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$ I -V * * ' * * .. * ">1 ir ? Volume vi By M. MAC LEA>. Terms:?Published weekly at three dollars a year; with an addition, when not paid within three month*, of twenty per cent per annum. Two new subscribers may take the paper at fire dollar* in advance; ana ten at twenty. Four subscribers, not receiving their papers i* town, may pay a year's subscription with ten tloftars, in advance. A year's subscription always due in advance. Paper* nal discontinued to solvent subscribers in arrears. >MiberH*ememts not exceeding 16 lines inserted I or one dollar the first time, and fifty cents eacb : ubeeqaewt time. For insertions at intervals of lire weeks 75 cents after the first, and a dollar If the intervals are longer. Payment due in advance for advertisements. When the number f insertion* is not marked on the copy, the | advertisement will be inserted, and charged til trdered out. IIIT The postage must be paid on letters to the editor on the business of the office. On gatkebing Asparagus.?In all the books of gardening whicli I have seen ths direction for gathering asparagus lias always been cut it sevoral inches below the surface ofthe ground, as soon as the talk has advanced a few inches above it. I The asparagus generally brought to mark- | et is cut in this way, the upper half being j green and tender when cooked, the lower! ^ half white, tough and uneatable. The j experience of many years has taught me ] that it is far better to let the asparagus grow to the height of ten inches, or a foot, and then to gather it by breaking with the fingers, as low down as it is tender and breaks easily, which, when the weather has been warm, is generally from six to ten inches. Asparagus, thus gathered, will be found to be much finer, the ; whole being tender and eatable, the pro- ! duce much greater, arid the process at- J tended with no disadvantage whatever, j Apa agus even two feet high, will be found fit to gather in this manner, if at any time it has outgrown the consumption, or escaped attention, which indeed was the occasion on which this new method of gathering occured to me. I have since always practised it Let those who; are fond of asparagus give it Dut one inai, and tbey will never again resort to the old system. " 0. Magazine of Horticulture. HoxTicuLTuirAL Asparagus.?The Anerican apAtf or bug. of late years has proved very destructive to wall fruij, and particular to our finest winter apple, the Ribston pippin. Mr. APHardy, gardener of Jno. Grant, Esq., of Kilgraston, having observed during the progress of this in*ect over the garden under his charge, the jargonelle pear uniformly escaped the infection, it occured to him that by en- ! grafting the Ribston upon the jargonelle stock, the influence by which the latter ; seemed to resist the attack of the aphis might be imparted to the apple. This he i accordingly tried three or four years, ago and the result has not only answered Mr. M'Hardj's expectations in regard to . the health ofthe wood, but in the improve- j ^ ment ofthe 'ruit, both as to the size and J flavor. Spetimens of the wood and fruit from the infected tree, and from the en- | grafted one, ere at present to be seen at f Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull's here, and the remarkable contrast which they present affords the most convincing evi- j deuce of the beneficial effect of the svs- i tern which the experience or three sue- j essive seasors has confirmed.?Perth Courier. ow the tart or pie rhubarb. Jussien in bis classification, has placed this plant In the VI class, DycotyDdons, : 52d Order Pdygonece, or the Dock Tribe ; 1 Herbaceous. In the classification of Linn?us this Oder of Plants is placed in ! the 9th Clas; Enneandria Trigyna. It I only include* four families. The Laurel, the Cashew, the Rhubarb and Flowering Rush. Of the third Order, there are I1 nine species or more; the only ones i which are cultivated in the kitchen gar- i den are the Rheum Rhaponticum, introduced from \sia to Great Britain in 1578 I ?'The HBiberia until 1758 and theRheuni Hybnidum.from Asia in 1778. These tlree species are raised in this! country fo' the sake of their succulent acid petiolts, as a substitute for sour apiplee, gooseberries, drc. or an addition to (them : the two latter species seem not to (have been oog imported into the United j 'States, or F they have, not been extentensively Inown at the South. The Rhipontic and the Undulate have leaves fron eighteen to twenty-four inch j es long, anl from twelve to eighteen wide, -Atntr n th? soil and season : thev I