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VOLUME VI. CIILRAW, SOUTH-CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1841. NUMBER 44
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CONTEXTS OF THE FARMERS* REGISTER!
NO. 8, VOL. 9.
Original Communications,
Shell marl under peat in Vermont,
Mistakes of the names and characters of
grasses,
The Board of Agriculture,
^ Wax procured from sugar canes,.
^ Lie big's Organic Chemistry,
Redeliver, Ace., in France,
Disputed questions in agriculture,
Notes on the Sandy Point estate, No. 3,
"Agricultural statistics" corrected,
Rejoinder,
A suggestion to agricultural societies,
Movement of the people for promoting
hanking reform, and the resumption
and maintenance of specie payments,
Season and crops,
A sample of editorial and publication profits,
Monthly summary of news,
Selections.
Address to the Henrico Agricultural Society,
concluded,
How does climate affect the staple of
wooi?
The curculio,
Sheep poisoned by the common red cherry?
Cotton and Corn?a dialogue,
A substitute suggested for green crops
for t.nrningdown,
On top-dressing,
Cows, before and after calving,
Carrier pigeons,
Maidwin's patent stock mill, or corn and
c?b crusiler,
Art* sian boring at Paris,
Discovery in Virginia of the regulur mineral
salt formation,
Limestone and calcareous earth, in the
Pee Dee country,
** ??fVio nr/tnpr Ktatft of
JjXjKrIIIICII13 IV asiun utv
wheat for reaping,
Bone dust.
. Address to the friends of a national agri.
* cultural society,
Ttic canker-worm,
Moisture of the soil. Watering,
Saving grass seeds,
Modes of transmuting wheat to cheat,
Experiments on nitrate of soda and saltpetre,
More disputes among the sellers of Berkshire
hogs,
Growth of plants without mould,
Experiments and observations on the
action of charcoal from wood on vege
tation,
The bee-moth,
The tare culture,
Henrico Agricultural and Horticultural
Society,
Discourse on the character, properties,
and importance to man, of the graminefe,
or true grasses,
The peach, important experiment, *
The alpaca,
Blister tiie-s
Tomato figs,
Table of manures. Their properties and
mode of application,
Source of the carbon of plants,
<?rr I 'he Farmers' Register is published
monthly in Richmond Va. at #5 per
annum, and also weekly at the same
price. A new subscriber paying in advance
for the current volume will he
entitled to a copy of Vol. 7 or Vol. 8.
(for 1839 or 1840.)
Manuring.
A friend of ours, who deservedly holds
a high rank as a practical Planter, in all
ats various details, gave us, in conversa.
tion, the plan he pursues in manuring his
land. He owns about a hundred and
fifty head of cattle, all of which are driver
home in the evening and penned. His
cow pen is half an acre in size. He pens
his cattle in one place, three nights, and
then moves it forward, so as to cover hall
an acre more, and a plough follows immediately
and turns under the manure,
on the half acre just occupied, so thai
nothing is lost by evaporation. He con.
tinues this throughout the year, at the
end of which, he has about a hundred and
twenty acres well manured, and the man.
ure all well turned under, so that he has
lost none.
The trouble oI moving such a small pen
so often, he thinks is less than it would
he to wagon out the some amount of mani
ure, and scatter it; and then by his system,
he saves a vast amount, that would
be lost by evaporation, if permitted to be
long in a heap.
But he gains, too, in another important
particular. This secures for his cattle
greater attention, than is ordinarily bestowed
on stock, and prevents his losing
a large number.
We asked if be did not haul straw and
I leaves to his pens? He remarked that
his land was a light, sandy, porous soil,
that would not bear this kind of manure;
but that after his cattle had remained
two nights in a pen, he hauled in a rich,
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clayey sen, ironia mrgc swniup ncai iu?.,
and scattered this over the pen, and the
cattle were penned on thistAe third night
which was, of course, turned under too.
He thus aot only enriched his land, but
produced a permanent change in the
i physical structure of the soil.
i We regret that we are not at liberty
to use the gentleman's name, as authority
for the advantages of this system, for
he would be recognized by many of our
readers as a most successful planter.?
And in connection with his success in
planting, he remarked, it is owing wholly
to planting short to the hand, so as to afford
me an opportunity to manure highly.
S. (\ Temp. Adv.
WOOD CIL.
