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FARMERS' REGISTER— RAILWAY TRAVELLING. 



Amboy rail road machinery — besides part of the 

 distance — that between New York and South 

 Amboy — being Avater carriage, and therefore siow 

 in proportion, yet we see the two large cities of 

 New York and Philadelphia now for the firsttime, 

 brought within five Jiours of each other. 



The whole distance by this route is mnety-four 

 miles, being about ten miles longer than the route 

 by the way of Trenton. 



The Camden and Amboy Company has done 

 well, and deserves the liberal patronage of the 

 con)munity. Judging also from what it has ac- 

 complished, we maybe permitted to imagine what 

 greater speed may be attained, on the opening of 

 the Trenton route, which is only eight3--lbur miles 

 long, and passes through the intermediate coun- 

 try without the curvatures, deep cuts, elevations or 

 water sections, which necessarily impede the speed 

 of the Camden and Amboy route. At the same 

 rate of speed, the journey to New York by the 

 Trenton route, may be travelled in about two 

 hours and three quarters, but as the levels and di- 

 rectness are greater, it may be calculated on ex- 

 traordinary occasions, at two hours and ten minutes. 



This calculation may appear incredible to the 

 public; but it will be found on a strict scrutiny to 

 be based on mathematical accuracy. Ten years 

 ago who would have supposed that in 1834, the 

 distance between New York and this city would 

 have been diminished to five hours? Yet so it 

 was on Thursda}'. 



We trust that wiih these facts before our public 

 men, no impediments will be allowed to prevent 

 the opening of all routes — but particularly the 

 shortest, and most direct, between our large com- 

 mercial cities. The growing pojjulation and inter- 

 course of New York and Philadelphia will soon 

 demand another route of communication. One 

 will be in.sufficient for the purposes of trade and 

 commerce, and we trust that no time will be lost in 

 })roviding lor the construction of the Trenton route 

 especially. The opening of the new route will 

 not in the slightest degree affect the interests, in- 

 jure the prospects, or depreciate the stock, of the 

 Camden and Amboy Company. It will only in- 

 crease the number of travellers. The Camden 

 and Amboy Company deserve well of the public 

 — their arrangements are on the most liberal scale 

 — their steam boats, rail road cars and so forth, of 

 the most commodious character. They cannot be 

 put down — there is no desire to injure a corpora- 

 tion that has conferred such important advantages 

 upon the public; but at the same time, for the sake 

 of fair competition and honest rivalry and general 

 convenience, we earnestly trust that the New 

 Jersey Legislature will act in a liberal and en- 

 lightened spirit, and sanction both routes. 



From the Genesee Fanner. 

 ON ROLLING WHEAT. 



Some farmers in this neighborhood, have given 

 the finish to putting in their wheat by rolling the 

 fields smooth; but my experience is opposed to 

 this practice. For mowing indeed, the ground 

 cannot be too smooth; and wheat that is well 

 matted above and well rooted below, will doubt- 

 less be less affected; but late sown wheat that 

 comes up through a smooth uniform surfiice, is 

 much more exposed and injured by the sweeping 



winds than wheat that grows on ground left rough 

 by the tracks of the harrow. The difference is 

 very great; and if there should be any of your 

 readers who doubt it, let them run the harrow in 

 a few places across the rolled field, and observe 

 the result next spring. 



The best time for rolling wheat and preparing 

 the ground for the scythe is in the spring. 



A PLOUGHMAN. 



BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



In the proceedings of the British Association at 

 their recent meeting, (as reported in the Literary Ga- 

 zette,) there is a coinplimentary notice of one of our 

 young countrymen, Professor Henry D. Rogers of 

 Philadelphia, wlio received his education at William 

 and Mary College. The subject of the notice was a 

 report on the geology of North America, which he (as 

 a member of their Geological Committee) had been 

 formerly required to prepare, and which was laid be- 

 fore this meeting. The British Association is com- 

 posed of a numerous body of the most distinguished 

 scientific and literary men, residents of every part of 

 the civilized world — and this mode of combining their 

 efforts for the advancement of science cannot fail to be 

 attended by the best effects. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS. 



The following communications have been received: 

 On the injury to corn caused by gathering its fodder — 

 General topics connected with agriculture, 4"C. — Mdrcss 

 to the Agricultural Society of King William and King 

 and Queen — Performance of a thrashing machine and 

 wheat fan — On obtaining neiv and improved varieties of 

 grain by crossing — On the rotation of crops, and the 

 Pamunky plan of cultivating corn — Memoir on making 

 the wine of Marsillac (translation from the French) — 

 Short rules for tobacco planters — Some account of the 

 travertine formation of the Sweet Spring Valley, hy Prof. 

 W. B. Rogers — On wine culture in the United States — 

 Desultory remarks on the fermentation of putrescent 

 manures — Querist — Address to the Agricultural Society 

 of Fredericksburg — Queries on herds grass. 



Most of the many errors which may have been ob- 

 served in the long and interesting article on Cotton, in' 

 No. 6, were in the print from which it was republish- 

 ed. We are often placed in the like situation, and 

 should not have made a remark on this occasion, but 

 that the faults had been attributed by a friend (and 

 veiy rationally) to our press. All publishers are more 

 or less liable to charges of this kind, and we have 

 doubtless enough such ofTeuces of our own to answer 

 for, to be solicitous that those of others should not be 

 added to the burden. We do not feel at liberty to alter 

 the language of printed articles, for even gross and 

 manifest errors, unless the proper form is equally evi- 

 dent. This is not the only occurrence which has re- 

 quired such explanatory remarks — and many others 

 hereafter may render it desirable that our readers 

 should remember the excuses now offered. 



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