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Advertisements not exceedingksi*toeirtinet, inserted for one dollar the first tirrrt^ and fifty., cents, each subsequent ins -rtion* * " Persons sending in advertisements are requestju to specify the number of times they are to be inserted; otherwise they will be continued tiW > ordeifcd out, and charged accordingly. ^ 0*The FostagO^ust be paid on all cominu?? g From the Cultivator. - notes of-a tour. -Gentlemen?In a recent tour of considerable extent and vnri^*, in the .eastern section of our country, i have met with many thiogs to gratify the fi iendij.of agricul lura! improvement. -Through the wiiole j length and breadth of this favored land, the constant operations of industry, under the guidance of intelligence and ? ^ taste, are clearly-discernible. The rugged forests are every where disappearing,, and , their places supplied with gre<?n pastures, luxuriant meadows, Or abundant crops; or if wood-lands are still ietained, the 'netr growth of selected trees, shoot up w ith a grace and beauty seldom found in the dense and matted masses of >our native wilds. The log cabin has given place to the hand, some cottage,und the slight,frail tenement of pioneer, to the substantial farm-house, or more elegant mansion of the wealthy husbandman. Nor does th career of improvement stop with the mor ? convenient and ac- . cessible ppr.ions of the soil; everywhere nature is pursued in her remoest haunts, and everywhere subdued; aod from the self sustained luxuriant bo toms, to the verdureclad summits of the loftiest hills, the untiring energy of our Anglo-Saxon race is through, out conspicuous.. The highways are made be ter and more direct, and tfie Ughtn/ng paths, with their fierce engines glaring like meteors through the sky, convey the traveler from point to point wi:h such rapidity, as to leave him all his time for his favorite pursuits or observations, requiring scarcely an appreciable portion of it for locomotion. DRAINING. One feature of recent improvement was; peculiarly gratifying, and in h I thought I perceived the influence of what is too often neeringly called book farm'ng\ a term, I venture, to say, waa never sincerely used, but where stupidity or stubborness reigned supreme. To a.considerably extent, ditching and draining low lands has- been prac. ticed, and in every case with entirtf success. Land that before yielded scarcely a handful of coarse herbage during the season, by the expenditure of a few dollars in ditching and puttiug into a state ot cultivation, mis 4} been made worth 50 to $150 per acrej for almost invariably, the low swamp lands, when freed from water, are vastly tjxi/nost productive. Much controversy exists as to the mode of draining best suited to our country, and the question yel remains unsettled. * It is undoubtedly proper tbaj the phtn shoulJ.J vary with the skumioq of the land. It would seem, on a hasty view- of the [. object, that the labored efforts of some well I disposed persons to Introduce the expen- ! ivtrTnodos adopted iji Europe into our own country, are as inappropriate as if the attempt were made to i/i roduco the paraphre _ ? I? I. * _ .1 .. .1 T . ,4* . x! nana or royalty, or a cnuron institution. Tneir sysem is thorough underdrawing, principally with tiles or loose stones, p In cod at a sufficient depth allow a coating 6f soil deep enough for -nl! the operations of husbandry tobe carried on as ?f no drains existed; and this is undouh.ediy the perfection of draining; but tho expense of this in our [' country, would be from-51) t> $150 per ncre; an outlay so -excessive tliat*We appro, j hend for half u ct-niury to come, it cannot ' be practiced here unless in the neighbor- j hood of largo cities, where land is worth from 3AO to $600 per acre for cultivation; i the price of good farming lands in Europe, j The system may be applicable and tidviin- |. tagt-ous to this ccunfry, and it is much tobe wished that some wealthy end patrio.ic individual would institute a series of scientific nnd practical experiments on this subject, and communicate the result, nd it is-possibln it might ho found, after all the expense, ! the capital woulJ be more judiciously invested than if expended in.additional land, to ! be cultivated'in our hurried and; impejfect ' manner. Ifonce, however, but generally j adopted, our whole eareer of border extension and colon zition must be ubandoned, and the constantly expanding .vavc of emi* j igraion must contract and speed its refluent; force centerward again, for wojiave run a. | 01 jround land enough on this continent already, > to sustain, with proper cultivation, a nation of untold millions C?n our