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HUSBANDUY.
I.YTROVUCTTOX
Ta the Ninth Volam t of the Sou.hern Agri
culturist. The liberal patronage this journal has
received for the lantt eight year?, renders
4m uttUty no longer5 doubtful, We, there
fore, anume its coi.trol, with the persua
jion, tliit our present endeavors to contin
ue the work Will be. met by an. increased
dree of public favor. The truth is, the
Agricultural interest js becoming of grea
ter consideration to us every d.iy. The
people of Europe, wd of the Northern
and Eastern Slutes, feeling its vast irnpor-
tance, have already established schools and '
professorships for its advancement, and j
Uetiiuloii pride have encouraged every
undertaking having for its oh ect ihe r
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nrovement of acr cu taral science. In this
enterprise our people have done cornpar
atjvely nothing. While, with
Sedulous I
care, thev hive fostered and cultivated i v-1
erv other Science, thrv have suffered that !
of Agriculture, to sink to an ebb, from
which it requires our strongest efforts to
raise it. The task, however, is not an im
possible one. We have those amongst us
who have advanced the other departments
of. Science to a successful consummation.
Unfortunately, however as much, has hot
been done for Agriculture. We have been
so long accustomed to look upon it as a
mere mechj nical labor, that, we havr, in
a great measure, neglected the study of
those principles, which can alone render
it intellectual and entertaining. The re
sult naturally is, that it ceases to yield us
interest, we become discouraged at its pur
tails, and instead of looking to ouratJvea
for a want of successr attrl bnte the fail tf re
to our lands we proclaim them sterile
the spirit of emigration seizes us, and we
finally abandon them and seek a renova
tion ol our fortunes in the distant West."
Our purpose, in this journal, shall be to
adrnooish our people auninst such a course.
We shall endeavor to shew them, that an
All-wise Providence has provided us wiih
mean, which only want the application
of industry to make them permanent bies
siiigv. That, he has spread out before us
a soil, which if aMendei with -judgment
and. skill, can tield aif abundance of most
of the products of oiher countries. That,
he has favored 08 with a population rem
arkable lor intelligence and virtue, and
has bestowed upon us a governmen under
whose bappy influence, we are brought in
to commerce and Acquaintanceship with
the whole civilized world.
Wittj a view to bnrg out thee resour-
, cps, atui to give a proper application 10
them, WiF have etermihed to -ipsre no ef
foru on our part We hav-, accordingly,
had a personal interview with some oCthe
"iost practical planters and farmers from,
different parts of our 'Southern country.
Most of them have promised us the aid of
" their experience and study, and all of them
have ccivnrcd to transmit us, such agri
cultural information as they may be able
to collect from those arouud them. Nor
hall our efforts lop here. Determined
to improve ourselves, and fo add to the
interest f our readers, we shall, at suita
ble Reasons, make such excursions into
this gnd (be adjoining Siates, as wi II ena
b'f us practically to learn, wh3t is the
tote of th" Sf ience throughout the various
actions of otir Southern countiy. In do
'ngio, we shall permit nothing to escape
ur notice. Our aim shall be to present
'he whole physical and intellectual state
"fthe Science the rural economy of our
people tha I 'moral condition and treat
mfnt of our1 slaves every thing in fact,
which rosy tend to impart interest, by a
detectioo of errors in our agricultural sys
f'n, or the Uiscovery of improvements un
known to it,'
While p feel, therefore, that u great
fponaibility devolves upon as, it must be
obvious ha t much of our success will "de
pend pon'!th efforts' of our friends; 'Or
t rs, around us, with a noble patriotism,
re doing tSll to' advance ihenyselves by
lheir agricultural enterprise. We trust
that our people will catch the same laud"
able spirit. Let then recollect that the
history of the world has proved, that na
tional importance, and we may add, nat
ional iiideDonder.ro itself, are based upon
n. .,. r f,rrr.oM
. . . n . c ,, (1
Th;i amid the ttactuntioris of all other in-
tert'618 aitiw u apri!ons oiau outer
trades, thev alone, by their natural rupu'-
most permanent safeguard to the preifjr-
v.iiion of our institututions and our liberty.
fr jDterest so vaslly important to our 1
n. . ' . . :
afate, snr.uia not ie iiectea oy our
izt'iin. 1 'icy should all leel Iha T lostcr 0f ;1 s.nali hickory-nut. Aply it to the
it, is as high a duty of patriotism a? any ; hu'.is and b?foio U tiordet?. In
other which they couid be called upon to ; tiinmer umi tallow in th;i cnmpo-itior: in
discharge. sti'ad of sutt pre.ae. If tar has prev;ou-
VVijh these hurried remarkc, we throw y D(M!I1 0(j ,t be caivfully rcmo-
ourselves upon ihe indulgence of our p t-:Vod bof-'ri this urease i :.ppacd. i
rons. tiustinp that the usefulness of north
journal will be justly commensurate with
our ffiorts w please.
