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he won he admiration Of The civilized uefios
wh;le a ace 81 MoakiceIIo, le deserved ana s.
5ee;vcd The 1rafilude othis cennihtmsh IS ~ /
eer,,s Is ire advancement u Agriculture ana
education. i. $3.50.
:. ssrrIJ III Sc lszl sifh, 81. fctahisa II crops
Ineen sncI, rotation assrehecsiye. obsefyent, ex-
,.-;eree has taught each one II the best adapt.
IA "a mis- land and the peculiar crops tEaE pc cui-
tivaies OF course, these and other circumstances
must vary the rotation No eotnfnnn stgie q fosa
,s,ion viii answer for ail soils and III kinds q
.,ons but lei there be rotation. for ssse sort Of
,.sl nav exhaust ell IN the soil that L tfentaTy +
3, ifs trnwfh while if leaves tie Sosi fertile IN
.Ilsths ingredients that enter into the compost
lion 81 another kind 81 plant. One system III
deem suitable for farmers y, that pursued ~
8 Montgomerv county, Md where farming +
h,oaght 10 hiah standard IL excellence. II =
n allow for wheat follow wheat vi b corn, and
900 .,lh oats and clover. being the much ID.
sn,red fouf Geld sysiem. II guaao ~ sneh other
4fsrtillzer Is lound 10 act well, then tssosld ~
used with the out crop 20 A. to secnts noe eet
of clover. which with plaster would ineufe great
fs,tiIity aud great Ifmaneraiing profit g she
nsopr,eor. While speaking Of practical hn
fae lei me suggest that 10 4 county Ike yUsss
~ extensive experience Of Ehglshs and lhs linsl-
led oraelIcc Of American farmers, rrssisLigly re-
aaircs, proper alssusn i9the gfvSlns 7, a,b,,
rnt. .hail nt stop Il discuss The macy auY ans I
,sss. derived from RaJI-cu but must say, that
he Who once graws crop Of roofs wiii never Ia.
~s.,lv "a groW them Resta4sarcd Nc, President, :
n IN aalamu We were particular IN stJElHg
s.nnsv 81 lufuins for ON cattle as we are iaeunng
IN Tar oar table tHefe would be fewer consumf>
sfve looking animals 20 the spring
II ~ eonr aim be 10 maks much as posss Ole
frosn he land in cultivation Never work more
chan YOU can work well aud make i rule TO ma :
,,nre with some sort OIL fertilizer every foot that is
Put 10 csopsto be followed with clover, mat you
sSl AZ ri rhich al III he
IA basis OF improvement, All working beasts
should be literally fed with Inuricious food.
The bestutensils ough,to be used and they should
always beakepi in place and 10 good order NepeF
6syrou II YOU desire 10 feelAndependent, aud wish
-tohave your own implements at home when wanted,
I.ook NOON your manure heap as Savings
Banke and every toad you spread as speeinc m
vesIment which increases not only the eapiaft bai
adds greatly to the annual dividends. Speaking
OF manure can speak, from long experience, con-
fdently rs to the great Value oil top-dressng -
j Most or Your long manure should be used as fop-
dressing 9Th plaster sown over ii soon as II IS
spread. Fearing that L%eary you, leave lnese
commonplace suggestions which are ~ ee iopnd'
far betler xpressed and elpcidaed 70 th9se v1ua
s'. be volumes Of The Amefican Farmer, alasIm-
ilar journals.
