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<11 EH AW GAZETTE * ^ . -v AND ' PEE DEE FARMER. VOLUME IV. CHERAW, SOUTH-CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1839. NUMBER XLIX. ?r - i 1 *'' * ??ii EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. TERMS: If paid within three months, ?3 00 It paid within three months after the close of the year, 3 50 If paid within twelve months aftor the close of the year, ...... 4 00 If not paid within that time, ... 500 A company of eight new subscribers at the eame post office, whose names are forwarded togother, and aocompanied by the cash, shall bo entitled to the paper for $30*; and a company of fifteen new subscribers for $30. No paper to be discontinued but at the option of the editor till arrearages are paid. AdvertsMmsnt* not ezoeeding sixteen lines, inserted for one dollar the first time, and fifty cents, each subsequentinsertion. Persons sending in advertisements are reques. tec *o specify the number of times they are to be i':wted; otherwise they win oe continued uij ordered out, and charged accordingly. BTTho Postage must be paid on all comma. aicatioiis? - v ggggssggg I I gg From the Edinborg Farmer's M gatine of 1807. TO THE CONDUCTOR OF THE FARMERS' MAGAZINE. Sir%?A series of letters from a young farmer to his father lately fell into my hand, and I take the liberty of furnishing you with a copy of them, trusting they may in some respects be amusing, and perhaps interesting to your readers. It appears that the young man had been sent to learn the art of agriculture in its various branches, under an extensive farmer who resided in a neigh. bor.Dg district; and was employed in the character of a head servant, or as one to whom a particular department of work was entrusted. From a young person so situated, you are not to expect a great portion of information, or many important remarks, though I entertain few doubts with regard to the degree of interest u hich may be taken | ia the details given of the several articles of farm business which came under his view. For the sake of connexion, I have arranged the numerous letters before me into four classes each of which is applicable to the business execut***! at the diff rent seasons of the year; and I eagerly hope that such an arrangement may be useful and advan-1 tageous. I have only to add, that the let. i tors were wrote several years ago, and am yours, &c. Philo-Georgicon. Class 1st.?Dear Father.?Agreeably to yur desire when we purled, ( sit down to give you some account of my reception at Barnhill, where I arrived on the second day of my journey. I found Mr. Jimieson nt homo, and was received in a kind and friendly I way. He first introduced me to his wife i and daughters, and showed me the apart ment which he said was to he mine during my residence with him. You may believe I was a little discomposed by the sight of so many new faces ; therefore Mr. Jamie., son kindly proposed a walk for an hour or two through the farm for my relief The farm appears to be very extensive; but on this point 1 w?ll afterwards speak with more precision. After work hours, I was introduced to each of the principal servants, who were informed as to the object of my com. iog to this place, and desired to giro mo every munner of countenance and assistance in their power. Mr. Jamieson says 1 am to have a charge also, but has not communicated the nature of it. I shall write down my observations carefully, and send them as oppo tunity occurs. Bell rings for supper. I find every thing here is conducted in a regular way; and that though all soem to be in a haste, yet none are ir. a hurry.. I have often heard you illustrate the difference betwixt these two terms, and now believe that I will see it practically exempli, fied. February 5.?Mr. Jamioson has this day sown a large field with wheat, which field carried turnips last year, and had been rcg. ularly ploughed as the turnips were consumed or carried off. He desired me to attend the pickling process, which was car ried on early in the morning by the different sowers under the inspection of the head ploughman, and executed in the following manner. A quantity of stale urine being provided the proceeding evening, and several burhels of hot lime shells laid in the house where the process was to be gone about tbe wheat was thrown on tho floor in small quantities at n time, and sprinkled with the urine out of a garden watering pan. * * ' 1.1-?. A f - liinwn wnen SOflieWHilg HW iweu y Uiramio itcio wetted, the heap was turned over, and carefully mixed, after which hot lime was rid. died upon it; and the like process com. menccd with another heap, till the whole was finished. Carts were then brought to the door, and the grain taken to the field, where it was soon deposited in the earth.? Five sowers and thirty harrows were employed. The whole work was completely over before the evening, and grass-seeds were sown upon the field previous to the harrows going over it the 1 ist time. Three double t mes of the harrows were given; the first in length or for breaking in ; the second across, which pulverized the ground sufficiently ; and the last in length, as a covering :o the grass seeds. It was chiefly white clover and a sprinkling of rye-grass, that were used. The field was, lastly, neatly water furrowed, and presents a most husbaodmunjike appearance. 