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From the Western Farmer dc Gardener.
CULTIVATION OF COIN.
The difference of opinion among farmers
as to the best mode of cultivating
corn, induced me some years ago, to give
: some attention to the subject. The reasons
assigned, and the experience of many
of the best agriculturists, in favor of the
system of level cultivation have convinced
- me that our present mode is not the best,
* and that it is susceptible of a decided
change for the better.
I am perfectly aware, that to question
the propriety of the exclusive use of the
plough in the cultivation of corn will be
laughed, at, and that to intimate that the
ridging of a corn field is not the most cer.
tain mode of ensuring a good crop will be
denounced as mere M book farming " and
hence entitled to no respect
The preseot mode of cultivation is genorally,
to hern off the stalks and stubble
that may be upon the ground?to break
?p with a shallow furrow?plant the corn
without rolling or harrowing the ground
?then barrewing the corn while small,
and then by plougeing as often as may
he deemed necessary. In ploughing the
corn, the prevailing and almost universal
rafeia, to plough close to the coro hills.
** to cut the fibres of the roots so as to in,
crease and strengthen the stalks, as yov
cut the roots of trees in an orchard by
ploughing, to make the trees grow vigorouslp
! / /?to throw the earth high up on
the stalks, and to fay by the crop by
ploughing three or four furrows between
the rows, that the ground may be well
ridged, $o at to retain the moisture about
p the hills of com ! ! f
The system of culture, that I believe
is sustainable by reason and experience,
is the opposite of all this.
1.?If the ground intended to be culti.
rated in corn has a sod upon it, it should
be broken up in the fall or winter precee*
ding, if the weather is suitable; if not, it
should be ploughed in February, or at
least in the first week of March. If not
level it should be rolled, end if not mellow
it should be harrowed before planting,
^ 2.?If stubble or corn ground, no stub,
ble nor stalk* should he burned or removed
unless taken to the manure pile?should
be ploughed six inches deep, and if not
mellow should be harrowed.
3.?While small, the corn should he
harrowed and the ground should be afterwards
kept mellow and loose by the re.
peated use of the cultivator.
4.?On sod ground a plough should
ever be use<f 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
time unless indispensably necessary to
prevent the ground from baking.
6. The fibres or small roots of the corn
should not be cut; the cutting ofT every
fibre deprives the stalk of a part of its
nourishment.
? The earth should not be thrown
high up on the hills, as it induces the
throwing out of additional spur roots. A
very alight portion of mould may be put
round the hill.
8. The ground in the cultivation of
com should be kept as level as possible,
to permit the roots to extend in every di.
reetion and to retain moisture. Ridging,
- a a _ at a !
Clin cne root*?prevents me exwnnun
of the turftce of the root* beyond the
middle of the rows?drains the water
from the hills?exposes more surface to
the action of the sun, and is therefore injurious
to a crop in a dry season.
My own limited observation and experince,
satisfy me of tbe correctness of
the above rules to be observed, in the
cultivation of corn, and 1 now offer the
pinions of the ablest and most practical
farmers in the United States to sustain
the positions I have assumed.
Judge Buel, who for good sense?for a
A thorough knowledge of the science of
* agriculture?for general intelligence?
tinictical exDerience?and for a most ex
tensive knowledge end familiariiy with
the modes adopted by our agriculturists
was unequalled by any man in the Unitec
8tates, in speakiog of the cultivation ol
this crop, expresses the following opinions:
M The after culture consists in keeping
the soil loose and free from weeds, which
is ordinarily accomplished by two dress,
ings, and in thinning the plants, which
latter may be done the first boeing, 01
partially omitted till the last. The prac.
tice of ploughihg among corn, and ol
making large hills,-is justly getting into
disrepute ; for the plough bruises and cute
the reotsof the pleats, turas up the sod
and manure to waste, and renders the
crop more liable to suffer by dronght.
