Farmers' gazette, and Cheraw advertiser. (Cheraw, S.C.) 1839-1843, December 27, 1839, Image 3
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CARKOTTS AND ItUTA BA?A.
The produce of theso crops is not s<?
largo in this Statu ns to n-qu ro much ex
pence or pnins in their preservation. An
acre of rutabaga or cnrrotts is, upon th<* |
whole a largo quantity for any one farm, j
As yet our farmers in the cut ivntton of
roota for stock- nro ?dnwlv f?>??lii??? ?li?if I
way- Wo hope they will come ou' right
I r at lust nn'J that small experiments will
* encourage them to extend ealtivution.
They will presently learn that fur k' cpmg
stock, there nrc many much more profitable
crops than English hay at a ton or a ton
and a half to an acre ; and by turning their
attention to other c iops. by which thoy will
liuva it in the:r i own to keep much more
stock, I In y will increase their manure hoops
and in this way quadruple, and in some casus
increase ten fold, the pio uclivcncss of
their farms.
An acre in caror's mny bn easily made
to yield six hundred buslv Is. In the ran.
mate of nn excellent firmer in Bcrki.hr
county, hill' onrro ? und half oats are ns
goods R9 oil oats ; or rather to use his own i
expression, he would profiw one hundred !
bushels of carrots und one hundred !
hushds til" onls to two liun 'red hushel of oats
for liis horses. The experience of n di<?
tioguishod firmer in I'jiigkiinl, in the prnc.
tice of keeping eighty horses on his I'urin
and inhiscodicrv,entirely coufirms this statement,
Now a hushel of carrots a day with
chopped straw or salt hay, would, we have
no doubt, keep a work n horse in high con
ditiou, though it would probably he much
Dctter in Uiocase to give him in lieu ??f so
many cairn's, some pain or meal. I lull'a
bust.til of Cairo's per day, ho*ever, nt
twenty five cents per bushel, cut oir from
the allowance) ma le ahove, wruld pay for
an allowance ofa peek of oa's per >luy to a
horse. Upon the supposition then, of lubcing
kept io the .stable six moii'h-or on
hundred find figb'y throe days in a season,
an acre of carrots yielding six htindr >1
bushels to the acre, supposing one half to lie
sold at twenty five cents per bushel a.id the
money expended in oats a' thirty-seven and
a halfcen's per bushel, to eat with the carrots
would const Joinbly eior>' than furnish
throe horses *ith hn.l a bushel of carrots
each per day and tw o buJteU of outs per
week, or more than n peck of oats p> r d ty
besides the half bushel of carrots. Under
this feed a horsu would re?piire v-*rv little
long feci! of any km 1 to keep him in goo !
condition.
Now on the other hand, suppose th? i
I...ran l.aa I.'....It. 1. I I If I.-- -- I I I
iiuiiib ikis iimv. mi l II ML' IS worked
lie ought to have us in uiy n ils in the former
ease, b< sides, oir; horse will eoticutnu in tli ?t
tune, at twenty-live pounds per day, not less
than two tons and a quarter,or thfthrne, six
tons and throe quarters : and this can fondly
bo ofoaincd from less than seven aer s of
land of ordinary yield. TI.e horses will not,
in the next ji'ace, In by any means in so
good condition ; and the manure made
Iro'n tins h i d of not half the value as thu
made in the other oso.
This is, many will say, a remarkable
siateiiKii', hut it is well loiindsil and not at (
all exonerated. In other respects it deserves
gtrucul ir consideration. Tiie.c j
cannot bendoul t of ;!? advantages to our j
nnimals, in respect to health and comfrl, j
wliicli the use of snceulent vegetables in j
some proportions, would have over the dry I
feed winch we are accustomed ill our present
mode o! keeping to give them in the
winter season.
We might go on to speak of the green
vegetnldas for st vk m winter ; the sugar
beet, the rtitn bags, the parsnip &c. &., bui
it dues not come within our design to treat
this subject mure fully at this fine.?N. E.
Farmer.
Bit its ? Hep Moth.?On another page
our renders will find some valuable extracts
from Mr. Week's book on bees. Mr.
Weeks has doubtk ss had more experience
in bee management than any othoi man in
tno country, and the result of his numerous
experiments afioid new and useful informa.
t on in relation '?? the economy of these cu.
rious insects and the method of managing
them to advantage. Wo noticed Mr.
