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that cultivators should know it, so as to plant a 
few vines, perfect in the male organs, near them.” 
Mr. L. admits that he is surprised to find no Eng¬ 
lish gardners who understood the true character of 
the strawberry ! In horticulture, the English are 
admitted to be the greatest proficients in the world. 
True wisdom leads us to doubt when we differ 
from such authority. 
In examining Mr. Longworth’s theory, it is im¬ 
portant for us to consider whether the pollen of 
one strawberry will fecundate pistils of another, 
and if so, with what facility and certainty, and at 
what distance it will perform this duty. 
Mr. L. says that the Hudson, Virginia scarlet, 
and our native strawberry will not impregnate the 
hautboy and some other varieties ; these are be¬ 
lieved to be American varieties. And if the male 
Hudson will not impregnate the kinds of straw¬ 
berries as stated above, is it not probable, at least, 
that they will not, for the purpose of a crop, im¬ 
pregnate the Hovey? If I believed Mr. L.’s 
premises, I should, with the lights before me, come 
to the above conclusion. Mr. L. says he “ kept 
the male and female Hudson in separate compart¬ 
ments for 20 years, and they never produced per¬ 
fect fruit.” Of course they could not have had 
the stamens and pistils on the same plant, and if 
on different perfect plants, then they are certainly 
no strawberries. A perfect strawberry of the kind 
referred to by Mr. L. would be a rara avis , more 
so than a black swan, for that I have seen. I 
may be answered by Mr. L. that “ facts are stub¬ 
born things.” I admit it; but when things are spo¬ 
ken of as facts which are mere matters of opinion 
and inference, they are to be taken with great al¬ 
lowance, particularly when they appear to violate 
the usual order of nature, and the opinions of the 
best informed writers. S. S. 
(To be continued.) 
ANALYSIS OF MAIZE OR INDIAN CORN. 
We have received a letter from Dr. Dana, of 
Massachusetts, calling our attention to the follow¬ 
ing communication in the New England farmer, 
correcting an error which appeared in his analysis 
Df Indian corn, when first published in that peri¬ 
odical, and which was copied in a note of one of 
our correspondents, page 119 of the current volume 
of this paper. We insert the correction with 
pleasure, and should have done so previously, had 
it not unfortunately escaped our observation. We 
wish that the state of Massachusetts would em¬ 
ploy Dr. Dana to make a similar analysis of other 
grains, and also roots. We are of opinion there 
would be a slight difference between those grown 
in the drier climate and under the hotter sun of 
the United States, and such as are produced in the 
cooler, moister climate of Great Britain; and if 
there be a difference, it is important to the farmer 
to know it. 
To the Editor of the New England Farmer : 
Dear Sir—I ask leave to correct a material er¬ 
ror in the statement of the results of the analysis 
of Indian corn which I sent you, and which you 
published in your paper of March 8, 1843. 
1.26 should be 12.6. Deducting this number, 
the product of multiplying the nitrogen of corn by 
6.20, from the water of vegetation and the salts, 
we have 77.09. 
The corrections thus made, the results are— 
Flesh-forming principles —gluten, albumen, 
&c. - - - - - 12.60 
Fat-forming principles —as gum, sugar, starch, 
woody fibre, oil, &c. - 77.09 
Water 9. 
Salts -.1.31 
100 . 
With regard, your obh sei'v’t, 
Samuel L. Dana. 
Lowell , June , 10, 1843. 
We beg especial attention to the present No. 
on Sheep Husbandry. It is the best and most ac¬ 
curate account we have yet met of the introduc¬ 
tion of Merinos into the United States. We trust 
that our exchange papers will copy it widely, as 
well as the other Nos. on this subject. We are 
certain that the public can not be furnished with 
more useful or interesting agricultural matter. 
For the American Agriculturist. 
SHEEP HUSBANDRY.—No. IV. 
Showing how the United States ivere once fur¬ 
nished, with the most valuable breed of sheep in 
the world 
The early years of the present century should 
be ever memorable in the estimation of all intelli¬ 
gent Americans and lovers of our country, as being 
the period of the first introduction into the United 
States, of the Merino breed of sheep,—beyond all 
question the most valuable kind that ever existed 
in the known world. To that distinguished and 
patriotic statesman and agriculturist, the late 
Chancellor Livingston, of the state of New York, 
has been usually and deservedly awarded the credit 
of being the first to introduce the Merinos into this 
country ; but this high meed of praise, and strong 
claim on the lasting remembrance and gratitude 
of his country, was justly shared with him by the 
late Col. David Humphrey, of Connecticut, then 
minister to Spain, who almost simultaneously 
with Mr. Livingston’s first importation, intro¬ 
duced a much greater number of this invaluable 
breed of animals. Indeed a single pure-bred Me¬ 
rino ram had been brought to the United States 
from France, in July of the previous year (1801), 
by that spirited and enterprising Frenchman, M. 
Dupont de Nemours. This ram was called Don 
Pedro, and was of great excellence. He was sent 
out to this country by M. Delessert, a banker of 
Paris, intended for his farm, called Rosendale, sit¬ 
uated near Kingston, on the Hudson river, where 
Don Pedro remained about four years, during 
which, notwithstanding his merit, he attracted but 
little notice, nor was his value at all appreciated 
