11)1 . X V. NO. 4 1 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL 



823 



Phiia<!e1plii";i, 1823. Coiiip<'iiiliii:ii of Oiittle Med- 

 iciue, Iw Jnnivs White, re|)iiblish<;(I, Philadelphia, 

 1827. Maiiiiid on tliu iAIiiibt-rry Tree, by James 

 H. Cohh. i:'s?(iys oh Calcareous Manures, by 

 EdniMiid Riifliu ; I'etet.sbiirf;, Va., 1S32. Treatise 

 on Poultry, Cows ami Swine, by B. Moubray ; 

 r: printed IVoim the.-'ixth London edition, and ada[)- 

 ted to the United i^tatciJ, liy Thomas G. Fe*sen- 

 diu, eilitor of N. ! 'n?,dand Partner ; Boston, 1832. 

 The ('omp'ele Fanner and Rural Econotnist, by 

 Tlioina.sG. Fcssenden ; Boston, 1834. These, to- 

 smhin- with works reprinted in this country fiom 

 the pen of William Cohheit, and a few others of 

 le.*s tnagnilude, comprise ihe hulk of the ai!ticul- 

 tiiral volumes which have betiii published in the 

 U. States. 



The following are most of the periodical jour- 

 nals devoted to agriculture which have been is- 

 sued in this country, and we rejoice to say, that, 

 as a body, they exhibit iwarked talent in ther res- 

 pective editor.-. 



The American Farmer ; Baltimore, formerly 

 edited by John S. Skinner. The New England 

 Farmer, Ity '! homas G. Fissenilen ; Boston. The 

 New York Farmer, by Samuel Fleet; N. York. 

 The Genessee Farmer, by Lntber Tucker ; Ro- 

 che.'itor, N. Y. Goodsel's Genessee Farmer, by 

 N. Goodsel ; Rochester, N. Y. Maine Farmer ; 

 Wiuthroji, Maine. Cultivator, by J. Buel, J. P. 

 Beekmaii, and J. D. VVasson ; Albany. Farmer's 

 Reporter; Cincinnati, Ohio. Northern Farmer; 

 N(!wport, N. H. Sontheri) Agriculturist ; Charles- 

 ton. S. C. Ohio Farmer and Western Morticul- 

 luiist; Batavia, Ohio. Southern Planter; Ma- 

 con Gei). Farmer's Register, by Edmund Ruf- 

 iin ; Richmond, Va. Quarterly Journal of Aj;ri- 

 cidture, Mechanics and Mnnnfacturcs ; New York. 

 The Plough Boy ; Albany, N. Y. The Ameri- 

 can Farmer's .Magazine ; Washington. Besides 

 these jfiirnals, there is a work published in 

 Wilkesbarre, Penn., in the German language, an<l 

 entitled the Farmer and Gardener. Two horti- 

 cultural journals have also been recently issued 

 ,11 Boston, the one entitled the American Garden- 

 er's >da,;a/.ine ; and tha other, the Horticultural 

 Register and Gardener's Magazine, edited by 

 Thomas G. Fessenden. 1 he list of works men- 

 tioned above* may not, perhaps, contain all the 

 pid)lications which have been issued in the Uni- 

 teil States, but it is sufficient to show, that how 

 much soever, we may have neglected the practice, 

 we have not, as a nation, been deficient in theo- 

 relic husbandry. 



'ihe recent introduction of two new subjects of 

 culture into the I'nitcd States, will, if carried out 

 successfully, jjroduce a marked epoch in Ameri- 

 can agricuitiue — we niean the inannfactnrc of su- 

 gar fiom the beet root, and also that of silk. The 

 manufacture of sugar from the beet lOot was first 

 introduced into France under the auspices of Na 

 poleon, in ISll, and has been since carried on in 

 that country with brilliant success. So great is 

 the interest felt, and so auspicious is the prospect 

 for the successful production of that article in the 

 United States, that an association of gentlemen in 

 Philadelphia have despatched an agent, Mr Ped- 

 der, to France, in order to procure from that coun- 

 try all the information respecting the proces.s, 

 which can be otitained. So far .is returns have 

 been received they are satisfactory, and there is 

 every reason to hope that a successful experimer.t 



^Tor the aljove list we are indebted to a valuable cor- 

 respondent of the N. y. Farmer for March 1835. 



will soc.u be tri'jil here. If it shoidd succeed, the 

 vast tracts of fertile soil which we possess would 

 afford almost ine.xhnnstiblc resources for that ob- 

 jfct. 



The production of domc^lic silk si'cms to be a 

 subject of no less importance than the manulac- 

 ture of sugar, and we rejoice that pidilic attention 

 is awakening to ttiis object. 1'he constnin)tion of 

 that article is so great in our country, that its do- 

 mestic production, superseding tlie necessity of 

 its importation from abroad, uoidd save a vast 

 amount of exjense, and at tiie same time produce 

 the most beneficial consetpiences to the system of 

 do(nestic industry. Rapid advances in this work 

 are bcgisming to be made, nnd the Congress of 

 t.ie United States has caused to be printed and 

 distributed a valuable treatise on its cultivation 

 and manufacture. We iin.lerstand, that, besides 

 other improvements, an establishment for the man- 

 ufarturo of silk has r cently been commenced in 

 DedhaiB, Massachusetts, which, when in fidl op- 

 eration, will run lGO(i spindles, and employ 100 

 females. To those sections of the country which 

 produce the nmlberry tree in abundance, the man- 

 uliictin-e of siik woidd doubtless be the most pro- 

 duciive kind of labor which coidd be undertaken. 



