d -V -.;'f..:l HM. I v.v.3 rice;,! vi- . . :;t- J U vhiting the farm of Mr. Pvt.... ...r Cal- 1: i:i Georgia, but was informed that it was conduc t: 1 0:1 the same principles, and with the same gratifying results. 8. In conclusion, allow mo ret to remind you of th vast importance of the grass culture to the prosperity t;rid political importance of our South- , cm States. You can easily produce on your own farm.;, the cattle that are to supply us with food beef, veal, butter, and milk, and the sheep that arc to furnish us with mutton and wool. All this while, ho wcver, v,c arc dependent on Kentucky and Ohio for our beef anl pork. The hidc3 of our cattle arc sent to New England and to be returned to us in Yankee pegged shoes. In passing, recently, through Carolina and Georgia, I observed abund ant crops of Crab and Crowfoot Grasses. The hay that could be. made in these two States, from these grasses alone, Would feed all the cv.t!e in the Union ; yet, on my return to th ! i Lae, this day, been compel! purcha : hay shipped from Connecticut, and v. inferior quality, and paid 1,75 per hundiv 1 -r.y pyunds weight. I was inform ed th can itj of these high prices was the ;&c! th:.k thj stock was reduced in consequence of f much" of their hay being sent to Columbia, Camden Aiken a nd Augusta ! ! ! Our butter, (not over fresh) Goshen butter it is called, (Coahcn must have grown rapidly from 'a township to an Empire State, since it furnishes an incredibly sup ply) comes, also, from the North, where their sum- ,mer pastures are no better than ours might be Vrcndered, and where thev have no whiter pastures. I 7 tout are compelled to house their cattle through u " long and dreary whiter. These fanners, however, convert-their grass into hay at the propeV season, -.whilst our grasses are, in too many instances, left v standing to ripen, to wither and become tasteless, like broom straw. On some plantations, that shall . be riamelcss, you may, late in October, witness an "ancient mode of mowing going on between the corn beds. A hoe is first sharpened, (I have seen this done with a brick) and the wiihered grass is mowed by this primitive scythe. A consideralc portion of the roots, with much sand.and grave! attached, is brought up by each cut of the hoe : the materials thus detached from Mother Earth an finally raked up and called hay. No chemical analysis,. that I am aware of, has been made, in order to decide on its nutritive properties. In the winter our cattle, for want of hay, which wo might have had for the (Jutting, are left to luxuriate on dry Iroota sedgo, hicb possesses faUordrg prop erties about equal to that of dry pine leaves. To wards rpring the cattle, thus pampered, become thin, weak and tottering, and may bo classed among PharoahV lean kinc." Some ditch or morass where they had strayed to find a mouthful of fresh grass as a change of food; (as the epicure paries of turtle steak and plum pudding) becomes their last resting place.; Tho Turkey Buzzards will direct you where to find their bones. In tho preservation of our sheep we are even lcs3 fortunate. The worthless curs of squalters and petted negroes kill them, and our independent Legislators, fearful' that a law to chain or hang tho curs, might endanger their popularity and lessen tlnir votes, seam to have concluded to spare the dog and surrender to his tender mercies all that was once so confidently anticipated of the wealth and comfort that was to How into cur Southern States from fine wool and delicious mutton and lamb. Tho - sheep culture being abandoned, our last resort must be to the Goat ; and if the Ango ras and Cashmeres fail, (which I think they will not) or the dogs begin to relish kid, when deprived of lamb, all our woolly prospects will have faied into thiu air. All thi while we have the fir est climate in the world, nnd suitable pastures for sheep. How easily could this stain on our Agri cultural escutcheon be remqved. J. I), DIVISION OF THE FARM AND CLOVER CULTURE. A sub scriber at Pomdnkey, Charles County, takes us to task with a good deal of severity for delin quency in passing over a matter which be thinks, and justly we admit, of much importance j viz: the proper division of the farm. He concludes his letter with the hope that he ' has not trcspasi ed on our time, patience or temper." Our timo and patience are verv much at the service of our readers, and as our friends seems to have calculat ed hugely upon our t:'iiipa; we take the compli ment, ai.d are rather -pleased at his good opinion of our amiability. I reply tj our correspondent at Summit Point, N. C, we asked that some of our experienced correspondents would let us hear from them 0.1 this subject of the division of tho f irm, and ia expectation of a response, postponed the matter. As we are thus far disappointed wo will throw out some views of our own, hoping that the introduction of the subject will lead o some thing better. The three field system which our friend says is practiced by himself and his neighbors, was de nounced by Col. John Taylor in his Araior as Si tho

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