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AGRICULTURAL.
Mr. Burgwyn's Experiments.
Jiv kson, N C,July 5th, 1850.
To the Editor of the American Farmer
Si i r Allow ine through the niedium of
your valuable periodical to correct two,
errors of print, which have crept into the
publication of my remarks on the "im i
provement of worn out lands." I am
made to say ' from experience in the use
of both, I thinks not inferior to clover
as a specific mimirefir wheat." It should
be "but little inferior to clover." &c
The long, rich tap root of clover by its de-
..iTw.Ij a frvift ftir vvhp.it whlfh nn
u)"1""1" " w ..w nrvesi nas ut-'cn over, u is now mree
part of the pea can supply. This tap-root weeks, and I have never had a finer stand
operates beneficially also, by penetrating 0f an tnesCj even on our rich bottoms.
the earth deeper, and in decaying, leaves The ray grass, matured its seed, rather
a vegetable deposite to a greater depth, sooner than the wheat, was two-thirds as
jaffording what Col. Fremont would call a
f . . 111 1
j' caciu, or hidden magazine oi provisionally injured the product ot the wheat. I
tlOV IUtUre plants.
On the next page, it reads ''For three
years I have never fed my working hor-
ses on grain or fodder from the middle of
May till the clover fails;" it should be
but once a day. 1 alwaj s teen once a
day on hominy, (prelcrring it much to
uncracked corn turn my horses into the
clover fields after their day's work, and
they are again put to work the next morn-
iag, with no other attention than watering,
hiving been cunied at midday, instead of
at night, as is done during the shorter
i days of fall and winter. Nature, by the
Inroauciion ol vegetable loou lor the low-
er animals in the spring, thereby indicates;
a cnange irom me stronger ana more :
heating diet ot gram, lobe proper for ;
I tnem; who nas not ooservea our came,
I turning trom the dry toocl ot the winter,
toiccuontne young grass which is yet
not so strengthening? It is very true,
they must not be allowed to feed exclu
fit . . -
I sively oo this, ll so, they sutler lrom drs-
I ordered bowels; work horses particularly,
must not be too much exposed to this
I temptation. We see an entirely anala-
gous case in ourselves. Nature produces
I for us great variety of vegetables in the
spring, our appetites cause us eagerly to
C1jrjy these, in consequence our blood be-
comes thinned, bur systems purged from
the grosser juises that circulate during the
I winter, and we are belter prepared for
j the heats of summer. Since
writing the
I piece referred to, I have added the expe
I rience of another summei to this plan.:
and though in consequence of the freshet'
May, I had to replant 200 acres of
corn, and to add to my corn crop 230
whnU f.n 1 ... . 1 .
V niCrl Was 1.1 1 In tvorl with thrp hrtrn
ploughs, running 8 to 10 inches deep, my
team of 10 three horse ploughs were en
abled by this plan of feeding, to s.and the
increased tax upon their endurance, with
the exception of a few of the weaker ani
mals. Thus I am mnrt than nvnr catieHorl
. . wvtvi 1111 iivi
I with the plan. It is true my teams are
I strong, but he who keeps inferior animals
J on his estate, acts unwisely.
1 While I am writing, let me give my
j testimony as to the capability of our re-
ft1(u of country, for raising the finer grass-
I I have been seeding the following
1 grasses for several years, and have never
failed when sown on good soil, and that
put lu J00(1 .Order, to obtain and retain a
Rood stand, viz: clever, timothy, herds
grass, Kentucky blue grass. When pro
per attention is not paid to the selection of
S suitable soil, &c., &c, as in every thing
else, a failure, or only partial success in
the result. My experience proves to me,
that the month of September, or early is
October, is the best time to sow grass-seed
in Qnr climate. If sown with wheat, and
rich land, it may, by its luxuriance,
-uc ,c pruuuet oi me wncat, ana clog
the reaping machines, but your stand of
grass is more sure. The result of my this
year's experiment, may be interesting to
you, and, perhaps, encourage others to
similar attempts, I will therefore, shortly
state it. Having about 150 acres of my
wheat, this year, sown upon last year's
corn land, and the land being, rather light,
and not too rich, I feared lest I should fail
with my grass sown on this wheat, be
cause of the two successive cereal crops, I
therefore bought guano, mixed it with its
bulk of plaster, then added fine charcoal
the same, and to this mixture double the
whole bulk of deposite of the Roanoke
river, a rich alluvial earth, and sowed the
whole broadcast in February and March,
and harrowed it in, on the lop of the
wheat. I riowed at the rate of 200 lbs. of
guano to the acre; the value of this, no
doubt was doubled by the mixture with
the absorbents of the
ammonia, as I
vvas extremely careful, in the wanipula
iorty t0 COver the guano with several inch
es of the plaster, &c, to prevent the es
icape Gf ,ae ammonia, even when left for a
few ,lrs, as jt ,s exceedingly violative
atu eany dissipated by the March winds
On this wheat land, I had sown in Octo-
her previous, clover, timolhy, Kentucky
blue grass, and Ital ian ray grass. My
l. . l . i. r .1
tall, and were very thickly sown, materi-
have rp:ired an irwronsod' nroilnrt frnm
mv wheat, amply sufficient to repay my
outlay for the guano, phste-r, &c., and!