The immense resources ol onr country, an I the 

 geographical features, us well as 'productions of 

 her diti'.rent parts, seem to lay a natural founda- 

 tion for a complete American system, which shall 

 make ns independent of the globe. The north, 

 south and west liave each peculiar advantages 

 which do not seem to interfere, and which might 

 be made materially to aid each other. It is hard- 

 ly to be imagined that New England will ever be 

 a great agricultural region, as this is ])revented by 

 the iiatnral barrenness of her soil. Her prosper- 

 ity must depend mainly on her commerce and 

 manufactures. Nor do the productions of the 

 south come in collision with those of the north 

 and west, for they cannot be yielded by tliese re- 

 gions. It is equally clear that the west must, in 

 the end, bccoiTie the great agricultural section of 

 the country, as its natural a<lvantages of soil place 

 it above com|ietition with the east in this respect. 

 It is oidy by a systein of internal improvement, 

 acting upon these advantages, and by the encour- 

 agement of domestic industry, that the greatest 

 good can be secured fjr all parts of the coiin- 



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We have endea%'ored in this article — avoiding 

 all minute specification and statistical detail — to 

 exhibit briefly the general progress of agriculture, 

 and its condition in the United Slates. Nature 

 has provided us with the resources of a great ag- 

 ricultural nation — in onr vast tracts of fertile soil, 

 unionched by the hand of man; forests, beneath 

 whose shade the nations of Europe might find 

 shelter and support ; and giant lakes, connecting 

 distant regions, as with inland seas, upon wdiose 

 broad bosoms the navies of the earth nntdit float. 

 We have also navigable rivers of immense mag- 

 nitude, runtiiiig almost the vvhf)le length anil 

 breadth of the continent, and rail-roads and ca- 

 nals are in process of construction, which will 

 connect the remote sections of tlie Misaissip[)i 

 Valley with the Atlantic frontier. These great 

 I ubiic works, while they furnish channels of trans- 

 portation for ouragricultoral products, are like so 

 many iron chains, which bind together the local 

 interests of di Verent sections,and make, as it nen', 

 !i single neighborhood of the republic. We pos- 

 sess water power enough to employ all the ma- 



chinery which can be manufactured, and to work 

 up all the products which can be furnished by the 

 soil. But more than all, we possess a free gov- 

 ernment, which grants to labor a certain and sure 

 reward. All we want is concentrated, intelligent, 

 vigorous induslr}-. Give ns but this, and we may 

 be independent of the world, ami become an ex- 

 porting instead of an importing liation. 'ihe es- 

 tablishment of this true .\meriean system, would 

 equally lienefit every section of the country ; the 

 commerce and manufactures of the east, the rice, 

 cotton, sugar, tobacco and gold of the south, and 

 the agricultural products of the west. But the 

 soil is the most certain source of support. "The 

 Goth, the Christian, time, war, fli.od or fire," can- 

 tmt destroy it. 'i'o the earthquake alone will it 

 yiehl. 'J he glorious c|)och of that golden age 

 which is t« dawti upon th;; world, has been des- 

 cribed e.s the period when mankind shall rest in 

 peace, beneath their own vines and fig-trees, with 

 their .spears beaten into jiruning hooks, and their 

 swords into ploughshares. If, aa political econo- 

 my informs us, labor is the source of wealth, ex- 

 |ierieucc also teaches that agricultural labor is the 

 solid foundation of natioual permanence and in- 

 dependence. 



A letter to the Editors of the National Intel- 

 igencer from the mountain region of Virginia, 

 dated the 28th idtimo, says — " Our wheat crop is 

 miserable, ami beyond recovery. In some in- 

 stances the wheat land has been broken up, and 

 prepared for oats or corn- But the farmers are 

 having a fine season for sowing outs and plant ng 

 corn, which I trust, .niil continue ami compen- 

 .*ate somewhat for tlieWilmost entire failure of tlie 

 wheat crop." 



Patent Safktt Har.N£ss. — A new invented 

 harness by Mr Beale of Washington city, at- 

 tracted some attention yesterday in Wall street, 

 'ihis harness dispenses with the use of traces, 

 breeching, swingle-tree nnd swingle-tree brace, 

 which reduces the cost of the harness. It is fur- 

 nished with a safety string, by which the horse 

 can in an instant be detached from the carriage. 

 The whole is very simple, and in its way is quite 

 a curiosity. Tha horse can be harnessed and 

 taken from the carriage in a very short time. 

 We have no doubt that as soon as the invention 

 becomes known it will go ir.to general use. — [N. 

 Y. Express.] 



WiNSHip's Nursery. — The Messrs Winships, 

 at Brighton, are prepared to answer orders for 

 trees, shrubbery and herbaceous flowering plants. 

 At least ihey are prepjired, as far as preparation 

 depend.s upon them. They have a goodly num- 

 ber of laborers, standing ready with the imple- 

 ments necessary for removing these articles, and 

 Mr Story is always on hand with mats, rofie- 

 yarns, boxes and crates, to pack them for trans- 

 portation. — Boston Courier. 



A French chemist has invented a kind of paper 

 for banking purposes, which will reinjer counter- 

 feiting or altering notes almost impi ssiblc. The 

 slightest touch of acids, to efiace what is written 

 or printed on it, will leave a slain which cannot 

 be obliterated. 



Repentance without amendment, is like contin- 

 ally puin] ing without mending the leak. 



