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This was my Crime-do worst of all My Pocket! ODt when my rich relation B Left ne las onl' legatee. H-ow glad was rompkins then to ,ee My Pocket! Then inivitations by the score LIposened the knocker on my door Sitrange it was always .till befo're. 31y Pocket! Then hoste of alin',4. lilly-white. Come rOlline inl w1h notes poliit. And-Would I but oo stanza write My Pocket! Jane. who to all my vows w%5 mnlte, Or called ae fitol and ngIv brute. Now wheedling sigl'd-Wokt. no one suit My Pocket? Then first my little neplhrew knew Their uncle's hoiuse was Number Two Was it respect for mue or yout. My Pocke t M suresi stay. my best ally. When duns were lotid and 'friend.' were shy, On thee may future hope ry.~ck Befriend me still, thy suitor prays. Great chairman of the means and ways. In losses, panies. quarter-days. My Pocket! Thus helped, will not cars a pin. What bubbles burst. w hatraes win. Or whboare out or who are In. My~ Pocket'! AGICULUAL bocnIKTY OF FInK U. %TATF.s A meltsng of the friene'ls or triculture f-omt the daiT.-rent section:, of the Lited Sttes was held pursuant in' publb:euoce,. n the hall ofthe Housecof l1t prteseut.l'ves,' o the 15:h Decembter, I-I - *I"'I-. On mnon of the Hion D:ona I Li'"' of latsmaa. the lion-. J 'ses 31 G.rarnt' of Vriia, n as appointed! P'.esiient o the ueteig; and the lon-. 1) II. Lcn'* ol - Alama, Hon. :'dnmundl D--berry of N. Carolina, Dr. Jatmes W.. Thompnjsn "f D lware, JosePh Unales. l'.q. of the J).s.mict of Colmbiu, Beknjasiin V. French, E-'q of Ma.., and Jamne T. Giffai'w. Esq. of j.Illinois, were appoin'edC Vi--Presidlents ; 'w4',sad J. F. Callauc of the District of Colum an.d Robert E. Hornmar of New-Jer ar ppontaed Soeretaries. Jrient having very ably and -the conventIon. np gro Commiattee to pre ateSociety, viz. .C.Hon.lD. JmNames 1. Pearce Casey of lt., Jon Jounes 'itof Florida, 'oments, re r'.-t.e.ad and=,r ' ue-motion. 8S. Skianer,' ., -dh -,t~w Ln J rh ~.Qbr commit tnt uppa deeo o hi ae-f M d nyMassachu : That the Board of Control of 4oiety beaimtracted io presed*a pe SIon toj~pment Cog #ess uf. ,uteed s e a p a rt ie S mu ' t b e - ' o Boe , . - e . Levi ry of N. H., isn. Lewis F. Lina o1 Mi., Hon. W. C. Riv-s of Va.. HoqW. C. Johasog ofMd., Hon.D H. Lewisof Ala., Ho. John [Las iog of ftio, Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, JI*S.S. Skinner. Esq. and J. F. Callan, oftht.-Distric of Columbia, were appoint el to select the ofacers-af the Society pro. i for by tbe Contitution, to serve until .the regular-leetion in May next, .u O mntion, it wa., ? - Ordered.- Tha, 'ibscription papers be Ut w kh the S4rufary of the 8ante; the o44be, Woieof Representadies the rariea of Congres, andt with the-Se dptsries of- ii nieetingwbore persono sfrous or beeoming members-may intl A~dwAonvention adjourned. J- F. Car.LAV, S R. E. Hoo The committee, appointed by the Agri cultural Society ofihe United States to so lect the officers of the Society, to serve an til the first general meetion and exhibiein tn the 4th day of May next .iWye met and de herebyreco, mendpnd teport tbly lowing gettlemen to fil the oees anw' I to theirrepective Pames. The Recording Seeretary a requested to publsh the list, and give special information to each indi vidual of his seleceicin. Lart WOOPRaT, C4'n.for the Cisa. President-Jam&l. Garnett. Corre'po Se'y -JohnS. Skinner. Recording Se'.r-John- F. Callan. Treatrer.-Edward Dyer, Board o. . . Levi Woodbury, Eli a i6 .1i 'I-xnader Hunter. John i' Eas, Maino; *i. N.