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FOUR AUTUMNAL SONNETS.
No. I.
DOTROOD THOCOHTS.
Season of ripening (ruiti and rusding grain.
Melodious Autumn, with thy birds and bees,
Bright lingering flowers and chenutit laden trees'
Thou canjures careless boy'hond back agan:
Mnot pleasant 'ti-, when all the woods are still
' And but the blackbird hynmns the Evening Star,
WhereMedreire gentsthe south afa~,
mbltrathead hedgaroaunid
And peep 'neth prickly leave' rite bet ries red:
Hark, doe free wind with beech-nuto stre it the
ground;
Ye answer not, the vanished, and the dead!
NO. It.
TOUTHrUL MEMOtas.
Yes! 'tis the gill) flower that blossoms here
Its perfume wafts &se to the mellow eves,
When Love unfolded leis celestial sphere,
Making earth paradise.-?till memory wenves
Enchantinent round the tkAo where, by the
tower
Tims-worn, and rent, and ivy overgrown,
I lingered 'neath the elm for lleauty's flower.
And pressed the yieling woft baud i any own.
'Twas life's bright essence-bliss. Jy.ian bhie..
Enrobing valtey and wood ,ansd bore and tla. .ugha;
It may have been an ignis fatuus glenm,
Yet is its light redlected back in 1.1.,
And though such bloom nu prouised friit hath
brought,
We guess what Eden may be by such dream.
NO. lit.
MATUax aE:ALtTt~s.
How beautiful the mun-et-yet how sad !
That crimson light which nuverfl..ods the- gr ov.
'Tinging-the vales below, the clouds above,
And rock and ril, nd ruin ixy-clatd,
Seems like funeral suantbeu-s. hiark ! the crow
Witha a lone scream wings its far inland w:ay !
And to the field, beneath yon wnountain's brow,
The partridge thus, at the calm close day
Pipes in her scatter'd brood-a tune or yore !
Life is allusiont else iny heurt had borne
The feelings at this wooment, which it bore
In youth's warm noon, and boyhood's cloudess
morn;
Care's scythe the Blowers of Joy's demesne hath
shorti.
And Sorrow' wavesbeathollow round her shore.
NO. ir.
axoaErs AND ANTietP'ATtoNS.
Ripe-droppinig fruits, shozn Gields, and cloudy
--skies,
Ye tell us that the year is oti the wane,
That silenit Time irrevnenbly. flies,
And that the past never conmes back again.
Fix not Hope's anchor in the sands oft Earth,
For Siorrow's i-torms shall dish thy bark afar
Over the howling nanin, which show.sno star,
Nought, save black clouds, and desolation's
dearth
Tears bring not back the dead: deaf is the ear
Of stubborn tate, he humable, be resigun'd,
And with unwavering heairt thme issue wraiL;
S. tith will lead thee throngh Death', vale of
tear.
And, entering with thee :ho eternal gate,
Bid the free spirit all tue pleasuses find,
Tobacco is a narcotic poisoti, and by its
etion upon the nerves and, stagnach, it de
stroys thme appetite, prevents the perfect
dipesrion ofthea food. creates an unnatural
thirst, andl renders the individlual w~hn uses
it nervons and otherwiso diseased-Thoap
jenien Recordr.
the 10th to thIe 00th of August. Ifi t is not
seasonable do tinit top.
The'cotou crop should be gatheted as
speedily as possible; to leave cotton in the
field after Christmas is to sustain a heavy
loss in both quantity, and quality. After
tha time. a iand cannot make more than
haff a day's work.
Ttios. MoTGooxzr.Y.
Springfield, July 20. 1840.
Report on Corn No. 2.
Br NATHAN Wt-ITNIK
The first thinigi reqisito to raise a good
crop -.f Corn. I conaider. is, early in mite
year, say itt January, to Iay in a good sup
ply of farmine utensils; for insiance, say a
flarner runs ton piloughs, let him have at
least fifteen good plough sitocks, in order;
out oftihe surplus numnber, to supply the
place of any which nmy be broken. with
out lo.s of titne: also, lie should have fair
those ten ploughs thirty shovels anid as
tmany scooters, and at good supply of twis
ters, if used. The uext thing tecessary.
it to prepre your -round well. Have it
cleaned of sprouts, lidlen trees. &c. Break
is t) deep aund close. If the still lie a light
alluvial one. with considerable litter on it,
I would prefer the twister, but if a close,
cla mpact one. I %%ould choose the scouter.
