Editor's Table. EDITOR'S TABLE. THE NATIONAL PRESS.-A new family paper is to be started by Geo. P. Morris, Esq., well known as one of our most beantiful song writers, and the editor of the Mirror. It is to be a Journal for home; a repository for letters; a record of art; and a mirror of passing events. To be published every Saturday, at $2 a year in advance. We presume the brilliant Willis, the fidus Achates of the gallant Brigadier, will be associated in some way with the above journal. Of course it is bound to be fashionable, racy, witty, and all that sort of thing. THE COMMERCIAL TIMES.-This is a daily and semi-weekly paper recently published in New Orleans. It is neutral in politics, and aims to make itself useful to the commercial and agricultural class. It has a strong corps of editors, and is conducted with ability. Thomas Affleck, Esq., of Washington, Miss., so favorably known as a contributor to this periodical, has the control of the Agricultural Department. The Times is of large sized paper and neatly printed. It has every promise of a good circulation, and our best wishes for its success. BRITISH MAGAZINES AND REVIEWS.-( Office, 112 Fulton Street, New York.)-Leonard Scott & Co. have been recently issuing their elegant reprints of the January numbers of the best periodicals published in Great Britain, and we would recommend all our readers who may be inclined to subscribe, to lose no time in doing so. The forthcoming numbers will, we have little doubt, be peculiarly valuable to the farmer, as they will in all probability contain the most authentic expositions of the opinions of the leading parties in England on the most absorbing topic of the day-the Corn-Law Question; and this is a matter in which not England alone, but the whole world is interested. Price for the four Reviews and Blackwood's Magazine, when taken together, $10 per annum. Single Reviews $3 per annum-Blackwood, $3. The four Reviews comprising the series arethe London Quarterly, the Edinburgh, the Foreign Quarterly, and the Westminster. LIBRARY OF CHOICE READING.-Forcign Series. Under this title, Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway, are issuing a series of classic foreign works, at the low price of 50 cents per volume, which do honor to them as publishers. They have just sent us Two Parts of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, translated by Fairfax, with a Memoir of the author and translator, and a preliminary critique by Leigh Hunt. Of the unhappy Tasso and his immortal poem, the literary world has been enamored for more than two centuries and a half, and as time advances, they gain rather than lose in interest and reputation. STORIES FROM THE ITALIAN POETS, in Three Parts, by Leigh Hunt, is a summary in prose, of the poems of Dante, Pulci, Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso; with comments throughout, occasional passages versified, and critical notices of the lives and geniuses of the authors. This is a most delightful book, and highly useful to the student of Italian literature. Mr. Hunt seems to have written it con amore, and in his most agreeable style. LETTERS FROM ITALY, by J. T. Headley, is a charming work, and fresh almost as if nothing had been written for the past ten years from the land of clear skies and fine arts. He gives several interesting letters on its agriculture, extracts from which we intend to make hereafter. flowers, and a lithograph of the lilium candium, with all its parts. It is got up in beautiful style, and it is intended that it shall comprise engravings of the most valuable native and exotic plants, with their history, medicinal properties, &c. This is a highly valuable publication, and we wish it success-the ladies will particularly admire it. LIFE IN CALIFORNIA, during a Residence of several years in that Territory; comprising a description of the country and the Missionary Establishments; with observations, &c. Illustrated with numerous Engrav. ings. By an American. To this is annexed a Historical Account of the Origin, Customs, and Traditions of the Indians of California, translated from the original Spanish manuscripts. Wiley & Putnam, 161 Broadway. California has now become a place of emigration for our countrymen, large numbers of whom are rapidly wending their way thither, with a view of permanent settlement. The publication of this book, therefore, is highly opportune. We have no doubt that California will be one of the Territories of the United States within ten years, and have a Repre sentative in Congress at Washington. We do not care how rapidly the