New-York daily tribune., 1843-03-07

AGRICULTURAL 1MPRoYEMENTs.-Ihe growing
Sn,e1est every Where perceptble, and the signal
innprovements now making in every department OF
rural industry, we cannot but regard as suspicious
ou,ens of an approaching period of great national
pro.seri,v More than ihrce-foultlis of the pro-
duc;ive industry of the United States is engeged in
s,aitiva,ing The soil. Our confidence ;hat genera!
prosperity will soon be OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the
resilient shade of Loco-Focoism shall biigh, every
tnins-is based upon the feet, that the rural in-
dustry Of this hrosrd Republic is now being made
vastly more productive in It's legitimate results
;han a; any former period. We are happy to see
that this increass of productivcness is net confined
10 tie Nsrthsrn, Middle or Wes,ern States; bu;
is likely ,e benefit, in equal, II not greater de
gree. the cotton growing region Of the South. BY
rbe skilful application of science TO hecnlture ei
The cotton Plant, Dr.. CLOUD, OF Alabama, has sue
ceeded in growing tear zines the quantity OF cot
ION on an acre Of ground that is usually made IN
shat country: wAiie the article obtaines is greatly
superior ard worth some 20 per cent. moro per
pound than the average staple. DIR. G. Is pnaish
ipc in the Albany Cuitivstor an account of the
process by which be is able to produce sach impor
,snt results His new system OF cu!ture-high
rnanuring and rotation OF crops are It's esseatia!
eeuents--is exciting great interest at the South
Dr. c. harvests with great certainty 3,0UO Pounes
az cotton from each acre in cultivation, winch Is
worth in these times Z cents per pound; giving
him $3.50 as the annual product of an acre OF land
The land cultivated by DR.. I. VAS, while IN the
state of nature. extremely poor and sterile.
The wooI.srowug business OF the Eastern and
Western portions of the Union is receiving much
attention, ard is found to be susceptible of being
made vastly more profitable than is generally sup
posed Mr.. REYBoLp, wool-erower IN the Stale
OF Delaware, has flock OF l coo Leicester sheep,
from which he clipped 5000 pounds of good wool
las, season. This important result has been pro
duced mainly yy the aid of physiology judiciousy
applied TO the breeding of this valuable domestic
animal.
Mr. REYEoLD can sell his wool at The low
price of 20 cents pound and then realize from
his Aook an annual income of 81 eco. Suppose II
will take $500 of this sum, and The Whole value
of the increase OF the flock to dersy the expense
oi their keep, then each sheep netis It's owner
clear prof, OF one dollar year. Sheep husband.
ny must afd Will aourish IN this ano OF oouhe!ess
pastures.
MIR. YouxG of Kentucky has grown the past
season 100 bushels Of corn on one acre of ground;
aud his crop for several years past has sed ON fallen
below, even in bad seasons l40 bushels TO the
This sta,eu1sn, is copied from the Louisville Jour-
nal and its correctness no, to be questioned
where Mr.. You've is known end his method of
cul,u.e we'll understood. In this comparatively
cold and uupropi,ious climate, the Il. i. State As
ricutural Society on the Sth ult., granted TO MIR.
SAMUEL PHgLrs, of Ire, Cayuga county, rreui-
un Of SIS for having grown l22 bushels OF corn on
an acre.
The expense of producing these large crops is
often less, in oag rum than what is necessary 10
obtain one.fourih OF the ameunt The old system
of skinning ard starving land by continuous crop
ring, soon reduces the occupant TO the necessity
OF abandoning it or starving himself. While agri-
cutura! chemistry. animal and vegetable physl.
olesy and other kindred sciences doing 80 much
to ausmen, the productvesess oil the soil, scien-
tifc mechanists are constantly supplying The nus.
baadman with valuable lsber-savins machines b.
which ihe cost OF cultivssing any given quantity OF
land is greatly diminished. It is in this way that
our agricultural interest now beginning TO real
ize double gain in its profts-an immense gain
10 the aggregate product, and an equal gain BY
cheaPenins the cost of production. Should the
coming season be favorable to rural employmen,s,
eur farmers must not expccia third gain, or tac
Aenef, Of additional prices for their surplus pro
due.. Those who sell wheat at go cea;s hushe
which six wears since would have brought them
81 90 bushei can now make as much, or more
money, by growing two bushels on the same land
and at the sane cos, which then proaucsd but one
The same remark will apply to the culture of cot
ION. corn. iobacco and Kemp, and TO the making o
pork and beef Buffalo Com. Adv.
lectures ON SecsoSy.
O. DocTes LYELL's LEcTusrs ON GSolcSi.-The
second edition ci these celebrated Lectures reported .oT
The Tribune j, ready. Il contains an Engraved
Yon,spiece exhibiting section OF part OF the Erth'
cxplsn II }laSNr IN lr.