question of great importance, and (
MfM (hi* point I propose to submit a few ,
observations.
It h beliAtuiI that 'the average crop of (
Mtibm) beta in Georgia and South Carolina,
does not exceed twelve bushels per (
acre. Upon this, and the fodder gathered :
fbero the com, we place our dependence
fbr thd sustenance of the animals em.
blm^ed in otir agriculture. To produce a
ufGciency, we are compelled to enlarge
Ottir plantings of these exhausting crops,
a?4 wjB>.devote to those purposes iund already
impoverished and requiring rust.?Among
the ultimate consequences of such
a aystesn, are .abandoned plantations and
wigntboiv To milig&te this evU, and
1# aseiat in the maintenance of our ani.
ula. I flroiMMA A fnildntmtrh. (hot tUn
datamation of Indian corn expressly for
Mm stalk, and not for the ear or Wnde,?
I propose this stalk fodder, not as a suh.
dtiftito for grain*, but as n valuable auxiliary?tendering,
in fact, the grain given
Wore efficacious, and enabling the animals
<o clo wftfiTcss. For (he last six years, I
have devoted to this purpose a small lot
of land, and I estimate the product so
highly',, that, nothing would induce ine to
abandon (he culture. At the usual corn
planting season, this lot is trenched four
fpet apart, with a bull-tonguo plough, and
in these trenches we sow the common In.
dian corn, at the rate of two bushels and
Upwards to the acre. During its growth,
thai corn receives two or three ploughing*,
and thin is all the culture it geta?it is
neither hand-picked or hoed. At every
aloogfcrag, the earth is thrown fearlessly
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and destroyed, were it not that tho mass
of plants, growing in the trenches, enables
if to resist the preuure of the enrth thrown
against it. By this treatment, every particle
of grass growing at tho root of the
corn. 11 completely destroyod.
When the fodder corn begins to tassel,
we begin to use it, and not l?efore. The
Mason is manifest. It is a well known
law of vegetable life that when plants are
ia bloom, then thoir mucilaginous, saccharine,
and nutritive properties, are most
feUy developed. This ie proven hy the
tool that if herbs be gathered for distills(ton,
&t grass he mown lor hay, before
the appearance of the blossom in both instances,
they yield no valuable products.
T*6 this law Indian corn constitutes no
ejttfejttion, and hence our reuson for wait.
in? until it tassels before we commence
u?ing it. If gathered before that time,,
my persuasion ie that the stalk ia of little
or ?e value.
Wo wit* thee, until it tassels before
wo begin to aae it. The ploughman,
with m shod scythe or sickle, cuts it up at
Ike root, take# it bv Isrsre armful* to the
utting box*aod when cut it, is mixed with
chopped oats, end given to our working
animal*. I fool satisfied, when a auffi.
eieffey of this chopped corn stalk is mixed
With their oat*, that plough horses and
tholes will do with one-third, perhaps one.
Miff less grain. Besides, while using it,
ho' other fnfsgo is required, and this is no
trifling convenience. When planted at
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the uaunl Muon, the fodder corn begins [
to tasteI about the 20th June. It comes ?
in at a time when theru is frequently n I
a pressing necessity for fodder?when the t
ploughs aro in full action*?when animals t
require food of the most nutritive kind, i
and when frequently the blade crop of the ?
preceding year is totally exhausted.
We continue to use this fodder corn as
long as it lasts, and it has this great re. Ii
commendation, that the longer it elands, (
until actually killed by frost, tho more n
palatable it appears to become to animals. 1
After the tassel has dried up, when evory c
blade hangs down, and has become color, o
less, when in fact from external appear, c
anco, wo would pronounce tho plant oc. 6
tunny dead, the stalk will he round ?o lie
perfectly green. I have satisfied myself o
of this fact, by repeated observation. I ?
have gone into this fodder patch for seve
ml years in succession, as late as tho mid- t
die of October, and have invariably found c
the .stalk of the corn green and more rich c
in its nutritive properties, than at any 11
preceding period. Tho juices of the plant, u
after being elaborated in the leaves, ap- 1
pear to be concentrated in the stalk, and 1
it contuins at that time so much saccha- v
rine matter, that it approximates its taste c
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iw hit ?i|>|ptir jiiiuiH 01 me sugar cano tisell. 11
That this protracted vitality of the stalk m
is owing to the fact, that the plant is nev- h
cr deprived of the blade, I have not a h
shadow of doubt. At the very time in f
October when I found the stalk of this c
fodder corn green, crisp, and juicy, the *?