Week's work last winter, and wo would adVise
every opi nion who lias not one of
fhos' honks to oVai:i it as he can have n
f.iflil of useful mutter for only cents.
in the extracts to which we have referred,
Mr. Weeks observe* thai the cement used
by the bees in plastering up crocks in hives,
is used food bv the moth in the larva
state. Wo huvo never been troubled with
he b?c rooth ; and as wo generally in the
spring put n coat of white wash, made of
fresh slaked limu umi a good portion of salt,
ull over 'ho top of die bottom board, und
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CHERAW,
1 on the lower part of the hivo on the insitl
and whitewash our hives on ih<? outside, w
have thought that it wn? a preventive of in.
jury from the moth, hut it may not ho th?
caso. We have used th whitewash for the
purpose of cleansing the board n(V-r the
d?-ad bees are removed in the spring, and
rendering the "ir |iu>? and the Ives heal htill,
and we have found il valuable for this
purpose.
A few years since wo had seven or eight
hives of bees severely attacked wilt sick
news so that no work was done, many bees
went dying and all were dull and idle. W?
made an experiment by taking soino-from
the ground that were so far gone that we
took them up in our hands and they rould
be just move, 9i) or 30 were put into n
a glass and < g >od dose of salt whitewash
given them, t.u i iliey soon became ne'ive,
and appeared t? be reg'oreJ to good health.
We then whitewashed the board on which
tie- hives set, a id each hive on the inside -up
to the comb. In a few minutes the b?-es
were s?-en busily tucking the liquid whitewash,
and they seemed to take large doses,
and the next day they wore well and shout
their work.
We bought a hive of Irons last spring that
had not been properly managed ; there
were several quarts of comb broken down
and with n few thousand dead lice# laid in a
mass at the bo'tom ol the hive, which with
the perspiration of ,h'' bee? had rendered
the air damp and un whoh sninn ; we cleared
this from the board, hut the bees were dull
and slow. We then whitewashed the board
un.y tiuuii uccaiuu active ami ill
diistrinus.
ll is best to tuko out tin* bol'om boar I
and wash it clonn, when the weather h?-"ouies
warm ill'It" spring, atld then white
wash it nml the hive. I hit be kt late tlinn
never, ami new the bees have begun their
labor, they may not like an interuip'.ion in !
fine weather, so this operation ran lie a ten '
divl to in n cold s onny day, or on n cold
morning.
We do not say that this method will pr<-vent
the depredations from the moth, hn,
us we have practised it, and have ti? v *r
fa-en troubled with the moth, we have some
euson to suppose dint the lime and the salt
have been a proven ivo ; from the general ^
nature of these two subs nnees it is reason
able lo inf? r they woul I be offensive to the i
no li ; for though salt mid lime may he a
good medicine, they would not tie n very
;u<nl fund for the y ung mo h.? Yankee
Furmcr.
I.MPltOVCMBNT IN ?T.?CK,
It is well known by intelligent fnmers
that great improveinen s uriy lie unde m
stoek. an I they arc giving then attention to
toe business. Kvery farmer should attend
to it, for it is a subject of the highest importance,
ami one which boa gem-rally been
very much neglected. Tne means of miprovene-nt
are w i h n the reach of evmy on?even
those of the ininitil st condition.?
I'tiotuh U may re?j ire more cap.lal than
most farmers can spu for hnt purpose, to
poichas" the expensive im >r?v- d bre<iltlint
are imported, yet a great improvement
may lie iii i'H* 111 (?ur nutiv ii'i t iH t?f *t>ck,
if a gr at advantag Ruined by pure utsini?
i osi* idr udy improvi d. umiii: of wliV.b
m.iy b-- liii'l at a mod* rule price ul almost
very part of die country.
livt ry farmer in seloc tng the stork wliie'
li<; 11);<*11-!m to winter, should xaimiio them
critically, and if they ure not o| good fin m-?
a:: I S'Zu, if it s ox be no". k u I tough and
hardy, c pablu of performing niucn I ibor
will* co onion faro, and ins cows good milk*
cis, In* whoii d look aio ill I nu t pureli.ise
better, 01 exchange them lor sonic tint art*
superior vvliicb arc intend' I Inr .ski gh'er.?
li'a man haw stork to s II. In; should bv n'l
iic-ims 8i lc;ct tin! b- st lor keeping,
t 'Oogli tlic poorer animals sell for inu<*li
less.
We have beard diov<-rs snv 'hut farmers
li tve olf-rod lliem any lumbs in tbeir flocks.
? tling lb" price upon the handsome*! and
b"s' for keeping?thos" of the largest and
finest fleecers and best forms?only about
one.third higher than the poore6' part of
tte- flo.-U, with ugly forms and small fleeces.
