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tl.e )bl n:,jbat lbey i ll ave taken thtit
tfunujndiou!? Store,' next door to
(apt? Pickett's Tavern, where they
l.ave nmv ofend and j propose to
lef p c." st atuiy on an d a ge r e ra I
fVrO'iment of
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tvVich ihey will sell )ovv,i for cash or
iirod n e. ' ' . ' ! :
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IN ADDITION TO THE ABOVK
AVV have .-leceiied an asortrn?nl
of liudie- "and lies Morocco and
bal skin SUOi:S. .
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Tiie exercises of this instif.unon,
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of Mr, Thomas 'J. Hardy. 'The course:
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tCf Good acconniiodations for
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lov n. :
Ike !3. Ti
row vaw
A Stouv lloise $5 feet in' front,
ai4 18 feet deep, it I i two '.brick'
immne)3 anu a piazza, aiid a new
aie tlntise in the moM central
part of Durants Neck, on the main
rfild.' fl is a miwl pli?r"ihl sifunlinn
fur
u'ercantile business, tieirjg iu 'the
mi !u of a thjckly settled tieighhor
Jpod,aail convenient to several land
'pS4 on Little UWer, Albemarle
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nients for a reuibval .Wa
foJu'bH present residence, will sell
ypoa a liberal credit, that well locat-
ea and improved Property in the
. rHVn of Hertford winch he at this
llNe occupies, embrarinor three Lots.
nun a
c ; .
ln good repair. No property in the
, J HStCSSdl V UUI IUMIC. IIU1V
iown- can be belter calculated
r a private, residence and at the
time for businessHis present
r"KC l iteen Hundred Dollars, mly
JviaUun 1. 3acoclis.
7errd w. 2. C. 22. Tf
p JUSTJiECEIVED
Pcr Pri vlrtrt IJartjrom Tobago.
,2 Pcheons RUM '
' For sale ly -
?eua Voiles, uu.
Uizabeth-Vity, Dec. 9J .
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Just received by Schooner Philin
da, L)nnell,from Anligtia via St Oar
thnlofrif.iv, & also by bebr. briperb,
lidpei, frorn.Contoa - - - V
; ?20 barrels BeeC
7000 lbs. Cheese,
Tiisli Iitatofcs, '
Xrnnen WheclSj
r Jour, &c. &c.
For Sale, by
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i Eliibeth-Cily Jan. 13. :
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lAat til VifcUevs
Remaining in the Post-OtT.r.e. at Eh
zabeth-Citty, 1st of January 1827,
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eral iUt-Office.V . f ' ' :
Wmt Apley. 2, Allen Ames, Nehe
mi ah Baker 2, Obed Baker, Silas
Ho'ven, Thomas W. Butler,' James
Bajber, E. Oocker, Gushun ("lark.
Daniel .. (Urk, Wm, 'Cooper, Eq.
JasonlChase VVm. Hrpavis, Joseph
r oster, t)exter Gilbert, Agness Gil
i;ert, orcen, iaac oi iiiin, m.
V (Jiegory, AVillis Gallop, John L.
Hobejion, J. W. finton, n. Ja
seal V m. N. ivev 2, Daniel J. v, A
media IJaprnan, Jhn Kay, Epbraim
Kite, Ambrose Knox John'' K'jhuv
in, otli Clark Mucion, Catharine
Mullrri, Margaret Morris, N. Miivh-
ell, ' m.M. Nixon, G. P. Overman,'
1 s a a c 0 ve 1 1 u a n , i j . Prider, Kd ard
eck, Uempsey I. Pendleton, kdo-r
a4)u Pool, sen, Thomas Reed, Henry
Readeu, W'm. D. Shephard 3,- Oiin
Sears, IjUcbert E. Smith 2, Atiaa
5?iaWJ-iion persce i;, v iiiiauj in-f
A. Itlli , i III. Jrt VV CJ , III. J.MI1ICI,
in. ii-on, jorm u. v arrinaj'on,-
- 1 - 1 T' 1 - II . ! I
Anthonv U hitehurst; Richard West.
