Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-03-16

or eny 0,aer Ltc;,ialars. whea they ha.e
Consigned department 90 a particsiar offs
Ger, whose dGis a. il 10 inform OF any lax Law
or practice AccouDts are made up ard re-
turned quarterly and closed annually in Eir-
GINA; the Legislature are In session one
quarter Of the year. aud unless they ak par
ticuIarly they never kroir during that quarter
what is dane in that quarter-ior they know,
or at least presume, that II is TO come before
them In The shape of AN ANIMAL report AT the
next session. aud that the, may then examine
il.
Wherefore, the $4,000 drawn from the
treasury since tie close of the ii col year
ending on the S0th Sept. 1920. ought not 10 he
cousiieted IA forming "a part ct the S TO- 900
Appropriated for 1921, as regulated by the
act 81 Sd March lS2i.-And The auditor is
legally bound TO issue his warrant or warrants
or the Treasury Tor the whole sum OF S 10000
after the passage Of the sunnal appropriate
law Tor 1921, and inote particularly after the
passage OF The ACT of 81 March lS2l, regu,at-
my The specific applcaiio Of such app,opri-
ation TiMOvHEUS
Richmond, March 10. iS2I
10 THE EDFTURy or THE ENQUTRLR
hisa common aud just observation that there I: a
soi and eiusie which are peculiarly adapted ,he
na'ure and cu'tufe ~ pariirna' pianit aud where
beN deveiope their rrea,es, growth and ptriecii It
holds 10 respect 10 the eeIiAi gamma" ia general
and Indian corn the suheet Of lhesr reiafks flourish
Is. and /, productive IN certain climate and
toil: and The former evidently is northern position
HcueN mysieioUs, the cause This adaptation and
mode OF cpea'i"n inay appsa, there Ale sufficient daa
IN us phenomena aud corresponding asaicgous cases
In the animal system bat may eslab,ish ile principle
ana whtn cotIohofat:te tf opinions aud experiments
beginning Ia prevail, promises considerable aavsnaE
u our agriculture, 10 wit tile increase eraH from
selection Of indian seed iru he iaost prolific
stalks Mr. Marshall the English agcu!tIa!Isl Ia
e,isehcs o this iaci remarks "m even ueid OF corn
let The variety he ever .O pure well adapted
TO the soil aui situation ,bS inequality IN Tie
beauty aad oi ia ividuals Is osservahIe a, in
tlt I'm AT
Err 10 avail himself Of so suitable al oppol,snly OF
improvement, by selecting such individual piaat, as
excel IN ,igsT and pfodar;iyeness under n,"ra Ger
taibiy that such diyiJ6sis peculiarly adsntrd Il.
that tou and situation" hr. Cooper uC New Jtts.,
snd ,uese f.Ie,:, The president - the herieunrai
society VI Pcnnsylv2ua - have extended and
improved on Mr.. b'ars.s psfoap. theurs prsi
tioh IN series fsuecessfu experiments fnnI selsc
lion OF inGian corn seed from more Northern sitna
unn NY pssonalcbssvatinn III respect to The soil ara
sitnainn most ada pied the cuts.s 81 Indian corr !,
very i'Otec. can only describe that dis,c OF coun-
KY comprising hsTeheid ; and only particularly in
respect TO disappearance Of its vegetation aud situation
he soil IN regard 10 It's veeetatise Gnses is perhaps
OF the decomposition Of vaious rocks and
.nat o, iie Stone and WheIe the latter prevails is ex
uemely fertile The situation IS north west al the foot
hghe'l mountains. The stain Of the corn here grows
comparatively small with four 1--WE in a hill ana
Tire. feet apart commonly each way; and treqaenty
producing seventy five bushels TO the acre (f nv infor
nauoh was correctly and without iuch atenlion 10 got
husbandry. II is in this place alone where have
noticed tnat ihe conviction IS produced ofhe capaDil.
ny 81 THIS grain Producing that great prsduct of one
hundred bushels and upwards - the acre which 4,
sometime, attributed unto it. have passed through
the innch celebrated stale OF Kentucky from The mouth
OF henucky riVert' Gr"en Count, ca Sreeen river !;
ana from the appearance of the did saiks the nuusT
IN bill, aud distance, should ceanl, give Morened
cohs,neiahy the preference IA respect conn
ifs The general soil Of Kentucky Is caIcaIivus and
heht aud extremely fertile and in these respects is
adapted to The culture OF Indian corn but IL. situation
certainly does not eqnal MUefrld Ibe sire u The
stair IN kshincky, number in bill and distance ui
planting, presents me1iorn between ths Of M"reaed
and a. rlas.I
The proper situation aud soil Mr. Cotain . nerDher
of the Agricultural Sociey OF Pennsylvania obse
never ga" .aige crop OF corn without great Buber
ui Slams and this nnIpber Is always in prJporon 10
the more sUsble tituaoB and soil The slak Il The
pahi " wing under the influence Of southern srnpe
fauur eio"s "o large, an ihe texture TOO Oyer, TO
aobli ms number SO as I" give the Necessary Increase
OF gram Tue texture OF tie plant st Tenatninc III
evaporation 10 Ia too great pro oriiom To me food
taken no fur The formation oil the gain the
food that goes into the larger com position OF NE plant
ano IN evaporation goes 10 the increase grain In tbe
SMALLER ana more dense structure. Ills slu,pe pun
clpie prevails generally In The vegetable aaa nAsNlse
animal kingeom: small animals are more nroIiiis ,an
mole un"isidy ones; and tnai singular phenomenon
which attends the female cf the huIan speci,s, Is
peihaPs, sfisngiy Illustrative nf the prn,iuIe The
eSuhrranee" the bnmors In the vgoT u ihe system
uIus' ether bt TAKEN M IN the growth " the fptus
or "l ths singular diachafer. which in a.. q
7nhai species perhaps, as lst IN EVAPORATION aud
which would in the vegetable structure 20 10 N, rfes
or increase OF siaih. Corn htOIsht from the soutl
branch oi Potamgc 20 hs of the country HIS
anuheoinuion disposition Ca thUo'snj 10 ear and will
!
R"nld seed aud bds decided superiority Ia the qgau-
tIi} anu quality of the grain, ana particularly when
cultivated on our fertile bottom lands II evid-ni, has
and mus, hav. tendency to dov To- c hose loperu.s
" has acquired Wy long cultivation aud pait iizaii"n
III most Congenial soiI ana climate Thsse several
ph"n"nlcna ave uniform in pom ting out the mod. ot
operation 10 producing thai err quantity Gcieei
gram, anu selecting seed corn iIpB nurlheIn
sltuao aud from tue most prolific stalks of ahy crop
Of that climate viii aisa!s be with a moral CERTAINTY
ofsNcEeasng any future successive coDs uniil The
gTaiu Ehay becomes natuIalzsd which Is the cours.
OF operation hoh actual experiment. IbIs Influence
Climate and soil, on plants very o6visus ia The Gu
ivatian ana naiW aiizaton of cotton Zoe STALK Of Tie
seed imported from tennessee 10 NaicLsz remedy
against toe Iot continues completely JSaT1sh for
year or two. aud then puts all the size ani majesty
oftbe cotton OF the climate, and is equally subject ia
tue rot. II appears from The foreyun. rta:oninys
beat 10 ibe PRINCIPAL agent In extending the dIeren,
paris ~ sze 81 plants, and in producing heir texture
ana wren combined with some oihef pin iple, set.
bounds 10 the growth of ulants