Ground prepmared ira ibiis way. is sure to
work mmellow all the year. lin tae next
plame. m he selectumon of seeda Corn, is a amait
er ofiuaportance. I think all the new
smrts of Cairnt. ao imiprmovemtiit, but umia of
opiniun our comimion Corn can be inpro.
ved; in which opinion I nan supported. by
a very able planier, Capt. Dckeit; that if
the farmer will bn at tie snmall trouble of
ing throut li, Corn lields. afmer the ears
ire full) muaturel. and sel-etoig his smed
fron twin ears, that is, takimg itn every, in
saance the upper ear, in three cears, lie
may iave lis w% holu crop I t ears; but
cuinmmaued longer, the stalks have tma anany
shoots, and coneaquently, the ears too
smamll As reg;ards plntitng. early plant
in; is much tile surest. Corn, except slew
ground, should be sure to be planted sulli
ciently early in larch. to lie ip, sided.
led und ahinued. hmelibre the Coiton crop
reluires work. Corn cannot be thiiined
tooeiarly. and at thi, ua-e. maiay he thm
ned and hued, neaurly as easy us thinned
amaline, when smore advanced. The prm
lice of suffering Cairo tot remiaiu until ku
i-h, before thininmg, nud ltem Wi
urns ) ot e an ulan crop. 'he
emmmd pljoughing you maay lefer itree week,
niiihmmt r;k. excepa your grind ge-ts
Trh.,. The third p1mghaag ,hould take
phe. wit ia hifilleen shs f'imime -ec n .
iid iI a .,ea-mm Ie am the ;"sond, a shore
411h lie t-ure to le imadle. lt- plouhing
dee-p, therehy puiting a goaod bed to the
Cori. ait coiverin;; a he rotus well. I would
repeat it, at Iais time, it is of great impor
tuniic tat be industrimus. for I an certain,
in, caso of munch drought entning. Corn
pilt1u-hed at this inc, dieep,. ih. ml I a g'oud
camn. will make nearly double the qaminmi
ity if nexlected until the senson is oult of
lie mroumnd. At the fourh ploighinit.
ws hih oliuld lie perliormedl withiii wo
we-eka fromi the third. rul somei distaniei
Iromii the Corn, mndil time Iwo first fiaruras
shaillw, imh aiior %hiivul. It is mll.u mf
amimnt ti pI'h at ahi-, aimme, if n se la,im
..amiilh lam! ama mite groind. Ii mi-- groimin is
-troa;:. I waou1,11I ldrefeer a hoem tle fouaram
nao'kmai', inairad of a he lugh,; a Iemem, I
thiu1k it 'e wuilld phoait a little Ie'. en'i
weli. and rely amamre mi thle! hoe than 14
pruiised, it wo auli! lie an vell forour craops,
anil minch better for our lands. I mthiik
our hilly lands s!ould lie planted horizon
ially. is the cultivat or is mummch easier.
lithah for aman asid horse. atial dische'd ssi
dha not nat any water Ie- allawed tat e-cape
frommm a le faIl. A goomd atnd experienmcedm
hmiad ennm airmp imn ho'ran:mal fuarrawa<. waith
ainam inchi or m wom iite .iai~m iasmitice eve
ry jime,- by~ gmain a sibart mar lonti strimde.
ma, thme inalya oifaah- lemu amamy ra-quir-, timen
droimhgaa t wta gramina. thm .eby makhing ihbm
ning eni-y iad regniaar mit thle fims hoiein..
Ananu bmer mdaningetimmf in lantting Cairn inm
iii waay is, pra.is immay be~ planted att any
woilrin. heaaweer te smnelks of Ciurn imn the
dril. I thinmk miie hest itime tam pnt new~a
groauamd. i-a bemtwe the-aa am lith a mnmai dit m
.\lavi. adrilledl anmmd draopped liv .'teppinmg. w imth
piem's between lhe cairn. Keepm ah han->athes
nom,. lirenk the middimles whena te Ciarn is
half. leze high;: home am the samae ti mem; witin
So aweeaks, hoae andmm pluih a:ain, mamd hay
bv. IfI thle se-;on i,. fmavoriia.lie Coirn
' ill lie goodl. As rt namnring,. I thmink
evrery hill maf wvorn laud ..homuld bie thoromugh
ly hmanuredi.
