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V ? - ; * ** vHv ' ' r ' ^ 4 . ^ ' ". *"'1 VOLUME VI. CHER AW, SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29k 1841. ' NUMBER 3* _ ? ? ? % . '"'* A" - ? ? ' ' ' ' : -! i . - m IAAum*JXJ*u J. l-^_?^ iy*?t*.- .>?.. . m > , Bt M. MAC LEAH. I Br ? Cf Tsaut r?Published weekly at thrtt dollar* a rpj year J with an addition, when not paid within tWw month*, of twenty per cant per annum. Two new subscriber* may take the paper at an Are dollar* in ad ranee; and ten at twenty. ho Four subscriber*, a<* receiving their papers of In town, may pay a year's subscription with t*n m) dollars, in advance. A year's subscription always doe in adranee. w< Paper* net discontinued to toloent subscribers on In arrears. or. JLUetiutmeniM not exceeding 16 lines inserted he r one dollar the first tine, and fifty cents each *; ubsoqueal tune, For insertions at interfile of ' two w?*ka 75 cents after the first, and a dollar If the interfile see longer. Payrrent due in ?fi adf anco for advertiseiu-uiie. When the number eai wt insertion* is not marked on ths copy, the ao( advertisement will be inserted, and charged tii #rdired out, . XT The postage must be paid on letters to the tiv editor on the business of the office. t w " ga^r*1 m From the Western Fanner dt Gardener. cultivatiomofcokn, th' The difference of opinion among far* co mere as to the best mode of cultivating T? corn, induced me some years ago, to give some attention to the subject. The rea- ?1 eons assigned, and the experience of many *7 kii.l .irri^iilli?ria^i in fnvfir nf ths I VI l/vn? v? ?ttv I yitem of level cultivation have convinced 161 - me t at our present mode is not the best, * and that it is susceptible of % decided Jv change for the better. f I am perfectly aware, that to question *r the propriety of the exclusive use of the 0 plough in the cultivation of corn will be *n laughed, at, and that to intimate that the 0UI ridging of a corn field is not the most cer. tain mode of ensuring a good crop will be ? denounced as mere " book farming " and * hence entitled to no respect ^ The preseot mode of cultivation is gen* orally, to burn off the stalks and stubble rei that may be upon the ground?to break as ?p with a shallow furrow?plant the corn ru without rolling or harrowing the ground ?then harrewing the corn while small, ! and then by plougeing a? often as may 1 be deemed necessary. In ploughing the 1 corn, the prevailing and almost universal * vale is, to plough dose to the corn hills. 0 to cut the fibres of the roots so as to in- Jj?,' . crease and strengthen the stalk t, as yov c cut the roofs of trees in an orchard by ploughing, to make the trees grow vigor- - * omslp / //?to. throw the earth high up on *?r the stalks, and to fay by the crop by In ploughing three or four furrows between ra! the rows, that the pound may be well ridged, so as to retain the moisture about f fe the hills of corn// ?, The system of culture, that I believe # i is sustainable by reason and experience, crc is the opposite of all this. 1.?If the ground intended to be culti. . 13 I rated in corn has a sod upon it it should be broken up in the fall or winter precee. 1111 ding, if the weather is suitable; if not, it *.n hould be ploughed in February, or at *,x least in the first week of March. If not level it sliould be rolled, and if not mellow 0 it should be harrowed before planting, ^ ^ 2.?If stubble or corn ground, no stub- ^ ble nor stalks should be burned or removed CO unless taken to the manure pile?should . be ploughed six inches deep, and if not 1 mellow should be harrowed. V 3.?While small, the corn should he " harrowed and the ground should be after- Jjjj wards kept mellow and loose by the re- ^ peated use of the cultivator. , 4.?On sod ground & plough should ( never be used in the cultivation of corn. . ^ 5.?On other ground the plough should " never be used, after the roots have exten- ' ded any distance from the hills, and at no P f time unless indispensably necessary to prevent the ground from baking. -ri 0. The fibres or small roots of the corn r0< should not be cut; the cutting off every fibre deprives the stalk of & part of its nourishment. jj* 7- The earth should not be thrown high up on the hills, as it induces the rs throwing out of additional spur roots. A B(1 very slight portion of mould may be put rc round the hill. _ 8. The ground in the cultivation of corn should be kept as level as possible, ac to permit the roots to extend in every directi on and to retain moisture. Ridging, ? cuts the roots?prevents the extension