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DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



rage value of the average crop is $10 per acre. 

 Estimating every hoar's labor at its value in coin, 

 supposing that the farmer or proprietor either 

 does not Labor, or is paid for his labor at a fair 



estimate, the average cost of cultivation is $5 per 

 ;o-re. Deducting this from the total value of the 

 crop, and there remains a nett protit on the land 

 of $") per acre ! 



But the average value of corn land in Ohio, in 

 the best counties, is not more than $2J per acre. 

 The result is that the nett profit or rental of corn 

 land in Ohio, actually cultivated, is full 20 per 

 cent, on the capital invested ■' But this is not all. 

 The man, who actually himself farms his own 

 land, on the Miami, or the Scioto (for example,) 

 makes much more than this. — probably 30 ami at 

 least 25 pel cent, on his capital, where the farm 

 is not tip. i large. In the first place he works him- 

 self, and receives the price of his own labor, in- 

 stead of paying it out. In the next place he dues 

 nut sell his corn, but feeds it to his pigs and cat- 

 tle. In the last process he enriches his land, and 

 pets more for his corn. 



That the above results are accurate may be 

 tested in another way. When land is rented, the 

 tenant in Ohio does not, like one in Europe, ex- 

 pect merely to be paid for cultivation; but. on 

 the contrary, expects to be paid a handsome part 

 of the crops beside; or, in other words, to receive 

 enough of the crops to answer both purposes. 



cpectS, in one word, to progress as fast in 

 accumulation as his landlord. As he puts in la- 

 bor, and bis landlord land into the common stock. 

 <>r if they p.tv money, to estimate his labor at 

 half the profits. 



N'.av there are many lands on the great .Miami, 

 which rent from $4 to $(i per acre, money rent, 

 and on the Scioto from $2 to §4. This may be 

 estimated therefore, about half the nett profits of 

 these lands. Or, in other words, $10 on the best 

 lands of the Miami, and $u'.50 of the Scioto, may 

 be taken as the correct profit on the capital in 

 lands, if the labor only of cultivation were paid 

 for. There is a third mode of testing this very 

 fa.-t. We know that the lands there planted pro- 

 duce from 70 to 80 bushels per acre, which, at 

 25 i cuts per bushel, would be from $17 to $20 

 for the crop; the nett profits of which would be 

 as we have above shown by the results. 



Now, where is there any mercantile business, 

 that will pay from year to year 20 per cent, nett 

 profit t Where are there any gold mines that will 

 pay it ten years successively \ — Cin. Atlas. 



Fastolff Raspberry — Mr. Downing: I have 



a single plant of this celebrated raspberry, which 

 has borne four quarts of berrits this season. 

 More strictly, perhaps, I ought to say a single 

 stool or bunch of plants; for though there was 

 but one plant when I planted it, three years ago, 

 it is now a large tuft or bunch of roots, all ce- 

 mented together at the base. The whole plant is 

 six feet high, and has been loaded with the ! 



I and most magnificent crop of raspberries I have 



! ever beheld, — many of the berries measuring three 

 and a half inches in circumference. 



This is not to be taken, I am bound to say, as 

 a fair specimen of the growth or product of this 

 variety; though, after cultivating the best other 



! sorts, I think it both the largest and the most pro- 

 ductive. 



In fact, this plant is only a pet, having had unu- 

 sual care. It was planted in a bed. made 3 feet 

 deep and 6 feet across, into which I put a bushel 



! of poudrette. It has also had an occasional soak- 

 ing with soap-suds. I mention it to show your 

 amateur readers what may de done by extra care. 

 Four obedient servant, R. Boston, Mass., July 



1 20, 1849. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Peach Trees. — Andrews, (Baltimore.) The 

 specimens you have sent us prove that vour trees 

 have the yellows. You had better dig them all 

 up at once, burn them, and send to some nursciy 

 where the yellows is not known and get a stock 

 of healthy trees. Some nurserymen pay no atten- 

 tion to getting the stones of healthy trees for 

 stocks, and therefore all trees which they bud 

 on, inherit the yellows; and though it may not 

 appear so long as the tree remains in the nursery, 

 it is certain to do so after the trees have borne a 

 couple of crops. There is no reason why a peach 

 tree should not continue in good health and have 

 good crops for 25 years, if it has a healthy con- 

 stitution and is properly pruned. 



Root-prcning. — A Hartford Subscriber. Your 

 elm, the roots of which interfere with the culture 

 of the ground under it, may be root-pruned, but 

 the roots cannot be shortened more than a couple 

 dl feet without impairing the luxuriance of the 

 tree. Lime should never be applied except after 

 it has been slacked so long as to lose its caustic 

 qualities. 



Pruning Roses. — A Xovice, (Trenton, N. J.) 

 The Lady Banks rose produces its flower on one 

 year old wood. Your plant, therefore, did not 

 bloom, because you cut off all the shoots that 

 would have bloomed when you pruned it early 

 in the spring. You should prune it at mid-summer ; 

 it will then bloom abundantly. 



The same remark applies to Felicete Perpetuelle, 

 and one or two other climbing roses. 



Summer-grown Buds. — A. P., (Cincinnati.) 

 We do not think well of the practice of allowing 

 the buds to put out shoots the same season they 

 are inserted. Such growth is generally feeble 

 and spongy. It is much better to leave the top 

 on the stock after budding it, till the following 

 spring. The bud will then remain dormant till 

 spring, when it will make a sound and healthy 

 growth. 



Tomatoes. — A New Subscriber, (Plymouth.) 

 If you cut off the tops of your tomatoc plants (yet 