1 The ftst dressing should be performod as
' soon as the size of the plants will permit,
t and the best implement to precede the
hoe is a corn harrow, adapted to the width
1 of the rows, which every farmer can
1 make. This will destroy most of the
weeds and pulverize the soil. The seci
on<) hoeing should be performed before
or as soon as the tassels appear, and may
1 be proceeded by the corn harrow, or a
: shallow furrow of the plough, or what is
better than either, by the cultivator. A
slight|tarthing is b< neficiaf, prriVidtd the
earth is scraped from the surface, and the
sod and manure not exposed. It will be
found beneficial to run the harrow or cub
tivator a third, and even a fourth time be.
tween the rows, to destroy weeds and
loosen the surface, particularly if the sea.
son ts dry."
"Some entertain a mistaken notion,
that it is prejudicial to stir the soil among
corn in dry weather, and others, that
weeds serve to prevent the evaporation
~ mi _
of moisture by a not sun. 1 ne re rae
of these opinions is true. The exhaustion
of moisture by a plant is in the ratio of
the surface of its leaves and stalks presented
to the sun and air." .
"Indian coin.?There is no crop
which habit has rendered more inispensable
to the wants of our families and our
farms than this. The late John Taylor,
fcf Virginia, termed it our 1 meat, meal
and manure.' Holding this high rank in
our farm economy, it is a subject of moment
to adopt the best mode of culture.
As many districts are shy in producing
wheat, and as this crop is seriously threatened
by tbe new (to us) wheat insect, it
hecomes more a matter of solicitude to
render our corn crops productive. But
as this grain demands more labor in its
culture than other grain crops, so it i?
more important, on the score of profit
that it should be well managed ; for if
thirty bushels an acre be considered only
a remuneration for the labor bestowed on
the crop?all that the product falls short
of this must be a loss?and all that it ex.
ceeds, a nett gain on the cultivation
The first consideration in regard to the
com crop, is to give it a dry mellow soil;
he second, that this soil be rich, fat or
fertile; and the third, that the seed be
timely put in and the crop well taken
care of. Neither wet grounds, nor stiff
clays, nor poor grounds, will repay by
their product, the labor required on a crop
of corn. He who has no other but these,
should not attempt to raise it as a field
crop. He had better bestow his labor
upon other objects, and busy his corn.
We think the best prrparnHon for corn
is a clover ley, well clovered with long
manure from the harn.yard, well ploughed
and well harrowed. It is better to give
sixty loads of dung to three acres than to
ten, upon the ordinary lands in our neigh,
borhood. The difference in product will
not make up for the difference in labor.
Corn can hardly be dunged too high.
What we have to recommend, that is not
common in the culture of this crop, is,
that double the usual quantity of seed be
applied?the number of plants to be re.
duced at the weeding?i n order to insure
three or four stalks in each hill;?that
the roots be not broken, nor the manure
thrown to the surface by the plough, but
that the harrow and cultivator be substi.
tuted for, it which will sufficiently mel.
low the surfsce and destroy weeds, and
that the hills be but slightly earthed. By
ploughing and hilling we conceive the
manure is wasted, the roots broken and
bruised, and limited in their range for
food, the crop more exposed to injury
from drought, and the labor increased."
In speaking of the plough in the cul*
tivation of corn he again thus remarks?
44 We do not use it. We think its
USE preji'DICI al in breaking THE
boots and in limiting their RANGE
for nutriment."
Mr. James M. Sutton, of St. George
. Delaware, who raised upon seventy.nine
acres 8.284 bushels of rorn, and who
Rives an accurate and detailed account
of the condition and cultivation of each
field makes this remark in relation to the
use of the plough :
M In order to test the advantage of the
cultivator over the plough, for tilling
corn, he had five rows in his field that
he lapped the furrow to, with a plough,
previous to going over it the last time with
the cultivator. He soon discovered that
rrmwf h of these five rows fell short, in
( ,,,v h'" - .
height, of those adjacent, and yielded oneI
fifth less corn.
41 There is no douht but the true mode
of tillingcorn, especially where sod giound
is used is to plough deep, and use nothing
i> but the fallow and flake harrow for its
cultivation. By not disturbing the sod
ploughed down, it remains there as a re.
servoir of moisture, and an exhilarating
principle throughout the season, to the
j growth of the corn."
f j auks m. suttojf.