Rreport on Shep.
nv a st. NuGCtza.
.Mr. Preaidenti: Smta eI hamve been ap
pointted hiv ime S iccyaiv t ake a epatrt
mum time best manamner auf reainmg Sheep-I
bieg leave ltamake the fullowing; brieftmate'
amomnt.
I have ownedl Sheep foir mthe last tea
years. atal kntowtat tam renr ahemrn is of
the keast expmenme af any kind oif smock, I
htave ever na-empted to ruFhe. I think
mhaay alhowk bo .kepit confinedi ina some eni
closure. In the spring I let them runa ini
may pature, fair m hreo monihthms, which. pam
matre is a bruanhl sawamp:lm f'rm a iiencae I turmn
thiem into mym whtett faild and omit famld,
amma yn on, as Iimathr tmy crop. I famnd.n*a
woontm ats I lea mhe'mt, i hey tmray oll, antI
it is wti t much dhiainty albar I cman get
thema againa. I find, the genaler that they
ean be kept, aihe rmore easily ahey are ao
man age.
These, sir, are the. brif staemenlts of my
own expe-rien--e imn rening rif Sheep: and
as I probably-hmave not devoted as much at
- - .lgricetural.
from se Plough Bay..
atxiaxas on RtZ NATRAL ADVANTAOLS Or AB
XVmLLM DIStaRICT, &C.
Mr. Editor.-Ifr my late conmunication to
your papera u'tier-the abmove hend. I aspoke of
two enterprzeos an being necessary to a pioper
racility of transportation to market. of the wel
tern part of our State. One ol thoase eeaterpriz
es (a rail road fromi Aiken to Abeville C. ii.,
and which I preferred.) I egnirded a.4 Leing
likely to coasi about twelve hundred thmoand
doltersa. I am stow satistiei. upon eniquiry and a
r.oagh emiiamiation. that lt whole cost to plat the
rond into complete operation, would inot be
over. and prmbably under -even hinmlred thon.
smaso dollars. As too the road. however. I shall
at preealt only reflantk, that oniiderinmg whaat
would be its advantages in ,aving the present
expense and labor of wra'oniui: produce, and
keeping horses for the satn--; in giing new va
lie to real property thragolout rigt section to
which it would be a coapvenience; in tbrin:itag
the market to the door of the plantter. anld ena
b him (biy is inni-, sdiate connan d over the
atnrket. and the fiailities of tran-portatio1n. :and
thereby cittiag oti' thae series of profit?, made by
comaltne.'ial secuatolr.: u paa the productiton 4f
hi- inaala'.ry.) to ob:tain.a readyaid ii;ior price
for all his p11amh1Cti1n1., ad paen.clrinag his P.up
pio-. at a cheaper .-o-i anal ietter gnality it
;.ivinr l ni increaIed ianplaaa10se to the more aictive
levelospemaent ot Ariularal resaouarce,. anf to
amre naatii ituiaseit aanad iaprovemtaeat.
and At, ctaaiering also. that thlae anonev ne
besonry to its bool; carried. into itperaanato could
be raii4 r-mn.a wia %vuidal h (-I greater portion
of it) rrpndel in the section ulfcofeontry through
which it would paas. I hope, that ere loing, il
ned-tely upron the reatoratioin of a sound and
yet aniple cirreny. uand or the promperity of
ihe cauntry. it will be comnaenced and nctively
conijletud, and that South Carolina will exhibt
in. her wezstern portion. aadegree of A:ricaetiral
and [aaterntal uisproaveiact, cuua:Iensurate Wilih
its natural adInIstages.
Blit. Mr. I'.datar, I wi'l now emne ta time ob
;ect of this continaannieaatin .u [in ot>-erving ahe
varin su bect, or hada, pro;naead to be- con
-.idered hy th liff.-rent A;:ricnitalg Socieies
iaa this S:ate, I laoue been v.nrpr ised to see that
the uubje-eofhealth has not taeen suegeaited. It
acwtn<i ;o me. shat one ofthe ,a r avest aubjects of
camnideration to a platter, shoulal Ie the meana
ofbe.st conaducint- to tle lealdt of ais fauily and
aegroea. We Iaear of Paome pl.inters ratsing
tine craops. ana of thae Atuie ao,ianog naanv ale
groee, and of othiers being very saices-faul in
raitinag tuy niegaroe. and aist- plaodcrops. Ofi
coirse, im theia loig- rin, the laiter (in-t recunma.
rv lhihit :aloae) iae ganers. Evary Agricitt
rail Society shmald amake the amenano of etsiring
general heahih,a iatter of #pecial cnfkation.
r. trie Mwampaa, brianchmem, creeks or rivers.
that 1ay have aay inflan.-nce aipoaa hi, plalntatime.
re-idlence or ain.aahblorhoad. As aanotlaer. let
ail s.,e lime aaaana atly in the Sprinig and
aummaer, an wiea.hiIk his negro honas.