Tim did'erence in tin- price w >s frequently
so small that the drovers pr- f-rred the large
lambs for their use, and in this manner even
line flocks of the farmei would soon bo reduced
to a wortnless rcce. If the drover
could givu 50 per cent, more for the best
lambs, they were surely worth 100 or 200
p<-r cent, more to the farmer for keeping ;
as by selling off the liest the whole tloelt
woul'l soon grua Iv depreciate in value.
A tanner may sell his best tipples, his
fattest beef, pork, mu'ton, and poul ry. his
best butter and cheese, and other articles
i w .i??;i comuvn l n good price on acroun'
. of iht'irsuperiority, without disadvantage, if
j lie liavo good wholesome provision fo* Irs
, own eousu npt'on. Sometimes wtien tiearticles
are to be carried far to a market,
I here may be n decided advunlnge in selling
thn best, as the purchaser may be willing
IO P'y h {?'*lo grM"fy his tnsto a:rl please
his fancy ; while other articles, not so fur- or
! rich, may bo wholesome and nuiti 'ous, ami
j of almost equal v due to the consumer ?
The sale ol such produce does not affect
i lu'ure crops.
j II t when n firmer sells his finest nni.
mats, ho sulf rs a loss that is lasting ?tic
' feels it every nor in the d'prec a ion of his
1 s'ork, as i' affords less profit while the ? xpi-nso
of keeping is nhout the same A
I.inner should iio more think of selling of
his best animals than he should of selling hilarge
handsome ears of traced corn, care
fully selected in iho ficlJ, and planting lull
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nubbins, such as usually full to the lot of the
pigs. Iii animals as well as v- getuhles,
. propagate from the best, for' ui e produces
i like." Y<?u cannot ex/oct lo gamer tig**
> from tliisllea. ? Vinkei* Farmer.
From ilia F.rnier'b R- g.stcr.
CHINCH DIG.
The greatest plague ue now have to
coinplan of, is the chinch.bug. For several
ycurs pas' v*e sustained great loss n our
crops of who >t and InJinn corn from 'heir
depre lu'ious. ami w have cause to fear
ini?<:liiuf from tliem llm next. It is. therefore,
| us?,r the occasion to communicate
a Ntaterncn of fuels as r? later! to in ,
and o* s Inch 1 ?lo not, doubt. from whien
t would Mci'in dial ravages on ludi in corn
may he staved ufor b'uving a wheat fie'd.
A gentleman so.ved a narrow strip of hind
in o.iis (no' with the design to protect his
com.) between a w'i?ut ami corn fi-W, and
the oats retarded the progress of the t?u^
from itie* wheal to the corn so long, th it
i.ll I....W.I. .1.-.
mere WITH COUIUI'-sti IlUllHMTS in
tlie former, very little injury wni done 'o
the corn. Now I nrcount for tho 11*1 !* in"
jury tliis way. Titos who linvu paid ?t
teulion to too puhjec know ttint ttiero are,
as is tito case wi It many other insects,
tluoughoot I lie wirot season, successive
generations or crops ol tho chinch-bug,-and
that in certain stages or forms of existence
they do li tie or no mischief, and that they
are in ti stu'ii !o do much ujur\ to the crop
when they leave the wheat for the corn.?
The slip oi oats ih n arrests them, and serves j
to nourish lia in until tltey have changed in.
to auo In-r form w cn they do h tic or no
iniseii- t, tnl ni the mean time the com is
progressing-ntd gelt'ieg out of the way o( ,
mjur\. In confiniiHtHHi ol the facts stated I
and i'oiie!tlsioiis di a a ii, I will observe thai I I
tio'ic d .n nn own fiel Is, ib it the bug after
committing gre.it depredutions on n when !
(i.'id d.d hut l"tle injurv, alter it w is cut to j
an adjoining ont field, Ituving pen- irated it t
no where, us t ir as I unserved, more than ,
film-n or t wenty ?t.ys. before it was c't. j
11 then a narro w intervening str p o? oats
w ill stay tiie prngp ss of the hug irom the!
wheat to the corn held, it will be well for all i
those who would otherwise have them ne. i
eessartly ndjo n'ng, to in erpose the narrow .
strip I'erbaps one of fifteen or twenty !
steps would aiiKwr, and do better if sowed '
I tie. VVe know that tlies corn fields ad, J
loiinng die wticutnru much the most subject
to be injured.
W. M. WATKINS.
1IUU MANURE.
For a ding the growth of many pi mtn, j
and particularly corn, we have never found j
any manure the application of which pro.
duct d such t fleets us mat from the hog pen.
