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le are im K,')'^ei>|>iil miiJ a i*ietlijMi:rit.n (il lice, 

 ey are nol well Biipporicd ; there are iilvvnys Ki" 

 lpropia>yer3 ill tbe cdinp ntriong tUc rich ; G'Hl 

 KeiiLTitusly blteiis the C'liufme of his icIigicMi nii 

 |»ly beat led, enusiiig him to rejnieo Ji\ tbeprivr- 

 '.lie t'lheriii.-ie, " whore the lace of the iiiaii 

 Ine-.h that ul hia friend." 



ffo are la.vyers here, bu: ihtjy are not carniver- 



^lie rr-sideiu phyu'ciaii lovea iiatiue lor lier 



llir Belf, and science fir the g )od it had done lo 



line, not for the benefit which medieine has con 



Ion science, as eouie of our latter day lights 



have us believe. 



■t of the |je:it up city, who live wlicre the Strug- 



|Tfct Heivcnprr)tected tliwer in Piccioli'a prison 



|til*ed no root ; where puny infancy — liie paller 



uscence, the prcinnturc decay of riper age, 



lA the violatl<)n of natii;e's laws ; if yon want to 



1^ slip to corporation taxes, breathe a pure air, 



|your own vfgetaliei. I'rHits and Hiwers, feed 



»wn cow and keep a pig, without being classed 



|>ur iteighiiorri among the iinfuhaUionablc, go to 



s. w. 



Itttcrlan, October '2, lail. 



iro.jc^e^ ol 

 isiou iTi'.ur ■ 



lip Importniii Discovery in .^sricultiire. 



e following; article iVoin the N. Y. Evening Post 

 ins 30 ne new, and iftiu ;, very iinportanj diseov- 

 ui w'.:u;it grooving. There appear-- so be niueli 

 ibiliiy in the arguments, but for various reasons 

 e inclined to think the account is s inicwhat e.\- 

 •ated. S;i!l, it is well worth some experiinentf, 

 ve have no doubt many of our readers will test 

 latter fir tijcinselvea next season. 

 the Po'ilangc, a F nirier pa;)er published ot Paris, 

 8. II. n novel discovery is describt'd, which, it 

 will work a great change in an iin|jortaiit depart 

 of agricu'tural lab ir. It is coiiiinuiiicated lo 

 'arid print, by Ciiarles Puiiiard, and M. l>.;riKtrd, 

 due their leiter at 11 est, Angus;, l>ill Ii op- 

 i that while they and some of their friemls, whi> 

 their own (States, were engaged in conVv?rdaiion 

 le subject of agiiculinre. it w.i^ observed by one 

 lem, lint thnt braiu'li of iniustry was sutieiing 

 fr un the want of capital and enterprise, than 

 other, and that mibini; was t) be done wiibonl 

 ure, which wa-5 every day becoming more scarce 

 exieni'vo. T.iia remark led to an inquiry Into 

 of manure, and particularly as to what 

 had undo in those uncultivated re- 

 ^, wheie there senrn^ to b-j a vigorous and lu.xu- 

 ! irowih, with nit artificial "ssisumce. 

 In observing nature unassisted, or nuthwarted, 

 ei by the hand of man, in veget-jble reproduction, 

 f Hind iliat when ih.' seed is ripe it fills upon the 

 ml, and t len the plant which has produced it 

 Is its leaves, or fills itself upon it, in decay, and 

 ai ers and pro.eets it from the .veather, uniil geiiera- 

 I has comni'-nced, and the young plant is able to 

 w up in he liih and strength, and lull development, 

 ecommeuc,; the same routine of seeding and of re- 

 duction. 



' From ihis it i'ollows that, in nature, every plant 

 duces us own soil or hiitiius, and that the earifa 

 . V serves to hear the idant, and not ti aid or iioiir- 

 i ,: m vegetation. Toe nnur slimciu of plants is 

 • I' supposed to be derived from nir and /outer, hml 



ii light, or electricity, in ditfereiu proportions, adap- 

 I to'iiie dilVerentvorieties of vegetable nature." 