e of the surfice of the roots beyond the ul middle of the rows?drains the water from the hills?exposes more surface to Cl1 the action of the sun, and is therefore injuriotis to a crop in a dry season. " My own limited observation and ex- P' peri nee, satisfy me of the correctness of , the above rules to be observed, in the . cultivation of corn, and I now offer the * pinions of the ablest and most practical farmers in the United States to sustain . the positions I have assumed. ? * 1 D I L _ P.. J P 18 ?ruuge ouei, wno lor gooa sense? ror a A thorough knowledge of the science of ^ agriculture?for general intelligence? CJ practical experience?and for a most ex- P tensive knowledge and familiariiy with the modes adopted by our agriculturists, Pr was unequalled by any man in the United &1 8tates, in speaking of the cultivation of this crop, expresses the following opinions: ** The after culture consists in keaping the soil loose and free from weeds, which is ordinarily accomplished by two dress- *? ings, and in thinning the plants, which 831 Utter may be done the first hoeing, or partially omitted till the last. The prac- Wl tice of plougbihg among corn, and of ^ making large hills,-U justly getting into D3 disrepute : for tbe plough bruises and cuts Iz the roots of the plaats, turos up the sod N< id manure to waste, and renders the 1 op more liable to suffer by dronght. a be nfot dressing should be performod as t on as the size of the plants will permit, * id the best implement to precede the t e is a corn harrow, adapted to the width 1 the rows, which every farmer can c ike. This will destroy most of the i wds and pulverize the soil. The sec- r d hoeing should be performed before i as soon as the tassels appear, and may proceeded by the corn.harrow, or a allow furrow of the plough, or what is e tter than either, by the cultivator. A ? ghf (earthing is benefiriol, proVidid the rth is scraped from the surface, and the r i and manure not exposed. It will he ft ind beneficial to run the harrow or cut- t ator a third, and even a fourth time be. I< een the rows, to destroy weeds and i ?en the surface, particularly if the sea p i is dry." t "Some entertain a mistaken notion, t it it is prejudicial to stir the soil among v rn in dry weather, and others, that c teds serve to prevent the evaporation t moisture by a hot sun. The reverse t these opinions is true. The exhaustion t moisture by a plant is in the ratio of n i surface of its leaves and stalks pre- (t ited to the sun and air." , u 44 Indian coax.?There is no crop p tich habit has rendered more inispensa- r > to the wants of our families and our ms than this. The late John Taylor, ' Virginia, termed it our 4 meat, meal t d manure/ Holding this high rank in b r farm economy, it is a subject of mo- e nt to adopt the best mode of culture, h many districts are shy in producing t teat, and as this crop is seriously threa- t ted by tbe new (to us) wheat insect, it e comes more a matter of solicitude to ider our corn crops productive. But k this grain demands more labor in its t fture than other grain crops, so it i? c >re important, on the score of profit J it it should be well managed ; for if rty bushels an acre be considered only emuneration for the labor bestowed on 5 crop?all that the product falls short p this must be a loss?and all that it ex- | eds. a nett gain on the cultivation P le first consideration in regard to the ^ rn crop, is to give it a dry mellow soil; i second, that this soil be rich, fat or , tile: and the third, that the seed be B icly put in and the crop well taken a >e of. Neither wet grounds, nor stiff c vs, nor poor grounds, will repay by )ir product, the labor required on a crop d corn. He who has no other but these, , >uld not attempt tc raise it as a field 0 >p. He had better bestow his labor ? on other objects, and busy his corn, c e think the best prrparn^oji for corn a clover ley, well clovered with long r inure from the barn-yard, will ploughed d well harrowed. It is better to give ty loads of dung to three acres than to 1. upon the ordinary lands in our neigh- g rhood. The difference in product will c t make up for the difference in labor, >rn can hardly be dunged too high. 1 hat we have to recommend, that is not 1 mmon in the culture of this crop, is, . it double the usual quantity of seed be plied?the number of plants to be re- ( ced at the weeding?iiQ order to insure eeor four stalks in each hill;?the* I s roots be not broken, nor the manure 4 rown to the surface by the plough, but it the harrow and cultivator be substited for, it which will