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decay ; and this will be sooner or 

 later according to the quality of 

 the soil, or the nature of the cli 

 mate. 



While timber is seasoning, it 

 should not be much exposed to the 

 weather, or the heat of the sun, that 

 it may not dry too rapidly, and 

 spring, warp, or crack. Neither 

 should pieces be piled too close on 

 each other, but kept apart by short 

 sticks across, to prevent mouldi- 

 ness and decay, by permitting the 

 air to pass through the pile. The 

 same observations will apply to all 

 kinds of valuable boards. 



" In order to preserve timber 

 from cracking while seasoning, let 

 it be blocked out for the purpose? 

 wanted, and laid in a hay-mow, 

 vsrhen the hay is carted in. When 

 the hay is dealt out the next winter, 

 the timber may be taken out, well 

 seasoned, and free from cracks. 

 This is an excellent plan for sea- 

 soning all kinds of timber for car- 

 riages, &ic. When this is to be 

 done, if the trees be felled in the 

 winter, let them lie in logs, until 

 hay time arrives." — Farmer''s As- 

 sistant. 



It is published in the 'Memoirs 

 of the Philadelphia Society, for the 

 promotion of Agriculture,' that sa- 

 tisfactory experiments have proved 

 that timber used for posts will last 

 considerably longer, by setting the 

 end in the ground, which was up- 

 permost as it grew. 



TIMOTHY GRASS. Sec gras- 

 ses. 



TOBACCO, mcotiana, a well 

 known narcotic plant, which has 

 become very important, in Europe 

 and America, since Sir Walter Ra- 



leigh imported it into England, and 

 is very generally used, in one way 

 or other, by persons of both eexes. 

 It need not to be told how m ich 

 many abuse themselves with it. It 

 has its name from Tobago, one of 

 the Caribbee islands. 



To cultivate this vegetable suc- 

 cessfully, burn the surface of a piece 

 of ground, as early as possible in 

 the spring; rake it well, and sow 

 the seeds pretty thin. Or if the 

 goodness of the seeds be suspected, 

 they may be sown a little thicker. 

 When the leaves are as large as the 

 nails of one's tingers, the plants 

 may be removed. 



A sandy or gravelly soil should 

 be chosen, as most suitable to the 

 Mature of this plant, which requires 

 ^nuch heat, and is not apt to suffer 

 by drought ; and a southern expo- 

 sure is best. 



The ground should be prepared 

 for the plants, by several plough- 

 ings andharrowings ; and be made 

 rich by folding. Or, if the folding 

 be omitted, old dung of the hottest 

 kinds should be put in the holes. 



But the common way of raising 

 tobacco in cow pens, and barn 

 yards, without pulverising the soil, 

 is detestable. The taste of such 

 tobacco is intolerable. 



The ground being well prepared, 

 let the young plants be transplanted 

 into it in a wet day about three feet 

 asunder, or three feet and a half. 



After this it will be needful to 

 keep the ground clear of weeds, and 

 the plants should be daily viewed 

 and examined, to clear them of the 

 worms that eat them ; for there is 

 a sort which have a voracious appe- 

 tite for this kind of food, though ii 