Anglo American race people this continent, for they are the most worthy. Their superior intelligence, morality, and enterprise, will soon ensure them the whole of America, from the Isthmus of Darien to the North Pole. PHRENOLOGY EXAMINED, by P. Flourens: translated by Charles D. Meigs. Published by Hogan & Thompson, Philadelphia, is a valuable little work of 144 pages, in which the general principles of Gall's doctrine of phrenology are combated with vigor and ability. EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE. By Henry Colman. Part V. of Vol. 1 has been issued the past month by A. D. Phelps, of Boston. Saxton & Miles, agents, New York. The portion of the present number of Mr. Colman's work which has most interested us, commences at the "Plowing Match at Saffron Walden," and so continues to the end. His observations on English plowing deserve the attention of our farmers, and we are confident that they cannot but peruse them Iwith interest and instruction. He goes pretty thoroughly into the subjects of surface soil, subsoil, subturf, and trench plowing. He also takes up harrowing, scarifying, and grubbing, subjects nearly as important as plowing, giving the beneficial results of these operations in English farming. Upon the whole, we like the latter part of this number better than anything which has yet appeared in Mr. Colman's work. MR. VALK'S COUNTRY SEAT.-We call attention to the advertisement of Jacob R. Valk, Esq., in this No. of our paper. We have often visited his beautiful country-seat, and can say that it is all it is represented to be. The conservatory is the most magnificent thing of the kind in the United States, and few in Europe equal it. AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL.-By reference to our ad vertising columns, it will be seen that Mr. Wilkinson has opened an Agricultural School, near Poughkeepsie. His location is healthy and pleasant, and we under stand he is well prepared for the reception of scholars. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.-The St. Louis Missourian says that wild hemp has been found in the State of Missouri. A farmer from St. Louis county, being in à hemp warehouse, accidentally saw some Manilla hemp, made inquiry what it was, and upon being informed, said he had produced something exactly like it from a weed upon his farm, and that he would send THE ILLUSTRATED BOTANY.-Edited by John B. in a sample, which he did, and it proves to be a vari Newman, M.D. Published by J. K. Wellman, 118 ety of the Manilla hemp, resembling almost the New Nassau Street. Price $3 a year. This is a monthly Zealand hemp; but it is said to belong to the same publication, the first No. of which contains four beau-genus as the New Zealand, Sisal, and St. Domingo tiful colored engravings, after nature, of various choice | hemp, from which all our heavy cordage is made. 102 REVIEW OF THE MARKET.—ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET.-Feb 23. At Market, 1000 Beef Cattle (500 from the South), 80 Cows and Calves, and 1500 Sheep and Lambs. PRICES.-Beef Cattle-The market, notwithstanding the recent heavy snow storms, was well stocked last week. Buyers have operated liberally, and not more than 100 head were left unsold at the close of the week's business. Prices remain firm. We quote $5a5.50a$5.75 for middling and inferior sorts, and $6.50a$7. for superior and prime. A small number of extra brought $7 30. COWS AND CALVES.-All at market were taken at prices ranging, as in quality, from $17 to $35-a considerable improvement on the rates of last week. SHEEP AND LAMBS.-The offerings were large, and a good request prevailed through the week. We quote $2a84 as the extremes of the market. All sold. HAY.-The market is well supplied, and though there has been an active demand for the article, prices, since our last report, have not materially improved. REMARKS.-Ashes steady, but little doing. Cotton a slight reduction in some qualities. Export since 1st September last, 548,783 bales; same time last year, 755,709; same time year before, 392,058. Flour a trifle lower. Corn Meal the same. Grais of all kinds in good demand. Hay dull and unsettled. Molasses in fair request. Naval Stores a decline. Provisions quite dall Rice without change. Seeds a firmer market. Sugar brisk. Tebacco quiet. Wool in increased demand. Money has become quite plenty again. Stocks are on the advance. Business Generally is opening well. The Weather. The ground is covered with a deep snow, yet the weather is clear and inild. The snow we think favorable for a quick spring, as it keeps the ground warm and moist, and, abounding in ammonia, enriches the land. As soon as it thaws, the grass and crops will spring up quick, and have a rapid growth PREMIUM LIST of the State AG. SOCIETY SHOW FOR 1846.