SVUUIUlng ? are cordafeovate, rather obtuse, blunt,1 smooth, wih reddish veins: their fiower- ! ing stalks rill prow to the height of three k or four feet?There are many distinctive I marks in tie leaves of these two species, j not neceswry to be here mentioned. Probably Vilmot's early scarlet Rhubarb is a variet; of the Rhapontic, and there may exist nany other varieties. The Hybrid species has verv large; leaves; wten under good cultivation, they ' will often neasure four or even five feet in length, ?d of a proportionate width; they are sanewhat cordate, smooth and of a light geen or glaucous color. These three species are cultivated for the stems o the lower leaves, which come i to maturity earlier in the spring than the j i , gooseberry tnd other fruits for which it, < is a substitute j the Hybrid affords the < CHt] most abundant and succulent supply for these purposes. Rheum derives its name from the ancient name of the River, which watered its native region ; the Rha, now named the Volga, emptying itself into the Northern shore of the Caspian Sea. All the species of this plant may be propagated from the seeds or from the roots; if from the seed, which is the best mode, in February or March, sow the seeds about six inches apart in a light deep and rich soil; well pulverized, for depth and richness of soil are indispensable requisites for good healthy plants. In the autumn of the same year, if you have taken good care to water and t> shelter them from the scorching suns of the summer, the plants will he fit to transplant into their beds ; young plants r iquire careful watering, even when it wouid be injnrious to older roots ; and we have seen them protected from the sun by driving down on the south side of each plant, a board about twelve inches wide, and slanting so as to break the sun's rays in the middle of the day and yet let the air and light have free action upon the plant. In this way you can in all October have them put out so as to produce leaves for the next spring : When the roots are divided for transplanting, you must retain a bud on the crown of each section. Before transplanting either these sections or the young plants from seed, select a light soil, rather inclined to sandy, have it highly manured and spaded up to the depth of three spits of twenty-one inches, and thoroughly pulverized?then set out the Rhapontic or the Undulate in rows at the distance of three feet by two?but the Hybrid at five feet by four. They will now oftly require to be kept free from weeds and to have the ground occasionally stirred up with a three tined fork or a rake, adding every spring a good dressing of well rotted manure, stirred into the earth as deeply as possible, and your bed will continue good for many ron ro The advantages of having the petioles or leaf stalks blanched for all culinary purposes, are two-fold. i. e. the desirable qualities of improved appearance and of flavor, as well as a saving in the quantity of sugar, necessary to render them agreeable to the palate; for the blanched leaf stalks are much less harsh than those grown under the full influence of light in an open situation. This plant may be* forced by placing flower barrels or tight boxes over a few plants and covering them over with fresh stable manure or by some of the other methods iu Gardening, directed for forcing vegetables. By covering over all the roots to the depth of a few inches with leaves or light litter er any other protection from cold, the Rhubarb leaves will come forward much earlier in the spring livrrnr inn sllDllld l)P 111 uv^u iai^vi? ? i?v ww. removed as soon as the weather becomes warm, carefully avoiding to injure the voung shoots that mav have started. W O w? Whenever you would gather the petioles remove the earth a little from the crown of the root, and somewhat bending down the leaf, which you would remove, then slip it off with your hand, without using a knife 01 breaking the stalk. The i leaf stalks may be gathered as soon as they arc half grown or are sufficiently expanded ; but a much larger produce can be obtained by letting them remain until until full expansion has taken place, when the full grown stalks are gathered and tied up in bundles of about a dozen each, and thus exposed for sale in the market. Some of the leaf stalks are two or three long and over. O As letting the stalks run up to flower would weaken the powers of tha roots for preparing the necessary nourishment for winter quarters,?top all hut a few of the healthiest ones, which may he left to perfect their seeds, whiqh will ripen in August or the last of July. The Petioles or leaf stalks of the Rhubarb plant are used in cooking pics, tarts, preserves sauce, puddings, <&c. 1 Tfhuhrrrh clrir? fhf> stalks of X IMIU'VIAI V A ? wvt L v, ^ Ul I |/ w ? . their outer skin and divest them of the small fibres which would render them stringy,?more especially if the leaves are a little old,?then cut them transversely into short pieces about the size of Gooseberries and parboil them with as sugar and such spices suit the taste. 