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i v, - Z-1 A ~% Y T 3 34,' fl IN ..- 4 - Fauu~~lrsearage. 4tio$ a1'roi Pr tor. ' pmer sand O*ilJ be publish. iae same as new " idi lines, - #gfan - u pu~l yAderlee.6 ~4 Uor ntuh'Vrliin id trsfm a t of Mrb emintt's port A ?Sa ints, Agri Ti hoepufblicationl of oed in our last: atemof Cdture. , 4:eb4.1848. jIieereceived your L6 nktand wvith pleas yu I*answer. As-you tvorbeen for. many years 4yoqom1uorop, and with to my mde of culture kon the subject. Vplace,Aconsidering it of w! wparticular in obtain. year, the stalks rat number of ears are faklandaharvested, for fulattention in. this way -any-as ten ears on one ler wishes large ears, 'Withllargeears; I pre of 46 e year I run fr herows of the ..... ..J Inalw~ga clear furrow 60as, and in this fur isubsoil blow, with fcur or tZ eaking.up the sub gt inches deeper.. In this Coiai ;,..Out up, straw *r pta and when thor. We t ,stediiniwith a small t,0_ooif. profekred. In this S ie Wdk to4i-emain until time for I.yplanting; therefore, the 19d'.. t1. moisten the soil 1t ef-March, I pre. ."n'rahaving it well soak t offoal -tar, with boil pou d ou It, and rubbed in .The corn planted -as iiws four and.a half feet 'e feet in the rows; drop idi r it is' intended that * h e left. As soon as Ipti plow to be used - 'b.$1amt. At the se efirrw may be turned j ~en about two-thirds rinst be put aside,and oltivator or. hoe harrow %"AtraW early period it ~ti4~ti1 the roots are ~Wii~ tois6ot its tassel j$ottaear, h roots niust not ~~d~zany way, or the shYmul leasened. If - frm afew eu taus~ he very rich nu inhigh tilth, and V ia~ dIn such case, by ~7rdobservation, the ~z ~sto by four and Sd4 the seeds about h *iie~ heu initen ~s~'th grwth of 4 BW~n auten-neds all the r~q~a~ai~ amoist a~olo througb b~v e kad the tap root ii Gf brt or he plstt m-ade fnieo ~ ofcoie esfoll. s Ib# le .lar.talsttorn iy. k~ aot-afhe rnehes froo thetalks~ii thtIliuld. se tht he'suf roots* -i 1842 eondeavored to brin to the ro re utina srolinaAnnr o by stiatin te thyirdexpiInent, rtssereng Iu hia the earthnotremovtd. Oth'rcsldnsetwat tock'srthe roots were alot ishturdepth .ay.u The stars In t a eln e ef. the roa ere cn a silar manerami twosids te- tId ep ret rtsweren Iu bhe.l earth noiteinoved. nation,when they wereaall well matured, the ears from the two irst stalks were entirely defedtive, having but a few scattered grains on the cob. In the se cond experiment, ears defectiv e in a considerable degree, but not so much so as in the irst. In the third experiment, defective, though less so than in the other cases. On the two last stalks, where the roots were not cut or distur bed, the ears were remarkably fine and well filled. These experiments were to my mind conclusive on the subject. I also examined the same year(1841) with great care the roots of corn grow ing in a rich soil I observed that there were innumerable small fibrous roots, running in all directions towards the surface of the earth; some of them, though remarkably small, extending to the length of four or five feet from the stalks. These aro roots that afford nourishment to the plant, and which must not be cut near the eriod of ma turity. JoN . tUc er. Col. Ward's Plan. MY DEAR S : Your favor of the 31st January I had the pleasure to re ceive sone (ays since, and would have attended to it sooner but for a press of business; however, I trust I may not ho too late with information, even should it be of any use to yue. I follow my slip corn, which I plant in beds four and a half feet from cen tre to centre, with a crop of corn. Be fore digging slips I strew between the beds rice straw, the vines are then care fully hoed off and placed on the straw. Care is then taken in hauling down the beds to cover up the straw and vines. About the first of March I run on the original beds an ox plow, opening a large furrow, which is flled up with manure, such as I can obtain, (but pre fer horse stable and hog pen,) which is backed up with a single plow. Last year I planted corn on 27th March, two feet on the beds; four or five grains of corn were dropped in each chop; this was