1 have been more particular in this description, because wheat, at this season of the year, is a rarity with you ; and I don't remember of having seen you sow grass-seeds so early. I hinted to Mr. Jainieson, tint there might be some danger to the seed, from the frost in March and April; but he answered, that repeated trials had satisfied him that no hurt was to be apprehended. Indeed, experience must be the best guide in this and every practice. February 10.?Mr. Jamieson is very throng at present, being just beginning his pea and benn seed. He lays down, as a positive rule, always to rise from bed at least an hour before day-light, I mean at this season of the year. By which means, he gets sufficient time to deliver his orders to the several head servants before work hours commence ; but his method of doing those things shall be described hereafter. A few days ago Mr. Jamieson showed me his farm, which I believe contains about two thousand acres, apparently of excellent soil; though, at this season of the year, a strangerespeciailyanov.ee like me, may fall into great mistakes. It took us four J hours on horseback to survey the whole, so 1 you may figure the difference betwixt the ' extent of business executed here and with I you whose farm may at any time be per. i ambulated before breakfast. He told me, < in the course of our rde, that he woul!, at I some ie.sure hour, give me a sketch of his < management. In the mean time he has 1 o entered me to business; and you will no 1 doubt wonder that I am capable of charge j so early. Why, tfien, my business is to oversee the odd men or laborers, that is, the servants not employed at plough or barn work, or about the livestock. Mr. Jamie, son suys he wdl give me some help till better acquainted with the men, and the nature of their work ; but that, afterwards, I must look sharp about me, and see h<s orders faithfully executed. I intend to use my best endeavors, both on account of honor and intorest, because, were I to be negligent, I foresee that my removal would be the immediate consequence, which would not only be disgraceful to my character, in the first instance, but eventually detrimental to my future prospects. In a word, I have got ten men to superintend, which, to be sure, is some'hing like a sergeant's command; and, to keep them tight and tractable, will require all my small stock of prudence and ex rtion. The implements belonging to my men have been formally delivered to me with a catalogue of the whole. When tear and wear occurs, I am directed to mark it down, and produce the broken or disabled implement at the end of each month, when the catalogue will be examined, and the defi cienccs supplied. These I consider to be excellent measures; and believe ihnt heavy losses, both from pilfering and negligence, are sustained by most of farmers from the want of them. ... I shall furnish you with a copy of my catalogue, which, at least, may amuse you. 1 10 spades. i 10 broad shovels. i 10 narrow do. < 10 picks or mattocks. A complete set of quarry implements. 10 pair wool scissars. 10 hedge hooks. 6 pair hedge scissars. 1 10 strong grapes. 10 small do. for spreading dung. 10 forks. 10 scythes. I lOmeythe mtonea. 30 hay rakes, 10 wheefobarrows. 10 hand-barrows. 6 bean drill*. I 6 turnip do. of different kinds. I Taking care of these articles, and keeping my corps of 10 men at work, I am vain i enough to consider as sufficient for me; at i least, I am almost certain that one-half of i the formers in the island have not so much to look after. We must now enter to work. The day after 1 got my commission, I went to lite office with the other head servants. There i each got his orders, which Mr. Jamieson, to ! prevent mistakes, delivers alwaysin writing. Mine were as follows, aud I send it to you i as a sample. ! Orders for George Campbell, Feb. 10.? John Jackson, Peter Simpson, and James t ? ?t ? rt j I Hay, g? t0 ttie Quarry; wiuiam nay, unu i Thomas K^mp, to plash hedge in Brickfield park; Donald MacLean, Alexander Martin* and John Fraser, to turn compost middens ; Archibald Kmnear, and James i Duds, to scour ditch