nre all E.iisopal mid a Prcoliylorian t'djfiuu, 

 joy »rc not well euiipoited ; ll'.crc me nlvvtiye tun 

 prophesycrs ill tUo camp nmong ibcricb; Goil 

 generoiiuly sbcils the- coinf.iriB nlhie iclinion "ii 

 iwly licarlcd, causing him to rejiico in thepiivl- 

 ftlie inbi-rnacle, '• when? ibe t'uce of the man 

 ftaiene:b ihnl of bis friend." 



ere are liiwycri hero, but thny aru iiiit carniver- 

 The r.'sldcnt pbyex-ion l.ivoa natuic lor her 

 fairgeir, and acientv; for the good it has doM(? to 

 cine, not for ibo benefit wbicb ine.litine liafi con 

 Itl i on science, as some of our latter day lights 

 J have us believe. 



m of the pent up city, who live where the strug- 



t Heiven-protcctcJ flower in Pir.cioli's prison 



4 t.ikcs no ro.}t ; where puny infancy — the palK r 



•Wcileeccnce, the preinattiie decay of riper age, 



'■ka the violation of nature's laws ; if yon want to 



~1tbe slip to corporation taxes, breathe a pure air, 



"W ynnr own vegotib'*^. fruila and flowers, ieed 



own cow and keeii a pi<;, without being classed 



our neighbors among ihc unfouhioiiable, go to 



.ra. S. W. 



'ate:io:i, Oduber 2, 1841. 



.n Importaitt Discovery in Agricnlture. 



ue following article fiom the N. Y. Evening Post 



lins some new, and if tru.;, very important discov- 

 in wheat grov.ing. There appear-^ to be much 

 ibiliiy in the arguments, but for various reasons 

 re inclined '.o think the account is somewhat ex- 

 •aied. S;ill, it is well worth some experiments, 



we have no doubt many of our readers will lest 



matter fir themselves next etaaon. 



the Paalnnge, a F lurier paper published at Paris, 



8.11, a iiivol discovery is described, which, it 



will w.uk a great change in an important depart 



of agricu'turnl labor. It is communicated ui 



P.iris print, by C.iaili 3 Puillard, and M. U.ruard, 

 due their letter at B est, Aag.ist, 1841. It ap- 



3 ibit while they and some of their friendi', wlio 



I their own rstotes, were engaged in conversation 



Ihe subject of agricuUn.-e, it wns observed by one 

 hem, thai that branch of industry was suffering 

 e from the want of capital and enterprise, than 

 other, and that nothing was to be done without 

 ure, which wns every day becoming more scarce 

 expensive. T.iis remirk led to an inquiry into 

 properties of manure, and particularly as to what 

 lision nature had made in those uncultivated re- 

 15, where there seems to be a vigorous and luxn- 

 t firowib, without artilieial assistance. 

 In observing nature unassisted, or iintbwarted, 

 ■er by the hand of man, in vegetable reproduction, 

 I found that when the seed is ripe it falls upon the 

 nnd, and tlien the [daut which has produced it 

 Jsits leaves, or falls itself upon it, in de.-oy, and 

 ers and protects it from the weather, uniil genera- 

 i has commenced, and the young plant is able to 

 w up in health and strength, and lull development, 

 •ecommeiico the same routine of seeding ami of re- 

 duciion. 



' From this it follows that, in nature, every plant 

 daces it8 own soil or humus, and that the earth 

 y serves to bear the plant, anJ not t > aid or noiir- 

 it in vegetation. Tuc nour shment ol' plants is 

 13 supposed to be derived from air and tcakr, hmL 

 i light, or electricity, in different proportions, adap- 

 I to the different varieties of vegetable nature." 

 With this general notion in their mmds, nnd con- 

 erins wheat to be, in present circumstances, one 

 the most important vegetable substances, they a- 

 eed to try experiments, and in October last, undcr- 

 )k ths following operations : 



In a field which had been sown with rye, because 

 e land was deemed too poor for wheat, a plot of 12 

 uare yards, untilled and left without manure, Vvas 

 __ fully strewed over with the grains of wheat, and 

 beaten straw was laid upon it closely and about one 

 ch in thickness. In a garden, b1.~o, which had been 

 jglected several years, a few square yards of car'h 

 ere trodden over, and the surface being made close 

 id hard, some grains of wheat were scittered on this 

 ardened surface, and a layer of straw one inch in 

 ipth, was carefully laid over it and left, a; in the for 

 ler case, to take its chance without ulterior atten- 

 on. \t\i, in order to make donlrt impospWe con- 



eerning the mere secoiuloi y f.inctioiis of mineral earth 

 in vegetable reproduction, twentiy grains id' wlieiit 

 were sown upon tbesuifaie of a pane of glass and 

 covered with some straw alone, as in the other case. 