f-XizahtthCily Jon. 6. '
Has . jnt deceived a large supply of
Uooks, u Inch he oilers for
sajeclicap- Among
1 them are the fol-, . j
I : lowing : 1
The! Life and Correspondence of
R. HJ Lee, in '2 vols.- Gontgatid's
Najxlco-n Wain's Life of La Fay-
eric Jetierson's iotes on virsrinta
1 acker. z i e' s 5000 Re c e i p t s H hh-
nrofis liifVof 'W ashintjlon, in 2 volsJ
aioleon's Expedition to Russia,"
in 2. vols. Fra n Iain's :Life and Es-
Lights and Sliauovv'of Scot-j
ri st IJfe Reid oil the MindPhila-
m z vols. aeit Kjiowteagen riihies
a n d Te sta me nts. lie side s a v a r i e t
of Novels and Poms, viz :the Scot
tish Chiefs, in 3yoT.4-haddptis of
v aisatv, in s vol s.beau lies vh ine
Criti'sU'. Glassier, 2 vofi.Yarte-r
4
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A Saijpr's Friendshij ardd-
iter s iave l am ana iriiinia--ue-cision
a tale -Robinson'fcrusoe, 2
vfJs.Pdpe's Works, 2y vols. Mil
ton's do. do. --Washington or Liber
ty Restored W reath, &c.
lurje, . collection of School. Booky
now ifr ?e, viz :
Murray's and .' Webster V Spelling
Books -Lookin g Glass- lu! uyV
Grammarland Exercie Do. Iutro-1
ductjon -Do. Reader -Hi.-lory of
Rm,e Do. of Greece Do. of Log
land Scott's Lessons Pike's Da
bolls andjJess' Arithmetics- Com
mings' and, Morse's Geography wit ir
ah .tlasl Walker's Dictionary, large;
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tures - Dp. Philosopli v iionnycas-j
tie's Algebra- R d d i n i-i rr' s Latin
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py Rooks, , Copjier J Plates Pa perj
Slates,. Pencils,1 . Q'lills, lukstaiuls,
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Farmer ?s Hcposiirj.
Sketches on Agriculture.
.7. 1. Cp'f IS (Ireensbtirzh,
Pa. Presided of Ac IVcstiortlaiid
driciiiturUl Sacieh:.
It appears a be iH Cite of M newly
settled countries, toj(; the sl fiearly
exhausted twjfcirc rtklle iik.v
proements in apricolire are courneif -ed.
Suth ;wjas the case in the eastern
parts of this state, unless in sTcew places
whrc the kTI was alluvial, or "'from its
natural aud almost inexhaustible fertility.
it could scarcclyi binder aby had system
of farming tA materially deteriorated.
The observation of MrvKalm, a Swe
dish traveller imhe account he gives of
the husbandry of the then British colo
nies, as he found it in 1749, is 'a corre t
picture of all the ne settlements subse
quently established. , '. . "
They make scarcely any manure lor
their corn fields,
he says;. but when
one piece of.
by c on tin u at
groutid has been exhausted
cruppint;, they clear and
cultivate . another piece of fresh land, ant
when that is exhaled, proceed to a
thy d." It isma necessary, however, to
iro so far hack into -antiquity, &s those
who were acquainted with that section pi
the state, thmy-five years ago, and, haft
seen it of late y eats, will have.perceived
how much has Ix-en aded, by the im
provements iji agtkuiture, to. the annua i
i)ioductive value of the freehold. - !
In a country like ours, Mhere land is
plenty in p oportion to the number of ii
hahit'ants, and where individuals are pro
prietor's of 1f rge farms, the . dispositu-i
appears too . t alent to be more anxious
as to tiie quantity cultivated, than th
manner hi liich it shall be done. The
ienip?tion is strong, hut it is i great and
iadi a eirorj, Tle labor greatly in-;
rreased, in procuring the same quantity,
of grain from twenty, that ! rr i Kt be prof
cured horn ten acres; and this different e
exists between what will be estimated a
i tVlrrabiy cvr.j?, one of ' tjbcf fiht
f,tia!;fv
lieteen tnese two poll. is exis?
the prohts ot a crop, aU they wilt be in
creased or diminished as they. approxim
ate lo'eithtr. j
In every tood system of agriculture
the quality of the soil, the order in which
it" shall be at tlve time cf sowm or plant
ing, aud tie season for perfoiming either
operation, will be considered as articles
of j.rirhary importance.