I, ist year we laid a ft- M ol corn dunged
in tlic hiil, part of it with alternate loads of
! hog pen manure, mid common good stable
manure. Each load planted about livo or
six rows From the commencement of
i te r growth, till tne rip* ni .1; of the corn ;
the runs manured from die pi" pen h >d the
. <Jv 'iii.ioe, ,ind ;it harvesting th -v yiel led a
inueli larg< r qtui'iiity of corn tiinn the mil
is, llioiign .dl was excellen . A tv-ignbor
t'?" last s,-lUig. 'U p! tiding hi* corn, us? d
I guoJ ?tabh manure, except 'oi some lew
ro.w. fm which toe stable mniiure f.eoiip
atan t, lie s *s> .triced a load or two from h.s
hog pen. 1 tie d ll renco hi the sof tie
! emu Iroin tie* lira', was stjeh IIS to nrr? a
the a leiitto,. of'-veiv passer hy, Hi d hough
the ti'tir mis heei, unfavorable lor corn, it
has given a handsome product compared
who ih? other.
Fresh mniiure of any Wind, should not b"
epidied tfnec |y 10 crops of grain ;iis th? y are ;
apt to pioduce too mut It s'raw and 1 n fan* '
gcr the lormaiion of a good berry, M mure
should be first applied to roots, or to corn,
and gram follow; by which the danger of a I
. _ .1 .... ... 1 1 1
IIIJI# l?l|>(! ?? (IVUI'ltllJ.
Hogs iIihI nru sliui up to fatten should be j
i U?*pt warm and dry, and tliry should bu
I kepi cleun instead ef being confined |to dirt
mid mud, s x or eight inches deep. ns '* lire
case with many. It is not possible lor hogs
:o fjtu i; fast uuh s? tlmy are comlor.uble, j
und they cannot be comfortable, wlulu cov. j
ered w:tti filili and exposed to cold und !
Met, insttad of havii.g a pood waim li st. |
Hogs s onld have pure earth occasionally, j
andjt little charcoal. ? Anon.
THF. MOLE.
Of all ibo hybrid anirnals nature seems
capable of producing, thcro is nono which j
is more valuable for its services to man than
the mu'e, winch, as well known, is the ?lf
spring of u jack and a man-. Owing ?o
some causa not ye* explained, hybrid animals
are unable to petpctua'e iHeir species,
and enee 'o increase tlieir numbro, recourse
must be Ita I to r<e animals from
which |||<-y we.e 01 i?f>ft?silv *1 rive.I Til*'
common mule is a veiy v alu ,b|e an 01 <1, o <
-< r.i?
IIVIII ?>i Miiguu, K"'P' Wlill IIIno' l> ?S C'?sl
Ihdl) thn hone, and for domestic purpos? s,
or for the f<nn. ?y those won have us'd
>hero, considered fur super or.
The mule possesses the peculiar eliarncter
o! I niu< vi y hi a greater deg,o? iliun
my domest rated ununiil, ypp iri mly uniting
the n^e o( holt 11 ?* bousl rum winch it
sprint;*, 'tsclf. Thus if we cnn?idi r the
i. at urn I age of th" hois-* to Imi thnty years,
i iiif 1 that ol the ass forty y? urs tlie mule
i would live to sixty-five or ? veniy, nn l tli ?
p lias b en freij tentlv ai a n*d bv tin m.
The mule is in yfeal deinuiil for die We*'
I I a ! < *, uid South Anvriea. and is extensive.
, iy breu or exportation o b one countries.
. The mule is inur.h less liable to din,-ate
j than the horse ; and being capable of longer
f
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d r e n
IDAV evening. de? e
continued Ixnltly exertion than either th
I horse Tor it is principally used i
I car/ytng buidens over 'lie wu? e? mid moun
tain* ot nil somii rtes. The mule is rathe
inclined le le vicioiir mid ?onie;nnei? unruly
Init l?y rar??wh"n * onnjj, tt?en?? pro|iensi'iei
are nhec eJ, anil they are t!ie ino*t doe<l<
and in nmgraWe of uiiIiuhIh. It 'S ohjeetei
' iitfriliif then, fiat their ?eZH ih too small M?
l.irm or a^rirul'unl purposes ; hut tliii
I isowktH'o In* parents, particularly lie jack
wing 01 kiT'Tior size ; and where g?o-"
Spanish jacks, ati'l large nmir.it me ux<?| f?i
breeding. 111 h objection Joes not evst. I
lias betn obsenefl, t?*ut an n grnerol rub-,
ibe muV' is just about the medium between
die niseoi I ho ti ft wild the tin in, of course
, niiitnult large enough for any purpose re.
quiring strength, endurance mid economy,
can I* produced l?v prop rfure in br- cduig,
THetlSU'e pure of lliw mult* i? about six or
oven mites an hour, though ?imn Invc
( bee a able to trot twelve nn!? s in the ami'
'inc. Tl e> lire much used in t ecoalond
iron works of Gnit Britain, and u' the
work* of Colebr.tok D<le, seve at of these
nnunals liave bve and labotoa mom than
six y years. Th" breeding of mules is better
understood u Kentucky and Tetin' sgee.
than m |?-rh'ips any other p?r' of tla* United
States ; and gn'iit numbers of litis va!u hie
s'oek a'a annually driven from ttios" s*a t*s.