~ NamTia.Te; B. ?'French. Eli Ives' Cdhnecticut: Gov. Fen 'r, L-blanit WwJar Enmory, Mfarvland; Edound Rutfin. Vir inia; Edmund Decrrv. N. Carolina; ade Hampton. S. Carolina ; W. Lump kin. Georgin: Dixon El. Lewis, Alabaman; Alex. Mioton. Lon: Archibald Yell. Ar kansas; F. It. Gordun, Tennessee; M. W. Philips, Mliss.: Chilton Allen. Ken tee' k ; Lewis F. Linn, Mi.shouri; A. W. SnN.!er. Ilknois:. S.,lon Rein-on. Indiana; s:cE. Crnryx, M1ichinan: - John Huti-ings. Ohio; 11. L. Elkwm th. D C.: R W. Williams. Florida : Timoth11y Davis, Iowa; lmer v Do'lge, W isk ounini. The. VicV-I'relents of Virginia, Mary ,ind. Diriw if Columbin. Pestylvania. and Delaware. are ex-oflicto mtembwers of 1Pe Jo.ird ofConrnl. J. F.. CA.u.., Rec. bec. oPERArTio: or sPATt.G. Our corresp,.mdent, - Floridian.'nt Tni. lahasse. has sevS 1%some 'fneries, !he first of %Nlwihi ik as f1llo:-- We wih . OU. Me rs. Editor-, tor .omae of your attetitive coirre;sponlent.e te itnforim a yomv- reader of the irvost .c'wii.- mode of performinz the operaten of -,-yin,'li ri-on' foer the operatioti, and the pruetr ae tur dhoing it." Trhe reaonn. for %pny'ing O~ aresimly toe prevenit the anim~tal's bre'eding, desetaiy all inclnation for inattecour-e withI the tmale, and, by~ reomieretl her quiet. inecreae the aptiltic to fatt--oc. Casetratton in the tmale prodeuct s simitlar reuluts. The object in '-paying ise to reme' the oraries. which eate the itmpule to vetne real intercoure. and are small round emass e'; vryfitng w ith the ner ofl thc animal; freon thie size of a la'w pent to that of a nemtueg. a little Ilattenedl, aynd anted to the uteris, or "elg bagr." ns r he receeptuecli of thuer' emy e lonng a< comniely eniihed In ynn '4 i.: b- ovariee are whituish, but whent o~eelr. icr during th-- e--tr'a, they are r uddish tt appjearance, nod aure mouire fully develoepe'd. Young sowa are fre quetlyh spnv.ed at six weeks 'ld -, in n'de'r ones, the beat timse is wchen they ehibt~ desires for the mlale, as the ovaries arehene ment used. are a sharp' poceket ktnife.atnd au lotn. straight necedle; with strun: w ce thbreadi. Stong cords are fa;:ect-l to thle hind leg, it reo :iintal. 6.5 a' hieb she i, to lee' s~p, tide i from 'a spike er za pitn ma. up-. Iright pose. The mnwt h maye tee t ied to preveti ..qumenain, and the t--re leg lhelId byv an atant. Tlhe iopetatuor thecu -n -ike" nit inc-toio. up antd udown, tie htween the four hack tests. commning3~l woeh the tu~co ack ones. cutting throuegth ehe skitn. the flsh and mtubcle-, bieea:th, to the miem brano which env.eleops th'. howel.. I his must be divided enzrcefully, that the tin steilues rmay uint he "'"t""ied' ""il '" dcing it. the ktnife shouhi he pieee at the lowest pe'int of the opennmi madr*. with the back of the blade i:nard-. a ! pased Upn'dch until a edit two inches it length, or sufficient to admit tcnoe Gnners into thte wound, has been made. r'he figers are irtured, & the uterns crnsp ed, which to th-- touch nc ll appear like at wet empty bkeder, partially flattened. The operator mtitb retain himld, am wh-,t ever point this is seized, gradually draw i"5 it towards him, and worztng hi:, fingers (orwar6 astil one or the i s-set, which beill recoguisrby Its.M bard1 like reeliag,and it! color, whoebj it betweenihis finger and lhumsnb it of as.near the uterus as possible.;. uterus must still be hld, the otheisva sought for, and exterminated in the same way. Care most be taken to excise t4 os aries completely, or close So theaJus the operation-may prove inefecturkW Tiis wound i now to besowed up; and the ob ject-is to make the wound uite onits inner pia6rst, and as equalty as possible. _ For the first stitcr the needle is placed on the belly, on the right hand side of Tha lower part of the slit, and passed Through If skin, &c., into the bowels, taking eI that the point does not souc the intestines. The most of the thread is now drawn thronh, the needletnade to enter benatl the outer skin. and passed into the bowels is before: Four such cross stitches. only drawing together the 'inner part of the wound; will