In clayey
so i 1 s ,' p a rtic u 1 a r I y t hos e i m -
prenateti with a calcareous substance,
will he found from putting
on the nvanure from the barn yard at ian
earlier; stace! of decomposition I than on
those f a flight r sandy nature, where it
w ill not so rapidly decompose; ard in
sue Jv soils, a-gi eater benefit will be found
from.; ploughing down clover, huk heat,
miiit t,or othitv tctahle substances, than
in a light and sanely soil
Experience has fully proved, that the
more peifectly the soil is pulverized, the
nior.e ca pabl- it is of eon vey ing nou nsh
ment ta the tender fibre. of -the! plant.-
vMis is au important desideratum in ai-
nccrtturc i puncious larmer win .ai
vftys have, at) eye lo this, particularly in
hi caking up nvs fallows, (w hen this sys-
ttnr is.pjnii-tieG ;) as, if this operation be
performed n a clayey- soil, when the
irnmiid is well a winter's frost w 4 IK bo he-
ces?a'rv to sebarate the particles, of earth
winv l iia'e been tormed into solid nu ss
es - clous, j Thcie is another fut dedu
cibte. from i ertasn 'philosophical print i
pie's, that . tie more perfect the state of
puivcj iatis ri of the earth on the surface,
tr.e urtatei wiil be the miantitv of n.ois-1
lure rt taindl in it in di y ' seasons, vv hich
iso, in odaition to other reasons' .furnish
es a strong ii gurrient-iii lavorjot deep
iningr,
I'ne system orfallowing grohrd, how
ever, is a most ruinous one ; i:uri its iie
vessity arises from aprtvions defect in
the cultivation of the ground. If a acid
has been some years in blue grass, it w ill
be in vain to think of phiughing it short
ly before sowing wheat, and hive it in a -
ny proper. clej;ree puiVerized, or ta ex-1 fertile, in thk cbure of a few years, "be
pect, by a single ploujftrtg, to dctM.y jcome g'cssS boind onj the surface, and
the blue grass, whkn (being an i;;dien- produce liille or mi timothy or; clover,
otis 1 .$bht,) would mest assswerUy comie: ! indjjrenous grass of tle country taking its
forth the next spring, and destroy all
prospects of
a wheat ci op.
It, therefore
in such cases, becomes necessity for the
farmer to destroy its ssctnilaucy,. by
brcakint?' 'up his fallows early in the
spring r sJHTimer, expose his soil to tne
exhausting lays' of the sun, v'v his
K round a second ploughing -.-before bar-j
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Vde 1st vol. Sniilh's Wcaltbof N
(ions, pr29U r V J - , '
inj comnift hisgraiu to thc earth aI
which a re necr.sarylo desirtiy this Kravs
(Ainch is .Tiireisal in Pennsyhauia, ami
pulverize fhe earth Whereas, by ut
ting his ground in cloer, he may liavc
Unfuid the; pasture during theUjme the
land Is .not , oiltivated in vgratnarid bj
once ploughing in thefall of the ycaf,
a ,d harrowing - in his grain, have tu
rouiMt-aHipetflr'cily nKaUsd ai in the
other mtie ; ftcc fiom 1'U;'C. e!sr:
tng cfXcctsi cf exposure; to a . somtpcT'sjU
sun; enioyintr the additional ntiantttv oi
past ute, and imp rov ing his soi I by plcug h -.
ii in his clover, and the dec om posit ion
'f the rtxts of the plant. It is not say'tn
loo much to aver, that not a singW field
of blue fr ass should be permitfd in the
state. Not a field should be seen. -that
was riot either in gray i or clover, or some
kind of-grass superior to the "cimfnon
natural grass of the country ; j unless
where, a corn crop had been raised toe
preceding year, and when the proprietor
is desirous !of putting it m fall grain with
out further, exhausting the soil by a sum
mer crop.
The sowing of hue k heat
and ploughing it ' down. . hie h' may be
dne twice in the same year, would add
little to the expense, and ' preat'ly to tl
fertility of the soil. The first crop be
ing ploughed down immediately before
hardest, would, on" ploughing down the
second crop in September, be deepmpos
eo, anu attorn nnmeaiate nourisnmtut to
the wheat Crop. The.second crop would
have undergone a complete fermentation
any iu the. ensuing spring, when the
beneficial effects of both would be visK
hie. ' ' 1 .
