Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-08-14
No. as

ry wac established, and that it il made f@
embrace such essays as this and others
contained In this namber-one that, If not
otherwise to be had, would Of itself be
worth the ubs crtption for the year. No4t
appears an engraving, with d description
oil a tGreat Invention in the mn nnfactura
Of Bricks" with remarks to show It's con.
]nexion with agriculture. Then comes m
highly interesting chapter ON "Dairy EIus-
bandry, and particularly OH the "CulGiya.
ton of Madder.' The editor nest gff6ra
soine advice on the formation If "B0ok No.
Cieties by Farmers" with rules for their
government. A dissertation comes next
on "lncorporation Of Capitalisls-estab.
llshment Of Manufac tures-how and when
beneficial to Agriculture" This would
appear, by tbs signature, ]. s. q. to be-
from the Editor, and winds up with tho
following observations.
"What we most desire Is 10 seg farmers
come together as such, without respect Ia
parties to consult about and TO investigate
their condition, and 10 see how 1t is that,
while the whole proceeds of the public
lands, given by the old States for the con.
mon use and benefit Of all the States Of
the American Union, are pledged for the
payment Of the interest ON a war drbt, and
while the landed interest pays so many
millions every year 10 The support Of Or.
'nies aud ~naVigs, and army and navy
Schools, not 6ne d~ohar-.uo, not one dollar;
ia given for instruction in agriculture or
ANY Industrial pursuit. IF money can be
found to build and equip obsefvatories and
naval and military schools If $4,000 can
be found 10 print one Patent Office Re
port. can nothing be had to found Agricul.
'tural Schools But men whowould have
Justice done themselves must show that
they know hon 10 heep The account r.
Directions are then given, with an nc.
tual account Of the cost of making "Cis-
terms" founded on the experience Of Mr..
Buck, Of Hartford. Connecticut. The
"Cultivalio Of Flax," with an account Of
outlay and produce, Ia neat given sue.
eeedsd by an instructive chapter on tho
agriculture Of Scotland, and especially in
the Lothians," showing that farming sis
there reduced to a science, leaving n0th.
ing uncertain but the seasons" and that, in
consequence, forty bushels Of wheat, oigh.
ty Of oats, ffty.six ofbarley, and from thir.
ty.fve tons Of tufnips are reckoned there
"a good average to the acre." After this
comes d communication on the "Va1ue Of
Time" illustrating tue difference In the
habits Of the people in The country from
those ofmen Of large fortunes In the towns,
as evinced by an incident which occurred
In a case Of business intercourse between
The writer and the great house fP. w.
& Co, Of Wall street, New York. This
valuable number, TO which the publishers
might f~earlessly refer for the merits ofllls
work, winds up with a list and description
ofthe "Six best Apples for the Climate (
New England"
1t could not fail TO happen that the FAT
mer's Library would be patronised by all
!, who would wish themselves and their sons
J TO be highly cultivated, rs we'll ~ their
4 lands, If they would only take the trouble to
!. examine = single number for themselves,
/ which sill are invited to do, and return it Il
they do not find 1t to correspond with all
that has been said In It's behalf. Besides
/ q volume o siz hundred pages y year ofsuct
matter Us ID here referred 10. Stephen ! BooE
/. Of the Farm, with more than sir hundred
4 "ngrapings, land that cannot be purchased
Y Tor &c. will be concluded In this yoluma
: CT tie library, with notes by the American
: Edo.