Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-10-23
a1rtculturaL

A great difference is found in the
profits of agriculture, where the cir
cums,ances of soil and climate arc the
same For this, there is no other rea
son, than difference in the selection Of
crops, and the application Of labor. If
the farmers of the upper and lower
parts ofthe Miami country, be compar
ed, tho former will be found apparent.
", the most wealthy and prosperous;
vet the bottom lands of the Miami,
Mill creek, Sc, are certainly not iDfe-
rior 10 fertility to any. The truth is,
that the richest lands in this vicinity are
not generally the most profitable. The
cause may, perhaps, be found IN the
fact, that corn, almost always raised
on fertile bottoms, is far less valuable
in proportion. than the small grain Of
the upIandS. This has been proved
by experiment, and may be so again,
by any one, who will try 1t. OF corn,
whether in that shape, or 10 whiskey
and pork, there is superabondance,
while for grain, there is constant,
cash demand. But, Wheat, Barley,
Oats, &c, are the products of an up
land soil. this is true; ys., there are
crops equally profitable, adapted to The
richest soil. Hemp, for example, is a
highly valuable, though laborious crop.
In toe Eastern Market, the Tariff has
already enhanced It's price, and farm
ers would do we'll TO examine the Sub
ject.
Hay, also, is a good crop, and not
sufficiently attended to, in this vicinity.
Diaries, also, are required in greater
numbers, TO supply the Cincinnati Mar
ket. Good butter has, for q long time,
brought 49, cents per ID. and IS may
readily be had for the best The guam
tity OF good butter, brought to market
here is by no means grea., and the far.
mer, who would make an improve
ment, in that particular, would be large
iy the gamer Let any one sit down
and calculate the difference IN value be,
tween a certain number OF acres cult.
vated in corn, and the same number
in hay and pasture for dairy, and, if
he does not find there is some profit ia
occasionally innovating upon old hab-
its, we will grant that arithmetic is vi
little utilay Markets nuctuate, rs 10
particular articles, IN proportion to their
abundance or deficiency, and he vii!
always be the creates, geiDer, who first
discovers the changes, and adapts his
crops to them. - Vest. Taller
| ADVANTAGES TO BIZ DERIVED FROM
AGRICULTURE.
The celebrated Watson, Bishop of
Landau, in a commune alton to the Bri.
fish Board of Agriculture, has the fol.
lowing passage:
"The sgricuturali improvements, which
have hitherto taken place amongst US,
have been by the expenditure of private
wealth, but the country cannot be brot'
| to that proportion Of cultivation, of which
it 10 capable, unless individual efforts
are aided and accelerated, by public wis
dom and munihcence. boast not of
any particular patrietism: but would
willingly pay my share of twenty or thir-
" miilohs OF puD'lc money,to DE appFo-
priated by the Legislature, to the agri
| cultural improvement OF Great Britain
and Ireland. This appears to NE to be
| an object of far greater concern to our
| independence as a nation, than any ex-
| tension of commerce, or any acquisition
of distant territory ever can be.-if the
time should fully come when an unpro-
| ductive acre nj land could not be found
in either of these, our fortunate islands,
we shall then have food within ourselves,
for the annual sustenance of at least thir-
ty millions, what power of Europe, or what
combination OF powers will dare to at
tempt our subjugation.
Method Of cleaning SAX, Woollcns,
and Cottons, 1oithout damage to their