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sceed. If sixty bushels of wheat, and one hundred 

 nd fifty of corn, and three or four tons of hay to the 

 ere, have been frequently grown, may not the same 

 mounts, and even more, be one day looked to, as com- 

 lon occurrences 7 To use the language of the speaker, 

 rhose Address we set out with noticing, "in propor- 

 on as we cultivate and enrich our lands, they become 

 [instantly, more and more fertile. By the beneficent 

 institution of Divine Providence, the earth, while it 

 ontributes to the* support of man and beast, is de- 

 igned to become more productive, or to keep up its 

 ichness from its own activity. It is like the fountain 

 f true charity, and beautifully emblematical of the 

 livine beneficence; the more it expends, the more its 

 bundance increases. It is like the human mind; the 

 lore active it is rendered, the more its powers are in- 

 igorated; the more it does, the more it can do; and 

 ie more its treasures are poured out, the more its 

 llness is enlarged." 



Our author throws out a beautiful idea connected 

 Bth agricultural emulation. " In many of the pur- 

 aits of life," says he, "one man gets rich by making 

 nother poor. He climbs the ladder by putting his foot 

 n another's shoulder; or he builds his own dwelling 

 ut of the fragments of his neighbour's, which he has 

 Determined. Emulation in agricultural improvement"' 

 /orks no such injustice. "A man can make no im- 

 rovements in husbandry, without at once extending 

 lie knowledge and advantages of them to others. The 

 nlargcment of the capacities of the soil, and every 

 ucrease of its productions, confers an immediate bene- 

 t upon the whole community," and tends to the mul- 

 lication of those designed to enjoy them. 



If we compare the modern highly improved plough, 

 k-itli those which we find represented in books treat- 

 rig of ancient agriculture— or even with those we 

 now were used in our boyhood,— if we look at the 

 ompleteness— first, of the grain cradle, then of Hus- 

 ey's reaping machine, or of the revolving horse-rake, — 

 f we revert to the fact, that scores of vessels were 

 ent last year to the shores of the Pacific, for manures 

 o enrich the already green pastures of England, and 

 illow ourselves to recollect, that in a few years more, 

 t may be as common to make a thousand pounds of 

 ngar from an acre of cornstalks, as it will then be to 

 aise as many bushels of turnips from the same extent 

 if ground, we may surely take courage to believe that 

 he calling of the farmer is not stationary, nor is it 

 lestined to be, any more than that of his neighbour, 

 who is every day deriving benefit in the prosecution 

 )f his business, from the labours of those who con- 

 rive, while he has energy to put in practice. 



however, from the present number, we are inclined to> 

 believe the high character of the Register will be ably 

 sustained. It is published monthly— containing 64 

 pages, large octavo — price $5 a year. 



The January number of the " Farmers' Register," 

 lew series,— published at Petersburg, Va., and edited 

 ly Thomas S. Pleasants, Esq , came to hand a few days 

 »go. Originating with its late proprietor, Edmund 

 Rufrin, and conducted by him until recently, with great 

 ibility, its usefulness and influence upon the agricul- 

 ture of our country, and particularly that of Virginia, 

 have yielded to those of no periodical in the United 

 States. The present editor acknowledges himself 

 "sensible of the disadvantages of succeeding to a po- 

 sition which has been so ably occupied, for ten years, 

 by the distinguished individual" just named. Judging, 



A small pamphlet, containing " Prime facts for the 

 farmer, the fruit grower, and the public," furnished by 

 John Forman, nurseryman, of Onandago Hollow, 

 Western New York, and thrown together by M. R. 

 Bartlett, has been put in our hands. Although pub- 

 lishers are "requested not to make extracts from the 

 work, and thereby harm the sale," yet, perhaps it may 

 be allowable to state, that we are assured the cause 

 and the cure of the slabbers in horses, have been dis- 

 covered by our author, as well as infallible remedies 

 for the diseases of the plum and peach trees. It may 

 be had of Burgess &. Zieber, in the Ledger buildings, 

 South Third street. 



A speech delivered by Professor Pendleton, of Beth- 

 any college, "at the first exhibition of the Ohio and 

 Brooke Agricultural Society," at Wheeling, Va., in the 

 Tenth month last, has been kindly furnished us. We 

 have looked over it with much interest, and feel no 

 doubt the efforts of the speaker to stir up the energies 

 of the farmers of that vicinity, will have a salutary 

 effect. "Agriculture," says he, "seems to be the 

 natural avocation of man;" and great "benefactors 

 of the human race, have deemed it their duty to 

 give every impulse in their power, to this indispen- 

 sable branch of human art." The necessity for its 

 advancement is forcibly insisted upon. Other arts 

 have made giant strides— why should this be found in 

 the rear? While all should unite to promote this 

 "great good," none should falter, because they may 

 think its progress is slow. Steam has risen from the 

 boiling tea-kettle, ever since it was first used; but how 

 many hundred years elapsed before the suggestion was 

 made, to appropriate the simple agency of steam to 

 overcome the obstructions of wind and tide— to give 

 more than the rapidity of the race-horse, to ordinary 

 travel— and to impart to almost all kinds of machinery, 

 a force and an exactness, that surprise even the most 

 thoroughly initiated. Let none, then, imagine that 

 agriculture is stationary, or that it is not one day, by 

 its bold strides, to place itself along side of the most 

 favoured arts. 



It will be observed by a notice in another column, 

 that our friend H. Colman, of the Genesee Farmer, 

 proposes to spend a yearortvvo in England and on the 

 Continent, with the view of enquiring into the agri- 

 culture and rural economy of the countries he may 

 visit. With this broad field for observation before 

 him, and a mind and a pen eminently qualified to lay 

 hold of, and communicate advantageously whatever it 

 may interest us to know on these subjects, the Re- 

 ports which he intends publishing, may be confidently 

 looked to, as affording a vast amount of agricultural 

 interest and instruction. His celebrated Reports on 

 the agriculture of Massachusetts, made by direction of 

 the Legislature, give earnest of what may be expected 

 from the proposed publication. Subscriptions for the 

 work, will be cheerfully received at this office. 