sufficiently mel- | v the surface and destroy weeds, and 1 it the hills be but slightly earthed. By f mghingand hilling we conceive the ' inure is wasted, the roots broken and 1 uised, and limited in their range for , >d, the crop more exposed to injury J >m drought, and the labor increased." I In speaking of the plough in the eulation of corn he again thus remarks? We do not use it. We think its e prejudicial in breaking the >ots and in limiting their range |r nutriment." Mr. James M. Sutton, of St. George elawnre, who raised uoon seventy-nine :rcs 6.264 bushels of corn, and who ves an accurate and detailed account the condition and cultivation of each dd makes this remark in relation to the e of the plough : " In order to test the advantage of the iltlvator over the plough, for tilling rn, he had five rows in his field that t lapped the furrow to, with a plough, evious to going over it the last time with e cultivator. He soon discovered that e growth of these five rows fell short, in ught, of those adjacent, and yielded one'th less corn. 1 " There is no doubt but the true mode tilling corn, especially where ?od ground used is to plough deep, and use nothing j it the fallow and flake harrow for its dtivation. By not disturbing the sod oughed down, it remains there as a re. i rvoir of moisture, and an exhilarating < inciple throughout the season, to the 1 owth of the corn." I james m. suttojf. j Upon Mr. Sutton's report of his crop, j idge Buel adds the following : Note.?The management which led I the extraordinary product of corn, i ould be deeply impressed upon the mind \ ' every corn grower. I. The ground ' as well dunged with long manure; 2. 1 was planted on a grass ley, with one cep ploughing; 3. It was well pulver. , ed with the harrow; 4. the plough was < >T used io the after culture, nor the c+rn < A " ~ 1 T I , ji i lilled, but the cultivator only used; 5. the iod was not disturbed, nor the manure!' urned to the surface; And 8, the corn | VES CUT AT THE GEOUND when it WAS fit o top. These are the points which we ?ave repeatedly urged in treating of the sulture of this <^op; and their correctness 9 put beyond question by this notable esult, The value of time and marl are rell illustrated in the second experiment ?conductor." Mr. Charles H. Tomlinson, of Sehen? ctady, New York, in giving an account' This experience, say*: * j * * ? * The two lent yearn corn hai been aised in the following manner, on the ifoha wk Flats, near this city. If in grass, he laod is ploughed and well harrowed, engthwise of the furrow, without disturb, ng the sward. The ground is then pre. tared for planting, by being marked out wo and a half feet one way and three eet the other. The last season, the held ras rolled alter being planted, with evilent benefit, as it made it level. When he corn is three inches high, the cultiva or is passed through both ways 5 and wice afterwards it is uned in the same nanner; no hills are made, but the ground is kept level. Neither hand.hoe, tor plough are us. d, after the corn is ilanted. Fields manured with coarse nanure have been illed in the ame manner. Corn tilled in this ray is as clean of weeds, as when illed in the usual way: it is no more lia* tie to be blown down, and t:he produce is qually good. It saves a great deal of lard labor, which is an exjiensive item in he usual culture of corn. Last October, ea rods were iteasured out, in two difTrent places, in a corn field, on grass ?the one yielding ten, the other nine, tushels of ears. In one corn-field, after he last dre?s:ng in Julv, timothy and ilnver se?-d wereswn, ind in the fall th irass appeared to have taken at well at it ias done in adjoining fields where it had been own with oats." Upon which Judge Buel again remarks: * All or nearly*ll;tfie accounts we have luhlished of grnat|prudtiett of Indian enrn a[ree in two particulars, vis; in not using the . ilough in the culure, and in not earthing, or iut very slightly, the Stills. These results go o demonstrate, that the entire roots ara egential to the vigor of the eiops and to enable hem to perform their functions at nature do. igneii, must be netr the wirfare. If the ft to La re severed with the plough, in dressing the rop, the pianta are deprived of a portion of heit nourishment; and if they are buried eep by hilling, I he plant i;? part ially exhaua. ed in throwing out a new s. t near the eur. ace, where ai-?ne they ran perform all theit iffices. There in another material advantage n this mode of cultivating the corn crop?it ares a vast deal oI manual labor." The pror.eediqg cmsirleratinn* justify