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the frames; as it sinks, add more; renew 

 the linings round tlie remainder of the bed 

 as it becomes necessary, and be careful to 

 let off the steam, and give air to the plants 

 at all opportunities. 



" Give necessary waterings, mostly in the 

 morning of a mild day, in early forcing; and 

 in the afternoon, in the advanced season of 

 hot sunny weather. Some use water im- 

 pregnated with sheep or pigeon dung. As 

 the roots begin to spread, and the vines to 

 run, the hills should be enlarged by gather- 

 ing up the earth around them, for which 

 purpose a supply of good mould should be 

 kept ready at hand, to be used as required. 



"When the plants have made one or two 

 joints, stop them, by pinching off the tops, 

 after which they generally put forth two 

 shoots, each of which let run till they have 

 made one or two clear joints, and then stop 

 them also; and afterward continue through- 

 out the season to stop at every joint; this 

 will strengthen the plants, and promote their 

 perfecting the fruit early." 



Radishes, lettuce, &c., may be forced in 

 beds similar to that described for cucumbers, 

 and the earth in tlie dung bed should be a 

 foot deep. They do not require so much 

 heat. The plants require to be well thinned 

 out, air to be regularly admitted, and water 

 gently and regularly supplied In admit- 

 ting air to hot-beds, a mat should be thrown 

 over the opening to prevent the plants from 

 being chilled. 



Earth for hot-bed plants should, in all 

 cases, be good rich friable loam, mixed with 

 a third of well rotted manure, and some 

 coarse sand to make it porous. — Chicopee 

 Telegraph. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Corn — Lime, &c. 



To THE Editor : 



Sir, — In the 6th No. of your last volume 

 I addressed you a note under the signature 

 of " A New Subscriber," and your corres- 

 pondents having answered my inquiries, ably, 

 in my opinion, I now feel bound to make all 

 due acknowledgment. I say 7iow, because 

 I am somewhat more able to judge, by ex- 

 perience, of the advantages of their plans 

 and recommendations. 



"Barn." The answer in regard to this 

 is published in Volume 10, No. 8, in March, 

 from Chalkley Gillingham. I have never 

 seen a plan of a barn to compare with it, 

 and if the cost of the work done by his own 

 hands and own materials are included, it is 

 very cheap. I had commenced mine when 

 the Cabinet came to hand with the plan, or 

 I should iiave adopted it. 



"Lime." The answer to my enquiries 

 will be foimd in Vol. 10, page 218, from Dr. 

 Elwyn. To be brief, it is worth more to me 

 than all the information I have heretofore 

 collected on the subject. 



"Fattening Hogs," by A Vermont Farmer, 

 Vol. 11, No. 5, page 150. I consider the 

 combination of ingredients economical and 

 good; but I am not instructed as to the 

 mode of building the furnace, and it does 

 not appear in what manner the contents are 

 taken from the cylinder, which is probably 

 ten feet high. 



A concise account of the whole, and the 

 modus operandi, would confer a favour on, 

 Yours truly, 



E. Lewis. 



Bloomsbury, near Havrede-Grace, Md., 

 Feb. 24th, 1847. 



Can some of our correspondents supply the informa- 

 tion asked by our friend ? The directions in the arti- 

 cle referred to are not explicit. — Ed. 



Mount Airy Agricultural College. 



The undersigned, having for a series of 

 years devoted himself to the pursuit and 

 practice of Agriculture, and having with 

 deep concern regarded its condition as a 

 Profession or Calling, could not but perceive 

 that there was wanting, something indispen- 

 sable to give Character and energy to an 

 occupation, acknowledged to be the most 

 useful, and embracing in its extended range 

 the most numerous class of the people of 

 these United States. He has therefore been 

 long convinced that the great desideratum 

 to be supplied, is an Education, commensu- 

 rate with the high destinies of the Landed 

 Interest — a training in Rural Economy pend- 

 ing the progress of the Student in Litera- 

 ture, so that when he shall graduate, he may 

 not only have achieved the usual attainments 

 acquired in mere literary Institutions, but 

 exhibit-a thorough and well grounded know- 

 ledge of practical and theoretical Agricul- 

 ture and Horticulture, and possess in a su- 

 perior degree, the presumable addition of 

 good health and habits; being thereby the 

 better fitted to enter upon the general duties 

 of life, or into any profession as well as that 

 of Agriculture. This presumed felicitous 

 condition of the Graduate needs no demon- 

 stration, for it must be admitted, that the 

 training and exercises of a properly con- 

 ducted Agricultural College, will be natu- 

 rally promotive of the priceless blessings of 

 robust healtii, industrious habits, and a well 

 regulated mind. 



In the Eastern and middle States many 

 laudable efforts of late years, have been 

 made to improve and elevate the position of 