h,ive mv g.r3SS as ,ny p,nfit on the in
vestment; this in turn will shade and iin-
prove my land, fatten my' stock, increase
mv crops, and cheer my eye. with "grassy
slopes," m place of -galled hill sides; this'
is profit sufficient for the most greedy if
turned to a proper account; be it remem-
hercd, too, this was a light and rather poor
soiI, but based on a good clay sub-soil. I
thjs spring's seeding grown, however,
r n iIia !mu nrntinrU nmi rav in.ino !
n some measure for yourself with it isa
stalk of grass, for which I can find no .
namc abut here, it would seem to be ve
ry valuable stock eat it with avidity: con
vou or any 0f your friends tell me what it j
j
I write "con amore" on this subject, j
If I have been too prolix, curtail as you j
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,hink proper, but rectify the errors of
prjnt refer to. I have not time to copy,
Very respectfully, yours, &c,
IJ. K. BUUGWYN.
We believe it to be the rfovecuris
prafens'S the meadow foxtail -a grass
which is esteemed in England as one of
the best for hay and meadow.
m, p .. . . i
rhe specimen of timothy sent us, was,!
indeed, of most luxuriant growth, meas-
r . c . , ,
urmg fully 4 feet, with a long and massy
P . r 1 . 1 ti
ncad. An acre of such grass, thickly set,
T7-iiitl riflil thi'o trtn nf hnxr
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A thouffh we believe the errors alluded
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10 by Mr. B. were not our own, but were
caused by copying from another source,
we are glad they occurred, as it has been
the means of our being favored with a de
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tail of the very interesting experiments
which accompany the correction.
Those Pantaloons. In a number of
our paper, some week or two ago, we pub
lished an extract, wherein a Miss Webber
amucs that all marriageable ladies should
dress just like men. To this a friend a
married man objects. He says his com
panion has had on the pantaloons for thir
ty years, and he thinks to drag them off
new would near about kill her. 'Our
friends thinks, and with some justice, too,
that most ladies would prefer wearing the
pantaloons after, instead of before, mar
riage, as that seems to be the custom now.
On this head we say nothing, not wishing
to take either side of the argument. Wc
will say, however, that if, as Miss Webber
seems to intimate, the real reason why the
i idies above alluded to should dress like
the men is. that those in need of husband
could be easily distinguished from "the
rest of mankind," this object could be e
qually well accomplished by the lady
wishing to be married carrying .a neat
ticket on some pari of her dress, some
what after the manner of n Mn w;.Mn.
freight. It might read thus " Up for the
W V J
Port 0 ftltitrim myJl Mate Wanted
Jlpply soon.1 This would answer the
same purpose as the breeches, and could
be laid aside at any time,without loss to
the owner.
. Our old friend, however, who objects to
single ladies wearing the breeches, and
who has been married 30 years, quotes
scripture to carry his argument, and says
"If the good lady would take a peep at
the 5th verse of the 22nd chapter of Deu
teronomy, she could read as follows: 'The
woman shall not wear that which pcrtain
eth unto a man, neither shall a man put
on a woman's garment; for all that do so
are abomination unto the Lord."
n adesboro Jlr
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Quietus or Cross Babies By this
we do not mean knnrk
.against the bed post, nor anything of the
sort. Nor do we mean giving them pa-j
regoric, Daffy's elixir, Dalbys carmina
tive, black drops, or any uther poison.
The only requisite to quiet a squalling,
squealing little baby is. that it shall pos
sess a nose. In the midst of its screaming,
press yo'ar finger gently and repeatedly
across the cartilage of that useful organ
laud in less than two minutes it will be
asleep
Restoring and preserving the Sight
A friend who had read the following val
liable item of information, but had forgot
ten which way ''to rub his eyes," for loss
of sight by age, requested us yesterday to
republish the process. It is as follows.