national taste | for adventuro and western emigration be . checked and turned juto the more sober and perhaps rational pursuits of a highly j co'tivated husbandry ? We think not?a truce then to underdrawing with us, for without the countless hordes that are yearly migrating westward, alike tho locusts of Kgypt, wo cannot pursue it to any extent. There is much, however, we ran do, in this matteri and at a trifling expenditure of manual labor. And here I will mention ! one mode of underdrawing, probably of Yankee invention, as I have never seen a 4k 1RM A JV D C li - CHERA description of it. It is performed in heavy clay lands, where ditches nrg most required, bv excavating a trench, say of 12 inches wddc, with perpendicular and parallel sides, to the depth of 12 inches; or if it is contemptated using a subsoil plow, to the-depth of 16 inces; then from tho center of the bottom a sub-d tch is excavated, of 5 to 6 inches square. - The .sod taftenoff the entire width from the top is then.inverted and placed at the bottom of the upper ditch, and becomes a durable cover when fitted to the top, thus doing a way" with fnedargo expense of tiles or stone* ^ Our system must essentially combine e: 1. ?l u;.v cyniMiijr w|iiruun.j', ?uu .inn v^uu uc ciicuicu to a Very great extent in surface drains. Theae jhouldexist wherever water remains oolh* grountLoTier rains, or when it is too much saturate?! with springs in the vicinity. *No stagnant water should ev q>bo allowed in a civilized country, for besides its'effectuah hostility, to all useful vegetation, it poison? the atmosphere and-becomes tho.pro? lific source of half our diseases and deaths. If a systematic course be pursued in all the operations of the farm, much draining may be effected with scarcely any additional trouble and expense. For instance, all clay and flut lands shoul I be plowed into narrow Tidges, and every successive plowing should be directed to make the more el. evicted portions higher, and the depressed one still lower, always preserving an outlet, that the water accumulated in the last shall be carried offfreely, and by this means the whole surface becomes n succession of sur. face drains without the expenditure of a days labor to an acre. In many instances, however, main ditches will require to be cut for-a considerable distance, to get sufficient depth and slope to carry off the water rapidly, and when the principal drainis made, the tributaries can be completed at a trifling i expense, either with the plow and hoe or the gjuide. To illustrate my meaning, I will describo the manner of drainipg a piece of hind 1 recently ^adopted. The. lot consists i of, a stiff olay^running back from the Nia- ] gara river, with ? gradual, accent of hot , - " - r._ i. ;la T? more wan nve.or s:x ieei ior n mutt. ujs traversed through-the wholo distance with irreguhr undulations, but the ridges almost universally running parallel with the river. At right angle^wjth the river, and across these, I run ditch Pour feet wide atjhe top, two feet at the bottom, and from ono to three and a half feet deep, so as to preserve a uniform descent on the bottom, thus cutting transversely all these longitudinal ponds, for they were npthing else in ordinary wet senses, and a little additional work with the spade or plow, effectually carries of .all ?, the surface water. The wliole expense *of this does not exceed one dollar per acre. N6w let us see the profits of this operation. If this land be worth $90 per acre, to -cultivate in.its original condjlinn, and much of it has been Sold at higher prices, aw) onefourth of it was covered with water, which was generally the case to a sufficient extent to prevent .the growth of nutritious vegetal tions-rfry expending one dollar I -increase the productive land by the addition of another third to the original amouht, which is equivalent to increasing the value of the investment one-third of $60, which gives me $20. gain for one expended. ; * I have seen an acre of marsh grown up with rushes and cat tails, tiiat could bedrained by one' man's labor in two h'outs, and when done,it would be worth any two acres on the farm, and yet to this riiomcnt it has not go. into the. bruin of the owner or a 'dozen of his inieKectual predecessors* that this Could "- -A'.w.L, ~ kn Ai>nr>. ultrl it rtnu linvo Koon VI wngni III " -/ . t!ie cause of half the diseases in the neighborhood for two centuries! These men have ntfVer been troubled with book farming ?rtor did they ever take the Cultivator; from such noddles, imd such only, are wo ever to look for hostility to either. . * CATTLE, SHEEP AND SWINE. * In stock, I was glad to notice considerable improyement. Through