to secure a good stand,( which I found difficult the last season.) Af ter my rice crop is planted, the hoes are then'turned in, the corn thinned out to one stalk, the beds cleaned of grass, and a little dirt hoed around each stalk. The corn is then plowed accor ding to circumstances. Three plowings are about as much as I can give, owing to the rapid grwth of the corn.A ter the last powing the hoes areagi put in to bed it up and lay it by. gi I planted last year, as above only thirty -three acres of land at this place, and have measured of shell corned, well winnowed, 1727 1-2 bushels. My five acres of prize corn made 641 bush els cob corn. JOSHUA JOHN WARD. Extract of aletterfrom V. McBee REq. First I would remark that I never break up my land in winter, as has been advocated. I open furrows that I in tend to manure for corn as early as I can through the winter, six feet apart, and where the land will suit, level land north and south. I mostly compose mainure, stable, yard, ashes,chp swamp or alluvial earth, and haul and scatter the manure in the furrows. I then run a small Tongue or coulter plow in the side of the furrows, which in some messaiges mixes the earth and the ma nure. It is then ridged over that with *a nie. turning wing plow sometimes by iunnigtworonds anciif the land .is in'eod* order 6ne wi answer. At plantingthe ridgesate opened wilth a long' g righ.se 'tshisW M ow ather der p dlind twtindirig Up the I od d 1ifnit should be Usually - abot winewek, j rdg to the wea.er,but about the. * tie, the' corn ae' . sp out which I bYrihti'shouldbelo6kifo theside 4 harrow ; run quite light over the ridge .6 the mnul and mat then both on the left h side,cleaning off the top of the ridge, f and if the w er suitsI profer leting e it taid oie o when about the M imethe bid iear the'top of the r( groundakie beds are toibe nicely raked b Dver by hard. A goo4 gainy rakes A should be prepared; it is light work t and goes on fast-almost as fast as they - Dan walk, and an hand, little or big, r or any sort, performis-it; yet I like eve- p ry thng nicely done. o The corn comes up nicely having o by these operations the advantage of a the grass; but whenever the young im ras begins. to'show I ruri the side c harrow round"taking away the grass t and clods, and. I sometimes ,run thi& a harrow twice; by this-time the corn is U asuolly. ankle high, and often much b igher. The next operation a small t tongue plough runs next and close to i, the corn. It is then followed with tho y hoes and thinned, always rather taking 11 aarth from the corn and ridge whou ti young. After that I plr outthe rows a well with the commoni shovel plow, and u [then run a three cornered harrow once a In the row; the harrow is 4 feet at the b 3orners behind, and then I plant my ,t peas usually with the three cornered b harrow, or the angle harrow. The U peas usually comes up quiek, and go on d working the corn. Plow it nicely, and p it is usually followed along in about a r week afterwards with the hoes, and laid e by and then I give the peas a working, o sometimes by hoeing thom only, and m sometimes plowing, harrowing and hoe- a ing; for that purpose, I have a shorter t side barrow with six teeth or even five. o These little instruments, the small bar- c rows and rakeli, cost but little and I f like to have a good many. It is light s work and can be performed quick. I b never allow my corn to be foul, particu- b larly when young, and my crop is soon i out of the way. Lest you miay not understand the y opening machine, as I remarked before, t the Olives is thrown considerably off to the left, the mule walks by the side of the ridge, and the man, the opener that n holds it, walks the same side. It must t be a good hand to open. I have no c difficulty in my cultivation, except that t it takes a person of judgement to thin t it, as in the general one stalk every c two and a half feet is about a good dis- c tance, but very often it will bear leay oug two. I usually cruck or set the front toothc of the side harrow touching the corn.- f Ishould cultivote cotton in the samet way. ?Uistllang.K Canuiou.