at the uoderend of the Cross-gate park. This order with a memorandum concern, i ins the work executed, Mr. Jamieson directed me to deliver to the clerk at night, who then enters it in the books. This you will say is going very regularly to work ; but where so much is to be done, there is a necessity for method, otherwise confusion would be the consequence. Our head ploughman tells me, thev have sown 20 acres with peas this day, which ure all done off and water furrowed. He says the ground harrowed tolerably well, and left a round clod upon the surface. I understand that beans are to be drilled to-morrow, six of my men being directed to wheel the drill-harrows. February 16.?Mr. Jamieson's business now begins to open upon me. He really manages a great deal of work, and does every thing without noise or confusion. He is indefatigable himself, and takes a great deal of fatigue ; but keeping little company, and that only of sober people, he is almost constantly employed one way or other upon his farm ; and when he has visitors, his way is so well known, they never trouble him with bad hours. He is an early riser, laying j down for a rule, as already mentioned, to have all his orders delivered before the working people attend. His house is well | furnished, and abundantly supplied with good : victuals of all kinds. There is one table | kept for himself and family, another for the head servants, and a third in the kitchen ; i and a full supply is regularly ptesented at t each. *. i He sent for me lost night into the par- I lour. Well, George, said he, how do you e like your office ? Pretty well I replied, sir, f providing I fill it to your pleasure. VI by, f not worse than might be expected from a t beginner. Time and atterftioo, I hope, will c produce improvement. But sit down. I promised to explain, some day or other, my s mode of management, and, having a leisure s hour, shall be as good as n?y word- ti This farm contains altogether about two f< thousand acres; and, when it came into my b possession, was divided into efgfd separate w farms ; bu't as I had long entente toed an o inclination to try farming oftTa farjge scale, e I ventured to take the whole, though at the I* time in miserable order. Indeed, it has ah si ways appeared absurd to m*\ that the occupation of a farmer should, by custom, be ? restricted to certain boonds, while the mer- p L'hant or manufacturer is encouraged to ex. g tend his trade or business proportionally to b the extent of his capital stock. With these al news in my head, and a decent sum of d money in my pocket, I settled hete, and w proceeded to realize my former opinions, ai This house, and all the adjoining offices, tf: were erect* d by me, ihe old house? nnd a< steadings being widely scattered over the th ground, and ot little use, except such were pi ^reserved lor cottages. You see I am tol- ol ^-rably well provided with accommo laiion jf every kind, br?t!i for a great numl?er of icrvants, and n large stock of bestial, which hings aro absolutely necessary, if farming s meant to be carried on with comfort and profit. My landlord aided me in the build- T ngs, by furnishing one thousand pounds ; )ut tb? sums 1 have expended, at difr?t*nt imcs, are three tirws above the amount of hi he assistance thus obtained ; though I don't grudge such expenditure. because 1 consid- rc ?r every hulf-penny of it to be well applied. ^ It required a considerable time before I & ?ot the farm arranged to my mind, much hi >f ir being formerly run-rig, and intersected m 1>y bulks. However, bv summer-fallowing u to a great ercnt, and throwing in plenty of ,r ilover and rye grass, I, at last got the whole c' into regular breaks of one hundred acres C( jach. Part is enclosed, and a considerable w proportion remains open field; but this I hi ion?t view as attended with much detriment, It where -corn is the chief object. The en- w slosnrM that I have me good; and this I tl consider as of more importance than ha?r. si ing many of them. , ^ My method of cropping is very simple, tl and regulated upon th** prmciptc,* ttwt Ttje" sarth delights in variety; therefore, I chiefly 1 follow what is called the alternate husban- tf dry. As for a regular rotation, in the strict fr sense of the term, I never followed any thing oi of that kind, but limited my mode of crop- S( ping to a sequence of white nnd green ei crops, without studying particularly what a variety of each was to be cultivated ; and g nhstrnctedly speaking, to take cuhniferous A and leguminous crops alternately, I hold to n be tho ne plus ultra of good farming. No il doubt this plan at times has been broke a J ?a I I J, through, oecause seasons ana oinvrcircum* stances havo renden?d a departure fronv fi necessary ; but