The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1850-03-07


r1ank mss1e.
We have received from the publisher the American
Farmer for this month"; in which ind some facss IN
on viz; the construction Of plank roads The article
IN question gives the profits derived from similar roads
which have been IN operation in the State OF New York
Inc mode q laying out and constructing the same Their
cost and durability and the advantages 10 the community
and stockholders This information is derived from the
most authentic sources and. number Of these roads
are about being constructed in this and the neghbong
States the information thus presented cannot bat be OF
much interest 10 the public In eonnexion with this sub
ject notice OF Pages portable saw mill and steam
engine, which the editor thinks viii be found peculiarly
valuable sections OF country where these roads are
being laid out A. drawing OF this machine is given as
well testimonials from gentlemen who have been using
il Of the extraordinary facility with which il is worked
Mr. Calvert, the president Of the Maryland State Agr
cultural Society Col T. H. Benton OF the United States
Senate Mr. Rcards Of this city. who y using The mill
Springs, AZ Winchester, Va, and others.
The "Farmer" contains eloquent appeal from a
committee appointed At the last annual meeting OF the
abshing grand central society for the middle Atlantic
States, comprising Pennsy New Jersey, Delaware,
Maryland Distinct Of Columbia, Virginia. and North
Carolina II is subject OF deep interest to the farming
community, and to our own city Is Of vast importance.
We commend this document readers OF every pro-
fession for the Of the proposed
home to the bosom q every man In our city and State,
The hints for the guidance Of the farmer in the Work
for the Month" very ample. and we should suppose
would Be q great assistance N the operations q yns
season just now commencing is dlaed upon, and advice
given 70 what, when, and how everything is 70 be
done The same remark Is applicable to the Garden
paper ON the Culture OF the Irish potato is published
which deserves attention. Now that the rot has pretty
well ceased its bghting effects extended attention
will probably be paid to IFS culture, and the editor thinks
that il be made profitable than almost any other
crop that the farmer can occupy his ground wh and
when we note that we now paying 81 bushel in our
400 bushels to the have been and can again be
raised, il rational to suppose that il is crop
which should attract more attention and in its cul
sand bushels, which ought to raise for
sumption and the samples which for exhibition Al
the State Socieys rooms recently show what can De
gett Of the District OF Columbia for competition for
the finest sample Of "a potatoes, each competitor to pay
81 and the next fair the thus subscribed to be
% b % sdo
Farmer for his agency in carrying out the plan.
There are number Of otner very interesting papers
% on hs Rooa ii Cons aOd
Fields BY Virginia correspondent; an Appeal TO Con-
gress for aid TO the Agriculturiss description with
q Sy W.
we advise all who may contemplate making this kind oil
fence read Description Of the Bartlett Double Plough
i Ea Hue Culture by sidney Wsr d NoS csIona
who is one of tine most successful wine makers in the
country; the Farming Operations at Mount Airy Agr
cuura! College. at Germantown Pennsylvania, with the
mode Of cultivation pursued with the crops OF thai
institution and paper the Preservation Of Roots and
representing roothouse and stalk stack for the
purpose In addition to these articles there Is variety Of
items of useful character and sheet containing adver
tsements OF various manufacturers and vendors OF i'm
pement, machinery, fertilizers. guano, bone dust plas-
ter, prices of produce &c, sc. thus presenting TO the
farmer work containing general information upon eve
~ subject in which he is interested.