New.England tk'fcre seems to be little difference in their herds for the last twenty years, except hi the gradual improvement of their native cattle. . And it is possible, after all, that our our Yankee, kindred may be mainly right as to breed.,' The accidental circumstance of din port (or the ; embarkation of our piTgrim forefathers to their future varied and picturesque abode, happily afforded them a convenient source of supf ly front the herds of fine JJevons that abound in the neighborhood of Plymouth, and froin them, with more or less admixture, haVe descended the present extensive herds of the eastern'states. Tho8'Canitna1s, though habiiuated to a warm climate, which was but a temporary inconvenience, are entirrely suited to the character of fife country they were destined to inft.*.;* emullpr hn?Jv. lrimrpp?nH cinnivv naoii) u'cn j, ?p . ? j legs, and especially their.great susceptibilL ty of taking on flesh, rendered them easy and profitable feeders,- and their extreme richness of milk, superior working ond excellence of beef, has justly made them a favorite breed to 'lie present day. They do not give the extent of product on the same number oflegs us the Short Horn, the Here, fords, and some, others; but ifihey yield as much or more for the quantity of attention and feed consumed, they answer all the ends required by the intelligent herdsman. Ti;e native cattle have, to a slight extent, been crossed with new importations of Devons, improved Short Horns and Ayrshires, but this has only been done to a limited degree, nnd with great carelessness; for on personal inquiry, I have found that, some of the most iotel'igent and liberal* minded citizens hitheitu instrumental in procuring these V \ TE & J1 W J ??mmmmmm?g??gag??iu-? AV, SOUTH-CAROLINA, ??P??B??1^???? aimnuls frcni abroad, have not a single pure bloodeJ animal in their herds. There is the grand fiult with our Yankee breeders, the total neglect of pedigree and purity of blood, for unfortunately their ancestors, in adjuring a hereditary nobility and the rights of primogeniture, carried their reform from the biped to the quadruped, and made genuine democrats of the whole race. The principle ofj)laqing every man on his own merits, is undoubtedly a good one, though it may be controverting the authority of an omniscient providence to deny that the son of wise and virtuous pirenage, is not more to be relied, on other things being equal, than the child of ignorance and sin; but in the animal economy there is none of that human dependence on ancestry, 4for no truth has been more fully established as a general rule than that44 like produces like" We must, then, in accordance with this principle, look for capacity in producing good animals, not only to what the individual under consideration is in itself, "but also to what it< ancestry has been on both sides for generations, ns characters they faintly exhibited, or scarcely discernible in an individual, may, from its long'inheritance be so i?utU tl\a /lAnchfnti/vti qo fn hp rpnrri. ?r<?iir;u wiui IIIW twu.iuiui.uin no iv ww ?- v duced in successive generations to a great degree. . . There seems to be a fi. Id open east of the Hudson, to the enterprise of persons of capital and taste, not to any considerable extent hitherto occupied or maintained. The fact as to the scarcity of pure bred cattle, of any description there, is, I believe, incontrovertible, (and if incorrect, I shall be most happy to be set right in the ni ttter.) and this want is the more conspicuous, from the general intelligence and thrift that pervades that region. Liberal gentlemen have, from time to time, imported some of the choicest stock from Eurppe, but these have soon become mixed with the general mass, and after a few years not an unadultered animal could be found. They have been, the means of conferring some benefits, but not all that ought to result to the community. The great desideratum is the possession of pure bred animals .of whatever description they may be, whose peculiar excellencies shall, be constantly -and sustained by judicious crossings with domestic and foreign stocks of similar breeds. In the selection of species best suited to th'e country, n diversity of opinion, resulting in the introduction of several different kinJs, would be beneficial ra.L:.t 1 r u:? M iiier liiciii omerwisr, iur a coiiipcmiuu nuum be produced, highly favorable to suscessful results, and the advocates of the Short Horns, the Ilerefords, the Dovons, the Ayrshires, and the native breed, could- test the relative merits pf their respective -herds, by direct comparison. In this essential feature of agriculture, Eiigfond is , far before us, and must