2. Rubarb Pudding; with a rolling pin, as if for an apple dumbling, flatten out a suety crust and spread thereon the stalks cut into small pieces of a gooseberry size, then roll them up in any shape at fancy and boil in cloths, same as apple dumplings ; it is served up hot, cut in thin slices with sugar and butter sauce between ? each layer; in this way the fruit retains all its virtues and by most persons is highly relished. 3. Rhubarb Pie ; cut the stalks to pieces of the size of the Goosberv, put these pieces into a dish with its bottom covered with a crust cr not at pleasure ; squeeze over them a little lemon juice, adding orange peal, sugar, rose-water, cinnamon and other a spices to your taste, covering the whole with a good puff paste, and and then bake it. 4. Rhubarb Tarts resembling Codling Tarts; cut the leaf stalks into pieces a* bout four inches long, skin and slowly simmer them in a sauce pan with sugar and a trifle of water, for one hour ; when cold, make them taste like cordlins by adding cinnamon, lemon, peal, &c. M0W utB hmiMJBii RAW. SOUTH-CAROLINA 5. Rhubarb Sauce; boil the stalks over < a slow fire, till tender, in a small quantity < of water with sugar and such spices as i suit the taste, and strain off the liquor, I squeezing the stalks dry, and, when the 1 limiicl oirrnn or cohko io ooM Imtfla 'A nd I 1 ItVJl4IV? Df I ULf VI UUUW lo VVIU^ Vv/tliv % ?? cork it tight; this w II keep for years. ' After giving the above recipes, we are < sure that our esteemed fair correspond- I ent will excuse us from publishing the i receipes for making llubarb?-cream? < jelly? -jam?-trifle?fool?marmalade, . dec. &c. as they can easily be made from i the cookery books, bv substituting " Rhu- 1 barb" for " Gooseberries," '' Strawberri- < es," die. used in th-3 common way of < making those sweetmeats. I LIEBIG's CHJCMlSTRt FOR AGRICULTURE. 1 Mr. Owen of Cambridge, Mass. has piblisheda large duodecimo volume en- < tilled 4,Liebig's Organic Chemistry of Ag- ; rnulturo and Physiology, with an Introduction, Notes, and Appendix, by J. W. , Webster, M. D., Professor of Chemistry in Harvard University." We have not yet obtained a copy of this work, but it is spoken of in the highest terms at the east. The Philndlphia U. S. Gazette says : < " On looking over this volume we were struck with what we thought i's ad nirable adaptation to practical agriculture; and we were about to invite to the work the attention of those who feel and have * an interest in the promotion of that truly independent trade, the business of cultivating the earth. This wo should have done with that kind of a caveat which i would be becoming one who professes little knowledge of the science of chemistry generally, and can boast, perhaps, of little more of the business of tilling the < earth. But we find that profound chemists have pronounced most favorable upon Liebig's work, and professed agriculturists have tested its excellence. And though we cannot find space for ail that we see written of the excellence of the work, yet we cannot deny some space to a republi. cation of opinions that may commend the volume to those whose pursuits will make it most valuable to them: T 4 ... ikn ^ f t? 1 f ACT Mr MM. I "11 19 IIJU ucai uvjuiv, ntuua iun * 1 htall, "ever published on Vegetable Ch;raistry as applied to Agriculture, and calculated undoubteely to produce a new era in the science." Extract from a letter from Dr. Colman, Commissioner for the Agricultural Survey of Massachusetts, dated February 15th, , 1841: "It is the most valuable contribution to Agricultural science, which has come within my knowledge. It takes new views on many subjects, which have been long discussed without any progress towards determinate conclusions; and reVeals principles which are of the highest importance. Some of these principles require further elucidation and proof; but, in general, they are so well established by facts within my own observation, that, in my opinion, the truth, if not already reached, is not far distant." From Silliman's Journal, January, 1841: " It is not too much to say, that the publication of Professor Liebig's Organic