Sir,?In the 7th volume of the Transactions
of the Agricultural and Horticultural
Society of India, there is an extensively
interesting account of a species of
tree growing in the Tenasserim Provinces,
which by tapping somewhat auer the
manner practised upon the maple-trees in
our country, yields an oil or balsam of
most peculiar properties; the whole
statement is so concise and satisfactory,
that I must copy it for insertion in your
pages.
"Some parts of the Tenasserim Provinces
are covered with wood-oil trees,
which attain an immense size ; they grow
without branches to the height of 60 or
70 feet; the wood is very light and considered
inferior, but charcoal made from
it is the best adapted for the manufacture
of gunpowder. To obtain the oil a notch
is cut into the tree not far from the
ground, a receptacle like a basin is then
formed, where a tire is kept up until the
circulation of the sap is directed by this
artificial irritation towards thut part,after
which the liquid begins to ooze out,
and continues to run for several
weeks, if the charred part is scraped away,
and a new wound is inflicted. The almost
incredible quantity which is thus
obtained from a single tree in this way,
amounts to thirty or even forty gallons ;
many thousands of the finest trees are
available Tor the purpose, and hitherto
totally unused. The value of this substance
has never yet been properly appreciated
; it is used by the natives, on account
of its high inflammability, mixed
with dry putrid wood wrapped in palm
leaves, as torches, and is the common
I substitute for oil or candles used as light
! by all classes of the Curmans; hut beI
sides this main purposes, it is used as
I?~ . . 1 . '
I medicine in rheumatic disease, and a
| preservation against the ternus or white
ant, for which purpose it is smeared over
tlie posts of their houses. In Calcutta it
is used for the purpose of painting ships,
which is truly wasteful, considering its
great value for other purposes. Having
chemically the greatest affinity to turpentine,
it can be used for the same purposes
for which the fine lac varnish by oil of
turpentine is employed. When purified,
it resembles the finest varnishes, which
when laid upon paintings covers them
with a transparent fine coating which
never turns yellow, and dries quickly.?
There is also another most important application
of this substance, in the formation
of oil cloth, tarpaulings &c, and it
has been declared by naval men, who
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have made the experiment, tnat me ciom,
respecting durability, is preferable to the
patent atili-milldew canvass made in and
exported from England.
On perusing this very interesting volume,
I find that the Society have received
packages of seeds and plant from this
country, which have reached their desti;
nation in security by being placed in
I glazed boxes; would it not be possible to
obtain by the same means specimens of
, the above most valuable plant ? It would
I in all probability flourish in some of our
, southern states and form a noble addition
j to our national resources. Is there not
5 something novel in the mojle adopted to
| extract this oil from the tree by directing
p the flow of the sap by "artificial irrita,
tion"by means of fire, towards the notch
cut into the tree ??and would not the
mo nrnooco kn n ?ml!r?ahlf? in the nnera. I
? | OnillV ^? WV/'7?I I/O ... -
, I ration of tapping the sugar-maple? Will
( tiiose of your readers who have the
means of making the experiment, put it
to the test ?
. JOHN GERRY.
Farmers' Cabinet.
VERMONT BUTTER.
I The County of Caledonia, in Vermont,
has long been celebrated for its dairies,
and its butter and cheese frequently carry
off prizes from places where the compe.
tition is open to the whole Union. Caledonia,
as the name imports, was chiefly
settled by the Scotch, and the thrift of
the country is strongly observable in that
agricultural district. The editor of the
Farmer's Visiter spent a few days in that
country not long since, and has given
some interesting notes of his visit, connected
with the agriculture of the place.
In the best dairies, those from which the
butter.that took the highest premiums of
the Massachusetts Society came, milk is
allowed to stand 48 hours before the cream
is taken lrom it. It is churned in the old
wooden hand churn, worked in cold water,
which is repeatedly drained off until
the milk entirely disappears, and the less
the butter is worked, the better it is
deemed.
Working, in* the manner commonly
practised to free from the milk, is condemned
in these dairies as injurious to the
quality of the butter, leaving it tough or
stringy, and causing it to adhere to the
knife. In the dairy of W. Baehop, who
has obtained five premiums at Boston for
Butter; two of $100 each, and three of
$50 each ; the miik in warm weather
stands 30 hours, and in cold 48 hours.?
In the hot season, in this daify, 6 lbs. of
salt and in cold weather, 5 lbs. are allow,
ed to 100 lbs. of butter. The butter in
these diaries, when made, is packed in
firkins which hold from 30 to 50 pounds.