forever remain so unless, we adopt this system, which, as it hos to some extent been already comnv need,' we hope may, with the usu d ardor and zeal of our countrymen, soon be fully carried out. The best spechwrfs 1 hatfe seen, are the Herefords recently infporjed by-Mr. Sothy am, and now in the neighborhood of Albany?but as he promises a description in your.journal, ue may all hope to know more about a breed that has. for ^ long ' time assuredly, been held in high estimation abroad. I ? There seems-jo be considerable progress making in adding to the carcass and fleece O P of tttrir sheep. In Merinos And Saxons ih?y have long In-Id the preminence-^bui the excellence of the' vyoolly tribe has been, to no inconsiderable extent, varied and multiplied by the addition of the Soirh Down, the Bakewell, the Leicester, The Lincolnshire and the Co:swold-r-of these last there were some very superior imported by Mr. Sotham, at the same time with his Herefords?and at the residence of Messrs. Bagg and Hart, of Montgomry, Orange county, who are also importers of stock, I saw a considerable flock jjoth of Cotswo!J-anl South Downs, hardly i should judge,.-to be surpasied. With such choice,s ock before them, cur intelligent countrymen can scarcely fail to come to a correct conclusion as to the comparative value und profit of the different breeds, it is much to.be wished, however,that those who have kept tliern for some years in the vicinty of other flocks, should give us the results of their experience as guides io future experiments. They have all, to a greater or less extent, been highly estimated abroad?are they' equally i /? ur ' . i ai 110nit* : we want experience in ims matter which is the only true lest for the farmer. In swine a considerable improvement lias taken place, so. far as a cursorv view would enable rne to judge; tiieir legs and snoots have been shortened; their ears.set jip and trimmed off; their backs become broader, and a portion of their bristles put on the other side of their skin and converted into good' .pork, and the loTjte ensemble of tjio grunting tribe, has been very perceptibly bettered. And this improvement, so far as my observation extended,' has invariably been the result' of the infusion of a large portion of the Berkshire or China blood. This origin was generally sufficiently obvious at the first glance^but in one instance where very fine pigs were shown me, with a long body, broad back, and sustained through the whole length, and terminating in a finely rounded ham* thin hair and no bristles; largo of their ago, and kind Jeeders, yet entirely white, I was struck with the perfection ot their form, and thought il rivals were to bo found for the Berkshires, they were then before me; but looking a little farther on the same premises, I saw a fine, pure Berkshire sow, which'on inquiry, proved to be the dam of the perfect pigs; the mystery was at once solved, Uiey had embodied all their superiority from the female ancestry. There was another superior lot of pigs I saw at the Worcester hos GA2 ID r E R T WEDNESDAY, SEPTEAj: . i e : than puai, proaucea irem successive nuooco . China on the Bedford, which the intelligent | head of that well conducted and magnificent | establishment informed me, with ordinary keep, | usually gained one' ponnd per day for the urst twelvo months, at which age they are slaughtered. Their great size they get from the Bedford, and their great thrift from the China. I The truth is, that the Berkshire and the Chi- I na are the perfection cf the hog kind?and these j perfections have been so thoroughly bred into | them for successive generation^ that they ( impart a much larger share of improvement in a cross than any other, and perpetuate it through a remote posterity. ' But on the subject of stock, as that of ' daries, it is too generally the case that our < farmers arc " penny wise and pound foolish"? I they object to the first cost, when in both in- t stances they would frequently be repaid the ( first year, and have the investment left as cap. j ital, yielding a large income annually thereafter. It is to be hoped the prevailing spirit of the age, whose every aspiration is onward, ! will not fail to inspire them with a just appre- ' ciation of their true interests. ' Very respectfully yours, - ~i R. L. ALLEN* , Buffalo^ Journal 14, 1140. | From the Carolina Plantor. . i REMARKS OK THE PROPRIEY OF USING MARL f IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Mr. Editor.?So far as *1 have scon or ' heard, all those who are anxious for a gel, c ological survey of the state, seem really and g and practically to^have but one object, via. r thediscovory of marl. Without