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9,812 barrels, and 10 789 tierces of beef. If we 
would only pack our beef neatly by the above direc¬ 
tions, the importations in 1846 might double those of 
1844, and a great increase likewise will be made in the 
importation of pork. 
IMPORTED POTATOES. 
To tile great disgrace of this part of our country, 
potatoes are coming over here in large quantities in 
most every packet ship from England, and all sold at 
a handsome profit. They are worth in Liverpool 
from 25 to 30 cents a bushel; freight, duty, and all 
expenses of importation, make them cost here from 
40 to 45 cents, so that they sell at a fair profit in this 
market. They are a better quality than our own, and 
therefore bring a higher price. By turning to page 
354 of our last volume, a simple remedy will be 
found for the rot in potatoes, which, if generally 
adopted by the farmers, would enable them to raise 
this indispensable root without loss, and in a healthy 
state. Indeed, we are of opinion that the application 
of lime and charcoal alone, on a good soil, are suffi¬ 
cient to effect so desirable a purpose. Winter is the 
best time to prepare to transport these materials to 
those places where they will be wanted in the spring. 
Then let the farmers look to it, and see that they 
have the means of preventing the rot another year 
among their potatoes. 
DEATH OF SAMUEL STEVENS, ESQ. 
Many of our readers will have learned ere this, of 
the death of this eminent citizen on the 25th of No¬ 
vember last. The press, the bar, and the municipal 
councils of our city, vied with each other in doing 
justice to his private worth and valuable public ser¬ 
vices. From us a notice is due to his memory, as he ; 
was a lover of agriculture, and ardently engaged in 
promoting a more scientific knowledge of the art, and 
the general advancement of its interests. His con¬ 
tributions to this journal on the cultivation of the 
strawberry and the peach tree, under the signature 
of S. S., are characterized by great vigor of expres¬ 
sion, and acuteness of perception in all their practical 
details. At the time of his death, he was investi¬ 
gating the cause of the rot in potatoes. 
Mr. Stevens died a bachelor at the age of 66. He 
was devoted to the welfare of others, and especially j 
to the care of his aged mother, who survives him, ; 
still active, and in the possession of all her faculties. 
His father, General Ebenezer Stevens, was one of the 
memorable band who threw the tea overboard in Bos¬ 
ton harbor, at the commencement of the Revolution ; 
he was engaged also in the sanguinary battle of Sa¬ 
ratoga, and at the siege and capture of Yorktown. 
He was considered the ablest artillery officer in the 
American army. 
Mr. Stevens was the first President of the Board 
of Aldermen under its present organization. He took 
an active part in the erection of the water-tanks in 
Twelfth street, the value of which prepared the pub¬ 
lic mind to sustain him in the great measure of his 
life—the introduction of the Croton water into this 
city. Well may his name be blessed and cherished 
for this great and beneficent act. Let each fountain 
playing its crystal waters in our public squares, be 
hereafter a perpetual monument to his memory ! 
Mr. Stevens was happy in his domestic relations; 
universally respected ; and by his numerous brothers, 
several of whom hold eminent stations in this city, 
most tenderly beloved. He died without pain, 
after a lingering disease, happy in the thought of the 
change which awaited him, and with a full hope of 
a blessed immortality. 
CORN AND "COB MEAL. 
We have for a long time been much in tavor of 
Com and Cob Meal, not only from our own experi¬ 
ence of its value as food, but of that of others. It 
is a great saving in point of economy; and it is gene¬ 
rally asserted that horses, mules, and other animals, 
are not near as subject to colic when fed on this kind 
of meal as on pure corn. Excellent machines for 
grinding it very rapidly by horse power, may be had 
in this city; according to size, from $30 to $40 each, 
the cost of which, at the present high rate of com at 
the south and west (25 to 75 cents per bushel), 
would be saved on many a farm and plantation in a 
single month. Those who have not machines for 
grinding, will do well to soak their com in hot water, 
slightly salted, or what would be better, to boil it. 
If pretty hungry, the animals will then eat the cob 
as well as the corn. But we are surprised that more 
attention, at the south and west, is not paid to the 
raising of oats for horse and mule feed : they are in¬ 
finitely better than com. Chemical research and prac¬ 
tice both teach us that oats lay on good hard-work¬ 
ing flesh, while com makes fat, or soft flesh at the 
best, not fit to work on. If you wish to fat a hog or 
beef, give him corn ; but if you want work, supply 
your animals with plenty of oats, barley, beans, and 
peas. 
SHELTER FOR STOCK. 
Liebig asserts that “ our clothing is merely an 
equivalent for a certain amount of food.” In othei 
words, if we keep ourselves comfortable and warm, 
we cannot eat so much, because the amount of heat 
to be supplied by the food is diminished. 
These observations are as applicable to domestic 
animals as to ourselves, and they teach the farmer 
the necessity of providing comfortable shelter for his 
stock. It has been proved by repeated experiments, 
that animals during the winter season entirely exposed 
to the weather, do not thrive as well, nor keep in as 
good condition, as those comfortably housed, although 
they consume from 25 to 100 per cent, the most 
food: thus showing the owners of stock, that if they 
have not sufficient mercy upon their dumb beasts, to 
provide them shelter in winter, their interests at least 
should prompt them to do so. We can add little to 
what we wrote under this head in our last volume, 
more than to say, that an industrious and humane 
man will always find materials for cover for his 
stock, even if they be of the roughest and rudest 
kind. If we could do no better, we would even 
drive our animals into a wood for shelter, as trees 
and brush will at least break off the cold rough 
winds, if they do no more. 
Office Hours.— Owing to his avocations else¬ 
where, the editor of this paper will more usually be 
found at his office from 12 o’clock noon till 2 P. M., 
at which time he will be pleased to see all who may 
be desirous of favoring him with a call. 