;aid tither plaes ain Whic fiti co1lleCt<. As
alnot tr. Iat hitm he carefuil it amake l-i negroes.
at re;:nlar ttiaws. %%.A :aad keep cleaa their
han e pernas and clothc.:. too jra vctal their
expoanire. and rutning uhouPlit at maight. to bei jnl
diciaama- n to the little and qaaaity otheir lahm.
uid to give then coaainartaiae places naad tiean
ta leep. and a.otliciectiy of whol?'soittne food
properly cooked.
It p-trikes one. .\Mr. tditor. that it would hse a
capital thing. if the I.#- iatire wmpiall alboli-Ia
tha niliitin Iahar of trank ad file, (it aialat
retain thea mihtia organization. :anil re-stabli-lh
the bripaitc or otlher enctam ;pmaaent- fmr lte eIh
crs.) aid direct tila timae tin. routa.'nnad. naid
their labor. tia cleiring oat :aand keeping ch-:aa.
twice in them sear. the braanche.. crek and riv
er. ad ke iaing athea radiau, it, better order. The
..rniw4 iha %votild aa, iaed and the lhte
.1a.! - Led. the diiaamaation fat' aea:th-. .aral the
mo-a* ael ihalr aal prothdaciiau tit ismed. tha
fial#- ii-md ts real-rel tillable, thae avin;: t,
:" clm - (If dctar's bill.. :al the pr11ob) ile
Itn:,ni twai -t:t.-the rwa naid tranaportationa.
wVanh1l b ao iw m-s. -4ds:ant:aa t,: thI pmwople
of the Satw,. itamvidna:llv atidollctisely.
A :aL'Tif CanoLaatr.
'ronm lte S. C. Temperance .rhdcocate.
.EwtttR1iser AGAiCULTLuAL tMvoc .r
fteport on Colln No0..
aY Tu". taaMTGiaME;tY.
Inm alam'diciesm. lmian iiur liii acinttl. I astnte
thle mmb-a maf pltaiing ad e't~hivatings Catm
mitn, wvhichl I pomsneaa, anda :h:tik tom lie alhe
be-.t. Thea groundaa i-a fia tam bec p a in
gwmnl mrader. If1 it hianal iit-aeen ina Caatmn
tae pirevi, ye ~-ar, I -ia hu hl he well bruoke
up.
Fa ia theni l a f'nm finllow<:~ ina s:l hand.
:9 faeet hest wmien tihe raowa,, andl in ljra-h handma
4 feet: the ba-a i, fiarumaed i byhrow in t inom
fturrmwm wilha tIwistear ona te huat.i;::a tins
amtake,' a hih ridhge. The seedi is thlen
well rubbeda-a ini commaaon -a rih, natd is pinnt
uaed heel taind lt frouan 12 tm 1$ i nchie, ;ap1art.
Thie pb~ain ing heel anal tamE is aanecomh,haed
lay nmking; the eimprssion onm thin ridg~e fair
the 'eed wit h the hee-al, i amB covernit wtiiith
te fiot. Trhis amsde air patinig leas
the ridgea Bhigh nndl smooat hi. It tanes itnehl
less uaeed, ;andl ias, ini my 'tamigseent, alhe
beast and asnmest vn f lanttinig a ct-ton
eramp. Wheni ahne phuatited, the paton
comeaiwnmp strong ini huncehes. qandl the grund
~i less birake' nyj by the comning up ur the
planit. thani iudrillaig, and there ias miarc
earth Ieli abouat the rots, tand there is,
thaerefomre, legs danager of its dyiung out: the
staind is always lIetfer.
WVheaa thme cotton eacme up, I 'throw ouu
th-e mniddale hetweeni thet rows wuth a t wister.
anda that make; the nararor plantingai heal a
nice wide one fair abhe growth of the phumit.