u> in tco'.nmeiding, that in the management 01 he Indian corn crop, the following rulea he ?h~ervt'(] or at least partially, so farastoteet heir correctness : I. That the corn harrow aid cu:tivatnr be ubitiluted for the plough in the culture of the :rop. 2 That the pianta not hilled, or bu* lightly eo?this not to prevent the toil being jftenstirred and kept clean, and, 3. That in harvesting, the crop be cut at he ground as soon aa the grain is glazed. Again, in reference to the iv?tern of level cultivation of corn; Judge Bui remarks; M The experience of ?he last t wo years has >een sufficient to admonish un, that without lue precaution, our crops of Indian cora will tot pay for the labor bestowed cub the cu ture; ind yet, that where due attention has been >aid to soil, manure, seed and harvesting, the a nen kia kuan knnntifit I nntuvitKatinriinrv C 111 II 11*0 ycril llUlllliimi* |IUlTTItl|n??|IUIIIg >?id seasons. Having been uniformly success. "ul in the culture of this crop, ire feel justified n repeating snme leading directions for its nanugement." * ArTER ccLTOTE ?In this the plough ihould not be used if the corn harrow and cultivator can be had, and if used, should not ae suffered to penetrate the eoi:l more tkan wo or three inches. The plough tears the oots, turns up and wastes the manure, and in. creases the injuries of drought The main ibjec is to extirpate weeds, and to keep the turface nHIo* anu open, that the heat, air ami inosture may exert belter their kind in. Siienres upon the v-getable rnat'er in the oil. in eouvortiii' it Into nutriment for the crop At the first dressing with the h>nd lit**, the plant* are reduced to four, or three, >n a lii'U the surface is broken among the ivl1! Vtlo t V-k A .tlHikf.al M AMliBrxtl.tJ a n.l A iisiii"! nic ncrus r.nrr'ui jr caiii k?cu| nuu little fresh mou d gathered to the hill. At ;he second dressing, a like process is observed ;aking care that the earthing shull not exceed me inch and a half, that the hill be broad and H it, and that the earth for this purpose be not :aketi from one place, but gat lie red from the surface between the rows, where it has been loo-o-ne* bv the cultivator." As an evidence of the practical results of this mode of cultivating corn, I give you in addition, the statements of two other farmers of their tuode, and of the products of their land. Georgetown X Roads, Kent Co., Md? ) Nov. 4th, 1137. ( Gut at crop or corr ?Mr Editor ?1 have just finished measuring the corn that grew this year on a lotofm.ne of five and a lialf acres, and have measured Kfil 2 ha.rels and one bushel of ears, making 103 bushels nf corn per acre. The corn is called Soman's corn; it is a deep yellow, and not a gourd seed, but a very deep grain and small red coS and has from tw? lve to twenty four rows on the cob. I have taken great pa ns in selec:iug my seed for the last three years, [ threshed off 230 bushels las* M ?y a ut found From measurement ir ineasun d roin the bare rel rive hushfela and seven-eights of shelled corn. The following is the manner in which I prepared the found, &c. The soil is a st iff clay: one and a half acres of sa d lot was in clover last year, the balance in wheat. I . put 2P5 two-horse cart load* of barn-yard j manure on it; the manure was coarse, made Dut of straw, corn tope.and huaks, hauled into , thejard in January and February, andhaulcd j - . ?????? St' >"v, ' (fat fn March and April, consequently wa? ?ery little rotted, t spread it regularly and ploughed it down with a large concave plough, (mad* br G. Co*, of Middlrtown, Delaware.) seven inches deep. I -thea harrowed it twice the same way it was ploughed, f then had the rows marked out with * a small plcgh, three feet tetr inches wide, aqd ^ns a?.r a half inches deep. I planted my corn frotn 18 to 23 inches apirt, and cowed it with hoes; just drawing the farrows brer the corn, which covered it one and a half inches below the surfacb/ When the corn wts four inches bgb I harrowed it. and thinned it to two atals'in the hill> in about two .weeks after harrowing, I cultmted it agaife ttfcicb was all >he tilage I gave it. We fanners of the Eastern ah >re count our corn by the thousand; I had 88,640 hills on my lot, and I think ioy corn would have been better had I planted earlier:! did not plant tsntil the last of April I think the planting of corn shallow and working it with the cultivator is much the beat way, especially on clover ley. If you think the ab ?vs worthy of notice you wil? please give it a plat e in your valuable paper." willi a x Jftl.lib 44 Jo do a Buel?