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THE GKNE8FE FARA'EK 



October 22, 1831 



often occasions redness of the membranes of the 

 nose, eyelids, &c. &c. 



LOCUST. 

 On the first and second pages of the 27th No. 

 of our paper, we gave a description of the Cicada, 

 or American Locust, taken from the American 

 Journal of Sciences aud A t<, by Dr. S. P, Hil- 

 dreth, of Marietta, Ohio. In this description, the 

 Dr. manifested that he had closely observed the 

 appearance and habits of this insect; yet, in 

 watching the eggs deposited by the female in the 

 young limbs of trees since their appearance in this 

 •lection June last, we have discovered a little varia- 

 tion from the Dr's. statement, as to the time of the 

 hatching of the eggs. The Dr. observes, " From 

 the time the eggs were deposited to the period of 

 hatching, was, as nearly as could be ascertained, 

 sixty days." We have examined many of the 

 young shoots in which the eggs were, the week 

 past, and find that many of them remain in the 

 place where they were deposited, without any al- 

 teration except having increased about one third 

 :n size, although they have been there ninety 

 Jays. We also examined the eggs with a mag- 

 nifying glass, and found them in perfect condition. 

 We do not give this to contradict Dr. Hildreth's 

 statement, but to invite the attention of Entomolo- 

 gists to the subject. We opened several limbs in 

 which we did not find any eggs, but was not able 

 to determine whether there had ever been any de- 

 posited there, or whether, if so, they had hatched 

 out. The experiment would be worth trying, if 

 the time of their hatching could be ascertained, 

 '0 put some of them as soon as they left the young 

 shoots, into a glass vessel with some earth, and 

 ;over it with a piece of stone or glass, which 

 .;hou! 1 enclose it perfectly tight, or so nearly so 

 that they could not escape, and bury them deep in 

 the earth, todeteimine whether or not it does take 

 them the time mentioned before they make their 

 ippeaianee above ground, Nothing short of well 

 Authenticated experiments will ever set the mat- 

 fer at rest, and such should be made. 



LUCERN. 



Lucern — Medicago saliva L. 

 This plant is much cultivated on the continent, 

 and was long since introduced into England, as a 

 .substitute for red clover j but from the preference 

 being generally given to the latter, it is not as 

 tnueh cultivated there at this time, as was many 

 years since. It has been some time since it was 

 introduced into the United States, and yet, few 

 oeopl cultivate it, although it was highly spoken 

 ring the existence of the Agricultural Socie- 

 • :c.- „! (Jjis State; ; nid the seeds of it were distribu- 

 ted in -very Bounty, y»Jt it is a rare thing to see a 

 fleWfD i 'am the immediate neighbor* 

 • n In its growth, Lu- 



eta hat a dwe^lUM appearance, growing to 



,ii, l;<..;,i of fouj -ii jyi feet in rich soils, and 

 - -i.i'h terminals in small 



■■it,, ii . rbatrssi milling pea blossoms. 



ft is a ; ,flj ■: •vintijiucs to increase 



forma, .,„)' ;)'!)• k i;i'/,y:i> .<jmI rtourisb- 



0»<M ligli', b>\ s.m/!)' >.,;). It •)••'■.■> (I9t for fl - 



i^jeiugs from iIib c«i)i.u' .•!'.; "■»% tap 



mom, tucuaUkouui- itd aiera 



flMrfag LUDSl'u i>kry i. u- ■•■ 



and the quantity of seed per acre, should be about 

 twenty pounds. Mr Lowell, of Massachusetts, 

 sowed it with oat grass, and spoke highly of its 

 produce. The quality of hay made from Lucern, 

 is doubtless very good ; but it must be mowed ear- 

 ly or the stalks become woody, and hard to cut, — 

 For early feed nearlarge towns, perhaps Lucern 

 may be cultivated to advantage; but we doubt 

 whether our country farmers will be prevailed upon 

 to go into the culture of it, at the expense of giv 

 ing up their timothy grass and clover, which we 

 think are preferable with our present course of 

 farming. To cut Lucern in season, it would 

 probably require to be mown at least three times, 

 which would interfere with the other labors of the 

 farm. 



f^fln the 2d column of the 308th page of the 

 Fanner, 22d line from bottom, for "limited dispo- 

 sition," read timid disposition. 



LIBRARIES. 

 Dr. Leiber has collected with great assiduity an 

 account of the principal modern Libraries. These 

 contain many ancient books in MS.' We are en- 

 abled to give the following epitome: — 



Printed books. MSS. 

