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and spread regularly over the field ; and in eve- 
ry instance it gave a return of clover, equal to 
ten loads ol stable manuie to the ac.e, The 
idea of mixing the lime and earth, was suggest- 
ed from spreading the refuse of lime and sand 
gathered troni about buildings, and laid upon tl^e 
fields, the efi'ect of which t observed, was moie 
immediate than any equal quantity ol clean 
lime, although the mixture of lime and earth 
was equally .<o; the succeeding rains carrying 
the fertilizing principle of the lime, as from a 
sieve, into the soil below, completely dividing 
it, and rendering that which was before too com- 
pact and cold for the roots of the gra.ss and grain 
to live in, both warm and open — w'hen immedi- 
ately the whole soil, which before felt hard un- 
der the foot, became so elastic that persons of 
observation, by walking over the field even in 
the night, distinctly told how far the lime and 
earth compost extended: the color of the soil 
was likewise changed into that of chocolate: 
now these effects seemed to prove that anything 
which w'ould separate the particles of the soil 
and admit the air, would render these cold and 
heavy clays wmrm and fertile, the free inter- 
course of air carrying off the acid, &c. ; and to 
meet this idea, plowing in the fall was adopted 
and found successful. As an experiment, one 
halt a field, six years ago, was plowed in the 
autumn, the other half in the spring ; but that 
part which was plowed in the spring, has never 
yet brought grain or grass equal to the other. 
Spreading manure in the autumn from the com- 
post heap, has also been attended with universal 
success, both upon grain and grass; the salts of 
the manure being carried into the soil by the 
rains upon the breaking up of frost, which had 
in some measure prepared the soil to receive it. 
Vegetable substances have also been covered 
with earth, and when well rotted, the compost 
has been used with the same success as stable 
manure; and so long as they operate in sepa- 
rating the soil and promoting the access of the 
air, they fertilize and change the color of the 
mould. W. Young. 
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE AGRICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
In consonance with a resolution passed at the 
last meeting of the South Carolina State Agri- 
cultural Society, the following premiums are 
ofllered for stock, at the rxhibition to be held in 
Greenville, on the 2d Wednesday in September 
next. 
For the best Stallion over 5 years old, 
for Harness purposes, a Silver Cup, . .$15 00 
• For the best Stallion over 5 years old, 
for Saddle purposes, a Silver Cup, .. . 15 00 
For the best Stallion or Colt, under 5 
years old, a Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Mare or Filly, under 5 y’rs 
old, a Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Mule, over 3 years old, 
bred by a member, a Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Mule, under 3 years old, 
bred by a member, a Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Bull, over 1 year old, a Sil- 
ver Cup, 15 00 
For the best Bull, under 1 year old, a 
Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Milch Cow, a Silver Cup, . . 15 00 
For the best Heifer, under 1 year old, a 
Silver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Boar, over J year old, a Sil- 
ver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Boar, under 1 year old, a 
Silver Cup, 5 00 
For the best Sow, over 1 year old, a Sil- 
ver Cup, 10 00 
For the best Sow, under 1 year old, a 
Silver Cup, 5 00 
For the best Ram, a Silver Cup, 5 00 
For the best Ewe, a Silver Cup, 5 00 
The local Societies are requested to appoint 
Delegates to the meeting at Greenville, on the 
10th of September, and a general attendance of 
the members is most earnestly requested. 
The papers friendly to the Society are request- 
ed to publish the above till the meeting. 
W. B. SEABROOK, President. 
J. B. Davis, Secretary. 
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF ARTICLES USED AS 
FOOD. 
Professor Silliman has given a translation of 
M. Dombasle’s experiments with several arti- 
cles in feeding animals. Seven lots of seven 
sheep each were selected, of nearly equal weight, 
kept in separate divisions of the stable, the ! 
weight ol each lot ascertained once a week, and 1 
the experiment continued five weeks. One ot 
i the lots was fed exclusively on lucerne hay, of 
which each sheep was found to eat 15 pounds 
per week. Each of the other lots received half 
the quantity of lucerne, and enough of other j 
kinds of food named to keep them in good health, j 
and of the same weight. The kinds of food | 
used were, dry lucerne, oil cake, oats and bar- i 
lev, raw potatoes, cooked potatoes, beets and j 
carrots: of these substances, the quantity found 
necessary to equal the half ration of 7^ pounds 
ot lucerne, withheld from all the lots except the 
first, was as follows : 
Oil cake. 
44 lbs. 
Barleyq 
31 “ 
Oats, 
3 “ 
Raw potatoes. 
14 “ 
Cooked potatoes. 
13 “ 
Beets, 
16 “ 
Carrots, 
26 “ 
or in other words, 23 pounds of carrots were on- 
ly equal to pounds ol lucerne hay, 4 pounds 
of oil cake, or 3 pounds of oats. It may be re- 
marked that the quantity of waterdrank by each 
lot of sheep was also accurately ascertained, 
and while those led on grain and oil cake used 
during the experiment about 200 quarts of wa- 
ter to each lot. those fed on roots did not use 100 
quarts ; and those on carrots, only 36 quarts. 
PRODUCTS OF NATIONAL INDUSTRY. 
Protessor Tucker, of Virginia, estimates the 
products of our national industry as follows : 
Agriculture, $654,387,597 
Manufactures 239,836,224 
Commerce, 79,721,087 
Mining, 42,358,761 
MAPLE SUGAR. 