'which i-s precisely ini the ijiddale. Then
next busiiness is hameing,. anda thinnmingz n
twoi stalks in a plnce, wmhich mapke ta tatnd.
Trhe inext time it i's woarkbtd, I adie it wiah ;a
-rhaivel pliigh, anal hate it the thirdl tiaam.
I sde tand plamughi the row ni, ad if it is
clear, it i<s tunecessary 'tat se the- hoe. .Cam
tama,'l thinik. onathii to lbe plo'ighed' fie
timges-the lust tme shoulad be Blhe last oaf
Jnty air the first aif Auisnet. -The host
shmulal fimdlaw the two last plouhing~s, si
as i toava' it perfectly clear w'hena laid by,
If ahe cotton is well grown, and. the sea
Of a no..,. p..r..e .t,.p:,.. it fro
as some other one or' the Committee, I
shall say no-more at present, bit hope to
gain more information from their reports.
M. M. Hieotss.
July 21st, 1841.
From the Maine Farier.
E&Roas IN FAR34tNo.
MWEditor:-Will you permit an oldl
farmer to make known io the public
through your useful periodical, the errors
he has fallen into as a farmer on an old
farm, so called, not on new or burnt land.
First, anti gintest of all, I have erred in
not -paying attention enough to manure,
and the means of procuring it, without
which it is idle to think of obtaining any
considerable, property by farming. Nor
have I cast abottt to see what kind of
stock would aid most in making manure.
I am now aware that swine are the things
for dhnt, as thev soon manure for the mnr
ket, I have erred that I have not kept niore
of the rooters. I have also erred that I
have not keik more sheep. althongh wool
at timees has been low ; yet they double so
often by the increase, !hat when compar
ed with blac cattle they are much the
most profitable. having due regard to the
expense of keeping each. I have erred in
not paying aitentioro enough to my fences.
I have plantd. than I have well manured1,
thougth I helleve that no cro:) is more profi
table, highly'manured. if a proper variety
is planted. I have not set a proper value
upon asies tor farming. every bushel of
which is woinh a bushel nocorn. At a dis
tance from the se'. salt is a cheap and ex
cellent dress4g for corn soil. t hich I have
erred in noL qsing,. nor have I gypsum and
litte as muc4 as I ought mixed with barn
or compost lManure, they are exceedingly
valuable ucq-rding to their cost, and here
it tmay be pm er to observe, that I have
erred in beialm fraid of cost, fhr manure
top dressing &., dress land well, and it
gives great urns generally, as well may
we expect !boys, or hired men to lie
able to per laiorwithout food. as for
our soil to ,us any thing valauble from
year to y . return to it no manure,
or to have erred in not rais
in o1i offhe various kindl
~m no fully convinced
y are more
than I used
a.y.bushels canl
erre ia . p eider in
itead of gid4 x the'"prq!y stoick, fAr which
.bea valulIn tian I us-d to be
hive rrii. keepin intiore stock
Ihant I hgVe twell, in the (all I ought
:o have been more certain :hat I had redu
Cel mv stuck to my knep, so that in the
spring my stsk nigtht not go hungry.to the
trying of my purse and feelings. As stock
has generally been nearly as high in price
in tlic fall as in the sp:inz, why did I
not -ell off in the fall. so as to he certain I
had the wherewithal to keep well n hat I
retainrd ? if ..ock is starved like our soil, it
will certainly make u,4 poor in the end. I
hatve erred egreiously in being afraid to
keep help to nssis' it mnkin iantre.
Mlanitre i.' t-, the farner the beginnintg of
hei aihabet, it* we fail hire. it we try it
withhild more than is meet we shall cer
inly come its poverty. But I nued in
'AOpprole asj I had not moniey onl hand too lay
wit tr help. inanolre.&c.. I cold iot tru,
my fiarm to r-pay mwe in the fiell. thoug~h
I iTi2hi ha;tve pniired the tmeans on cred
it. Na ,%%. in it s credit is really the %% here
withal. I ought nit t hlave been afraid to
p;.end soeHiticlng on miy farti. Capital is
Ieedetdr; tmty Iahirs and wortl "as such,
that monied ien would have assisted me
in this. sonne- than to have used their moo
ev in trade. or in the hands of Merchants.
who somtetin's aS onte s::id, break ofT na
short na a pit. stem. I have niot used the
lon::h c..otdi liy far, and have mowedl
itver t oo mnuri soil &c. W'iS :R.
rntir AND FRitUT TRtEEs.
