‘ soy, of Cayuga County, New-York, sold sowing silk 664; r““‘‘'’'‘‘‘ ’ " ... ..-...--..._. .. _ f AMERICAN RAILROAD J()URNAL. noes docs not interfere with the regular farm work of lhe men, or the domestic duties of the females, upon whom, with the aged and youthful members of the family, the care of the worms and the making of the sewing silk chietly devolves. It is known also that in the other New England States, Maine excepted, more or less attention to the silk culture is given. During the late "war with England. Srmlllel Chiti- to the amount of 600 dollars :1. year. Mr. C. intro- ducnd the whitcmulborry tree in the town officipio, on its first sottlcmenho Silk was also formerly raised‘ by the French inhabitants, in the country now the State of Illinois, but to what extent is not lmown.p' ~ _ . , ‘'1‘he cultivation of silk has Commenced in the States ofOhio and Kentucky, and" there is every reason to believe that it will oxtend.. The first men._ tioncd Stats contains a great nurnbcr of citizens who sure good crops. It often happens that particular portions of the garden are assigned to the same ve- ground generally receives an annual dressing of ma- nure, thc importance‘ofaltcrnating is not so appar- ent. Without due rellcction, I adopted this too common practice, and had my onion quarter, beet quarter, melon quarter, doc. which have been planted with those vegetables almost exclusively for eight or ten years. Notwithstanding I manured highly, I was astonished that my crops every year grow worse, till from this veryinfurior quality, 1 was led to re- fleet upon the cause. and the consequence was, that {became convinced. that the principle of alternation, which I know was bcnolicial in farm operations, should be applied also to the garden. I planted my onions, beets, carrots, &.c. on new ground, although the former, I had understood, should always be con. tinued on the same plat. The result or the change formerly resided in the sllli-gt‘OWlflg(llBl.Tlt‘.ti of Con. see their interest in renewing a _branch of business from which they formerly derived so much profit‘ In the latter State, it is chiefly conlinocl to those in. dustrious people, the United Brethren, whose steady porscvoring labors and intelligence are the surest guarsiitccs of‘ success. a In the curly settlement ot Virginia tobacco was the circula- 1lIIl§> medium, the siibstituie for mom-.y-, as sswiiig silk la, in part, at present. in Vvnullmm county, Comiecucut. o. lIenuiu,r:‘s Statlltes ol‘Vir5inia, vols. l and 2-Letter to_tba ‘Secretary olthn Trcaisury in answer to thc‘Sill<‘(3lrculnr, lrom the Hon. John '1'y]e.r, lute Governor ol'Vir_elnia. c "'l‘l1v.n'ustee.~u-lGeorgia waited on her mzijesty with some silk from t.‘~1'.nt'L_'i:l, which had proved very good. It is to be wove into at piece for her majesty."—-—Goi'ulv=iiuu'i’s Mag. vol. 6. p. -l»«Ltl.-—--Tllo t'u|lmvln:.; cntrg appears in the manuscript. bopk A ofl.lu:t1‘ustcBa, umlcr date 17:40‘: !‘ The raw silk from Georgia. orr.1niy1.iucd by Sir Tlionras L()llllJ§’-, was niadc into it piece ol silk. and presented to the queen." Under umv.-. l739.lt~llL(‘.llil1'_.'.’e “ mi: making a rich brocade, and dying the silk from Georgia. ' ‘ .‘7 :1 ‘ll. will be seen that this statmnen: (lillcra frorn that of Mr is, that those vegetables have nearly quadrupled in Grisonthwncte maintains that the same crop may be taken successively from one field ; provided we know the spccilic food which such crop requires, and supply it in sullicient quantity annually. He says the specific food of wheat is nnlplmte of lime, barley common nitro (saltpctro,) that of sanfoin, clover, Sac. gypsum, &.c., But until we become so learned in chemistry as to know tho-spocilic food which each requires, itwill he discreet to pursue the course which nature suggests, that of alternation. Er1«‘cc'r§ or run Paar Wuwrnn.