It cannot be generally known that the great 
increase in the manufacture of this article is 
driving 'West India sugar out of the market: 
we have been infjrmed that 10,000 hogsheads of 
maple sugar are sold annually in this city. 
There is scarcely a farmer in the interior of this 
Slate who has not a grove of maple trees from 
which he makes all the sugar he requires for 
family use. By mixing a little hot water in the 
syrup, it makes capital molasses. Great im- 
provement is making in bleaching and granulat- 
ing maple sugar, and by chemical process de- 
priving it of its woody taste. In time, no other 
sugar will be used in this country, (excepting, 
perhaps, cornstalk,) and we can make it in any 
quantity and at a trifling cost. 
To preserve Hams or other smoked, meat through 
the summer . — Wrap up the meat in tow, of ei- 
ther flax or hemp, after shaking out the loose 
shives, and pack it in a barrel, taking care that 
there be next the barrel and betv/een the meat a 
.thick layer of tow, packed in as close as possi- 
ble; then set it away in a dry cellar or upper 
room. It is enough that the barrel be sufficient 
to keep the mice out, as no fly or insect will en- 
ter the tow. — Ag. Almanac. 
Arkansas Insects. — The last Arkansas 
Traveller tells a good story of a citizen ot that 
State who, while on board a steamer on the 
Mississippi, was asked by a gentleman “ whether 
the raising of stock in Aikansas was attended 
by much difficulty or expense 7’‘ 
“ Oh yes, stranger— they suffer much from 
insects.'’ 
•‘Insects! Why, what kind of insects, pray7’ 
“Why — bears, catamounts, wolves, and sich 
like insects.” 
The stranger stopped further inquiry, nor 
did he deem it necessary to explain to the Ar- 
kansas man some passages in Goldsmith’s 
Natural History. 
Distraining for Rent. — “ Speaking ol Turkey,’ 
a man up town, on going to dinner a day or 
two ago, found a magnificent turkey, smoking 
hot on the table. 
“Ben,” said he to the boy waiting upon him, 
“ w'herethe devil did this turkey come from 7” 
“ Why, sa,” replied Ben. “ dat ar turkey is been 
roostin on our fence dis two night, an dis 
mornin, I seize him for derent ob de fence !” 
A great nigger that! We have a shrewd 
suspicion that he understands the laws of Turkey 
much belter than his master. — Pic. 
Paralysis.— A correspondent of the Boston 
Mercantile fournal communicates to that paper 
the following extraordinary cure of a case of 
paralysis. Can there be anything in the mode 
of treatment pursued 7 
A few weeks since, a gentleman in Salem 
was seized with paralysis of the left arm, and 
to use his own words, “it seemed as if a sword 
had been thrust through his arm from the shoul- 
der to the fingers, and it instantly fell powerless 
at his side.” ' He hastened to his physician, and 
he pronounced it a plainly marked case of 
palsy. He in some degree recovered the use of 
the same, but it still remaining in a bad state, in 
I company with a friend he went to Ipswich lor 
j recreation and exerci-e, hoping to receive bene- 
fit Irom the same; after strolling about upon 
the sea shore, and. becoming much fatigued, he 
found a resting place upon the sandy beach. 
During his siesta, his hand became imbedded 
in the"^sapd: very shortly a violent prickling 
and twitching sensation commenced. Receiv- 
ing encouragement from this unexpected return 
I of action in the part, he excavated a place in 
I which he placed his arm, and covering it up, 
soon fell into a quiet sleep, and so remained 
' about an hour. On arising he found to his sur- 
prise and delight, that he had entirely recovered 
the use of this arm, and he still has perfect use 
of the same. 
A Yankee Wager. — The cool and collected 
manner in whicha Yankee will come the ‘ cute,’ 
says the Flushing Journal, over his more obtuse 
neighbor of a few degrees Southward of “down 
East,” was exemplified in an incident which 
came under our observation a day or two since. 
A jovial, good natured and tall harum-scarum 
dealer in wooden bowls, who has been peregri- 
natingour neighborhood with a wagon load of 
the article, and by his off-hand and dexterous 
management, has supplied almost every other 
house with his ware, stopped at the Flushing 
Hotel, and was accosting its guests to purchase, 
and expressing himself willing to effect a bar- 
gain on almost any terms, by regular sale, bar- 
ter, or by wagering on “politics, religion, or 
any thing else;” hurrahing for Henry Clay, &€., 
and finally offering to bet that the great Ken- 
tuckian would obtain the electoral vote of his 
own state— Maine. 
Mine host of the hotel, who has implicit 
faith in Polk and Dallas, to stop the mouth of 
the bowl vender, offered to bet six of the best 
wooden bowl.s, at fifty cents each. Clay would 
not get the vote of Maine ; which was imme- 
diately accepted by the shrewd Yankee, who 
insisted that the contract should be reduced to 
writing; which on being done, it was agreed 
that the bowls should be deposited in the hands 
of some third person until the election contest 
was decided. But when our Yankee asked our 
friend Hover where were Azs six bowls to put 
along with them, it appeared as though the ribs 
of the spectators would have split asunder by 
their uproarious laughter. Our friend of the 
hotel offered to purchase them at the stores; but 
when we came away, the Yankee was driving 
a bargain with mine host to supply him on much 
cheaper terms than they could be procured of 
the store-keepers. It can be easily imagined 
how the affair ended, viz; that the Yankee sold 
his opponent six bowls, leaving other particulars 
out of the question. 
The advice of a wise man is to be considered 
as a prediction. 
