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3I0NTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



The transmission of Uving pianis in boxes, or in 

 cases cc-€red T>r::h ;\wf. r:i;.Tle ii::-mpse<i where 

 prac:; .. -tied, and al- 



mos: r je, ^"here '[ 



ttis r - :.- es. or heps, 



niay ■ i ^~ii ;ir =1 ;r eajth in which 



ihe r : L Seeds may be sent heme in [ 



coct s rown paper, packed in a bos, to j 



be kev-: ;- ;-. • . iiry pan of the cabin, but on no ac- i 

 connt in the hcia. nor in close tin cases. In the 

 ereat of the s^eds of Conifers being separated from | 

 the cones, with the view of lessening tne bulk and i 

 weight cf packages intended for overland carriage, j 

 hasty End severe heating, in extracting the seeds, ! 

 shotiid be careftuiT avoidea. I 



Reports ox Improved ErRAi Ecosojtf ' 

 Abroad. — The honorary eold or sflver medal 

 of the Society, according- to the value of the com- 

 munication, will be given &r approved accoimts. 

 ::■ Glided on personal observarion. of any nseful ' 

 t:~i:i:ce or practices in Haral or Domestic | 

 E'::i:omy, adopted in other cotmtries, which 

 may seem fitted for being introdaced ■with ad- ' 

 vantage into Great Britain. I 



The purpose chieny comemplaied by the offer of " 

 tiis premiiiin. is to induce gentlemen who may visit 

 other cotmtries to take notice of and record such 

 particuiar practices as may seem calculated to bene- j 

 Si their own ccimtry ^ihe branches of the arts re- 1 



ferred to. The earSest opportunity win be taken of 

 commiinicaling the reports to the public. 



WEBSTEa's DOJCESTIC EcOXOStT JJTD HorsE-KiTP- 

 IXG. Edited in this country by Doctor Pjiese, 

 and published by the Harpers — 

 Is a work of more than lOC'O pases, iilostra- 

 ted by nearly one thoasand engravinss. Per- 

 haps It would be easier to say what it does 

 not than what it does contain : for it seems to 

 be a sort oi omnibus in which all sorts of things 

 relating to House-Keeping and Domestic Econ- 

 omy have been gathered tip Take, for one ex- 

 ample. Milk — cows' — its properties — artificial 

 coagulation of — skimmed — considered as an ali- 

 ment — asses" — goats" — ewes' — ^mares" — camels 

 — ^btiffaloes' — supply of to the metropolis — adul- 

 teration of — preservation of — management of 

 in the dairy, .fcc. &c. With this book, and a 

 ^ood hou$e>cife. any man may get along, provi- 

 ded he plays his own part, as any man ought io 

 do, or — ^be Cavdled. 



REPORT ON THE SCHEME TOR RETiUCrSG THE GROWTH OF COHOX ES' THE U. S. 



"We regret not to have in this number sjiace '' 

 enough for the " Report by "W. "W. Seabrook & \ 

 T. Bekon O'Xeale, on the scheme for reductog •' 

 the quantity of cotton grown :"" and -which -we 

 now find for the first time in the Southern Plan- 

 ter for November. As might have been expec- 

 ted, they came promptly to the concltision that 

 the scheme ^"as impracticable, and not expedi- 

 ent if it could be put in practice. Xot at all in- ! 

 compatTole -with that concltision, is the yet re- . 

 markable passage in the Report that " another 

 cause of distress is, that in a large portion of the 

 Southern cotmtry. cotton is cultivated, when its ; 

 production does not no-w, and never can at all , 

 comj)eEsate the planter for the labor beslowred. 

 Then it is desirable for every one, that other 

 branches of industry should be pursued. In such 

 sections, says the Report, mantifactures may be j 

 most profitably substituted : and every manufac- ' 

 tofy establidied, -will be not only additional 

 -wealth to the proprietors and the country, but ; 

 win also materially aid the cotton planter by in- | 

 creasins the consumption." This very interest- ; 

 ing Report goes on to add " to what else [than 

 cotton] can the planter of the South, so profita- 

 bly turn his attention ? To grain ? He already, 

 in ordinary years, produces twrice as much as 

 the middle States, and about one-eighth more 

 than the West. In Indian com alone, the pro- 

 duce of the South, by her last census, -w-as three 

 hundred millions of bushels ! If the planter of 

 cotton IS engaged in an unpromisinsr business, 

 much more so is ie ra:s-las of 2-raLn. The inte- . 



rest on capital invested in Agriculture at the 

 north is less than 3 per cent ; here it is about 4 

 per cenL That the rice and tobacco culture 

 might be profitably extended in this State, and 

 •will be in the Setith-"West and Texas, is true. 

 Millions of acres in South Carolina, including 

 the lo-wer counties, are admirably adapted to the 

 raising of rich grasses. This might be added as 

 another branch of indtistry, from which reason- 

 able profits could be realized, and might very 

 -well be added to the cotton planters income. 

 The business of tanning, and the manufacttire 

 of leather, might be, and ought to be extended. 

 In this State, all the means of a successful pur- 

 suit of this branch of indtzstry are at hand, and 

 ■within the reach of every one. Hides, lime, 

 bark, and mechanics (slaves,^ are abundant. A 

 few years ago the capital engaged in this branch 

 of mdustry in Masachusetts was 814,000,000, 

 while that of cotton was Sl3,0OO,O00, and wool 

 less than $11,000,003." 



The committee farther report their opinion 

 that -with many of the planters in ML'fsissippi, 

 Louisiana and Texas, the ctilture of tobacco and 

 susar -win supersede that of cotton. 



Deeming this Report fi-om such a committee 

 on a ereat Agricultural question, as one of pri- 

 mary importance in a national view, we shall 

 preserve and extend it through the Agricnltoral 

 department of the Xew-York Albion, until it can 

 be transferred, for the same purpose, to the pa- 

 ges of the Fanners' Library, 