be sufficient to place the inner o( the wound in contact; and sie tside s'now closed by a similar series of stitches in the outer skin, when the "rade of the thread are tied, and soine tar-salve rubbed over and around tile wound. The. animal should be kept fusting or some twelve or sighteen hours before the opera ion, that the intestines may not be dis tended. fa. It is somewhat difficult to describe auch, In operation, so apto-be understood.fully; Cuat if a peron chooses, he muay,^whet ptgS. ire butchered and h-ng ip, make such ex perimenats. whent opening them. as will how the position of the parts, and enable Aim to operate without dilfieulty.-Culti From tA Farmers Register. UURFACt ISASURE5o. Nory~ssica, 20th, 1841. In you Weekly Regi-ter, dated the 12th nth. I fid that otte of your m - -na correptindents has re lu me to lium hiln. "wciheher Ihave made any 0 ' ts" in addition to thoe nu d in your second Volume.l0 a e -the trface applicition ,of maturas; datjdat my present opin fon is on that subjecW" It gratifies tue so reply that I hape me similar etp-I rients since Izave witnes d s a I iolhich, A61tre to early all these tnals -i e penned land. and in the fiollowing mantner. The pens were nade asenrlyin the spring oa it is customary to pen cattle: sluring- lhe whole season th-y were kepyt of the same oize. and tlhp ame number of cattle peuned ins them, They were removed at regular interval, of time, when alev were ater nsa-ly plouched up ne.d 1,-fs nplonhed, In the foollow ing sprin they were pltwe. i corn-to ie foillowed by eint in the all: and in all 1he-e cases both the corn .-anid the wh1eratn thie npliughed pens were w) much better thnn what gtrew where tle pe-ns ha-I heen ilhiahed up. Iliat the lines ofr each, peni might tie traced as Ihin - 1% a' if th fences had -sill been standinag, Thcse- are indiea-pjlutable fae-i.t anl are now soi genrallyN Itnin n1 in m1 part if the conn-. trv, ihsat ii it now a very rare thing tia see row-lpens plotgh-il yas son a.. the tonce is remoeid, Still I am nware ih:it "thr drrisire stare ofncreduoiity'' whi-h seimn to have so ach atnnv.yI v.--sr . souiI Caroliat cor re-, ndent,'n ill b--egnally excited -:2ain-.t my-ef, in sor parl% f oor iountry bar nioirth of* him. lit if t will sake .ty ad tice, b- will cr'en 1-t thmri dei id,: or stare ais may be,,sts quieir fatcy: for ,:ch per sois t.:erli btelo. tis n1 el- of men ftr to hosopy sn thle-ir ownsi rrcncei5-i to. receive h--smalltess hemti-ti firm ;an t ina; thiiat eillier hie air I could sayv ora :his, or any. snhiect. Four ha< own sati~Staction, howev -r. I wilt respsectroilly soig..et. ihat if h~e ii I examinie thei snt~iter furthe~ir, lie wsill ids, that the "moua s operani" ofC mn sies aipplieda to s le surfare iof land can he x phnd tiilOtt ph il.osphictal pinctiple. in a mansanerquite' aissatisfactory as anyr other fact in rr-latin 5o mnanore-s, nsoa withstnand ing~ the prevaslent opisiiiin r-nongst his, ac gniaitntaes man) tbe adire-'ly opioiecd to bi- nwn. I remtai'a de.ar sir. y-ours. very sicerly, Jais- M. GAnNr:-r-. cains rntox SEil) Two TuSIAND YFrs'; At the annusal dinnetr of the Souathwest M'lid tIs-sex Agricu!iirat Assoicitiii, held lin i-rila v tla-, a!t the A lan:a aiti Eve in, lay.. ane-ar E Sbridlge, !M r. 11. Pow nliS. a'S Myie;; th-ere,. Ilionslow, w'hhe eu logizing~ thet farrsr- of~li~h!!