No. 1. 



Great Yield of JVheat. — Woollen Rags. 



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could it wash away hurtful matter from the 

 soil as delicately from the fibres of the roots 

 of grass as irrigating water, there would be 

 no need of irrigation; the husbandman could 

 then command at will verdant pasturage for 

 his flocks and herds, throughout the year, 

 and in the driest season. His mechanical 

 agency would be as effective as irrigation ; 

 but constituted as the relative state of things 

 at present is, between man and the action of 

 physical laws, he employs irrigation as an in- 

 strument of his will, and induces nature to 

 assist him in maintaining his live stock by 

 an application of her peculiar mode of acting, 

 under his own guidance, but in which she 

 nndoubtedly displays her superiority over 

 him, both in perseverance and dexterity." 



Great Yield of Wheat. 



Having sometimes seen in the Cecil Whig, 

 accounts of extraordinary agricultural pro- 

 ductions, I am induced to contribute ray 

 mite to the good cause, by forwarding an ac- 

 count of my present wheat crop. 



The ground was in oats last season, and 

 almost as soon as it was taken off, the ma- 

 nure was hauled out, stubble broken up, well 

 harrowed, and then left until the 25th of Au- 

 gust, when 1 commenced sowing the Medi- 

 terranean wheat upon it at the rate of a 

 little more than two bushels to the acre, and 

 ploughing in pretty deep; then ran a large 

 harrow over it, and left it. 1 think I have 

 discovered several important ad vantages from 

 thus early sowing, and ploughing in. In the 

 first place it gives the wheat an early start, 

 and consequently a strong and vigorous root, 

 and it is not near so liable to be thrown out 

 by the winter frost, and as was the case 

 with mine, the first growth was to all ap- 

 pearance destroyed by the fly, but this proved 

 to be no injury to the plant, which having 

 an early start stooled out wonderfully from 

 the root, as will appear from the samples I 

 have sent as the produce of two grains, tied 

 up separately. There are 5-5 stalks to one, 

 and 54 to the other, and I presume they will 

 yield about 3000 grains of good sound wheat. 

 Yesterday I shelled out the heads of a single 

 grain numbering .52 stalks and counted them 

 carefully; they numbered 1307 grains. I 

 have the produce of another grain number- 

 ing 58 stalks, which I have no doubt will 

 yield 1.500 grains of wheat. This may ap- 

 pear almost incredible, and I could hardly 

 believe the evidencesof my senses that such 

 could be the result, but I took the several 

 parcels as they were pulled up by the roots 

 in the field, and washed them till there was 

 scarcely a particle of dirt remaining, and 

 then examined them very minutely, and the 



result was as I have described it ; it was only 

 the product of one grain. I have, I believe, 

 without a solitary exception, obtained better 

 crops of wheat by ploughing in, than when 

 I harrowed in. Wheat sown late, and har- 

 rowed in, has but a poor chance against the 

 winter and spring frosts. 



Peter Askew. 

 Brick Meeting-house, Md. 



Woollen Rags. — Woollen rags, the clip- 

 pings of woollen cloth obtained from the fac- 

 tories under the name of shoddy, and wool 

 dust, and woollen refuse of every .description, 

 make a most valuable manure. Indeed, 

 none ranks higher in value. Besides its 

 own intrinsic efficacy, it becomes mixed or 

 strongly impregnated with oil, used in the 

 processes of manufacturing. Its effects are 

 not immediate, and therefore it is not to be 

 considered as a foicing manure, but they are 

 very durable; and when spread upon grass 

 land, its efficacy is great and permanent. It 

 is deemed, in the highest degree, rich in all 

 the elements of vegetation. It is considered 

 extremely valuable as an application to hop- 

 grounds. The hop-growers in Surrey in- 

 formed me that it was to be preferred to any 

 other manure. It is deemed best to mix it 

 very copiously with earth or mould ; and in 

 this way it should be repeatedly shovelled 

 over, in order to assist its decomposition. 



Mr. Hannam, in his excellent little treatise 

 upon waste manures, states the case of a 

 farmer, who, on applying eight tons of shod- 

 dy compost per acre, obtained nine tons of 

 hay, in a small hilly field, which before never 

 gave him four tons. It is transported in 

 large sacks, and is a regular article of mer- 

 chandise. — Colman's Tour. 



Show me the cottage, the roses and the 

 honeysuckles on which are neatly trimmed 

 and trained, and the garden behind is well 

 stocked with culinary herbs and a few choice 

 flowers, and I will speedily find you a cot- , 

 tager who never wastes his time or his mo- 

 ney, or debases his mind, and learns the 

 " broad road which leadeth to destruction," 

 in the contamination of an ale-house. If 

 the garden is neat, one may rest assured 

 that the cottage, however humble it is, is 

 the abode of contentment and happiness; and 

 that however simple the fare may be, it is 

 wealth and luxury in full store to the in- 

 mates, because they are satisfied with it, and 

 grateful for the possession of it. 



DoDMAN says "a very litt'e care and judi- 

 cious selection of sorts will insure pears daily 

 from the end of July till May." 



