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r if Si* ?<fi hino ti riJiw *f?oi yi <*> Jn|l .l?jl?k| *i >? rf^riw i*rl ,i)(t ?ruuifl|al "" -' -HjKap holmo^ lo ftitabi k'slmml?.*? otwHr^ #?a ni nism^-i n>~t bolu'wio.ao A .yinv ; 0) b-*tf j*iia k#iili*)( full Ut)tw?(i? ,l)tml J?^lnr.?bi?nb?.yU ?'> ?? ' b'"?v>*n^? mmmmmmmjui ,JW I ll^BH ftyil yiniini * .iiiKiiyimt oitt bi|t< wmin imin i,?,P JW&MAC**W? jC A 1 eeb*ertbw%o?Vwrk#ih*.|w^*'?t %4twwNiMNi<i4H <eM iwdnl*,.,., ^^UXttKlipfioi 4l*ifk dtM tft ?J*ah?o. Poper* not ditcwnlinuod IomAmaI ?uboerib?re iiMMitoni timt. For mwlMM it InMmh bf dMiMfrts-nhdt (fe?fir*4i?iid?/rto1lftr lid insert ed^ 'arid riharpfed ti l rdemi W|.ro lv" ? ? m \ -w^ tfliiH 0*Th? poMige moot be paid ??n tatlors to the *4ifr v.t * i u*a 0MB?.a &X*BVW&Xm> , m m ihibj ?i nw? { RXTWIV* MM*HNO I? ( _ > MirUlCAAJHtiNAi ir yt (Joint Itrwiitrti ted for tho FarmW Register. C&tota, & 6\, TVao. 3t>; Yin,' ^J^t?tt alTor^*'the jrfeai j?k?nVtl'1.1 >i:?i >.n t. ? ..!#& :, . * ?. r VffP K ?# Wi W""',. V/ r. niMti you with n ritutepifMit Ol my irutrUug \UFWVuV/^fJii?M?t?;A!,n rtrnt year, u,orf the INblPf .** SlMi l,ue,? ?*certMiiif d..... .... '.I . \ i. osl<<n*?meQC?d in Noy?>m!mr Inst to marl inytpkuitntio"** Silver BhUf, on Savan. nefcriver^ Titurn ik hti marl on tiro place. I procured it froin Shell Mutton the mm? river, n/id hnd*to hunt ft 12 mile*i Up the afl-fcltm. f('i$(|;lfro4 prufrid tiaihU {<> than (ho lift'ti I Use, and vVhen'.'tlio river lift .li.ifl.'iy. Mi ..t ivt , i . <! > I.' ? ; if not too hiirh IliHV make two trios a Tdfli In: el . {' . . ' * "'''""'("W I'^invol ves. y M1 l,U:,lM:h aV '? T*>fl W'tWJfoMVfJ ?l tt n>9t l^idow hi?U flunoiji , the^Hrholo ?;rup eiieon two other bauds and lw?j carta are cmaMootly engaged itt hauling it.U>a place of aecurity on the top of 4he hlu.'F. At < other times it is hauled directly from the nnttKrtjJdW/lhW ltiHUii Tnere are Hdwiy(?r"i^1oS(ids''and 2 mules lost to'tlie iroii' I My n4?aV,''Wiifcii'ii? u common uolh'honi.' VUo. toft : -|J. /V' > .!" , >-?i , Ulna III . 11 kIiiuHv lit/ niv Itu/lt mtllll H nti/l I - i.Tni sn? r 7V * T~ c.W.iW* 8t)3i <'?? ?? lj?. ?W%> jrf>Frq ''."v.9 f?c?? jiicK^Hial cx. ^ nwcs to ttu! jirapunt^* ul<out ?2>|0 ihi* 3WHr.,,,j)Mrin? Mw yW/eP?J',w.)./An.ih?? 8th of Ni?v,vo.d#fft H??ro vvct*: Q3 trip* Mil *Mti. hUqviI 93f0t)u huahoia .brought tapjid i tltiak I. can safely calculate ! on { hrinjfing vp 10U,UD0:l>us!ieU pur annum , RerecrfWr, \viti? ro? aamo torco. I num. ( AWiC th&te fact# Uiut erSry t?n? nriy form IftW'oVn citfiHfafe <?f the coat of pfhdtiring , mail under similar circumstances. My AYcullu'tili i*'thiit it coitil rntv Hltoiit. fWu eenu'a |?iish?;r iltliVereU on my bluff.? *1 o oho having rhaVl hi hisotfn premise* t)f*rfy tIje wl?ol? pf this rxpuipn: would ( lw ,KaytvJMr I urn enabled, byomittingtp pu* "I'd, (spread , tWiiaard, without interfering with ulher . pjantntiou work, or lessening tho ninnher ofarren'idanted par hand. In hauling , ?lut-1 liave ?? hetm utile lo do us muoli | de they do in Virginia. Mr. Ruftin, the author of the marling ftyatuoi, hnnlod M \ load.* of 5| hushels with each cart per , day a distance of h'47 I have done , l?Mt little oyer half as well. 1,11Kb iiiules howpvox, and land lining level carried 6J liutditil* hi * load. [ found the mule*;, could not stand ironing hack with (lie empty cart. Th? marl wcigii? i^houl 103 |li?.vper iHluhal.. My |and wins laid oil'in mjnaraa, to ?nany to un acre, and a h|t|d dropped? ineach aqu ire. It wa? spread , hyhdtid; each negro tuking hi* square^ | drttf tfttrying hi* marl on a hoard or in n I *mad.ttiiy? nA primo fellow can spread I IX> mni III ii- u?jn uui u n ? unr?l imtKj M*!d htiunting (Ire gang round I have ho! averaged over half mi anhi fur each work* elV^The milrf spread* Imj*I when damp. It wll'f tt?Mif,yie1d totho hand, and lumps dV^ iit g<?itHtlal easdy eruahodi 'Shell felutf*!