VOL. XVI. NO. 19. 



AN 



A small sample of tlie wheat vvliicli accoin|m- 

 nied the letter, by its appearance fully justifies the 

 account i;iven of its quality ; being of a plumper 

 berry than ;s usual in spiing wheat, thinner skin- 

 ned, and the kernels beiny more easily reduceil to 

 flour. The demand for the wheat has been great, 

 and prices liigb, but it lias biconie so e.vlen-. 

 aively cultivated in that vicinity, that it can be ob- 

 tained for seed in any desirable (juantily, and in 

 all probability at somewhat reduced prices. The 

 remark of Mr Hathaway, that in its adaptation to 

 soil, the Italian wheat mig'it be considered cos- 

 mopolite, or every where at home, would seem to 

 be applicable to it in reference to climate, as well 

 as soils. It has been found to succeed admira- 

 bly in Canada; where the culture of spring wheat 

 promises to entirely supersede that of winter 

 grain ; and we have before us tlie Staunton Vir- 

 ginia Spectator, of Aug. 3d, which states that 

 the Hon. Mr Brekenridge, last winter, procured 

 five or si.x bushels from Mr Hathaway^ and last 

 spring distributed among the formers of that neigh- 

 borhood. The yiolil has been good, varying from 

 twenty to tvventyfive bushels per acre ; thus es- 

 ablishing the fact that it may be successfully 

 grown from the Canadas to Virginia. The editor 

 remarks — "That be tfiinks it is not liable to rust 

 as lie had fields of fall wheat smartly stricken 

 with rust both sides of his patch of spring wheat, 

 while that was totally uninjured." We may here 

 remark, that in those sections of this State where 

 the winter wheat has suffered the most from rust, 

 the spring wheat has, except in a few partial in 

 stances, wholly escaped, the straw being unusu 

 ally bright and fine. 



We are glad to see the attention of farmers di- 

 rected to this important grain, not because we 

 suppose it can ever supersede the culture of 

 winter wheat in this State, for it clearly ought ii.ot 

 to ; but because there are many parts of the coun- 

 try where winter wheat is so uncertain a crop 

 owing to the nature of the soil, and the roots 

 freezing out in the >yinter, that it has been nearly 

 abandoned, and here spring wheat must be one 

 of the most valuable of crops to the farmer. 

 Every farmer should sow a few acres, as it is in 

 creasing his chances of remuneration for labor 

 jierformed on the farm, and lessening the chances 

 of an ultimate failure of the great " staff of life," 

 good bread. 



D GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



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i'X|ien<Rs are six hundred ijjlvinir riiacbincs in operation, but none so complete 



dollars, and that all li 



Rotation. — We observe with pleasure, in 

 many parts of the country, an increased attention 

 to thorough farming, particularly to raising large 

 crops by copious manuring ; but there is one es 

 sential point which is still greatly neglected, a 

 central and regular sj/slem of rotation. The great 

 advantage which might result from this practice 

 is very strikingly exhibited in a cornfield now 

 growing, a part of which was last season occu- 

 pied with a crop of ruta baga, and the remainder 

 with corn. The whole field was equally covered 

 with manure, before the crop was planted. The 

 result is, that the part of the crop of corn growing 

 where the ruta baga stood, promises to be at least 

 double in amount that which follows the part of 

 the field occupied with corn last year, though it 

 had no other advantage whatever, over the other 

 part, than tliat of having been preceded by a crop 

 properly adapted to a part of a course in rotation. 



Suppose that on an average twenty fivu jier 

 cent, is gained by rotation, over the common 

 practice where this is not attended to ; that the 

 farmer's annual crops are worth one thousand 



— his net profits, of coirse, are four hundred; if Band rapid in its execution, as Waterman's Patent 

 now his crops are increased twciityfive per cent. HHrick Machine. From the rough clay thrown in- 

 by rotation, his promts (no additional c^pensesHto the receiver, we saw it tempered, and 40 well 

 whatever being in this case required,) are iuuiie-Smoulded and handsome; bricks turned out in a 

 diatcly raised to six hundred and fifty dollars. Itimiuutc, whicli when bunied are full as good and 

 is believed that the difference in th^-se two modesBas handsome as any that can be manufitclured. 

 would generally be much greater if the best sys-BThe machine moves by horse power, and is small 

 tem of succession was attended to ; nor is tliisthegand portable, and must be of great value in a state 

 only advantage; for while improper culture tendsgwhere the clay is good, and bricks scarce, 

 constantly to impoverish soil, a good course ofH TV". Y. Star. 



rotation is constantly increasing its fertility. I 



_ B Kgtptia.v Wheat. — The following paragraph, 



[CT^The following address to the prisoners oon-Hshowiiig the very curious m.«de in which this 

 victedof an assault upon the Montgomery Guards,3wheat was introduced to the Wisconsin Territo- 

 on the late review, prior to their sentence, bygry: is taken from lh« Chicago American, of the 