It is packed so as to be very solid, and
the surface of the butter is covered with a
thin white cloth over which fine salt is
spread. Some cover the surface with a
pure brine and clean cloth. Caledonia
butter always cammands a high price in
market; and that from the premium dairies
ranges from 23 to 30 cents per
pound. The summer yield from a cow
varies from 100 to 120 lbs. each, so that
the whole dairy business, even at such a
distance from the market, is profitable, as
is shown by the fact that nearly all the
principle families engaged in it at any
time, have from smaiil beginnings, risen
to opulence.
The agricultural products ofCaledonia,
independent of the dairy, are described
as ample; and from every part of the
country proofs are accumulating of the
excellence of the crops, and the rich
reward which lias atttended the labors
of the husbandman.
Boston Cultivator.
From the Yankee Farmer.
ON TIIE IMPORTANCE OFSV8TEMATIC CULTIVATION.
" Hate not laborious works, nor the
husbandry which the Most High has ere*
a ted."?Bible.
Agriculture is the oldest art of which
T. A|
we have any account, it was me occupation
chosen by God for the first man
Adam. By it nations and communities
are kept together. It is the bond of union
that u.iites-all society. It is an art more
conductive to health, and more strictly
united with religion and moral virtue than
any other. It is important, then, that it
should be well understood. It requires
laborious work, and constant application.
Inquiries into the principles of agriculture
are like the key of knowledge, that will
open unto us an extensive field for inquiry.
Intelligent and patient observation will
disclose vast riches for the mir.dto delight
in, and add vast resources for physical
happiness. As nothing comes by chance,
as there is cause, a law for' every thing
that occurs in the universe, the inquiring
cultivator of the soil may trace those laws,
and ascertain correctlj'theory of nature
in the production and re-production of
pints; and when he prosecutes these
interesting inquiries, he will obtain
the most profitable results for his labor,
both mentally and in the increased pro.
duct of his lands. He will be a scientific
or natural farmer.
Why not ? Let eveiy man understand
thoroughly the fundamental principles of
his own business. What a fund of knowledge
may agriculture acquire.
Many farmers are contended to aband.
on their practice to their own taste and
prejudice, without attempting to make
serious investigation into the science or
principle of their business, or trying expeiiments,
that they may be led to adopt
improved modes of practice. Such farmers,
though they may succeed in obtaining
a living by their labor, will never advance
in knowledge or wealth, or experience
the true happiness, dignity and independence,
which their callin?. under
intelligent and systematic direction, is so
well calculated to produce.
Practice, to be beneficial to the land,
and profitable to the cultivator, must he
in accordance with natural laws; and
so far as any success attends the labors of
the most ignorant and careless, it is only
because these laws have been partially observed.
It is not enough that a man was
born and bred a farmer, to enable him to
secure the most desirable result, for, it
may be, that his breeding has not been of
the best, order, or, if he has been brought
up on a good farm, and his modes of culture
produce him better crops, keep his
land in better tilth, and yield him more
profit than his neighbor receives, yet the
experience of others will be highly useful,
for the field ot inquiry is large ; the knowledge
obtained from good books, the record
of scientific and systematic experiments,
conducted by farmers, as good, not to say
better than himself, will be found highly
serviceable to him.
When a man of superior genius applies
himself to the arts experience shows us
that he does it with more ability, force oi
mind, industry, taste, and with more inventions,
now discoveries, and various experiments
; whereas, a common man confines
himselfservilely within the common
road, and to his ancient custom. Nothing
opens his ey es, nothing raises him above
his old latitudes, and after many years ol
patient labor, he still continues the same
without making any progress in the profession
he follows.
One reason of the small produce ol
farms, and the Small return to the industrious
farmer, is, that agriculture is not
generally regarded as an art, that requires
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long been regarded as a ipere unanual
occupation. * A man is called a farmer,
and is thought to have performed his part,
when all that he does is to plough, plant
and harvest, without regard to rules 01
system* It is strange, indeed, that farmers,
who, above all others, ought to tinderstand
the theory of soils, and the production
of plants, and to observe the
phenomenon of nature in these particulars
as a means not only of adding to then
knowledge, but ?o their ease and profit,
should neglect them most
Experience is above all precepts, anc
makes even the faults we have committee
conduce to our advantage ; for from doing
wrong, we often learn to reform. The
experience, then of the thousand of intel
ligent minds, who have elucidated anc
brought out truths, on subjects directly
and indirectly bearing upon agriculture
is to be regarded.