-sex on their thih deg-ree of initelhgenre ad piractijei rittmi sit. piroelneed a heade of corna.ns hich ie said had libeten nrn ti in a he nieighboer tood of his re-sidlence, tanI. as a pioiif of the-ir naes.i sitg athe ensley h hai a pssedt aup ot thaein, siied taia he~ hiat that day shonwri he hi-at ofi corsi so Mr. Shierbiorn, of Bed tti whio, eis ex.a in sing it. iasmtedeiately -said it war. IEgypgsiri c-orn, wihich M1r. Pa n-ll saidt wais'he faics. tas it hadl growin frtnm grin fo-and 'wsithain the c-overing~ of ain yptianimy, withain which it hadt beer encinedt for up wardsii of tO years,. a sl ate mieust wshiebi tnodnieeid a greas suoensatioa1 t hroughout the assetmbtlate. -London pa nf.Mo'iVtNG PUTTY. Great dlillic-uliy is frequentliay experiec-l ed, wn ealtass is accidenotatly briiken, ii remo' ing she old pussty to replace thie pane ; listeni the psutty wi ith nitric or murriuti acid. anad istmauy be removed1 at eonce, Where thcse' cannot he hail, rirong soul l..;, nun sb= puoty wi!! lai a fow hour rrow' the wood so that the new set without difficulty.-lb. STAULNUG BfoaSs. the following extract from a en by L DUANID, of Derby. (OC fist part of the communiens relates to a controversy carried ew England agricultural jour evenings since we were in con th an old veteran farmer and this place, to whom in a rorm a have alluded, I.eman Stone. Es says there is notbini sit injuri otie tw libre's hul's, as the urine and dung f he animal in stand in. And he told " way he had practised for Pev eral y It was to rub *he hoofs of hi% horses f h liver oil, such as tqnners use in pro ~g leather, once or twice :e week; and tha 0 es to keep them fexible nrd moist. ince he adopted this course he has une known his hores it sioiffer (fomt the disune calle-d - Hoof Bound." n dii esse k~n by the swelling of the top of the. I causing matter to L:athe:r unider t 14100, and producing lameness. Mr. Stfwe W_ rs plank to earth flors. for int hori-. e d thinks they will stand nith as much.e"6 on a chennut plank floor. as .,n one o b . Mr. Stone's %table are as neaui . ect as any we ever saw, panic ilarly iiaving mii.mure, and tre on tbe same p we noticed mII the Cuhtika iur. The i sulsadelight with a desrent of 2 or3ij with a titough at the lotm -I the fi and everything the aninial drols is avee. The straw for littering i eui to about an och in length. and every morn ing the 4g is hoed down into the trough and.o'ehr vith the horse manure is tit; ed::ip Wil the urine, and thus nothing is l S Stone keeps but one hirte- nod two c~d-'aud the eeiws are itabled every nigh, s. mer and winter, and I venrt'cre toiayt he make-, more manure titan s e farmers dP, with threo iime-, that n r of animni. We are aware ia as one will havea w ay of his on n; but all. agree in one thing. n c that i% to. irstables made s( as to save all I I , and be comlorable for their neighbor of mine has been b ith a basement -ai-ry the stbeead of layine a flior for this pari, hie has envered t ti,.of tanhark, as an ex per PIS a Gsf b ~sed for his.ct w1 make C mnre. . DONE TIC FOWL4 IN wTNTER. One of the greatest errors that prevail, in the Management of the dl-sestic fl. , and one &hich must he de-tructive of all profit, isthe common praetiie or h-a Vin, then to "shirk for theni-;lv(,." dlurin the I winter months. Thee is III asiiaredi on1 the farm that better repl ese:" keoepei"" than the he-n. and wvith it, there *14 nonlle 'Ili: affords so mneh priofi o the i ii citl plcyed. rhte lier sit..uld hiave a ico-e warm roost, for there are t-w reatur that suf'er more from the col. ihan ihn It they should have a bo( of gravel. -.;tl asbes, &c. ror them to nell md (lus thent %elves in. to prevent the aitt:ck< cfc the ins-ets to nhicl fensare .tiject; they should li hve aeres Ift polvei i.