where it can be adhered to ? without mnterial inconvenience, I am clear e that the departure therefrom should be care, g fully avoided. p My last yeai's crop consisted of 250 s acres of wheat, whereof 100 acres were af- 8 ter^'summ r fallow, 50 ucros after turnips, b and 100 after beans and peas; of o 150 acres of barley, whereof 50 acres n were after turnips,^ and * 100 afer ' beans and pens; of 300 acres of oats, o whereof 100 acres were after clover, cut n and used in the stable and straw.yard, and tl 200 acres af.er pasture grass; of200 acres & of beans and peas, most of them drilled ; 100 a seres of clover and rye-grass sown amongst ? fallow wheat; and 800acres of pas'uregrass. b These, with 200 acies in summer fallow, E turnips and potatoes, comprehended the t< whole of my farm, and in my humble opin. h ion, made the system so complete as almost p to ensure n succession of good crops. S You will at end; that as I sow grass seeds n along with tlie groin that succeeds summer- ? fallow and turnips, and also with 100 acres ? 1 ?Ul.k fnlliMuart rtrillnrl hpnnS. I It Ul UdllCjrI WIHV/II IUI1UTTVU utiMVM . am enabled to retain the like number of a acres each season in grass ; because three a breaks of grass, one alter cut clover, nnd tl two after old pasture, are ploughed in each w year. This gives a regularity to labor, al* jt ways desirable ; und serves, under-a parity w of circumstances, to keep the whole of my ti farm in equal and uniform good order. I by no means, however, adhere to the num- 'J her of acres in each grain condescended a upon as forming the crop of last year, be- ti cause | have sometimes taken wheat on the v clover break, and at other limes have sub- b stituted barley for whet* on the breaks n which had carried beans and peas. My a aim is to have clumiferous and leguminous t< crops alternately ; and this being aitnined,. s 1 am not rigidly studious to preserve the tl quantities of each already men ioned. If I a have 700 acres in white crops, 1200 acres b under leguminous crops, and 100 acres in v naked summer* fa I low, 1 am perfectly satis* t fied. * I hope that a kind of rough view is given f of my forming system; and at a future [ time, shall, be ready to afford any expla. t nation which you may suppose ?o be neces- r sary. I never thought farming a mystery, c nor do 1 think that good can arise from < keeping any branch of it secret and con* * cealed, as attempted by many of our breth* < ren. My opinion is, that the more ge lerally t a knowledge of husbandry is diffused, so t nuch more will the public be benefitted md that the man who has gained wivJor n the school of practical experience, an efuses to impart a share of it to others, act t part not less inimical to the public good han he who, having discovered a remed; or a pestilential disease, obstinately keep he secret to himse'f, without benefiting so ieiy by the discovery. The ahove is the substance of Mr. Jamie on's conversation. I really think him a sen ible man, and, although quiet, yet, by an ac ive turn and disposition, eminently quahfiei jr the line of life he has chosen. Tou maj e assured that I shall cultivate his gooc till, being certain that the possession theref will tend much to my advantage, thougl quaily sure that it is not to be gained un ss attention to business b punctually be loved. I forgot to mention, that the first day 1 tered to business, Mr. Jamieson accom anied me through my several stations, anc ave me particular directions how eacli ranch of work was to be executed. H< Iso instructed the men to give absokreobe' tence to my orders, and to act under me ith the like promptitude and discretion as 9 if he were on the spot himself. I am au< lorized to dismiss imm< diately any one wha :ts unfaithfully, or neglects his duty ; bul lis authority shall be administered with rudence, tliough with justice to the interest I my worthy employer. (To be Continued.) Importance of aelcctlnf Seed. Liberty, Bedford Co. Va. > August 22,{1839. ) 'o Judge Buel, Editor of "The Cultivator." Sir?It has been said that he who ena. es us to rear two blades of grass where rm-rly we raised but one, i9 a benefactor mankind. He then who teaches his illow men to rear two ears of corn where irmerly they raised but one, is no less a enefactor of his s(>ecies. S< veral gentle, ten in our country apparently claim parnity of the idea of selecting seed corn om the most prolific stalks. And many pur liase at high prices small parcels of seed arn thus selec ed. called altera Mr. Baden, hose name it has assumed from his distri. uting it, and from its singular yield, &c, matters not to the cultivntor who rears it, hat name it bears, or who first conceived ie id? a, so he is benefited by it. Noi lould its true parent