Charleston January 1, 1836.
From GodnrlCa Gennrgaec Farmer.
ON THE CULTIVATION OF VINES.
"Ma fit "people rind much dirTiculrj in!
raising vines, owing to the depredation
of the black flea or the striped bu. as
soon as vegetation becomes visible, thou
sand- of these insect? will gather on the
euder plants, and often cut them down
s 80on they appear above the surface
onne hi Is.
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''w e euo-queni ruies jou
,n,,J trasny cuiiivdic meioiib, cucuuiut.sf -
tec. without much difhculty. Soon after
W irm weather has commenced, select a ,
m;n' warm Gr l,iace m !our 6araen or
held, plough or spade it deep, at the same
time incorDoratine the soil with well de-
cayed manure : sheep manure is the best, you must have heard all about it, it hap-
Lay' out your ground in hills foor and a Opened so long ago.
half feet assu rider, each way raising them I. Well, Simon Rawson's three daughters,
considerably above the natural surface of. Peggy, Jinny, and Sally smart, Joliy girls
th; ground, with the hills inclined to-' fat, .freckled and mury, had been to
ward the somhv Havinif prepared vur ' see. thxir graodmpther, ii ranny G ilding,
hills you are ready to commence planting, on the plains, and were gonrg hume in a
Distribute no less than ten or fifteen seeds shay tof-thf-r.
in a hill, covering them one qnr.er of an It ii ipp'-ncd to be training day, and 'Un
inch in depth. As soon as thi- pfanis love they arrivd ' upon the mw'.ir.g h-us-made
their appearance, take of ';?!, cs (-i comrno'.i, there siood our company ll 1.1
soot two parts, plaster one part, puivenz- lattl; array. Tins was a sihf fo charm
ed charct al one part, mix thes ingredients the Ravvson girls, and when they got thc.r
tog-ther, until the mixture i well tneer- t-yes fastened i upon it.lhere was no fakui
porated. With this composition t;nter them off. They forgot the horse that cm -your
ardeiir fJuildia ihe rrriTg .while ried them ; and old Bonypart, as bimon's
ihe dew is on, and with a quantity in your black was
hand throw it over 'he plants, dusting ing along with his head and tail Iopp 6
them as much as possible, in order to fof- down, and looking a? if he felt sorry, while
locate the insects, taking particular care the girls kept scratching and tw.sting
not to dust the under part of the leaves. their necks more and more at each step.
By following these directions you will Do look, gals,' said Jinny. If therp
have the pleasure of seeing your plants in aint Ike RutinHs.standmg right in the mid
a thriving condition, and in a few days die on'cm. Who's he laughing and squint
entirely out of the way of these trouble- ing at ? I snore, he thinks he's dreadful
some ir.sec's. " ! cunning.
As soon as the plants begin to interfere j 'I see him,' says Sal, and there is Dolp
with fJ;ie anothei, commence thinning ' I)aniels standing at his elbow. Do see !
ihm out. Pull out all but two or three ihow stiff and warlike beholds up his head
in a hill, leaving those that look the most ! scowling, as it he thinks to scare folks, I
prornisin. There are many persons, who
leave no h ss than half a dozen in a hill
this is a mistaken notion ; for I am con
fident that could you rest assured no
worms would molest the roots, it would
be . aer to pull all out but one, and I am
fully persuaded too, that you would gather
more.fruit from (he vines where there was
but one or twa plants in n hill,. than )oii
would, were you to leave half a dozen.
W' ere you to leave too many, the vines
will become so thick that when they set
for bearing, most of the fruit will decay
before it come? !oany maturity.
Fiy time. As fly time is approaching,
it is recommended to those who value
their Horse and cattle, to soak a sponge
in any kind of Oil, and ruo it ovrrthe
parts most"5 exposed. Tanner's Oil is
probably best.