-ed liane-t-e, or limesitone gravel. as thi, a il I;;ive 1ne4 rial for shell and couiriu:e to te licalth of hens; they should ha ve :ctiaunan1lce ofife water, clean and pure. for fei aniatal, w ill drink nore frequae-nty or e--ernly tIan hens, if waioter iiis inli their reaih; :etd no one need expeci be:lthy funi, or a pletiful supply of egg-s, wll dot--. not pany strict at:ntiat to their 111 ppl f uppIV Indiani corn, pen--, huci.whe:ateis or Lar ey, tna lie li-d tco fonl .e. Potatne'., atea-e~ ed or boiled. are -ecllent fooed focr themi, biut emutst he fed white- warm, as fowis will noet cat cold1 poarre, ienless driven to it by hunger. F,'iwls -,bou~ld hase accai to a watrmt ynrd ine the -.uneey dayi oif wineter, as warmith is p--ricularly invigora1ting to hem.e If ceinfned (or any time in close ill venitilaced room, 'hey will becomec dis oaeil and feeble, and n ill recquire extra attentiton to repair the ev-il generated. Cullirautor. rvnm the Edinburgh Quarternly Journal of Ag rnculture. for Deemecr. Jre41. ON SAw-DUST As MCANURE By Heary H.- Drummonnd, Esq. of Blair Drummond. M. P'. IVTe obrervationst on saw-elust sas a n ncre, in the M1arch entmber of the T aceS actions oef theL lhandc Soctyt, induce men to memlfitn, that I heave for c tn tiiber o f yezars beet in the prattice of u-inn -, w dust in agricuilture'. I have ntie, hee-r. usiel it iji deu.. in the mnanner e-niun c-c liv ?elr. Simi, but cae keptctt ii int ecom pci-t's for about thiree yea;r,, which tinm- ees appeared tto me nece-wiary hir its prtoper decomipoati'On. This preocesis is y~renitly facilitmiaed by mtixineg the ~an -dlii- ss it ' limo in rte prmportiitn tf nhciit eane--cteth prt oflime, andl the compnho-.t is mch im proved by the aidditicon of roiad-.seraiets. or enrth of any sari thatt can he prired.n~l TJhec saw-do ,t heap is a contveietc plae eel eepoeite bor dead animcala,. which aire thus dipused o ef to great ads:mitage. A~ comptil of thai- Liid, whlich hias- be-cc wsell miexedl andl dlecmposned. tttd turnted ovser by the spasd' at ptrepe, intne will prodeuce ata excelletnt creip of itnritpc. E:XTRACTt.N GILEASE riFOTS. IOtne ccl the bhe-t methed of dinmg tis, where drop)s have fetllen 0n elresses, books, &c is t place magnesia on the -ipet, rob init, cover it w'ith cle-an paeper, and placeo orthis a warm iron. Thto arease will conihine with the rmagnesia, and be thus removed. Fiucly powdered chalk willdo o but is not equal to tuguesia. Repeated operations, or applicatiouns of nagoesia. I may be necessary where considerable i grease has falleu.-Cultivator. Frm the Pilugh Boy. Mr. Editor-Presumie.g that the intelligence dIl of the agriculturalist is onward and that the is day star of improvement has already risen above the horczois. to diffuse light and renova- li tel life ou the broad expanse of our butchered c, country, it is with some ddli..ence that I ask the use of your colums to .proead before the il country thre bumble conotributiuns of imy leisuire moments to the cummon cause of agricuhiril ,1 inspruvetrnent. A4 an evidence of this state of the public o1 wind, we iave but to look arournid us, and we ti ee the intelligent and idustrious Farners, c aesemnbled it. almost every ecion of ousr c-*ii- a try as organied bodies. for the purpos-e of en- cg quiry rind research. This speaks a lanpragrs not ti be iisniderstood. Already has the 1resj m the gteat eugine of intelligence, taken up the i, task. anid good uist be use result. i .. - two. the tact. it must arid % ill awaken the etnergies, i and arouse the dcormant gu.,ers of all. Patr- d otism calls aloud, nleersiity'u ges. self intetest orniands, asd all :ature wtoes us to action. .a intil lately the planterotof the Simuta brae vio- i Wied uvery law of nature so far as land wa-s 01 concerred. hour we hipe a better state ut tlig.e %%ill Ure inng take place of the princales mnath-' he ods lrereti'for. put -ued, aid Po!n:iix like, .ie f fnir tace ol ots laud assume a youthiue arid ti fgeiienerd a-pect. We ieope ere losg to see to tre green carpe, of' urture tuddoed wito flow ers of cury tbue aud every sceit, spread tar a11t wi.le o'er the no0w d. rned, water-worn, ,., aiad cast awayv tields. Let the l'rmrer cea-se hii of i. i,.-rarv.