care, so ho can enjoy ie high gratification of having promoted 10 merest of tiis fellow m<-n. The id c tni first suggested to me in the yeuroi 800, when a small boy, occasionally at? nding to my father's stock of animals om the peculiar fruitfulness of a single tie of them and all lior progeny of botf ;xes, which I particularly noticed for sev, rat years; and in 1815, when I became cultivator of the soil, my first object was ood seed of every crop I wished to raise ktid n collecting the success of my experi. tents in raising stock from the offspring ol io above animal, I commenced the expcri< lent on the vegetable creation, by select )g my seed corn (the most important crof I our cvtmtry,) in tho fall of 1815, CXClu iveiy from stalks having two goo< ars on them, cu ting the sta ks off at tlx round, and hanging them in a high dry tnce secure from rats, &c. until planting eeson; then shelling off a little from the mull end of each ear aod planting the alunceof the ear; and being fully satisfiec f the increased product, disclosed it to my eighbors, al of whom, who saw my corr i the field, or who tried my seed with tlieii wn, were fully convinced of its beneficia Bsults, and by d grees it has spread ovei ie country generally. In the fall of 1821 s a means of diffusing the information hi bove acquired as extensively as I could, 1 rroteto Mr. Skinner, of that most invalau, le periodical, "7 he American Farmer," o laliimore, (and which paper I am please< i hear Mr. Skinner ban recommenced pub slung in that city. Those having that paer of above date can refer to my letter, loon after which, I sent to several gentle* vn, at their request, supplies of seec orn near Baltimore, Richmond,Charles hi, &c. all of whom were fully sat< ified on the first trial of i's peculia nd uncommon product. Some yean fterwards it was said by some tha ie crops from the seed collected as abovt ^as later, and of course more subject to in iry from early frosts, &c. To obviati -h'-'.l k .a mn fpam (ko rlnuklij Mil' flf 1 MJIU^l' U IIIJ OC^ii Hum (iiu uvuvir *eble and quadruple ears that were mos irward, and soonest matured and ripe.? Phis wu8 done without any sort of trouble s follows : When my hands were cut ug the tops off the corn in September, fo rinter forage, dtc. 1 directed the tops it ie left of ihose stalks only which had th< nost forward and fine of die double, treble nd quadruple ears, which was percepetibl< a evry eye by the dead silks, or by th< huck whitening and drying first, &c. Bj liis mode at gathering time one may knov it a distance ull tn selected seed com ; ant ?y this process, in a few years, my cort rut decidedly earlier and more forwan han any of the same kind, the seed c vhich had not been selected from the mos orward, as was acknowledged by all wh< danted of my seed thus selected. I woul< htrefore, respectfully suggest, through th nedium of your very valuable and widel; iirculating paper, "The Cultivator," to a torn planters (as well as of vegetables gen rrnlly) of any kind of corn they choose t jultivute, not to reject the idea becaus heir ancestors have not pursued it froi ime immemorial; and after a few year ; trial of it,(which can give them very li n trouble) it they should find no benefit fi d it, to drop it. I have not for many ye; s owing to professional duties, iocrea I, afflictions, and other causes, attended y this subject as much as its importance 8 served, although it has not been win i. neglected; and I can now show in my fit of Indian corn, of the same identical kin - commenced with in 18i5, many stalks h ing three, four and five ears each; i . some (including short corni six,sevej?i J eight ears each. A brother chip of mi f in an adjoining county some years a i purchased a small tract of land and plan ? my seed corn on it tbe first year, and as 1 red me the following fall, that the astoni ing product from that seed had enabled f . the sffme summer to sell tho land at an I vance of over one hundred percent profi I might relate many other facts of some terest on this subject, but my purpose x I be fully answered, if from what I have at I may induce those who cultivate the s to try this experiment themselves, as w with other vegetables as with Indian cor for I doubt not a fair ex|>eriment woi prove equally propitious and satisfactc with many of the vegetable creation if fu and fairly tried. Indeed, the selection I good ripe, well chosen seed of any and ei i ry kind, is well worthy the attention ofevf t cultivator of the soil. I may, Mi. Edit towards planting season, give you some a count of my experience as to the manner preparing seed corn when planting, &c. a its results, (as this letter is already lo enough,) and I hope editors of agricultu papers and aeivspapers will