# ii bnld'chtt'nn Savannah rldv^ oVfr 4dW foot hi^h nhd it* ^ontft |ilao?j? tn-?r? than tOD foot perpendiculnr. ^r<>fc*ior Vmiuxem, who , exairiinfed it socitOj yftartfrag; >t (?ea Fanner*' Register, vbJ. K?|elfr ?*M> *o|. X. P- 4^7,) dptvvttH*} 14 varieties of marU varying ill quality from,37.2 to 9^.4 per cent. of cnrlMtuaie of lime. In using the mm) | hnvo excluded Urn inferior no tnuoh a l?Ob-Hihlo, and have not found the very bent in hnv arent quantity. I teatod tho quantity M Cnrrbonatn of lime in one apo. divnnn'takcrt at rntwlotn from en oh Ihihi fond Wrought up ttii* xuinincr, end Ibbnd flic' to^ofHge of *84 Jonflv to lw 02 8 per d$il. varying'ffoin M to 77. In cvniy packman there was a amall proportion of "(.Wft'ty iron, and clay nod saml, usually in alnoit equal quantities. There were* no dould, other component parts which I did not ascertain ; hut Isalistied mfmir that' there wa^najthej^ttvuaum^ nor "c 1IIW? OJ MKJ-lti*' I V I flvMOII )0-i? J. odllo Inaitio '.mi ten JTY11 ndl Ift wilogel > rfSITliW.v dhw f.Mlt.nl uivU 1>h?u oi <i ?? !? // TiWTSffffT7TW1^TTK(M?nri"^rT?7?r?r7MNT?T^"^P sill 3/Duj ? ,.? I * >4 vW.i ullii! : >1 c !/(? )' > ) ul iii i^hiihbhhihIpsiiwi^m^R^HR^W^BSHBQ^ M*4 ^. ? JHpmMr,J ?****? mpfce fcmo, tlhpegfejt *e,nne*c?llent eerneuL , Much of that, which I have u-*ul h*? been cut fro,nlhe face of Ike cliff wilfa (tick-nxee. U fall* down sometime* in fine' grams, MmdinM in mnwM, ? At every bandf. injjfit Mtetoi iip^'ifltier, and exposure to the air ftMifst* disintegration. f do not burn'fir pndfld ii, or1 iiaepny preparation whatever,' but' spread it all I get it.? Where it Wile spread laSt winter, an pS. Server would readily discover it,and lnni;?s I is Jargons tin egg, and occasionally much , urger are to l?e seen. A mere passor by, hpweyyr, would not police that the land had been marled. At every working it H uipra and myrp mixed with, the poil. But 1 'imagine it will hp several, years before it is completely combined with it, and' until then 4h? full effect of this marl cannot be known, IA difference was ap, parent in thin crop between the effects of that sDfead earlv in Februarv antl that spread rtt the fatter part "Of April. ' B^ thd 22d of April Ifjsf,' I had marled 175 acres at the rate of 200 bushel? to the litre. Of thdso 1 planted 50 nijres in corn on the 17th March, 50 acres in cot. ton on the 10th Aprilj and 75 acre? in cotton on the 22d April. These three cui?*ru in the'eatne tieM, and ndjoining, he.-no separated only by turn, rows, yet the Soils ^ary considerably. In the corn, I laid off fodfscpnfate ncfes'nfoiig the turnrow, hh nearly equal in quality as possible. The one supposed to ho the best was left without marl. The others were marled m iih one, two, and throo hundred bushels respectively. , It was all of the same h<Mit load, a nil contained 54 per cent, of carh?in^te of. lime. This land has heon in cultivation more than nno hum I rod yoa>s^ 1 have planted it myself 11 of tlio last 12 ynors, and sowed it in oHts the lllhltr Oft.t ? I hoot* ifiunn it llir?A ! ? !?* J ?* ?-. -i ?! ??? ?????? It IIIIW 1^11% coats of manure, the lent in 1839. It is rt'Jigltt/ gray, sandy soil, *>f which tho following Was the analysis before marIfHfii n*. W^ter lost at ,330 dogrces per coiit. Vegetable matter 8 $diq? . . - 80 .. iAlipnimi, ... . 11 0|Xidp<rof iron , . 