Chemistry of Agriculture, constitutes an era of great importance in the history of Agricultural science. Its acceptance as a standard is unavoidable, for, following closely in the straight path of inductive philosophy, the conclusions which are drawn from its data .are incontrovertible." " To some, the style of this work may seem somewhat obscure; but it will be found, on a reperusal, that great condensation, brevity and tersncss, have been mistaken for obscurity." "We can truly say, that we have never risen from the perusal of a hook with a more thorough conviction of the profound knowledge, extensive reading, and practical research of its author, and of the invincible power and importance of its reasonings and conelusions, than we have gained from the present volume." From the London Farmer's Magazine. ON PREPARING NIGHT SOIL. Sir?I observed a few days ago in one of your late periodicals, an inquiry, by a correspondent, for the best method of preparing night soil for manure. He said 'he had mixed it with Jime, and a very strong smell of ammonia was evolved, whereby he feared theelFicacy of the manure might be impaired. These conclusions are perfectly correct; its efficacy as organic manure would be destroyed by the use of lime. When an organic body containing nitrogen undergoes putrefaction, and moisture present, the nitrogen unites with the hydrogen of the water and forms ammonia; the oxygen, the other element of water, unites with the carbon of the putrify-* ing body, and form? carbonic acid; both of these transformations, in their nascent state, combine and form carbonate of ammonia, a volatile salt, which is always evaporating with water, as long as the decomposition continues. Such invariably takes place in nitrogenous bodies. ( When lime is added to a body holding ; carbonate of ammonia in solution, as in night soil, the ammoniacal salt is decom- I, posed; the lime robs it of its carbonic acid, and caustic ammonia, a still more volatile compound, flies off' in gas; thus we have ( got rid of all the nitrogen the organic com- i pound contained. | Organic manure, without nitrogen, is ] of very little value. It pervades every part W l, WEDNESDAY, JUNE jf the vegetable structure, and no plant ] ivill attain maturity, even in the richest mould, without its presence. The relative value of manure may be known by the relative quantity of nitrogen it con. tains. There does not appear to be any manure so rich in nitrogen as human exi crement (except bone manure, which con* tains upwards of 30 per cent, of gelatine jn its interstices;) so much so, that ac> cording to the analyses of Macaire and Marcet 100 -parts of human urine are equal to 1300 parts of fresh dung of the , * - - - A . ? * + m rs. horse, otiu parts ot tne cow, ana 40U parts of the urine of the horse. Hence it is evident that it would be of much importance if none of the human excrements were lost, especially when we consider thatMritfctjrery pound of urine a pound of wheat mignt be produced. Now I would suggest to your correspondent the best and most economical method I know of preserving unimpaired the. most valuable element in night soil, which is as follows : To every 100 lbs. of night soil add 7 Ids. of sulphato of lime (gypsum) in powder, a double decomposition will ensue, and the result will be, instead of sulphate of lime and carbonate of ammonia, carbonate of lime and sulphate cf ammonia; the latter a soluble salt which cannot be volatilized. It might now be mixed with other compost, or dried any way thought proper, and applied to the roots of the vegetable, to be again transformed into bread, butter, cheese, Acc. Chloride of calcium, sulphuric or muriatic acid, substances of low price, would completely neutralize the urine, convert, ing its ammonia into salts which posses no volatility. I would also suggest that if the floors of stables be strewed from time to time with a little sulphate of lime, they will Irsj all their offensive smell, and none of the ammonia which forms con be lost, but retained in a condition serviceable as manure. In close stables the horses' health would be better preserved, and they would not be so liable to get blind a9 now. 1 3-4 lbs. of sulphate of lime will fix as much ammonia as is produced by 100 lbs. of heree's urine. I am sir, your obedient servant, GREGORY BRABYN. SMALL BIRDS. Tr? T? onnrf maHo tn tho T .nrrislatnro nf *" ** ? ~~fe ? Massachusetts, at the Session before the last by the Rev. Mr. Peabody, which has just fallen into our hands, he remarks, that "to exterminate birds which do a little harm occasionally, is to protect