When .lav. S tuiby, of Kentucky, di-d n
lew yeirs since, at the settlement of his estate.
th: sale of his niul s product d be \v? en
fourteciand filleen ihousand dollars , several
r.pins bringing, unless we have forgot en
foi. or'ive hundred dollars each. We are
of the rptnion, that our northern farmers
wtiuld i'i'1 t ie larger mules a valuable addition
i? their working ea tlo as more economical
in everv respect,
(Jenneace Farmer,
Okta (Cotton.?Tlie following lettei from Dr*
Tayler (oriuctiy of Columbia, was addressed to
a coomiitec of nil Agrien'tural Society in
AI iba.nn unit is published among the proceeding"
of the Society.
Montgomery A/a., Nov. 4'h 1S3A.
Dear S r?As a member of the Committee
on the Ultra Cotton, ol which yon
are Chairman, ond in compliance with the
desire of the Society, I e h vc 'o repor;
to you the result of my experimer.t on the
same.
1 p.irchascd last spring two busle ls rd
the seed, with which I planted i *
acres on the 15th of April. The land 01.
which I plat tied it is tliin post oak prairie,
much worn bv lo g continued cum vat on.
It l?, id otf bv n decn fnrritu) nt In1
foot, Itllrt wllich ill'* Stlibblu WIIS listed, Slid
upon which a bed was thrown by the
plough, then dressed up with the hoe, a
single seed was dtopped at every twelve
inches into a trench drawn (or that purpose
and slightly covered. Not more 'hail one
lourih of the seed came up ; hot th ?t w ine
did vegetate, came up in a vigorous plant
and grew finely.
Ahout the fcrst wet k in May, I shaved h
low n. and inunedin'ely after gave it a close
net :? op ploughing, following with lliO hoe,
and dressed it tip. Rvery three w?*i ks there
ift* r, I gave 't .1 supi rfi i'd plo glnng, with
lie sweep each tone, following with the ho'
and giving it more bed. About the noddle
oi August I lai i it by. by giving it as
siipeifici <1 pl 'Ug iiog s p *<ii?!?*, ti.en draw
,ig up'n it Wittt 'lie hoe as heavy a bed as
die s.?i| woul I ad,nit of.
On toe 10th of June it commenced
blooming. It pr**w up generally in one
(all si.ilk from A'olO f et high, with limbs
altoin 8 of 10 inches long, and finm three
o lour inch's a pa, I. lc'ving * rluvrr ol
in,lis Oil earn l.inb of live to eiglt' in num.
t'*r, and some inn's more. It frequently
occuis, 'hat two and sometimes thr?*c hmbs
pui out from near the ground, growing p
wnd- ill' lull length of, and bearing fruit
< tju d to. tile main stalk.
It is from ten da) s 10 a fortnight earlier
in maturing than the Petit Ciuif cotton, and
i? a b >rdier plant and tougher wood ; it lias
also a longer tap root 'han other coton and
rii ir-ij in . s iiiuu^'M maier. us siii|no is
inn h finer than the I'ctil Gulf, and I should
suy, ul least '20 |M>r cent. difference in their
value. 1 have already gathered 24,800
Ihs, from rny thirty acres, andhnvc a heavy
picking now in my field.
It must he observed, I had hut i*.4th? of
a stand, und that, too, planted in live feet
I rows, wherena, it would bear planting i
tlirr" Icel row-I confiden ly believe the
s line land capable of yielding 0000 lbs.
per acre, if planted ut three feet, or in double
rows at live feet.
Tutrc can be but one objection to this
co ton ; it bonds to die ground bv the weight
jo.'iN Irui' ; but this, | believe can be?obvi.
a'ed by planting in d?ni|i c ro?i ni fi> e feet,
It would form no arch from In v to row,
and thus support rneli ni'>ei ; 'he limbs be.
nig *i u t aii?l ?ne foliage t un, it wih bem
I crowding.
i' yiuing iron) fin-jfin head as follow ,
! lOOISs. of cotton in tho srpil, wi.on <rtm>? <
| * I n-'t 36 Hw. of lint or two IiuhIx'U of
W' lg nny 61 lt>*.