Wheat, We were surprised to learn,
when in Chili, ( on the Pacific cost of
South America ) that profitable shipments
of wheat h id been made from that cpun
try to the United States. But we ceas
ed to wonder when, on further acquain?nt' hooting, and' hollering, stop the horse'
iam.r merr, we iouna u was pernapo Uie"K'p me norse r
best wheat country in ihe" world, from Jonny Beedle and I were 't''n& nd
about latitude 36 to the southern bounds chatting together on the horse block. I
of Chili. We learned from the kacenda-1 was therfe to certii) and excuse him
rfos, that it was common for wheat to from training, by reason he was
yield an hundred fold that is, to harvest troubled with the nose bleed. Be
100 fanegas for every fanega sown ! We fore I could cry 'What's that,' my whip
now see it stated, that something like 40, woi twitched out oAnf hand i and the
000 bushels of wheat have recently been next thing I saw, Mr. Beedle was on top
smppeuirom London to XSew York, and
" nu itiat aw vusiifis ui
pats have recently ai rived in New York,
also trom London. We fed nearly all
Europe, during their twenty years of
war, conseciuent on the French Revpla-
lion ; nd it n -ed be no matter of surprise,
now th it the redundant population of the
old world is not drawn off from the, cul-
tivation of the earth to till up the ranks
of immense armies, that labor in Europe
should enable the agriculturists there to
supply ua with griiu at a lower rate than
we can produce it for ourselves especial
iti the Atl intic fates'. Standard
Create for slzlrtrtes -
1 t 'if ken half!
pint of malted i''a--'W"0 h''ck lead,
,n j,,, j. r . ),1Vi; ' nreviovii'-ly ilirown in
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cn-.aj m0it.d a In no oi bw.., wix a ih siz
rii, have hern driven from o00 O 300,1'1
miles, without once gresin
alier they
started.
FROM THK PORTLAND AOVKKTISK.U.
jon n v b e !-; i r. i-: - a cm y.
. Lhngley to the e'htcr o f the nnvsiafier hi
Port, and.
Ma Kdwaries , Your last l?tter
Br
makes ,t all straicht. Lrd, I knew- how J
jthe cat would jump t ols in.ermeddhng j
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yug9 du w .. JUU
I was not eailv geared. As 301 arc
very anxious to hear th ? tory of the three
,ai IWWsU 6are 1 u ) i f
once and consider about engaging m your
corresprtffdence afterwards. I tfhut?fn
wonder !'
'That's because he's a corporal,' says
Peggy, 'butgi' me Capt. Peter Thompson,
Don't he holler, as if he wag driving an
light ox team ? He tries dreadful hard
to keep from looking this ay,andl see
his big onion eyes rolling about under
the corner of that ere great cocked up
m.'
So they kept running on, fill Tom
Stone the drummer thinking himself enti
tled to some notice, set to pounding the
drum all of a sq.dden, as hard as he could
lay on. Now the old horse was'nt used
to music, and it put the very skipper into
him. He thought it was the meeting house
tumbling down upon his ears. He fetch
ed an almighty spring, jerked the reins out
i of Jinny's hands they fell about hisbeels,
and away he scampered up the road like
s noke. Bony had been a famous" trotter
in his youth; a ten miler; & he now show
ed that he had not forgot how to poke the !
dirt about a few. The girls they scream
ed the old shay rattled, and all the boys
and all the dogs on theicommnu set off in
the chase together, bow hnir. and barking
of my mare, thrashing with all his might
ano main trying to coax rver into a canter
and then it was thrash and canter, and
thrasrTatl the wv. hli ihv wprANaiWieTcrrnuMfoT-aTortiitefet.1
hid in a cloud of dust ; and when I
coald seejjQthing slse, 1 saw the
: ekin play iq up and do vn, above the
'cloud.
j Bony part had seme enough in his (right
to know the shortest way home, and in
stead of taking the old country mad round
by Carter' tayerh, he SteeretlFtrarglit opf
me new one by tue oiacKsmitn s nop.
Rtlph Staples was there ihoeing a horse,
. I . tit !. I
at was -stooping at this moment, with his
head downwards, and clenching the nails.
& ' iuuh
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peep netween his le.'S, ana could hardly
believe his own eyes when he saw old
Bony in such a gale. He dropped hit
tools in l.-esjharj no time, raojo two pla
ces at once Tor his h;-t, without finding it;
then wiped his face wi'h his' leather apron
and saliied out bareheaded, lie wanjusi
too late to get hold of the bridle, but n
ti.iie to show his good will ; and then all
he couid do was to fall in behind, and join
the cry of the boys 'stop thn horse,' as
i ioud s he could bawl.