In continuation of this subject, weshal
endeavor to point out a good method t<
pursue, to enable us. to adopt a natura
system'of cultivation. We must lay oui
foundation well, commence with primarj
principles, and the result must be success
ful.
THE CARLIFOBIA WHEAT.
The grain of this article was brough
by a trader from Middle California, 24 o
35 north latitude, where it]grows luxuriant
ly and yields abundantly a superior ar
tide of Flour. It was obtained and in
troduced by Major Thomas P. Sperin
who was in the North West, in the em
ploy of the United States as Indian agent,
This wheat has been sown in Abbeville
District, S. C. latitude 64 10' N. The
crop of this year, 1841, is superior t<
that of last year, 1840, in the size of the
heads, superior p*oduct, and fullness o!
the grain. . Experienced farmers, wh<
have seen the wheat grow, assert that or
proper wheat land, well prepared, eight)
bushels can be raised on one acre. Its
yield is astonishing, from the fact of one
grain producing thirty to forty stalks each
having a full head, which contains frorr
one hundred to two hundred grains. Th<
best head of our common wheat will onl)
shell out from sixty to eighty grains,
Another advantage, is, that this wheat is
not so subject to disease as other kinds ol
wheat, and will withstand high winds and
storms. It also grows and matures well
westwardly in the 30th degree of N. Iatitude.
We consider it to be a superioi
kind of wheat, and a great acquisition tc
the agricultural community ; and we hope
it may at least have a fair trial, when it
will prove itself all that its most sanguine
friends have said or thought it would be.
The above is the strong recommendation
of this wheat, by several gentlemen
akkatriila rliutinmiiuhurl n? Farmers and
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for their respectability.
A few heads of this California Wheat
can be had at this office.?Augusta Constitutionalist.
From the S. C. Temperance Advocate.
Ox Planting Cotton.
Mr' Editor: Esteeming it the duty ol
every planter, to make known any discovery
he might make, for the improvement
of Agriculture; and believing the
followifig hints might, in some degree,
answer a usefull purpose, I herewith cornmunicate
my experience and practice
which, if you think worthy of a place ir
your columns, you are at liberty to pub
lish.
In reading one of your lost papers, I saw
the dibble recommended, for the planting
ot Cotton. I have been using a similar
means though I think superior, both ir
regard to despatch aid utility. Thr
plan pursued by me, is a* follows, and nil J
shall say in recommendation is, let any
one try it.
Ny dibble, if I mav so^all it is prepared
nr%\ 1 SI I 1
thus?saw a hiock or tilack uum ?* menus
thick and 48 inches in circumference,
then mortice and fit in 3 coggs 16 inches
apart on rho circumference. 2-1-2 inches
deep. 2 inches thick and sharpened at the
point, fit a small axletree securely in the
centre, and attach handles similar tc
those on a plough with bars, and let one
hand run it like a wheel-barrow on the
top of the bed prepared, by throwing up
two furrows. Its weight will level the bed
and at the same time make holes deep
enough to drop in from 8 to 10 sesd. By
this means, give one hand a little the
start; and he can, if he is an active boy,
prepare the chop9 fast enongh for 8 or 10
, hands to drop. After the Cotton is drop
ped, one other boy, with a horse, by ad
I opting the following plan, which is com
, mon in the West will be sufficient tocov
er- Make two shafts with poles, say 1(
feet in length, with 4 bars nailed across,
at the bottom of the drag end, nail se
i curely a flat board, 8 inches wide, am
i long enough to rench across two beds a
m , ft . .
a time, drive in two upright pieces o
wood, high enough for two handles t
. rest upon?the handles extended fron
about the middle of the shafts, and restinj
i on a bar, secured to the top of, and acras
> those upright pieces?put your horse ii
i and one boy and horse can play half hi
f time, and cover fast enough for the above
[ number of hands a hoe will answer by run
ning it backwards, but the above plnn
much the best. I have planted in thi
* way for six years, and if my seed wer
. good I never found it necessary tore
t plant. I have been in the evening, am
i not a plant was visible; I have gone agaii
> the next morning and all were up am
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I beautitul. 1 nave planted sun ana tign
, soil in this way, and find it to answer ad
, mirably with either, though if the land i
t stiff, a cast iron wheel would answer muel
* the; by boring holes, however, aVid pout
. ing in lead, a wooden one would do-a
. well. Fearing that worm9 would injur
. my cotton, planted in a field newly cleat
j ed, I took strong ashes and water, au
, rubbed my 9eed well, with the mixture
* in the field thus planted, I did not disco*
, er a single cut plant, whereas, in anothe
field, not far distant, planted without tbi
I peparation', many were destroyed.
