Skeleton Cart. 



Scotch Cart. 



Hairest Frame. 



A Hint for Agricultural Societies. — 

 We reppectfuUy suggest to the American In- 

 stitute, and to all Agricultural Societies, that 

 they could not bettor employ a portion of their 

 funds than by offering liberal premiums to all 

 venders of Agriculturid Machinery and of Fruit 

 Trees, Seed, &c. and yet more to individuals 

 not in " the trade," who shall be the Hrst im- 

 porters and exhibiters of any implement, .seed, 

 grain, grass, fruit or ornamental tree, which by 

 a committee of practical men of the Society 

 shall be deemed a valuable acquisition to the 

 country. 



We want now a Hand SecdDepoxi/or. late- 

 ly invented in England, which will deposit the 

 seed at any required depth and distance, and in 

 any required number ; and ■which co.sts only a 

 few shillings. We want the «S7. Johii'f-Dny 

 Rye, Tinless it be, as we suspect, nothing more 

 than the Multicole Rye, which we have had 

 already ; the seed of the " Gold of Pleasvre" — 

 aU of which have been before mentioned in the 

 Farmers' Lihraky — but unfortunately it's 

 " every body's business and nobody's to import 

 them. Let liberal premiums be oftered. or let 

 a sum be set apart and a committee of importa- 

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tion be appointed, to send for such things as 

 hold out a promise oi jrraciical usefulness. 



Gold of Pleasure. — I shall be obliged to yoa 

 to inform me whether you or your correspond- 

 ents know,^ any thing of the Cameliua sativa or 

 Gold of Pleasure. It is said to have great fat- 

 tening properties for sheep and cattle, and I 

 know it to be most productive, from having 

 tried a ver\' small quantity of seed this summer. 

 A farmer near Somerton sowed3^1bs. of it, and 

 his son tells me that the produce was 600 cwt. 

 and upwards. It is .said to produce an excel- 

 lent oil. It may he sown on poor land. 



George Kous, Lavcrlon, Beckiii"ton. 



AcRicuLTURE IN FRANCE.— France has of late 

 years pursued a wi.se, judicious, and liberal poli- 

 cy in regard to her Agriculture. In ]^38, there 

 were in that country 1-3 Agricultural Societies, 

 and 303 Agricultural Coniinitteos. Scarcely a 

 movement which could contribute essentially to 

 her husdandry. has been neglected. Pecuniary 

 encouragement to a very great extent is aftbrd- 

 ed, and agents are sent into other countries, at 

 the expense of the French Agricultural Socie- 

 ty, in order to e.Kamine their .systems of farm- 

 ins.', with a view to the more perfect practice 

 of the art at home. In 1803, there were scarce- 

 ly ten organized Societies in the kingdom. They 

 are now, however, rapidly increasing. 



[Genesee Farmer. 