-bid him love the Imtite, the birth t pla.ce aid tie grarie of his fathera-let his en- th r;, les, his iiteilect aid hil care be- his i-isie, bl, -let all ue inir. arid it.#- plastic hand sol' inure will asa.,t. Mihen plerty nuisl take the place of of qtuilid ptrve.rti . tire earth wvill yied ier fruits t im aimrd.ir.ce, contentme'it wvI rignt whe-. ubedienc to ire cionrututed li'.s U! tod are u-erv.-d. mtoo a', pln ical. frganoc, and ,ocial. ar inte'mpe'ra1.ice mriUV thea siig the syenir song re trhe grog simps hrre lost their chrm, th-y are p:issed by, ,nun. d ana iiegl-cred. to die Iront ia2amtion1 The fariera are tire great urajority th -,I or couitry. rid it follos ot' cource that in thre tirsr cte in meditiers of pibic opi. ota. Then u bro tther l'armters, aid artn to tire h rebcne. Irruellgeice lor your cernipaos,irdus try for your carnvass, aid strengtii of will iorr your ruider. aud the port of happiness and rrosperity at directly altad. But to my purpose llavIng spenut the spars momnrents oat the most ictive part of rmy litin di rearecb and enq into the by wiich WM! urren uch as Mne niid. that it will trot be ais. to give, through the coluoens of your paper, omare ilans wheretsy I the ftrmer s at acertaiat tire nature aid col.m plo~rtion of liot land ie cultivates. The r-cks .A1id strata tro,a w hich ali boils are ned Ias ween irude, aid :11:bat compose tie more slolid paitsot tie Globe, wve tind arranged by nature im certain arid unerrirg order, but at the mafe re tinrre wt ir-d irat.wis %er differe:it in tlhir coin p t p..rtl, are a.iriated together and otten trav bte ti rid under tire s..i, material, that if hi-intAt tI tile -mtrftce aid united or uroxed Sh the .;i ont tie suria e, %% ritild ad.1 muiriclh to it, n rti rly atn tiurns tor the imiprr r rimet 4,1 1t.4 Veylslfible proiductions,. Con-,egneltl. te pr.,.itmn aid riattire or rocks, in ;enieral wtil be' of coinr-setiience to the tarinier, a i.knon I. cdge of' wirch will , itab'e him to gra:p at any "dratai;:e tiat i.ey preiseni't t., ht iiiertignce ri I Ihe tir-it pl.ice rock are d ideJ into priinmary I ad ree ciiidary. Tie priiary rocks. oisich a gr:eite are comp ed oitcirv-,tal4 Of (u;rrts. Ferila-r:sr.aid Mica. arid c.,iriti no other ita -1 miei.ts. nioorantic remam..i. of arny kind, or any iraitents of other material. 6h)' evIr herire liriive aep'ears to be a ieri. nt ilrithle e tis theinrc imitit Iave hie-ii a tmr- -t hen tie- cim -r tl, that c lrmpei threm, eti-t.-. ?-eiiarat turd d Iinet'. ht this ti is iyet itt the arran er mirre. arrd could not benretit th,- Farre r i l te ,percttatin. -1 e recondary rock'. or strat.i rrnet partly ot chr%,-tahne i.atter, corit:inintg r r:ii-rrtL. of other rooe.orramc remain. irth'ofve'-taltes tind mar~rirne aennural, antd e'ti t- irteiris ot te towest rrdr'., ot le1. airan-r', &c. &c. rThe petimartry reicks arte nrly alwata to Ite founid in lairgo ttmss thre lavrra ofi which tire genrier esia or bu ttc mineutid to tire' Th'iere are cittht primitive rocks to be ob ered, 1st. Granite, being~ routnd at the loweet deths, which have been vceno'rated by mrien. cmpose'd of' Quairts, I'eldepar. arnd .31ica, all irreguilarly' cteented togeether in which aire rio strata err litres, or Ilayers. Wein tiic same tiaterials are arraniged tn hay era, it thren take he nramei of gneis... Ed I. Maiaceous, schistas, composed eel Ihi ca. a shiny ctilv locekieng marterrial. (corntinifnly called itumtglasn.") anrd Lmisa orr Silex, thre whle' reh aci1 cedr tFrn reick tire (nrit err :-tire-' 'eiia roc ke. satnd is Sidex. genrlly ceiherede byv Ir:1. 'iT.e' re,..-ka are arrar--edl tE layvers iis: the giteeral ai little cutr.ili'neal. Someiii ot thie highest m..euint-iti are irtiei rtns *.ch. tyt. I believte rhe far niote'd Tlabbl: Itock, i priipatelly ot' riise kiede. 3d Sieniite, comiposed of' flon r'rid and i -4th srpenine, tad. rip ni re'-jendantl iij leir.henrd arnd I'etdapaii. 