— We did not get a proof of this list till the 22d ult., of course too late for this number. We shall give it in our next We do not know why it did not come to hand sooner, as we believe this was nine days after the Executive Meeting. TO CORRESPONDENTS.-S. Y., A Subscriber, T., L. D. Clift, W. P. Cleaveland, L. G. Bingham, L. T. Talbot, S. B. Parsons, and Andrew Stone, are received. PRINCE'S LINNÆAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NURSERIES, FLUSHING, NEAR NEW YORK. Wm. R. Prince & Co. offer for sale their unrivalled collection of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, &c. The entire fruit department is carefully scrutinized by them personally, and ingrafted from the largest collection of bearing specimen trees in the Union; and they challenge a comparison in accuracy with any establishment in America or Europe. Purchasers are solicited to inspect their trees, and witness their superiority in size and vigor. The preeminence claimed can be readily tested by sending duplicate orders to them and to other nursery. They have 3,000 extrasized pears (on pear and quince), 8 to 12 feet with heads, very strong, and suitable for immediate bearing; and 10,000 pears, 5 to 8 ft., and 2,000 for dwarfs or en quenouille. Also plums, and apricots on plums, of the same sizes, and a large stock of Baldwin and other apples, cherries, and peaches, the latter very low, by the hundred and thousand. 10,000 quinces, 3 to 6 feet; 5,000 Lancashire gooseberries, assorted; Victoria and other currants; Fastolf, Franconia, and other raspberries, at low rates. Of grapes, the assortment comprises the most celebrated and carefully stlected foreign varieties for the table, and all the American varieties. The collection of roses is the largest in the Union, and comprises 70,000 plants of 1,300 splendid varieties, embracing every novelty that could be selected from ten of the largest collections in Europe, and the plants are much larger than are usually sold. 10,000 magnolias, 3 to 10 feet. 20,000 Evergreen trees, 50,000 Hawthorns and privets, for of every class and size. hedges. 50,000 large Dutch asparagus, and 5,000 Tobolsk, Victoria, and leviathan rhubarb. Of ornamental trees they have above 200,000 of every size and class, including 1,000 splendid Paulownia Imperialis, 6 to 8 feet. The purchaser may save two years by the superior size of their trees and shrubbery. Priced Catalogues sent to all post-paid applicants. February, 1846. HOVEY'S SEEDLING STRAWBERRY. Price $1.50 per hundred plants, and $10 per thousand. A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N. Y. SHEPHERD DOGS FOR SALE. Four very fine pups raised from an imported English dog and Scotch slut. Apply by letter, post paid, to Bn. Gates, 200 Broadway, N. Y. Or may be seen at the above place after 6 P. M. IMPERIAL OATS. A few barrels of these superior oats can be had of the subscriber. Price $4 per barrel, or 1.50 per bushel. A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, N.Y. SAXTON & MILES, ADVERTISEMENTS. BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS, AND STATIONERS, No. 205 Broadway, New York, Would particularly call attention to their assortment of works pertaining to Agriculture and Rural Economy, a few of which are enumerated, with the retail prices, from which a liberal discount will be made when a number of works are ordered at one time, viz. : Townley on the Honey Bee. 50 cents. The American Flower Garden Directory. Price $1.25. Vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4, American Agriculturist. Price $1.25. Stock Raiser's Manual. Price $3. American Farmer's Encyclopædia. Price $41. Prince's Pomological Manual. Price $1.50. McMahon's American Gardener. Price $3.50. The American Florist. Price 38 cents. Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, &c. Price $6. Prince on the Rose, in press. Downing's Fruit and Forest Trees. Price $1.50. 46 Cottage Residences. Price $2. Lang's Highland Cottages. Price $1.50. Every Lady her own Flower Gardener. Price 38 cents. Hind's Ditto. Price 75 cents. Every Man his own Gardener. Price 12 cents. The Horse, its Habits and Management. Price 12 cents. The American Poulterer's Companion; a practical Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing, Fattening, and General Management of the Various Species of Domestic Poultry, with Illustrations (fifty or sixty) and Portraits of Fowls taken from Life. By C. N. Bement. Price $1.25. Clater and Youatt's Cattle Doctor, containing the Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment of all the Diseases incident to Oxen, Sheep, and Swine. Price 50 cents. 