T wo of the hiest farmters in the rnnge
of outr knowl-d::e. one a resitdem of C2os
couty. nad he other in Orange county,
Vt.. hatvce nusinietd to tns the man
ner in whtieb they seenre their fruit. It is
ti:theiv i n at<some dlistance fromt the
laoty oft ia forite tree. unt i t hey tiitd a
joot, whichrtiy cut 00'. The part dii
tonted fron--he tree is turned up so as to
appear atbov the gr ound. Ii sends forth
shonts the fhst season, atnd hears fruit pre
tisely like 'hat upotn the pnreuti. Let
thoseu whtos trees are dlecayimg, or who
wish to incenise :toodl varieties, try the cx
rimenctt.-NII. lI'hig.
SALT oN (tASs AND TtLt.Aa. LANDs.
It any of ur readers have used salt this
sealsont in thir gardens, or on their grass
grouds.n toroy wotrms or to attract
motisture frm the atmosphere they will
mutch uhligetns by giving information of
the effects ltuced.
A gentletn from South Carolina has
just informe us that he usedi sit ton some
of his hilts cnirtn this stummer, by way of
experineoton tune row he arppliedi one
spoonful ofalt tnt each hill of corn-on the
s econd~ rowe aptliedi half a spoonful to
each hill-u the thirdl he' applied otte ten.
spotinful to ich hill. The result was that
Ihis t wo rtr..rnws soon diedh ; and that t he
corn in his tirtd row grew more thriftily
than that inny part of the 6eld where no
salt Wats ud.
We havrenensomnecnnms of salt
sown npnrgrndbtntenough
to satisfy nsf the economy of' using it in
that way. )n hills or dry land it must
have the efit of produeing moistuare, and
this alonercould be servicenbe-but it
help many pastures which are infested
with them. It is well known that a large
quantity orsalt will destroy vegetation;
but p rhaps a small quantity will prove
useful in many cases.-Boston Cudtivator.
CHARACTERISTIC Or FARMERS.
Farmers seldom affect a mystery of their
agricultural operaiions, as is the case with
most eother occupations. A farmer is al
ways free, ready, and comnmunicative
and this has been a characteristic of the
husbandman fron time is.rmemorial. It
is related of lschomachtsus. a complete hus
bandmatn, described by Xrnephon in his
economies, that "all other tradesmen are
at great pains to conceal the chief parts of
that art. But if a farmer has either sown
or planted his fields with care atd proprie
ty. he is happy having them insperted
and when asked, will conceai nothin2 of
the mnnier by which he brought his works
to such perfection."
TO WASII IRoX OR STEEL WITH COPPEn.
itissolve -tullphase of opper itn water it,
the proportion of to 3; wash iron or steel
with it. and it will istianutly be covered with
reduced copper. This is best performed
by applying the solution with a brush,
which must he followed directly with i
sponsee of clear water. In this manner
any let ters or figgers may be dra wn with a
camel hair pencil or a pen. and if it he on
polished steel. the letters or lovi ers will as
sume the brilliancy ofthe steel. nnd appear
like highly polished copper. It may some
times be requisite to cleanse the iteal by
wishing it with diluted murantic acid. iho'
the copper mny adhere the more readily.
If the steel thus oruamented he held over
a charcoal fire, the copper figures become
blue. thecopper takes a gold color, by dil
uted mutriatic aiid.
To GIVE IRON THlE WHITENEss OF stLVER.
To nitre acid. dilited with an equal
quantity of water, add as much moercury
if, the acid will disolve; then add to the so
histion three or four times as much water.
and hsaving, givetn the iron a cast of roppier,
as directed in she above experiment, brush
itoverin the manner with the diluted ni
trate of mercurv; its aplpearance will be
elual, if not.saperior to that of real silver.
In this manuer any coemtmon or rough irut,
work may be apparently silvered at a most
9B~~pificaut ezpne
AXKRIcAe TEA.
ssdssn, N. H.. Joilv. 1741
To the Editor of the Farmer' Moutkly Visitor:
As there are many itituiries re-pectig
the gathering and drying our natise Ameri
cats Tea. I would observe tlhnt this Tea
has mostly been used for a iedicitte as a
remedy fur pleurisy. which has given it
the natte of Ribiweed; therefore the best
mtond sf lrying it to Inae it patltatble
has been little studied. My method has
beent to strip the leaves from the stalk
wilth the band itn the field as it stands
pus them inl tist panss and set them inl a
warm oven till wilted-thes dry them os,
blbmkets in the shade. Great improve
msentts may be made on this method, I have
no duubr.
