The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-09-20

smaller birds there fewnot half the usual nisces-
neous supply Of the seasonwith the exception Of that
femme desu'e of birds the ortolan sora which is said
by sportsmen to be especially fine and pentyah Patro
French farmer has succeeded in giving to maize or In
dian corn any color he chooses by the following plan:
Having received from China specimen of a pearl white
color the grains of which very small but very beau
tfn he was DESTROYS to obtain the grain of other
coos For this purpose he planted by the side some
the American maize Of red color and the result was a
crop OF gram OF PINK tint with some Of bueish and
others OF green color He made similar experiment with
the maize OF Tusavora the grain Of which white as
Carolina rice and he thus obtained crop the ears of
which about fourteen inches in length and the grains
blue color Another time he planted maize of the
color OF amber among of the black maize of Syria
The ears attained the length of twenty-five nches and the
grain was Of different coors The yellow maize on being
planted near some of the brown maize of Central America
produced some dark brown color which rpens eight
sooner than the other sorts The farmer now one
hundred and htyhree different varieties of maize and h
object in continuing his experiments Ia not only to
the color at will but also obtain varieties which will ripen
earlier as well as larger and longer ears thus increase
the produce ~
auspices OF the United States Agricultural Society (of
which the Hon. Marshall Wilder is the presdent to take
place at Springfield Ohio the 25h Of October and
tnuc three days II will course be one of the greatest
exhbtona Of the kind witnessed in this country
The large amount of the shape of premiums for
the is OHereu ana tue competitors will
be lew BIDS fair to be great meeting of farmers
and others Interested from every State of the Union draw
ing people together after the fashion of western barbecue
STEAM PLoUGH-Among the inventions of the day is o
plough to so BY steam. Its construction is smpes ve
ocpede on wheels sixteen feet high and eighteen feet
with governing wheel eight feet nigh II NAV be con-
verted INTO steam land locomotive and ON smooth,
urn road travel at the rate of miles an hour
can be used for various purposes II is the invention of
Mr.. Henry Cowng, of Louisiana
From seventyive TO hundred head Of cattle were
drowned in the bay Toms river on Saturday They
were grazing the meadows when the storm came up
driving in the waves the Shore and it supposed the
cattle became very much bewidered and took the
waytowards the water instead of to the land and were
thus lost. Loss estimated at $4,000.
Monmouth Democrat
GOVERNOR PRICE NEWARK RloT-The governor
of New Jersey has offered reward of $500 for such
formation may lead to the apprehension and conviction
of the murderer of Thomas Mccarthy, who was killed in
the recent riot at Newark He has also offered reward
$500 for such information may lead to the apprehension
and conviction of the persons aiding abettng in the
on that occasion
THE UNITED SrArEs.--The corn crop
of the most important crops of the country hence
the anxiety produced by the long drought According
the of $780, the total of produced in
the United States 592O7 bushels The principal