. Upon Mr. Sutton's report of his crop,
P Judge Buel adds the following :
J *?Note.?The management which led
to the extraordinary product of corn,
, should be deeply impressed upon the mind
, of every corn grower. 1. The ground
was well dunged with long manure; 2.
r ft was planted on a grass ley, with one
> deep ploughing; 3. It was well pclver.
, i izbd with the harrow; 4. the plough was
11 not u?e4 io the after culture, nor the c+rn
A
out fn Varch and April, consequently was
very little rotted. I spread it regularly and
ploughed it down with a large concave
plough, (niado br G. Cox, of Middletown,
Delaware.) sevpn inch** deep. I thes harrowed
it twice the same way it waa ploughed.
I then had the rows marked out with' a small
plough, three feet ten' inchee wide, and /?ne
and a half inches deep. I planted nay corn
from 18 to 22 inches apart, and covered it
with hoes; juet drawing the farrows over the
corn, which covered it one and a half inches
below the surface.' When the corn was four
inches h gh I harrowed it and thinned it to
two atal f in the hill'.- in about two weeks
softer harrowing, I cultivated itsgabk whkh
was all 'he ti!lage I gave it. We farmers of
the Eastern shore count our corn by the
thousand; I had 88,640 hills on my lot, and 1
think my corn would have been be ter had I
planted earlier:! did not plant until 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 yon
think the ab >ve worthy of notice you wih
please give it a pla< e in your valuable paper."
WILLIAM MIILBB
44 Judos Bpil.?De*r Sir:?I send you a
a statement of the expense and produst of an
acre of Indi n corn raised by m?L together
i i'
I hilled, bat the cultivator only used ; 5. the
' sod was not disturbed, nor the manure
turned to the surface; and 6. the corn;
was cut at the oround when it was fit
to top. These are the points which we
have repeatedly urged in treating of the
culture of this Cfop; and their correctness
is put beyond question by this notable
result. The value of lime and marl are
well illustrated in the second experiment,
-?conductor,"
Mr, Charles H. Tomlinson, of Sehen*
ectady, New York, in giving en account,
of his experience, says ; vj . *
** The two last years corn has been
raised in the following manner, on the
Mohawk Flats, near this city. If in grass,
the land is ploughed and well harrowed,
lengthwise of the furrow, without disturb,
ing the sward. The ground is then prepared
for planting, by being marked out
two and a half feet one way and three
feet the other. The last season, the field
was rolled after being planted, with evident
benefit, as it made it level. When
the corn is three inches high, the eultiva
tor is passed through both ways! and
twice afterwards it is used in the same
manner; no hills are made, but the
ground is kept level. Neither hand-hoe,
nor plough are us- d, after the corn if
planted. Fields manured with coarse
manure have been illed in the
same manner. Corn tilled in this
way is as clean of weeds, as when
tilled in the usual way: it is no more liable
to be blown down, and the produce is
equally good. It saves a great deal of
hard labor, which is an expensive item in
the usual culture of corn. Last October,
tea rods were treasured out, io two different
places, in a corn field, on grass
?the tine yielding ten, the other nine,
bushels of ears. In one corn-field, after
the last dress:ng in Julvf timothy and
clover se? d were awn, tnd in the fill th
Brass app? ar??<i to havp taken as well as it
has done in adjoining fields where it had been
sown with oats.**
Upon which Judge Buel again remarks:
" All or nearly<all:ttie accounts we have
published of greatjpruducts of I ndian corn agree
in two particulars, vis; in not us'<ng the .
plough m the cul'ure, and in not earthing, or
but very slightly, the Stills. These results go
to demonstrate, that the entire n?ts aru essential
to the vigor of the eiops and to enable
them to perform their functions at nature designed,
must be near the surface. If the roots
are severed with the plough, in dressing the |
crop, the piauts are deprived of a portion of
theit nourishment; and if they are buried
deep by hilling, the plant is partially exhausted
in throwing out a new tit near the sur.
face, where ai'Hie they can perform all their
offices. There is another material advantage
in this mode of cultivating the corn crop?it
mna V9tt stual of tnsnnal lahns "
r"*ro * BWV wv ? vi uivuuni lil'rui
Th*? proceeding considerations justify us in
recommending, that >n the management 01
the Indian corn crop, the following rule* he
otwrved or at least partially, so far as to test
their correctness :
t. That the com harrow and cu'tivator be
substituted for the plough in the culture of the
crop.
