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"The Editor's notions may he peculiar, bu(he"hardly thinks that it is necessary for a man to skim over his hundreds of acres for the security of stinted crops, in order to qualify him as a practical writer on the subject of agriculture. On the contrary, heis inclined to think ibat even "a little land iceU tilled," by him, gives him as good a ^ claim to suggestion and advice, as if he were a larger and more slovenly firmer.? True, oil his land is a garden; but this is only what?or nearly what?every farmer should make of all which he cultivates.? What is the use of skimming over ten acres to obtain what might be secured from a single acre.' Must ho who does thai be called ii fifaner> whilst he who does this should be set down as wanting in a practical know!edge of the principles of agricultural economy? ? Ttie Editor actually cultivates but a single acre of land, but that he docs cultivate, and makes it yield all that land can yield.? Nor, small as the quantity isi is t|ie amount of.substance obtained from it unimportant in the support ofa large family.?One-third of an acre he devotes annually to corn? the long eared, clevclled,eight rowed yellow corn, that is not very early, and not verylate. With him, it has ripened every year for the last ten years that he has cultivated it. The soil he mnkos rich. He applies to it, before ploughing, at the rate of eighteen or twenty cords of long manure to the acre, (or six to the third of an acre) and j turns it under !>y the plough. He plants the hills three feet and a half apart one way and three feet the other?exactly by measuring with a lino. In each hill he deposites cither a shovel full cf old rotted hog manure, or as much night manure as will net over stimulate the crop. From this third of nn acre he has realized on the average for years, over thirty bushels of sound corn for grinding, besides a little pig corn for the hogs in the fall of the year. This is as much corn as he needs in his family; be. sides a sufficient surplus for fattening one . large or two small hogs. From the same land, he ordinarily obtains some two or three hundred of pumpkins, which serve important, purposes in the family, besides be? ^ tug an excellent article for boiling up with the hog's potatoes, giving a cow, <Scc. From the same land, too, he*hus generally obtained all the dry white beans he has needed in ( his family to go with his pork?which he j raises by the avails of his land without purchasing of others. The corn fodder is carefully cut and cured, and iielps as a subsistence for the cow. So much for onethird of an acre. A small portion of land is set apart for the culture of onions. Ordinarily he has raised from fifty to seventy-five bushels on ? I.?J I...J#* > /In.m, m-ia cnii.nrn TllPefi tt dflJF fl'tli U UULtil I V/^U v? ??vww he sells, on the average at one dollar per bushel- say for $60 per year. This purchases his Hour and rye at common prices. So that from the first third of an acre, and an onion bed, he raises, all his bread brown 1 and wh'te. On two o:her large beds, he grows generally about fifty bushels of mangle murt. zel and carrots. Thos > are for tho cow's 0 winter provender. They more than pay for themselves in the milk and butter?In say nothing in the saving of hay and other provender. With a very little hay, together with the corn foddrr a::d roots, a good cow ?and he finds it economy always to keep the best?may be kept through* the winter. Potatoes for summer and autumn use, are planted on the margins, wherever there is a vacant chance for a hill, and a department is expressly devoted to them, large enough to raise all that are wanted for the table?and enough to spare for the hogs, &.C. So far, as relates to bread, butter, pork? and he might add, poultry. Then the rest of tho land is devoted to? too many things to mention here?beets? parsnips cabbages? turnips green beans,?peas?green corn.?cucumbers? melons?squashes, summer and winter sorts?&c. &c., besides fruits and flowers & of various kinds;?grapes, Antwerp rasbcr. res, black do., currants, white, red, black and yellow:;?English and common geo.;eberries?and a few choice apple, pear, plum, cherry, peach and quince trees. All th's is from a single acre, which he cultivates most ly with Irs own hand?the same that guides this pen;?preferring to do the work himself, not only by the love lie has of it, but because he can do it more to his own satisfaction than can any gardener ho can hire. As to the practical labors in this matter, ho would not willingly yield tu any one hero , * J1 JV D C I l w "4.1? _ ?c^xTestfi^iL.a~e: 3KJn.'