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[July 



are in oui- opinion the true remedy ; but the 

 application of the lime without drainage would 

 probably avail nothing. 



Mediterranean Wheat. 



Having heard that Mr. Peyton Johnston had 

 a very fine field of Mediterranean wheat which 

 we intended to have visited before harvest, 

 but were disappointed, we applied to him 

 for a memorandum of particulars respecting it, 

 in response to which he has furnished the fol- 

 lowing statement : 



" Field No. 1. — The grain was sown last Octo- 

 tober, on ground that had been in potatoes. 

 It was worked with a double plow, then har- 

 rowed, when guano at the rate of 100 lbs. to the 

 acre was scattered over and plowed in cross- 

 wise with a single plow. The usual quantity 

 of Mediterranean wheat was then sown broad- 

 cast, and the land dragged and rolled. 



" Field No. 2, was in turnips last fall. It had 

 been well manured for that crop. On my way 

 to the Central Agricultural Fair last October, 

 I observed that Mr. Bowe had sown wheat in 

 the spaces between his turnip crop, which in- 

 duced me to have the cultivator run between 

 tlie rows of mine. I then had the wheat sown 

 fwnd dragged in witli a single-horse harrow. 

 This was done the first week in November. 

 The wheat grew well, and looked as if sown 

 by a drill machine. Both fields were grazed 

 by the cows when the ground was hard, up to 

 the 1st April, when they were again rolled. 

 No. 2 being the best land, has the finest crop, 

 the avarage yield is pronounced to be by judges 

 about thirty bushels to the acre. The seed 

 sown was from the produce of one bushel, had 

 of Mr. David Landreth, of Philadelphia, in 

 1808. The grain was imported that summer for 

 him from Triest, and sold at $'5 per bushel. 

 The head is large and well filled with plump 

 grains; the yield of straw is not nmch. 



" A sample of the seed can be seen at the 

 Planter's Office, or at 115 Main street. 



"June 22d, 1860. P. Johnston." 



Acknowledgments. 



We omitted in our last to include in our notice 

 of Mr, C. L. Flint's treatise on cattle, his able 

 and extended report, as secretary, to the Massa. 

 chusetts board of agriculture, and to tender him 

 our thanks for a number of copies, (which we 

 have distributed among our friends,) of his ad- 

 mirable, illustrated tract on the cultivation of the 

 grasses. We intended also to have acknow- 

 ledged thankfully the receipt from C. L Bartlett, 

 Esq., of Boston, of a copy of his pamphlet on 

 the history ; economy^ as a manure ; and modes of 

 applying Peruvian Guano on the farm and the 

 garden^ and copies of his republication of the 

 above tract on the Grasses. 



Agents for this Journal. 



Mr. A. T. MOOKLAR is our Agent for the 

 counties of Essex, King William, Caroline, King 

 and Queen and the lower part of Hanover, viz : 

 Hanover C. H. and Old Church post offices. 



Mr. EDGAR BURROUGHS, for Princess Anrre 

 county. 



Mr. ISAAC IRVINE HITE, traveling agent, 

 has bills against subscribers in the counties of 

 Orange, Nelson, Amherst, Albemarle, Spotsyl- 

 vania, Stafford, King George, Louisa and Flu- 

 vanna. 



Mr. J NO. P. JOHNSTON is our agent at Dan- 

 ville. 



Mr. W. L. SMITH has, at present, bills against 

 subscribers in the counties of Amelia, Powha- 

 tan and Chesterfield. 



Mr. GEO. C. REID is agent for Norfolk coun- 

 ty and vicinity. 



Mr. T. B. MONTAGUE is agent for Glouces- 

 ter county. 



Hospital for Slaves." 



Drs. Hancock^ Peachy and Luckett, Proprietors. 



For rates of charge for Board and Treatment 

 see our advertising sheet. 



We call attention to this new establishment, 

 where sick negroes are provided with comforta- 

 ble quarters, proper diet, nurses and medical 

 treatment. The johysicians are all well known 

 here. Dr. Hancock is an old and valued friend 

 of ours; and we are very sure that the hospital 

 and its inmates will be thoroughly and properly 

 attended to. 



The California Culturist. 



A monthly of 48 large octavo pages. W. 

 Wadsworth, Secretary of the California Horti- 

 cultural Society, editor and proprietor. Towne 

 and Bacon, printers, San Francisco. 



It contains a variety of useful and interesting 

 articles on agriculture, horticulture, &c., and in 

 its mechanical execution is a model of artistic 

 taste and beauty. 



Mr. J. J. Kite's Land Agency. 



We desire to call attention to Mr. J. J. Hite's 

 Land Agency advertisement. Mr. Hite has the 

 advantage of an extensive acquaintance in his 

 section of the State, and his business qualifica- 

 tions ensure a faithful discharge of all duties 

 entrusted to him. 



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