Very r* Hp?'<*ifiilly.
Your obc.ncnt vrf?nt,
J. II. Taylor.
To (i? n. C. M. J.ii loon, Cl-airrnan o
i Commito* on Okrx Cotton, Agriculture
| JSoon.y of South M.thaniH.
Fio n l'ir tinnw F rincr.
FRP.nt.YU hllKKP.
| To |) ivo sli'-i |? ?f?> noil in onr xovrr win
|i-r? they ?ln?ul<l not only t?nve enough t
j n?t, liui it ahouM ho tf.vi'n to them in hu<a
monitor tlmt tln-y nity receive the In
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Mil UK 27, 1839.
e tM'iii'fi of'h? food given. D iii'irnton an
n (onu1 oth?r writers have calculated that tVV
|N?iin<ln ?>f hay n day ia*utFioent for a sheep
r iiu' 111in in greatlv il' iiriiiliiig oii'hs mnnoc
, in wh.ch lli?*v ar?* f d. Sheep room thai
s most animal* rquire ? eding o'l<-n, and ii
i sinull qua iti io*. They should "never b
f f<-d l?>h? Hi n three lime* in n duy, and if lb
r same quantity of food in divided into s'tl
? Niiia !< ' por 'on*. by mom frequent feeding
. it will be the better for ihr flo? k. Evert
I larm<'i s ould r? ov mber tba' sheep are verj
r uneqii.il |e? der*. in enld days eating neurit
t d<iiibi< the quantity* thev will consume in i
i warm dump one. and die fe?*ding should I*
i r* gulated accordingly. If indeed on such f
' day, heir Ani I is, im is frequently th?-' case
ull giv. n to litem a* a time, their breathing
i upon , iiud irampl no upon it, will rend-'i
it ne rlv tivl' ii to 1'iein. But wo do no
imagine that two pounds of bay per day
will k p in n sheep in good condition f.>i
Ibur or five inoutliN, or that ton of liny will
k-ep mile or en sIm?'p tho wint<r of our
climate. They require something more;
I hey long log! ni the earth, and sincolhn!
ih iii!|>iu<'tic!ihle, green fo d of some kind
should !> given itiem with their buy. A
f< w eti turnips, po'uiooH, or carrots, sal:?d
iccnntoiially, distributed duly among the
flock, will greatly ns-dst in keep.ng them in
good fl sh and heart. Partners would escape
much of the discns< ns abcdding of
wool, oss of lambs, and general injury of
their fioeks consequent on poor keeping, by
giving that alient on to tins truly valuable
animal, winch none beta r repays.
From thsUcunvmc Farinv.
TEMPERATUItE IN ?REAT BRtTAl.N AND TO*
UNITED STATES.
While the average temperature of the
year in Englnnd exceeds that o( the rortlteru
part of it.e United S ntea, the average
of the three* sumni' r months there, tails vrry
mucii b low- the average nl the same months
here. Thus m tho agricui.ural reports of
; some of the English counties for last year,
I it wass'a ed t ml *'frosts were frequent duI
nr.g tho months of July and August." We
I have been ometimea asked why corn na
well as wheat cannot la* grown in England.
Tile true reason ih found in tins low tempera
ore of ll.e summer months ; which
while it proves no' unfavorable for wheat,
renders the ripening of corn impossible.?
Wheat will b<* twst in h tcmpcraturu that
averages from 00 :o 70 degrees, as the stalk
ukes more iimo to grow, docs not sutler
rotn diought. and gives a finer, heavier
I b< rrv than is usually produced where the
j temperature in h'glir. Great Britain ia of
course one of the best wheat counrrica in
I the world. Corn on tlie contrary will not
j -trove ut ma'uny under a Iras degree of
In-a t than from 70 to 80 degrees, an if ('it
;iv?T'tfjH of tlir tnree summer months does
no' raitge between 75 and 80, n good crop
of corn c?n hardly be expected. Titus in
Kngland corn will never be grown ; a law
ol nature tliut cannot be biokcn forbids it.
sii.k cci/rntr.