2 T hat the plants not hilled, or bu*
lightly so?this not to prevent the soil being
oftenstirred and kept clean, and,
3. That in harvesting, the crop be rut at
the ground as soon as the grain is glazed.
Again, in reference to the system of level
cultivation of corn; Judge Bu. 1 remarks;
* The experience of ?ne last two years has
been siiffirmnt to admonish us, that without
due precaution, our croi>s of Indian cora w ill
not pay for the labor bestowed on the cu ture;
and yet, that where due attention has been
paid to soil, manure, seed and harvesting, the
re urn has been bountiful, notwithstanding
bad seasons. Having been uniformly success*
fulin the culture of this crop, we feel justified
in repeating some leading directiona for its
management."
4 ArrBEccLTCTE?In this the plough
should not be used if the corn harrow and
cultivator can be had, and if used, should not
iiifT.irpH in iipnAfrafu the soil more tkan
two or three inches. Th# plough tears the
root*, turns up and wastes the manure, and increases
the injuries of drought. The main
objec is to extirpate weeds, and to keep the
surface nHIo* anu open, that the heat, air
and ino store may exert better their kind in*
flnenres upon the r-getable matter in the
oil. in rouvcrtin< it into nutriment for the
crop At the first dressing with the h>nd
h'?", the plants are reduced to four, or three,
in a hi'l? the surface is broken among the
plants, the weeds careful y extirpated, and a
little fresh mou d gathered to the hill. At
the second dressing, a like process is observed
taking care that the earthing shall not exceed
one inch and a half, that the hill be broad and
flat, and that the earth for this purpose be nut
taken from one place, but gathered from the
surface between the rows, where it has been
loosene* 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 mode, and of the products of their
land.
Georgetown X Roads, Kent Co., Md* )
Nov. 4th, 1137. f
Grkat crop of corji ? Mr Editor ?I
have just finished measuring the corn that
grew this year on a lotofm.ne of five and a
I.alf axrsg mil h*va measurer! 1051. 0. ha relrii
and one bushel of ears, making 103 bushels
of corn per acre. The corn is called Seman'a
rorn; it is a deep yellow, and not a
gourd seed, but a very deep grain and small
red coS and has froin twelve to twenty four
rows on the cob. 1 have taken great pans
in eelec:ing mv seed for the last three years,
1 threshed off 230 bushels las' M?y a <> found
from measurera* nt if measured rorn the bar**
rel rive bushels and seven-eights of sheliod
corn. The following is the manner in which
1 prepared the ground, &c. The soil is a
st iff clay: one and a half acres of sad lot was
in clover last year, the balance in wheat. I
put 2Pb two-horse cart load* of barn.yard
manure on it ; the manure wag coarse, made
out of straw, corn tops.and hunks, hauled into
thejard in January and February, andhauled
with the mode of its cultivation- rhe corn
wa? the little eight rowed veilow variety.
M Soil ano cvLTPtt?The foil is a warm
aaadv loam. It waa ploughed deep in the autumn
of ltjSf. About the firat of May, I
carried on, and apread ail over the ground, a*
bout thirty load* of stable and barn-yard un.
frrmentn I mamnt h . | ol.ed and harrowed the
ground wall, being careful not to dieturb the
eod, wh ch wu timothy, and mown the cummer
proceeding; and on the Oth and 10th of
May planted the aatne, two and a half feet be*
tween the rows and fifteen incbea between
the hills. It waa dreased with aabec when it
made its appearance above ground.. On the
10th June commenced weeding and ththnmf,
leaving from two to four of the beat apeara in
each hill, the whole averaging about three
peart in a hill. After this lashed it again,
using in all abou' ten buahelc of good unleash,
ed house ashec. On the 10th of July *oem?nc?*d
hoeing, and at the eatne time took
ofTall the suckers?put no mora about the
hills than we took from them, but carefully
rleaned nut all the weeds from the h lla. The
seed was prepared by simply wetting it With
warm water, and rolling it in plaster.