-Deer Sir:?I send you s ft statement 01 me expense ana proauet w an acre of Indi n corn railed by n?*, togethei with the mode of its cultivation. The corn wa? the little eight rowed vellow variety. m Soil aun cpltuu??The coil ia a warn aaadv loam. It was ploughed deep in the autumn of ltjSi. About the firat of May, I carried on, and apread ail over the ground, about tiiirty load* of stable and barn-yard un. ferment# I manur# h ?| olied and harrowed the ground well, beiing careful not to diaturb the aod, wh ch waa timothy, and mown the summer proceeding; and on the Oth and 10th ol May planted the aame, two and a half feet be' iween the row* aod fifteen incbea between the hill*. It wa* drented with aabee when it made it* appearance above ground. On ths 10th June commenced weeding and thinning leaving from two to four of the beat spears ic each hill, the whole averaging about llire< apeara 10 a hill. After thi* I aahed it again lining in all abou' ten buahela of good nnlea<h< ed bouse aahea. On the lOtb of July commenced hoeing, and at the aame time tool off all the uckrs?put no more about tlx hill* than we took from them, but rarefallj leaned nut all the weed* from th* hlk. Th< seed wa* prepared by aimply wetting it wiU warm water, arid rolling it in platter. a Harvestis?.?The corn was cut up oi the 18 Ja September at the ground, and hocked ?n email shock*; and on the 9th of Octobei it waa housed and husked, and subsequently threshed and measured. M Pur duct.?. Nmrty.nine bushels of fire corn, wi? bout even a nubbin of soft or pool grim*owing to the k?t probably, that Uteri Waa no eucktit on which to grow them ** a. aopctne. I am aware that these view a and, the au< thority in their support will find but iitt e ft vor with a majo. ity of corn raisers who in?is upon the necessity of M cutting the roots of tfu com to make it grow:" With such. I know that reasons unanswerable,and the expenenci of 'he most practical farmers in every stati of the I'ntori, weigh nothing against then owr absolute knowledge. Notwithstanding thin apparent unwil:?ngn-? to tolerate innovations upon old establish*! usuages, I hare a confidence that there are aome who will investigate the subject, and who will yield their own opinions, howevei lo.rj* practised upon, to the teach ngs of rea son and to the experience of the practical am intelligent farmers of the United States. juhn m. millikblf. Cooked Food for Swine ?Mr. S?.l don of Jfa.?*., stated in a recent agricul< tural meeting in Boston, that from a bush el of cooked meal* he had obtained 12 lbs of pork, while the same quantity of un cooked meal would not give more that 8 lbs. of pork. It has long been our op inton, that there was adifTerence of about one.third in favor of cooked, or fermentec food, over raw, and we are more that satisfied the cheapest plan to make porli is to feed hogs as much as they can ea all the time. Ta cure scratches on a horse, wash tin legs with warm strong soap suds, an< then with beef brine. Two application! will cure the worst case A lump of pearlash, crowded into th< pipe of a pollevil or thistlelows, two o three times, will cure this reported incura hie disease. Can she Spin. This question was asked by King Jame: 1st when a \oung girl was presented t< him, and the person who introduced he boasted of her proficiency in the ancien languages. "I can assure your Majesty,1 said he, "that she can both speak an< write Latin, Greek and Hebrew."? These are rare attainments for a dam sel," said Jame, "but pray tell me, cat she spin?" i Many of the young lahies of the pres ent day can boast of their skill in th< fine arts and polite accomplishments, 11 music, painting and dancing, hut cat they spin? or what is more appropriat< to the times and. modorn improvement in labor-saving machinery, it may b< asked, can they perform the domestic du ties of a wife? do they understand th< management of household affairs? An they capable of superintending in ajudi riotis, prudent and economical manner the concerns of a family ? A young lady may be learned in th< ancient and modern languages, may hav< made extraordinary proficiency in ever} branch of literature; this is all very wel and very creditable, and to a certaii class of the community, who are no obliged, as was Saint Pau1, "to labor witl their own haods," is all that if absolutely requisite, but to a much larger portioi of fhe community, it is of far greate . consequence to know whether they can p nf ' It ii of more importance to a young mechanic, or a merchant, or one of any other class of people who depend upon their oifrn industry and exertions* if