Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-09-13

! Having explained my method OF procuring aud
prsservin. the t,nai OF vegetables will proceed 10
state my practice IN ieedms or applying II. II Is
given every spring, 10 such hood crops will do
well upon coarse food, lmy vegetable hogs and
goats These are corn, potatoes, rua baga, benns,
and eabhaees.1h osc consume the coarser phrtl.
cles Of III, manure which would have been lost
during the summer IN the yard While the plough,
harrow and hoe eradicate the wecd, WHICH spring
from the seeds il scaiers. The finer parts of the
food preserved Ia the soil 10 nonrsh the small
gains which follow. The dung is spread upon
the gu'und as evenly Us possible, and Immediately
turned under with the plough !. Ia thereby better
distributed for the next crop, \ becomes intimately
mixed and incorporated with The soil by subsequent
uage. Thus upon the data which ! .l warran.
ted in assuming, II farmer who keeps twenty hor-
SIS and neat cattle, will obtain from his yard aud
stables every spring, 300 loads Of manure, besides
what is made IN summer and the product OF his
hosstv With this he may manure annually ten
or twelve n1res OF corn, potatoes, DC. aud manure
II well. And il proper rotation of crops is adopt
ed, he viii BE- able "a keep in good heart, and pro.
excessively In improve, sixty acres Of tIIlage land.
so that each field shalt be MANFRED ouce four
or five years, the rctarn OF the corn aud potato
crop.
.SMgHi1 Tart.-in the enurse ofsome expert.
,neutS made 10y the Editor OF tbe American Farmer,
lor he purpose of improving Indian corn idst year,
he impregnatcd the pp,ts fsilk oi the large white
Tuskarora with the pollen from the tassies Of the
golden anux The result was perfect hybrid be
tween the two. The gram beng Of ap0rc brln-
stone color, Of the size and form of the Tuskarorn,
and like that with eight rows on the cob
II was most beautiful variety OF corn par
taking Of all the good qualities OF both, without the
disadvantage of the large cob and small gam
OF the golden SIOUX We planted tins corn
| last spring the stalks were yety dwarish, rcsen.
bling those OF the slouN and the coin very early
fit for use II is now ripe however, and an exam
| inlng II u day ~ Two since We find that HE two
original colors have Separated aud instead OF the
birthstone color, we have On every gtuius Of the
hNght yellow sioux, and the pure white TuSkaro
IA /, but the quality OF the corn is evidently sujr
rur u, either OF tie original parents, although The
coors have resumed the original tinLs. Thus IS To
us, II singular circumstance, und Que which We are
unate 10 account ios The only thing analogous
Ia II we have read OF, Is the proposition adyancdbY
IN able writer Sntie mn since III the colutuns OF the
Farmer, that the ohsprinSs oi cross breeds OF am
nuls would rAuld of par'ahns of the mkt chm
racter OF thrr Immediate parents, tSIirnc that Of
one or the iihr af the dsl.,lnal progenltods How
! Ear this proposition may hold good with animals
do bot know but it certainly appears To be- the
III the vegetable world at least far as the fact
above stated warrants the formation o( an opiuon
! There is a good deal OF difficulty in reooncins
the above fact with the law Of nature which re
quircs TIVE parents for the production OF every or
| gani2ed beng, animal or vegetable Ii the two
kinds otoorn which were combined IN the hybrid
hlve become aga,n distnc, varieties they are each
IL H. /,
rora is the produce Of female parcn, exclusively
and the sioux that of n male parent for It must be
recolIertcd there was mo male 1uskuror nor &c
male SIOUX present, either dfrins the ori-in Of tho
hybrid last year or the subsequent culture and st
| Jardton OF varieties this year l.t We lno@.
that If deprive the Of 9, thet the male ar the
female flowers fta&sei IN slt) th.rc Wiil ho no
, corn forned on lhe ciL How then are We n
account for the present fact Of the SEPARATION 0t the
TWO varieties? It vas this difficulty that made u
doubt the correctness otthe lfmoa.tIon relative 10
CROSSES Of animals above referred 10, and h,thrglt
We have the fact before In the of the corn,
are stu compellc'! To doubt ITS general application
! We DO not think that cnch variety hos resumed all
If is original characters ono OF them sc know 1t
has not--thc sin OF the SIOUX gyajn Is larger tban
the orig lnal, K there hut eight rows the 'oh
in these respects retaiuing the hybrid character de
riyed from the Tuskarora; NJ then the original
color and ilu,ncss Of the groln IS resumed, the
! Iuskarora has resumed It's Original character 60
trlly, with the exception ofthG soft iloWery quality
| Of tue grain, the fntncss of the hybrid derived
iom tho sioux parent IS retained A The Tuska-
cora vas the female parcn. ot the hybrid, the NUN
Der of row. and the size of the gram would of
course be lik, those otlhat variety nni hence the
presence flhosc chiractel IN thcprcsent separated
varieties. We should bc glad TO receive an cxpla.
nation ofthis circumstance from some q our prar
! Used natlflalists. imer. Farmer.