I 
tide, when once introduced, will always 
create. 
The rapid improvement and extension of 
the railway system exerts a most favorablo 
influence upon the dairy interest, in this 
and the western States. In the words ot 
the report, “ it brings compet tion within 
the reach of all and competition compels to 
excellence.” Tho price ot butter and cheese 
is affected by tho condition of the packages 
in which they reach tho market. A slow 
mode of transportation, and frequent trans¬ 
fers from one mode of conveyance to an¬ 
other, can hut injuro both the appearance 
and real value of an article of this nature. 
Bat when Ohio and western New-York have 
equal facilities for market with Orange. 
Herkimer and Goshen, then competition 
will bo stimulated, and tho productions of 
all these localities, will be brought up to 
“ high water mark” by the operation ot the 
law of self-interest, and the influences of 
increased knowledge and enterprise in this 
and all classes of productive industry. 
In another part of the volume, we find a 
paper on the Agricultural Statistics of Yew 
York, by tho Hon. John Delafield, of Se¬ 
neca county. To this we shall refer here¬ 
after, but would remark in this connection, 
that the production of Cheese in this State 
is shown to have increased in five years, 
from 1845 to 1850, 12,691,437 lbs., reaching 
at the time of tho 7th census, tho sum total 
of 49,741,413 lbs. Tho production of But¬ 
ter for the same year was 79,766.094,—an 
increase over that of 1845, of 9,264,361 lbs. 
should know what ho wants, or rather what 
he needs, and then should seek to produce 
it. The law, that “ like produces like” is 
true, and will prove true, no less in regard 
to good animals and qualities, than bad 
ones. Tho anatomical structure ot the 
horse and mare should bo carefully studied 
and compared, before they are brought to¬ 
gether, always keeping in mind the fact, that 
bad qualities are as easily and as surely per¬ 
petuated as good ones. 
Rules without number might be given, by 
which breeders should be chosen. But the 
rules to be of any benefit, must ho under¬ 
stood, and to be rightly understood, requires 
a thorough acquaintance with the anatomy 
of the horse. Then each one, who would 
breed good horses, should seek a full and 
intimate ac uaintance with tho anatomy of 
the horse, and when that knowledge is ob¬ 
tained. the rules for breeding will be of easy 
deduction. The importance of a full and 
complete pedigree is great to the breeder. 
Ho ought to know the history of his stock. 
He ought to know whether or not the ani¬ 
mals have been bred, so long and with such 
care, that the perfections or imperfections, 
as tho case may be, of the animal before 
him, have become fixed. 
LEAHS TO EE STOPPED.-NO. 1. 
BYFIELD SWINE.-INQUIRY, 
Thorough Bred Horses. 
Tiie folllowing “remarks of a general char¬ 
acter” are prefixed to the award of premiums 
by judges in this class of Horses, Messrs. 
Wheeler of Vt., Denison of C. W., and 
Bowie of Md.: 
What is a horso wanted for ? What arc 
tho duties he is required to perform ? lie 
is wanted for speed on tho road, and for 
conveying heavy loads quickly. For speed 
he has no competitor, among our domestic 
animals—for draught, none but tho ox. Ho 
is nioro expensive to keep than tho ox; is 
kept at greater risk, and requires more con¬ 
stant care. Ho compensates his owner solo- 
ly by his speed. Tho speed upon tho road 
and celerity of movement with a, load, sum 
up. in a word, tho peculiar dutii s of the 
horse. 
This attribute of speed depends upon a 
peculiar anatomical conformation, tho more 
prominent characteristics of which are bones 
small in size, but fine in texture and hard : 
muscles tense and firm, separately round 
and prominent; an indisposition to accu¬ 
mulate fat, the secrctivcs depositing rnus- 
clo instead; vital organs largo and power¬ 
ful ; limbs wide, clear, and sinewy; every 
muscle and tendon clearly defined; the 
joints clean and firmly knit; the hoofs of 
medium size, hard and tough ; the shoulder 
slanting, giving ease of motion, and much 
more extended motion than the upright 
shoulder, and well wrapped with tense rope 
like muscles; tho rump straight, or nearly 
so ; the stifle deep and full; the chest deep 
rather than wide,—thus giving the most 
room for tho motion of tho lungs and the 
actien of tho heart; the tlank deep, that 
tho digestive organs may not crowd upon 
the lungs and heart. 