-We learn that several coun terfeit ten dollar notes on the Merchant's Bank at Cheraw, were passed off on trades t men in King-street, on Saturday night E last. One of them, whicb was shown to I us, purported to be signed by W. Gordon, C President, and-Wright, Cashier, where- 'i as Mr. Wright is President of the Bank, c and Mr. Gordon, Cashier, and the genuine e notes are signed accordingly. The en graving was coarse, and the signatures and filling up all evidently by the same hand. The person who passed off the notes is represented as being of medium size, flushed face, with indications of dissipated habits, and wearing a brown frock or over.I coat with velvet collar.-[Mercury. I A THOUGHT Won REMEMBERIN.- I At the late anniversary of the New.York ] Typographical Society; the veteran Noah C gave the following admirable sentiment:1 "The Printer's Apprenaice.-May he i always bear in mind that he may be a journeyman; the journeyman; that he may be the proprietor and editor; and the i editor that he may enjoy the highest hon- 2 era in the gift of the republic." If you will secure a contented spIrit, you must measure your condition, not your fortunes, by your desIres-that is, be governed by your needs, not your fancies. i PINGIAND SHE e rP bI it-:. 0prqgress of l td inid ahephysical eomfodte~t Lon of l pootes* class. ? t~s 6dy been mentioned t bforthe Wirolutioni,mayt skd osi1. ree itbforest and beLe Of tis ild ladinuch was by la 6 e nii, nd mich of what ws nop comimn w wraadorth so littled *attepropp.. tos suffered itto be co mon *n fac I suc1t a tract,.squatters andtrespas art were tolerated to 4n extent nowun n6wn..- The peasant who diwelttere ouldat little or no oha re ocasiofially bome palatibla ddiog to is hard fare, and provide hhiiself4rith xel forihe winter. Hokept ilock fgeesge'on what is now an orchaidillh ith apj le blossoms. He snard *414 )Wl on the fef which has lon.- inqe een drgned and divided intu corn eldsand turnips. He cut tuffatnng o furze bushes on the moor which is ow a meadow bright with clover .and Bnowned for butter and cheese. The rogresi of agriculture and the increase f population necessarily deprived -him rthese privileges. But against'tliis dvantage a long list of disadvatIges ito be et off. Of the blessingswhich ivilization and philosophyb rigwith iem a large proportion is common to Il ranks and- would, if withdrawn, be iissed as painfully by the laborer as y the poor. The market placenhich ie rustic can now reach with- his cart k an hour was a hundred and sixty eats ago a day's journey from him.-. 'he street which now affords to the ar zan, during the whole night, asecure, conventnt and a brilliantly lighted ralk was a hundred years ago so dark fter sunset, that he would not have een able to see his hand;.so ill paved .at he would have run!constant risk of reaking his neck, and. so ill watched rat he would have been in imminent anger of being knocked down.: and: lundered of his small earnings. Eve y bricklayer who falls from a scaffold, very sweeper of a crossing who is run ver by a carriage, now may have his rounds dressed and his limbs set with skill such as a hundred years ago all ie wealth of a great lord like Ormond r of a merchant prince like Clayton, ould not have purchased. Some fright al diseases have been extirpated by Hience and some have been banished y police. The term of human lifehas eon lengthened over the whole king om and especially in the towns. The ear 1685 was not accounted sickl1; et in the year 1685 more than one m iventy three of the inhabitants of the died. At present only one in nt of the capital in fort dies an ually. The difference in salubrity be veen the London of the nineteenth entury and the London of the seven 3enth century is very far greater than be difference between London in an rdinary season and London in the holera. Still more important is the benefit rhich all orders of society, and espe ially the lower orders, have derived rom the mollifying of civilization on he national character. The ground rork of tihe character of an individual may be said to be the same when he is rude and thoughtless schoolboy and nd when he is a refined and accomplish. d man. It is pleasing to reflect that be public mind of England. has soften d while it has ripened,. and that we ave in the course of ages, become, not nly wiser, but also a kinder people.