give the abc 1 suggestions an insertion for the benefit their patrons, &c. Tour subscriber, n ' ob'tserv'r, VVM. COOK. From the Soath-Carolinian. i the okra cotton. i In your paper of the 13th ult., a wrii i calling himself * An Old Faemeh," cc , demns the Okra Cotton, which he rais . from a quart of seed, which cost two d i tars. He did not get Okra Cotton seed, I . u variety resembling it, and which shoi \ bo called Twin, not Okra. There are t1 , very distinct varieties of Twin or Okra C , ton ; some of the characteristics of each , will point out. The one called Okra, u , discovered in Alabama, in first year's P< I Gulf s? ed. It grows up generally in c tall stulk?sometimes growing as high a: ' ot 9 feet?with very short limbs, which i I seldom mure than 6 or 8 inches long, a t having its bolls in clusters of two to sev f or more. I have seen ten blossoms . forms in one bunch. Sometimes, one, i\ , or three long limbe put out neur the grou i turn upwards, and grow parallel to the m i stem, bearing fruit as it does. The other variety, or Twin Cotton, ) said to have been discovered in Ches i District. It is somewhat like the Alabai . Okra, without being the same. It is utx . a half-way plant, between the Okra 8 f" Petit Gulf. 1 have never seen it taller d . 4 or 5 feet. Its limbs, are longer than ! . Okra, and not as long as the Petit Gi > Both kinds have twin bolls ; but the b > and blooms are more numerous in the Ok 1 Two bolls on the same stem, are frequ i in both ; but it is only on the Okra thai j have seen three-blossoms within the sa r calyx, cr four, five or more bolls, in one cl i ter. > There is also a clearly defined diflferei I in the seed. The Okra seed is whitt r the Chester Twin a darker, green, t i more naked seed. No person who I r once seen the two plants growing, or I two kinds of seed, will ever mistake thee r for the other. The price paid, is also an evidence t i u An old Former"?did not gel Okra C I ton seed : none were ever sold in Alabai . under five dollars a quarr ; and in this St f the price was 50 cents a seed. I I am not prepared to say, that the Ch I ter kind is not a good Cotton. I know little of it. The staple is good : I h ) seen some stalks, in gardens, very \ ' filled with bolls ; and my only object n I is to correct an evident mistake of M . Old Farmer." To the Alabama Okra there is one r jection, which I think can be easily obi s ted : Jt grows too tall, and is liable to t down. The remedy, is to top it, a> 4 > or 5 feet. The stalk grows stronger, . bolls fill up larger, and the product is e creased by it. As it will bear great cr< ding on the land, the yield will be grct t than from Petit Gulf. It is, in fact, - improved Petit Gulf send. A YOUNG PLANTER r SWINE IN A (SUIT ORCHARD. ) Mr. Phillips, in a letter published in 3 Memoirs of the Pennsylvania Agriculti r, Society, thus speaks of the beneficial res f? of allowing swine to run about among fi 3 trees: f 4 For several years past mv family hi ir been supplied with the finest plums b) J neighbor who is the only person I know 3 who has had uniform success with them J Lnst year while his trees were in full bear f carefully examined them particularly it respected their culture and local situaii ) and I found that no uncommon pains I d been taken with thorn, on the coutrary tl o appeared neglected as numerous deod ; y broken limbs hung about them, and that I) very great succe s be had, could not be i. iributcd to their situation, which wasnt o place where the hogs lay and were fed. e told me that the hogs never let a plum n that had fallen many minutes uadevoui s' and thereby destroyed the inserts that b . ' J iule about, and the larvee in them, and that of 'oin late very few insects had appeared about the ars, trees." sed We cao bear testimony to the efficacy to of swine in fruit orchards, in destoying the de. carculio, or the insect that so much injures :>ily the plum and the cherry. We have two ;lds cherry trees standing where pigs lie, and are id I fed, and though not as favorably situated as av- many others on our premises^in other resind peels, they uniformly produce the ftoest ind cherries grown on our trees. After the ne, cherries begin to ripen there ate a fervours' go, in a day in which the trees are not visited ted by the pigs and every worm, atone, and ?U' cherry one at once disposed of. On our other sh- trees, the curculio does much mischief an. lim nually, on these the fruit is nearly exempt, ad- nnd is decidodiy largeraod fairer than on ^ 1.1 those to which the swine have 00 access.? in- In planting plum or cherry orchards, this vill fact should not be forgotten; and the pigs tid, should have the free range of such premisoil es. Gehaesee Farmer. ell n . From the Farmer's Cabinet. jj j NEW REAPING MACHINE?ORE AT SAVING. On the 4th of July the farmers of this 1/ neighborhood enjoyed the pleasure of seeing jJ. the reaping Machine,invented by Mr.O. Hus* fe sey, 0! Baltimore, operate upon a field of wheat. Mr. Hussey had been invited to 0|; exhibit his machine bafore the "Society of St tranrmi'a n nrt A nnnniiiiiimlr fni< lh? iha ^ vvi O MMV 4il'r ^ UIW ?