The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1847-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the N. Y. True Sun.



secretary announced that articles for exhibition at the
next fair should be at Castle Garden on the ls or latest
The secretary, Mr. Meigs in regard to the longevity
of onions read from the Belgian Horcuturis that Mr.
Houon has communicated to the Society
of Louviers that onion which he had found in the
hand of Egyptian female mummy which had been en-.
ombed more than two thousand years, on being planted
in garden, vegeated with great strength. II did not
vary at all in appearance or quality from modern
onion.
Mr. Wakeman read an extract from letter received
from gentleman residing in one OF the western counties
this State 1t states that he received the petition to the
Legislature for aid to the American Institute to establish
an Agricultural College near the city OF New York,
while the court OF common pleas were in session, and
the Medical Society of the county in convention. The
bar and members Of the Medical Society all cheeuly
tees Of the Agricultural Society will follow suit and the
clergy, teachers manufacturers, merchants farmers &c
The writer deemed the establishment Of this college OF
the highest importance to the welfare OF the State and
he did not see how the legislature could deny the aid.
Mr.. Van Wyck said he had known the seed of some
of the grasses to have been kept buried in the earth for
said that the Egyptian corn was taken from mummied
dog from Egypt and that other seed had been taken from
Egyptian mummy He said it was an established
fact that seed could be preserved for any length OF time,
Col Clark Ohe chairman) then invited Mr. Dixon II.
Lewis, Senator from Alabama, to make remarks on
Southern agriculture Mr.. Lewis replied that he had not
come to say anything nor had he digesed any remarks
He then asked what he thought OF deep ploughng
many the best for land generally He had had this
year. experience of the benefits OF deep poughng
On his plantation there was deep black soil, and corn
had been raised on for twenty years in succession In
his State little attention had been paid to rotation in crops
He formerly got from go to 70 bushels Of to the acre.
was owing to shallow ploughng, which had been but
FIVE inches deep, and the soil had become exhausted.
He sent to the North and got Of Proutys poughs.
horses, and he had now the best crop within fifty niles
and it had stood the cold wet weather best He had
ploughed from nine to- twelve inches deep, and had
ploughed with sub-soil plough between every of
corn; making both together depth OF sixteen inches
The soil was not turned up to its depth, but broken The
soil was black limestone He had dug deep ditches
got for corn 80 to so CENTS and was satisfied It was the
best crop at 40 cents bushe He would rather grow
at 25 cents than cotton at to cents Deep plough
ing is not so good for cotton 1t affects cotton, though,
because it drains the land and makes it warmer Cotton
does not require soft surface 1t needs hard soil for
the tap which runs down two feet or more and in
soft soil will rot off, seeks hard cayey soil Rich lands
make poor cotton, which needs hard clay bed for the
tap-roo Mr. Lewis remarked that the mechanical sruc
ture OF the cotton lands of locality would differ from
that OF another yet he thought that the chemical compO
sition or the ingredient Of some salt was the same.
He had read PeZthodt and had derived much satsfac
ton from his theory and had been led TO believe that
the greatest benefit to southern agriculture would be de-
rived from an analysis Of the soil and of the cottoplant
entire including the stalk, boil, FIBRE and seed An
aysis would be useful in another point of view The
seed was valuable both for manure and for OIL If an
ayss could determine whether in extracting the oil the
manure would be left, the result would be valuable,
as oil might be made, perhaps equal to the olive oil 1t
was also important to inquire whether much might not
f the ashes Contained e essena Elements Of up
much might be saved in transportation, &c.
Colonel Clark remarked that in extracting oil from the
cotton-seed the manure would remain In incneation,
the volatile matter that escaped would be supplied by the
atmosphere, and was therefore not essential TO the
nure. Mr. Lewis said this the theory Of Pezthodt,
though the commonly received opinion was different.
Mr.. Megs said French writers had estimated that in one
ton OF ordinary 200 pounds water 1t was
remarked that the bulky manure had the advantage of
lightning the soil.
Mr.. Lewis regarded exhaustng to the
soil than cotton, though he would rather cultivate the
former required less labor and was more likely to
yield better profit The manure Of cotton seed was
good for corn and for everything He raised about 900
or $4,000 pounds OF seed cotton $50 pounds of picked
benefit of analysis of the cotton plant he spoke of the
importance to the farmer and the public of agricultural
college, and of scientific knowledge to the agrcuturst
Mr.. Williamson, member of the institute, offered to
procure the chemical analysis OF the cottonpant where
upon Mr. Lewis expressed his thanks and promised to
The above is but Sketch Of he remarks of Mr.
Lewis, which made chiefly in answer various in
terrogatories put to him by different members
At this stage OF the proceedings, Col Clark called Mr.
Lewis to the chair. when Mr. Fleischmann made some
very valuable remarks on the subject of fine WOOL Illus
traed BY large number Of specimens selected by him
during his late agricultural tour in Europe under COM
mission from the United States Patent Office. His remarks
were what constitutes the excellence superiority of
fine wool and twoud be impossible to convey his mean
on this occasion.
The geadesderatum to BIO obtained by the wool grower
is to produce such staple demanded by the manufac
urer This is not well understood in this country and
took forty years for the growers in Sesia at tn
knowledge, and then it was obtained only by con-
venton OF the manufacturers and growers-a conven-
ton which he thought would be useful in this country
tie classified the various staples of wool into nearly
twenty different staples, he termed them each determin
ed by the curve, formation of the hair of the wool
In the perfect staple the hair the manner of sp
raj thread cork, equally from the the surface
and OF equal ineness from end to the other Varia-
tons from this termed the pointed staple, the untrue
staple, the broom staple &C., all OF which could not be
so well wrought into fine fabrics the perfect staple
in the fine perfect staple there about so curves TO
the inch, and the fleece is about II inch thick The
Germans have instrument for measuring these curves
This tneness OF WOOL the perfect staple, be OBJ
Iained at once II took many years to attain it in Siesa
ne number OF these hairs 10 square inch a country
sheep is about $500; in mixture of the merno with
lhe country OF the tenth gener aton about 000 in the
twentieth generation the fine wool predonaes the color
- darker and there is plenty of yolk In this generation
there are $1,000 hairs to the square inch and in the h
teth generation and upwards from 40 900 to 4s 900 hairs
Mr. Flechmann exhibited drawings of some of the sheen
Of the celebrated Ven Thaer The folds in the skin were
found on the hne-wooed animals Gen Chandler an
nounced that MIR feischmann was about TO publish the
results OF his observations and would give work of more
value to the agrcuturst than had appeared for wears
MRS. GEN. CARRINGTON's Seminary for young
lvl ladies, commences the LIST of October on
the Sls OF July Mrs Darlington spares pains have
all the departments filled with competent teachers and
ventures to promise thorough education as can be
obtained in any part of the Union
Mrs. C.'s dwelling is in beautiful retired and healthy
part OF the city, combining many local advantages