Wheat and its cultivation*—Silk raising. 
for the limestone in them, would be justly 
reckoned among the most barren lands, seed 
taken from his soil may be expected to do 
well. When he first commenced cultivating 
his present farm, it had been so much neg¬ 
lected, that the produce was about one-third 
each, of wheat, chess, and cockle. A care¬ 
ful extermination of every unclean weed, has 
entirely eradicated them from his land, and 
he is now wholly indebted to his neighbors 
for whatever occasionally intrudes upon 
him. 
The following spring after sowing the 
wheat, 7 or 8 lbs. of clover are sown per 
acre ; either the large Northern or Vermont 
clover, or the medium Ohio is preferred. 
This may be lightly pastured in the fall. The 
following season it may either be pastured, 
or a crop of hay taken from it, according to 
the strength of the land. The subsequent 
growth after cropping, is turned under with 
the plow in August, with a flat furrow, on 
which the seed is sown and then harrowed. 
If the field is foul, or filled with June or blue 
grass, (which are synonymous terms,) and 
especially in a wet season, it should be turn¬ 
ed over in June, and afterwards cross plowed 
with a cultivator from one to three times, to 
exterminate all grass and weeds, and again 
cross plowed the last of August, preparatory 
to sowing. The general rule, however, is to 
allow the land to lie two years in clover, 
which gives a three years’ course, one of 
wheat and two of clover, and under this cul¬ 
tivation, with the addition of plaster, the land 
has been rapidly improving for twenty years. 
The soil in th^ neighborhood of General H., 
is a sandy or gravelly loam, sometimes in¬ 
clining to a clay loam, and is always mixed 
with an appreciable quantity of lime. In its 
original condition, it was a very light soil, 
and of yellowish color, but with the judicious 
system now practised, it is constantly grow¬ 
ing darker and richer. The soil is not well 
adapted to peas and barley, they requiring a 
larger proportion of clay. Corn, oats, and 
roots, are raised only for home use, consti¬ 
tuting occasionally a part of the food of the 
cattle. 
In an experiment of sowing corn broadcast, 
on the 1st June, at the rate of one and a half 
bushels per acre, on rich land, General H. 
obtained 18 tons of green stalks per acre. 
The stalks were small, and almost entirely 
without ears, and so full of saccharine mat¬ 
ter, that the cattle ate them perfectly clean 
when dry, though uncut. The yield was es¬ 
timated at 6 tons dry fodder per acre, and 
was raised on a clover sod turned over and 
sown the last of May, and the corn cut Sept. 
15. We should like to see the record of some 
well attested experiment, as to the relative 
nutrition of equal weights of corn fodder so 
raised, and good hay. The comparative 
value given in our last, from experiments in 
France, would probably not apply to com 
raised in the above manner, as the saccharine 
matter, which goes to supply the corn in the 
ear, is retained in the stalk, and adds mate¬ 
rially to its nutritive properties. 
General H. has left with us all the forego¬ 
ing varieties of wheat, and the potatoe oats, 
which we shall be happy to show to such of 
our readers, as are desirous of comparing with 
their own specimens. Wheat being the 
staple crop of an extensive section of the 
United States, and a particular object of at¬ 
tention in all, it is of great consequence that 
the best kinds are secured for cultivation. 
Silk Raising.— (Continued.) 
Feeding. —Under this head, we cannot do 
better than to give some of the judicious ob¬ 
servations of Mr. G. R. Smith. He says : 
“ The young worms are very easily removed 
from the hatching table, by laying small mul¬ 
berry leaves upon them, and when they at¬ 
tach themselves to them, take each leaf by 
the stem, and lay it on the shelf where you 
want the worms. Feed the young worms 
by laying on them a few fresh leaves four or 
five times a day, or oftener, if they consume 
them, or the leaves become wilted. During 
the first age, if the leaves are large, they 
may be torn, or cut into small pieces $ but if 
you have plenty of leaves, it is not neces¬ 
sary. After they have moulted the first time, 
lay on leaves, and when the worms become 
attached to them, lift them by the stems and 
lay them on a clean place on the shelf, al¬ 
lowing them about three times as much space 
as they occupied before. You may then 
clear off the shelf previously occupied by 
them. The same operation may be perform¬ 
ed after the second, third, and fourth moult- 
ings, extending the space they occupy each 
time, as in the first, and clearing off the litter 
in the same way. 
In feeding the worms, from the beginning 
to the end, it is of importance that they be 
fed often and in small quantities. If you lay 
on too much food a considerable portion will 
be wasted; but that is the least considera¬ 
tion—the shelves will become loaded with 
rubbish, which will render it necessary to 
clear them often. We have always found it 
to be a good plan to keep the attendant con¬ 
tinually feeding—always passing along the 