ourselves from a small evil at the expense of a greater, and in fact securing the fruit at the expense of the tree. Means may be devised to prevent the ravages of birds, but none have yet been discovered to prevent the ravages of insects. The birds guard our fields, and gardens from the insect; and if they, now and then, taste of the fruit which they have preserved, we can better afford a share to them, than the whole to their creeping enemy. To give some idea of the service which birds are able to render. Mr. Peabody notices the computation of Wilson, according to which, a red winged blackbird devours on an average fifty grubs a day?a pair of them, in four months, will consume twelve thousand?and allowing a million pair of blackbirds to New England, (which is but a moderate estimate) they will destroy twelve thousand millions of the grub. He also notices the statement of Kalm that after some states had paid three pence a dozen for the destruction of blackbirds, the consequence was a total loss in the year 1749, of all the grass and grain, by means of insects which had flourished uuder the protection of the law allowing bounties on birds.1' Capital. There is no mistake more common nor '? *??- ?- 4 It n 4 xP r*/? 4 Un t tuoru injurious, uiau mai ui^uppusiug mat the more land a man holds, the greater must be his profits, for the profit does not arise from the land itself, but from the manner of using; for the best soil may be madeunproductive byjbadjmnnagement while the worst may be rendered profitable by the opposite course; without suffi cientcapital no land can be properly cultivated; at the same time there is nothing to which capital can be applied with greater certainty of a fair return/or liberal expenditure, when correctly employed, than land. In fact, assuming always that the expenditure he directed with judgement, it will be found that the profit upon the outlay increases in more than a proportionate degree to its amount; thus, supposing twenty.five dollars be the lowest, and fifty the highest sum that can be employed in the common culture of the same acre of land, it is more than profitable that if twenty.five return at the rate of ten per cent., the fifty dollars will yield twenty, or any intermediate sum, at the same progressive ratio. And admitting this to be true?and it ispresumed no experienced agriculturist will doubt it?it follows, that a capital of 5,000 dollars, expended in the cultivation of 200 acres, will only yield a profit of 500 dollars, while, if applied to no more than 100 acres, it would produce 1,000 dollars ; therefore, it is evident that his profit would be increased by diminishing the quantity of his land- Many a man has been ruined by a large farm, who might have acquired a competency with one of half tbesize. Most farmers are anxious Tor mm m 2, 1841. arge occupations, and many are thus be- 1 'trayed into the error of taking a greater o quantity of ground than they hare the v means for managing to advantage; some a in the delusive hope of acquiring tluse 1 means by future savings; others, from the c vanity of holding more land than their v neighbors: hence arises deficiences of a stock, imperfect tillage, and scanty crops, o with all the consequent train of rent in tl arrear, wages ill-paid, and debts unsatis- t; fied?distress, duns, and final ruin!? tl While he, who prudently commences with only such a number of acres as he o has the power of cultivating with proper v effect, is certain of obtaining the full re- p turn from the soil, and Dot being burden- c ed with more land than he can profitably t enjoy, his engagements are within his . * means; and thus,' while enjoying present c ease of mind, he lays the surest founda- * tion for future posperity. It therefore be- t hoove? a man to weigh well the charges < with his means, and never allow him- J self to be seduced by any ideal prospect t of gain, into the imprudence of entering * upon a larger farm than his property will i enable him to manage with the spirit ne- I cessary to insure success. Briatish Hus- I T>andry. 1 , From the American Farmer. ] The Rohan Potatoe. Of the productive nature of this new variety of this excellent'root, there is no dif. ference of opii^on? for every one who has givenit a fair trf?l admit its great superiority in this respect* But'there are those who decry its claims^ a vegetable for table use. By some it Ftbeen denounced as a coarse watery things *** on'y ^or food of stock. To such op^n'on' dissent in toto; and I do so from an e xperience of two years. During the last w?nter and present spring I have had no oth*.