intending to ' discuss the propriety of calling this hunt f lifter marl, a geological survey, or whether c it would not be cheaper and every way n more expedient for the state?if she must t do something?to appoint some one skilled s in.the art of finding and using* marl, to f search for that alone, or if you please, for e that and other calcar.eous manures, permit c me to ask a few questions of you or some s of your correspondents acquainted with the subject; 1 do not ask them idly. I happen c to live in the neighborhood of an exhnusti t ble bed of shells, and, as we suppose, marl 1 a'so, with which at a moderate expense I ( could cover ray whole possessions. I wish, I however, to know from* some authentic < siurce, how I am to proceed and what lam j le gain by it, before I venture. Will you do ? me the favor to inform me, then, what marl I is. How many kinds there are? What * are the tests of eacht In what condition it < U generally found, and to whnt condition it ? must bo brought before it can be employed t as a manure? The simplest and cheapest i manner of preparing it? What quantity < should bo put on the ground per acre?? f The best manner of doing it? And, most i .of all, ho v much u will increase the prquuee per acre/ And how long it will las;? Satisfactory answers to these questions, have probably been given again and again, but ihey are unknown to me, and 4o most of your readers probably. I do not take Mr. Ruffin's work,* it is loo far north for me. If the matter has been fully treated there," could not you or somet)f your corrcsdondents colleot and condense what he hassaidr and make an application of it to our soil and our staple/ My land is in general light and sandy. Your excellent remark, that liming such land, was like giving "bit- . tors without beefsteak," confirms an opinion ! have always entertained. And I am ufraid marl will act in the'same way. Before 1 try the experiment I should be glad if possible to know something certain about it. ' Middle Country. 4 ' Remarks on ihe above by the Editor of the Farmers Register. > Wo are tho moro pleased to learn from thn above iirticle, (jiiasmucli as it proceeds from one who seems to .esteem marling 1 very lightly) that there has been Already 1 excited in South Carolina so much interest ' in regard to marl, and so much anxiety-to 1 to discover its existence. We agree with 1 the writer in one at least of his position*;, that is, that a geological survey fe-not ne. cessary to discover the existence; or* to the value, of marl beds. Antl though irra rec Jilt uddrcss, delivered before a southern agricultural society, the discovery and appreciation of marl, and the consequent great value added to the poor'lands ol lower Virginia, have been ascribed to thv geological suroey of this state, wo make bold here to I assert that the geological survey had no moreageucy in.producing this improvement than it had in exciting the Seminole j war.f And, indeed, if it has produced any good effects to the general and agricultural 1 interest of Virgiiva, of as much worth as the marling of even 100 acres of poor lanff, wc confess that we are unacquainted with 1 all such results. The interest excited in regard to marl and marling in South Carolina must lead tothe proper use of the great resources for , agricultural improvement and wealth, which have beetf heretofore, or until very recently, * The writer necdjiot tell any one acquainted with "Mr. ituffin's work" that he does -?not take it." His opinion that "it is too far north" for him is proof of it. If he is a Carolinian or Georgian, and will ^take" it, and beat) it for one vear, he will not again say that it is too far north for him/ Eo Far. Gaz. f" By a geological survey of Virginia, in a distriot of country considered unimportant, beds of marl have been discovered and analv. zed ; and, bv successful experiment and application to a poor soil, have enhanced the value of lands from comparatively nothing to a very high price." Address to the Agr. Soc. of Barbour, Ala, V &ET1 I Z E R/ BER 2, 1840. entirety neglected there. And even if those most interested in the matter continue to refuse to receive information from any experienced source, merely because it conies from a distance, (he zeal and intellige.mob servation of new beginners in South Curo. lina will ultimately arrive at experience and :ru li though through all the disadvantages ind all the losses that must attend nh un? aught and unaided apprenticeship in this lew business. We coulJ assure this writer, (?f he could ever hear any thing utterid so "far norlthat although the person le names succeeded in quadrupling the in:ome and value of his land by the applies, ion of