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Indian Corn. — Produce, upwards of 105 bushels an acre '== 3 tons of 

 good meal for feeding stock. Wheat, barley, peas, or beans will not average 

 15 cwt. of meal per acre. Cobbett's, i. e. Nova Scotia, corn used. (J. Moore, 

 Sandy Beds, in Farm. Jour, of Nov. 9. 1829.) 



Art. II. Foreign Notices. 



NORTH AMERICA. 



General Education. — I enclose you two annual reports, one of the com- 

 missioners of common schools, and the other from the board of regents of 

 our university, of which I have the honour to be a member, in order to give 

 you an opportunity of judging of the means provided by the government of 

 our state, for disseminating, among all classes, the blessings of education. 

 We are yet very deficient in elementary books, adapted to our principles of 

 government, and the future employment in life of our youth. Our legisla- 

 tors are not yet capable of appreciating the importance of science to the 

 productive labours of society, nor the influence of refinement in rural pur- 

 suits upon the morals and happiness of society. Yet we are making rapid 

 progress ; and in our country, where constant intercourse is had between 

 the inhabitants of remote sections, every useful improvement is disseminated 

 with uncommon speed. You may form some idea of the travelling propen- 

 sity of our population, when I state, that, during the summer months, 130 

 stages, and from six to eight of the largest steam-boats in the world, arrive 

 at and leave this city daily, bringing with them and carrying out, on an ave- 

 rage, 2000 passengers daily. I have travelled to Philadelphia (260 miles) in 

 24 hours, at an expense of 6 dots. The fare now, including board 160 miles, 

 is but 3 dots. 50 c. — Jesse Buel. Albany, New York, July 24. 1829. 



The Horticultural Society of Philadelphia, Dr. Mease informs us, " are 

 duly sensible of the kindness of Messrs. Noble and Jessop, in sending them 

 sea-kale and rhubarb seeds ; " and he has requested us to thank them in the 

 name of the Society, which we now do. The seeds, Dr. Mease states, are 

 growing finely. — Cond. 



Madura aurantlaca. — Dr. Mease has sent us a specimen of the fruit of 

 this tree, which grew in the nursery of Mr. M'Mahon near Philadelphia. 

 " It weighed 15 oz. when pulled, but it is not ripe. I see no reason why 

 this tree should not bear the open air in England [it does, quite well] ; but, 

 I presume, a green-house would be necessary to bring the fruit to maturity." 

 We have had a drawing and section of it made, of the full size, by Mr. 



Sowerby. (fig. 22.) It measures 9 in. round, one way, and 9|in. the 

 other, the colour is a greenish yellow ; the taste acid, it not being half ripe. 



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