The movements of the horso are all in 
accordance with mechanical laws, and the 
superiority of one form over another, so far 
as ease of action is concerned, depends sole¬ 
ly upon tho perfection of the mechanical 
relations of the bones and muscles. Tho 
angles, tho centers of motion, on which the 
most depends, are those of the shoulder and 
thigh. They should be acute. The more 
obtuse, the greater the loss of power. Hor 
ses have been bred, for many generations 
with a particular referenco to such an ana 
tomical development, as hinted at above, re¬ 
sulting in great speed, combined with great 
powers of endurance and aro known as blood 
or thorough bred horses. They have ex¬ 
celled, in speed and bottom, all other horses. 
The nervous systom of tho blood horso 
has been disproportionately developed in 
some families, perhaps in tho whole class. 
But, at present, the error, if error it is, 
stands, in a great measure, corrected, and 
those horses, in this class, which now stand 
tho highest, aro more tractablo and docile 
than former generations, yet, at the same 
time retaining tho speed, bottom and fire, 
when fully aroused, of thoir progenitors. 
Now, since in tho blood horso, is found 
tho peculiar attribute of the horse, in its 
highest perfection, too much can hardly bo 
said of the importance of a liberal dash of 
blood in all grades of horses. On the road 
it is necessary, and at the plow or tho truck 
it will tell wonderfully. The farmer, with 
half or three quarter” bloods, can plow his 
half acre a day more than with common 
firm horse?. He can safely reckon that his 
blood will haul his load some miles further 
in a day than a common team. This is so. 
Theory points to it, and experience has pro- 
y >,d it; and if tho farmer can actually in¬ 
crease the value and efficiency of his motive 
power, without increasing the number of 
animals or expense in rearing and keeping, 
13 it not as much a matter of good policy 
and good husbandry so to do, as to improve 
his land and raise larger crops by extra ma¬ 
nure and extra tillage ? Certainly it is ; and 
while it is expensive at the outset to im¬ 
prove land, it costs no more to raiso a good 
horse than a poor one. 
In selecting animals for breeding, the first 
thing to bo settled, is tho kind of horse to 
bo produced. This should bo clearly de¬ 
termined in the mind of tho breeder. He 
Messrs. Editors :—No doubt during your 
perambulations through tho country, you 
have noticed (especially if those travels took 
place in the spring of the year.) many leaks 
to tho “farmers’ gold mine,” the barn yard 
and manure heap. You will see, go in what 
direction you pleaso, yards so situated that 
the heavy rains in March, or tho first 
part of April, together with the rapid melt¬ 
ing away of the snow, causes the better 
part of the manure to run off in golden, 
odorous streams into the highway, and along 
said highway to some rivulet, thence to some 
pond, or spread ovor lands where it is least 
required. 
1 have seen farmers (our big farmers, too, 
if acres will merit tho appellation,) permit 
their stock to go one-fourth of a mile or 
more to get their daily supply of water, and 
this too, in tho highway, thereby losing 
much manure which should bo leit in tho 
yard. And, another difficulty; cattle will 
become very thirsty, many times, before 
they will go for water, on account of the 
severity of tho weather, and when they do 
go, they will drink until they aro chilled 
and uncomfortable. A remedy for this has 
been heretofore suggested in the Rural, 
and many have provided themselves with 
it; and many have not, and perhaps never 
will. If self-interest and the attribute of 
mercy, (for “ a merciful man is merciful to 
his beast”) and lino upon line, and precept 
upon precept will not do it, what will ? 
The folly of all this waste, is apparent to 
any provident farmer. For, from this mine 
flows all his wealth ; and if properly worked, 
many are the blessings consequent thereon; 
if neglected and permitted to run to waste, 
he will soon find his ship in a perilous con¬ 
dition, and his hide-bound pocket-book cry¬ 
ing with tho empty belly-ache. What 
would be thought of the commander of a 
ship, who, having discovered a leak, should 
neglect to stop it when a little effort would 
do so, and thus save both crew and cargo ? 
To all thus improvident, I say, stop that 
leak. Imitate the example of brave Perrt, 
on Lake Erie, who discovered a leak, and as 
the song has it, 
“ He off with his co.nt, and plumped up the boat, 
Aud away through sulphur and fire did steer.” 
If you cannot stop it by mason work and 
absorbents, such as straw, leaves from the 
forest, muck, &c., change tho site of your 
yard. By all means, stop that leak. 