(talks of the crop corn from which the ?'
fodder had been gathered at tho usual f
season, were dried up and dead. I infer '
from these facts, that the early gathering 1
of fodder is a pernicious practice?be. g
cause, by impairing the vitality of the
stalk of tho corn plant, when in the very
net of perfecting the ear, it necessarily
interferes with the complete maturity of r
tho grain. 1 advance this as no novelty, *<
hut only to reiterate an important sgri. n
cultural truth. It has been demonstrated c
by repeated experiments among the farm- *
uts of the middle and northern states, that
' topping corn" seriously diminishes the 11
amount of the crop. By parity of ren- (
son, the abstraction of the fodder before (|
the maturity of the grain, must be nttend- c
>:d with consequences proportionality in- Cl
jurieus. It is tho general impression of 0
planters, that the ear of the Indian corn (j
is completely matured at the tiino of
gathering the fodder, and hence that no u
injury results from inking away the bludo. V
I grcutly doubt the correctness of this iin- ??
picssion; Indian corn being an annual, |?
the whole energies of tho plant are direct- n
ed to the perfection of the enr, all the ''
mher parts of the plant nro l?ut the ways ^
and niearw provided for the accomplish- !'
ment of this end. Now, it scums to me JJ
reasonable,-and probable, that as long ns q
the leaves und stalks remain green, they
continuo to impart something or value to R
the ear. The strong sympathies which e
are known to subsist between the ear. the u
stalk and the blade, go to confirm this 'I
opinion. If the greon car is destroyed tl
by a squirrel* the leaves of that plant soon
become discolored, and it prematurely M
dies. If the blades be stripped when the f'
corn is in mutton, tho stalk perishes, and M
tho car is shrivelled and light. You can ^
mutilate no one part of the plant, without !
inflicting serious injury on tho other two. "
Could we abandon the gathering of
fodder, we should in many respects ho 0
greatly the gainers. The plant would es- ?
cape mutilation, and consequently the ear p
would he completely perfected ; the grain
would l>e plump and heavy ; would men. h
sure further, and fatten more. Besides, p
mere would i>e the gain or time. There a
is no work done on plantations, which
makes so poor a return for the labor ex- t(
ponded. 1 have heard practical men say n
that a smart man will, with a scythe, cut P
a greater weight of hay in a day, than
dtiy five hands can gather in hlndes. Ah a
far as my experience'goes, this fulls short ^
of, rather than exceeds the truth.
But the question is asked, What shall j
we use in lieu of blades ? My answer is, t|
we hnvo more land capable of yielding ^
hay than wo imagine. Upon every plan- ||
tation there are low grounds, shallow h
ponds, and patches of swamp, devoted a
commonly to rusher, brambles and gum ?
sprouts, which, if drained and ploughed, f
yield handsome crops of hny. Our ordi- I1
nary highlands produce tolcrnhle crops of
grass, if cow-penned and ploughed. A no- I1
(her resource is that of cutting the grass u
which springs up on our stubble In mix, ,j
from which crops of small grain have been .
taken. Another source of supply would (
l?e this fodder corn I am recommending. v
Two or three acres of good Innd nppropri- |
ated to this purpose, would furnish n large i
supply of fornge. The corn might bo cut c
and slacked in the fields, as is the prnc- (
lice of the far mors of I lie middle and north. *
ern states, and this might be done nt any 1
time in Septeinlrer or October, as would 1
beat suit the convenience of the plant- 1
er.
Fodder diligently gnthered from these
sources, would at least enable us to die J ^
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ronwo wiiu ? part oi me oiaae crop. The
tripping might be poetponod until the G
dados below the ear wero dend. By that m
ime, the grain would bo so far matured, P
hat it would suffer far less than happens 't(
vhon every blado is green at the tim<i ef ^
gathering.
