Vol. IX.— No. 



AND HOIITICULTUIIAL JOURNAL. 



5S 



e 'urineraiul maiiuracturcr a direct ami positive 

 fciiefil. Ill tlii-s view tlie construrtion of rail 

 ■ )ads and canals tlii-ough an extensive inland 

 ' lunlcy, and improvinj; llic luivi^ation of rivers, 

 f leniii:; a free trade with siicli nations as will pnr- 

 laso our produce and inaniifactnres,- or in ex- 

 langp, supply us with such articles as we may 

 ant, prohibiting or iiiiposins duties on such iiu- 

 srtations as conic in direct competition with thp 

 rodiicc of our farms and the wares of our work- 

 lops, — are subjects io which the interest of the 

 rmer and the mechanic are deeply involved. A 

 •gard to your interest, therefore, recpiires that 

 5iir views be extended beyond the cultivation of 

 ic soil and the increase of your flocks. Your 

 jicc must be licard, an<l your influence felt in 

 ir state and national legislatures. The opinion 

 " sound, intelligent, and practical farmers, is en- 

 ded to great consideration ; and I am happy to 

 y, tliat the time has come when gentlemen of 

 "ery profession are disposed to treat it with re- 



Improvcmcnt of the breed of Horses in Prance. — 

 X'le nuke do Gniche has lately published a very 

 interesting paper on the im|Movemcnt of the breed 

 of horses, in which he proposes to confine them 

 to two distinct classes; one, of light horses, to be 

 obtained by crossing with English horses and Ara- 

 bian mares, which class would ineJnde race-hor- 

 ses, cavalry-lioi-scs, coach-horses, and all those 

 employed in post work and light agriculture. In 

 the serond class be includes wagon-liorses, hor- 

 ses for heavy agricultural work, and all horses 

 for slow and heavy draught. He proposes to es- 

 tablish ilir each of the two classes a number of 

 haras, (studs,) i)roportioned to the extent of the 

 respective demand. The Duke advances many 

 scnsil)lc arguments in favor of his plan, and 

 proves that, as the i=oil and climate of France 

 .ire decidedly favorable to the breeding of horses 

 there is no reason why, with judicious crossin"-, 

 they should not he quite as good as those of 

 Great Britain. The plan has been taken up 



ate e.xecution. — Literary Gazette. 



Mfoduclion of Rice into America. — IMartin 

 states, in his history of North Carolina, that the 

 planting of Rice was commenced in this country, 

 in the year 1693, as follows: — A brig from Mad- 

 agascar, on her way to England, came to anchor 

 off Sullivan's Island. — Thomas Smith, going on 

 lio.Tid, received from the Captain a bag of seed 

 Rice, with mformation of its culture in the East, 

 its suitableness for food, and its incredible in- 

 crease. — Smith divided the seed among his friends, 

 and an experiment being made in dificrent soils, 

 th'e success surpassed the expectation the Captain 

 had excited. Thus, from this small beginning, 

 accidentally occurring, arose the staple commodi- 

 ty of Carolina, which soon became the chief sup- 

 port of the colony ; and the great source of its 

 opulence. — Ral. Reg. 



lect. By continuing to merit the esteem of your warmly by the French government, and it is ex 



How-citizens, you will not fail to repeive it ; and | pected that it will be carried into almost immed 

 far as legislative aid can advance your interests, 



)U may expect the co-operation of a wise and 



itriotic legislature. 



•In times like the present, of general depres- 



)n in every branch of industry, you must expect 

 participate with your fellow-citizens. Econo- 



y, at all times commendable, now becomes an 



iiperious duty. If the products of your labor 



in find no niaiket abroad, let them, at least, sup- 



y your wants at home. To effect this, I place 



eat reliance on the industry and ingenuity of 



ur virtuous wives and daughters. They will 



rtail your shop bills by furnishing many articles 

 apparel of their own manufacture. Like the 



od wife described by Solomon, they " will seek 



3oI and flax, and work willingly with their 



nds. They will lay their hands to the spindle, 



d their right hands hold of the distaff; their 



ndle goetli not out by night." Such m«rclian- 



ze is better than that brought from afar — such 



dustry is •above rubies. 

 You will not deem me to have surpassed the 



ovincc assigned me, when I recommend to you 



e exercise of that influence and authority which 



e vested in an employer over those in his ser- 



ce, in suppressing all lewdness, profanity, in- 



mperance, lying, gaming, pilfering, and what- 



er is opposed to good morals, and a decent 



d orilerly behaviour. Your interest, your self- 



pect, and your duty to your domestics and to 



ur country, demand this at your hands. When 



large portion of our population shall become 



debased and degraded as the great mass of 



e people in the Eastern hemisphere, our elec- 



ns will be a farce, and our political edifice will 

 II and bury us in its ruins. He, therefore, who 

 tempts to reclaim some who begin to go astray, 



prevent the fall of others, and to inspire all 

 ith a due sense of the value of character, and 



elevate them to a decent standing in society, 

 ;rforms the best of charities to the individuals, 

 id is a public benefactor. 