Little Utica, Jan., 1853. S. Ea 
Eds. Rural : — I wish to make a few in¬ 
quiries through the medium of your col¬ 
umns, in relation to tho Byfield breed of 
hogs. Will they fat readily while young ? 
What is their weight at full age, when fat ? 
Can you, or any of your readers, inform me 
through the Rural where I can obtain a 
pair of pigs of this breed, either now or in 
the spring ? c. 
Greece, Monroe Co. N. Y., Jan., 1853. 
Remarks. —Tho most recent information 
we can come at on this subject is derived 
from Sanford Howard, Esq., Editor of tho 
Boston Cultivator, who states that tho By¬ 
field or Newbury-white Breed, originated, 
or first became noted, about forty years ago 
in Byfield, Mass. It is said to have sprung 
from a cross with some African or Chinese 
breed, which had a great tendency to fat¬ 
ten. No vestige of it is to bo seen at the 
present time. What was called the “Grass 
Breed” was probably derived from some 
mixture of the Byfield. 
In Allen's Domestic Animals, the By- 
fiolds are described as “ white, with fine 
curley hair, well made, and compact, mode¬ 
rate in size and length, with broad backs, 
and at fifteen months of age, attaining some 
300 to 330 lbs., net.” 
If any of our readers can furnish us ad¬ 
ditional information they will greatly oblige 
us.—E d. 
Cows Worth Having. —Under this head 
we published a short time since, a notice of 
two cows, owned by Mr. Billings, of La 
Grange, N. Y., with tho added remark of 
the Clinton Co. Whig—the editor of which 
thinks his cow can beat Mr. B’s. Mr. D. 
B. Westfall, of Lyons, N. Y., says his fa¬ 
ther has a cow, from tho cream of whoso 
milk, 12 lbs. of butter was made in six days 
—her only food being good pasturo. Mr. 
Westfall says he offers the editor of the 
Whig $50 for his cow, if she will give milk 
enough to make 12 lbs. of butter a week, 
for three months. 
THE AGRICULTURAL PRESS. 
How to Start a Farmers’ Club. 
Quoting a passage from our hints on 
“ Farmers’ Clubs” in a recent number, the 
Farmers' Companion adds the following 
capital suggestions. We hope many a neigh¬ 
borhood will put them in practico, both in 
New York and Michigan, and wherever the 
Rural or Companion may carry them. It 
says : 
By Farmors’ Clubs the mind is improved; 
social feelings aro encouraged; information 
is both imparted and acquired ; the habit of 
close thinking and easy speaking are learnt; 
above all, combining the pleasui-e of a party, 
or the excitement of a political meeting, 
there is general improvement , which cannot 
always be said of the others. Get all ar¬ 
ranged, select your best speaker to begin, 
have supper over, and the things washed up, 
harness up the team, and away with all tho 
family to tho school-house. By all means 
take your wife and daughters with you as 
listeners, they will add to tho enjoyment, 
keep everything quiet, and abovo all, give 
life to the club, for what the ladies are not 
allowed to enjoy will not continue long.— 
When it is ovor, drive home through tho 
clear, sparkling, frosty air, in tho light of 
the full moon, and you will sleep tho sound¬ 
er, wake happier, roalizo that your neigh¬ 
bors are worthy of your regard, and pros¬ 
per all the moro. 
If knowledge is power, union is its twin 
sister. Or if the number of members of the 
Club is not great, appoint tho meetings in 
tho afternoon, at each other’s houses ; view 
tho farm, the cattlo, &c.; discuss tho merits 
of every plan, and then adjourn to tho par¬ 
lor, to hot tea, light biscuits, and the best 
kept apples or grapes of the season. What 
is tho use of having a good farm, good build¬ 
ings, and good stock, if nobody sees them, 
or a good housekeeper for a wife, if no one 
ever tries her skill ? We never know how 
much information wo possess, till wo talk 
over tho subject with others, nor can we as¬ 
certain the depth of our ignorance. 
water required, being numerous, and at 
regular intervals. Now, observe tho result: 
the alder swamp would not have sold ori¬ 
ginally for five dollars an acre; it now brings 
crops of corn, broom-corn and meadow 
grass, moro than paying tho interest on a 
hundred and fifty dollars per acre, besides 
all expenses. He doubled his manure by 
drawing from tho most peaty portion of this 
drained swamp, large quantities of muck to 
his farm-yard, where it was kept compara¬ 
tively dry till wanted, under a cheap slab 
and straw shed. 