~'. sc CHER J 1 ahou's. At least ho has never had a man to work for it m?how high soovor lie might stand as a gardener?whom he could riot teach." BUCK-WHEAT.' Why is it tha* this grain is not more cultivated/ Few luxuries equal good buckwheat cakes, and ihoy are as easily made us common corn bread. It can be raised after ~ . . - I L a-crop oi wheat, outs or rye nas ocen tnken from iho ground, and yields more abundantly than either. Notwithstanding some assertions to the contrary, we know that the straw cut makes excellent food for horses. One year after our crop was threshed out, the straw was thrown away as useless; soon after, our barn was shedded, and protected the pile from rain?we noticed the horses, which had access to it, fre- J qucntly eating'it greedily. This induced us to cut it into chop, and mix it with rye or corn Meal, it was eaten by every horse on our place in preference to oat or rye straw prepared in the same way.? Hogs devour the gia n and fatten most kindly upon it. We have heard of an int< li gent farmer in this State, who sows it at the time of the last ploughing, with the corn he intends feeding down to his hogs, and be thinks that its value is almost*equal to that of die corn, without diminishing the product of the latter, besides an immense addition of fertility to the hand, by the re. turn of the straw. The hrijrs are to give little preference to the corn. If this could be realized generally, or the bu.*k-wheat was of half or a fourth of the value of the corn, it would be worthy of extensive cultivation. The labor of sowing and cost of seed would bo nothing. In some parts of the United Stales it has been sown after a r II ...1 ' 1 . j crop ol srna.i grain was Mian uu, uuu turn! eJ in as a green crop for the manure alone, and is esteemed of great yulue. The /lour is always in good d< mandf'and grain hears a fair price in this viciui'y. We would be pleased to have the experience of those who have cultivated it. Franklin Farmer. From the Salem Observer. PRUNING PCACH TREES. I sent for your %i Observer," a few weeks since, a few hints relative to the cultivation of the most delicious fruit?the Peach ; but as nothing was said in that communication relative to the mode of pruning, I now send you the following: The trees shou'd be headed down from the top to within, say six feetof the ground, every third season; they will then throw out more healthy and vigorous shoots, and produce more fruit. Young wood will be forced out (if the season is favorable) and the fruit will form upon the laterals, or second year's growth. If peach trees arc trained high, the lower limbs are exceedingly apt to die ; the tops running up, being exposed to high winds, are frequently broken or split to the very bottom of the tree. I consider the best season for pruning to be from the last week in May to the first in June. Yours, J.*M. I. Prcseraing Plums from the Circulio.?A correspondent of the N. Y. Farmer, in 1831, says,?" One of mv friends has had plentiful crops of plums for 18 years in succession, by keeping hogs in his fruit garden, yet trees within fifteen rods of that garden have annually lost all their fruit by the curculio." Pear Trees promulgated from Roots.?It is stated upon good authority, in the New England Farmer, that choice varieties of pear trees tnay be produced, and the fruit preserved by means of roots. Small roots are selected, | which have terminal fibres, and eome kind of composition is usually put on the large ends of the roots to protect the wounds . afterwards , they are placed obliquely in the earth, and j fine trees, with the fruit of the parent stock, j arc the consequence, without the trouble or expeuse of grafting. from the cultivator. PUDDINGS. Plain Indian Puddings?Baked.?Scald a quart of milk, (skimmed milk will do,) and and stir in seven table spoonfuls of sifted In. dian meal, a tea spoonful of salt, a tea-cup full of molasses, and a great spoonful of ginger, or sifted cinamon. Bake three or four hours. If whey is wanted in the pudding, pour in a little cold milk after it is all mixed. This is both economical and guod. Rich Baked Indian Pudding. Boil a quart of milk,and a pint of fine Indian meal. Stir it well. Mix three table spoonfuls of wheat flour with a pint of milk, so as to have it free from lumps. Mix this with the Indian meal, and stir the whole well together. When the vvnoie is moacraipiy warm, sur in tnree eggs. j well beat, with three spoonfuls of sugar. Add two tea spoonfuls of salt, two of ground cinamon or grated nutmegs, and two table spoonfu!s of melted butter. When the pudding has baked five or s;x minutes, stir in half a pound of raisins, and add half a pint of milk for them, as tlicy will reuder it too dry. Rich Bread Pudding.?Cut a pound of good briiad into thin slices, Spread