1 have never yet ascertained the weight ^
>f an acre of fodder corn, but have no q
lositalion in saying that it ia very grjsat. a,
)ne acre of good land will furnish, an ^
bunds nee of forage for four horsey for pl
hrco months. Mules appear to be eape- m
tally fond of it, and cows running tipon at
rdinary pastures, will, if fed with these li
hopped corn stalks, double the butter in qi
l few days. i I1'
It is well known that the average crop T
4 corn of the middle and northern states, a
ixcceds our own, and thnt this arises not w
o much from superiority of soil, as from 18
he number of stalks they are able to yf
roWd upon an acre. With them, the jn
orn plant does not attain n height of lo
nore than seven or eight feet, whilo with 8U
is it is not uncommon to see stalks four- 8C
een feet in height. As a consequence, ?0
noy are awe to leave lour stalks in a hill, th
rhen we leave only one, and hence thoir th
rops are larger than ours. In this cli. M
late, then, the tendency of Indian corn ><
i to grow to stalk, rather thnn to ear, and pr
y adopting the plan I proposo for cultiva. ^
ing it expressly for the ear or blude, you ^
ako advuntage of that propensity, and
orrect what may bo termed an incumber. ^
nee to valuable practical uses, if this
inrnense growth of stalk militates against j
he production of grain, it is no small
litigation of the evil, if we can employ V(l
lio stalk measurably as a substitute for
rain. it
VABIUT1KS OF OF WHKAT. te
From the Cencseo Farmer. 8U
At the first meeting of the English Ag- v"
iculturul Society, the first prize of twenty
ovoreigus, (or ubout 97 dollars,) was .
warded to Col. Le Coutcur for his sc. (l<
ount of the inost approved varieties of 08
heat cultivated in England. Col. Le va
'oulour has doubtless paid moro utten- ov
on to whoat and made more accurate a>1
xporiments in its cultivation, than any 80
iher person living, and his opinions aro ar
lerefore entitled to great weight. We to
ondonso from the remarks of Lord Spenor,
the President of the Society, a sketch
f the favorite kinds, with some other par*
culars. ,
The first kind, or (he one deemed tho, ^
mat valuable, was tho Hoary White or ? ,
etVctccn, from the chnirhaving o downy co
r velvet feel. This wheat after being re. n (
ciitcdly washed in brino thnt would float (jQ
n egg or a potato was ugnin washed in nn
me. The land was nrgillaceous, nnd hod jt
eon well manured with dung, and pro ^
nrcfl 11/illl th?? .n* an/1 llm.
i places that seemed to require such 1}
reusing. The seed was sown on the 29lh n(J
f January, two bushels per acre, and whi| df
arvested the 16th of August. The aver,
ge produce was 48 bushels of 62 lbs. ex
uch. This produced of fine flour 2,402 l)V
)s., pollard 126 lbs. and of bran 416 lbs.
'lie estimated clear profit of an ccrc of an
lis wheat was ?16 6s. 9J. fol
TI10 next varieiy in quality and value,
'as the Jersey Dantzic, but known in dif.,
. rent plnces by various names. This {,c
'heat has a smooth chaflf, and is not lia- je,
le to smut. It ripens a week earlier than ja*
fie velveteen ; but in a wet warm season q,
1 considered subject to lust. The produce ,rj
f an acre of this wheat was 43 1.2 bush- lo
Is, with 430 lbs. of chaff, and 4,681 lbs. j,e
f straw. Eighteen pounds of the flour ll(J
isilo a loaf of 25 3 4 lbs. weight, thus
roving its value for making bread, as ab. or]
orbing and combining with nearly one.
olf its weight of water. The average ,h
rofit per acre of this wheat is estimated m
t ?12 14s. 6d. hi
The third variety was the Whitting. fj,
on, which was sown in drills three inches e(j
part, on hind that had borne potatoea tho Wl
revious year, subsequently to which it
nd been dressed with lime and sea-weed
shes. The wheat was 29 days coming cr
ip, but tho crop was abundant, the straw w
ioing generally six foet, and some of it n|
oven feet in height. It ripens some ten t|,
lays later than the Dsntxic wheat, hut se
iucs inn uugeneraie. i no average proluce
per ncre wait 33 bushels, with 483 jj
[> . of chaff, and 7,760 lbs. of straw ; the jn
utter being greater in omount than in fo
ny other species but ono. Thero were tf)
ibtnined from one acre 1,454 pounds of n)
lour, 477 lbs. of bran, and 47 pounds of ^
tollard. " The bread inade from it is dark, jM
?ut it keeps well for several days." Tho
rofits of this wheat por acre are estimated ?
