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above a certain height on the Cordileras, 

 owing to the diminution of pressure not al- 

 lowing the water to become sufficiently 

 heated before it boiled. There may possibly 

 be some connexion between the conditions 

 under which potatoes can be boiled, and 

 their starch converted to jelly. Upon com- 

 paring this jelly with that from the starch 

 called arrow-root, and obtained direct from 

 Bermuda, I find a difficulty in my own per- 

 son in discriminating between their flavour, 

 though an invalid in the habit of eating ar- 

 row-root. The difference, however, becomes 

 more sensible when both jellies are made 

 palatable with sugar, &c., for then, both the 

 invalid — myself — and another person were 

 equally decided in our preference of the 

 jelly from the potatoe to that from the ar- 

 row-root, the latter possessing rather a 

 mawkish flavour, as though it had been 

 prepared with smoky water. I knov,' not 

 whether medical men are able to point out 

 any real difference in the composition of 

 starch obtained from potatoes and that from 

 the arrow-root, or whether past experience 

 has shown them that the one is a more nu- 

 tritious food for the invalid than the other; 

 but, certainly, arguing a priori, and with no 

 wish to give them an opportunity of trying 

 the experiment upon myself, I am inclined 

 to think, that sending to Jamaica for arrovv-- 

 root starch, at 2s. (Sd. to 3s. a pound, is a 

 most superfluous extravagance, whilst we 

 can manufacture that from potatoes at home 

 for about hd. or a \d. — Ex. Paper. 



friends in the western part of the State 

 were fully aware of the value of these 

 State lands, and the pecuniary advantages 

 offered to purchasers, instead of leaving our 

 aood old State and emigrating to Oregon, 

 Texas, or California, we should find them 

 wending their way to the east, to reap from 

 her generous soil the rich reward of their 

 labour. We invite our friends of the west- 

 ern part of the State who have been casting 

 a longing eye to the " Far West," to come 

 and see if some good things may not be 

 found in " Old Hyde." 



David Carter. 



Hyde co., N. C, Jan. 14th, 1646. 



From the North Carolina Farmer. 



The Old North State, versus Oregon and 

 Texas. 



Me. Editor, — 



Sir, — We do not boast of " tall things,'''' 

 as do some of our neighbours in this vicin- 

 ity, but we believe we can tell a story 

 equally important and interesting to our 

 brother farmers of the " Old North Slate." 



I have this day finished housing my corn 

 crop, and I find that, from the labour of six- 

 teen hands, I have made twenty-four hun- 

 dred barrels — 12,000 bushels — of good mer- 

 chantable corn, besides other crops, the 

 larger part of which crop was made on re- 

 deemed swamp lands, which have been un- 

 der cultivation only three years. 



Of such land as this the State has thou- 

 sands of acres in this county, which the 

 Literary Board would be glad to sell at a 

 very low price, and which, if brought under 

 cultivation, would, under favourable circum- 

 stances, yield an annual income of twenty 

 to twenty-five dollars per acre. If our 



The Voice. — Voice is one of the most 

 striking evidences of the Creator's power. 

 How wonderful it is that so many millions 

 of persons should exist, and no one voice 

 should exactly resemble another. To our 

 finite ideas it appears reasonable that the 

 same organs should produce the same sound: 

 it is thus in other animals; in birds and in 

 music; but for man's convenience and in- 

 crease of pleasure, it is otherwise; the great 

 and beneficent Creator, in his labour for our 

 comfort and happiness, has not overlooked 

 the sound of a voice. Of all the variations 

 of which the human voice is capable, per- 

 haps it is never so grateful to the ear as 

 when venting itself in sympathy; the utter- 

 ance of gratitude is pleasing when we may 

 have been so happy as to have it in our 

 power to confer a favour on another, but 

 from it we would oft times escape; the 

 tones of gladness may intrude in our mel- 

 ancholy moments, and increase, instead of 

 lighten, our sorrows ; the voice of praise 

 may even pain, for we may fear it to be 

 flattery, or feel it to be undeserved — the ut- 

 terance of pity may wound where it is in- 

 tended to heal, but that of sympathy must 

 make its way to the heart. There is some- 

 thing in our natures which seeks a corres- 

 ponding feeling, let that be either of joy or 

 woe. 



Lime has been used in agriculture many 

 hundred years, and on every variety of soil, 

 and always with beneficial effects, when ju- 

 diciously applied. In England, recently, 

 large tracts of country, which had been 

 rented with difficulty at five shillings per 

 acre, have been rendered worth thirty or 

 forty shillings per acre, by the application 

 of lime alone. — Southern Agriculturist. 



When the weather is pleasant this montli, 

 prune your grape-vines. 