Never mindi here come more help.
It ;.vas Jonny Beedle nnd the marc. She
wjM. a clipper I tell you.t'or a rhort race !
!l av&itri hop iu.".ir fnr nlft Whit faro anil I
I swipt her away for old White face and
apiiif h-back watch, and two dollars to
!).ot. But hc lacked wind, ..and by the
time ehe came up by the otfside of the
shay, she was puQing. But as the girth
-aw Mr. Beedle, they set up such a piii
i'ul cry as went to the bottom of his hear!.
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wlg j,,-t about this time that "he wo:ked j
thc Cow,kinm earnest. I'erylick told,
wiu nut iresn tir ;ie into ni- cioow. u
and he left its sting upon the olJ rnareV
hsde, and she reared and pitched as if a
so;horre:s nest was tied to her tail. But ,
0 rjonv h
eard the rumpus behind hiu.
what it meant. He had heard
and knew what
the crack of a whip before and the more !
-um. ucca; puu me a.c .c
l.p went If pver hp limid Un a m!pfnl I
hoof it was now ! Dtdnt the highway
sutler ? I 8iid he trotted before, but
n y be I lied, he had nC begun to
trot,
The mare pushed him hard, and all
the way from ; Staple's barn'to Jona
Ui'ha way's, it was nek'''rnmlun..:'',' . ."":
But it was the luck of my old mare, if
Hi :rr was ever a hole or a rolling -tone a
.y where within reach to find it out. And
Mr Ha 4ia way had carried his cellar rath
r loo f .r into the road. He meant fu
lave covered it up. 'O by all means, but
it v;ts training day you see,' and there i!
va. So in the heat of the race, when'
he was gaining, it inch by inch, the old
mare phinVpM her forefeet into Hatha
way's drain, and canted her hind quarters
over her head, throwing Jonny Beedle in
to the air, ;nd herself bottom upwards in
10 the gutter. Anil away went Cony re
joicing. The poor Rawson girls clung together
in a heap, frightened to demh a'l but.
For what could they do? Jump out nf
the shay and break their necks? This
'hey were ready to do, for they had Iom
their wits : but help appeared when they
least thought ofit. They soon arrived at
the crotch where the old and new road
come together, and passing the pond, who
should they meet but Jack Robinson ?
He was coming down the road, armed and
equipt as the law directs ; and blazing in
rtgimentaU,gning,too late to training. Hi
name was pricked on the roll already,
t he girls gave a scream, and in a mo
ment Jack planted himself in 'he middle
of the way, with a charge bagnet, and a
loud 'who-wo. - - """ -
.At the sight of this warlike figure, the
old horse stood like a rabbit. He neither
dared to go onward, or stop; and what
does he do but fetch a whirl clear round
ou the spot, and run back aum. The
whirl was so short and so quick, that Jack
thought it a miracle that the shay was not
upset, and broke all to splinters and the
gals smashed info mince meat. And a
miracle it would' have been, but (or one
reason, and no sooner were they turned
tail to, than Jack saw it. It was a two
bushel bag full of meal, laid over and
lashed to the axctree.
I he reason, was
bahast.
It w' not there wilh your good will and
ccipjeni. Miss Sally and Jinny. Too
genteel by half to carry meal bags. What
are we comiug to ? Alay be I don't know
how you poated and turned up your nose
at your fathers last words 'Tell your
granny that eggs are ninepence; and stop
at the mill and bring home the grist.'
And did you not all agree to forget it? An
swer me that till Andrew Kelley came
out of his mill and called to you. So ci
vil be was cutting off a piece of his
wifes clothes line and lashing it on tiebt.
and no thanks to you, though he bad . such
a raver for his pains, to sing him to sleep
U Back again went Bony "at tut prettiest
cow-igait, but not the tam way be CPnie tfitV
chose the ord road for a eljantev
as a fong downhrll'tiot steep,
riere was
but onq bed of loose etonesV from fob it,
Lh'ntrnm ml kir J - .t i iV
Legg harrow," teeth upward? 7 Ben
was drradfur sorrr that he had left - it
sorrr
there, but you can't think how' hje as'
ana jJUMieu io get ou to training,)
and if there was room to paas bet ween it ;
and the stone wall, fherer was none 'to
spare. Mr. Robison thinks not. Old
Bony,' said he, went rattling dowtbe
hill like thunder; and whert'he cometp
'he harrow, hoise and shay together made
a clean leap ovt r ft, s slick a foi over
a steel trap, Mmd I giveypu Mr. RobU'
ion's word for this, not mirie. "He wa'
th re and I was not. As 'for that girls,
they shut their eyes and held their brpth,
nd how they reached the bottom of the
full right end upwards they .eannoi1telk'
But more help was'at hand. i'A" '
Stop that horse I' The boys been
left far behind in the race, andwhen -the
char reached the crotch thpv
passjng John Hethaway's.- They had,
.1 'Zi'll' '':'! . s. Ti.
run themselves out into a long strin'z, fhe.