||V 0^ Promotion of Agriculture," and the 4th of Q(l July was named as the day, and true to his appointment, Mr. Hussey and his reaper raj made their appearance. Hundreds offarmve ers w ere assembled to witness it, and many Qf were the doubts, surmises, criticisms upon n(j the machine as it was viewed over and over as it lay in readiness for trial. Some time af er Mr. Hussey's arrival, the society was ca'led to order, and the declaration of independence was read, while the greatest order ter and attention prevailed; after which the >n- society adjourned to the dinnertable and ied par ook of an excellent dinner, prepared for oi> the occasion. These interesting prelimi3ut nnrics i eing despatched,and all thingsfbeing Lild in order, the two strangers (Mr. Hssey and wo his machine) were duly introduced to a field ot* of standing grain, ripe and ready for the i? I sickle, and in the twinkling of at* eye the ras machine was oft*, clipping and cutting, and itit saving the grain in beautiful style. A dean, ino er and more even stublo could no be pro., s 8 duced. All doubts vanished in the minds ire of the spectators. Every head of wheat md was saved, and the machine was drawn with en, apparent ease by two horses, and cutting at or the rate of from twelve to fifteen acres in a vo, day. The machine was forthwith purchnd, ased by the society, and reserved for future nin irinl u/liir-h hns sinre Confirmed th?m in iTia good opinion they had of his capabilities.? is All who have witnessed it express themselves iter satisfied, and many are intending to provide mn themselves with machines for the next harDut vest. Thus, through the influence and oxmd ertions of the agricultural society, we may tan expect next year to see thifc valuable labor the saving and grain saving machine fairly inulf. troduced'among our farmers. ItisadiiH* oil. cult mattur to describe the machine so os ra? to convey a proper idea of its structure; 1 ent hope, however, that many will be induced t I to sec for themselves, and they may rely >me upon having all reasonable expectations reus. alized : Yours, &c., N. nee AliddJcton, Del., July 15, 183 b. ln(j From the Cultivator, has propagation of the gbapb. the Hon. J. Buel?Dear' Sir?I sent you a Dne dissertation on trees, and omitted to say something on grope vines, as I intended, hat In transplanting grope vines with roots, lot- I have found it difficult to save them. They na, have many very fine roots, and if they ate ate not put up in wet moss, or some other wet preservative, they soon perish. ies- There is no difficulty in raising grape loo vines from good slips, much less than with ?ve roots. Cut the slips in autumn, after the veil leaves have fallen, and the vine has hiber. ow, nated for the winter. Choose round and An sound wood, well ripened and firm, (no flat wood,) the buds full and plump, the joints ob? short between the buds. (Suckers from fin- the root of the vine, with longjoints, arc fall worthless.) Cut the upper end off within 12 half an inch of the bud?put them in the the ground sloping, the lower end deep, to huvo in- moisture. The upper bud should be cover3w. ed half an inch under the ground, to break iter off the sun, and they are as easy raised a9 an currant slips. 1 have set many slips with the upper bud above ground, as advised.-? They grew at first well, but the sun invariably killed them before the fall. I planted some slips this season, and tho they have already grown from two to fcur iral feet. I havo had bunches of gripes the ults third year on slips thus planted. If they ruit ore planted in sunny places, they should be watered the first year. Water is always ive acceptable to grape vmes of any age. If r a not put out in the autumn, then cover the t of slips with wet ground or mulch, and set .? them in the spring. If put up in damp moss ing or other matter, to prevent the slips from as drying, they may be taken to Europe or on, elsewhere, till from November to May. had Respectfully, D. TOMLINSONhey ind Curing Hams.?1 beg leave to present the to the public my manner eff preserving hams, at- I turn my barrel over a pan or kettle, in the which I burn hard wood for seven or eight He days {keeping a little water oo thjr nead <5* lay the barrel, to prevent'it' from wiping; I red, then pack two hundred weighf of ham in ong xny barrel, and prepare a pickle, by putting t?m