44 lUnvn-sTino.?The corn was cut upon
the 18 -h September at the ground, and shocked
in small shock*; and on the 9th of October
it waa boused and husked, and auUequeutly
threshed and measured.
m Pm duct.?-Nmrty.nine bushels of firat
corn, without even a nubbin of soft or poor
grain ..owing to the bet probably, that them
waa no lucknm on which to fro* them '*
a. aoHtiM.
I am awam that thene vie*a and, the aur
hnr i?v in theif lUDtiort will find but litt e fit
vorwith a majo.uy of corn raiser* who iooiwt
upon the n^rewity of * cutting the rants of the
earn to make it grow:" With such, I know
that reason* unanswerable, and the experience
of 'he mnet practical farmers in every state
of the (*tnon, weigh nothing against their
own absolute knowledge.
Notwithstanding t his apparent tin willingness
to tolerate innovations upon old established
usuages, I have a confidence that there are
some who will investigate the subject, and
who will yield their own opinions, however
lo.-rg practised upon, to the teach ngs of reason
and to the experience of the practical and
intelligent farmers of the United States.
jobs m. mill1kbn.
Cooked Food for Swine ?Mr. S<d?
don of Mass.,'stated in a recent agricul.
tural meeting in Boston, that from a bushel
of cooked meal* he had obtained 12 Iba.
of pork, while the same quantity of uncooked
meal would not give more than
8 lbs. of pork. It haa long been our opinion,
that there was adiftereoce of ahout
one-third in favor of cooked, or fermented
food, over raw, and we are more than
satisfied the cheapest plan to make pork
is to feed hogs as much as they can eat
all the time.
Ta cure scratches on a horse, wash the
legs with warm strong soap suds, and
then with beef brine. Two applications
will cure the worst case
A lump of pearlash, crowded into the
pipe of a poilevil or thistlelows, two or
three times, will cure this reported incurable
disease.
Cab she Spin.
This question was asked by Ring James
1st when a young girl was presented tc
him, and the person who introduced her
#>f l>>. in ika nomnl
IIUH91UU VI IIC1 1?S ?>IV nnviviM
languages. "I can assure your Majesty/1
said he, "that she can both speak and
write Latin, Greek and Hebrew."?
"These are rare attainments for a damsel,"
said Jame, "but pray tell me? can
she spin?"
Many of the young lahies of the pres.
ent day can boast of their skill in the
fine arts and polite accomplishments, in
music, painting and dancing, hut can
they spin? or what is more appropriate
to the times and modorn improvement!
in labor-saving machinery, it may be
asked, can they perform the domestic duties
of a wife? do they understand the
management of household affairs? Are
they capable of superintending in ajudiriotis,
prudent and economical manner,
the concerns of a family ?
A young lady may be learned in the
? a a i a t
i ancient ana moaern languages, may nave
made extraordinary proficiency in every
branch of literature; this is all very well
and very creditable, and to a certain
class of the community, who are not
, obliged, as was Saint Pau1, "to labor with
| their own hands," is all that is absolutely
requisite, but to a much larger portion
j of (he community, it is of far greatei
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consequence to know whether they can
sp nf
- It i* of more importance to young
mechanic, or a merchant, or one of any
other class of people who depend upon
their o#n industry and exertions* if he
marries a wife, to have one who knows
bow to spin or to perform other domestic
duties, than one whose, knowledge doei
not extend beyond a proficiency in liter
atureandthe fine arts.
It has often been said that .the time*
ate strangely altered; and certain it ii
that the people are. ft was once though
honorable to be constantly employed ii
hoine useful avocation; but nowadays i
thought more honorable to lie idle.?
People complain of high prices of tin
necessaries of life, and with much truth
But if the amount of idleness could lx
calculated accurately throughout th<
community, allowing the drones half pric<
for their services, which they might per
form, and which others are paid for, i
might be a safe calculation to cstio at
it equal to all that is expended for pro
visions and marketing in the Unite
States. So it is not a little inconsisten
to hear parents complain about the pric
of provisions, while they bring up thei
daughters to walk the streets and expen
money.