 Judge Thatcher, contains so much that may proveHl4th ult. : 



cautionary to the thoughtless young men who areH We have received a specimen of Egyptian 

 but too easily induced to engage in a row, audBWheat, raised this season on Rock River. The 

 who do not dream of the terrible price of theirBseed was taken by our informant, from the crop 

 "frolic," that we have been tcmi)ted to transmitBof a bird of passage, and this is the second sea- 

 it to our columns. H*'''" '" ^^''''"'' ''^ '"'^ cultivated it. Four or five 



" After a long and patient trial, in which youB'^eeds were all that he put into the ground the fir.st 

 were faithfully defended by learned counsel, yoiifiseason, and this year he has a garden spot full of 

 have been convicted by the verdict of an impartialg'f- It has three pronged stems, and is a beautiful 

 jury, of the ofll'nce for which y(m are now to re-Band superior production. 



ceive the sentence of the law. It was an uiipro-B 



voked riot, without the shadow of justification onS Subterranean Bees. — What will our experi- 

 the part of the risters. Your counsel were asBmenlers with bees and bee hives, think of the 

 eloquent in their denunciation of the crime, asBswarm of fllr Harrison at Easington. He buried 

 they were ingenious in their efforts to free youBa hive ol bees in his garden on tl.e I7th of 0< to- 

 personally from its guilt. The Montgomerygber la.st, and on being taken up last week, they 

 Guauds stood from seven in tin; morning until sixfflvvere found to be all alive, and within three hours 

 in the evening, on the field of duty, sulijected toBcommenced their busy labors.^— JVba/i. 

 your insolent taunts ami violent assaults, in pres-| Some of our bee keepers in this region, have 

 ence of the major general and the other ofliceis|long been in the habit of burying their light 

 and soldiers of the division, and of their f;Hbers,Bswarins. If confined from air they eat little or no 

 wives, children and brothers. On returning fromlhoney during the winter. — Tioga Phenix. 

 the field, they were followed by a furious mob, 



and assaulted with stones, brickbats, glass bottles, 

 and other dangerous missiles. For the personal 

 injuries which the gentlemen of this cor])S thus 

 suffered, they were happily restrained by the pru- 

 dence of their officers from making any return but 

 that of patience and forbearance. But it cannot 

 be forgotten, that you did all in your power to 

 close the pageantry of that day with a scene of 

 blood. Is it to be Mnderstood that when citizens 

 are called to perform military duty, they are to be 

 subjected to the insults and assaults of a worth- 

 less mob ? Had these soldiers, in the absence of 

 all other protection, defended themselves with the 

 arms which the country had put into their hands, 

 and had thoughtless assailants fallen in tlie reii 

 centre, ail independent jury of their fellow-citi 



zens would undoubtedly have acquitted them of sicn of his place ; nor did he ever recover it, nor 



blame, and the highest judicial tribunal would 

 have approved their conduct. Take from the 

 soldier his honor, and degrade him in his own es- 

 timation, it will soon follow that the defence of 

 the State will fall into incompetent hands, and 

 with the spirit to defend tlieir liberty, the citizens 

 will lose its substance. Your offence was rank. 

 It was a diiect insult to every officer and soldier 

 who was on the field ; and you did all in your 

 power to subdue the spirit of the militia of this 

 commonwealth. It is for these reasons that the 

 law will inflict upon you a severe punishment ; 

 and I hope that others will be deterred, by your 

 fate, from imitating your evil example." 



Waterman's Brick Machine. — We have heard 

 of several brick machines for turning out the arti- 

 cle with rapidity, and have seen several labor-sa 



There was a boy in my class at school (says 

 Sir W. Scott) who stood always at the top, nor 

 could I, with all my efforts, supplant him. D.iy 

 came after day, and still he kept his place, do 

 what 1 would, till at length I observed that when- 

 ever a question was asked him, he always fumbled 

 with his finger at a particular button in the lower 

 part of his VTaistcoat. To remove it, therefore, 

 became expedient in my eyes, and in an evil mo- 

 ment it was removed with a knife. Great was 

 my anxiety to know the success of my measure, 

 and it succeeded too well. Whea the boy was 

 again questioned, his finger sought far the button, 

 but it was not to be found. In Us distress he 

 looked down for it; it was seen rto. more than to 

 be felt. He stood confounded, an<i I took posses- 



ever, I believe, suspect who was the author of his 

 wrong. Often in after life has the sight of him 

 smote me as I passed by him ; and often have I 

 resolved to make him some reparation, but it end- 

 ed in good resolutions LockharCs Life of Scott. 



A highly respectable gentleman of this county, 

 a few days since communicated to a friend of ours, 

 the following cure for a foundei-ed horse. Ho 

 had tried it with complete success in five differ- 

 ent cases, some of them very severe OHes, asid ha:; 

 heard of its success in many more. 



Curry the horse with a sharp curry comb, very 

 briskly against the hair, from his hoofs over i,is 

 whole body, and with sufficient severity to draw 

 blood slightly in places; then jump on hiiti, run 

 him some dii-tunce, and lie is well. — Lex. {Va.) 

 Gazette.. 