mail, yet, while so laboring, un. aught by books, and unaiJed by experience, that he encountered losses from his gnorancc which wore more than enough o have paid for as extensive anJ profitable mprovements as ho made; and that, tho gh'S of experience row published, and vhich then had no existence, would if then ittainable, have been ifcortb, "as aid> housandsof dollars-to his first few years' abors. fie"did not then, or since, think h * hat anC information applicable to his.wants ind his ignorance came from "too far lorth," or too fur south; and be wduld have ejoiced to have obtained light, if it had exsted. from scientific research, or nractical 1 rbservation, from any available source, or my remote region. However,, these- jenarks will not lie seen by M?ckJU?. Connry;" and if they should be, by -boing rerublisbod,.he probably will attribute tliem to ur anxiety to secure the profit of selling him i 5.0 cent pamphlet, which, if desired, wquMte gladly giveii to him or lo any other peton who would probably receive benefit rom its instructions. We do not know, howivor, that ''Middle Country" would consider lur precepts and facts as coming from "an luthentic sourse." A generul remnrk is called for heie by the concluding passage in the above nriicle? hough we have said and urged the samp, in iifterent forms, many limes btyore. We Jid not happen to see the piece of our cs? eemed fellow laborer^ the very intelligent iditor of tlio 'Carolina Planter,1 which com. Wed "liming light and sandy land" to'giv rig "bitters without beefsteak," and berefore we nny hot cpmprcheruTits scope ind force. But we entirely concur in the expression in one sense, which wtis we pfe.J lume, that in which the editor spoke?jind is dissent from it in (/mother sense. It isr rery true that' marl, or calcareous earth, ioes not act direcly by furnishing food to ilunts, or as dung and other -putrescent; nanures do; whoever ma rig under mistaken news in this respect wiff . probably incGr oss, if not do actual injury. \( all aid from jutrescenl mnnure, in every form, were vithhehJ, and if the very customary system if ungeasiog exliaui'iqg cropping is pgrin .'d,' th^n indeed, fb land sb treati d, marl vould ber in u great degree, "bitters wjth. >ut beef steafc.^' But, oh the ofher'hand, lis nottiecessary thai' artificially prepared lutrescertt muQgres.'.from thb stable or. larn-yard, should' uccompany - marling,' o render the latter highly prbfiqrbfe.^_Xhat, f attainable, would certainly bo-better; but vithouta load of such marlure being ap~ ilied, enough putrescent matte/, may be ?iven to land |o eha.bie marl to double of iven quadruple ils products, by merely ettirig the lun'd rest, and .he covered by, ilia noi oe uepriyeu ui uy gracing, i 3 own laturul growth of vegetable matter, by iVhicli nature* manures" every. soil that is :uguble of heiog. enriched; utiles* where nan acts to cut off, or bonder useless, this laturpl an abundant supply. Yet without ?arlcn reous earth to combine with it, and render it-operative, and to fit it in the soil, this or any other supply of vegetable, ma', fiure given is pot only , like 4tbeef-ste*ak" without "bitters," (reversing^ Dr. Gibbes' mofaphor,) but also is given to a stomach so weak as to inject, or to refuse to d'gesf; either beef-steak or the lightest anc/ must nourishing alinxW. When such ru ction, by a weak nnij disordered stomach, is caused by vthb. presence of acidity, Dr. Gibbes would certainly administer limewater, ot magnesia, or some oilier cnlcareous or alkaline neutralizer of acids. In precisely the same way let him reason as to the acid sods of South Carolina. . Give marl to destroy the existing acid, (which acid forbids improvement nnd destroyes the productive power of ihe soil,) and to create digestive and assimilating action,. and let the land have but a moth rate ucidprofitable share of rest, to enable it to produce vegetable manure for itself, and we will venture to assert that the'result will be a doubling of production, within two years after the commencement of the course of improvement. But as unreasonable as is such a deduction, it is generally the case ihatnew mar. lers. expect to derive this great profit "with, out paying any thing of the necessary consideration required to secure it. Marl is applied to land that perhaps has been se. verely cropped in corn or cotton for a dozen years before, and without any more rest, or other means to obtain vegetable food, be;ng allowed afterwards. Of course th? re is so little effect seen from marling under such circumstances* 4hat the experimenter considers and reports it as none, or almost none?and thence he concludes that the manure is worthless, and, perhaps, all that has been promised from it, (under very different circumstances,) as altogether false. We have known many, v<*y many cases of this kind; and have been greatly surprL sed,until the frequent recurrence ofthe^me thing became custom, that intelligent cblti. vwors should overlook and neglect every ? r? v. - NUMBKR 42.. condition of success required, mid distmrtI) stated as such in the instructions pub*, lisned, nnd yet expect the "decree of sue. cess winch* the observance of those conditions would have secured. \ Hut if the requisite of vegeflfee or putrescent manuring "is enforced on men's minds, then will come another grand objection.? 