Hlabtit has a strong hold ots man : thrre
are those who htave taoken this ten at first
as ttedicine. ansd whow prefer it to tle tc;
imported from Chisna aftet usint it for a
while. This plant nay he fosntd in al.
most every part of New Entland-it hns
all Ohe exhilerating ptnperties of fosrei.zn
tea,and imsy be ,ecired with little expelse.
Respectfully yours.
SIHADIRAUI CATE.
AMRICAS SILVER.
The Philadelphia U. S. Gazette says
rhat Mr. F. Blackburn has placel in the
E xchange a samssple esfeilver, cuitirely pure.
from thse Washington mine. Datvidssn
counstv. North Carsihnta. The mass weis
227 mincees. and~ is worth absout four huon.
dred dollars. As we don not remember to
hasve seens any silver fromt misnes in this
'ounttry before, we madle some insquiries as
to she mnanner ofobtaitning it, snnd the chnu
ces of getting mnore; aud thie fultlowing is
the resuilt.
Trhe comnpany wvent into operntion, utn
der a very adlvantigeous charter fronm thte
State of Norsth Carolinn. ahesus the first or
eSpscember, 18410, the mine bein: thten lbut
partially opensed, andl -howing ste heI sof
ore so he of very Oresit extent, comtprismgs
millioine of tons ofore, of the richest kinid.
In the early part of 1641, one futrnace for
smelsing was put imoss operation, which tup
so the present time, has produced 25 tons
of mixed mnetat. (least and silver:) thse early
smnelting, from which this samnplais mrade,
yednony about from ono to two hun
dred assd fifty asunces silver to the son. nndc
gradually improving nsp totrhis time. whcen
it yields from five to six hundred ounces per
ton of mixed metal,
Within thse last few weeks, two more
furaaces have tbeea put in operaition and
three more, makintg ins all six, will r~n into
operation vervshortly, whent the yield wilt
equal from 1500 in 2000 pounds per day,
valuing frssm 8525 to 880)0. The proceeds'
of the one furnace hsave bseen sufficienst to:
more thtan pay the expenses of the minse
since going itso operatton, up to the first
of September. from which period the di
videnids of the company will commence.
Nat. itl.
C6RELE5SsES5 11N CDLTIVATINU Coae.
Let us ecalculatse the cosi of a careless
praetice in cultivatling eorn : we will take
20 ae;as and say, we place sho bilts tbree
feet and aine inehes apart, whicht is a good
distance. and will have fifty-five thousand
seven hundred and-seventy-eigha hills. By
tse .roeesa shat is cnmmnl egnetired. it
is seldom these hills will average two good
cars to the hill, owing to the careless.prac.
tice ofselecting the seed, dropping, plough
ing, &c. In the first place. we should
break up the ground deep, furrow it out
straight nd.1 drop plenty in the hill. and af
ter it is up to the height of 18 inches or 2
feet. pull all out but three stalks, 'bot not
like French's negro. who, when ie found
but one or two in a hill pulled them also.
because ie had been told to leave but three
stiilks in a hill) by thi-, practice we will ob.
tain 167,334 cars, and in a common sea
,ton to take the ears as they stand on the
stalks 126 will make a bushel, which will
he 1393 bushelb, or about 69 buzbels to the
1 acre. nuil, as remarked before, in a general
way the farmter. of this country do not get
more than two-third-' of this amount from
an acre, or at most 49 bushels; where there
i, one -nan that raises more, there is two
that falls short.
If this calculation is correct. and we be.
lieve it will he found so in a general way,
then each farmer is losing 34 hushels of
cero; this at 25 cents i6 $116. Asum suf
racacntly larce to pay for the culure of the
crop. If our views are rot correct we
hope some of our expeiienced fariiers will
set iis right otn this subject.-Naicark Sea
lint.
Roman.-We have some or these pota
toes now growinin onr garder, that are
decidedly the most thrifty and flourishing
for the season, we have ever seen. Ma
nv orfthe tops have an appearance of con
stitininal hardihorod thlant augurs well for
ih, ir reputntion. which. hy the way. we
are %ome what apprehensive has been gr'at
ly undlervalu-d. -
We have planted quite a large quantity
of these potatoes thi' seeaon, and have-in
atituted. a variety of experiments in order
to test their cotmnparative valtie with other
varieties, and of which we shall be happy
hereafter to give a particular and detailed
acertcont.