2 , i :Lt|S ;: 11 . < 2 . M. >d 100 < Thris cut was til cotton last year, and my expectation was that with common masons it wojld produce 1*2 bushels of corn per acre. And h id I not kept the tinnmrled acre -as a test, I should have jot down all over thitt 'quantity to the credit of tbp mafl. The corn came up hatliy,' and suffered by tint birds. The four experimental acres were cultivated precisely as the rest of the cut, nnd were distinguished only by the posts which marked the corners of each acre. From the first however the marled corn exhibit, sd u different appearance. It was stouter and of a much deeper color. As tho tcftsan advanced, the. difference became greater. .The marled corn was as dark a green as swamp corn usually is. The lodder whi pulled on I ho 8 J August, and ifter hanging two days and n half on the Unite in rfrv und rulliftr uiinilv ivunlhor weighed as follows: Increase. Per cent. ITatnarlod acre 250 lbs. Marled, al 100 bushels 285 '* 35 lbs. 14 ? ? 333 314 " 64 " 25 6 " ** 330 " 251 " 11 " 4.4 The corn was gut tiered on the 24 th of Octnlier, being ih muighly dry and having shrunk as much a* it would in .the held. Thorn appeared to bo little or n.o difference in point of soundness. It was shucked clean nnd measured in n barrel. The iinmaried corn shelled out 2 quarts leas to the barrel (linn the inurlod. Tiio following was. the result : Increase. Per con) Unmarled acre 17 bush. Marlod, at 100 bushola 21 " 4 23.5 " XJU " XI " 4 23.3 " , " 3J0 " 18} * , 1J 8.8 From tl>?s? it would appear that 100 bushel* of marl was n* efficacious as 2()'?, and perhaps in such land as this such inny he the fact. It sirpenrs also probable tliut 300 bushel* to the acre is too much. I ought however to state that this lust acre had n slight sink in the centre, and that tliQ slopes nrouud it ure much thinner thsrt the average land. These constitute shout one.fifth pf the acre, and were evidently injured by the marl. It was a bed selection for the hoaviest marling; hut at the tune it was made I did not suppose, judging bv the rates at which they marled in Virginia, tiint 300 bushel* would Injure nny land. My fear now i? that 200 bushels may prove too inuoli foi soil like this; nttd I have accordingly determined to put only ii>0 bushels on lha n.rn lif?rfn fl ?r. until I ilti fiirliim I'"* l>?en a remnrkahl* ^i. tin ^^^^H^9p9P|hhMAdo at B&ffitfHKiMri * * V* I ?I? IIIH I 'l'WJ|WWIiHlr ll>W> '!?gl% ,ro:)rt?vnr>?? ort) lo ?tnow :? ,?."iii i .1-ilJo .?(' n *>1 I>-*!^/:r>iM vl. *<J l -l3tj>i? i "I 1^1 HI U .111)1 III I ! .If IIII ll'l !! , III! | I .li Ituj'/rgov l-iio m-jxiKv civ .cfr&l t AW. SOUtll-CAKOUN A, // j:n!?.irl .wv 1 ->? Hj'.xj v.-1'.ii m>\ J//AJ 11-. a t*a> n*/ * >:< ji < ;Jv i j.sJ .'U*< )m. ; I of thtifbur biwlwU tncreaMMl to thep*eu. i . liiari tiv of ika ann^n niir*ji*>. tk?,h?.?l I I i out wholly unable fw decide, 8upp<*ing tho increase from thbeeaenrttobetlHtiiftffio' on (ho marled nod utitaarlod Intitl, arid tieducting* ft bushel* froth (ho product 'orf each acre (here Will bo 33$ per cent" in ' favor bribe ton Insst marled uCroi. This however is aU conjecture. The avbr'age par acre of ^lii* whole cut was $8 bushels. I The measurement of qU but the export- i mental ucrcs was made however by wag- ] gun loud* according to the usual plauta- ; lion estimate, ui which (here is illiberal 1J allowance for shrinking, &c. Had..(he i whole been (Auaeiired In (lie same man- i tier m (he experimental acrea were, the , produce would have appeared greater. 1 .j have had tins cut plantod in corn once ] before, hut having been absent the whole ) year, no nccodrit of ir wan preserved, and 1 I do not know whnt it produced.'! I selected ulso and lutd otf sfiparatoly 4 < ncren of cotton along the turn-row of the | 75 acre cut of cotton. At the tiino I thought them nearly cquul in quality, and the one supposed to ho the Unit of these was left uuiiiarlcd, and 1, 2, and 300 Im. shels of marl spread upon the other turce. It turned out however that the ncre with 100 bushels was inferior to the average of the cut, while the other two were fur su. perior. I was deceived by the stalks grown the year before. Toe two tirsl named acres lioiiig somewhat rolling, and the year a wet one, thoy produced us good cotton as the other two which wore Hal. The u'piiiarled acre