 Paris. The Royal Library, 400,1)00 80,000 

 St. Genevieve, 110,000 2,000 



Arsenal Lib'ry, 150,000 5,000 



The Institute, 50,000 



Chamber of Dep. 40,000 



Mazarin, 90,000 



In the rest of France, 273 public 

 libraries, containing in all, v'ls. 3,000,000 

 By a late project of the Chamber 

 of Deputies, a large number of 

 libaries are to be established for 

 the benefit of the common peo- 

 ple, making in the French Li- 

 braries in all, vols. 3,927,000 

 Munich. Central Court, 400,000 11,000 

 Vienna. Imperial Library, 300,(X»0 12,000 

 Gottingen, 300,000 

 Dresden. Royal Library, 220,0o0 



Pamphlets, 150,000 2,700 



Copenhagen. From 130,00 to 400,000 3,000 

 Berlin. Royal Library, 200,000 7,000 



Spain. The Escurial Library, 130,000 



(Besides Arabian MSS.) 

 Prague. Academical Library, 130,000 8,005 

 Stuttgard. Royal Library, 110,000 



Rome. The Vattican Library, 370,000 10,000 

 England. The Bodleian in Ox- 

 ford, from 250,000 to 500,000 30000 

 The Libraries of the British 



Museum, 180,000 00,000 



There are besides in England, 

 immense libraries belonging to 

 individuals ; there is scarcely a no- 

 bleman or a wealthy gentleman, 

 who has not his library well filled. 

 with ancient and modern authors; 

 it is hot pretended that they read 

 all lino boot i 

 Italy Bologna Library, 150,000 9,000 



The Magjiaoecchj at Florence 150,000 ' OQfl 

 The University a: .Genoa, 7C(,00Q 



T'" ' at Milan, from 



60,000 to 110,000 15,000 



Thetaorarii ■; Modeijs, 90,000 



■: p|| •■ ■ cojjei tH IBies 13Q,QPQ 



The principal Libraries in the U. 

 S. are, Harvard College, 36,000 



Boston Athenaeun, 2(5,000 



Philadelphia, 27,000 



Congress, 10,000 



Charleston, S. C. 13,000 



History informs that Pisistratus established 

 the first Library at Athens, winch Xerxes carried 

 to Persia, but it was afterwards restored to tile 

 Athenians, The Alexandrian Library was foun- 

 led by the Ptolemies, and contained about (00, 

 :'00 volumes, when during the seige of Alexan- 

 dria, by Julius Caesar, the larger portion of it was 

 burned, but was afterwards partially replaced by 

 the Library of Pergamus. In Spain, in tie 12th 

 century, the Moors had 70 public Libraries, of 

 which that of Cordova, contained 250,000 vol- 

 umes. This must have been laborious; all be- 

 ing written, printed, illustrated, and illumm iti d 

 with the pen alone. 



CANAL. 

 The shipments of Flour from Rochester east on 

 the canal, for the last 2 months.ending on the 15th 

 instant, amount to///,/-': kith <usand six hundred 

 u ad fifty-five barrels — (58,655.) The receipts of 

 Toll, the last month, ending the 15th hist., amount 

 to twenty-two thousand five hundred and fifty-one 

 dollars eigbty-SLX cents — ($22,551.86.) 



JjP The Fair of the American Institui . ws 

 held in New- York, city,on the 1 Ith, 12th and 13th 

 instant, during which days a large quantity oi 

 articles of domestic manufacture was presented, 

 among which, were noticed by the editor of the 

 New-York American Advocate, viz: 



Sample of hemp, quantity 50 tons, made at the 

 mill of A. Variek, of Copenhagan, Lewis Co 

 It was equal to Russia. Next year Air. V. ex- 

 pects to manufacture about 200 tons, all raised in 

 his vicinity. 



Fine Saxony wool, from Gen. T. L. Davis 

 Poughkeepsie, equal in fineness to any imported. 



Printed calicoes, 6 or 7 colors, ail perfectly fast 

 from the. Merrimack Company at Lowell, Mass 

 Fhese were declared to be, for fineness and finish, 

 ■equal to any imported. This Company have a 

 solid capital of $1,400,000, and give employment 

 to more than 200 persons. 



Sattinets of Messrs. Lawrence & Stone, Boston, 

 made at Lowell. Few foreign articles of the kind 

 are as good, none superior. Several English 

 manufacturers declared that they were English 

 goods, 



Mattewan, Glenhamand twowollen factories 

 at Poughkeepsie, produced beautiful cloths v. 

 were highly praised. 



Besides these there were ladies' shoes, perfuma? 

 ry, hats, raw silk, surgical instruments, superb 

 il wares, pianos, bedsteads, stoves, grates &c 



The address of the Hon Mi Everett, is highly 

 spoken of, as a classical and interesting prodnci 

 lion- 



Blackwood's Mag i in) j that if the Re- 

 d .in Bijl passes, the manners of the nation would 

 id, or even worse, than its morals — and, 

 all mild men would 11114: air to America. 



jjp The house ofHenry Lewis, of Prince Or- 

 iiiity, Md. was burnt 011 the "th inst and, 

 Mr. L burnt up in the house 