So nr as nour experience enables us to
decide concerning the meritsofrthe Roban.
we have no hesitation in according to them
a far more acuterous consideration thah has
been usually entceiled. Our experiment'
w ith them in 1840. the summer of which
it wdir be recol!ected was one of exttsmp
drought, and. consequently. vCy offavort.
Mle to the ponte, were saseestw'6
sonnd reasons, we think, why they.
not !e culivated in preference to any oth
er vaietier which are now high in publie
eteeln. Their eatinz qualities are supe
rior, and for stock mid even swine, they
are preferable, we tire confideut. to the
Irish or Long Rels., To all who have
been inducted to plant them, we would
,ay. ubesiratinaulv. cultivated the secan
dum arlein, and shauld the 'eason he fa
vorable, you wi:l doubtless he liberally anl
amply ret-mneraied in the corp for-your
labor and expens-.- Yankee Farmer.
From the (S. C.) Temperance Adcorate.
:1 A C rttso.
A friend of onrm. who deservedly holda a high
rank as a practical P!nnter. in all itm various de
tails. gave ue, in coniversation. the plan be pur.
suep in mnntcritg hiii lanud. He owns about a
hundred and ifty heai of cattle. all of which
are driven hiote' inl the evening and penned.
IlIk cow pen is half anl ncre itn size. He-pens
his cattle in one place, three nights, and then
movaves it lorward. so as to cover hxaf an acre
nore, nn ia plnotgh fallows immediately, and
tcirn< ander thie nantare, on the half acre just
oncenpivd. .,o that nothing is lost by evaporaion.
lie oitinmes ti.t iroughou the year, at the
cnd of which. he hahabout a hundred and twen
tv ncres well mucareid. and the manucre all well
turned neder, so th-it he has lost nune.
The tr:aimble of mo, ing stch a womsll pen so
ofltn, he tinks i- Ilasa thtan it would be to wa
'n out thi. sune :-acnt of mcantare. and seat.
ter it; nndu then tby his systemn, he saves a vast
amuntut, that wotauld he host by evaportiona, if
peirtaitted tio lie lonag int a heap.
But hc gain. t.o. in aunther important par.
ticut~ar. Th~lis seena re, for has cattle greater at
titntin, than i< ordinarily be-stowed on stock,
and pre.vents his losir.,pa large anmber.
We acskedl if be did not haul straw and leaves
toa hi' pents I lie remarked that his land was
a light, saandy, poroti< ,oil, that would not bear
-hi.' kincd of'maantre: hut that after his. cattle
hade remoained two nig/,ts in a pen, he hauled in
a rich, elbyeev ceoil. (reom a large swamp near
him, and sca'ttered tis ,cver the tcen, and the
cartle was penned ccn this the third aight, which
wvas. of courua, turnted uander teeo. H~e thtus not
only etnrebhed hiis latd, but prioduced a perma
naeit chnnge in the pchysical structutre of theseoi.
We regret that wec are neot at liberty to use
thec gentlem.rca' name, as athority fiar the ad
'nantages nftiais svstem, far he would be recog.
naized by many of our readers as a .ece h
tplanter.' A nd'in connectiorn with his aeecsiuhE
planting. lhe remarked, ii is oariag tkelgtepisni
ma, short to the haud. so as to .ford mueanops
tunity to mnurae higidy.
t?4FLUENYCE of TUE too.Y.
Lunar Infiuence.--n considering the eli
.mate or tropical countries, the iniducnce of
t he moon seems t have been entirely over
lookedl: iftlhe vast tides of the ocean aro
raised from their fathomless beds by lunar
poer it is not too mnech to assert that the
tidles of the atmosphere are liable toaultn
ular intfaence. The power of the moon
is not only visible over the seasons, hut
also over vegeitable and animal life. Itn
Guyana, for itntnnee, as regards vegetation
there are thirteen springs anad autumns,
form no mny times does t he sup of trees as
cend to the branches and tecend to the
rootSl andl, as regards animal life, I bave
seen, in A frien, the newly littered young,
perisha in a few hours, at the mother's side.
if exposed to the rays of the full moon;Isih
become rapidly putrid, and meat, if left
exposed. uneurable nor rsat,~ by at.