-7-"It is a singular fact, tliatvwhile many tender foreign plants stood the severity of last winter as well, or hotter than usual, and rnacrophylla, Sac. most description of fruit, many of the preceding years. The destruction has been extensive among pears, peaches, plumbs, cher- M’C.a.ll. It first appeared‘ in B. I‘u‘irnau‘.~x ar:v:uunt of lflorida, .~ and 8.ll.C'~l.'\‘Jl1L'(lS ill .l_iI:in’s I’«v.nn-.=y[vama_l\'I:igrazxneLlor July. 517'?-.3. An opinion 0 the rpmlity ol the (h:n1'gia ml ' maybe 'l‘o1'niml. t'rm'n the lollowing document: “ A paper was laid lic- ‘fore the I.‘-orrirnissaiuincrs for Trade and l’lauiu.Iuns, by about forty eminent silk LlIr0w‘:‘stnl's andweavers,dreclu1'iI);;rl1n.t. hav- ing‘ exavnimizl -1. I.l£|."Ctll of about 300 poundp iveuglit ol Georgia rzt-.v silk, imported in February last, ihcv found the nature and tc.mu"s nfit truly },,'u0ll, the color beautiful, the thread even, and clean as tho best l'lmlmmit, and will be worluul with less waste lllttll China Silk.”-[l;omlon Masa..inc for l7;”:.‘;.‘] (2 Viz, in tho _vc-trs.1_7~l:'2, l7~]B. 17-19. 1750, 1753,1755. j‘ Au Impartial Inquiry, into the State or Uuorglo. 17-11, )0. 75). v .5; 'l‘hmnas .McCul!, Esq. : answer to the silk circular. it Thu lures olthc minutes ol'tbs4Socict;< prevents our know- ing; the amount subscrihr-.d in subsequent years. It. Ian proctor the :ui::ict_v of rim British Guvcmnu-.nt, in impact to tho sill; (zllltlinz in the flnlnnire.-a, that in Int; _Yl'nLl' I ."(:'.'I nn not \v.'i~z p:m.~.-ml (‘or ill: "_/in:/mar" «:n(‘.oui‘:igo_uicur. (it tho L_'rowth oi silk in Nortli Aiiiorlca, _g1':liiLiri.5,'..*.'.‘I'> tor cvcry lot) \'."tll'lL‘. ot raw sill’: rziised for the next seven years, and smaller bounz.1o.~i_ during the two following periods ofscvou years. But no mention is ninalo ol'tl1i.~4 act by Doctor l«‘rankli:1 in his leticr, nor doe.-i it. app<::I.l‘ that any premium was claimed by the Society in consequence oi‘ it. ' ‘ 2' This excellent p.".pcr has been copied in all thellritish and Scotch l:1:'rcyclripz:~tlias, and \va*.; reprinted in a. pamphlet at 'Windhain, Cmiuuuicut, in the year 1792. _;' Gov. Wolcorvs answer to the silk cu'cul.1r. ' /: he pa1'tieul:n's are not inserted in the: transactions of the society, but may be seen in Bayflows A(lVll.llUJll'l|lllL oftho Arts, London, l77:3, and in Dussirrs A’ umoirs ofltcrimilture, vol. 3. l Colurnbian ltlaszazine, l’l1llarl€‘.lphlll.,'4, p 61. _ m Stateiiirautol the Arts and Mauulacturcs of the United . Stan-s for the your 1:310, by Touch Uoxe. . 7L Z, S1.ul‘I':!, l~‘.sri. ul‘l\lsuslicld:’ans\vcr to the silk circular. 0 Mr. David Thomas: letter in au.~nvci"lo the silk circular. 3; Uov.‘Cole:3“: letter in :1n.~s\ver to the silk circular. , .[From i.?reNe1uYarkFa.r7ner.] ’ Rorxrron or C‘r.ors.—-Tliat crops deteriorate 4 London, when continued in the some field successive years, is a fact ‘wcllknown to the observing farmer; and yet it islncver sullicicntly regarded in practicc.—-- The Hollandersdo not. permit lla-.\: to grow in the same field oftcnor than once in 10 or 1.‘! years, upon the principle that it requires this time to restore to the soil the specific food required for the flux, and which had hecn exhausted by the preceding crop.—— ries, quinccs and native grapes, and partial among applcs. Either tho fruit blossoms, branches, or the entire treo above tho surface of the ground, were killed. In the latter case, the bark was found to be killed upon the’ hole or trunk, sometimes goner. ally, at others in circles, at about the height of the surface of the snow in winter. ' , I-Iowknro we to account for this uncommon fact '3 My hypothesis is this : That the foreign plants, be- ing more sensitive to cold. were divested of their leaves by the early frosts, the sap had become con. contratcd, or reduced in'volumo_, by the cold of the autumn months, and the plants assumed their win; tcrhabit bcfnm tho winter cold not in ; arid that the snow which soon