* ?l? t!- J 1_ l.^. ^ ....
LtCl me i?ir uiugmcn ui uui cuuuu
imitate the industrious matrons of th
past. The companions of those wh
fought in the Revolution were inured I
hardships, and accustomed to riecetsar
and thus did they educate their daughtei
Health contentment, and plenty smile
around the familX altar.-The damsel wh
understood most thoroughly and econorr
ically the management of domestic at
fairs, and was not afraid to put her hand
into the wash-tub, or to "lay hold of th
distaff," for fear of destroying their elf
ticity, and dimming their snowy whiti
ness, was sought by the young men <
those days as a fit companion for life, bi
in modern times to learn the mystery <
household would make our fair ones fail
away; and labor comes not ioto the cod
of modern gentility.
Industry and frugality will lead I
cheerfulness and contentment, and acoi
tended wife tends greatly to soften th
asperities and smooth th rough paths i
a man's journey through life. It hi
been truly said, a pleasant and cheerfi
wife is a rainbow in the sky, when th
husband's mind is tossed with stroma an
tempests; but a dissatisfied and a fretfi
wife, in the hour of trouble is like a hui
der cloud, charged with electric fluid.
Boston Transcript
PK ACM TRKKS. ,
We should judge that the easiest wa
to destroy the peocA-morm, is by sea Id inj
but this remedy would he useless i
most cases, against the borer, on accoui
of his ascending progress, and his positio
in the interior of the tree. We hav
destroyed them in considerable numbei
by means of a barbed wire, bat the open
tion .? often tedious from the crookei
ness of their hole*. We hare therefoi
for two years past, endeavored toexclud
them from one of their favorite trees (
mountain ash) by coating the bark to th
height of three feet with tar; and h
rolling a newspaper round it, to prote<
it from tha weather, tied in three or foe
places; and the plan has succeeded con
pletetly.?New Genetsec Farmer.
' Clay Mixture ox sandy lands.?.
correspondent of the Western Farme
gives the following as his experience <
the value of mixed clay with sandy soil
Several years since, when a resident <
New England I purchased a piece of di
sandy land, denominated there, "pin
plains," that had been very much wori
, A portion of it, about 1 8-4 acres, waao
. the verge of a deep ravine, and a lit!
: mere elevated than the remainder of tl
> lot. This piece had he< n sown the' fa
I previous to rye, and stocked with clove
, The rye washirvested?in inferior cr<
, ?and the ground, I found in the fall, wi
, not to appearance, more than half stocl
ed. Not having manure for a sprir
, crop, and clay being handy, I carted c
{ to the piece about thirty ox-cart loads <
, clay; this, however, was not pure, bi
supposed to contain about one-thii
, sand; the same was spread upon tl
, surface of the ground in ihe fall. In tl
i spring it had formed a complete coatir
, over the whole surface; the result wi
, a heavy crop of clover. The next sprir
. about twenty loads of yard manure wi
? . * i .
, spread upon it. It was then oroKen u
i rolled, harrowed and plants! to jcori
about the 10th May. The result) wa
. about ninety bushels of sound corn, I hi
, corn enough for my own use and so
about fifty bushels for fifty dollars. Th
I was my first experimont in farming,
i is nearly eight years since the clay w
: applied, and I am told the ground is at
i benefitted by it. The application wi
continued onether portions of the lot wii
, equally beneficial results as long as I o
- copied it
i i iiA^s rot HAjLiio titk.
Hik Adams County, (F*a.) Silk Socio;
' ty* offer th* ^f4lowttf? redsons why tbay
htfuld cultivate silk F ? ^
1 1. Because it btf* beetf proven by the V>
1 experience of many, that tie soil ftpd cti?
mate of this country are well adapted,
: and that the Crop is as certain ds any' i
r other.
2. Because it Can4>e produced by the
ordinary members of the family, to ths
gj va'ue of several hundred dollars. Mr.
i Heer, a plain Gertkan farmer,of Lamas- ;
{ ter'Owintjr, whW th? *? .rtliule*gH
} and. Tor two weCks, the additional aid of
one of his farm hands, made this season,
about 9260 worth of silk, exclusive of
state bounty.