--. 'hero is scarcely a page of the histor r lighter literature of the seventeent entury, which does not contain some roof that our ancestors wore less hu lane than their posterity. The disci line of workshops of schools, of private xmilies though not more efficient than .t present, was infinitely harsber. /Iasters, well born and bred, were in the abit of beating their servants. Peda ;ogues knew no way of imparting nowledge but by beating their pupils. -Iusbands, of decent station, were not shamed to beat their wives. The im lacability of hostile faction, was such a we can scarcely conceive. Whigs rere disposed to murmer because Itafford was suffered to die without see ng his bowels burned before his face. t.s little mercy was shown by the popu ace to sufferers of a humbler rank. fan offender was put into the pillory, t was well if ho escaped with life from he shower of brickbats and paving tones. If lhe was tied to the cart's ail. the crowd pressedanrond him jim. N each oh tpisi 0 T i'ad'isp l the ngiolavly whc ~b with wil d e r1 t hul tI be i Vfedro rk less -q OoriPas"-,m,-n -yiu e hteid ed a.p.nteul M.",%it fiRctb'y* chld, t theC the te1' life I v@ ..o -hcW sntoreasoand h which vum not soff ued e hulks to b e ilid-.o'~jf the or e'si tyutdly tn o t the moreno theUlw -a in is mherhifulame guih meny isasored Aa0yfo evenohyen udesrei iou ced~ atol ad fsome osen 1eo di6 t the more -we' stumottho thlipit pat, the-more hiJrvtjQ'e live in a merif ag .n e crueltylis ibheired;An L i even when deservedde AyeT1' antly, and fro maeisenee d r.class, doetless.ha whichha EMe d si dst, the -depenent.O , OrudWEe less. The general 'dfeatr of th d which hasbesaubmitted ri i seems hatdly td admit don t spite of evidencef maiy 'stilatil themselves the niagn f as a more pleasasiW Co t bidith England in which we live lI maagis first sight seemIst gotatIsoiety, while constantlym'oin toard ai eager speed shoulifbe ing backward with endr theo.wor' ropeisiies a they may appear, can as into the same principle. sgr from our impatierie of: the;stato in which we actually, are. ht 6mp tience, while it stimulates us.to surpass preceding generations, disposes us Ato overate their happinessi-lt is,in soein sense, unreasonable and ingratefl qip us to be' onstantlydiscortnted. wth a condition which is con0tantly improy ing. But,,in truth there -is constant improyment precisely because there Ia constant discontent. If we weresper. fectly satisfied with the presenit we should cease to contrive to slabor,.and to save with a view to the futuri.s And it is natural that being di 4 afi~d with the present, we should for6:1 ,.oo favorable estimate of the past. In truth we are. under Adecitin similar to that which nalakh eller in the Arebianidesert. -3 net the caravan all is dry and bar in advaance and fatin the roar, tj semblance of refreshin'g waters. th pilgrims hasten-forward and find noth ing bttsand where *an hour before they had seen a lake; they turnW their eyes and seea aleke where iu nuhow befox# the~y wore .toiling through eand; d simila'r ilhision seems-to .hauntoatioed through ovyestage.of tliedong pr'og ress from poverty and barbariam to ohe highest degree of opulence and citilka tion. But: if we resolutely chase the mirage backward we shall find iturecede from us into the regions of fabulous sani tiquity. It is now thefashiotopkN the Golden 'Age ot Einglaitka i when noblemenwere des~jthaQ forts. the want of which1doulditi erable to a -modern-footmanj8 1 mors- and -shopkeepers labM i loaves, the vex'y eight of whc raise a riotwinna aguodorin~wrlsS when nsen.dIled fp1.rai country air than .the on I~a~~h most peed~~lentM At ownganM1 when men 4ie eplngjo our1 to en coas6 o 11k,, -.v! C.4 11ARJO tue 4 e b1f 1 ,4@0 10 P -theMA 9'."W'. 4 W,60 t Y 44.~ Kia~d1IC. ;J.:. alld sm ~utidc 10i~4~ Tfi'. blq#:C ysiq. Jn, i~~?c s I 4 IV Al IA ~~~?i~Moftk~O*7 4B IPer pthb iT) rs9tt oIr go A1$4i 9 thlR bnot se eh t iesethft