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CORRESPONDENCE OF THE CINCINNATUS. 



BY A TRAVELING AGENT. 



A RAILROAD of five miles connects Louisville "with Portland, at the 

 outlet of the ship canal by which the Falls of the Ohio are over- 

 come. Here you cross by ferry to 



NEW ALBANY, IND. 



This is one of the most populous and flourishing cities in the 

 Hoosier State. It is fast assuming importance as a grand agricul* 

 tural entrepot. There are three immense flouring mills here, and 

 besides furnishing them with the staple of the country to grind up 

 for home consumption and shipment, a very large amount of wheat 

 is shipped to other and distant mills. 



The latest improvements in agricultural implements are manufac- 

 tured and sold here. The Messrs. Damron, Warren & Co., pro- 

 prietors of the Northwestern Agricultural Works, situated on Pearl, 

 between Spring and Elm streets, are manufacturers of many leading 

 articles and keep on hand all the labor-saving machines used by the 

 farmer. This enterprising firm are shipping off' by steamboat and 

 railroad large quantities of farming tools and implements every 

 season. Besides this firm there are others in the city doing a good 

 business ; one, a Mr. H. Beharrel, on Market street, who takes a 

 deep interest in our College Hill operations. The mere erection of 

 the extensive Agricultural Works and their support shows an ap- 

 preciation in the right quarter, and the advancement of science 

 among farmers. 



Every other morning of each week the Albany markets are crowded 

 with vegetables and fruits in their season, as much so as the city 

 of Louisville, and the gardens where they are raised are in the im- 

 mediate vicinity. 



Commencing just below the town and running down the river some 

 nine miles, is one 



immense potatoe patch. 



The land so occupied has been measurably reclaimed from a former 

 skimming process, by the introduction of a small colony of En- 

 glish gardeners, till now all this " bottom," so appropriated, has 

 come to be held at $300 per acre. It ranges from one to two miles 



