548 MONTHLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. 



try, with far more benefit than the mere statistical facts and ascertained results 

 of practices with which every one is familiar— such as make Patent-Office Re- 

 ports, Shipping Lists, &:c. ? 



Thanks, however, to men of real activity of mind and genuine public spirit, 

 we are in a fair way, as may here be seen, to have a least a thorough analysis 

 of Indian Corn— such as we should have had years ago, at the cost of thousands 

 on thousands of dollars, if necessary, could it have been made probable that at 

 the bottom of the crucible we should find some improved and more efficient mode 

 oi shedding human blood ? 

 John S. Skinner, Esq. Cleveland, O., March 27, 1843. 



Dear Sir : Professor Henry has sent me the following analysis of Indian Corn, 

 which was made by M. Payen, which he thinks may be relied on, viz : 



ptarch 28-40 ; Cellular tissue 20-00 



Nitrogenized matter 4-80 j Doxtrine 200 



Fat matter (oil) 35-60 Various salts ■- 7-20 



Coloring matter 20 | rp^j^^j gg.gQ 



Prof. Henrv says that an acuurate analysis of the various plants and grains 

 used in dorneslic economy in tliis country is a desideratum, and that he had just 

 had a conversation with the Commissioner of Patents on the subject, and that 

 they had concluded as soon as practicable to have an analysis made, either at the 

 expense of the Smithsonian Institute, of which the Professor is Secretary, or of 

 the Patent Office. The Professor states that the work will require much labor, 

 and cannot be concluded under a year or two. Knowing the anxiety of he pub- 

 lic tor a wo'R of this utility, I hasten to inform you of it. 



Yours, respectfully, J. R. STAFFORD. " 



Extract of a letter to the Editor of The Farmers' Library, from A. G. SumiER, Esq. Editor of the " South ' 

 ■ ' Carolinian." 



" I see that Mr. Colt is desirous of having an analysis of Indian Corn. My 

 brother, who has been a pupil of Liebig for one and a half years, is now engaged 

 under his direction in making a correct analysis of Indian Corn, the Cotton plant 

 and Indian Pea, as I sent him the ashes, and also the stalks, grain and seed of 

 all these plants. When he does make it, I will send you an account for The 

 Farmers' Library." 



REPORT ON IMPLEMENTS, 



BY THE AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE OF NEWCASTLE COUNTY, DELAWARE 



The following Report is worthy of particular attention, showing that greater 

 prof^resshas been made in the little State of Delaware, than in any in the Union, 

 porportionaliy to her size and population, in tlie way of introducing the most im- 

 portant and highly finished labor-saving implemeyits ; a matter much more worthy 

 of the regard and encouragement of Agricultural Societies, than hundreds of other 

 triflin"- objects on which they bestow their attention, and of which the chief 

 purposes are to amuse and gull the public, without doing any real service to 

 Agriculture— io keep up a sort of gambling spirit, miscalled emulation. 



Our ao-riculturists are themselves so little instructed — as they should be at 

 school— in the principles of labor-saving maChmery, (what, in truth are they in- 

 structed in that relates to their own profession ?) that one of their first cares 

 should be to stimulate and reward the ingenuity of artisans and machinists, who 

 strike out thino-s for their use, which economize labor and are valuable in the 

 field. They ought to remember that a machine that will save the labor of one 



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