Let those who doubt whether the Southern
States are adapU'd to the culture of silk road the
I following urtic'o taken fiom the Drunswick
j ,tla.) Aivocute.
i Mr. Cditor: The following part culur*
i in i el at ??i? o the cul itre ol' silk in Georgia,
\i|! no doubt be interesting to sncli of your
I readers ?* are engaged in tho business of
> ? 11 flowing in lliirt Statu. The si!k of
| Georgia is allowed to bo equal in quality
1 nd beauty o any silk produced in other
c'inr s, which assert.on 1 can esluhlish from
i many woiks on the silk culture in the Uni;
|.(l Slut' M, nnd particularly in Georgia. In
I I7JJ2. the cul'uro of silk become an object
' of considerable intention in this part of the
! S nu*; the lands wero granted to settlers
1 on condition that they would plunt ono hurt|
dred white mulberry troeH fur every ten
| acres when cleared : and ten years were ?!.
! lowed to grow the trees. Trees, seed and
' eggs were sen' over by the trustees. An
; Kpnjeopul cleigyman, a native of Piedmont,
. was sent over to instruct the peonleon the
raising of worms, and winding the snk.?
' F.vrry e* rtion wns ma le to stimulate the
II, ni.lx In tli.t cillllire of ?iilL- ouun ll">
j W|?. |?uu*
! lie or ?hose'imes lias u representation ol
| s>IU worms in their various singes, and tlie
'} motto JVtm Si fa Std A His.
j In 1735, eight pounds of silk was ok.
i ported from Georgia, and made into rich
hroendn iind presented to tlie Queen ; the
! tlio cost of nunufacurng snd dying tlir
pioe? of goods was twenty pounds. From
this liine until 1750, huge parcels of silk
i I were annually exported to Europe. Froir
) 1750 to 175-1, the sdk ei|?r>r ? <! amnuntec
! in H H*0 doll .r^. In I / 55, 10(H) pounds o
uiw silk wit receiv d at the filature tit S ..
, \ hi mil In 1758 his h'i Mmg was ileum y
d hy fir win a q..an iiy olsi k. and 7<>1(
r pi.Ull )S ol corn .0*. hut HnOtle r Will PltH'li'il
in n<e ye.ir 1759, it?? enlo,?v export d up
wards of 10,?hh) pounds s-'k. whioli so'
t irnii) two ?? thre" slid! n;?* h -gherper pom <
1 Ii ,11 ill ?l flf llllV i.Imu Pniuitrv ??* I
commissi', nerii on ir of*' mmI |ilnn m iuu
roi.sstm# of.ihou 4!) iiiiivnt s Ik >:mw
?ts and weaver*. declared on i-ihiinnuiki
il.ut the silk o' (? orp:i i* in i:s exiuio .ru
I ly (>oo(l, t!?r color l>?"ti itiil, tie *Itivvi i
i and as c|"nr as i|to hest Piedmont, imti mi
In- work* (I wil.. less ufllhc than Coma * II
tul ?*ir Tnomas Cornice, a,i eminent mil
i:i;i' nfnclur' r, pronounced 'lv s Ik fr>a
(jeorgi*. equal in str?n..i|| ,m<l Ix' iutV I
i. the besi lu'lian silk. According to the o
o ficiul am inento' William Brown Conq
h j trailer of Customs at Savannah,8^2Sf poor*
ii| of ?iik was exported from that city bet w e*
_ ?- ou notiK"i? ?? ? ; , #
; ing a bounty 4K 20 ppaadt oh every 100 * *
r pounds value of raw stlk faiMd for the pot
d 7 \eurs. The lost. pgfp|i brought to &*
n vannnh for exportation was in 17*0, ?Mch
n aoldrtU 18 to 25 slulhngs per gooad.'jW?
e aiik rasing business wu* entirely broka4" Op
II by (be revolution, and after the .war the
more ready way of making money, by the JST
y cul ure of indigo, rice, cotton and cane, au.
jtorcodud it entirely, nod by ipuny persona
/ it is deemed a new thing, and 4 venture to
, say that there arc many native Groiwian* in
- n anhood*s priino that know it not,'or who
t have ever lu-r.rd of silk having been cultifa,
ted m their native Statu. Some aga#<|*r.
r sons there are, however, who can still givo
r some instruction on'the winding of silk, and
a few white mulberry trees tha| arc now
r I flourishing intbo country bsar^jpscora that
r . Georgia has been a silk growing State.
I - K. H. P.
I AMtaiCAN vs. FonncN slur.
Tho extrnva?*M fabrication which has
b< cn industriously circulated hy some over,
wise grntleinra, that thefo is no merchatu.
tnblo silk reeled in this country, was a few
days sines adverted to in the presence of
Mr. Clteuey, of Burlington. He replied,
that recently he hud used in bis factory f about
400C pound* of foreign silk, for which
lie paid an average price o f $4 76 per lb. At *
tho same time ho was purchasing American
reeled ?illr ut ? ~^ ' '
?.... ... ... .".i tip i |iuuiiut uii which
!iu made n larger profit than on tho foreign,
i Another gentleman was mentioned^ who %
sold hn* raw ailk at siv dollars a pound for
f all no could ruii?*. It is becoming notorious
tu ail who use wearing ai.k, that the Arnafi;
can manufactured article is for superibir^o >. $ttr
: any foreign, and bcsui- ? it is not s? turn tod* 'ffc'
' with the deleterious ingredient* uto^ by aM
; forrigner* to mak* the adit weigh UM>r%'-*?