103 SAXTON & MILES are Agents for all the Publications of the day, which will be furnished at publisher's prices. Also, on hand, a complete assortment of School, Classical, Medical, and Miscellaneous Books, which they offer at wholesale and retail, at the lowest prices for Cash. LAWRENCE'S TONGUELESS BUCKLE. The Subscriber offers for sale the above patent buckle in any quantity, in all parts of the United States, except Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and so much of New York as lies west of the Hudson river. The right to make the buckles for all Pennsylvania and New York belongs solely to the subscriber, and he will furnish buckles to all who own rights to sell and use in those two States; and they must procure them of the subscriber. Persons in those two States, who wish buckles, must furnish to the subscriber a certificate of the pa tentee, that they own the right to sell or use. For an account in full of this buckle, which is superior to all others, see the American Agriculturist for Sept., 1845. The buckle being without a tongue, the trace is not weakened by cutting holes in it; it is a compound lever, and holds the trace by pressure, and as the pressure condenses the trace it makes the trace stronger, just where the buckle having a tongue makes it weakest; and the greater the draught the greater the pressure of the buckle on the trace. For buckles apply to Cornell, Brothers, 269 Pearl Street, New York. THOS. HOLLIS. LINNÆAN BOTANIC GARDEN AND NURSERY, (LATE OF WILLIAM PRINCE, Deceased,) FLUSHING, LONG ISLAND, NEAR NEW YORK. The New Proprietors of this ancient and celebrated Nursery, known as PRINCE's, and exclusively designated by the above title for nearly fifty years, offer for sale a more extensive variety of Fruit and Ornamental Troes, Shrubs, Vines, Plants, &c., than can be found in any other nursery in the United States, and the genuineness of which may be depended upon; and they will unremittingly endeavor to merit the confidence and patronage of the public, by integrity and liberality in dealing, and moderation in charges. Descriptive Catalogues, with directions for Planting and Culture, furnished gratis, on application PosT-PAID, and orders promptly executed. WINTER & CO., Proprietors. Flushing, L. 1., Feb., 1946. COUNTRY RESIDENCE. The house, garden, and outbuildings of the late Mr. William Cleveland, are offered for sale at a great bargain. The situation is a most desirable one for a person having children to educate, being within a few rods of an excellent high school, in the First Society of the town of Norwich, Conn. The house will accom Essays on Practical Agriculture, by Adam Beatty, of Ken-modate a large family, or two small ones, having two kitchens, tucky. Price $1. The American Turf Register and Stud Book. By P. N. Edgar. Price $2. Liebig's Agricultural and Animal Chemistry. Price 25 cts. each. 46 Familiar Letters on Chemistry. Price 12 cents. Loudon's Encyclopædia of Agriculture (English). Price $10. Encyclopædia of Gardening. Price $10. Encyclopædia of Architecture. Price $14. Bridgeman's Young Gardener's Assistant, new edition, much enlarged. Price $2. The Farmer's Mine, being the most complete work on Manures ever published. Price 75 cents. The Vegetable Kingdom, or Hand Book of Plants. Price $1.25. Stable Economy, by Stewart. Revised by A. B. Allen. Price $1. Johnston's Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry and Geology. Price 25 cents. The Complote Farmer and Rural Economist, by Thomas G. Fessenden. Price 75 cents. The New American Orchardist, by Wm. Kenrick. Price 87 cts. The Honey Bee, its Natural History, &c., with 35 engravings. Price 31 cents. Bees, Pigeons, Rabbits, and the Canary Bird, familiarly described. Price 37 cents. The American Poultry Book; being a practical Treatise on the Management of Domestic Poultry Price 374 cents. A Treatise on Sheep, with the best means for their General Management, Improvement, &c., by A. Blacklock. Price 50 cents. The Theory of Horticulture; or, an attempt to explain the principal operations of Gardening upon Physiological Principles, by J. Lindley. Price $1.25. Gardening for Ladies, and Companion to the Flower Garden, by Mrs. Loudon. Price $1.50. American Husbandry. Price $1. The Farmer's Instructor; consisting of Essays, Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. By