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iacloseJ, with a good proportion of river and creek bottoms, and orchards of fine fruit, <Src., around 

 lliem, are starting to the southwest to look for riclier land! Any one of these tracts "I guess" could 

 be bought for from $6 to $8 per acre. If they were mine, I would not take double what tlicy ask, 

 aud what they will be obliged to take, if they " move" as they expect. 



I am thus particular to mention these facts, because I observe there is an increased interest to know 

 more about Virginia and Virginia land, and because I wish to see men of enterprize, intelligence, and 

 industry, settling in the " Old Commonwealth." I have no otlier interest to advance by it, except 

 the cause of agriculture, and a hope of one day seeing my children in the midst of a reiined, civilized, 

 and enlightened community. G. A. "Walkup. — 3ft. Airy, Pittsylvania Co., Va. 



"WinTE Beans. — You have often requested your subscribers to communicate to the Farmer their 

 experience in raising different kinds of crops. I have seen no notice on the cultui'e of the white 

 bean, and a.s some formers are turning their attention to this crop, it may be of advantage to some 

 to know how I manage. I do this work the last week in May. I prepare my ground by plowing 

 and dragging smooth ; I mark it out in shallow furrows, about two and a half feet apart, with a corn 

 plow ; I then drop the beans two or three inches apart in this furrow. I use a drag that is wide 

 enougli to cover two rows at a time. In this way, with two hands, I can plant four acres in a day. 

 I find this a better way than to plant in hills. When the beans are about three or four inches high, 

 I go through them with the cultivator ; weed, and hoe them well. When about ten inches high, I 

 use the corn plow, turning the soil against the vines to hold them up. This time I use no hoe. By 

 this process, and with a sprinkling of plaster when I hoe them, I raise from twenty to twenty-five 

 bushels per acre. The past season I had four acres, from which I measured up ninety-one bushels. 

 Wlien I gather and thresh tlicm, I save the vines to feed to my cattle. I have kept seven head this 

 winter, and have fed but little else. They are all in good order. J. B. Hakt. — Candor Center, N. Y. 



Hedges. — ?.Iuch lias been written about hedges in my time, by theorists; but one grain of experi- 

 ence with me is worth a pound of theory. Of all plants for hedging, and I have tried seven or eight 

 varieties, I find tlie English Hawthorn the best.'- Privet is only fit for an ornamental hedge, and so 

 with Box; Buckthorn too slow forming an effectual barrier ; Hazel too tempting to boys; Holly too 

 slow; the 'Rose too weak; and the Osage Orange too tender and weak for our northern latitude. 

 The Hawthorn is liardy, aiVd after two years' growth can support any snow that may happen to lodge 

 on it. It is a rapid grower ; adapted to most soils, but thrives best on a clay bottom. I have them 

 tliree years old, an inch in diameter aud ten feet high. I have them, too, on high and low land, on 

 stiff clay, on bog, on sand, and on good loamy land ; and can see but little difference. 



A thorn hedge may be planted any time from the middle of October to middle of Slay, (provided 

 the ground is free of frost,) in clean ground free from weeds. Tlie land should be properly graded, 

 and where it is low or wet, should be raised, as the thorn is not a water jdant ; but at the same 

 it does not require a ditch, as in Europe. Tlie plants should be set perfectly upright to make a good 

 hedo-e, and require, under the best management, to be protected from cattle, itc., for three or four 

 vears ; though I have one hedge only three years old that is fit to throw open the coming summer, 

 i cut down either at the time of planting or one year therefrom, after which I only side trim, allow- 

 ing the lowest lateral branches to extend eighteen inches from the stock, gradually narrowing to the 

 top. This makes a stiff, close fence, that will obstruct any unruly animals. 



Much has been said against the Hawthorn as a hedge plant. Tlie reason is, that those who cavil 

 on the point are those who have barely a theoretical knowledge of its habits. The Thorn is liable to 

 all or most of the diseases of the apple tree, and no other. Where one thrives, there will the otlicr 

 thrive ; and no fence is better calculated to prevent depredations on fruit trees. The Apple and 

 Peach are subject to diseases ; but should they be shunned on that account ? That the Thorn may do 

 better in some locations than in others, I do not deny; but of this 1 am certain, that I have seen no 

 plant more congenial for hedges in Onondaga county, than the Hawthorn. M. — Onondaga, N. Y. 



Farming in Edgar Countt, Io.tnois. — If you will look at tne map of Blinois, you will see that 

 Edgar county lies on the eastern line of the State, about midway between the northern and southern 

 boundaries. Paris is within ten miles of the State line, and eighteen of the Great Wabash river ; 

 consequently we have no nearer market than Terre Haute, Ind., twenty miles from Paris 



Our principal products are corn, oats, and wheat. Corn averages about sixty bushels per acre, and 

 is worth 15 to 18 cents per bushel at home. There are but few sales, and it is mostly fed to hoga, 



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