he marriea a wife, to have one who knows ^ bow to spin or to perform other domestic duties, than one whose, knowledge does not extend beyond a proficiency in literature and the fine arts. It has often been said that the timng , Me Itfsqg^y ajteraj; uk cptia it'll ' that the people are. It waaonce thought honorable to be constantly employed in home useful avocation; but now-a-days it thought more honorable to lie idle.? People complain of high prices of the necessaries of life, and with much truth. But if the amount of idleness could lie calculated accurately throughout the community, allowing the drones half price tor tneir services* wnicn iney tnignt per. form, and which others are paid for, it might be a safe calculation to catii' ate it equal to all that is expended for pro. , visions and marketing in the United States. So it is not a little inconsistent to hear parents complain about the price of provisions, while they bring up their , daughters to walk the streets and expend i money. Let the fkir daughters of our country [ imitate the industrious matrons of the past. The companions of those who ; fought in the Revolution were inu'ed to ? hardships, and accustomed to necessary and thus did they educate their daughters | Health contentment, and plenty smiled around the famiU altar.-The damsel who . understood most thoroughly and econom ically the management of domestic af 1 fairs, and, was not afraid to put her hand) ' into the wash-tub, or to "lay hold of tht . distaff," for fear of destroying their elps i ticity, and dimming their snowy white ness, was sought by the young men o | those days as a fit companion for life^ bu r in modern times to learn the mystery o r household would make our fair ones faim * vfi away; and labor comes not into the cod< 1 of modern gentility. i Industry and frugality will lead It cheerfulness and contentment, and aeon tended wife tends greatly to soften th< " asperities and smooth th rough paths ir t a man's journey through life. It hai , been truly said, a pleasant and cheerfu f wife is a rainbow in the sky, when th< - husband's mind is tossed withstroms anc tempests ; but a dissatisfied and a fretfu wife, in the hour of trouble is like a hun i der cloud, charged with electric fluid. I Boston Transcript. I I PEACH TREES. We should judge that the easiest waj J to destroy the peach-icorm, is by scalding: hut this remedy would he useless if] most cases, against the borer, on accoun! of his ascending progress, and his positior in the interior of the tree. We have destroyed them in considerable number* by means of a barbed wire, but the operation u often tedious from the crookedness of their holes. We have therefore for two years past, endeavored to exclude them from one of their favorite trees (s \ mountain ash) by coating the bark to the 1 height of three feet with tar; and hy i rolling a newspaper round it, to protect t it from the weather, tied in three or foui places; and the plan has succeeded com* j pletetly.?Nev Genesset Farmer. s Clay Mixture ox sandy lands.?a correspondent of the Western Farmer, e gives the following as his experience oi r the value of mixed clay with sandy soil: * Several years since, when a resident ol New England I purchased a piece of drj sandy land, denominated there, **pin? , plains," that had been very much worn, 9 A portion of it, about 1 3 4 acres, was or r the verge of a deep ravine, and a little t mere elevated than the remainder of the " lot. This piece had he< n sown the fall j previous to rye, and stocked with clover, . The rye was h irvested?in inferior crof . -?and the ground, I found in the fall, waJ i not to appearance, more than half stock ed. Not having manure for a spring ? crop, and clay being handy, I carted or ; to the piece about thirty ox.cart loads o i clay; this, however, was not pure, bu -? * ?- _ -l?A it:.. j supposed (o contain bdoui uiioiuin . sand; the same wa9 spread upon the * surface of the ground in ihe fall. In th< r spring it had formed a complete coating . over the whole surface; the result was e a heavy crop of clover. The next spring 5 about twenty loads of yard manure wat . spread upon it. It was then broken up , rolled, harrowed and planted to jcorn, about the IOth May. The result] was, e about ninety bushels of sound corn. I hat g corn enough for my own use and sole j about fifty bushels for fifty dollars. Thii ] was my first experiment in farming. Ii ! is nearly eight years since the clay wat t applied, and I am told the ground is stil i benefitted by it. The application wai f continued on other portions of the lot wit! a equally beneficial results as long as I oc r copied it ' . 