 With this general iietioii in their minds, and cnn- 

 rinu' wheat to be, in present circuinstineee, one 

 :■ most iniportam vegetable substanees, they a- 

 '. to Iry cxp riments, and in October last, under- 

 1 i;i the loilowing operatons : 



!]n a field which had been sown with rye, because 

 le hnd was dee'iied to ) |nor for wiieat, n pint of 1:J 

 mic yards, tintiUed and left without manure, was 

 iremliy strewed over with the grains ol wheat, and 

 neatsn straw was laid upm it closely and about one 

 ich in tliicltness. In a g'lrden, nl-o, wbitii had been 

 eglecled several year-*, a few square yards of ear^h 

 •c'e troildeii over, and the surfAce being made close 

 nd hard, some grains of wlieat were gcittered on this 

 ardened sffac', and a layer of straw one inch in 

 eptli, was care I'ly laid over it and lelt, as in the for 

 ler case, to ta ."■ its chance without ulterior atten- 

 ion. And, in order lo make doubt in-pofeiblc. con- 



cerning the mere rjccondaij rmeiions of" uiineiid earth 

 m vegetiibte rf[iroiliK-lioii, twenliy ginins of wtieat 

 were town upon the suifa*c of n pane of glass anil 

 covered with some sua \v alone, as in the other eitae. 



The germination of the seed was soon iippaieiit and 

 nio.-t healtiiyin development. " The wniter has been 

 riiioioii^,'" says these ci>rtesi)ondenis, '* lor this part 

 of the country, and the earib has Boinetinies iiei n fro 

 /.en in one i-elid mass to a depth of si.x iiicties in the 

 garden where the wlieai was sown, a:id this has hap- 

 lieiieii several times during the winter, lo the gieai 

 injury of many plants, and even the entire fleeiruetion 

 of some, while the spots iiroiected by the stiaw weie 

 neverthoroiigl.lv c 'iigcaled, iinr were the grams of 

 wbeni, ihoug' l>itigon the siirfnee under the straw 

 at all alTected by the cold. Uiiiing siiring excessive 

 dronnlits prcdonged, and several limes lepeoted. have 

 prevented vegetmion on llic common jjlan iroiii flour 

 ishiiig in iioalihy progress, while our little spots ol 

 wlieai hove bardlv bit the inconvenience of e.tecesive 

 dryness, for the earth protected by the straw has never 

 ^een depriverl entirely of moisiu.'e. and our blades of 

 corn were liourisbiiig, when all round wnis drooping 

 •md uncertain. To •ouelude then, we have 'horongb- 

 ■ y succeeded in our (iractieal e.xperiinent, and tiie 

 wheat produced is ot iho finest qualiiy. The straw 

 was more tiian six feet hlidi, and m the ears were 50, 

 61), and even 8i) grains of wheat of full development, 

 the admiration of all who saw them, and partieu'oily 

 those which grew upon the pane of glass, and which 

 were quite as healthy and as large as those which 

 ffrew upon the coninion earth. It miisit be observed 

 ■itso that there was not the snuiUesi particle of earth 

 upon ihe glass, and that the pbiiila were left entirelj 

 to ibeniselves. without being watered or ottended to 

 in aiiv way whatcvei, fioiii the time of sowing to the 

 time el reaping. 