J. Buel. 2 vols, Price $1. A Muck Manual for Farmers, by Samuel L. Dana. Price 50 cts. Chemistry Applied to Agriculture, by M. Le Comte Chaptal. Price 50 cents. Skinner on the Dog. Price 75 cents. two gardens, &c., &c. The water is excellent both for drinking and washing. For particulars inquire of Henry Strong, Esq., or George D. Fuller, of Norwich, Conn., or A. B. ALLEN, 187 Water Street, New York. FASTOLFF RASPBERRY. The Subscriber has just received a fresh supply of the above valuable Raspberry, esteemed in England superior to all other varieties. The fruit is very large, of rich flavor, and bears abun dantly. They are ready for delivery as follows Package containing 25 canes, $5. Containing 12 canes, $3. Single canes, 30 cents. These are warranted true to name. Also for sale, a choice collection of green-house and stove plants. Orders addressed to the undersigned will receive attention, and from unknown applicants a remittance or satisfactory reference is required. JACOB R. VALK. Horticultural Gardens, Flushing, L. I., N.Y., January 1, 1846. IMPROVED STOCK FOR SALE. The subscriber breeds on his farm for sale, the following animals of the choicest kind, viz. :— Durham Cattle, Devon do. Cotswold Sheep, Southdown do. His farm is large, and his herd and flocks numerous, which enables him to give an excellent choice. He is paying particular attention to the milking qualities of his cattle, both among Dur. hams and Devons. His sheep also are not only bred for fine forms and strong constitution, but heavy, thick fleeces of a good quality of wool. His residence is two-and-a-half miles from Buffalo, and is reached in ten minutes by railroad. Black Rock, Erie County, N. Y. LEWIS F. ALLEN. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. 1 offer for sale my farm of 300 acres and upwards, near the village of Salem. It produces well either grain or grass. The buildings are all that are necessary, and together with the land itself and fences, are all in good order. The garden is well stocked with small fruits and flowers. The situation is pleasant, the country healthy and beautiful. Price $10,000. This property would be exchanged for real estate in any of the Salem, Washington County, New York. JOHN SAVAGE. Orders promptly attended to, for all kinds of Books in every de- Southern States, change of climate being desirable. partment of Literature. 104 ADVERTISEMENTS.-CONTENTS. DUTCHESS AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE. The undersigned, on the 1st of April next, will open at his place of residence, known as the Wilkinson Premium Farm of Minor Vale, Dutchess Co., twelve miles east of the village of Poughkeepsie, a School, designed for the instruction of young gentlemen in every department of practical and scientific Agriculture. The Farm contains 220 acres of land, embracing a great variety of soil. The location is pleasant and healthful, and for the supply of water, as well as for abundance and variety of fruit, it is surpassed by few in the Union. Every provision and effort on the part of the Proprietor will be made for securing ample means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of Agriculture in the most enlarged sense, by the use of the most modern improved Farm Implements, a select Farmer's Library, numerous Agricultural periodicals, and instruction in all the Academic studies-lectures on the Natural Sciences-Also, all other reasonable means of exciting in the minds of the pupils a desire for the acquisition of all knowledge pertaining thereto. To that end, all labor performed by the pupils will be under the immediate supervision and direction of the Principal, who will, during the hours of labor, endeavor to instruct his pupils by example as well as precept. A course of Lectures will be delivered on each of the domestic animals, commencing with the Horse, during which a perfect Anatomy will be at hand, having been already obtained. The pupils will be required to attend Divine Service on the Sabbath. There are within a short distance, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, and Friends' Churches. A conveyance will ply, regularly to and from the steamboat landing, Poughkeepsie, on Wednesday and Saturday of every week, for the conveyance of the mail and passengers, and the general convenience of the Institute. Terms-$200 per annum, payable semi-annually, in advance. Those desirous of availing themselves of the advantage of this Institution, are requested to make immediate application, as but a limited number of pupils will be received for the first year. A good common school education, and good moral character, will be requisite in order that a young man may be admitted into this Institution. REFERENCES.