4,Oh! if I am to manure in some other way all the land I marl, I cannot marl much; and for so much, die land could dot vorywell without marl." Wrong in both of these positions?though we cannot * here discuss them in full. Wo will merely say that wliiljj we were barely aide to give prepared putrescentjpogurcs to 10 acres of land a year, (and sometimes did riot to 5 acres.) tint rest and najurafe vegetation served to manure (bodrever slightly) 100?and tlmt the whole 100 Hcref "Were easily marled tlie same year.?And further, if without the mcdicinet marl, or, Hiitters" so given, flint the the*"bw?f. ste*\k," or food" alon'', both, the rich and thw poor, wOuld have prodlfteU but IL'tlo visible "effect, and certainly un clear profit. The writer*of the foregoing article cer-tamly imposes on Dr. Gibbes a great antf most unreasonable task, and whicTi would1 require the fdwr pien'al nnd physical, of a* year,*for him to perform fully. ; Neverthe-iess, if be Will undertake ft, to any oxtent? . we ara-satjsfi^d that'llie-task fcotild bo in cxeellen^harrds?'and we shall lie among . *t a. .Milh MA#,..* .. . + iiuwe wiiu.?jii uiym 11' 11>ijl ii-juiv;o ni mw -means being ih&s uged, in the most palatn. ,bje and eohciital manner, to give to the planters of South Carolina the instruction' which th'-y^so greatly need, and which would offer hrthetr acceptance such great ~ individual profits and general improvements. . ' . Magnificent Indeed ! The following product of pork as ther annnul return of one farm?T, though not all on one* farm, is probably unrivalled in fcfew . Englan f or Old England* These were all fatted the lust yonr and sold as Stilted.-*Total weight, 44J301. . Our respected friend at Lexington is now' distanced; for which we frankly say we are not sorry*because wo know he .will not be sorry; and* for-lhe simple reason that be will rejoice hi nny.new stimulus or incentive to agricultural improvement. When we published his accoupt, we supposed he had reached the top of the tree; and we knew a good many snarling fellows who were trying to lonkut liirn, (hough the eyes, of such folks seldom^ ?Jeave tlie ground,) an<t crying out "'sour grap's.' What will th?y-say now! Here* 'is a Rhode Island farmer who has planted his feet upop his shoulders, and stands tr full .length-above him. All we can do is 10 pray the Supreme Court of the United' States, wfien they come to decide the disputed boundary lino between the two States by all means to take this good man and his farms into ^Massachusetts. We want him. We must have-him,?though what is to become of our little sister, if we take him uwuy,we do not very well see. But then why should we desire to rob Rhoda of her jewels?. It would not be just. Let us wear brighter if we can. IF. C.?N. E. Far. Weight of ninety-eight Hogs told in the Old Market Providence* R. I. 2 h^ga weighing? ' 644* * ?06t averaging 625 lb. or ibs. 1,250 *21 do. weighing? .571 534 558* 536 562 540 582 519 508 561 522 52?... 523 '502 513 548 551 525 553 514 540 av. 537 10 21 lb. or 11,287 *56 do. weighing? 460* 429 422 418 7. * * 430 460 460 484 * 465 430 410 443 V 493 436 460 441 446 4l3 476 404 ? 413 410 410 4It) . 415 454 455 47? ;/ 449 454 485 491 416 484 415 412 403 421 404. 493* 425 475 440 476 498 460 448 464 .408 415 400, 437. -444.- 400 430 425 . av. 14013 56 !b. or 24,653 *19 Jo. we g4iing?r * * " 352 391 333 398 - 375. ?47 393 *391 392 ? 393 359 381 * - 833 383 367- 383 * 3T8 398 -368 * av. 374 7-19 lb. or 7,113 * 9$ hogs?av. wt. 452 7-98 lbs. or 44,303 * Raised on the farm where fulled?18 i II J months old when Kuiea. fflogs?97 purchased 2d of 12:h mo , 1838?ave.rage weight then, 121 1-2 lbs. Injurious Effects of Weeds. The question has been asked, how it was possible for China and Japan, with the ordinary products of agriculture, to furnish bread for or n population, equaling, accor. ding to the latest census, about 300 persons to a square mile. The answer is to be found in the care with which every inch of . ground is cultivated; in the faoi that few