In the present state of agriculture-.
Aben so mi ny fields are suffered to giow
up with Hue grass, and w here, the sys-
tt-m ot tallowing so extensively preTaits,
even after j stirring this ground,! Which
nmrht be done ea'ijy in June, if swed
.who millej, would (if the ground be of
such a quality-, as to produce goU oats.)
proouce an excellent , crop, wnicn mignt
le cut about the first ofiSeptemrrer, pro
ducidg an abundant crop oilseed j and ex
i llcnt bidder, or cwn if curcailiC?,anil
c-ured with the seedi tefore the same be
lerlectly rrpe, would afford food for cat
tle equallynutritive with th$ best thrio
;!y ai id plover hay ; .or rf ploughed down
in all its luxuriance, w hat a massjof ina
fiure would! be affoided ! An unjust pre
judice has for some time existedjagainst
raising- millet. It is true it may riot -hay
answered the expectations formed res
pecting it ; j nevertheless it is confidently
believed thjit it could be behcfirially us
ird in a judicious course of agriculture,
in either of the modes before Suggested ;
and if cured forjood, would add jgteatU
to the resources of the barn yardan ob-
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ject of primary importance.
In England, where the whole kingdom
almost is inia" state of garden cuhure,!
t r ... i - . ' i - i
a weea is sunerea; to go t;o jossj an is
added to the barn yard fpr inar.cire.
The very soot of their chimneys is pre
served and used as a manure. .
The importance -of a rotation of crops
to a successful course of agricultu
rc, falls
within the bbservatipn ot jeverr
some of the substances csseh'i.d
one.
ib the
formation ol grain, become exhausted hy
fa continued routine of culivatiorl. The
same kind or gram snouid never
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c,sown
in succession on the same; ground ; nor
should more than to crops, of any kind
! g.aiu follow in immediate succession,
the iritervention of rass crops being es
sential to restore to the soil those sub
stances necessary to produce a J perfect
grain cjop, unless the supply, be fr'm-
ed by the annual audition of stkble ina
r.ure. '. - , ' " ; - ; . .' .
No precise, uniform rule, for a rota
tion of crops, can be prescribed, ?s some
thing will depend on the nature of the
soil, and much upoji the pafticujar state
in which the ground may be at the time
of commencing such a system f A. few
obsjrVaTjon will, Kowever, be made, as
to the pi ope recourse to pursue under
particular tircunistam es. An upland
luesdow, w-tie re" the advantage 'of irilga-
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tion does not exist, will, unless where the
sil is naturally -rnist and remaikahly
place. . It is true the timothy and clover
may be fonger preserved by the most ex
pei.sHe f ajSf possible modes of manur
ing, spreading it over '-the surfarc;(wicre
it is subject; to be caiTit'f off by rains, or
exhaust d by the rays of the un,) or by
the i.se of gypsuni, which is atso'Mo rx-
p nive ur tc"tcral use in this couotry at
.,p, tseiit. It such a piece ot . ground be
I ploughed deep, in the month f March.
a.d well harrowed ahou. planilng tiqre,
i , . . ... i
v wti to disturb the? sVd ch riti
of corn wiil bae a batch Bf fniinuie be
icatbjt; and irCthc montilof Juti1 th
tniikiie may be plougnedbefi jlhe
ill he decomposed Sud ifbPii tip ti
afford an ; additional quantl vinitr
i the n: robwt-whkbl.iUrfe-slwif ;
out frutfi tthc smlk j tKii ttilL be pit.
tiouble from ecds, wfcie ?4iil ildatiJ
hri x he- c ase in me 1 low rotxrsdrejLe a i '
m the culuatioD of cortv &c; afrit
crop, in titost cascoijc Ebuttt3!r
. ne ensuini; spring suw u- grouuuwiiu
barley or oati; of by cutting 'thcrotli K
little after the usual timc.jp Wppirj f
now generally practised; 'hich ballad
miranle plan forprocjuringJa Urgt idl-.