upon Horticulture, intimately connected a. = IS
with Agriculture and being an interesting, healtny
anf agreeable pursuit The cultivation OF irnlt
must be always profitable The demand lol lr sn,
n our Towns is increasing yearly and Is such hat
the supply Is not equat 70 y io
height The export of Apples is on, the increase,
ana has Become considerable trade with England,
One gentleman on the Hudson river who mas sew
eral thousand fruit trees informed me that he shpp-
ii three or four thousand barrels Of apples year
20 England, and supplied the household OF ING
Queen. They sell for 10 or $i2 per barrel. His
orchard eonsists OF the new lsWh fPp,n eh,ea5
nroftable With thirty trees upon az acre, excel
lent crops OF corn potatoes, wheat or tobacco can
~ alsolbe grown Each tree in well attended orch-
Ard will average one year with another one Dol
lar nett certainly which isthir,y dollars per annuml
beside the grain or other crops in The usual rota
ton and large amount OF valuable iood 1or hoss
. or caue, or II the apples are gfouha up mean
suchI Ms are unfit for maiket-a considerable sum
would be realized from cider and vinegar woulo
be saE TO say that orchard in full beating would
yield1if or sixty dollars annually per acre. WIZ
bu, small expense attending the gathering q lht
crop or its transportation TO market SorapiG i
The passage to Europe now, that almost any KIND 0
keeping applesmay be transported across me oceai
ia good order and will yneet with a quicK SAFE a
good prices for the demand will necessarily ande
y the natural laws of trade, be commensurate will
The supply As some evidence OF this TACT, reason
ing from analogy, look al the Ice trade, and re
fleet that only few years have passed since ln
ron ss s., aorsa NOV
enjoys his coffee, when a quarter OF century bac
itwassonly costly luxury for the wealthy. Besil
the certainty that fruits will always compensate ii
horticultufist Tor his labor and outlay il afford
comfort healthy food and delicious laxury IL
his family and friends No soil or climate is be
- Tee suited to The Apple and the luscious Grape ha
that of the Middle States of this Union Win
made from our naive Grapes is said by competer
judges TO equal the bestEreneh and German wine
aud indeed closely to rival the famed south SID
Madeira. So varied Isl the soil and climate OF GU
great Republic that we have thecapacity 10 sur
~ ply every necessity and every luxury that can
required By US, and why should we mol then lin
within ourselves aHslE he enfireAv nd ndanf
the rest0f mankind. We nov looked upon b
half-starved EUROPE aA tie Egypto OF the world il
out, ability 10 feed this whole human family an,
lei us hereafter be coisidered as owners Of iha
granaTy which moi OoIy supplies The aeeessarips
but the luxures Of lite, Tor ourselves as also fo
our Trans Atlantic rieads. This attention 10 HoE
ticuure is not urged because deem there is ne.
cessity 10 fnd out some new article ioe sale Other
than those We have heretofore sold thinking that
there will be an oversupply OF graio five contin.
Ne TO increase the product, asi iSargued By some,
but because beHeve, By diversityings cur CROPS
more CLEAR money can be made and made BY The
same manual force that is employed If We
make cur lands rich solihat one acre viii produce
as much as four formerly yielded. II is Competent
Ior ps TO accomplish this and trust The day is not
distant when il will be dune, Be weliassured Mr.
President that the markets Of the world viii never
De over-stoeked ~ the arliis OF America so none
may be deferred From piaAtng orchards from the
fear that they will glGt tae market or by excess
disgust the taste OF maa for such delicious food,
Ihave said that Agriculture had made but little
progress, and thas, yet there has been some i'm.
proyement as will be seen BY reference 70 a cores
pondenee between General w ashington and JeieF-
son, Hamilton Peters and Sir Ioha S,nciaif about
1870. They all slate 10 Sir John Sinclair that the
average crop on the bisl lands in their respective
neighborhoods, Of wheat 10 be about ten bushels
or three to 1--WE barrels 81 CON the prices OF yari-
Gus articles are given by Them. as Wheat al 80
cents per busheI corn 81 so per barrel Sheep s.
each; pork 81 90 per loo lbs Butler cents psr
d.; chickens SlO0 pei doz. Now is il moi both
pleasant and instructive to look back 10 hose good
old, unsophiscaled days To learn III nothing else
esntsntaeat. for we learn 10 be the beiier SATISFIED
with our own condition, and We cease 10 srumhle
- hard times andlow prices Of produce Comnare
that day With ours, and we see the difference In
the]same sections ofeountry where those geutlemen
lived, we find atthe present day the averase ~
duct ofwheat 10 be from Is TO % busheis 3 ,p 10
barrels Of corn; the value of wheat b.ps : m -
bushel corn So 100 per barrel pork 81 al mar Ia s
obs; chickens 50 90 per dozen and Butter & esr,
per ID, and sheep from S3to SIS each Pins ,,risa
muehds made 10 The acre and hrpss ~ ~ -
bic that Il did formerly This Is :,
aging and inspires us 10 loox forward 10 sill rsa
er progress To enable US however "a .avsness -