'Thleenti aihs whreen hnrm tin, reeck. are ftten so 'm i l toa..tr-.t ii niftaormi apeatranie'. I abne ofhteni conteirs tete-ie icr -oaty sticnt. It im.ire ;e a " o n I-'iih r nd piirea a b tkaii vairie..itedi greir. rrthr l'eirrhynta . Cini-i-t-i Or leldrir ni chirya t'aslicebedede'd mi the samre ni.teritas. baut iof chl-' er,'rt caleir a: thn eleer dep;endi::: irn gieneritl cnii ron e som,:ri it' its coindittins ash raiielair Sarble. tins is enitirely crys-r, ta ''ofc aotceiof irtne. wh.iern white: whenr c,..red ia cenrt.eirrepe er .,n,'iri heartr a tine cnt a,. url wt h.-n ..f a rex-ct rn itxtorie is use'd try .-rearies for tarcir tirnese t norkai 7ttn ('torie -''chi-t. ti i-, a gray ccr grien sub-.et tinc' inaluhigeont tei M i.t a red l'eld-pi:ir. tar' ,psrz. ene uniratee tee smalil quanttitwa' ect chryt-dliie mratreriali hraninrg tee othe'r reeckse. tSecondait~ry m eckia' e min' teth moere rnmurrouis thnr thre pnrrvrait we'. chall rinl nime the most comniit that occur itn ricr corentiry. late Grznwracke,. cont'i,.tinit of fragmce'ents of qrn.tz'e er clorito .er'hiiit, cemiernted princaipally by feidiepatr. uartrs or sand, cemented together by aslice Us cement. 3d. Limestone, composed of carbonate of me, more compet in texture than granulaz marble, and often ciotaining shells and otber iarins orgamc remains 4th Aluosenous schtst. or as it isoften call'ed lale, this is mate u p of the decomposed ma rials of other rocks cemented together by ei erseleceuus or iromy cements o1ten contaill ig the impressions o plants. Sib. Calcarous Sandstone. consisting of we anld dilex or sand, cemented together by iearcouns cement. 6th. Iron stone, nearly the same as shale, brit i% ing a greater proportion t oxide of iron. 7th. Gypsum, or plaiter of paris, consists of dphate ol ine aui often coitains sand. ethl Basalt. or Whinstone; this isecomposed the materials derived from the decomposi uim or other rocks. of the pniamary series. The Irystalh ase sumall said give It a Somogeneones ppeaiance. It ofien presents itself in regular dluioums % ith 5 or 6 sides. 9ft. Biturninous or common coal. not com o in vin region. Soume of it bas been found i th river ast)e Austusta. 10th. Cha.k, soft car .onate (of lime, abound. in organic renmains, andi horizontal layers of nmt ir-- to wlich :ie gun fint is made. Hlth. Puddinig Stone, so called from its re mblance to mu eng!ish Plumu pudding. consst g of pebbles ceuieutodgether by selecrous l-nsingenots cement. There are a great many others, but these w'l I sulliciosat, for the imousi part and site sirentific aruier can refer to works on Geology for fur er informnaition. as our object is puincipally awaleni enquiry. All the earthy parts of soils are made up or a derrnes ant deoiposed materials of rock; nsequently, there must be as gre'at a variety sois as there arc rocks exposed filn the sur ce of the earth to the actiims of the elemess. at break thomt down, -sud fit them for vegeta e' prodsctionss. The materials of strata are ixed together by mansy causes, independent litinman cu'tiuri. vast ... f.. - r.. timn. ..if: takn place fil ite sourface of our Giloe, eat cata-tropies. ar.e- indeibly marked. tfin:S hen innmumieriaibe orgamic beims, have been r:sted by studdens destruction as there fossil 1ma.ms attest. Co-its, beat. rains, are all active9 '-n its perietial action lirever chanring e surface of our earth. We fisd in ature at tie finer and mon perfectly mixed are the star nils that fr m soils, the better adnpied. to .gstable prodnetions. This fact siggested to P. tiller of earth the plan of' pulverising A mixing the soils by [tie plomgh. Whenisv a p1an1t is pt oduced. the plastic forces and tit. Lener;;is are engaged to clus-s, inorgane to organic besing, :h In all a< el