, This substance usually componos 25 per.
] cent of Ptnisib's superior ftilk.?N. Y? ?v.
rust.
RKPORT
: Of the Joint Committer, to which teas re.
ferrcd the Mrmoriai of th$ LouiswOle, . '
| Cincinnati, and Charleston Rail Rami
Company, praying an advance *?Mbe -*HEs*
p irt oj the State, on its subscription to w
the Stock of said Company. . * v"
The iippl cu ion of (he Louisville, Cincinnati,
and Charleston ltu l |loud Company
has a double aspect : first, for an advance
on the pail of the S ate of 5000,000 ofu
S3: ate Stock, on its subscription to th? aaid
Company ; and second, for ananmndmeot
of the A t passed oil the 21st day of Da.
ceiiiber. 1836, "To confer Banking priviU
egrs 011 the Stockholders of the Louisville,
Cincinnati, and Charleston Rail. Roa<l
Comp*n>, die." Ti e Committee will first
dispoj'' of the application for tha alteration
m the Bank Charter.
The Act of 1836, conferring Bankingprivilege
H oq t',, k Company, was inteuded
to aid 111 he construction of the Road, by
giving to the Stockholders an iovrsimcnt
which would Let immediately productive.
I and tliua eucour-ge and assist them in coti-:
ttruciing the road, winch could yield no
i prufi * for many y*-r.?. The conditions
! annexed to tlx* grant 01 Bunking privileges, w
i wore such as it is feni d cannot now be com.
i piiod wi h,undone indeed, which it is believ.
| e?Jt ought not to bo itisistod on, even it* it
'! could be complied wnh, to wit ; that Mquiring
u double track to be constructed, a*
| olio track, at little moio than half tbe cost,
will b?* amply sufficient. Theun ciMiditM.n*
: wen-; first, that the road should bo com.
j plclcd with double tracks from Charleston, *
or some point on the Sooth Carolina Canal
| and K it Road Company's mil road to the
' Ohio River, or 10 homo othei rad road, to
\ connect it wnh tin; Ohio River, uitiuu ten
i years l>opi 1st Janunry, 1837,
Second, Or to finish said Rail Road as
{ afo esaid, to the Southern Boundary of Ken.
; tucky, in Ham ten years !
! I iiird.Uriiriu.'illv ini tm-nd nail Afln
/ ? - -r ? ?.?,vvw,vw?
on he cons iuc.ion of uid road, witliio ten
years.
Fourth, Or cull in and actually expend,,
or niak?* contracts within fiva years fro in 4
" 1st January, 1837 (1842,) fur the amount
1 ol 83,01)0,000, Tor ihu construction of said
Road,
In the event of these conditions not being
1 complied with, the Banking privileges aru
1 revoked, .tie Charier and the Bunk to be
> closed and wound up,
1 The Committee nre satisfied, thut tiw
| continuance of the Bank is important and
1 j necessary. The proposed alteration in its
I j Charter, they also consider expedient and
I jml'e.ous, as an essential ineauB of inspirit11
g t.u Stockholders, und inducing ti.eni,
at huh time of groat pressure and embarrass.
) nient, to lu? d on to the Koad, and exert
. .hemselves for its coniph tion. Ttoy have
. | fhmutore, prepared a Bill fur that purpose,
i j which is herew ith submitted as a part of this
J 11. |K,rr,
c Upon the proposed ndvanca of $600,000
hy ttie State, on its subscription, the Com*
. j m.'hr ti tvc ueiit>Oft*le<l vnth care. TliejL
n li ?t sought fur information ns lu the actual
i- 1 condition ol tlif Company, it* liabilities, their
i,! nature, and alien they became due, and the
tl | means at die command of the Company to
irn-el iIk*u liabilities, and at the same lime,
k to ascertain how far the State wa? implica.
ti ii'il or hound for any of its debts or acta,?
ii?1 *l*ik* Committee ure greatly indebted for
f l nmcli iotorin?iion, on all these points, to (to
r>- Kej xirt of ul 'omniitice of tlie llouso of
|? lt?pr? sentativoa, appointed to make similar
n. investigations, and submitted to tbo House
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