after covered the ground, suflici- ently protected their roots. Our indigenous troos, orthosn more hardy, were kept in a partial growing stateiby the mild weather of autumn; ‘and their sap vessels were fully distended with juices, when the cold commenced; and that they suddenly he. camofrozcn. ere is condensed by a gradual and natural process, which instead ofiliminishing, added so to its volume as to burst the sap vosscls,'and dc. stroy vitality. And I doubt wlmtlier it was the so- verity, so much as the long continuance of intense cold, which proved so injurious. The thermometer did not fall lower than i20,dcgrces below zero with me; and this degreoof cold is not uncommon in our winters. _ But the long continuance of severe cold was unprecedented in my memory. From the first of December to thc~l7tli ofllanuary, it period of ncafly fifty days, the mercury did not appear above the freezing point but ahr-iuttviio lidurs, and then but one or two degrees. llfaxivis capable of sustaining (and the remark will in a. manner apply to other-an. imals) avariation ‘of temperature from 40 degrees bclow,‘l.o more than 200 above zero, but only fora time. The e.\trsnics of either heat or cold soon overcome and destroy the vital principle, if unrs mittingly applied to the animal system; I infer that Good husbandry requires, that not,.only two -crops of the same laws hold good in regard to plhnts. the same species, but of similar character, say _wlwat, rye, oats and barley, should not succeed each .o:.hcr_,,a8 those inn mcasurp exhaust the soil of like proportics._.-Jtldge Peters llaidit down as a funda- -mental rule, that two.crops~ut'. grain should ncvcrbe grown. in succession iuthc. some field. Our farm crops, as regards rotation, may be divided into three classe“§,< viz. grains, grasses_.and'-roots,and these again suhdividodynnd I would lctnotwo of any one class follow. Il‘.manur'e is applied inansunfen mcntod state to the roots and Indian corn, which are all liocd crops, weeds will be destroyed’, the rnanure 'incorporated‘ with the soil, and its advantages to the hood cropsho a. clear saving. . '_ . . » .. '. Ilot the object of permit: g‘ this article is to impress . taper: gardeners the ncccscityof alternating, toen- Another fact. is worthy of notice: plants sufferer] far more severely upon sandy than upon clay soils- indecd, most of the _rnischiol' was donoupon the for. met. The term warm,» applied to sandy soils, docs not.‘ convey a ‘correct idea of its properties.‘ It would seem to imply.tl-rat suclra soil is least sensitive to cold, and will afford the carl‘iest vegetation: such is not the fact. it is true it becomes soonest warm‘. cd liy-tliogcnial rays of a vernal arm‘; and it is d. qually true,fwhen warmed ‘it soon bccomcs— cold, from the absence ofthosc rays. . It receives caloric more readily than any other soil, and pglrts with it more rapidly. Other circumstances being similar, it is therefor-‘e most1‘ialilc'to‘lato and early frosts. It is not so well adopted to wintering plants’ as a_ soil more compact and tenacious‘, on account of the getablc for successive years; and as this portion of and animal matters that. afford nitrogen; that of such as the Aylanthus, Catalpa, Magnolias glauca which. are doomedlu1rdy;su'fll3rod more than during .*i€n 9% 'i““l‘.°l_‘l°£: frequent and suddentransition of temperature, and I know it is not so well adapted for early vegetation . in spring. B. [From the Cincinnati Farmer and ZlIec7zam'¢':.] - . I’nLox (Phlox Paniculata.)—Flowers from July until nipt. by the frost; is one of the most beautiful of our natives that has been_i_ntroduccd into the gar. den, and from the brilliancy of its purplish pink llowcrs, gives a. lively appearance to the garden at a season of the year in which the generality of our cultivated flowers have either lost their bloom, or are of a yellow line. It is a nativeof the highlands of this (Hamilton) county, where its natural soil in a rich mould formed ‘by vegetable decomposition. but ground, doing something better by being partially shaded, and requiring but little care. The stocks- dic z:nnually—-roots perennial———may be propagated either from seed, or by dividing the roo‘ts.in the spring. ' * . _ ' , ISABELLA Gnu-1:.