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matter, decomposition commences almost imme- 

 diately alter it is pressed out, and it" nllowed to 

 go on to any extent will entirely defeat the niakinij 

 ofsugar. 4ili, the preparation ot saccharine matter 

 contained in equal quantities oC corn and beet 

 juice is as 3 10 1 in favor ot" ttie (brnier, iherel'ore 

 the same difference will be ("ounii in the amount 

 ot fuel necessary in evaporation. 5ih, beet su^ar 

 when obtained is inlenor in quality and loses a 

 larirer per cent, in refinini^. 6ili, corn is a native 

 ol our country, perlectly suited to the climate, 

 a true American, and is in fart the finest pliini 

 in the world; the author of " Arator'" (Col. Tay- 

 lor ol Virginia) used to call it our " meat, meal 

 and manure." We now add sugar to the list 

 ol" its valuable productions. 



We only need a full developement of the re- 

 eources of our own country to render us perliecily 

 independent of every other. Respectfully, yours, 



Wm. Wkbb. 



From tlie Soutliern Agriculturist. 

 LIST OF THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES OF 

 SOUTH-CAROLINA. 



Udingsville, June \bth, 1811. 

 Dear sir : — I believe the Ibllowing lu be a cor- 

 rect list of the Agricultural Societies of South 

 Carolina, vviih the names of their Presidents: — 



1. State Agricultural Society of S. C. ; Whit- 

 marsh B. Seabrook, President. 



2. St. John's, Colleion, Agricultural Society; 

 William G. Baynard, President. 



3. Beauford Agricultural Society ; William 

 Elliott, President. 



4. Agricultural Society of South Carolina; 

 , * President. 



5. Agricultural Society of Barnwell; Hon. 

 Angus Patterson, President. 



6. Agriculiural and Police Association of St. 

 Andrew's; (name of the President unknown.) 



7. Agricultural Society of Sumter; Hon. John 

 P. Richardson, President. 



8. Agricultural Society of Pendleton ; Edward 

 Harleston, President. 



9. Monticello Planters' Society, Fairfield; Hon. 

 William Harper, President. 



10. Agricultural Society of St. Helena ; Jos. 

 J. Pope, President. 



11. Cambridge (Abbeville) Agricultural So- ^ 

 ' ciety ; Gen. Gdlman, President. 



12. Fairfield Agricultural and Horticultural So- 

 ciety ; Osmund VVoodward, President. 



13. Wateree (Kershaw) Agricultural Society; 

 Colonel James Chesnur, President. 



14. Agricultural Society of Abbeville : George 

 McDuffie, President. 



15. Fishinff Creek (Chester) Agricultural So- 

 ciety ; Alexander Pagan ; President. 



16. Agricultural Society of St. Luke's ; Dr. 

 Jeremiah Fickling, President. 



17. Greenville Agricultural Society; H. G, 

 Johnston, President. 



The last seven societies have been formed with- 

 in a few months. Respectfully, yours, 



Whitmarsh B. Seabrook. 



* Lately deceased. 



RENEWING OLD HANDSAWS. 



From tlie Fraultlin Farmer. 

 I am in possession of an improvement which, 

 if you think worth cummutiicaiirig to the me- 

 chiuiics and farmers, is ai your service. In the 

 year 1813, in Harrison county, ivy., I had a very 

 fine handsaw, which Bome ol my afiprentices 

 rendered unfit lor use. She had what is termed 

 by mechanics a spring or broken back, or joint in 

 her, and was thrown by. i tried several experi- 

 ments to remove the spring and at last lell on the 

 iollowinir plan :— I took a l)1ack.*niith's hand-ham- 

 mer with a smooth lace, and laid the saw on a 

 pmooth anvil, and liammered it lenfjthwise where 

 the spring or joint seemed to l)e. I hammered it 

 111 the centre olthe width, which removed the joint, 

 and she was straight and stiff as ever, and was no 

 more liable to have a spring or joint than any new 

 saw, and performed as well as usual, if the 

 hummer and anvil are smooth, no one will ever 

 oliserve that it has been done. 1 have straight- 

 ened a great number of useless saws thus and 

 made them good as new, and have communicated 

 this method of doiuir it, to many ot my brother 

 mechanics in Kentucky and other states. And 

 now, as a mechanic and farmer, have thought (or 

 several years of having this information published 

 to the world, (or 'here are thousands of handsaws 

 thrown aside as useless, (or want of a knowledge 

 how to restore ihem to usefulness. 



J. H. Wentworth, 

 Milhoright of Kentucky^ 



A THIBETAN YAK. 



From tlie London Farmers' Magazine. 

 The Thibetan yak brought to Calcutta by Mr,. 

 HufTnagle is one ot the most curious animals that 

 we have ever seen. It is at present on the pre- 

 mises of Mr. Adam F. Smith, and the proprietor 

 courteously permits those who are fanciers of 

 such objects to inspect this tenant of the Himala- 

 yahs. It seems a connecting link between three 

 very different zoological genera. It has the head 

 ol an ox, the body of a goat, and the tail of a horse. 

 Its osteology differs from that of the ox, having 

 one more rib. The cold climate ol" which it is a 

 native, its resting place being among the snow, 

 renders Calcutta particularly trying to this animal. 

 It is a mere object ol curiosity, but on the same 

 premises Mr. Hufhiagle has four L"pcha cows, 

 from Darjeling which we consider likely to im- 

 prove our breed of" low-land cattle far more per- 

 manently and effectively than any importation 

 that has yet been made. A bull of" the same stock 

 would be a still more valuable gift to the vicinity. 

 These cows have the siighlest possible rudiment 

 of" a hump, and the ears are rather large, thin, and 

 pendulous, as in the Nagore breed ; otherwise in 

 Irame, in fineness of head, lightness of bone, and 

 superiority of udder, they approach closely to some 

 of our best English breeds. To look at the black 

 cows a casual observer would conclude that they 

 were of the best kind of the Welsh breed: whilst 

 the one which is brindled white and brown, looks 

 much like a Devonshire. They are altogether a 

 most promising source from whence to derive im- 

 provement 10 our Bengalee cow and ox ; and the 



