The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-11-06

DOMESTIC
O7tT Agriculture anil ..I'nu1erfaTcs.~-Tle IN
situations for the encouragement of agriculture
and Manufactures assume ar cUcreaslng interest
ana Importance. Orr horses, and other cattle,
in different parts az the country, arc much i'm
proved, and la avery considerable dcTrcc-InuCh
,rJro valuable than lorncrll. Inc.Icuabe ben
Gifts NAV, with confidence, be expected from
the,c patriotic inaututons,and future generations
viii rclaIfzc benefits from them, which we have
scarcely anticipated. The late exhibition and
fair Ut 4lount Vernon on 2Jd and oath uit. (as
also like exhibitions in other places afford the
faithful promise public advantages. which few
years ago, would have been doomed chimcricai
Among other exhibitions a Mr. Delaney pro-
ducci 4 sow with her litter Of ten pigs, of
wear old, which averaged 3O05 weight each.
This case did not come within tie order Ut the
society TO the committee on swine. Sewing silk,
and i1rentlnas OF American s.:h ana American
manufacture, are particularly noticed among OH
cr valuable articles, in tie report III tie Com
m.ttec. Also grass Hats IN imitation Of Le9horn
Ly Misses Nestal and B!asroye, tagged 10 and ~
years and some other young ladies. arc ,N0Ecn
Of ~ terms Of high appreciation. y ladies giO-
scy mt, in imitation Of the IegIorn~, madc D.,
the Misses Hedge, was purchased for 5iCJ, ana
another, made TN Miss Harrison lUr sc The
first premium COW sold lOr $3.50. AT the tate
cattle show IN Essex County, Mss the qryIai-
um oi SD iur the best cow WA, awarded t1 John
Barr, Esq. ofSaIoH- il appears That Wy " ~ day,
She gave I'll - gallons OF milk. The premium
for the -ocOnd best COW was awarded 10 the OWN
III of one, which afforded 3jibs butter from hcrI
milk ID Y days. Air. Joshua Lovctt, of bc7crv
has made clring the past sumner from cows
between the first OF May and tlfe 18th nit.
J9jlbs. oF butter ana 9l0lbs vi cheese. Col
John Francis Of BGaerly from cows made "c-
tween lst June aud 90 sept. 3illbs butter and
65I,bs. ofcAec7c. 1t is sad that Col. Cnarin If
S.r5Isrtcll, lAIl-s.) has 3 oxen which weigh as
.ollJas t!o "r-t 3033ibs. the second 21CObs and
tba third 2l.-5ih,. Hon. L. II. Dyrbey, Ap 10,
1881 planted IL hushtl pa potatoes, part Xii
ncv, and part round ones, cut ITO sets, IN hot
bel. May Trans planted the hr5t Set IF vines
in the manner Of transplauting cabbaces, aud
rcpIantcd the sets. May 2l--transpl1ntcd the
second second sct of vines and reDantcd tie
sct-. june 5-transpanted tic THIRD set OF
vines, rcplantcd the sets, and hoel the first
arid second sets Of plants. June 39 transplant
NJ the fourth set 81 vines. July l--cOmmeUced
digging fun grown potatoes from the first set oi
vincs--aincc which his large family has bcca full
N supplied-and hc has lately commenced dig
ging the fourth set Of vines, ana finds but few
small potatoes among them.
AZ the Brighton show (Mass.) NJr. DaYiI
Fisher of NrcntAam, exhibited hritcr W tlout
horns, (of the Galloway brecd) which brought
her first calf II one year and five months Old, her
second III two wears months and 25 .iavs DID,
aud was about three months ad7anccd with
third being, now, less tban t5O wears and nine
months old
.h,s--H 1nDsh.Ic.-A thu cattle show. Rock
'nrh7m county, many beautiful specimens WI
Domestic Manufacture we're exhibited. Amon-
other things we notice avery beautiful EaudIke
from the floss Of uill weed Inv louua Indies of
Exeter Among the prcnuls fur crurs was
one for raising III and IL bushels 81 corn 10
the acre III Strahord county, also, Ule cNhib.-
lion of animals, agricultural produces, ann do-
nestle manufactures, II said tn have alaA rrucl.
superior TO that ofany former period.
FiortJa.-A gentleman who las la:o,v oZ9lor-
al thu d. Joln's River, gives Uc following 0u-
scgiption oft, ana Fast Florida ecucr3ilr
Ihe 81. Jo]la's is a long and r-ual Bav.
which receives the Impressions XII tho tide III
more than 10 mics trftn its mouth Thi, bay
affords uIc finest nav ga toH ;hatI am acqnaintcd
WIIi--von viii ind Ia ali par, OF IT. after rae--
iug The Bay, up ID the entrance ot Lake Geor,c.
n I'll.
iyls upwards Of 10 feet in depth. You see Almost
every where charming pcrspectivcs. M ~noHa..
la'rcls NJ every species, and water uaAs, WI thc
shade of which Inc C:trcn and orange eru.- nat
urai!y, forming an evergreen curtain tic whole
length oi tits fine river.
Lake George i q Htl!o sco. vi nearly G0 miles
in circumference, at tLc extremity " which Y
found bank Of shells, on which YOU have only
about feet water; but al an B miles above
Tins the branches of the Gt. Johns rc-luilc. and
Lroad and deep channel conducts you 10 i lake
which bears different namCs---th;t Of jackson +,
most appropriate, Il being greater than GEORGES.
Having only been an observer oftniz cbun-
/ tr! for three months, / should not Ike ID give
an i1evoCahe opinion. IL is ntCessaI,. sir. ta
examine iJr long time, and with care. a conn
try - extensive a. the Fiorilas. 10 bc enabled
10 know il Wei. Nevertheless. am well con-
WINGED, that if culture that il suitable for the
soil and climate, i applied N III, Ea@t-FIoIida
will one day become one u tic most productive
states OF the American contCdcr1Cy.
: 1t is certain. that coffee prosper, south offhr
-7th dcEree-hyt planters on Cape FLORIDA make
( perfect crops o1 ii.
Tie Orange AID C.;ron grow spontaneously,