1 . w i fciad&rs po? kajung silk. > v Ji' ' '?* Adams County, (Pa.) SiHt Socio; ty* offer tHC f$lowtrig redsons why tbsy htfuld cultivate silk : * ? ' 1. Because it has bee# proven by the U& experience of many, that (he sot! *pd cfi. mate Of this country are well adapted, and that the Crop is as certain ds any a other, 9. Because it Canute produced by the ordinary memoefs of the family, to t^p va'ue of several hundred dollardu Mr, Heer, a plain GertOan farmer, of Lancas. - v 'teTSWintjr, *rtK theaitfrittliute'gH v' and. for two wetlcs, the additional aid of one of his fitrrrt hands, made this season | about 9260 worth of silk, exclusive of state bounty. 6. Because one pound of silk wilt self for as much as a barrel of flour, and can he more easily produced. 4. Because it requires one fourth of an acre to produce a barrel of flour, whilst the same amount of land will produce twelve pounds of silk, as proven by the Rev. D W McLean, of New Jersey, and many others. 5. Because one pound of lilk, Worth 96, can be taken to market lit as little expense as a pound of flour,.worth four cents. 6. Because the labor of producing silk is performed in six weeks, whim any other article of produce requires six months. . 4 7. Because k will add much to the' 1 wealth of the country, without any mate* ' rial additional cost, lince moat of the labor can be performed by children and is firm i persons. [ 8. Because it is encouraged in 'this i country by State bounties, whilst - in , European and Asatic silk growing coon* tries, a tax of 93 per pound has been paid j by the producers. 6. Because the Chinese mulberry, 1 morus multicaulis, can be propagatid more speedily, and at leas cost, than any * other tree thaf is raised in the country, F i j* a % / tne leaves 01 wnien may oe useo tor vorv 1' feeding in two month* after the bod it f planted. t 10. Because oof importations of for- , f } eign silk already amount to #2B,OOOfVOOr annually. >' II. "Became}there am bunifredls' of . silk factories iii operation in our country; ? at which they are anxious to purchaae afl' , the raw silk that can be made, being kt t present forced to import raw silk to keep I them employed. j i DESTRUCTION OF CATERPILLARS. * S I Our readers are reminded that this . worm should be attended to in season, and when this is done, the labor of extirpation will be trifling. Close attention to clear the limbs for one or two years will entirely rid an orchard of tbe tiuisr ance. One easy mode of destruction is to apply strong soap suds to the nest?if the tree is larga a swab tied to the end of a pole wilt accomplish tbe purpose effectually. Suds which have been used by the wash woman are as good as any, and by rubbing a swab on the nest-natter it has been dipped into the suds?the worms are quickly destroyed.?Maine Cultivator. .MiifAnnunvp aeorrmtiubth vnr I ' YORK. From the Journal of Commerce t This act became a law on tbe 5th in*t, It appropriates I >*000 per annum for the term of five years for the promotion of ag* riculture and household -manufactures in this state. The sum of$951)6 for New k YorMcounty, is given to the American In* , stitutute* f When the New York State Agriculfu* ; ral Soiciety, or any other county agricul* F tural society which is now, or may hear after be formed, or the American Instii tute,shall by voluntary su!*cripti<>n , any sum of money, then the comptroller* i on an affidavit of the facts shall draw t > his warrant on the treasurer for an > equal sum, which is not, however, to ex* I ceed the amount apportioned to the coun, ty. > It is the dutv of the officers of the state i and county societies to regulate and . award premiums on such articles as are j best calculated to promote the agricultti* i ral and household manufacturing inter* f estg of the state, giving the reward for the t most economical or profitable mode of I competition. An accurate written die* ? cription of the whole process in raising ? the crop, or feeding the animals, as may r be, is to be given by the person claiming i the reward. t k i EXPERIMENT ON VHK PSOPER DISTANCES , FOR COTTON From the Southern Agriculturist* Mr. Editor :?When I had the pleat, ure of seeing you at my house last spring, you requested me to make an experiment on thinning cotton to different distance*, with the view of ascertaining, if possible, what is the distance to give between the hills. I made the experiment according, ly, and hand yoo an account of it* The rows are three feet apart, and fivt hundred and eighty.fiv# ytfds long. ^ * * v