%r potato upon my table, artd I affirm tha/ f?r flavor and mealiness, it stands only s^" ond in my estimation to all other varieties that I have ever eaten of. It was but yesterday I partook of it, and instead of being coarse and watery, It was dry, mealy, and of excellent flavor. Indeed as a potato for spring use I think it equal to any other; not even making an exception in favor the justly celebrated Mercer. Without any covering, my Rohnns have kept well in my cellar from last fall until now, and they are just as sound as they were when they were taken up. In strong sandy loam, well manured and tended, I am justified from actual trial in saying, that they will yield from 500 to 700 bushels per acre- Such being the case, are they not entiled to the consideration of every agriculturist who farms for prfiit? I leave the solution of this question to others, and will conclude by ob serving that I have no sinister motive to < subserve by this notice, as I have not, nor I never expect to have one for sale. 1 Agricultor. On the Culture of Wheat. There is good reason to believe that the export from Lake Erie of this great Western staple will not fall below ten million of bushels during the present season.? Any improvement in the production of an article of such immense importance tot he commerce of Buffalo and to all classeswho desire an abundnace of good cheap bread,; cannot fail to interest our readers, Hence j no apology is necessary for devoting con- 1 siderable space in our columns to detailing ! the practical results of careful experiments made in Great Britten with a view to 1 cheapen the expense of culture, and augment both the quantity and quality of wheat grown on an acre in the highest 1 degree. Colonel Le Couteur, of the Island of * Jersey, has recently made some impor. 1 tant discoveries in the propagation of 1 wheat plants their adaptation to peculiar soil both natural and artificial, and, in the whole process, of obtaining the greatest 1 amount of the best flour at the least ex- j pence of land and labor. From somestrange oversight, his valuable work upon 'wheat," 1 and his "Essay on pure and improved.; Varieties of Wheat lately introduced in- 1 to England," which received a prize of twenty sovereigns, have not been repub- 1 lished in this country. And we are indebted to Mr. Le Cras, lately a resident ' of the island of Jersey, for the perusal of ( these works, and the privilege of making < an abstract of such portions as we deem of most service to the wheat-growers of the 1 United States. Mr. Le Couteur has succeeded in producing, by crossing the different kinds of wheat formerly cultivated, over 150 varieties and sub-varieties of this grain. He commenced his experiments some six years ago by selecting a few of the best 1 heads of wheats from fourteen of the most 1 esteemed varieties cultivated in England. ! The kernels in these heads were all care fully counted and planted in seperate par-1, eels, and treated alike in every respect as to soil and culture. The result demon- ; strated an astonishing difference both in < the productiveness and quality of these ' several varieties of wheat. No kernals ' were counted except such as grew, and \ the experiment was most satisfactorily conducted in every respect. Sixty-one ] grains of white Dantzic gave 3 lbs. 3 oz. i of wheat, and 31bs. 9 oz. of straw; where- ' as 59 grains ef what had been regarded 1 as a choice, variety of red wheat gave only j ? f j.A. * ' . tv r . IfS* . 4 i .. . ^ < * t \ V \ ..*;: . . 4? . % NUMBER 29lb. 10 oz. of wheat, and 2 I >s. 5 oz. i' straw. No. 8, a downy variety of rhite wheat, gave 4 lbs. 4 oz of wheat, nd 3 lbs. 3 oz. of stf^w, from 55 grains, ^he experienced whe^JUgrower in thf ountry would be rejoiced to cultii&'e a ariety of wheat which would yield him good crop of straw bearing an amount f grain one-third larger in weight than he straw itself. And yet this was ohained at the first experiment, as stated hove. The auther selected five or six varieties >f these fourteen several parcels and cultivated some of them at great pains in thek* rure state, while he commenced a judicious system of crossing with othc s, for-' he purpose of producing new varieties juperior to any of them. In this in was , [uite successful. To prevent mistake ind undesirable mixing of different varteies of wheat when in blossom, one pistil m a head was preserved, while all the )ollen was carefully removed. T.iis pisil was fructified by the selected pollen, ind only one kernal was produced, which, ivhen planted, sometimes yielded l,0(Kh <ernais of the new variety. By pursoing :his coars