AIOXTHLY JOLRNaL OF AGRICULTURE. 





j. w. ea: 



nrcATioy. 



^ z : ant ft ccarse of legislation more 



i dse eeneral interest, is, as 



— '-— C-- -Tiii well says, by iknners' takrcg 



pres- it; - - iheir own hssds, and jaakisg 



- -- "---o have not the public spirit and 



ire 10 take the lead, feel that ikesr 



ct:: := :'^ "" """t appreciatkjn 



-.5 of society. 



: - '•^cin the 



- " - c senii- 



' : _ - _ ^ - - -i by in- 



r siven to an cScer 



. . ."_-Jtit at least a like 



- r.Ten to the cirii engineer and 



i^- I:' "ie people are to be 



- is Ecvr. tor the nuli- 



'. ropriated for good 



i agricultural «.•- 



iadiepaee^ 



r that 

 i.Tners 

 ■s-ord- 



iase to esacx the Becesssrv widi- 



faold die BecesBSfj &Dd2.~ ' 



AcSs of legj^wrinn and q>pn^ri&£iu&s of pnb- 

 Se Buiej, ibr difiuing edmeatio* and ktunc- 

 Udge immediatdy eommeeied with practieal 

 Agriadtmre, aze aboot die bet tiiinss diat ester 

 isao ifae scfaemes of die paitiazB leeidator. Pro- 

 pose to faim noieduiis diat ewuidc* ef wear and 

 lloodsked — acme \xw iitat Mnll create new of- 

 Scea tobefiDed, aad a better tjarace ibr bim- 

 sdF and frie&ds to come m fix- a i^iare <rf^ the 

 prsblic tre4*smre — and be pridu up bk ears, and 

 Voo^ aad firte&s Eke a epotiaaau'B dog^ at die 

 saaeil or die asfat of Scedi game. But talk to 

 kirn oieSUib^dnaszeiriliBSOtaskiaiirapnad- 

 B^ a knowledse of dnngB dot ebaO oiaUe die 

 filZer of lA« «0(Z to analjze and bettemodentaad 

 &erafae aad a{ip&catioa ct all hUe l ewureeii. 

 aad joa talk to faim aboot wfaat be does not 

 eoaqsebesd, and ibe extent of all die inqidry 

 be w2I take the tzooUe to Btake k, .Sbir «ui«jr 

 •ofas K^iS eii* wuoJiHrt Ifrir^ nu. at tke next 

 iiSAvj^ ' The cii}- vrav tJi«ni. to cmr* il>; eril. 



; ; We irvcke ±e coCp- 

 ■^ Press of the conntiy. 

 .-T :,'.f_^ order things in Frar^i 

 — France! 



.--GEicrLTrsAL ScirycE r>' Frasce. — Mr. 

 -LSH. in a recent iecer from Paris, writes as 



"\Ve have resnlar reports of the sirtincs of 



C.-.-rrrrBr-f^tyn ryf tfeo A sricultnrallstS of ihc 



~ :: is it all countenance 



- n? desire to eetab- 



- ;:: e-rery district of 



" - this pnrpoee 



■ the Conven- 



..•,^ L . .. ' - -— -. - --.--riculnue, acd 



wae free. .Lscussed.' 



POTATO DISEASE.— EFFECTS OF GUAXO. 

 Extract of a letter to the E&«-, dated 



CATSKOi. Jan. 10, 1846. 



Sir : In reading yoor remarks in yoor last 



Library oo tbe experiroents about to be tried at 



BahijQOte upon tbe disease of Potatoes, I 



tboo^bt I woold addieee you a private letter, 



and gire yoa my experience upon that subject. 



I removed to thia place from Xew-York last 



Spriner ; I leased about twenty acres of land that 



was not UBder very good cultivation, but having 



bad an early agricaltnra] education, and an ex- 



trxnBToA fimiBeae far h. I made an exceDent 



aelectiim of seal and mtaaaon. I have been in 



die babit ibr several years past of reading all 



pdblicatiODS upon improved Agriculture I could 



find, BO diat my mind is pretty well stored w id» 



i d»e differetU experiments tbal have been tried 



i in Europe and America. On my leasing tbe 



! place, having Vtmhed mean*, I set my wits to 



i work to ascertain wbat would be the cheapest 



• manure I could use, and decided upon Perevian 



i Guano, which I porcbaaed of Mr. Bartlet I 



i dvBE selected as a medium ibrcmgh which to 