The germiiuuion of the seed was soon iippaieni and 

 mn^t healiby in deveiopnuiit. '• Tue winter has been 

 rigorous," says these conesponricnte, "for this part 

 of the coiiTlry, and ibc earili has sometiniea been fro. 

 zen in one solid mass to a depth of" 8i.\ inches in the 

 gartlen whelv the wheat was sown, and this has hap- 

 pened flevetal times during the winter, to the gicai 

 j injury of many plants, and even the entire destruction 

 ofsomo, while the spots nrotectui by the siiaw weie 

 never thorouglilv c mge aled, n-or were the grains of 

 wheat, thougii lying on the surfsce under the straw 

 at all affected by the cold. Uiiiing spring excessive 

 droughts prolonged, and several times re|ieated, have 

 prevented vegetation on the common plan Irom flour- 

 ishing in healthy progress, while our little spots ol 

 wheat have hardly ielt the inconvenience ofo.xceESive 

 dryness, for the earth protected by the straw has never 

 I'ecn dejirived entirely of raoistn.o. and onr blades of 

 corn were flourishing, when all round wan drooping 

 and uncertain. Toeonclude then, we have thorough- 

 ly succeeded in our practical experiment, and the 

 wheat produced is of ihe finest quality. The straw 

 was more than six feet high, and in the cars were 50, 

 Gil, and even 80 grains of wheat of full development, 

 the admiration of nil who saw them, and particularly 

 iho.'^e which grew upon the pane of ^jlas-^, and which 

 were quite as healthy nnd as large as those which 

 grew upon the coinip.on earth. It must be obseived 

 nlio that there was not the smallest particle of earth 

 upon the glass, and that the plants were left entirely 

 to themselves, without being watered nr attended to 

 in any way whatevci, fioiu the time of sowing to the 

 time of reaping. 



The cause of this success, they think, may be cx- 

 plaine-l in the following niauner : 



" Straw beinjr a btid conductor of heat, and a good 

 conductor of electricity, maintains ttie root of the plant 

 medium temper .ture, and prevents the earth from 

 being deprived entirely omoistn.e. The moisture oi 

 the earth or the snbtratum, being continual, facilitates 

 the gradual and constant absorption of carbonic acid 

 gas from the surrouniling atmosphere, nnd hydrogen 

 and carbon, the chief elements of nourishment to ve- 

 getables, are thus economized in regular supplies 

 where they are constantly required, and pass into 

 combination with oxygen from the roots up to the 

 stems and branches of the plants in which they are as- 

 similated, and the oxygen throws off in exhalation 

 frmn the leaves. The stra^v decays but slowly, and 

 tbn? furnishes its substance by degrees to the young 

 plant in due progress on and proportion, (such as the 

 siliquous ingredients, for instance, of the pod of cap- 

 sule) so that the docou'.pasition of the straw corres 

 ponds to the four phrases of fermentation in progres- 

 sing from the saccharine to the alcoholir. the acid and 

 the puirlil states, ana'agous to thufc ol' infancy, hud- 

 ding youth, and sending of the plant. 



'' We observe that our blades of wheat have but a 

 V"ry few roots, and those are shott and hard, some- 

 thing like a bird's clav.- ; and this agrees with the re- 

 marks of Mons. Raspail, who atati's that the most 

 healthy plants in ordinary vegitatioii have the least ex 

 uberance of roots and fibres. 



•' Another important observation, also, is, that 

 weeds and parasitical vegitation are prevented by this 

 method, for the straw chokes every o her plant but 

 that of its own seed. aMany other interesting obser- 

 vations might be made on these experiments, but we 

 refrain, at present, frtim obtruding on your readers; 

 but if any of them wish for further information on this 

 subject, wo shall willingly afford them every facility. 

 The importance of the general result will easily be- 

 come apparent vvitlioiu further comment, and a revo- 

 lution in the present modes of ngticultural labor is a 

 necessary consequence of this dir.covery. No tillage 

 will now be required, nor any artiiicial stimulants in 

 manure and othe/ more or less expensive combina 

 lions with regard to soil and culture. In fact, it 

 would be lediona to enumerate the various advant- 

 ages that may result in practice from this ca ual ex- 

 periment, and therefore, we proclaim it simply to the 

 world that all may prolit by it." 