mlost pi. earthy at. w 'Vel mixed c I mmt 61ll1 ij lains. To et- ssil.I would be a usele id vain labor and would lead1 tm no practical 1snsiti. btl we may attain to somethina like or er, md we may clearly givem tie term sandy P a .oul that contains I of its n% holo of sand, mily sls hint e'ferve.se withm acids may be iroperly terimed ralcareouas sandy soil, to dis mIrumisi themn from thorw soils, that have nII& Ime mII thmsfmm the termim cluyey soil Imay lie alp lme.d., when it contilams 146 or iore of' impal able cuerthy matter not ethffr'easing to any de ree with aciss. Lmmn mlay be- applied to sis, that cointain at Ieail I of impalpable ear y matter. effers e ing freely on th applhca II Of acids. Ainym soil to be decidedly peaty ist comtainm at least ,one half' f vegetable matt'r. When am .ol con-sists for t6e nost art oif the demcomposed rimtter ofmone peculiar mm ofrocii. for intmance if fr'mgmint, ofJquartzs ndl miten. I-- J to prelmsmam in miy soil. mav %ver- lrierly ie cal!ei a graite soil. Ve- olien~ rimd in ite fertile allsysmoms sin tho -mk. s iers. ,ande anmd meca to prestminate, Ii, forim, What 1s c:llesd i!Om::las.'. ands1; it m I ge::ral very l )peb)rmlac1t e. 1i pill ert, litely mik. i1 coi'lst oin a it ik c.tiompo-sel of imalste0Ah ca .ble of ir -; hir' n,, donmi 1;-. lib e current of .iter. amid annmmat set eour-e be stinciv d1i ided efi thle, fs.tc of' lisaimey. A lovioms are tho mo-I hm'eterogernon,, and~ g eerally the s'st Inm ..ts'rmll soils our ttentiin mehommld be direct d ts thes en mijsu sot s'eralhtv. if' thme salts of' iron Sanmy aci mtte~msr predon:minate we may fairly ones'indIe thmis to be~ thms caler' of' sterilty, and ben ws.e' can isapply' time uremndy. Quick limne is s'rs s'lsa:mt Ith tis mmodi'mler. Vory ofhtensulphate I irssn i<it a pr im ose of siterity' inm an appa eut good ...l:1m mlnm ihecase a toj, dresisin! of wmcsk jimie c snver't' thnr sulishate inmto mmanre~ mmd per.memsnt fertiliiv is 'onmmunm~icted. An xs . of rakcar.maim miter mny be thme cause t' s',, then'm sasmd andm el.sy ar' bosthi modif'ierai. im someli cais an) e'xcs'ms sf vets'etable matter mastv camme sterality. hesr, hnmrn ing. sir thei adds. sit's of card~sy i'ominm, anid 4ermihtiy is thme re uit. Inm imst of ioir sldlI iand.'. a de fey smf ani n..l andm rsegtablie mm.ter. m, the" piiricial c-auno f stsrditi'. lhere i.s a pIn cam-s' in whichm the .hsitisst of tmmaure m's thea sure rs'ems'dy. Thme imp'-ov'e'menit at' ael Iimarmsh landums. ws'hat. ''er hei theiir qssuhty, iimmtt in all casm s he pre edlssd by dlmaing iss 1 thme expemrienmec oh' aes imdtepen'mdemnt of scienici iha- rove~sn stagnant va~ts'r t. ine injmieos tss imi.rly all csla-'ieg omf -egeta~lels producihosmms. Ine lands if thsis chmar mrter theyi .sra 'slim unmproidiuctive'i frsm thme prn. lotnmin iiier el 'e;:t-bb. mmatte't. reach1 arm' the s-ft black prat., thsen a tmop dirs"'ia mof s-:imd or -lmv .r boithm" nmnidi rectify~s th.s ses! atnd render ie'xmre~me'y fertile. All we sim the ws 'ss y of' -endelsrig ,oii1- that airs' imprsi:smrtivei ,rmmertie Sapesrmanenmt a:''maatge anidtheptaex ..dd.,a judiciomus ssno. aims seenmreys to time m'wn'mer atm additotom h Iis wealth aind musans of ' .m tetnce. If lhissms thmat cosmt '. dollars per mcre. canmm b's mne:mm sit lahour b' smade worthm 10 , mi'e as nmich ii i's menr that .15 d.s!tare per orsre is added's to te v alune. ansd time owner is that ' tmnnch perimanen',tlys the richmer. lAnd. in pars- ~ af Britain h:tvse bee.mn by :ndmciosss mamnagement sroumght f'rom 5 sihil tems per acre to be wopbtir frssm 1t00 to '210 gisinmea". Li thsis thtwwboe iimtts. schat is and hAss breen domn bi etist ,ca~ hie domne by us. Door lntches often work amp .it'1 with difficumlty, fromt wanto' u A fow drops mpo them wlin in ~ , onorate like maric.-.