Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-08-14
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The FARMERS LIBRARY AND MONTHLY
JOURNAL or AeR1cuLTURE.--Ihe July
number o fthis publication, being the first
of the third volume, very fully s~ustains the
character oftke work, as respects the de.
termination ofthe Editors and Publishers
to make 1t worthy Of being universally
patronized by The landed interest. The
embellishments from "stephen's Book Of
the Farm are numerous and well execu-
ted.
This number opens with q chapter on
"Fattening, Driving, and slaughtering
Swine" which treats of the kinds offood
best suited for fattening, and the most
economical mode Of cooking and feeding,
with cuts 10 illustrate the different sorts Of
trouehs and the manner Of cutting up the
hog. It describes also tho diseases Of
swine, andt best personalities and cures.
Next comes q chapter on the Treatment
of Poultry" embracing the different kinds.
Then follows one on "Wheat and Flour"
illustrated by ~engrayings Of the different
kinds of wheat, with highly interesting OBJ.
servations presenting these subjects In ev.
cry view. In like manner are treated and
| illustrated the different sorts Of "Barley
and Oat4, Peas and Beams" and the va
rious uses to which they are applied, eth
er whole or as meal. These forty-eight
pages of the Farmers Library are conclu.
ded with a chapter on the wages Of Farm
Servants"
The monthly Journal Of Agriculture be.
gins with q dissertation on the tobacco
INSPECTION Laws Of Maryland" being an
account Of and a commentary on the pro.
ceedings ofthe Planters ofPrince Georges.
Next comes q chapter on the "Patent
lOfice Report" in which the editor con.
graduates the landed interest on the adj
mission il affords Of the power of Congress
to make appropriation for the diffusion q
Agricultural knowIedge; and insists that,
the power being admitted, it ought to be
exercised on a scale and in a manner wor.
thy of the greatest Of all national concerns
This he contends would best be done By
appropriations for the establishment. in al
the States, of agricultural Institutions to1
the preparation Of instructors in p~ractiea
and scientific agriculture. Men who would
I be qualified to take charge Of country
schools, and give instruction in agricultu
raj chemistry, in botany, in the knowledg'
of soils and manures, in road making
bridge building, practical surveying, ant
the mechanical principles on which depend
the economy and power Of all agriculture
machinery. The next article is a new
and exceedingly valuable dissertation b,
f Professor LrEBIe ON the principles O
; Artificial Manuring." This chapter ha
). reference to a manure compounded by tn
! Professor, who says: ''Fhe farmer il b
! his position not in the position to Procur
) and command the necessary elements to
the restoration and increase Of the fertilii
!, of his fields in a right proportion and
IS suitable form. For this purpose scien'
and industry must combine their aid.
! have been so fortunate az 10 remove Il
difficulties which are opposed to the app
2 cation of a mere mixture Of the eleneT
o manure." IL il for the preservation a
circulation of the learning and philosoP
x that belong to agriculture, even me-
than to other arts, that the Farmers Lib