As this experiment can be easily tried, we hope 

 some of our farmers will put it to the test, and com- 

 municate the result. We shall certainly try it on a 

 small seven by nine lot of ground, which is the larg- 

 est that is vouchsafed to a dwi Her in the city. 



of Hi'k. TlK! immense (|U(intiiy ol luet, lately propo- 

 ^ated for sptculation, csscntiully aiils thotc who now 

 embark with a view of |iiirc<ning the Silk Cnltnie aa 

 a steady business. The vice of speculation is thus 

 rendered tributary to honest industiy ; and wc confi- 

 dently pieiiict that the crop of tdik, in three or four 

 yeais, will pro\o ihal, whanViT evils may have del- 

 uged the country lhroi'"h the Bpcculciing mania, the 

 " mulberry fever" is folk wed by htalihy and ifficient 

 action in th<! greatcause nf rcndciing our coumiy in- 

 depemltnt of foreign nationa for an ample supply of 

 Silk. 



We congratulate thoufnnde ol thiifty fanners upon 

 the pleasant nnd profitable cmplcjment which the silk, 

 businese affords to the females and children in their 

 familie£ — alliirding means and iiidiKrnKnte for indus- 

 try, that may eescntiuily serve those families through- 

 out life — promoting comfort and iodepcndence, and 

 yielding returns that would guard oyainet pecuniary 

 distress, should the ordinary means of suppoii be cur- 

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

 verses in fortune. R- 



Ontario Counly Agricultural Fair and Cattle 

 Show. 



It was our intention to have attended this exhibition, 

 but having been denied that privilege, we copy an 

 account ot the proceedings frcm the Onlario He;iosi- 

 wnj, by which it will be seen that die right spirit was 

 manilijbted, as usual, in that noble county : 



Tue annual Fair and Cattie Show of the Ontario 

 County Agricultural Soceiy, wua held in this village 

 on the'l"2ih lurfiant Notwnhstaiiding the unltTora- 

 tde weather the day pievious, and on the morning of 

 the Fuir, there was by lar the largest collection of 

 people ever osrcmbled in the county. The number 

 has been visrioni^ly eotimated at from five to ten ti:oit- 

 sand. 



A spirit of enthusiasm seemed to animate the im- 

 mense crowd, alike ciedituble to the nienibeis of the 

 oocii ty and propitious to the cause of agriculture iei 

 our county. It was, on the v.-hole, a proud day for 

 the Funnels of "Old Ontario." The exhibition was 

 iiraced by a large collection and variety of the beat 

 t'pecimena irom "their ti -ds and gardens, as well as of 

 their utein animals and domestic maruiactures. 



["The list of pieniiums will be found in another col- 

 umn.] 



At 1 o'clock P. M., 08 many a<! could crowd the 

 spacious court room not perce|iiibly diminishing the 

 numerous throng in our airte s, ats mhled there, end 

 listened to an interesting address from Geo. Willson, 

 Ksq., which, we belcve, is to be published. 



Afier .Mr. Willson had delivered his address, on 

 motion of Timodiy Buell.jr of Fast Bluomfield, it 

 was unanimously resolved, that the thanks ot iho 

 members of the society be tendered Mr. Willson for 

 his interesllng address, and that he be requested to 

 furnich a eojiy lor publication. 



The members of the Society then proceeded to the 

 choice of ofiiccts for the cnbuing year, when the fol- 

 lowing gentlemen were ehieeii : 



JoH.\' GKiao, of Canandniguo, President. 



t;harli:s Godfrey, ol Seneca, Itt Vice President. 



Hemon Chnpm'. of East Bloomfield, 2d do. 



Peter Mitchell, of iManchester, 3d do. 



•loseph Fellows, of GL-neva. 4th do. 



Wilba Oitlcy. of Phelps, 5th do. 



Josep'i Garliughouce. ol Richmond, 6th do. 



Wm. W. Gorham,olCanandnigiia, Recording Sec- 

 retary. 



Oliver Phelps, of Canandaigiio, Corresponding Sec- 



TOVVK M.V.SA0ER3 OR COSIMlTTEES. 



Canimdaigua — -Wm. Burling, jr., Charles Shep 

 ard, Jjcob Smith, Hezekioh Townsend, Henry How 



"' Vanadice —Hiram Colegrove, Frederick West- 

 brook. Robeil Armstrong, Sylvester Austin, Josiah 



Juckman. . „ . . rr., j 



East Dloomfield.—T\mo\hy Buel, jr., Theodore 

 iraoue, Myron Adams, Bani Bradley, Flavius J. 



Culture of Silk. 

 It is indeed "an ill wind that blows nobody any 

 good." The subsidence of the Mulberry speculation 

 is fiillovped by cliceiing alt.-'ntlon tolhc manufacture ! Thompson 



Sp 



^'wc^Bloomlicld.-neynoM Peck, Rob.rt Worth- 

 ington, Btzaleel C. Tuft, Jasper C. Pect. Oti» 