' While we regard the moral deportment and 

 elfare of others, may we not neglect our own 

 'hile we till the ground from whicli we were 

 ken, and of which we must return, let, our trcas- 

 ■cs be deposited in that " belter country," where 

 )ws "the river of life," where stands " the tree 

 " life," and where " the light of the sun and of 

 e moon" will be extinguished in the brighter 

 dendor of God's eternal day.' 



of some laudable purpose or object, which kcep,^ 

 awake and enlivens all our powers. Our happi- 

 ness consists ill the pursuit, much more than in 

 the attainment, of any temporal good. Rest is 

 agreeable; but it is only from jJieceding labor.": 

 that rest acquires its true relish. When the mind 

 is sufl'ered to remnin in continued inaction, all iis 



powers decay. It soon languishes and sickens 



but the pleasures which it proposed tooblaiu from 

 rest, end in tediousness and insipidity. To thi.«, 

 let that miserable set of men bear witness, who 

 after spending a great part of their life in active 

 industry have retired to what they fancied was to 

 be a jileasing enjoyment of themselves in wealth, 

 in activity and profound repose; where they ex- 

 pected to find an elysiiim they have found noth- 

 ing but a dreary and comfortless waste. Their 

 days have dragged on with uniform languor : 

 with the melancholy rememlirance, often return- 

 ing, of the cheerful hours tliey passed, when 

 they were engaged, in the honest business and 

 labors of the world. 



JVew England. — The cry of decline is one of 

 the causes of decline. Many hear this cry and 

 hearing no answer to it, take it to be true. We, 

 on the other hand, take the liberty to assert, that 

 although nominal prices are not as great as they 

 once were, and although there are more stores 

 and houses than are wanted, the state of things 

 in New England has at no time been sounder and 

 healthier than it is at this day. What is the con- 

 dition of our coasting trade ? — What is the con- 

 dition of the manufactories that arc managed with 

 skill and economy ? — What is the condition of 

 the agricultural interest of New England? To 

 what portion of the earth is one to go, to find 

 more general comfort, and natural thrift, than in 

 New England ? but Commerce is depressed. Where, 

 in the world, at this moment, is it not depressed, 

 compared with what it has been, under different 

 circumstances of the world.— -BoW. Dai. Mv. 



The following is extracted from the New 

 Monthly and London Magazine of last July: 



' Silk. — The cultivation of the Mulberry tree 

 and the production of silk are increasing in North 

 America, with great rapidity. A very interesting 

 volume of essays on the subject, has recently been 

 imblished in Philadelphia. 



Long Life. — He who knows not what it is to 

 labor, knows not what it is to enjoy. The felicity 

 of human life depends on the regular [iroseciuloEi 



Stall Feeding. — One of the quickest and most 

 certain methods of fattening cattle in the stall is 

 by feeding with bran and linseed oil mixed, the 

 proportion two pecks of bran a day divided 

 into three feeds ; and half a pint of oil to each 

 feed, mixed well for small cattle ; the iiroporlion 

 to be increased for large. — Lambert's Treatise on 

 Farming. 



JBreedi7ig Live Stock. — Avoid consanguinity and 

 breeding from the same family, or what is com- 

 monly termed breeding in-and-in, as such will, if 

 persevered in prove highly injurious ; you must 

 therefore procure your males fiom those having a 

 similar l)rced but of different blood from your 

 own. A skilful breeder will not use the tups bred 

 on his own farm, although superior to any he can 

 procure ; and those jiossesscd of the best stock, 

 both of the short and long horned cattle, keep 

 two or three separate lines of blood to avoid con- 

 sanguinity; but a crossing with different breeds 

 will generally disappoint when prolonged in the 

 line, each breed in its kind should be kept distinct. 

 —Ibid. 



Waicr drinking among the Arabs. — Dr Madden, 

 in his travels in Egypt, remarks that the Arabs in 

 journeying over their deserts, beneath a burning 

 sun, use but little' water during the day, but take 

 copious draughts at night fall. They state that 

 drinking in the heat of the day creates thirst, 

 while the more water they use at night, the les;; 

 will be their desire for it on the morrow. The 

 Arabs gave this caution to the traveller, he prac- 

 tised it, and experienced the benefit. Among the 

 many preventives from the injurious effects cf 

 drinking cold water in the time of excessive heat, 

 this Arabian custom is worth relating. 



In France bread has been mnde of wheat straw 

 chopjied and ground. It is said to be found nutri- 

 tious, and must be better than the bark bread of 

 Sweden. It is, probably, a certain cure for the 

 dyspepsia. 



To preserve Cheese from Mites. — Ueil pepper so 

 called is a complete antidote against flies impreg- 

 nating cheese, so as to jiroduce maggots. Take 

 one and put it into a delicate piece of linen, mois- 

 ten it with n little fres'.i butter, and rub your 

 cheese frequently, it not only gives a very fine 

 color to your cheese, but is so pungent that no 

 fly will touch it. — Mass. Agr. Rep. 