for a series of years, and cultivating his seed wheat by itself and |ffo? pag.itmg from those kinds only which produced the most and best fiour with the least bran, Colonel Le Couteur now obtains over twenty-four hundred poundsof superfine fiour to the acre, and his wheat ?u:_ _i.: 1 .i?. tn i L^L. Is SO very Willi snmuu mm uuoucw grown upon an acref give only 542 pound* of bran, middlings and shorts. A hundred pounds of the flour of his improved wheat will make, as repeated and most careful experiments have demonstrated, from 0* to 12 per cent, more good bread than the same-quantity of the best common flour in the market. It is estimated that there are fivemilltons; of acres sown to wheat annually in Great Britain; and it is considered quite practicable to increase the product without anyudditional uxpence, eight*bushels an acre,, )f* forty millions in the agregate. This vou'hl more than supp'y the home con- , lurnpti.*111* a"d enable the British nation te< xport n,'any niilions of bushela'of wheatlow unporiiinl h ' then that the grefjlyMWhirers this Americun staple ileukf ully unaerstan/l 'he beat method of ita cultivation, to compM? successfully with the ecisnce and skill of English husbandry. The rtrugglelhearafler bev poen civilized nations in agriculture, manufactures* and war even, will lependfar|lessupon superiority in mere pbyaieal orce, than the combination* and deductions )f practice! science. The sieafl) power of Great Britain performs an amount of /abor, which, if executed by human hands, wouiJ employ all ;he able bodied men in the world. The vegetable, mineral, aud aeriform ingredients vhich combine in nature and can be hronght nio contact by art, for the production of the noKt valuable wheat, ought to be stutier! and thoroughly understood bv rypry Cut* :ivator of the soi I.-Bu/Tafo Commercial Adveriter. / AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRICULTURE. Art address lo the farmers of the United States; to every friend of igricultmral improvement: to every citizen of the United States who desires to see elevated the character and standing of Vie cultivators of American soil. Most respected and most respectable friends and brothers, give me your attention for a few fleeting moments; your humble brother, who now addresses you, published a suggestion about three years ago, for the purpose of arousing your attention to the subject of forming a National Agricultural Society; that suggestion was then responded to with a hearty good will throughout the country. But action upon the subject ha9 been overwhelmed by the political whirlwind that has swept over our country, in the first lull of the succeeding calm, the proposition to form such a society lias been renewed, and with one exception, has met with a cheer ->-?? i *? - a xr ing " uoa speea ine project. none doubt the utility of the proposed society, yet doubtless there are many who would like to see the objects, end and aim of the society more fully explained. To such I now offer some of ray viiws, and in doing so, invite you all to give yours; for this is one of the objects of a National Society to interchange our views. Many warm friends of the measure, wno are anxious to see the society in operation, cannot see how it is|to be organized. They say,"No doubt if once organized, it would daily increase in strength and usefulness; but it is like a great complicated piece of machinery, of great use and value when once in motion, but difficult to start." Now, to me there is no difficulty in they way. /II that is wanted is a lew active engineers to put the maehine in motion. I mmediate and decided aetion of a few of the active friends of agricukt>ralira~ >..?..at*ian? uftin mnat SiiDlirTUl tWrMmnM ML, ify to act as engineers as well as pioneers for the whole Union; and having once gives the society an existence, it wilf flourish and' increase in strength just as oar polities] Union has done. The following plan of organizing the society is suggested to your consideration. Let as many of the friends of tho project as can be induced to do so, meet at the Citf if Washington, on some day of the antumn rfl841? (the particular day to be hereafter Bxed,) and there form a constitution for the wiely, and elect officers, to wit; a President,, a Vice President for each state, a recording Secretary, a general corresponding Secret** ry, and a corresponding Secretary for each' State, county, city and principal town in tbe[Jnited States, a treasurer, and probably a publisher of a national paper, to be called the lournal of the American Society of Agrical, Lure. _ r. ^ ?i? - t *