t ?12 115, ,c
The fourth variety not;ccd was the K|
Palavers Bellevue, sown on the 3d of (c
February on a light rich loamy soil, 3 jf
tushels per acre, in drills. The seed being V)
cry lorge an extra quantity is required.
t is hardy, appearing above the ground jM
n 25 days ; and is no more subject to dis- nl
mso tltnn (ho generality of while wheel*. j)(
)n account of the weight of tho ear thi* j0
vhont i* liable to lodge, or ho driven down ((
>y the wind. The produce watt 5*2 hush- j(
;[< per acre, or 3,17*2 lh*. of grain, 28*2 <j(
b?. ofchnfl", and 5.480 lbn. of straw. There ?
vcre 2,493 lb*, flour, 88 lbs. of pollard, f(
ind 588 lb*, of bran. This wheat makes C|
i fino white bread. The profit* per aero
vas estimated at ?10 1*. I ^
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TUESDAY, FEBRUi
Somo other kind* were noticed, mi
olden Drop, very productivo j the (
on Prolific, a course wheat; and Bra
rolific, m good wheat on soil* suital
I growth ; but all, in the opinion of
e C.,. yielding in valuo to the four
imvucv iminuu* rrom mo amount ai
i the overage of the crop*, it wouk
em to exceed that of many fields ii
snesee country; though the gei
re rage in Eoglond is Tar greater Ihs
>e United States. Of tho four vori
eferred, the Whittington, frpm whi<
uch boa boen expected in this coui
anda tho lowest in the scale of pre
reness. From what we had heard o
lality of the berry of this wheat, oe
bited in the species imported by
herburn, we Were not prepared to fi
wheat that would make 'dark br
hioh it seoms is the fact. The inci
I remark* on the tirno of sowing t
heats, and the period elapsing b<
igetation, will explain in part the mi*
to which the purchasers of tho Whit
n wheat havo fallon in this countr;
pposing it to be a spring wheat in
nse of (he term. The English fori
w wheat from September to April;
e wheals sown during the winter
ey do not vegetate or come forwart
arch, nre called spring wheats, in
iction from those sown in Septor
October, and vegetating unmcdia
he spring wheats, properly so called
ere usunlly sown in April. The a
;e temperature of Great Britain is n
wer than with us, consequently grai
I kinds ripen more slowly, and tho
>st is proportionality later than wit
(ho United Status.
Thero can lie no doubt that now
iluablo varieties of wheat can bo
iced by skilful cultivation ; and the
is lint probable that nit tho most
tuned varieties in Great Britain w
ccecd well in this country, or proi
iluublc in our climate as in theirs, slil
ink well of the efforts made to introi
e most approved kinds, and do notq
in that our furmurs will find their ii
t in so doing. In all attempts to c
ito English wheat in thiscountry, I
cr, the difference between out sea
id theirs must bo bnrno in mind, 01
wing will luko place at improper ti
id certuin disappointment be the r<
the cultivator.
thi: con and conn orusbkx.
Berks county, Nov. 184
At the late meeting of tho Phitadcl
griculturnl Society, there was oxhit
tnachino for crushing or grinding
b with the corn for cattlo provenu
-nost valunhlo improvement, and
serving the favorable notice of e
e engaged in the pursuits of husban
has by some been questioned, whe
e cob alano contains sufficient n
5nt to render it worth tho labor am
nse of grinding ; hut with ino the
i doubt about it, and it is only a mi
surprise that every one should not
o havo been convinced of the fac
perimcnt, which might easily he n
boiling crushed cobs in water Tors
urs, when, on straining off* the w
d soltini? it to cool, it will h? fiinn
O *" ? "w **"
rin a jelly.