theni with butter as for eating. Lay them in a pudding dish?sprinkle between each layer of bread, seeded raisins, and citron cut in small pieces or strips. Beat eight eggs with four tabic spoon, fuls of rolled sugar, mix them with three pints of milk and half of a grated nutmeg. Turn the whole on the bread in tbe pan, and Jet it remain till the bread has taken up full half the milk; then bake above three-quarters of an hour. In making boiled puddings it is essential ] that there should be water enough to keep the i pudding covered, and that it should not be allowed to stop boiling from the commencement to the close. Water may be kept boiling in a j tea kettle to pour in, as that in the pot boils away. An old plate at the bottom of the pot will prevent the pudding from sticking, and when it is done, if the bag is dipped 111 cold water it will come out of the bag easier. m j Indian Uoided Pudding.?Make u still' | batter by stirring Indian meal into a quart o v*,j i e n .1 .1 4agaaggggragajgw g? g*gg^|ggggj|WPggiwjgigS VW, SOUTH-CAROLINA,. lUIIJ-JlUWOLi ? kJU.L'1 L. LI nil I I I HI?? boiling milk cr water. Then stir in two table i spoonfuls of flour, three of sugar, half a spoon- j ful of ginger, or two teaspoonfuls of cinnamon, f and two teaspoonsfuls of salt. If any thing { extra is required, add two or three eggs well beaten, but they can be dispensed with, and . some add a little chopped suet. Such pud-- 1 dings require a "long boiling. They wi.'i bo good in three or four hours, but better for be. ing boiled five or six, and some give a boiling of eight or nine. Tlioy require good sauce at eating. ? IJI jj boiling water, and sweeten to jour taste with ^ molasses or sugar. Add a spoonful of rose g water, aad a lump of butter half the 6tze of a u hen's egg. A glass of wine added with grated c nutmeg, will make it very good. If sauce j< rather better than common is required, take a , ( quarter of a pound of sugar, and the same of t butter, m >uld them well together with your ^ i hand, adding a little wine. Mould it into a " luigp, and sot it away to cool. Nutmeg must s be grated over it, and it is fit for use. p OIL AS A MANURE. j! It has been recently discovered that com. o mon lamp oil is a capital manure. An cxperi. ? ment made with it last year, is thus stated by j? a correspondent of Gov. Hill's Monthly Visi- j, tor: In the spring of 1830, I divided a plat of S ground which was ten feet by twenty, into two * beds of ten feet square each; to one bed, good a stable manure was applied in proportion of r about forty loads to the acre; to the other, j, common lamp oil was applied in proportion of 0 one pine to the square rod; the oil was thoroughly mixed with dry sand in sufficient quan. tily to absorb it, and the sand was then sown on ll the square. In all other respects the two w beds were treated exactly alike, and were k sown at the same time with sweet majo'ram. t' which came well, and both appeared very much q alike for the first three weeks; when that to ,r which the oil was applied gradually gained the j3, ascendancy and showed so visible a difference in favor of the oil that it was often noticed by " . . y fl visitors. In the fall the products of the two bed? were *>( correctly weighed, with the following results; a that to which the manure was applied produced 37 1-2 lbs. while that which received the oil produced full 08 3-4 lbs. making a difference of 31 1-4 lbs. in favor of the oil. But wheth- ei er the oil wid be equally beneficial for all kinds fr of crops or not, we are not prepared to say, or whether this is the best mode of application, u or not, we cannot say; but we have underta.- s< ken a series of experiments on a somewhat t larger scale and by various applications, with e: the common blubber, the result of which we ff shall be happy to comnununicatc as soon as ff practicable. ^ From the Maine Farmer. 1 PRUNING ORCHARDS, &c. 0 Mr. Holmes:?Five years ago this spring I w ploughed and pruned a part of iny old orchard. NV 1 find a groat bonofit from so doing'. Tbo opple6 are much larger and fairer than they were It before. I consider apples worth two-thirds as h much as potatoes to feed for cattle or swine, To boil for swine, I should choose one bushel u of apples to two bushels of potatoes. Some ^ consider apples of equal worth. It is about twenty-five years since I noticed that my P swine were very fond of apples, but then my lv orchard was yoilng, and my hog pasture fence p stood near the trees; when an apple dropped *| off in the pasture, they run for it as quick as pwhen I threw over an ear of corn, though I 0 n?? n/-mcidnr f hpm u*nrth fin much. Since the trees have become large. I have fenced off part of the orchard for them. I am