I C. D?e.
r Bradford Springs, Aug. 24,1841
) :
BENEFIT OF LIME AS A MANURE. ;
' The following is the concluding part c
an article in the last No. of the Farmer
Register, on U9e of lime on 44 Sandy Poii
I Estate" in Virginia.
} A dressing of calcareous manure w*
1 given, to a twenty-acre lot previous 1
r planting corn in 1840. On on6 half <
1 the lot shell lime was applied at the ral
of 100 bushels per acre ; on the othi
half marl at the rate of 130 bushels coi
taining 63-100 of lime. The crop <
corn was much injured by the ravages <
* the cut worm. Until late in June r
r difference was observable on the crc
* between the shell lime and marl, nor w*
* any observed on the succeeding crop <
" wheat, recently reaped ; and the y.oun
' clover now stands equally well over th
" lot.
On another portion of land, of littl
; over 12 acres, immediately in front <
J Tedddington barn, after a dressing of roi
* ted manure, shell lime, at the rate of 12
1 bushels per acre, wa9 applied previous t
planting corn, also in 1840. This poi
} tion of ground, though of fine texture c,
1 soil and well located for receiving o?ca
r i?i
sionai am irom manure, uau mucu wm
5 paratively for several years to produc
5 a crop of either corn or wheat. The cro
' of corn last year was judged to be eqiu
1 to 30 or 35 bushels per acre, and the cro
! of wheat reaped this season as being nc
less than 15 bushels per acre. The ben
' efits to this portion of ground have con
' sequently been highly satisfactory; th
stand of young clover is now very fine.
In preparing the corn field on the Nec!
farm in 1840, 20 acres on one side of th
field, considered as being too poor to pro
duce a crop of corn, had a dressing of ma
1 nure from the stable yard applied to it
1 and a crop of oats sown. This crop re
' suited miserably, not even sufficient t
1 cover the ground ; what was of them wcr
ploughed down soon after ripening, an
from which a scanty volunteer growt
1 presented itself. In the fall, previous t
1 sowing wheat, 15 acres of it received
dressing of shell lime at the rate of 10
i bushels per acre. On the 7th N<'Verr
I her wheat was sown on the portion limed
as also on that not limod, and which bathe
equal benefit of manure, and on
portion of it a tolerable crop of pea vine
r ploughed under. The adjoining land
. which had been in corn, and separate
. only by a water furrow, was also sowi
on the same day. From the earliest stag
, of the growth of the wheat, that on th
. limed portion kept far in advance. Th
, crop reaped from it this season was heavv
i and considered to be equal to 25 bushel
. per acre ; while that on the portion of th
I 20 acres not limed has certainly not pre
r I dured an average of more than five bus!]
o ,
r els per acre, and was considered as bein
formerly the best portion of the 20 acres
i all of which previous to liming would nc
> probably have produced an average of
[ bushels. The crop of wheat -from tb
' adjoining land which had been in corr
I
and formerly considered as being greatl
I superior to that portion limed, produce!
i a crop whose average will little if any ex
, ceed from 8 to 10 bushels per acre, i
} more striking instance of the benefits re
, suiting from the application of lime I hav
> never seen. Can the most sceptical de
? sire a stronger proof, or its advocates i
> more gratifying result 1 Other result
. will subsequently be reported. In tb
, mean time, I remain your humble an
obedient servant, A. Nicol.
I
r on draining.
j To the Editor o f the British Farmer'
, I Magazine: Sir.?In an article in you
! last number on draining, signed "An Ob
| server," which after offering a few remark
4
on the direction of drains, the writer pro
cecds to ask the following questions;?
what is the use of draining? or, in what
manner wet land injures the crop? Hav*
) ing during a few years had some insight
; into drain ng and seen many of its ben?
eticial effects I will venture to offer a few
J remarks in reply to your correspondent's
t question, and should you deem them wor*
f thy of insertion, perhaps you could And
0 space for them in your excellent magan
zine,
1 Although wheat may grow and prosper
9 in water, it certainly wilt not in a wet
n soil. Take for instance, a wet stiff field;
9 however well the seed may have been
; got in, should there come a severe winter,
i* in the spring it will be found that the
I frosts have done much damage; the wheat
s will neither be full, nor the grain large.