N. Y Post.
republish the nroccss. It is as follows.
N. Y Post.
For nearsightedness Close the eyes1
and press the fingers gently, from the nose
outward, across the eves. This flattens
the pupil, and thus 'lengthens or extends
the angle of vision. Tins should be done
several times a day, till short-sightedness
is overcome.
For loss of sight by age, such as re-
quire magnifying glasses, pass the fingers
inwardhi, and below the eyeballs, press-!
r,i.. :.,..f i,..m ti,;. io
them tip and preserves or restores the
sight.
It has been already said that this is noth-
ing new The venerable John Quincy
Adams preserved his sight in this way, in
fu vigor, to the day ofhis deaih. He
told La wyer Ford of Lancaster, who wore
glasses, that if he would manipulate his
eyes with his fingers, from their external;
jangles inwardly, he would soon be able to'
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dispense with glasses. Ford tried it, and A gentleman of high standing and a dis
soon restored his sight perfectly, and has tingtiished Kx-Governor of our State, now
ce Prcscrvctl il D3' the continuance of
this practice.
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day, and sent them to the Burlington Ad-
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vertiser for publication. We shall onlv
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give a
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siecinieii. 1 ne wnoie poemaii
once would certainlr prove destructive to
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our readers:
"When a feller falls in love
He does ware a white kid gluv,
and puts on lots of splendid close,
and wears titc boots upon hi toes,
and smells just like a sprowting rose,
all Newly sprung in June!"
From the IVilminglon Journal.
(jThe London Chronicle states that
within the last two years 140,000 Mor
mons have emigrated from Great Britain
to the United States, most of them men
of some means from Wales and the north
ern and eastern parts of England; 2,500
left Liverpool in 1849, bound for the
Great Salt Lake, by way of New Orleans.
- From the Portsmouth Pilot.
3 A most brutal murder was commit
ted on the 15th instant, at a place called
White Oak. about five miles from Freder
icksburg. (Va.) A man by the name of
Bill Brown, took a sharp axefc and, at the
first blow, nearly severed the head of a
Ylr. -John Fu got from his body; the sec
ond blow nearly severed his under jaw
from his head, and the third split his skull
entirely open. The murderer then at-
tempted to cut his own throat, but at the now, if permitted, siu would pour in her
time was' prevented He, however, last black population and the mines would be
night effected his purpose, and both mur- come doubly productive, because slave
dercr and victim are dead. ! labor would be compelled to exert itself,
! whereas, now, the character of labor there
Seaboard Roanoke Rail Road. is such that but few will work any longer
The Portsmouth Whig of the. 28th ult., than they have been fortunate enough to
says, "We have so often assured our read- find gold requisite to enable them to tntir
ers that this work would reallv commence on a career of vice and licentious indul
immediately, that we cannot without a gencies. Tins is notorious. The morals
smile now inform them that steps of a de- of the gold diggings are the lowest n the
cisive nature have now at length been ta- world All accounts unite in this. A
ken. j well regulated system of slave labor such
At a meeting held here Monday , the las we have in the Southern States would
Baltimore Steam Packet Company became redeem the country from its present de
purchasers of one half of the road, and gndatiori and establish among the whites
Mr. M. N. Falls, President of that Com- a moral .ttandard of excellence unequalled
pany was chosen a director of this." in any part of the world.
The people interested in this Road have ; So far from slave labor not being pro
been grossly swindled and deceived by fitable in Talifornia, it can be shown that
Messrs. Ward & Co., and we trust better; it would be more so than free labor on the
things from the Baltimore Company.
(QA careful exploration of one hun-
died towns in Massachusetts, brought to
light 575 cases of idiocy. Of these, 450
were idiots from birth, and of this num
ber the' obtained information respecting
the parents of 350. In all but four of
4he;c examined cases, it was found that
one parent or the other, or both, had in
some way departed from the laws of life
and health, being either fcrofulous, pre
disposed to brain affections, intemperate,
grossly sensual, or unnaturally intermar
ried with blood relations. The lessons
taught by such disclosures should prove a
waraing.
Gold in Texas. The Houston Tele-
(graph says, that preparations are in pro-
gress in all parts of the State, for a grand
expedition to the gold region that has
bevn discovered in Northern Texas not
far from the ruins of the celebrated city of
Grand Quivira. Immense excavations are
shown along the foot of the mountains,
and the ruins of vast cities indicate that
these mines were once worked by millions
of people. The geographic formations
of this region are similar to those of the
1.1 rririnns n f n;.i
Tta r,,,..