At the obovo mentioned meeting I
e pleasure of conversing with tho inl
nt invontor of the machine, Mr. B
/ : he is a tanner, and the cob cru
made nftcr the plan of his bark?mil
a inquiry relating to tho quantity ol
ment contained in the corn coh, hi
rrned inc. that near his hnrk-mill ?
mp of cobs that had been thrown 01
ulcss, when a poor woman of the nc
>rhood, whose only cow was almost
ily means sho hud of supporting
mily, came to ask for some cobs,
at he would pass them through the b
ill as food for the cow ; this lie did,
s petitioner came regularly after,
ag the winter, to get her supply of cr
I cobs. At the end of the season
ont to see tho cow, and found her in
leat condition, her owner assuring
at she had been fed entiroly on
ushed cobs, boiled in her iron pol
hich she had boon enabled to sup
most entirely herself and childrei
e sale of the finest milk and butter
en I
In an essay on Indian corn, by P
rowne, Esq., see p. 187, 2d vol. of I
et, it is said, "The cob may be gri
r..AA
i union cniuo, nnu on mi may no ox
d from it." It ia alio said, "Peter
sr, of Albemarle county, Virginia, r
io following experiment: he had
jshels of meal of the corn and
round together, weighing 367lbs.,
in bushels of pure com meal, subjt
i the process of distillation, and th
lit wan, 14 gnllona of apirit from th<
ir, and 13 gnllona from the former. I
the corn coha bad been destitute <
alue, the product of the former, est
ng the quantity of puro corn meal ai
iitfhela, which is the peneral rule, toi
no half in bulk to tho cob, ought to
son nine gallons only ; but thirteon
>na having been obtained, four of I
mat have boon extracted from tho <
iii worthy or a panning remark, it i
cil in n noto nt tho bottom of tlio |
If tliey wish to cultivate Indian cor
rider alone, or for making sugar,
in doprivo it of the power of going t<
nd make it throw all the juicce int
alks and lenvoa,"
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^RY, 21, 1843.
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> the | I have witnessed many instances of the 11
JofTl* I lvn ntsrvAa ?asiiIi2m? '
>ugh success; the meal having been ground (
L en- mo fine, that no one without closo exami- ?
ould nation would h.ivo tho idoa that it was 1
re as nught but meal from clean corn. It is n (
II we great Ioms to tho country that every mill is c
iuco not fitted for the purpose of grinding tho 'J
|ues- cob w iththc corn when desirable?would 1
iter- our millers think seriously about it. v
ulli- K. Denuam. P
low- Farmers* Cabinet, ' 0
sons - d
i" tho > From the Farmer?' Register. '
ines, LIME. h
ssull 1 know not, Mr. Ruffin, that what I '
can say upon tho subject of agriculture c
is worth the paper upon which I write ?
this communication; but be that as it ^
2. may, I write to tender you my thanks for n
phia the able manner you liavo conducted the ||
>ited Register, and to tender you my gratitude
r the for the great ability you hare displayed n
cr? in pressing tho use and showing the s<
well worth of lime. Poverty in land is noth. o
very ing more than the nbscneo of lime and v
dry. vegetable matter ; yet wet land, however n
ithcr ric|)t cannot ho productive until it is per- h
fcctly drained. Tho exact quantity of ?
*' lime to bo given to every acre of land is 8
[ttcr hy no moans settled by my practice. 1 *
long have used from 40 bushels up to 300, and ?
I by if I could make choice, I would take 300; 0
iado ye* 40 made improvement. The quanti. jj
ome to ho given deponds upon the condi- j
ater t'on and constitution of land ; yet poor ft
id to or rich, it is onsy to seo that a beneficial n
clmngo is mado l?y it. As I create by | p
had limo and plaster great masses of vegcta. d
telli- blc matter, rny manuring is very extern e
yer- sivc, and might be doubled. Any part of I
sher my farm, to suit my convenience, is made w
" meadow, but in cutting it we take care J"'
?u" to avoid any part that may show our old 1
J ,n" acquaintance, poverty grass. Upon this 11
it'as &rnss Krows croP ?fter crop, until green ^
^ or blue grass succeeds the poverty grass. ?
, I save of the second crop of clover all the 8{
her seed I can, and give the earth, as soon M
nn(] as the frost begins to luavo the land, not e
ark- less than 2 gallons ofsood per acre,
and I failed in my wheat crops for two si
du- years ; the list year 1 had n great crop c
utfh> which weighed 61 1.2ibs. to the bushel, a
he millet's weight ; but 02U>s. was fairly the I
i the m.. r?:i ? -i?- ? * r'
in jr iimuic iiiuucuq mo 10 '
him change my mode of cultivation. I turn- ?
k? ed down every thing and harrowed re- j*
* ^ poatedly, and then seeded with two-horae !?