R In all lands of whatever description, or
however good the soil may be, should there
d be wet or springy places, a severe frost
i is sure to take great effect on mem, ana
i the crop will generally be alight, and the
t ear and grain defective. Continued wet
I* sabs the ground, and destroy* the natural
8 g??d qualities of any soil. The subsoil of
i fields near a large body of water ia found
generally to be of a white, cold, spongy
s. nature, and in a manner completely pere
ished.
In hop grounds also, which are often
d near rivers, and not much above their lev.
'? el, the continued wet is found to rot, and
r* therefore injure the plant. In pasture
r ground also I have noticed that at cer19
tain spots, the stock pull up the gram by
the roots, which is caused by the action of frost
on groupd of a springy nature.
Draining, in the course of time, very
much alters the appearance of a soil, it
keeps open the pores of the earth; thus
after heavy rains the wafer quickly disap3
pears, and the soil, instead of continuing
it wet and cold, becomes dry and sdund.'
Your correspondent also inquires
is whether the commonearth-worm is injurito
ous ? decidedly not. In the summer, the
>f subsoil near the drains is generally moist;
te the worms congregate there and keep the
sr ground porous; thus in wet weather the
water/quickly reaches the drains.
It is also a well-known fact, that stock
do best on dry sound ground, particularly
10 sheep; and on ground laid dry, you may
^ keep your bullocks later in the autumn
^ than on wet.
^ Every soil requires draining, some more
ie than others, and it9 beneficial effects may
be seen at all times, but more particularly
e during the winter
>f I could extend my observations farther,
I- but I think I have adduced enough to
n I iniiiM, ih? la nH and crotM.
w ...j . r
0 aid that draining does much good.
I remain, Sir, your's obediently,
^ An Agriculturist.
1 Goudhurst, Kent, July 16.
i
o ofthiscity.andthereeo.pt transmitted
P with it, is enclosed for publication It is
l' deeply to lie regretted that si nee the prP
riodicals of the day are open to communi.
cations, that so many Valuable improve,
ments are lost to the world barely for tho
e want of publicity. Others may have
dried the tomatoes with a recipe, however
^ less successful.
e Very respectfully, H. L Elsworth.
i. lake six pounds of sugar to one peck
i. for JO lbs.) of the fruit. Scald and re.
I, move the skin of the fruit in the usual
! way. Cook them over a fire, their own
0 juice beinj sufficient without t"e addition
e of water, until the sugar penetrates and
J' they are clarified. They are then taken
1 out, spread on dishes, and dried in the
? sun. A small quantity of the syrup
q .should be occasionally sprinkled over
} them whilst drying; after which* pack
I them down in boxes, treating each layer
j with powdered sugar. The syrup is afu
forwards concentrated and bottled for
s use. They keep well from year to year,
I, and retain surprisingly their flavor, Which
d is nearly that of the best quality of fresh
ft tigs. The pear shaped or single tomafoee
e answer the purpose best. Ordinary brown
e sugar may be used, a large portion of
e which id retained in the syrup.
'9 Prom the Yankee Farmer.
e GREAT MBETlXy OF THE ROYAL AGB1CUL*
TUBAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND.
l" The Royal Agriculture Society of Eng.
? land, which numbers among its members
^ and patrons many of the most influential
4 and wealthy nobleman and gentlemen oT
e the Kingdom* celebrated its third anirer.*
,t sary in Liverpool, on the 25th and 26th
v of July. By recent arrivals, we have re.
i ceived full accounts of the proceedings at
. that meeting, and now lafy an abstract of
K them before the readers of the Yankee
!- Farmer, with the hope thatthe liberality*
0 intelligence and enthusiasm ma ni farted" .
' by that Society in behalf of ftgricnltartt'
a improvement, will stir up our community
9 to give more attention to thit lubjetttfalO
? they ever vet have done.
Prizes for stock to the amount of ?100,
were awarded to Short Horns, claai I.?Herefords,
class 2,?500; Devout cltn?
s 8, ?500, do. Any breed or cross Mtt
r qualified to compete in any of the \
going classes, class 4, ?750, dfc *'
s Stallions, four years otf ,
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