-The Trustees of the American Institute, and Jno. L. Mason, Esq., New York. JOHN WILKINSON, Principal. Address Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. COMMERCIAL GARDEN AND NURSERY OF PARSONS & CO., FLUSHING, NEAR NEW YORK. The Proprietors desire to call attention to this extensive Establishment, now one of the largest in the Union, covering an area of more than fifty acres, and compactly planted with every desirable variety of Fruit and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. Their FRUIT TREES they can recommend as being straight and thrifty; of undoubted genuineness, as to variety, which they ensure by close personal attention to propagating from the most reliable sources and from bearing trees; and also as being, from the well-ripened state of the wood, peculiarly adapted to higher latitudes. To those who are in need of ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS, they can with confidence recommend their assortment, as embracing, together with the old standard varieties, many new speeies, selected personally by the Proprietors, from the principal Horticultural Establishments of Europe, whence they are receiving constant additions. Orders may be addressed to the Proprietors at Flushing, New York, and Catalogues can be obtained by application to themselves, or to A. B. Allen, 187 Water Street, or to Parsons and Lawrence, 129 Pearl Street, New York. Flushing, N.Y., 2 mo., 1846. COUNTRY SEAT AND FARM. FOR SALE. A Farm and beautiful Country Seat, at Flushing, L.I., one mile from the steamboat landing-containing about sixty acres of land, under the best state of cultivation, having a fine view of the bay and surrounding country. On the premises are a two story dwelling-house (handsome interior), marble mantels and folding doors, containing ten rooms, large garret and cellar, with kitchen, washroom, and milkroom-attached, two large barns, carriage house, stable, and other outbuildings also gardener's and farmer's cottages. The gardens are tastefully laid out with fruit and flowers, upwards of 100 peach trees, and over 250 specimens of fruit trees of various kinds, large green house, hot-house, pots, &c., &c., and one of the most splendid vineries of its kind, in this country or in Europe, 186 feet long, and 22 feet wide, with span roof, containing 102 superior foreign Grape Vines, of 21 varieties, and 40 Peach, Nectarine, Apricot, and Greengage trees, on arched trellises in the centre, bearing large fruit. vines commence bearing this summer. Further description is un. necessary, as persons disposed to purchase, will view the premises. The facilities of communication between Flushing and the city, both by steamboat and stages, are too familiar to need description. The For terms of sale, which will be reasonable and accommodat ing, apply (if by letter post-paid) to W. H. Franklin & Son, Broad Street, New York, or to the subscriber at Flushing. JACOB R. VALK. THE AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. Published Monthly, by SAXTON & MILES, 205 Broadway, New York, containing 32 pages, royal octavo. TERMS-One Dollar per year in advance; three copies for Two Dollars, eight copies for Five Dollars. When Agricultural Societies order the work for distribution, among the members, the price will be only FIFTY CENTS a year, for the Monthly Numbers, and SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS per copy for bound volumes. It will be expected that these orders come officially, and be signed by the President or Secretary of the Society. The object in putting our periodical at this very low rate is, to benefit the farming community more extensively than it could otherwise be done. We hope, henceforth, to see the Agriculturist in the hands of every Farmer and Planter in the country. Each number of the Agriculturist contains but One sheet, and is transported by mail under the same regulations as newspapers, viz.: free any distance not over 30 miles from its place of publica tion; over this and within 100 miles, or to any town in the State of New York, one cent postage on each number, and one and a half cents if over 100 miles, without the State. Editors of newspapers noticing the numbers of this work monthly, or advertising it, will be furnished a copy gratis, upon sending such notice to this office. DURHAM BULL FOR SALE. Not having sufficient use for him, the subscriber offers for sale his thorough bred imported bull, Prince Albert. His sire was the celebrated bull, Sir Thomas Fairfax, and his pedigree can be seen He is five years old, in the British Herd book, Vol. 4, page 382. a red roan, of medium size, and of quiet temper. If not previously disposed of, he will be offered for sale at the next show of the New York State Agricultural Society. Letters on the subject can be addressed to the subscriber at Re Hook, Dutchess County, New York, where the bull may be seen. ROBERT DONALDSON. CONTENTS OF MARCH NUMBER. Reduction of the British Tariff }.... A Southern Barn, John B. Miller; Fencing, No. 2, Coke. Annual Meeting of Oneida County Ag. Society, B. N.H. 2 2228 78 79 .. 