——l\’Ir. Edward Dodson, of Cin- cinnati, possesses It Vino oftho Isabella Grape, that was notic'cd in tho \Vcstcrn Tiller of September 4th. i829, as having a length ofvino of 1,714 feet, and producing. 13,7153 bunches of grapes, being an ave. rage o'f8 hunches to each foot of vino, the bunches averaging 30 grapes each. This spring Mr. Dodson pruned this vine down to 2,000 feel, it having grown to a. much greater length. Its product this season being equal to the average of 1829, gives 16,000 bunches. He has another vine, a cutting, planted duccs grapes in proportion to its ago. The grapes on both are at least as line as are produced by vines trained to stakes and closcpruued, the method gene- 0 rally recommended to produce fine grapes. These two vines furnish a magnificent demonstration that over pruning is not the propor mode of grape cul- ture in the west. Mr. Dodson states a strong cir- cumstance in confirmation of the correctness of this conclusion : his brother has been in the habit of cultivating the same grape trained to stakes, they have hitherto been rather unproductive, and fre- quently mildcwed. .. Fms.--Tliis spring Mr. Lotton, of Cincinnati, set 8. fig cutting in a pot, which has produced eigbtfigs. W hen put in the pot it was about two inches above ground, it is now fifteen. Vegetable Curiosity/.r—~VVc have seen an ear of wheat. inclosed in a solid cake of ice, taken from the centre of an ice house, the grains of which had sprouted, and the young roots had extended thom.. selves from half to an inch in length into the ice.-- Thc ice was packed down at mid.winter by being at that time, for the ice became‘ one solid cake, and was only broken as wanted for use. As ice is never above 32 degrees, will Mr; Brown, or some other physiologist, inform usywby this vog- ctatiou took place, as seeds are said not to vogctate unless in a temperature above the freezing point. ——[Gencse'c J3‘urxiier.] ‘ The Cashmere Shawl Goat has been successfully introduced into England by. C. T. Tower, Esq. or Would Hall, Essex ; and as that gentleman by-this time must have some of this flock to dispose of, the Gardenor’s Magazine thinks their introduction among fiirmcrs," for their wool and also for their mllk, ajfnir subject tospcculatc on. This variety of the common goat (or probably, it-may be a. dis. tinct. species) is a lioedooking animal, and would be very ornamental in a park, on all ruin‘, on the side of of long coarse hair, and of short. line wool; ‘this lat. tor lmgins to be loose early in April ; and is collected easily and expeditiously, by combing the animals with such a comb as is used for horse's manes. The produceofa male is about 4 oz.; and ofa fo- male " 2 lbs of wool, as it comes off the J-4 07. I gna_t's buck, maybe estimated to make one shawl 54 inches sqimre. Mr.,Towcr has this year had tlircoshaivls made of his wool, one of which was cxannncil by the colhrnil.tec.. of manufacturers. The flock, consisting in l823, of two hucka and two docs, now (1832) consists of-51 animals, Mr. Tower status that his flock produces an ave- rage oftwo ounces and onc-third ofvdown annually from each animal. 2 0 ' » “ _‘ _ ‘V At a into session of the Court of Common Pleas ‘ at Taunton, Mass.,.‘a_rr_1sn was fined~$750 andcogtg for sellxngylottcry tickets. A man was fined $4 for mowmg on Sunday, Wlll come to. great perfection in well manurod, four years since, that has grown in length, and pro. _ pounded line, and the earmust have been introduced A a rock, or in a churchyard. The coat iaa mixture 1 _ and another; for not having '1