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cessful voyage ; and the proverb says, "a fool for luck ;" but there 's no mistak- 

 ing the motives of him who plants buoys. 



We have lately looked with pleasure at Mr. Colt's immense heaps of manure, 

 in vi^hich it would be hard to say what t/iere is not ! Old shoes and hats ; dead 

 cats, and dogs, and horses ; bones, and rubbish of all sorts from the streets ; the 

 mortar from old houses repaired ; and all the night-soil of a town of 12,000 pop- 

 ulation, well to live, which, with some plaster of Paris, is converted into poudrette. 

 To all these are added charcoal dust of several foundries, which he gets for the 

 cartage ; to these, again, large quantities of anthracite ashes, on same terms , 

 and then the waste of two large paper-mills, with the liquor from the bleaching 

 of the same. Thus, it is easy to imagine, will his lands soon be restored, which 

 had been exhausted by the old Dutch system of " always taking out of the meal- 

 tub, and never putting in ;" and, where that will soon come to, Poor Richard 

 has told us ; and he who does not take heed, sooner or later will be rapped over 

 the knuckles or — tapped on the shoulder ! 



MIGRATION FROM NEW- YORK TO VIRGINIA. 



The following is from a gentleman of superior worth and intelligence, known to the Edi- 

 tor of The Farmers' Library. It has not been long since he removed from Albany, 

 where he was generally known and as generally deservedly esteemed. 



[We were compelled to decline the invitation ; in the meantime had said about all that ia necessary on 

 the subject of Farmers' Clubs. We have propounded various questions to the Club, through our cor- 

 respondent, and doubt not that the more detailed information we shall receive will be worthy of commu- 

 nication.] 

 J. S. Skinner, Esq. Lake Bobgne Place, Prospect Hill, Fairfax Co. Va. Dec. 14, 1846. 



Dear- S?r; Before this reaches you by due course of mail, you will have seen 

 our mutual and excellent friend, and my most valued and esteemed neighbor. 

 Com. Jones, who will have communicated to you our desire and most earnest re- 

 quest for an Address from you on the occasion of the organization of our " Far- 

 mers' Association " at this place early in January. I trust you will find it con- 

 venient to spend a few days with us: as w-ell for this purpose, which I know 

 you have at heart — the improvement of our Agriculture by means of associated 

 intellect — as for conferring on us the pleasure of your society, and enabling us 

 to extend such hospitality as may be in our power to one so highly esteemed and 

 regarded as yourself. 



You will perceive by the noni dc guerre which I have given to my future 

 farm, that I am not unmindful of the gallant services Avhich Com. Jones rendered 

 to his country in time of peril, in the famous naval action near Lake Borgne, in 

 the vicinity of New-Orleans, a few days only preceding tlie great battle of the 

 8th Jan. 1815. Having purchased some eighty acres, part of and adjoining his 

 extensive and well cultivated estate, 1 deemed it a fitting mark of res])ect to give 

 to it an appellation which should at least testify my appreciation of his charac- 

 ter and services, if it accomplished no more permanent object. 



I am, thus far, well satisfied with my position and prospects in this delightful 

 portion of Virginia. The climate is exceedingly mild and agreeable; the soci- 

 ety, in all respects, pleasant ; and the soil — that portion of it, at least, which has 

 come under my observation — rich and fertile, requiring only a moderate degree 

 of industrv, and a judicious application of capital, to render it fully equal to the 

 most profitable soils of New-York. Much of it, it is true, has been inconsider- 

 ately exhausted by its former proprietors and left to " waste its sweetness on the 

 desert air," but it is easily susceptible of reclamation ; and there are hundreds 

 and thousands of acres in this single county, wi'.hin from five to twenty miles of 

 one of the best markets in tiie United Stales, whicli may be obtained at prices 



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