was not much if any superior to tho one marled with 3JU o.istieln, save that there was a spot where fodder stacks tiad stood to 1^5ri0, which produced pearly duuole the colton of any other upot of the same size to either uere, und added proUuhly 31) l os*. to the amount gathered from that ucru.?? The marl on these acres contained, like that on the corn cut, an average of 54 per cent, of carbonate of lunu. This land is of the kind commonly known ns mulatto soil, and was clearly lit least us euiiy as the corn cut. It wns certainly plauiud hy .tho Indians in 1740. Toe louowing vviia mo analysis 01 it oeiorc e marling, lor which, ns well us lor the an. , ulysis of (he corn cut, I am indebted to c the kindness of Prof. Rllet ; r Water at 300 degrees - 3 > Vegetnldu matter .4.5 I Silica''' . - - 74;f * Alumina . . -*1 ' 14.5 ? Oxide of iron - " 4 1 . > .{ J fi ' t This cut was not planted until the 22d April, because it could not he mnrled be- v fore. A dry apell occurring immediately " after, at the end of two weeks very little cotton had mine up except in the marled '' acre in which there was about half ii c stand.' My overseer becoming alarmed 8 in my atMenco replanted the wholesnlnd 11 threw out the whole seed wherever it had not come up. This wn9 done on the 0th 11 May, so thnt the crop of this cut dates 8 from that period, which is at least a ' month later than I should have preferred. ' For my Axperiencn is that early cotton, 1 like early corn, s* almost always the best. 11 ( consider the two weeks snrt which ono " half the unmnrled acre obtained in this 1 instance as of considerable consequence 1 to it. These early stalks could bo dis- ' tinguishod until the bolls hegan to open. \ Tt.o difference between the marled and ' unmarlcd cotton tvas ns obvious as it was 1 . in tho corn. The leaf too appeared | broader and the stalk stouter from the 1 first. The following was tho production 1 of tbos i four acres. I state the pdoduc. ^ tion of all, though tlmt of tho 1 and *200 1 bushel* acres ought not to ho compared 1 with that of the other two, on account of * the relative inferiority nf the sod. The unmartcd acre 1111 lbs. in tho seed. M tried do nt. 100 hu. 840 " ? " ? at 200 1003 ?? a. ?t at300 " 1318 ?? ? The difference between tho unmnrled I acre and that with 800 bushels of marl, i was 17.7 percent, in favor of the latter. It would have been grontnr perhaps any ' other year than this, which has been nl. * most as favorable for cotton as corn. The 1 average production of the whole 75 acres I was 086 lbs. per acre. I havo had this ( cut in cotton 10 of the Inst 12 year? ; in | corn 1, and in out* 1, and the following ( is a ktatemvut of its production of cotton ^ for 6 of the 10 yonrs; that of the other ( years not having heon preserved. 1633 av'gc p. acre in aeed 731 Iba. manured lightly. 1634 14 44 f* 784 f* 1835 44 44 " 951 44 manured light[y. 173d 44 " 44 451 M 1840 44 " 44 497 44 1841 44 44 44 500 44 manured. 1843 44 44 986 marled. The other 51) acre out of marled land was planted in cotton on the 10th April, [t ctinic up in good tirno and wna a tine stand. This is also a light gray soil, with less clay than the mulatto land, nnd less sand than the corn cut. It is probably as ..lit iiu i.it lif>r_ n nrt tin* lirnn fill I i vnlc.fl in Kmy. Although phntod n some other fields, nnd *iw.i M iO?iii<fc vrw -- rTT'j^fe. ,^lf"' Ciun^KDlK .fMjw.. isiti/v ,fclc? I'.i (li'Ji't'l Iatri'O ,(?... ti/n . > & l&'WWMWtt ?) ,*i?i . . o,-? J t. ?# ,?tw )a 'furr- Vvi) 1 J?J?' CHSfflaHCaMHBJHSSBHHSSSB^pfflHMIO itf 4(> moiiill OOCRttM v 1 > n iti r ... TUESDAY, JANUARY ix!l ,*? ./ ? ?? ?? ?*. (? ia -In > >0\l iiill1 > tisq - .o ci .' a Hi' oi> (li>v! s :) after all of iheny?