rather of the opinion that hogs in the fall of the year after the apples and potatoes become ripe, do as well in a good" orchard to pick and eat the apples, as they would in a potato field to dig and eat the potatoes. . ol I wish Bome of the orchard growers would V( this season try an experiment with some part l(, of their orchards if not all. Dig about the trees, prune them, and in some damp weather n' when the trees are wet, scrape off the rough s( bark and moss, and if convenient, in fair c< weather white wash them. I am of opinion ?i that they would b? well paid for their trouble. V Take one half or one fourth of,an orchard a, of an average quality, and the abovo operation C( and see if it is not the better way. In the course of three years (it will not want much done in that time) I think they will iu ^iat time conclude that part apples for swine are ? I l?on ?-w\f n tnno T W 1*1 CIlC'clJJCl 1 (iiOtU liiaii pviuwv.u. V* If ??? te VALUABLE IMPORTATION OF pi CATTLE AND SHEEP. m We yesterday inspected the valuable col- al lection of cattle and sheep brought out in T the packet-ship Philadelphia, Captain Mor- w gun, from London. Tiioy consist of the following: 10 w A cow, called Gray, 5 yeurs old, cost 20 guineas, V| A calf, Sir George, G weeks ojd, 40 do. Q( A cow, Lumpy, 8 yeurs oi l, 100 do. ^ Ditto, Maria, 3 years old, 105 do. A calf, Martilda, 9 weeks old, 20 do. I, Ditto, Major, II weeks old, 50 do. p A heifer, Spot, 2 years old, 100, do. ^ Ditto, Astor Beauty, 2 years old, 80 do. .. Ditto, Nancy, 2 years old, GO do. p Ditto, Victor, 1 year old, 80 do. * Ditto, Flora, 1 year old, GO do. e Ditto, Cherry, 1 year old, GO do. 9 Three rums, 75 guineas; 10 ewes, 75 ^ do; 1 do, 10 do; 1 do; 20 do; insurance, ^ freight, and passages, 4G3 do?Total 1,518 p guineas, or 87,761 56. Wo have never seen so fine a selection of c stock landed on our shores. The cows are C prodigious in size, and their forms denote i< great strength and power. They are all li from Herefordshire, and are the very best t bracd that England can produce. The sheep f are of extraordinary size, being the Cots* f \\ olJ cross with the Uakewell Lincolnshire, s I and the very best animals of the kind we \ i have ever seen. They are imported by t Mr. Wm. Henry Southard, of Jefferson county, in this State, who went expressly i to England to select then), being for himself 1 and Mr. EtusUis Coining, of Albany. The i p?- * - * '** JL- i * i ?A5 F? ? T WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 ntroduction of valuable stock like this is of rfimense importance to our agricultural and arming interest, for which Mr. S. deserves ho thanks of the Public. They have been nought out in fine condition by Captain Morgan, and without any accident. * Express' ORCHARD GRASS. Of the grasses cultivated for meadows or >astures on moist but not wet land, there ire few more valuable than the orchard ;rass (d-actylis glomerata.) It is a very lurable plant, springs early, grows with jreat rapidity when mown or fed ofF, continles green late in the season, makes an expllnnt listv. nrwl n a noefliro le munh r<?l "J ' J'""-"' .W.. | shod by all animals. It is particularly aluable as a grass to sow in orchards or loodlands, from winch the under brush as been cleared, as it thrives well In the hade, by occupying the ground in sucIh laces, not only furnishes good pasture, ut cxclud s weeds that would otherwise ake possession. A mixture of clover, rchard grass, and timoth seeds makes ood mowing or pasture; the two last preading and occupying the ground as ic clover d es out. Where the orchard rass is used, as if thin it makes large ufts, and will not mow or feed as'evenly s when growing closer. There frequent otations of gran crops are practiced, as i some of our wheat growing districts, rchard grass would no: be equal toclovr, and indeed nothing could bo substituted for that grass, for alternating with 'heat. Orchard grass seed is quite bulv and light, a bushel weighing under ? o " o ? wenty pounds, and thcncc those unacuainted with its appearance and use enerally, but inperlectly, seed their md. We have made considerable use f this grass in mowing and pasture, and link it well deserves the ecomiums passd upon it in England, and in tbe b st gricultural districts ol Pennsylvania. Columbia Carolina Planter. Growth of Potatoes.?A correspond, at of the Inverness Courier mentions a lode of growing potatoes, which may be seful.in the saving of seed in seasons of :arcity, and also of furnishing a supply a lonth earlier than the usual period. The xperimont described consisted in planting iu shoots thrown out from potatoes kept in i ic cellar, on the 26th of May, about a lonth later than the usual period of sowing, hey