^ ^ cultivators, nnd this practico I shall concve"^
tinuo until farther instructed by experi- ?
ence. I cannot press the uso of lime in <;
terms sufficiently strong to show my esti- v
Cab- mato of its value. !Io that drains his [
>und land and uses it froely will havo no occatrnc
sion to griovo or mourn for better results t
Mi- than ho will obtain. You would havo f
nade heard from me oftonor, but for my nver- c
ten sion to preaching to a deaf congregation. c
cob Time will cure this, or remove the pa- 1
8n<j tiont to tho west. The day will come 0
scted when (he tide-wnter part of Virginia will r
I?" ho our pride and boast; lot tlioso who ?
^ow" bear mo mark the result. I had inten.
:>f all to c'ose (b'" by giving you a list of (
ima- croP8 my predecessor for 10 yenrs, (
t Hva and thoso of mv own. hut this would do i
illow no good, especially as I have put my farm ,
have in the market and wish to sell. i
i gal- Limk. I
Ihem Fairfax county, I)cc. 14, 1842. 1
:ob." j
ttrl _ FV/mi 7Van//>? SStnim Cln~ml t m /?/ Vmk O
I?agn, The jjreat ox was led through the streets i
n for yesterday by a procession of butchorg in t
Ihoy their u-hito shirts. The ox was dressed <
soar, in ribands of various colors, and had an t
0 tho orange on tho tip of each horn, according j <
to tho well established custom. A band <
iwuimig ii"in |niiuui|( mo
wn's cob with tho corn, and have never known i
>le to n pemon (who had tried it dissatisfied <
Col. with the result; it is they only who know <
first nothing nbout it who object to it i at any I
toted rate the ground cob must bo as good as <
I not bran, and an addition of one or two thou?
1 the sand bushels of bran to the means of feed> <
noral ing stock during the winter would not be ]
in in thought lightly of bv any. one would ?un.
eties pn?e. It has been remarked, the cob is
ch so peculiarly adapted and conveniently situ*
"try, atcd for grinding and mixing with the
iduc* corn, assimilating with it, and forming a 1
f the meal peculiarly congenial to the health of
i ex* animals ; giving just tho due proportion
Mr. of coarse food toinix with the fino ; a ne* 1
nd it ccssary consideration in tho feeding of I
oud,' stock; and withal so cheaply supplied, 1
den* that one is at a loss to concoivo how thu 1
hese thing has so long been neglected. Tho t
sfore objection to grinding tho cob with tho I
itske corn, whilo it is now, could be obviated *
ting, by kiln.drying tho ears tho foro part of the I
y, in season; but this would not bo requisite
i one more than a couple of months or so, after >
inera harvest, as by that timo tho eara will bo a
and sufficiently dry, so as to allow them to be r
, as ground, without danger that tho moal
1 till would ferment in tbe bin. I remember a I
dis* correspondent in a former number of the f
nber Cabinet observes, that Mr. Aloxnnder j
tely. Cooper, of Jcrsoy, has long been in tho *
, are custom of grinding the cob with the corn, ?
iver* and that his stock is remarkable for health '
luch and condition ; and, from late inquiry, I a
in of find that he still continues tho practice '
hsr* with perfect satisfaction. While on o 0
h us late visit to ono of the same family, at 0
Camden, tho Inst week, I observed the 8
and same modo of feeding carried out to a ^
pro- considerable exlnnt- nnd with 1 C
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t?f music accompanied (he proceetion.
which went cheering through (he streets,
in triumphant style. The Ox will be
ilaughtered to day. It weight 4000. and
:ost the owners, Meters. Myers and Danjerry,
n round sum.
i ' I II ill POLITICAL.
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uiv.nuv/nA i lu UK LWO tVCO DEPART.
MENT.
From the N. Y. Morning Poet. ?