91 The Grass Lands of Western New York, R. H.............. Review of the Market.................................... Agriculture is the most healthful, the most useful, and the most noble employment of man.-WASHINGTON. VOL. V. A. B. ALLEN, Editor. NEW YORK, MAY, 1846. TO CORRESPONDENTS. NO. V. SAXTON & MILES, Publishers, 205 Broadway. valent to a good top-dressing. The artichoke is a THE edition of our paper is so large now, that we delicious table vegetable, pared and cut up raw are obliged to close our columns early in the pre-in thin slices with vinegar added to it. Many are ceding month, in order to get it printed and sent off also fond of it boiled and mashed like turnips. promptly at the time of its date. We wish our cor- Frost does not injure the roots, and after the first respondents hereafter to bear this particularly in planting they will propagate themselves. The roots mind; and if their favors do not reach us at least three of the Jerusalem are ill-shaped, rather large, and of weeks in advance of the first of the month, there is a pure white color. The kind of artichoke bearing no certainty that they can be inserted in that num-a root with pink streaks or spots on the flesh part, ber of the paper, but may lie over till the succeed. is not as good as the Jerusalem. They grow well ing month. Those unaccustomed to edit a periodical in the poorest land. of this kind, cannot estimate the importance of an editor's having his matter in hand, and all prepared, at least one month in advance of publication. In consequence of not getting articles in season, we are frequently obliged to let them lie over nearly a year, much to our own regret and that of correspondents. Advertisements must be sent in as early as the 15th of the month in advance. JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE. CULTURE OF CABBAGE THE cabbage crop is a very important one in the vicinity of cities, and immense quantities are raised there; but we doubt whether as much attention is paid to the culture of this vegetable on the farm as there should be, considering its importance as food for both man and beast. It is true that in consequence of the severity of the weather of the Northern States (cabbage being a very watery vegetable), THIS root is cultivated precisely like the potato, it is not as profitable to feed to stock as in the mildin hills or drills. At the South and West it is fed er winter climate of Great Britain; and, in addition off by turning swine on to the fields, who root them to this, it is more difficult to keep with us, and more up and consume them at pleasure. A winter's difficult to store. Nevertheless, for food for cattle, supply of food is thus easily provided for their as the frost cuts off the grass in the autumn, and hogs, and the crop fed off the land greatly enriches before the severity of the winter sets in, few vegeit. The artichoke is considered one of the best of fertilizers, as it derives a large amount of its carbon and nitrogen from the atmosphere. They should be cultivated extensively in well grown orchards, as they do well in the shade, pulverize the soil without exhausting it, and leave it in a good condition There are various methods of cultivating the for growing trees. After the fruit is gathered turn cabbage; for the field, with the larger variety, howthe swine on to feed them off. Rooting them up is ever, we prefer planting them in hills two and a nearly as beneficial as plowing; at the same time half to three feet apart each way, it is so much the swine destroy nearly all the insects harboring easier using the cultivator among the plants, and round the trees, and the manure they leave is equi-thus saves the tedious process of hand hoeing. It tables excel it. Then, such an immense quantity can be raised per acre where the ground is favorable for the crop, and it is so easily cultivated, it is quite an inducement for those who have but a small quantity of land to devote a few acres to it. |