were planted in a garden and raised n the 19th of September, and the result as highly satisfactory. At one stalk there ere nine potatoes the size of eggs; atanothr two large ones, one of them weighing 1 >.2 oz. The cultivator is of opinion, that ad the shoots been planted a month sooner lere would have been an excellent and earr crop. The shoots should be about ten or velve inches in length and dibbled into repsred ground, and all covered except the vo small leaves at the top. None of the otatoes should be planted along with the loot ; but they are tho better to have a good inny fibres thrown out from the root end f the shoot.?English Paper, From the Southern Cabinet. AGRICULTURAL SURVLY OF TIIE PARISH OF ST. MATTHEWS, (SO CA.) BY THE EDITOR. Introductory Remarks.?In pursuance four plan of making an agricultural surdy of tht: sou:hern S:at<'s, we recently visiicl tlie Parish of St. Matthew's, and will ow proceed to give the results of our ob. :rvations, and of the information we have jllected in our tour. We left Charleston a the 28th February last, in company with /m. E. llasgell, Esq. of that Parish, and rived at his residence (Zantc,) on the evling of the 29;h. Our ride was marked ith no incident worthy of notice. To Mr. llasgell we are under many ob? Rations for his kindness and hospitality dung our visit, not only bestowing every atntion on us while at Ins house, but accominying us in all our rides, he furnisned iucIi local information, and directed our' Kenton to such things as were interesting, 'o several other gentlemen of the Paiislr c are also indebted for much hospitality. In our future surveys, we shall endeavour i proceed rather more systematically than e have hitherto done. We will give a gen. I ral survey of the Parish or District we may isit in the first place, and afterwards an ccouut of the crops, &c. &c. PARISH OF ST. MATTHEWS. Situation.?This Parish is one of lije ighest in the Stat'*, and with that of Orange irms the District of Orangeburg. It is a? out fifty miles long and thirteen broad, ounded on the north, by the District of .exington and the Congaree river which eparatcs it from Richland District ; on the ast, by the Sarilue south, by the Parish of It. John's, Berkley ; and west, b} the Parish f Orange. Its southern boundary is be_ .vecn eighty and one hundred miles from :io sea. Climate.?MiliJ but variable : it is, how ver, colder than in the neighbourhood of Charleston. We met with no meteorology aal observations; and therefore can say but ttlc on this point. Vegetation is from ten o fourteen days later than in the neighbouriocJ of Charleston, and the fig-tree requires >rotection *in the open ground : when not ;o protected it is killed to the roots. Corn, vhich is one of the. first crops put in, is planed from the 5th to 20th March. Surface?Rolling and broken, especially icar the watercourses, some oftho hills are high and steep, and the banks of the rivers are precipitous; removed from these, the . i - * * * % i * ' 5 \** ' KET1 I Z E R. grounds are^nrrally merely undulating Some portions of the Parish are quite ele. vated, being as high as the site of Columbia, The height above the sea we did not "ascet. tain.-* Soil.?Various ; Upper section oklie Pa. ish sandy, and sandy loam resti^ on n clayey substratum, which, however, is ol considerable depth below the surface (about two fedt.) Middle section sandy, light clayey loam, stiff*clayey loam, stiff* clay,?all on a clayey substratum,?in some few places rising to within an inch or two of the face, hut Pennrallv vnrviinr from five to surJ , ___ n J J "O - twelve inches b< low. The sandy soil is only found in a few small ridges. All of these are met with in close proximity. Lower section, sandy loam interspersed with low flat bays. On the rivers deep alluvial mixed with miea : there is but little of this in the Parish as the swatrfjft are'principally on the opposite side of the rivers. I Water.?There are many fine streams, ' which though comparatively small, yet are powerful enough for machinery. This power has been principally applied to the propelling ofsa v and grist mills. Of the former there are not as many as the wants of the Parish require,?the latter are more numerous. The power is amply suflieient for as many as may be requ?red of both. Minerals.?Our research was entirely too limited to enable us to determine what minerals are here to be found. . We therefore mention those only on which we came across in our rides. These were marl, line s'one, iron ore, sand stone, quartz, and several varieties of plastic clay. The marl \v:e found in a number of places, and from all accounts it is very generally diffused over the Parish,?in some places rising to the surface, in others