By paying a small sum yearly, he was en¬ 
abled to improve immensely the breed of 
his cattlo, sheep, and swine, and which ho 
thinks has returned tho money thus ex¬ 
pended at least twenty fold. Tho samo 
keen attention to his business in other points 
enabled him to effect many additional im¬ 
provements, among which we may briefly 
mention a cheap and simplo horse-power of 
his own construction, consisting of a rope 
running on the ends of radiating arms, 
which enabled him by means of one or two 
horses, as necessity required, to thrash his 
grain, saw his wood, drivo his churn, turn 
his grindstone, and slit picket-lath. It is 
true, he has now thrown this rude machine 
aside for tho greatly improved endless chain 
power, but it answered his purpose for the 
time, before the days of improved ma¬ 
chinery. 
But among all his outlays for the sake of 
economy, there is none which he thinks has 
repaid him equal to the subscription money 
applied in taking two agricultural periodi¬ 
cals, costing him a dollar and a half yearly 
bosidos postage, and which, in connection 
with his own experience and good judg¬ 
ment, have been the chief guides in most of 
his groat improvements. Ho has been en¬ 
abled to add sixty more acres to his land, 
and the whole presents a beautiful speci¬ 
men of neat, finished, and profitable farm¬ 
ing. None of this is fiction. It was grad¬ 
ually accomplished by years of constant, 
steady, intelligent perseverance. 
UNITED STATES AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
EXHIBITION OF FOWLS AT ALBANY. 
Wf. have received a note from B. P. John¬ 
son. Esq., Secretary of the State Ag. Society, 
stating that at the request of many breed¬ 
ers, it had boon determined to have an ex¬ 
hibition of fowls at the time of the annual 
meeting and winter show, tho second Wed¬ 
nesday of February. No premiums will be 
offered, but it is presumed thoso who have 
choice fowls will ombraco the opportunity 
of bringing them before the public. A safe 
and comfortable place will bo provided, and 
contributions aro invited from all part3 of 
the country. 
Profitable Sheep.— A correspondent wri¬ 
ting from LeRov, N. Y., says, “ Albert Hill. 
rosiding in tho north part of Pavilion, shear¬ 
ed in 1851, from his flock of 186 fine wool- 
ed sheep—consisting of yearlings, breeding 
ewes and wethers—778£ lbs. of wool, and 
sold the samo for 45 cts. per lb. In 1852, 
from his flock of 203 sheep, he sheared over 
900 lbs., which sold for 40 cts. His present 
flock of 200, will bo offorod for sale on and 
after the 25th inst.” 
Young stock should be moderately fed 
with grain in winter, and receive generous 
supplies of long provender, it being essen¬ 
tial to keep them in fair condition, in order 
that the formation of muscle, bones, &c., 
may be encouraged and continuously car¬ 
ried on. 
To the Friends of Agriculture :—The un¬ 
dersigned, President and Secretary of the 
United States Agricultural Society, in be¬ 
half of said body, respectfully invite tho 
Friends of Agriculture, in all the States and 
Territories, to join their National organiza¬ 
tion. Its objects are to embody in one cen¬ 
tral Association, tho valuable information 
already obtained by various local Societies, 
and to establish a more intimate connection 
between them ; to correspond with foreign 
Societies, and to diffuse a knowledge of their 
most important Agricultural improvements 
and discoveries ; and, in the various ways, 
as sot forth, in the first number of the Jour¬ 
nal of the Society, to aid tho promotion of 
this noble art. 
It is not by isolated an^l individual exer¬ 
tion, but by'united and associated action, 
that rapid progress is to be made and a gen¬ 
eral interest awakened. Measures of a wise 
and efficient character should be taken to 
increase our knowledge of rural arts and 
sciences, as well as to communicate to every 
tiller of the earth such professional infor¬ 
mation and individual experience as the host 
farmers and planters are able to impart. 
Friends of Agriculture ! In what terms 
shall wo address you, to secure a practical 
recognition of tho advantages of co-opera¬ 
tion in a scheme that embraces every State 
and Territory in the Union, and is eminent¬ 
ly calculated, as we believo. to elevate and 
advance the great farming interest ? 
Tho plan of operations that has been 
adopted, is indicated by tho Constitution of 
the United States Society, which is printed 
on this sheet, and to which your attention 
is specially invited. [Wo gavo the Consti¬ 
tution of tho Society in Vol. Ill, page 234, 
July 22d, 1852, and hence need not repeat 
it here.] 