"ctsi in Hum, aiiu lapenng ou witn a
full tail growing smaller und smaller town '
io nothing booting and hollaiing 10 ail
sorts of voice, hoarse and rough atrth$
big end, running down to a 'squeal behindt
time he
i i
'ear away out of hearing. Wheu lU' r'f
-retnost boy saw the turn tbinvs bad tfai
ken at the crotcb he was'sfrk ' with"! V
uckv wul!nt f. wa, Z Zll J 5 V
was oniy.to take a,
(hort cut across Btti Legs nieadi) Ind
-trike the new eonrs in fh sunt hilnron
L.:eV nnrt wiA,. n'. i n
thought and a jump and be was over the
fmce.- callirnr Mhi. wv U,.
And all th hnV. n ,Jft h.
100K up the cry and fuiflped over too:
n i .1 , J ..- '
When the girls opened their eves at
the foot of Stony hill, the meadow wa
swarming with tow. heads, ; bobbing tip.
and down among jhe .bulled Caps and -bachelors
buttons. J It was long legged
Zch Taft that come rsV He. Was irt.
time, and had only to get orer the atone
....II 4 - ' .L .i. wi n
van iw saTq me mree uawson girls, out
there was the rub. The wall stood so
-lender and ticklish, that it wa dangerous
for a bird to light n it, let alone Zach
Taft. The moment he Counted, it crum
bled under him .:-pefeor-. nVbre and
down he came tprawling on hu belly in
the midst, and swimming into the niddle
of the road, uppi 'an. . ocean of rollmg
atones: ' IMinyipingfli
and escaped with the fright. But he had
no time to brag; it was now touch and
to by wifh him, for every rod that be,
wept a fresh bolting oveMhe Vail by 6isv
r.de, t wjtb a hollar stop that horse P tilt
he catpe to the widow Bean's; and here
to put a finishing stroke to his fright, stood
the widow at her door, shaking her table
cloth in the air, And calling the chickens
to eat th6 crumbs Mbiddy-biddybjddy!
By this fime, squash- corner was in ai
uproar. Woman sqolling, boys shouting,
dogs barking, from !! quarters." The men
vere all gone to tho,raining. But every
body now ran together towards Carter's
avcrn, and the soldiers grounded theic
arms with one accord and ran with the
rest.' Old Bonypart left all beliindand
passing Carter's tavern, he shot down the
Barberry road and was soon out of sight.
Jhe rpa dv;ra,Mor.p,a wji botJb
high&sAlepa
to a muddy brookV sind a bridge thp ai"
ways had' one rotten . ptanfciin itpta
no more. As soon as it was known that.
the horse had gone the Barberry road, i
the cry was raised. The Rawson girU" '
win oe spin in ine rruuaynrooK I piitin , "
fhe muddy brook," just ms Vartln"""" "---t
j misery n must nreaK ngnt ottnert s
comes Joe Bowers all in a catastrophe,
and I know what heis after, his wife,-p'
I thought so and no time to chat-r-l arn
sorry but whew .
I know a case in which the mimsteV
praying over a child apparently dying
said, 'If it be thy will spare." The poor
mother's soul yearping for her beloved,
exclaimed. 'It, must be hit will, I cannot
hear j.' . The minister stopped. To
the surpnse of many the child recov
ered; and the mpther, after almost suf
fering marty rdom by him while a atriphjig
lived to fee him hanged .before he ,Wju
two and twenty years of ige. Oh, it it
good tb say'Not my wiH 4ut thywijl O
Lord, be done,". , , , .
. Ttwptranct. He is a temperate man
whose reason rules his appetite ; and he
is an intemperate man whose appetite nilts
his reason, v . -.:,'.: -;' ' J '
i' '. . mi i i ,i '.i ' l i . .
n WTienr paia,- sickness, aod aaselute yrat
aMft Alif . - rn AtfMmot i On 4 9tm wrF
circumstances can make us m-W Ustingly liaS. 7f
oy than Were tftaWwr;-:
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