*eef?t the 7ft acre cut il anon appeared tr> be the oldeAt cotton, and certainly matured the earliest of any. immndhitff ry?fte4'tH* cold \r*ntl>er, about the lat August, tlie rust commenced ih it, and by the20th of that month it hud the nppcnrnncc of a fiekl After front. Forms, Small bfitfll. Mti/1'nviSn ill" , '.y... V'", " ",v? Must persons Who iiaw it thought it had hcqn ciit off onoi half. I think myself it suffered .Jto the extent of one-fourth at tqnft* But I hnvu made on this cut this year 810 Hi*-., of weed cotton, which is nearly 00 per pent, more than I over hud made on it hotoro. The following is the tvnrage of tU production (or 4 other yearn. 1838 ar*g* p. serein Wad SOS lbs. manured. [834 435 ? 1840 " " M 358 1841 " - **> 858 ? Mattered lightly. 1043 m it ? ? marled. I think tho injury from the mat nearly >r quite equal to the beftcfit derived from he favorable season. And that tho in. :reuse from the marl was grcnter on this Hit than on aliy other, because the oarli;st marled and most seasonably planted. The rust here was more injurious than n any other field, and I inigiit have at* rjbuted it to the marl, hut that the 75 tcrc cut also marled suffered least of all. [ am inclined to think ihnl the most mini need cotton was most affected, and the ,mnngent least; and that marl had no in. lucnco one way or tho other. It is worhy of rcmnrk, that while all my other otton suffered from lice and the worm >oth, neither made their appearance on he marled land, I have troubled you with this lengthmod detail of my operations, because this wing tho first serious experiment with narl in South Carolina (that 1 know of), t may be interesting to those who have his earth within thoir reach, to know lie particulars. From the facts 1 have ;tnted, each one can form his opinion on ifcitrly es good data as I can my own.? can only add that my expectations for lie first yea* have been fully answered, did not calculate on any of those magi. :nl results which agricultural experimentrs so often look for, and so seldom real. 20 to tho full extent. I regard an in:rcase of 2(1 per cent, as a very handsome earn, and if it only docs as well another oar, 1 ahull at all events he repaid for my itbor even if tne beneficial cflcct of the narl ceases then. But the experience if nil who have mod U is, that it continics to improve the soil cverv venr. until hornughly disintegrated and combined nth it ; and (hut with proper culture it lover declines from its maximum. Unfer thcso circumstances, and with theso topes, I shall continue mjselt to proseute the business vigorously during the ummer. I have hauled marl over 100 cres, and have now at my landing enough o cover 300 acres more. My great regret * that I did not engage in thn business ooncr. I have long known Shell Blul!'. llid for some years had heard of Mr. India's successful introduction of marl uto the culture of Virginia. Hut I had ml read his * K>say on Calcareous Matures,* nor examined Shell Blurt*, until he summer of 1841. The idea of obtain, ng marl from that spot was first suggestid to me by my friend Mr. Dickenson, of jreorgia ; and afier a careful perusal of Mr. Rndin's Essnv, nnd an analysis of uarli there, I determined to try the ex. jcrimcnt. I have, during the course of it, received much encouragement and valLialilo practical information from Mr. Ruftiti h imself, to whom, in common with ill other beneficiaries of this inestimable treasure, I owe a debt of gratitude which cannot bo easily cancelled. 1 am, iny dear sir, Willi great rcgaru anu esteem, Ymir f.la'dicnt servant, J. H. Hammond Hon. Wiixtrmarsii B. Skabkook, Pres't of the State Agr. Soc. ** NATIVE," AND OTHER CATTLE. Messrs. Gaylord. 