It is obvious that this Association cannot 
be useful to tho country, unless many per¬ 
sons join it, existing Agricultural Societies 
give it their confidence and support, and 
Government extend to it her fostering hand. 
No officer of tho Society is paid for his ser¬ 
vices, and it is bolioved that the members 
will receive in its Quarterly Journal, seeds, 
plants, etc., a full equivalent for the amount 
of their annual subscription. 
Tho fee for membership has been fixod at 
the moderato prico sf two dollars per an¬ 
num, or twenty-fivo dollars for Life mem¬ 
bership, in order to multiply the number of 
members, and make the Society co-exten- 
sivo ivith tho country, and to enable it to 
put into tho hands of each subscriber a 
quarterly Journal, or an annual volume, 
valuable to himself and creditable to the 
Association and to American Agriculture. 
A. united and general effort to maintain a 
National Agricultural Society should no 
longer he delayed. Come, Brother Farm¬ 
ers ! Let us engage in this worthy enter¬ 
prise. Let us unite our strength and wis¬ 
dom, and thus secure numerous and efficient 
representations in this Association, from all 
tho States and Territories, and from all the 
local Agricultural Societies and kindred or¬ 
ganizations throughout our country. 
Marshall P. Wilder. President. 
Daniel Lee, Cor. Secretary. 
Washington, January I, 1853. 
Advantages of Farm Accounts. 
The JVew England Farmer has a report 
of a recent meeting of tho Concord Far¬ 
mers’ Club, when this question was up for 
discussion. Wo copy tho remarks ot two 
of the members : 
Dr. Reynolds said, every farmer would 
find his advantage in keeping a debt and 
credit account, not only with his male and 
female help, but with his coavs, oxen, horses, 
hogs and sheep. Ho should charge each 
animal, or each lot of animals, with their 
cost, the expenso of keeping, losses by dis¬ 
ease, injury and death; crodit them with 
their increase, milk, butter, cheese, labor, 
wool, mutton, pork, beef, product of sales 
when sold alivo, &c. In tho samo Avay ho 
should keep an account with each field, 
charging it Avith its A r alue, taxes, manures, 
and labor expended upon it, and giving 
credit for crops and improvements. Thus 
he Avould know his profit or loss from year 
to year; what crops and what animals aro 
most profitable; would benefit by his expe¬ 
rience, and might have accurate informa¬ 
tion for his neighbors. 
Simon Brown said such accounts might 
easily be kept; all that was wanting was an 
effort to begin. Ho hoped they would all 
begin on tho first of January. Each one 
might keep such a journal as ho pleased.— 
He has for years kept a journal in which he 
not only kept his accounts Avith his help 
and his neighbors, but in Avhich he has noted 
the time when the birds appear and depart, 
when the blossoms open, whon ho planted 
his around, how much seed ho sOAVod, and a 
• 6 x -X- -,1_oc wnl 1 
Mr. J. R. Taylor, of Covington, has 
raise'd tho past year, from one bean, 52 pods, 
containing 198 beans; from another bean. 
48 pods, containing 145 beans—or, from 
the two, a product of 343 beans. 
variety of incidents of domestic as avcII as 
of a philosophical nature. Wo are crea¬ 
tures of habit; if avg once get into the way 
of keeping such a record aa’o shall find it 
easy and pleasant. He also spoke ot tho 
moral effect. It Avould make a man not 
only a better farmer, but a better man and 
better citizen. Ho would know himself hot¬ 
ter, as well as tho state of his affairs, and 
would have more courage to engage in tho 
conflicts of life. 
Another member spoke of the oaso with 
which the habit of writing could bo acquired, 
and of tho benefit it Avould prove to tho 
young farmer. Tho amount and mode of 
cultivation of evory crop was matter Avorthy 
of record, and Avould prove of permanent 
value and interest. 
“A Fifty Acre Farmer.” 