hurled several feet below. Its character also varies; some being quite friable and containing'a large per cent age of carbamate of lime, while others arc hard and compact, containing but a small proportion of lime, and unfit for agricultural purposes. Wc found some specimens which wero- quite of a loose texture, apparently composed of numerous small shells ; these were completely silicified. We | found other specimens, which were more compact,and which were also silicificd. The iron ore is principally in small nodules; we also found in various places a thin stratum. The limestone is only indurated marl; the quartz is found in small stones, and the sand stone is also in small musses mixed with iron. Property.?The estates along the river arc large, some of them being from six to eight miles in length. From the river they are of but modeiate size, and on the western borders they are small. Woods.?The principal growth of this Parish is pine, oak, and hickory, intermmglod willf maple, dogwood, ash, &c. Ti e pine prevails in the upper part, interspersed with dwarf oaks and hickories. Wherever these last are found in any quantities the land is considered as well suited to the growth of cotton, but it is of a light texture and not lasting. In the lower part of the Parish the pine predominates, forming immense tracts of" pine barren." The growth of the middle section is generally oak and pine of larger growth. The soil is* more compact and of a more enduring quality than either that of the upper or lower. When newly cleared it produces excellent crops of cotton, com, potatoes, &c. The growth of ; the swamp lands on the river we did not notice in particular. We recollect observing the overcup oak, cotton tree, muple, and many others of large size. The canes were also very larg.*; some too much so to be used for fishing rods. BuiUlings.? The residences we saw u^re ! all very comfortable, but with the exception j of two, (Mr. Hasgell's and Col. Lewis,); I they were ofuncient date, and generally in excellent preservation. Wc had the pleasure of visiting the house at Belville, which I * was one of the posts of the British during our ; revolutionary struggle. At this pluco several skirnrshes took place between iiie*Amorican partisans and the Royal troops. The window shutters, and doors, perforated witli bullets, s ill remain as they were, and we hope they will be permitted to retain tbeii places as long as they can be made useful. At a distance of one mile is rather worse, Fort Moite," on a high ami etevaiou picre 01 land immediately on the banks of the Congarce, which are here very steep. It commands a distant and beautiful view, but unfortunately, owing to the great haziness ol the weather, we enjoyed it but on a very limited scale. Manchester and Statcburo wo were informed could be seen from this spot. Belvdle was in sight, separated by a valley, and stream of water which flows through it. The rail road to Columbia passes about a half mile from the house, This place became celebrated in history from the heroic conduct of Mrs. Moth;, whi who when the post was beseiged by the American troops, and could not be capturet owing to the Royal troops having taken shel ter in her house, and which having no can non they could not reduce, brought forth ai Indian bow and arrow, and placed them it the hands of the commanding oflicer, to bt used for the purpose of setting fire to he; own dwelling, which was then occupied bj ** nirnnt It the enemies ol ner couniry. iii? .. well known. The arrows wilh lighted lov attached were discharged at the roof, whicl soon set it in a blaze, and the English n< longer able to hold out, capitulated. Tin house was burned to the ground, and tin present one was built not long af;er, near not exactly on the siteofiho old. A sma The name is still retained Cur the plantation. * * A m ^ r e ; ? * 4 NUMBER 32 . hillock, which was once a part'of tho breast ? work, still remains to show where the last , line of approach was established. The houses usually found on all of the plantations, are negro houses, hospitals, . cotton houses, corn houses, pea houses, gin i houses, lumber house, gear houses, smallf -grain houses, stables, sheds for'cattle, wagt ons, carts, and implcnffbnts. These arh in most instances distinct and" separate front I those Attached to the residence. These* ' latter, arc a kitchen, houses for servants^ i poultry houses and a house for poullry-min^Mer (built near,) smoke houses, pigeon : houses, dairy, carriage houses, and sta* b'os. The negro "houses are generally frame buildings. Some few of brick were erected by Col. Lewis, but they are not approved of by the Planters, as they are i tooclose and confined, especially in su miner, _ and themforp. T " th's account some Planters prefer the log cabins. Most of the negro houses we ?aw were of good size, containing four dormitories and two sitting rooms, with a chimney in t! e centre and between the sitting. Attached to these are usually small enclosure# cultivated by the occupants as gardens. They also have hertr. a small poultry house for such fo wls, &c. as each may be inclined to raise. The hospitals we did not visit on any of the plantations, but understood that every attention was paid to those who wpre sick and carried there. Col. Lewis hase-' rected a very fine and large one, which we s uv at a distance, but did not visit the. interior of it. . .. Implements.?The bull-longue an<\ shovel ploughs are principally used in breaking up and cultivating the crops. Wc saw but few mould board ploughs, and none io Use. Seraperst or winged ploughs, are used to destiny the grass and weeds on the sides of the beds and in the alleys. The other im? plements are the common hoe, grubbing.iioty 4 pick.aze, shovels, spades, and axes. The harrow is not made use of. Wagons are^ principally employed in the operations of the plantation, though on most there are ft few carts. Machines.?The principal ones on every plantation are saw-gins, (these are usually of forty "five saws, made by Boatright,?colton-whippcr, thrushing.macbine, corn.shel, 1 r, cotion-press, and straw-cutters. The gins and press are worked by animal and water power. We hffve already mention-* ed Cue saw and grist mills. Enclosures.?The fields are usually very large, as timber is becoming scarce in some' 1 parts. Many of the Planters have already resorted to the diich and bank with a straight rail fence on the latter ; the most common is still the old worn fence. Arable Lands.?-These are cultivated in cotton, corn potatoes, peas, oats,rye,ground, nuts, and small quantities of rice and wheat for honio consumption. The cotton crop is the only one grown for market, though a fmv groundnuts are sometime# sent down. No rotation of crops is observed, though it is now becoming more common thon formerly to rest cotton fields two years, and plant them two* (some only one.) The cotton is scarcely ever manured. Mr. Husgell is the only person we heard of who does so regularly ; others give what they ? have left from their com, which too frcquen tly is little or none. The corn is invariably manured with compost, and cotton seed. None of the other crops are manured. The' ccrn and potatoes are principally relied oa for feeding the negroes,?the otlicr crops, with the exception of rice and wheat for feeding their horses and stock. The rida is grown on low grounds, well drained, generally near water courses. In the adU % ? joining Parish, (and no doubt also in this,) it is likewise grown on high land and cultisomewhat like corn. The lands in ihis Parish were once uncommonly fine and productive, but by improvident culture they have greatly deterio-*a'ed. The system has been to crop severe, ly, on J plant largely to the hand, while maf nuring jvus deemed of tco little consequence i to merit attention. The field* were worked . as long as they would produce any thingr and then abandoned,and other.fields cleared and exhausted. A better course has of lata been adopted, and more attention is being f paid to tho resuscitation of their old fit'ldu. . The whole of the corn crop as we have al. ready observed is manured, and a lirde of fh,> cotton. The discovery of marlin var r ious parts of the Parish is attracting atlent* 1 tion, and several planters will experiment ; with it. All seem now awake to the imi portance of collecting and applying munureg, , and we hope soon to see the lands in this i Paris!) resorted to their original fertility. i We have come across no lands which. , appear to us, so susceptible of permanent r improvement as the lands of this Parisfe > generally. The product of the cotton, - crop averages from one hundred to one j hundred and fifty pounds per acre; on . choice lands from three to three hundred . and twenty pounds per acre; corn from x? i.. iumnttr hncholc Tho ntlipp rrnna ] ICU IU mwuuj. utuuvim * >IW VVWVI ] are not taken account of. The quantity . of ground planted to the hand is still r v?ty large, being from twelve to ninei teen acres. The usual allotment is from 3 nine to fifteen of cotton, three to five of ir corn? and three-quarters to one-half of ! root pota'es, besides there are planted 3 some slip po:atoes, (principally for seed,)* e oats, rye, peas, and rice. In order to1 e get through with so much the plough has if to be resorted to freely, and one plough Ij to every three negroes is usual. There - are several fine native grasses which grow in the swamps, especially where