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a large quantity of the ripe pea, being generally 
saved when about half the pea#have ripened. I 
have used the hoe and the scythe, and think two 
hands can save about as much as by any other plan, 
though they may not go over so much ground. 
The hand with scythe will cut as wide a swath as 
he can, not a wide one truly ; the other hand will 
follow and pull the cut vines back out of the mow¬ 
er’s way. After remaining in winrows from half 
to one day, house, either in pens or narrow house 
as above. I lived in a section of the south, where 
the pea was planted alone for housing, and have 
known from 25 to 50 wagon-loads of the vine 
saved, I verily believe, on an acre. I was raised 
where peas, blackberries, and whortleberries, were 
articles of sale, and beg to be considered as know¬ 
ing a little of the culture of the pea. 
The Peach .—I have beds of this year’s working 
that have grown two inches. The stocks are 
from the seed of last year’s fruit, and I am cer¬ 
tain if the seed be planted in good soil, and the 
stocks cultivated, that they will attain the height 
of three feet by the first day of June next, and be 
over one fourth of an inch in diameter. If allowed 
to grow one year, they will be an average three 
fourths to one inch in diameter, and from seven to 
ten feet high; if budded the second year, the 
grower will lose one year any how in bearing, and 
the heading be less certain, and the stock will be 
so much larger, that two years must expire before 
the scion will be of same size. Mr. Hatch, of 
Hatch & Co.’s nursery, assured me that Implanted 
a peach-stone or pit in March (I think) of 1843. 
It was budded the same year, and headed down 
to a proper head, this spring it had blossoms, and I 
measured one inch in - diameter and full seven or 
eight feet high. The plan of budding on second 
year’s stocks I have followed, and it may be best 
with you, but I think it wrong here. The failure 
in budding is full two to one greater, and a loss of 
one year. 
Many persons prefer to bud in August and Sep¬ 
tember, and fear to remove the trees, the next 
spring; I have done it, and moved them even to a 
distance of one hundred miles. They were out of 
the ground fifteen days, but carefully packed in a 
box of earth. I would not hesitate to bud in June, 
or even in May, and to remove in October and 
November, or February and March. 
My plan to grow peaches, is to place the stones 
in a box of earth as soon as the fruit is eaten. Let 
the earth in the box be kept as is the earth in field 
or garden, by sinking it in the ground ; in the spring 
about the time the seeds have burst their cover¬ 
ing, take up the box, turn out the earth, and plant 
the seed or young stocks in rows three to four feet 
apart and a foot in the row; keep the earth well 
cultivated, and begin to bud in June. Examine 
when the bark slips easily, for it does so more 
readily at one time than another, the season ma¬ 
king a difference—if very dry and on dry soil not 
so readily. By doing thus, the peach will bear 
the third season. 
The Cotton Crop .—There is one thing certain, 
that many who now grow cotton must quit it, no 
one can grow cotton at $15 per bale, and pay $2 
out of that for freight. We must grow less cotton 
and provide more of the necessaries, we shall then 
consume less of foreign make; this will again af¬ 
fect the article, but we shall be in better condition: 
for if we get only four cents per pound, we can 
count on having 50 to 60 per hand in money, in¬ 
stead of double that in meat, bread, &c. 
Many farmers are now looking at this—they see 
and feel the consequence; yet they have been so 
long wed to the system pursued by their fore¬ 
fathers, that they can not meet the issue at once. 
The cotton-growing country can now grow three 
millions of bales; what effect such a crop would 
have I can not think, and fear to suppose. This 
quantity will be grown, and before consumption 
requires it, unless I am mistaken greatly. From 
ail I can learn the corn-crop is large to an unpre¬ 
cedented degree ; but it will not keep down the 
price next year. The last crop was good, yet not 
as heavy as appearances indicated, and being so 
very cheap, as low as 12^ cents per bushel, it 
induced a want of care; the consequence—price 
higher than for years before. There is a scarcity 
now ; so soon as the growing crop is ripe enough 
to use, it will be used, and again there will be some 
want. M. W. Philips. 
Log Hall, Edwards ’ Depot P. 0., Miss., 
June 26th, 1844. 
MULBERRY-PAPER. 
I have not been successful about getting the 
mulberry foliage worked, on account of preoccupa¬ 
tion of the several paper-mills, nor has the bark 
been forwarded as I hoped ; however, I enclose 
you a small specimen of that operated upon by the 
first process of steam. I had hoped helore this to 
send some that had been dressed, but Mr. Conant, 
on whom I depended for it, has on hand so many 
other engagements that I find a difficulty in ac¬ 
complishing the thing so much desired. 
Tlie temperature is so low that silk-worms feel 
it severely. I have never known so much inquiry 
however for foliage. This tells the story for those 
who have destroyed their trees, and shows the im¬ 
portance of multiplying them if ever silk is to be 
made. I have made liberal sowings of seed, and 
hope to have such a supply as to encourage some 
good silk-grower to take hold and carry out the 
business effectively, by hiring or taking the whole 
concern on shares for a succession of years. I can 
not devote ray time to it without interfering with 
my office, and I should not have troubled you with 
any remarks, if you had not called on me when 
here a short time since and requested any new ob¬ 
servations upon the silk culture. 
D. Stebbins. 
Northampton, Mass., July 8 ih, 1844. 
BUTTER-MAKING. 
The following communication was addressed to 
Frederick J. Betts, Esq., President of the Orange 
County Agricultural Society, and politely tendered 
us for publication; and as Mr. McWilliams’ dairy 
enjoys a high reputation, we do so with great 
pleasure, notwithstanding other articles on this 