The Country Gentleman gives an interest¬ 
ing contrast between a “four hundred aero” 
and a “ fifty aero farmer”—tho ono com¬ 
mencing with largo capital and little prac¬ 
tical go-ahead-itiveness; the other, in debt 
for his little farm, but full of energy and 
“hound” to succeed. Wo copy a feAV 
paragraphs: 
He began by examining closely what im¬ 
provements could be made, of whatever 
character and kind, whether cheap or ex¬ 
pensive. Among these he was compelled 
to select first tho cheap improvements, or 
those which promised the largest profits for 
the smallest outlay. One of tho first of 
these Avas tho draining of a three acre alder 
swamp, a largo portion of which ho did 
with his OAvn hands in autumn, between 
seeding and husking. Ho had read of Judge 
Buel’s success Avith brush drains; ho con 
structed all tho side or secondary channels 
by filling them at the bottom Avith tho 
bushes cut from the ground, which enabled 
him to accomplish the work at less than half 
the usual price. These brush drains havo 
noAv stood many years, and tho brush being 
wholly excludod from tho external air, has 
not decayed, and they carry off the little 
Care of Coavs in Winter, 
Tiie Farmer s Companion gives tho fol¬ 
lowing seasonable hints: 
Indian moal is injurious to coavs which 
aro with calf,—its heating nature is very 
apt, if much is given, to produce inflamma¬ 
tion, especially if they are in a high condi¬ 
tion. If they aro in milk and expected to 
calve in spring, it must bo remembered that 
for the double duty of furnishing milk and 
of affording nutrimentto the growing foetus, 
they require a plenty of good wholesome 
food; othenvise it cannot bo expected they 
Avill produce a strong, healthy offspring, or 
afford much nourishment to tho calf after 
it is dropped. For a period of throe months 
or more, before calving, (and tho same 
courso should be adopted in tho treatment 
of all animals in a state of pregnancy,) 
coavs should bo supplied with those kinds of 
food Avhich contain much nutriment in a 
small bulk ; for if they are alloAved to dis¬ 
tend their enormous stomachs with masses 
of innutritious food, tho pressure upon tho 
Avomb may bo productime of tho most in¬ 
jurious and sometimes fatal consequences. 
Tho boAvols should bo kept in a moderatoly 
open state, by a daily feed of roots, or “ slop” 
made of wheat bran. One of tho best ar¬ 
ticles for feeding last spring’s calves, wo 
havo ever used, is the meal of tho corn and 
cob ground fino. It preserves tho boAvols 
in excellent condition, and gives them a 
sleek and thrifty look. 
The Farmer’s Tribute. 
Waste and losses from neglect, levy largo 
taxes on many a farmer—often larger than 
County and State together. Our friend, 
Wm. II. Gardner, gives tho folloAving con¬ 
densed hints on this subject in the JYorthern 
Farmer: 
“Millions for defence, but not ono cent 
for tribute.” Hoav vast is tho aggregate 
amount of money paid as tribute by tho far¬ 
mers of our Stato! Most certainly it is im¬ 
mense. Not under the head of cash con¬ 
tributions, direct from tho pocket, but trib¬ 
ute from Avastes Avhich might have been 
easily aud profitably avoided. The crops 
are not Avell secured by good fences. Cat¬ 
tlo get in, and thus is paid a tribute in Avaste. 
Watering troughs aro not provided. Deep 
snows fall, and the cattle are obliged to 
drink from a spring, rendered a Avell by 
accumulation of ice and shoav. A Avoak one 
falls in, dies, and thus is paid a tribute. A 
board, or shingle gets off tho barn, rain and 
snow drive in—perhaps damaging hay, or 
grain, and hastening decay. Tlius another 
tribute is paid, in short, by Iioav many 
thousand ways does tho farmer pay tribute 
in losses by neglect. Loss of time, loss of 
property, and all finally as direct losses, us 
if paid by him direct from tho pocket, and 
tho causes remaining unhoeded. 
The Later Architecture. 
The Prairie Farmer has an article on 
tho changes which tho last fifteen years has 
Avitnessed in tho domestic architecture of 
the country, from which wo copy the closing 
paragraph: 
Wo have gained all that is implied in tho 
first steps of improvement. The stupid and 
unvarying Grecians Avith that samo gablo to 
the street, has yielded, in the first placo to 
_variety. The American is a mixed char¬ 
acter, and personal independence is no where 
else so insisted on. It is, thereforo, becom¬ 
ing that this truth should bo expressed in 
our Architecture. Wo can tolerate uni¬ 
formity in nothing elso; why should avg bo 
condemned to dwellings of ono particular 
cut and pattern ? But we havo got beyond 
that, and buildings of a simplo and intelli¬ 
gent beauty, are appearing in almost overy 
district of tho country—buildings expressive 
of tho uses to which they aro put, and har- 