nonal qua ntUy ofte xccll em).foddef j aftd of
adinj; greatly trthe -stocjof thii baprt
yard, (the very best subsjsne for taf
uure.) The ground may, f ft pot tott
a soil, be sow cd in "wheat, yi of fall hit4
ley ; and: iff ettlier case hfiowed wtri
timothy or cloverr alohepipdochij j'lf
better hay and ' a larger quantity , and pd .
difficulty will be ;eperiettc in cctrse
q pence of tiie difTercnt Ipc-jodrat whlcbf
these grasses rip'em . Th tlver stalSks
w ill bt smaller and morf ' tnder lb'ut
hen rais&d alone, and w ilb supponecf
ly the timothy from falling do t n ur
h-dirinar. in wliich taseUheS'teavei rot as
well as the stalk. The llofer is :het
prevented from ripening ;?.oot),' and it'
w iiibe an advantage ; to tEe timotlfyrf
respects its- quality, to be cutonit week
vcner than is now generaryi practised.
Let this cpuise be fairly trtf, by any jli 1
Vicious farmer, and it wiljever be dis-
mainued. Such grass, wjU curcd Wilt
alone, be equal to timikhjflbay, as now
-.uredf with the feddtin ofjejgjht quat dof
oats per day t.6 rach horselLCrn this stlbr
j ct. I speak from experience, and wita
the fullest conndene'e
. When, by the prevtoysw Course ;o
farming, anv piece of jhnurfd s be
(
come fie froin rass, iQgbi if af
good quality ro be immVd jjStely 'oy?-i;
ed in some kind of grinlaccordVnrj
tt the reason. If not ctitnt If iqosH-
it? as will produce a good .trbp,-; it,
should be sowed with sVme feirrd of
-eed; with, !b6 view rff Iploughing
dotyp a green crop, orifcotherwif
manured, or the labor tnpbyed will
ne iosi.
in this cotinfi v are pasftirl fields, the
system heretofore purel ought ilyt
be changed as soorr as ible Let
the field having the bst j sward of
grass be ploughed p fqr corn, a
difeciefjn respect to 1(0 rn out mea
dow ' ground. Lit anfihr Held Le
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pioug-tieu eary, ana soxeis wiui 8oih;
kind of grain to be plifgied dotvn
green, as before menittnd prepar
atory to sowing'; iwieaiiilii li ccin
rrr-. 1 l l l t ill ho ttrhnnrA1 jf - r . r
of oats or barley the ensuing s'piirig,
at the saxe time sowirijgltl. with clo
ver, w h 1 c h may be light Iyi hai.fow ed
u lipi very meuow, or ro appearance
IHMI1VVHUIV I aill PJ -;WjlU' If L'flU .
harrowing the clover j!ieed will: be
unnecessary. The wheat field shnubt
jlr br ril,Vfil tvitK ftr.Jt- ciin
in ihe month of March, in the .
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course of two or threfif years,-these'
ueius nirt? uc iiiuugur-jM; .Hiiu OH rn
in fwheat " once ploug jitrg will therr
be sufficient, if tlic c.c ht &s ; lieert
well set, whether the iiribhas ttl
mowed or pastured ; a1 i ways absolv
ing, ho v ever, that thj clover seed
should be permitted ;tcgrow five or
six. weeks betre jplim
should, at that .'lime; bi&n fu blopm) -,
If any of tiie fields bjintended
corn, it may remain invpalfure for ,nr
year long'er, ae you tbtfn depend orV
the roots of the sward ira inantirR.
Tjie course here reclnuiendedi f
pursued,- s would, in h,; few years
i r . v ', . , U j , '
change I he ty hole fabcj iolj the codn-
I'rr. and rlnnhlf lK r"Papnf nrtWj,.f
would-be added to tfieljeehbld. :
A preaer portionii of intitistry
should he directed to 'li'Mn.r. escu
lent plants. -The yalfbf thru pbta-'
fo a a palatable, wftbldlopie and nji
tritious fond for man, a' well as ani
tnal, and its producthites, are'torfl
well know tt to require Jtirllher'obser-
vation. The celebratffl autlior of
1 he Vealth of Nations laysi that f an
acre of potaloes will pfpbice fh iree
times the .olid fiouTthmerit as an a
r.re cif w li pp.?sni frknW. tr fi.
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