The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1854-02-03


n and2oth 0: September, giving time for
ID frost before the wheat is up enough for Il
ID insect. IL the insect should get 10 the whei
% the best method is to turn on sheep and fee
?, it short in the fall"
p eff proper selections were made fror
d native cattle, and the same care and fee
II afforded in rearing such selections as or
}. given TO the Durhams, think u stock U
e cattle might be produced that would compar
D favorably with biooded stock"
e In speaking OF potatoes, the fo!lowin,
= anecdote is related: "a lumberman in ST
) Lawrence county, New York, economsed il
This way; potatoes were scarce and dear; be
wished 10 eat and plant out of his small stock
he took his knife and carefully cut each eye
out, not much larger than a dime, and saved
the residue for eating. In planting, he found
he had rot seed enough to cover his ground
Another resort was had to the knife; each
eye was carefully divided into four parts; four
pieces only were put in a II. He harvested
good crop, as good from the latter as from
the former cuttings"
| The following, in answer to circular from
the Patent Office, written by a farmer OF
Michigan, deserves 10 be extensively
copied.
millions Of the United States revenue are
expended in protecting our commerce. All
right. The army and navy, and West Point
to boot, are never overlooked, but come in for
all the glory and full pay. All righ. again.
But how stands the case with the great mass!
Five millions Of farm laborers, who have
caused civilization and science to tread close
upon the retreating heel Of the red man
who have made the wilderness to 'bud and
blossom as the rose'--haye made the 'soli-
tary place become vocaI-who have per-
formed the Herculedn task Of clearing up the
vast expanse OF forest from Maine to Texas,
and from Florida to the great northern Lakes
-"ho have covered the domain with fertile
fields and thrifty hamlets-who have check
cred 1t with roads and thorough ghlares-have
dotted its surface with school houses aud
churches--who have done more than all other
classes united, to make this the land of the
free and the home OF the braye,'--what has
Congress done Tor them! Why, they have
indirectly taxed them for more than two
thirds VI the revenues, and given them
what! The Patent Office Report; u work of
real worth and utility, treasure indeed to the |
farmer who is fortunate enough to get copy. |
Ii the supply were equal to the demand, it |
would give greater satisfaction"
'Tne halls OF Congress are filled with legal
and commercial men, but few farmers find a
seat there; which, in some measure, accounts
Tor their interests being overlooked"
"As class, however, we are willing to
forget the past if we can but have the as
surance that the prospects of the future shall
not be dimmed by neglect
I'VE feel like swinging our caps, and
giving nine of our loudest cheers to the few
choice spirits who assembled at Washing
ton last summer, and formed National Agri-
cultural Society. Their names are a guar
antee that something will be done. 1t is
hoped that they will carry the 'war into
Africa with Congress, and press the subject
home upon that body SO strenuously, that our
interests will be duly consilered.'
"The farmer and planters are unable to
establish experimental schools, that would
have the desired effect. An institution OF this
kind should have an 'odor of national.ty ssabou.
it, In conclusion would suggest to the
National Agricultural Society ut Washing
ton to sound the reveille in earnest, and the
yeomanry Of every Stale and Territory in this
broad Republic will muster and stand ready
to wheel into line at the tap of the drum.
The farmers are ripe for action; all that is
necessary is to go ahead"
''The growing and fattening of mules is
now considered the most profitable business
o:the farmer in Kentucky. So many per-
sons are engaged in it that it has increased
the demand for young mules so much, that
large numbers have been brought from In
diana, Illinois and Missouri, to be prepared
for market in this region of Kentucky. They
are generally sold again at two or three
years old, and the price is from 575 to $50,
according TO quality very inferior ones are
sold lower, and superior ones higher. A 7,
feeder of mules told me to day that the cost
offeedin. was about 81 month the first year.
from the time of weaving, and S3 month
the second year. The weaving is generally
at five or six months old"
A letter from the territory Of Oregon will
furnish some idea of its agriculture. "The
average product wheat per acre is about 80
bushels. The price OF wheat, at this time,
cannot be considered as a general thing. 1t !
is now worth at our barns So per bushels, IL
our best markets are paying 50 per buShel. !
The average yearly produc: of butter per COW
is rs pounds; average price per pound, fifty
cents. The cos: OF rearing neat cattle till
three years old, is nothing more than little
salt, and a little time to look after them. At
that aye they are worth for beef from eight to
twelve cents per pound Mich COWS are
worth from $50 to S55."
THE REsCUERS OF TIE SAN FRAN
CISCO'S PASSENGERS.
DISTRIBUTION OF FUEDs.-The final meet
ing of the New York Committee to raise
to reward the officers and crews