Tue cause of this success, they think, may be ex- 

 .ilainel in tiie fillowmg nnmnei : 



•* Siraw beiiiii a !iad conductor of heot. and a goorl 

 ooiidu'tor of eleetriciiy, maintains tiie root of the plant 

 in a mcdiwm temper lure, and preveiiie the earth from 

 lieing deprived entireij' o in lielu'c. Tlie moisittie oi 

 the eiirtli or ibesubtratnm, being eoiuinunl, faeilitairs 

 the gradual and constant absorption of catbonic ac:d 

 gas trom the eitrroiiiuling atmosjihere, and hydrogi-i^ 

 and carbon, the chief elements oi nourisbmeni to ve- 

 'jetnbles, are ihus ccononiized in regular supplies 

 where they are coiisiniilly required, and pass inio 

 combination with oxygen from the mots up to the 

 stems and branches t>f the plants in wdiich ihey arc as 

 siniilated, and tlie o.\ygen throws olf in e.s'halation 

 from the leaves. Tiie stra ' decaye but slowly, ond 

 t'lns furnishes its substance by degrees to the young 

 plant in due progre.-s on and proportion, (such as the 

 -iliquous ingredients, for instance, of the pod of enp 

 sole) so that the decomposition of the straw corres 

 ponds to the fiur phrases of fermentation in progres- 

 sing from the S' cchnritic to the alcoholic the acUi ami 

 the putrid stales, nna'a^ious to tlu.se ai infimcij, bud 

 dins voidli, and scrding of die plant. 



•' We observe that our blailes of wheat have but a 

 vry few roots, and those aie short and hard, sotnL- 

 thing like a bird's claw : and this agrtee with the le- 

 marks of .M ins. Raspail. who slates that the mosi 

 healthy plants in ordinaiy vegitation have the leost ex 

 iiberanee of roots and fibres. 



•'Another imponaiit oh;ervation, also, is, that 

 weeds and parasitical vegitation are prevented by thi^ 

 method, for the straw i^liokea every o her plant but 

 that of its own seed. Many other interesting obser 

 valions might be made on thefe ex|)eriinehts, but we 

 refiain, at present, from obtruding on your readers; 

 but if any of ibem wisli for further inrormatinn on this 

 subject, we shall willingly allord tliem every facility. 

 The importance of the general result will easily be- 

 come apparent without lurtber commeni, and a revo- 

 lution ill the present modes of agricultural labor is a 

 necessary consequence of this discovery. No tillage 

 will now be required, nor any orliliciol stimulants in 

 manure and other more or less expensive coinbinn 

 tiims with regard to soil and culture. In Inct, it 

 wou'd be tedious to enunieiatc the various advant- 

 I ages that may result in practice from this ea nal ex- 

 I pt;riinent, and therefore, we procli.iia il simply to the 

 world that all may profit by it." 



As this exiienment c.nn be eas 'y iri'l, we hope 

 some of our farmers will ]jut it to ilic test, and com- 

 municate the result. We shall certainly try it on a 

 small seven by nine lot of ground, which is ije lurg 

 est that is vouehsnfeH lo n do-. I'..i- -n il'" r-liy. 



<'ni(u'ti of sua 



It is indeed " an ill wind that blows nobody any 

 good." The subsidence of the iNIulberiy speculation 

 id followed bj' eltccring attcnlion t« tUe mpnufavtHro 



if oilk. Tlie immciiee quimtiiy of iieos lately prnpa- 

 iiated for S|ieciilntion, essentially aids thote «ho now 

 enibaik with a view of pursuing the Silk Culture as 

 snady business. The vice of speculation is thus 

 rendered tributary to honest industiy ; and we confi- 

 dently pieuict that the crop of silk, in thiceor four 

 years, will prove that, whatever evils may have del- 

 iigcd the eountiy through the spcculuiing mania, the 

 •' mulberry fever" is foil, wed by healthy and efficient 

 action in the great cause of reiideiing our cuiintiy in- 

 dependent ol foreign nations lor on ample supply of 

 Silk. 



We cnngrntnlate tbouEanda ol thrifty farmers upon 

 lie pleasant ond probtuble emploinicnt which ihe silk 

 business aflords to the females and children in their 

 families — affording means and inducements lor indus- 

 try, that may essentially servo those families tbrougii- 

 out life — promoting comfort ond ioilependtncc, and 

 yielding relurna that would guard ogoinst pccunioiy 

 dielrees, should iLc ordinary menns of support be cur- 

 tailed by the loss of husband or father, or by other re- 

 verses in foiliine. R- 



CiLniio County Agiicitltural Fair and Cattle 

 Show. 



