Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-01-12
AGRICULTURAL.

FEMALE FARMEa.-The second premium for
the best cultivated farm In LltcfeId comfy.
/ Conn, was awarded the past season to Mrs. Ers-
IA Hawkins, of W atertown. The farm contai us
100 acres Ii has been nndcr Mrs. HIS
mt for the Last ten years. The committee
OF examination says:-'lt is divided the presc ut
season into txe nty-two acres OF meadow; three
and a half of corn; six OF Oa.s. and half of
rye two of bnck wheat, Il half acre of potatoes
seven acres Of woodland, aud the residue OF pas
ture land. The produce OF the farm for the pre-
sent season is estimated as follows fifty tons of
hay. tW o hundred bushels OF corn, iIu Nd red
aud thirty three shocks of oats. and iiu red
aud fifty bushels of potatoes. The stock kept
it this season consists of twenry-siX head, in
cludiug six calves raised this season, two horses
and fifty six sheep. This farm CONVENE ntly
laid out in small fields, the fences is mostly of
rails. all in good repair, AMI together with the
buildings, presents u neat AMI thy appearance"
TIE PorAro Ror.-At a recent agricultural
s;,o.v in Poughk ,.sic, y. Y, Mr.. Robert Van
Au1urgh received a premium for the best spcci
mems o, potatoes. Tie following memorandum
from, him IS published III the roagilheepsi Jour
nal.
REMEDY ron rur PorAro Ror.-Robert Van
Amburgh, OF Poug hkeepe.e. has raised two sue
ccssiv- crops Of Mercer pot'toes, VIZ: oae crop
in II 10 ana one the present ycnr, - perfect
ly sound and without any rot. Ihe potatoes
planted in SIC, small potatoes Of the year
before, and about the SIZE of a hickory nut, or
trIfie larger. ana dug when green ana Dt'o'p INC
usual time ofdIgginC ana preserved through tiie
winter Those planted last spring were the
same kind. and were planted without regard 70
SIZE.
The Potato rot is making fearful ravages in
several parts of O!iio-from three fourts 10 nine
ient,s being alreaety destroyed in some neighbor-
hoods.
TIE SUGAR CRoP.-The New Orleans Delta
saws it is estitnaied by competent ~ iges that III"
sup,rcroo Of Louisiana Will exceed the crop Of
last year by at least Inoooo hhds. and the in
crease IN inoiasses will exceed that of sugar
The total yield Of sugar tins year IS estimated at
Ii0, 900 hhds which, al so per hid. dover than
a fair average amounts in value TO Sl2,-
600 600. 1t is sand that the molasses pays the
expen of the crop--f 50 the above Is very
haIidso net proht.
WooL M.SuFAcrCREgs.-Thc Middiesex
pany at Lowell, daily consume about six thou
sand pounds Of wool. The company has already
purchased of the present years clip, nearly two
million pounGs-
.Gwit-crlnnd The latest intelligence
from Switzerland is alarming. There seems
10 be no barrier 10 war between different
sections Of the same country--a civil war
"a war ofsccts-foundcd on a difference
of religious opinion--and whether the
Diet is victorious. or the league Of the
.Sondcrbund succeeds in asserting its
Catholic professions. the result may prove
fatal to Switzerland. When weakened by
intestine divisions and sanguinary wars.
it will fall al easy prey. and as sort Of
matter Of course, into the hands OF Austria
and France. I
According 10 the latest adviccs, a great
excitement exists in the Tyrol. owing TO
events which are passin" III Switzerland, i
which is greatly increased by the move
mcnts Of the Austrian troops. The "
rolt.sc like the Swiss, live in mountain
Gus region. They are Catholics. averse
TO innovations. and feel great sympathy for
the s;ondcrJund.- Boston Journul.