' The following is the resolution passed by
Gerrit Smith, Frederick Douglass & Co ,
at Cazenovia on the 23d, which the tele
graph perverted into a cry of Chaplin,
disunion and civil War:
"Resolved. That the liberation of Wil-
liam L. Chaplin be effected, even at the
pri ;c of Disunion and. devolution"
The Missouri Compromisecf 36 30
in California, writps ho ne to a friend, and
j we are permitted to extract the following
! paragraph from his otherwise highly-in-
r i ' r rT-
IIUUI tlllU ff ltLUIUllUII Ul uuuviviaiuiu it,-
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South will ever extend her black popula-
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twn over that country south of 3b 30:
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"inu wuiiu is uuuiwiiig iu aijiuima,
embracing a large proportion of the dark
races of the earth. Evidently the fusion
of these races is to result in an inferior
population which will occupy this remark
able land. Could California be admitted
by 30 30, and south of this line a territo
rial government be formed, l.have no
doubt but that it would become a slave
State none whatever. The Southem
mines are chiefly in Southern hands, and
one or two spirited and talented men
could easily adjust this question."
Of all the arguments against the exten
sion of slavery there is none more ridicu
lous and absurd than the one which un
dertakes to demonstrate that it cannot be
profitably employed in the country ac
quired from Mexico. The idea that
cheap labor cannot compete with dear, is
worthy of those who use it, and especial
ly the Southern submissionists to North
ern aggression. So far from this being
true, it seems to have been a plan of Prov
idence (and if failed, to be so by Southern
cowardice and Northern fanaticism) to rid
the present Southern States of their black
population and make them what many de
sire them to be, free States.at some future
day California would open the greatest
possible temptation to the slave-holders if
their clearly defined constitutional rights
could be placed beyond jeopardy yen
barren rocks of New England and Canada.'
The services of a free laborer cannot be
had for less than 10 or $12 per month,
subject continually to a termination of
service from whim or caprice. The servi
ces of a negro could be had fur SO or $40
per annum if slavery existed there; to
which add something (or coarse apparel,
food, and sickness, md it will be seen
you have a much more efhciet.i laborer
for less than one half! Vet the one is
profitable and the other not, in the slang
of the day.
There is another advantage in slave la
bor. It makes all the whites equal. Free
labor does not, it makes all unequal, one
half or more being compelled for want of
bread, to perform all manner of drudgery,
including manual services for the other
half. Our system enslaves an inferior
race of a different color; the othei makes
slaves of the same race and color.
In view of these wide differences, it is
hnnpil thp Srmfli will fitnnl firm, nt Innst-
on the Missouri line. The North cannot
rightfully object; she ought not; she knows
that the rights of the States are equal in
every foot of our territory. We do not
blame her prejudices, but she ought to be
just; reason should vanquish them if not,
why the worst .should be met, as men
alone can meet it.
Cor. Lynchburg ( Va.) Rep, ,
From the Portsmouth Pilot.
Non-Intercourse. The editor of the
Augusta (Ga.) Constitutionalist, writing
to his own journal from Coos i Springs,
Alabama, says he understands from per
sons at that place, citizens of that Stnte,
that many of the planters in their section
of the State have notified the merchants
they deal with that they will not, hereaf
ter, purchase articles of merchandize man
ufactured or imported from the N rth.
We perceive, that the New York market
reports mention a general absence of
Southern merchants from the market.
From the Raleigh Register.
"The Evergreen." Messrs. R. II.
Brown and B Cr3vcn, propose to publish
an original magazine, of 32 pages, month
ly, at Ashborough, price $2 a year, to
commence the first of October next. They
thus set forth the character of the propos
ed publication:
"We intend that the "Evergreen," as
its name distantly hin.ts, shall at all times
present a field pleasing and alluring to the
mental eye. It will be a pure Miscellany
of Literature, Fiction, Fancy, Poetry, di
dactic and descriptive Essays, scientific
and philosophical Dissertations, Common
School Education, Reviews, American
Legends, metaphorical Illustrations, criti
cal Observations on the peculiar tenden
cies of the age, and such general Disquisi
tions as may amuse and instruct the refined
and chaste reader. The entire contents,
drawn from original mines, and arranged
in a mannerpeculiar to their own tastes1,
will be furnished by the subscribers, solo
conductors, each pursuing that p3th in
which his taste and inclination direct.
With outlines and' objects thus briefly
sketched we are content to risk the worjs
on its own merits "
(fyAmong the passengers arrived at
New Yoik in the steamship Hermann,
are SI priests and nuns, from France
z.