It wMS our intention to have attended thisexhibiiior, 

 but hay,ng been denied that privilege, we copy on 

 account ol the proceedings f'rein ihe (Jnluriu HejiOfi- 

 wiij, by which ii will be seen that die light spirit wua 

 manifested, os usual, in that noble county : 



Toe annual Fair ond Caitie Show ol the Ontario 

 Coumy .Hgricuituiul S.e eiy, wna behl in ibis viLago 

 ■ m ihe 1-JiU instont iNotwiiustandiiig the iniirvoru- 

 olc Wioil.er the day previous, and on the nioriiing of 

 ilie Fiiir, there was by lar the laigest cohecuon ot 

 people e\er as einbled m the county. 'Ihe number 

 has been variously estimated at Iroai five to ten leou- 

 sand, - ' 



A spirit of enthusiasm seetricd "to ommaie the im- 

 inei.se crowd. aaUe creditable to the inen.beis of ibe 

 oocii ly and propuious to the cause ol agriculture in 

 our eooniy. it wns, on the whole, o proiiU day lor 

 tlie Fiirmeie of "Old O.itnrio." The exiubition was 

 gioced by a large coilei lion and variety of the best 

 .-peciinens from their fields and gardens, as well us of 

 tueir utefii nninials mid dunieeue moiiufacuiiCa. 



[The list of pieniiunis wilt be lound ui another col- 

 umn.] 



At 1 o'clock P. M., 08 many aa could crovvd the 

 spacious conn room not perceptibly diniinisLiiig the 

 iiunieions throng in our eiiie s, a^a inletd theie, and 

 .isiened to an interesting odniesa from Gee. WiUson, 

 Kq., which, we bel eve, is to be piiblislied. 



Alier Mr. Willson had delivered bis address, on 

 .1.01, on of Timo hy Buell. jr of Kasi lii-onilleld, it 

 aas unanimously re-oUed, that the iliaiiks ol he 

 nienib'ers of the society be tendered Mr. VVilleon for 

 his interesiing address, and that be be rtqueaied to 

 lurnith a copy for publiciit.on. 



Toe members of the Sonety then proceeded to the 

 choice of officers for the en-uing year, when the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were chosen : 



Joii.-j GuKto. of Ciniandnigun, President. 



tiharlts G.affrey, ol Senccu, 1st Vice President. 



liemnn Chiipin. of East Bloonilield. yd do. 



peter fllitchell, ofManchesier, 3d do. 



Josepli Fellows, ol Gv-ne\a, 4th do. 



Willia Otiley. of Pbeipe, 5ih do. 



Josep'i Girliiighoue. ol Richmond, 6lh do. 



\Vm. W. Gorbom, ol Cunandaiguc, Uecording Sec- 

 retary. 



Oliver Phelps, of Csnandaiguo, Corresponding Sec- 

 reli.ry. 



James D. Bemie, of Canandaigun, Ticasurer. 



10H.\ M.1N.VG1:RS or COJIMtTTEKS. 



<anan(lait:uii — Win. Bulling, j'., Charles Sbep 

 ard, Jacob S.uitb, Iltzekiuh Townsend, Henry How 



C„n(K/i(:e T-Hiram Culegrove, Frederick West- 

 brook. Robeit Aimstroiig, Sylvester Austin, Josioh 



Jackman. , „ , . n-., j 



Kast liloomfieU.—T\moihy Bnel, )r., Theodore 

 Spragup, Myron Adams, Bani Bradley, Flavins J. 



"^7/1-4 B/oom/^tU.-Rtynold P.ck, RUn Worth- 

 niton, B.zaleJ C. 1".'. Josi'er <-• »««''> "*" 

 TiiouiTw.n. 



