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TEXAS WHEAT. 
We have learned from a gentleman from Cor¬ 
sicana, in Limestone county, that about forty thou¬ 
sand bushels of wheat have been raised in Lime¬ 
stone and Navarro counties this season. A part 
of this was harvested as early as the 9th of May, 
and is of an excellent quality. The grains are 
plump and large, and the wheat, it is believed, will 
average over sixty pounds to the bushel. We un¬ 
derstand that a large quantity of wheat has been 
raised in Trinity Valley above Dallas. The ex¬ 
periments in the culture of this grain, indicate that 
the whole region, watered by the Trinity and its 
tributaries above Smithfield, is as well adapted to 
the culture of wheat as the best wheat-growing re¬ 
gions in the middle states. The soil, in that sec¬ 
tion, contains a large proportion of lime, and it is 
probably owing to the presence of this mineral that 
it is better adapted to the culture of wheat than the 
soil near the coast. We are confident that there 
is a belt of country extending quite across Texas 
from Red River to the Rio Grande, and including 
most of the undulating region of that country, that is 
as well adapted to the culture of wheat as any por¬ 
tion of the Union. This section comprises at least 
thirty millions of acres, and may, at some future 
day, yield breadstuff's sufficient for the consumption 
of more than ten millions of people.— Telegraph. 
REVIEW OF THE JULY NUMBER OF THE 
AGRICULTURIST. 
The postage upon this paper is stated by the 
editor, to be one cent to any distance within the 
state of New York, and one and a half cents to all 
places beyond. If this is so, then I am behind in 
my reckoning. It used to be one cent to all dis¬ 
tances within one hundred miles, as well as within 
the state. In regard to postage, the people of these 
United States should make a vigorous effort to have 
one more reform law passed. We want a uniform 
letter rate of five cents, and newspaper rate of one 
half cent, when prepaid, and one cent when not 
prepaid. All letters originally deposited in any 
office in this country, to be prepaid; and the word 
“ free” to be absolutely unknown. With such a 
law, the Post-Office Department could sustain itself, 
and if it did not, what then ? Does the War De¬ 
partment sustain itself % There would be more 
reason and justice in requiring it to do so, than 
there is in requiring the poor, hard-working labor¬ 
ers of the country to help the Post-Office Depart¬ 
ment to pay all expenses, by levying an onerous 
tax upon their correspondents, while that of all the 
“ eight-dollar-a-day men” is allowed to go free. 
Uniting the Farmers ' 1 Cabinet with the Agricul¬ 
turist. —Annexation is the order of the day. I 
hope this will prove more profitable than I view 
some others. And I hope this arrangement will 
not only be profitable to the old subscribers of the 
Cabinet, but that my very worthy and much-esteem¬ 
ed friend, Josiah Tatem, will also have a share of 
the profit of the union. I am aware that the pub¬ 
lication of the Cabinet has not been profitable to 
him of late. 
Time for Cutting Wheat. —I would always cut 
wheat at the time known by farmers as “ in the 
dough.” Much experience has satisfied my mind 
that the grain will be heavier, the flour sweeter, 
whiter, and more abundant. 
Management of Cheese Dairies ,—This report of 
Mr. Fish is a very interesting one. As to salting 
cheese, I wish he would state his opinion in regard 
to its being badly injured by using common 
New-York salt. It is my opinion that much of it 
is utterly unfit for this purpose, and yet a great 
many persons still continue to use it. While upon 
the subject of cheese, I will notice a very short and 
rather caustic article from an old correspondent of 
yours, whose name we do not very often see of 
late. Is he afraid of Reviewer, or is he in a pet 
because I blowed up his “balloon” once. I 
thought Mr. Robinson the last man to take offence 
at a little joke, and really, I hope he will give me 
a chance at him again. I can assure him that I 
have been quite a constant reader of his articles for 
many years, and should like to continue. Indeed, 
I have been sometimes tempted to treat “ Yankee 
Farming” as from his pen. If I mistake, I am sure 
the real author has no occasion to ruffle his 
feathers at the comparison. But about cheese 
making at Chicago. Is it possible that there is not 
cheese enough made in that great region of grass, 
to supply home consumption. If so, I do not won¬ 
der at the sneering remarks of Mr. Robinson. I 
wonder if this article is not a small clipping of a 
larger one ? It looks like it. 
Adulteration of Food. —I am well pleased to see 
that the able pen of the editor of this paper has 
become engaged in the discussion of this most im¬ 
portant subject. And I hope that he will continue 
the numbers, and particularize every species of 
cheating, till he makes one of the most valuable 
series of papers ever published. I certainly ap¬ 
prove of the law spoken of as about being passed 
by Congress to suppress the importation of adul¬ 
terated drugs, and would willingly subscribe to 
have it made as stringent as that of Prussia, in re¬ 
gard to adulterated food. But after all, the law 
would be ineffectual without a change in the pub¬ 
lic mind. That must be wrought upon by editors, 
and I hope the promised articles upon this subject, 
will lay the foundation for such a change. It 
surely is time. The evil is almost past belief. 
A Curious Fact in Butter Making.' —On reading 
this little article to my frau, she corroborated the 
observation of Professor Johnstone, in every par¬ 
ticular. In fact I had been long assured that milk¬ 
ing cow t s in winter, more than once a day, costs 
more than it comes to. Cows that are milked in 
winter for butter, will, T am satisfied, yield as 
much from one milking, regularly each morning, as 
if milked twice a day. It is well worth carefully 
experimenting upon. 
Dimensions of Apartments. —There never was 
more truth and good sense crowded into eight short 
lines, than there is in these, ’which say that no 
lodging room should ever be less than 10 by 14 
feet, and 8 feet high. In fact, it is one of the 
greatest faults of modern buildings, that many of 
the rooms are only just about the size of a modern 
travelling trunk. 
Cultivation of Cotton in China. —It appears by 
this article, that Whitney’s cotton gin has never 
reached that country ; and probably if it should, it 