- 6. Because one pound of silk will self
* for as much as a barrel of flour, and can:
8 he more easily produced,
? 4. Because it requires one fourth of
e an acre to produce a barrel of flour, whilst
. the same amount of land will produce
? twin nrU nf ?illr ,? rirnva'n hv iKn
e Rev. D W McLean, of New Jersey, tad
k many others.
j 5. Because one pound of iftk, Worth
t $8, can be taken to market at as little
_ expense as a pound of flour, , worth four
" cenle.
6. Because the labor of producing
silk is performed in six weeks, whilst
anyotfor article of produce requires six
y months. . a
e 7. Because it will add much to tfc*
0 wealth of the country, without any mate*
o rial additional cost, since most of the labor
y can be performed by children and infirm
e persons.
d 6. Because it is encouraged in 'thiv
0 country by State bounties, whilst - in
i. European and Asatic silk growing coon*
tries, a tax of $3 per pound has been paid
1 by the producers.
6. Because the Chinese mulberry,
morus multicaulis, can be propagated
** more speedily, and at less cost, than a
8" other tree that is raised in the country*
" the leaves of which may be used for worar
jl feeding in two months after the bud io
planted.
it 10. Because our importations of forte
eign silk already amount to #20,000,900'
annually..
Io' II. ' Becausefthere are hundreds of
silk factories in operation in our country^;
at which they are anxious to purchased!'
n the raw silk that can be made, being if
present forced to import raw silk to keep
jj .them employed.
ie .
id DXSTBCCTION OF CATXXKLLABS.
il Our readers are reminded that this
). worm should he attended to in season,
and when this is done, the labor of ex?
tirpation will be trifling. Close attention
to clear the limbs for one or two years
will entirely rid an orchard of the nuis* ;
ance. One easy mode of destruction is
' .nnlw atrnnii man and* tn (h* mat .if
.. rrr'j ??e ?r ? ?? "
the tree is large e swab tied to the end of
n a pole will accomplish the purpoee eflVct.
11 (tally. Suds which have been used by the
,n wash woman are as good at any, and by
c rubbings swab on the nest?*fter it ha*
rs been dipped into the suds?the worms are
i* quickly destroyed.?Maine Cultivator*
1.
e
. . ax act to rsouoTi AoaicrLTUsamraw
a % YORK.
c From the Journal of Commerce*
y
,t This act became a law on tbe 5th inut.
*r It appropriates $?600 per annum for the
)s term of five years for the promotion of Agriculture
and household -manufactures in
this state. The sum of $9506 for New
A Yorkfoounty, is given to the American In.
r, stitutute,
?f When the New York State Agricultu.
f: ral Soiciety, or any other county agrieulif
tural society which is now, or may hear*
y after be formed, or the American Instite
tute,shall by voluntary subscription raise
i. any sum of money, then the comptroller,
>n on ^an affidavit of the facts shall draw
le his warrant on the treasurer for an
le equal sum, which is not, however, to ex*
ill cred the amount apportioned to the couo*
r. ty.
>p It is the dutv of the officers of the state
is and county societies to regulate and
it. award premiums on such articles as are
ig best calculated to promote the agricultu.
>n ral and household manufacturing inter,
of eats of the state, giving the reward for the
lit most economical or profitable mode of
rd competition. An accurate written dis.
ie cription of the whole process in raising
ie the crop, or feeding the animals, as may
ig be, is to be given by the person claiming
is I the reward.
*
18 experiment ok vhe proper distances
p, rot cotton :
From the Southern Agriculturist
^ Mr. Editor :?When I had the pleas.
ure of seeing you at ray house last spring,
. you requested me to make an experiment.
jt on thinning cotton to different distances
with the view of ascertaining, if posible,'
... W II at 19 HIV M?o?M ?W 0??V ?
1 bills. I made the experiment accord inf.
" ly? and hand yno an account of it
The rows are threer feet apart, and In
c" hundred and eighty-ftva ydrda loaf.
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