4* Tucker,?I havo cad, wilii great interest, the drat volume if the TrnnsaclionH of the New York Ag. -icullural Society ; and with none of lliu tapers tnercin contained have I been more pleased, than with the one on " Neat Cattle," by Henry S. Randall, in which ?re many iinufill suggestions in regard to the improvement of our cattle, and the production of n breed or breed* suited to niir climate and purpose*. Mr. R. fears that too tunny are 44 too prone to underrate our native stock," which ho thinks 44 has produced animals that would suffer little by comparison with those of any other breed." In hoiiio remarks on Mr. Randall's ideas, by Mr. Win. H. Solhain. in the Sept. No. of the Cultivator, is the follnwinir rnlhcr tillm expression : " llo [Mr, R.J inny select the I Hint [of the nnli ve Htock ] if he chooses. And breed (hem until hn i* of the age ol men, nnd my word for it, he will never breed n beast that n good judge would condescend to put his hand upon." There may be a difficulty, I confess, in deciding such a proposition. In the first place, the premises should ho understood and admitted by the parties. What, then, J I, 1 I * " -n fKk YJfo n> ,i ><!? >!^rm ,]?>.?! <Ja I^Qi ifeHUW J ? v !*.' > t?rtl : .!>: >'1 MO ?->Ui tttU?#"J Mb t>J LsmVll ' ?! Mini mm u III ungtMaante i .'H.'trt !' >' ' : " bitfOCI 24, 1843. . .Jo! / I, j. nu v jjioij) | ? r. >J hit vl' iiiU' , 1:1} ill lr.o lily;. ii?-j 1 , . I II Mil mi1 Ml sac-g J,;-.-j ir;-w .' t(i "k.'ii . <4 >-.:! .Ajrij hi.\? t n\f ilt t J , ii ^natw* slock?" H?ra ? tlib fjimH! n , point; and they may a* watt du>pel? i aboat'the merits of British ahmp^w Pay i ollwt species of animal ?hibh ?(nb|ow I varieties very widely difleront in their i| characters, aa to attempt to dueide that I matter until thia point in aeHled. <i If Mr. Randall in to be allowed^and I thia ia obviously hin intention,) to lake I hucH animal* aa Mr. Runt's fat ox as ape* f cimens of the scrub Or " ostivo" bread, if appears 16 ine ho would bo tinder no toot r. cossity of brooding till ho- io three ecore y year* and ten, before he could "produce a an animal that a good judge would condm ti bconil to put his hand upon." While ?0 t< my Into trip to the East, I saw this ox of sj Mr. Rust's. He is truly a most superb tl animal. He has, both in shnpo and color, all the lending characteristics of a Hero. j( ford ; his shoulders are well sot, his chime ? full, hack short, loin sod hips Very wide, |4 rump long, lugs clean awl sinewy, and lie e is considerably heavier than any other animal I over saw of so litlje hone and .. offiil. At the timo I saw him, Mr. Rust ^ thought his weight could not he loss than ' 3,700 pounds; and it had been ascertained hy repeated weighing, that his gain ? was at leant three pounds per day. Not withstanding hisimmenso weight, he was, from tho justness of his proportions, very activo. When lying down, ho would get up us quick as a sucking calf. I saw the inan who snid he raised this ox ; and the history which ho gavo of him, was that the bull which sired liirn was w "part Hereford " In this, both he and p Mr. Rust agreed. I cannot seo why tliis ^ statement need be doubted ; for according to an account which Mr. Bement has ^ published, some Herefords were introduced into this part of tho country several 8 years ago. But history and tradition out of tho question, it appears to mo there n would bo as much propriety in taking an >r animal which should show all the princi- n pal points in shape and color of nn itn- ^ proved Short Morn, as a specimen of the " native stock," as there is in taking this ox as such. An example of this kihd ?l would probably be rcgardud by the ndvo- hi cutes of the dhort Hoi ns as not altogether e< fair. I" Your reviewer. Commentator, in the ?' Oct. No. of the Cultivator, in his remarks at on Mr. Sothnn's expression, given above, fr says Mr. Bakewell made n similar experi- 81 ment in England to that proposed by Mr. | Randall, **und il is prcsumuhlo With no hi better cattle to begin with than Mr. Kim- fc datl might probably Hnd among what is ri called tho native broed' in New York." pi Now it may bo pretty near true that tr Rikewcll