FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
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FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
By the arrival of the steampacket Acadia, we are in 
receipt of our European journals to the 4th of June. 
Markets. —Ashes have given way some and are dull 
of sale. Cotton has been gradually falling through the 
whole month of May, making a reduction of full § d. 
per lb. from former prices. It is still \d. higher than 
in the months of June, July, and August of the past 
year, but is now thought to have reached its lowest 
point. The import into England since the 1st January, 
is 518,000 bales, against 967,000 of same period 
last year. The stock on hand is 690,000 bales, against 
855,000 last season at this period. The operations are 
large, but the prices without remarkable activity. 
Flour and Grain are in limited demand. In Provisions 
we see little change. Beef and Cheese rather more 
sought after. Lard-Oil scarce. Naval Stores in fair 
request. Pice remains firm. Tobacco flat, and sales 
fallen short the past month full 600 hogsheads. 
Money continues abundant. Sir Robert Peel has 
brought into Parliament a new projectfor the charter of 
the Bank of England which will have some effect on the 
monetary affairs of the country: none of an unfavorable 
character, however, are anticipated. The bank has 
upward of £16,000,000 in its vaults, about $80,000,000 ! 
American Stocks. These we are happy to say, 
Since Pennsylvania has determined to pay future in¬ 
terest c>n its debt, are on the rise, and considerable ac¬ 
tivity is displayed in them. 
Business generally is very brisk. All the manufac¬ 
turing branches are particularly well employed. 
The Weather has been dry and cold with some sharp 
frosts. Grass and potatoes will be short. Wheat and 
other grain crops look uncommonly promising. 
American Poi'k .—It is certain that American pork 
can occupy the market when Americans are prepared 
to supply the article required. In order to effect sales 
of the most desirable lots of American pork that have 
been received, it has been necessary to unpack every 
cask, and trim and scrape, then scrub and wash in clean 
pickle each piece separately, and re-pack again in 
clean-washed salt, cutting the larger pieces into four 
pounds each, and at the same time carefully sorting the 
quality, so as to make the whole lot run uniformly 
with 50 pieces in each bbl., and adding a heavy capping 
of salt on the top, of 8 to 16 quarts. With the fore¬ 
going pains and expense, small lots have occasionally 
been disposed of, at 50s. to 52s. 6d. per bbl. Pork- 
hams in pickle are again admitted as salted pork legs, 
and subject only to the same duty as bbl. pork, viz : 8s. 
per cwt., and 5 per cent, additional. 
Incendiarism .—We regret to see the burning of 
wheat and hay-stacks, and, indeed, barns and out¬ 
houses, still prevailing to a great extent throughout 
England. There surely must be some radical wrong 
toward the rural population, to incite them to such 
continued destructive acts. 
Growing Mustard for Feed and Enriching Soils .—I 
beg to hand you the following statement on the use of 
growing mustard for feed, or to plow in as a prepara¬ 
tion for a wheatrcrop. It is very palatable to all kinds 
of cattle, and I believe very wholesome. I think it far 
preferable to buckwheat, or any other vegetable with 
.such rapid growth. I sowed 5 acres on the 11th of 
July last, on rather inferior land, of a light gravelly 
soil with chalk subsoil, where early turneps for wheat 
had failed. It should be drilled 5 inches apart, with 
12 pounds of seed per acre. On the 25th of August I 
had measured portions cut in different parts of the 
field, and weighed, which, on a fair calculation, yielded 
6 tons per acre—it was in full bloom—and the next 
day I plowed it in ; which I consider, being full of ve¬ 
getable matter, must be an excellent dressing for a. 
wheat-crop. I would invite any friend to make trial 
of mustard on better land than mine; the expense be¬ 
ing so trifling compared with buckwheat, which is bs-. 
per bushel, and requiring 2| bushels per acre, would 
be 12s. 6d.; whereas 11 lbs. of mustard-seed, at 2d. 
per lb., the price it is now selling at, would be 2s. per 
acre. 
Plum-Pudding for the Million .—Take half a pound 
of flour, half a pound of grated carrot, half a pound of 
grated potatoes, a quarter of a pound of suet, and a 
little seasoning. Mix them well together, and boil in 
a basin an hour and a half. You will then have a 
cheap and excellent plum-pudding for a trifle more than 
sixpence ! Just try the experiment. 
Salting Instrument .—So great is the pressure pro¬ 
duced by Carson’s patent instrument for sailing and 
curing meat, equal, as is stated, to from 200 to 2,000 
pounds upon a square inch, that a large joint may be 
salted by it in a few minutes, with half the quantity of 
salt usually employed. The meat, at the same time, 
it is said, is rendered more tender, and its nutritious 
properties retained. How great must be its utility to 
emigrants, captains of vessels, and residents in tropical 
climates, it is almost superfluous to mention. For 
general family use it will, however, be found highly 
advantageous. 
Prolific Cows. —Mr. James Clapham, of West End 
Farm, Bramfield, has a remarkably fine Suffolk cow, 
which has been in his possession for seven years, and 
has during that time produced the extraordinary num¬ 
ber of twelve calves—two at each birth—all of which 
it has brought up. Such regular and unvarying fruit¬ 
fulness, for so long a period, is, we believe, without a 
parallel. 
Another Prolific Ewe .—A few days ago, one of the 
ewes belonging to Mr. Spooner, Shuttington, near Tam- 
worth, produced five lambs, which, with the prolific 
mother, are all doing well. This is her third year 5 
last year she had four lambs, and the first year two. 
Enormous and Prolific Cauliflower .—A cauliflower 
was gathered in the garden of Mr. Gutteridge, grocer, 
Hinckley, on Monday last measuring 30 inches in cir¬ 
cumference, and weighing 10 lbs., and one nearly as 
large was cut from the same stalk last year. It is still 
kept in the ground, as it may produce another. 
Wasps .—Peter Fry, Esq., of Compton House, has 
killed no less than 145 queen wasps within the space 
of six weeks, thereby preventing so many nests. An 
excellent and useful paper on the destruction of these 
insects was read at the monthly meeting of the Swan¬ 
sea Gardeners’and Amateurs’ Society, by Mr. Webly, 
gardener to L. W. Dillywan, Esq., Sketty Hall. There 
are two species, the most destructive of which, both 
from its size and number, is the vespa vulgaris, or com¬ 
mon wasp. It is important to know that the only por¬ 
tion of these insects which survive the winter are fe¬ 
males, each of which in the spring erects for herself n 
nest in which to deposite her eggs and rear her young. 
Mr. Webly, therefore, proposes that a premium of one 
penny should be offered for every wasp that shall be 
captured in the months of April, May, and June; and 
three pence for every nest that shall be destroyed at any 
time afterward. The suggestion will doubtless be 
acted upon by grocers and every owner and occupier of 
a fruit-garden. 
Warbles in Cattle .—A few applications of strong brine 
will at once destroy warbles in cattle, in whatever stage 
they may be found to exist; after which the animal 
will thrive better, and when it comes to be slaughtered^ 
both the hide and the carcase will be more valuable. 
