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capacity to be eminent in the other professions — 

 this, and the diffused position ol'liurners, Ibrm some 

 of the causes to which may be ascribed the cir- 

 cumstances oCthere being lew pre-eiriinent liirmers. 



But it is evident that this all-important business 

 has now entered upon a new epocii, and which is 

 niamlestiniT itsellin more attention to tlie seleciinw 

 of good seed, new articles of culture, wiiereby the 

 rigors of winter are equalized with the food of 

 summer— better breeds of cattle, and above all, by 

 the number and excellence of tiie treatises and 

 periodicals that are published in this country, and 

 Great Britain, and to which every farmer should 

 attend, and be especially careful to see that his 

 sons read and reilect on the subjects they treat on. 



J. R. 



Philadelphia^ January 1, 1840, 



MU3IBKR OF SILK-WORMs' EGGS TO TH)E 

 OUNCE. 



J)andolo's statement of the number of silk- 

 worms' eggs to the ounce is generally received as 

 correct ; and doubtless it was so, as stated by that 

 very accurate experimentalist. But as there is no 

 certainty whether the English translation of his 

 work, which is from the French translation of the 

 Italian, means the weights and measures of Mi- 

 lan, of France, or of England, the author's most 

 correct statistics are rendered false, to our compre- 

 hension, or at least doubtful. According to this 

 very incorrect translation, the number of eggs of 

 the '-common kind" of silk-worms to the ounce, 

 is 39,168 — and is therefore in round numbers gene- 

 rally estimated at 40,000. 



Having ascertained by sufficient scrutiny that 

 Dan-Jolo's numbers, weights and measures, are fal- 

 sified by the ignorance of his translators, (by their 

 omitting to state when and what they have 

 changed, and what left unchanged,) and consider- 

 ing that it was very important to know the true 

 numbers of eggs to the ounce, we lately counted, 

 with some careful assistants, the numbers that will 

 be stated, and weighed them by very accurate scales 

 and weights. The small weights (1 to 100 grains) 

 were Prolessor Millington's, made (or the nicest 

 experiments, and the avoirdupois weights were 

 new, of best quality, and tested by standard weights 

 and found accurate beforehand. 437^ grains are 

 equal to one ounce avoirdupois, by the compari- 

 son of these weights, as well as by rule. 

 No. 1. — 2000 eggs of early crop of " har- 

 dy gray and white" silk- 

 worms weighed 24^ grains, 

 = 82 eggs to the grain, and 



to the ounce, 36,082 



No. 2. — 2235 eggs of same hatching, but 



another person's rearing, 25| 



grains, =: 86 eggs to the 



grain, and to the ounce - - 37,585 



No. 3.— 2620 eggs of same kind, but 



also of a different person's 

 rearing, 30| grains, zr 86 to 

 the grain, and to the ounce - 37,582 

 No. 4.— 1060 eggs of same kind, but of 

 still another rearing, 12 grains, 

 z=. 85 eggs to the grain, and 



to the ounce 37,396 



No. 5. — 4000 eggs from a second brood 

 in the same season, of a sin- 

 gle female of the above, No. 

 1, (but all gray worms,) 47 

 grains, 3=85 eggs to the grain, 



and the ounce 37,234 



No. 6. — 4800 eggs of small " pea-nut " 

 cocoon silk-worms, (Whit- 

 marsh's stock,) 51 grains, rr 

 94 to the grain, and to the 



ounce - 41,176 



No. 7.— 5000 eggs of " two-crop white" 

 cocoon silk-worms, 52 grains, 

 zzi 96 to the grain, and to the 

 ounce -------- 42,066 



No. 8. — 1400 eggs of Tisam silk-worms, 

 (a rare kind recently imported 

 from China, which makes a 

 large white cocoon,) weigh- 

 ed 15^ grains, zzi 90 eggs to 

 the grain, and to the ounce - 39,516 

 It will be seen by the above statement, that 

 there is a remarkable agreement of the weights of 

 the samples of eggs numbered 2, 3, 4, and 5, and 

 yet a considerable difference from them in No. 1, 

 though from the same kind and stock of worms. 

 This difference caused a mistake to be suspected, 

 and therefore the first quantity (No. 1,) was count- 

 ed and weighed a second time, and found correct. 



SALE OF FLOWERS. 



From tlie NewbuoTJort Herald. 



It appears from statistical information in the 

 French Agricultural journals, that the land cul- 

 tivated around Paris, as kitchen gardens, yields 

 an amount of nearly eight millions of dollars, an- 

 nually, and maintains half a million of persons. 

 The flowers and (ruit produced there, yield also 

 several millions of francs. About two hundred 

 flower gardeners reside at Paris and in the neigh- 

 borhood, and supply the maikets of the capital. 

 There are driys, especially the eves of grand fetes, 

 when the sa!e is very large. H. Hericarl de Thurj', 

 affirms that on the 14th of August last, $10,000 

 worth of flowers were sold in Paris, and that, in 

 the depths of winter, certain grand soirees o-ive 

 rise to sales amourning to between 1,000 and 4,000 

 dollars. In the same season, bouquets of natural 

 flowers are despatched, in tin boxes, not only to 

 the remotest towns, but even to JMunich, V^ienna, 

 and other distant foreign ports. 