began to breed with cattle lil which were not belter than thoso which bi wmc Imvo called native in this country; I but from the beat evidence to bo had, il fi seems to inn certain, that the animals with It which Rukowell began to breed, were not tl only very good in themselves, but belonged tl to n race whoso superior excellence had g been long acknowledged. Tnnt under w his master mind they attained still higher w improvement, is neither denied nor doubt* hi ed ; but that the originals were altogether nt superior to our common catlljvis plain, if 1 we admit testimony on this subject. qi The first great advnntoge which Mr. u! Rakcwel! possessed over uny ono who w might attempt n similar experiment, con. gi fining himself to the common entile of ft this country, was the fixed character of it his stock. Their leading points had been tr thesaine, without admixture, us far as wc ol learn, for uges. Hor.ce ho might caleti- in late on a certain transmission of the quali* g ties possessed by those he fi st selected, hi hereditarily, to their offspring. The ori- ai ginsls of our common cuttle have been it brought from almost every country and pi district from which this country has ever in received emigrants. These animals, so al heterogeneous in their character, have Is generally hern bred in art indiscriminate, I haphazard manner, until they have, in sc most cases, lost all marked resemblance tl to any distinct breed. o! louatt, in the work on British Cuttle, I ui gives n very interesting account of the I tr stock from which Mr. Bakowell made his g original selections. Under the head of it the "Long Horns," ho says: "In the hi district of Craven, a fertile corner of the fr West Riding of Yorkshire, bordering on cl Lancashire, and separated from West* 01 inoreland chictly by Iho western moor tt lands, there has been froin the earliest re- k cords of British agriculture a peculiar and c< valuable breed of cattle." At paga 1(59 n is given a portrait of a Craven hull, "sup- si posod to bear about him many of the f< characters of the old brood." The por- k trait conveys an idea of a most excellent I animal; one of Iho heat in the hook ; the a body and limbs indicating surprising r strength, with a rich, mellow coat of '1 hair. t In 17*20, it is stated (lint a blacksmith 'I by the name of Wilby, commenced the i uuir 1/ nf irnorAVinrr tits* i 'vu ?sil., - ? l ? ?. ?h? vin?rii unuir, Willi f noino cow* which ho procured from Sir cJ Thomas Gresley. * Soon after this," says Mr. Ymiatt, "Mr. Webster, of Canluy, u near Coventry, distinguished himself as a '1 breeder, lie. too, worked upon Sir y Thomas Grosley's stock. He wasnt con* g sidurablc trouble in procuring hulls from g Lancashire and Westmoreland ; and he is t said to have had (he best stock of cattle t then known'" At pages 191, 192, it is a said, "improvement had hitherto boon attempted to be produced by snlocting fe. males from the native etocK rf the coun >y any nrifWHWJjC wm ??d'jwdi?h?M WwjMm WW*MP HM>f*r?hk*d t?? ft*** >ot?: Mr. Wntoto* ?rnh%? M?u??fj> worn Ming Long BiWllH>i#Wiii ibM honriuink To ilteMr-aml their d*%ra*d? on ft had fcimdeW ??*>>' *>>! *?w* ears did not pah*b*fmt^MwOidMi inn wiled for4kdtt>tand*eh?^rt'iA,fiect?, ho*mallnd**?fitatbonojmntl itsjftttvtf# a.acquire external ,4ot,>i?rfcit0./ h?jrI'fMl mall consumer* 4f food in ympocAMM# leir 9tX&, . .,,J fceV-' XT' UUC9'Hf'l nt The object in inaking-.-llkie* qnotaii? I to ahow ihat tHeatocpsttraOf Mf.Sofco* ell's Mock hhiHasiMosii^ttdd?H?l tag before he be|S*hiie?SM?stfblitd r. . .. : >. . u i .likiiH; t aHj dt>-r; ryX In vrbntlhwir# a*ki,ld?e<5ltjka?oy&?irtiinrt fb " tthflder?l?*> the n?ti?a ***," ut Imve beOrt influenced only by-wearit lot the ^libfie may be ?M tight in>rhat?4re f fmjf itSo iouV <M intHf -*<i J. jCfcany Cu/twafor. :"";u ,t; .vi' 1 'i| Hit*1 ?,i Al?t l.b- r> .th'jFV-omtft iSeniAam WmH^r,eT ?. f - OVIKBA >11? o) Along with some graea roots, for wHMl c nro indebted to (ho pubHcajftrft Ufid ohioncn ?