J OHIV C. CALHOUPf,
ttt hli Porwaal, ItUntl, u4 Uttlteo^
lunl imlU of ckamctcrt
Tho character* of public men belong to
o the People, not only for their service*
>ut also for their love and admiration ;
lor can they evor justly comprehend tho
ises to which their public servant* should
>e applied, or the positions worthy of
hem, but from a porsonal and intimate
'lew of thoir whole moral as wsll asioteb
ectual characteristics. Splendid speechis,
or exhibitions of profound thought
nay givo the appearance of wisdom ; but
iftor all, it is the wisdom of the heart, and
lot that of the head only, which finds out
Truth. Truo statesmanship, in a ft*pubic,
consists in carrying out into public afairs,
the highest principles of right and
ustico, and to practice, or oven discern
heae principles, in tho difficult affairs of
;overnment, implies not only thegrestest
utellectual endowments, but ths most exited
moral attributes. Hence the imporanco
to the people, in selecting their
gents for tho administration of their
ifiairs, if possible, to know thorn personilly?to
seo the man in his social and
loinestic relations, as well as in the dieiharge
of his public dutios,?and tbua .be
innblcd to judge of the patriotism of A?
Statesman by his fidelity to duties nearer
o him, na n parent, neighbor, friend.?
)ur country, consisting of multitudes, is,
omparatively speaking, an abstraction ;
ut the objects around our hoartha, and
bo beating bosoms in daily intercourse
nth us, will call out whatever virtues wo
assess ; and it is difficult to believe that
ny exist for the former, which are not
isclosod in the latter relations. For
hese reasons we have thought it vVontd
e grateful to our reader# and expediSnt
or ourselves?having tang since announ- f
ed our preference of John C. Calhoun, 1
s tho next Preaidentof the United Btatca '
?from tha most authentic sources to on* ;
cavor briefly to delineate the personal.
lorai, ana intellectual characteristic# of
bia distinguished statesman.
Because matter ia not spirit, 44 the huion
face divine'* can never fully repreent
the aoul within ; and instead of an >
pen window, it ia but too often a thick <
oil to tho bright intelligence and noble
aturo which tills our being. Few faces,
owever, more faithfully reveal tho charcteristica
of the man than that of the
reat Southern Senator. It ia of the
imo caat, and atrikingly reaombles Gen*
ral Jackson's. The thin, hard, pale feajroa?jutting
forehead?compreaaed, reslute
lips?deep, large eagle eyea, with
is hair standing up (if curled it would
eform him,)?all contribute to place beire
us a high, atern and beaming counteanco.
Yet its light ia not the light of
assion ; but like tho hearlleaa raya of the
iamond. seams to blaze with the intonee
nergy of pure vehement intelligence.?
[is body would seem to indicate original
reakness,?-tall and aparo, with high nariw
shouldeia, slightly stooping ; but by
abitsof temperance and industry, he has
iado it an admirable slave to his will, and
apablo of immense labor, physical and
itelloctual. Miss Martineau called him
the cast iron man," we suppose from hia
tern and inflexible countenance, but steel
dre is a far bettor aiinilo for the tough
nduranco and elasticity of hia frame.
We have thus briefly described the peronal
appearance of Mr. Calhoun, beause,
although for more than a quarter of
century one of the greatost men of the
Tnion or the age, influencing public af
urs at every turn, and repeatedly crownd
with the bighert honor the Republic can
cstow, aavo one?he is probably leaa
nown personally to the people of the
Jnited States, than any of our distin;uished
statosmen. He has never breathd
any atmosphore but that of the United
Itatcs. He has never visited the North*
ro believe, since he was a law student at
..itchfield, in Connecticut. He has nev
r boon in the West. The truth is, neihor
his love of home, nor his limited
ortune, have allowed him to pursue any
ithor paths than thoso of strict duty, and
lomestic happiness. From Washington,
immediately at the close of every Congress,
he hurries to his homo, under tho
mountains of South Carolina, and there
lovotos himself to his farm and bis famly.
Mr. Calhoun has often been called a
hcoritt, an abstractionist, probably only
>y thoso who aro inoapable of eompreiending
a?y truths, but those on the
turface ?f things; but a inoro practical .
nan, one who more clearly comprehends
he adaptation of moans to ends, will
isrdly be found. In early life, his pro*
>orty lay in the middle and more fertile
egion of South Carolina, whore it was
nrposHioie lor mm 10 rauo Ins family, on
iccount of it* sickliness; and the habita
>f tho community rendered large ex pen.
liturosin living, to ono of hi? personal
listinction, almost unavoidable. Intent
>n managing his own affair*, and rearing