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amounting to probably not more than one dollar, 

 on the value of one tierce of lime, which being 

 subtracted from the sum remaining, in favor of 

 the tobacco crop, would still leave a handsome 

 surplus to be expended, if desired, in enriching 

 the land. It may also be given, as a reason for 

 the cultivation of this article of luxury, that the 

 greater portion of it is consumed, and, of course, 



paid for by 'the subjects of foreign nations, and. 

 serves the purpose of commerce, instead of spe- 

 cie, which it may be to our interest to retain at 

 home. Again, by making tobacco, we neces- 

 sarily abstract a portion of labor from the culti- 

 vation of corn, and keep up the price of a staple 

 article, that might otherwise sell so low as not 

 to compensate the farmer for making it. 



CHURNING APPARATUS 



We have had a great many inquiries lately 

 for a good churn. Although we pretend to 

 some little acumen in telling good butter when 

 we have an opportunity of tasting it, we confess 

 ourselves rather ignorant of the means by which 

 it is made. We have transposed from the 

 "American Agriculturist" the engraving above, 

 and the letter below in reference to it. The 

 writer is a distinguished farmer, and we have 

 no doubt an excellent judge of the apparatus 

 he recommends. If the principle is a good one, 

 it is very apparent that a footboard and upright 

 may be substituted for the ground and the tree, 

 and thus a machine may be formed, which, being 

 removeable in falling weather, will secure us 

 good butter, " hail, rain, or shine." Has any 

 body got a better churn than this i If so, let 

 us hear from him. 



Slangollen, Ky., Oct. 9, 1843. 

 In my late visit to Virginia, I met with an 

 efficient churning apparatus, a side drawing of 

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which is given above. Its merits are its cheap* 

 ness and simplicity, A boy or girl of twelve 

 years of age can with great ease work three or 

 four churns. The principle, you will perceive, 

 may be applied to any number of churns, worked 

 by any motive power proportioned to their num- 

 ber and capacity. All the parts are of wood, 

 except the crank, axis of the fly wheel, and 

 pins. The beam is fourteen feet long, divided 

 into two parts by the iron pinion which it turns ; 

 of these parts the shortest, or that next the 

 churns, is six feet, the other eight. The fly 

 wheel is of wood, five feet in diameter, made 

 with a heav v y rim. The crank is adapted to 

 the depth of the churns. The churns should 

 be placed on a board with marks to indicate the 

 exact position of the base of each churn. Take 

 out the pins in the upright shafts, and the churns 

 are detached, and may be removed. 



John Lewis. 



HUZZA FOR HENRICO. 

 We have been informed that Mr. John M. 

 Bojts has raised this year one hundred bushels 