(>%*> totftfr. .fsmrn tic following H0ff0 49iii>)h?c.Sr i?> ritgii fetmra. Borrsd* fttrfeytoW! GVntfmeh.^I how send yblHhoO#?ntNt rass roots which your North C r f lend requested jm\J t& pr&tOT# tbf UMi : nd, withyo?fr potmi'?wion, ;l Wiltaeeff ry<K?lf of thio occasion ta ffeblrnhaonaff lore what I thirth? of fhi# gmsif int some of my good frfdftda^Hr* dhAt a ted lo me opintaiis whieh t IMtt# Wt irtninod.- Not that I dototdsr tMfcfe [unions at nil important to amy aF' Mji rothor farmers; but having oftco pufeffch. J them, and perceiving that wm pinoaK ivc thereby beon induced to malt* atrial f the Guinea gram, I owe it bptb totbdm id to myself to guard them,,if. IcMr om forming an ccronoeua epiaiaa ?db ihject* - i1-'. nif Lvo'miU) The good friend# to'whmh'f llWidt.1 ive curled it "my fhfbrfl* rring tliia, I presume, to ItNfliOniewhat Idcr term? !. AoWy,w ah bough Snfeedoa City much the namie fhingS ^Bad (hat uth is, that if ( mttat hat* ? hobby n ko most of my brothren-^f^hliaN'hcdlMm s of grass nor strait); n nd at to tho gta#M* . have beon contort! to rabhthem aaritoaaa uvo done who have meat a ttpahlnnnsto wa i?ir culture. What -f formerly adirflof to Guinea gram I still thihkq and it i*l a> 11 nm |iiuuuvu *1 grwwiW WW>g?U -*H rccn food?counting th?r tbur Mtlin^ hieh it will Certainly bear, st un kMrCgo eight of between two and threwfeet, in igh, dry land, of ordinary quality, thaa 11 y graaa of which 1 have any kaowtedgm infer from this, it will yield a/gMMaias unntity of such food, on high, dap Jasad, f any quality, I have aleo.aaid* that> it ill standtdrought better ^haaoar.aftkct rnsscs, that horse* and catiiaeat it very eely, for I have noon theeideewa^ He it would compare with other graaaeoioJMfc itivo properties-1 do not fiooat,rne eeyta f them, I believe, have yet been aaodyaod i litis country. It is .certainlynenetae rasa, if suffered to reach a greater-Heigbt sforo cutting than I have mentioned, id therefore leaa suitable lor hay thaa tu grasses commonly used, far/that gnr* mo. It isalso hard to<HM*r|NMft'hohe?et tore so than the red top, phial* mgQMr* lly preferred to all ol horn, far ,aery,rivet nd. From ell these facte, then, arhitth have noticed tor four years, I dmaagi^ tlf authorized to aay of tho&oinpp grips, tat in all high, dry, and even aendjhSMtb f ordinary quality, such a* ere .unfit for I !t<*r rInVPr nfi'kn?rl Itvana liM'Jh,* ? - ip, or meadow oat, it wit) proriuoe e much renter weight of green food than any of lein ; that it will stand drought much litter, and that horses and ustljo eat H coly. But in ail situations whcro4he Innate nBd soil aro well adapted to plover, rchard grass, and timothy, it might com snt any farmer to cultivate no other inda. Still, the knowledge of their ellence should not prevent email e*peri? tents with other grasses ; far our maxim lion Id bo, that thero ia no stopping, place i>r those who wish to acquire a thorough nowtedge of husbandry in slUts br*ncbt?4 j?'t your friend then, proceed to make m mall experiment with the Guinea great oots, which 1 now eond you for hjovn [ hey should be buried in the oarth until he ground cosmos to frecae in the epripg. I'hen cut tho roots into pieces two or three nvhoa long, and plant them in well pre. inrcd land, between two and, tbrea jackaff leep. Lot tho rowe bo twelve ipekae part, and place lit* cutting# ? each ?*W, I the distance of eight or nino inches, ["ho plants will require working,|h? ear; but after that they will occupy the round to the exclusion of #i\y olhif rowth, and will beer cutting at ispst four imns a year. In one season I qui it liva imes. With sincere wishes for Ike cue* eee of your paper, I remain, gentlemen, iit?9 v.u Yout nhedieet, servant* Ja*W M vuGjtp^aTT .