The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-12-08
agricultural.
SELECTION OF A FARM.

In the selection of land for farm, there
are thoughts and things to be taken into con-
sideration that volume would scarcely serve
TO discuss, yet some of them may be prolita-
tably limited at within the limits which here
circumscrbc us. What is A FARM should
first be asked: for in the consideration of any
subject it is time well applied which is spent
in getting a clear idea Of the word which
names it, A farm, for US, means a portion
of land cultivated and managed by the owner
who lives upon it and hence it takes in the
thought ofH0ME, so that homestead is almost
synonymous term. Hence. among things tc
considered in the choice of u farm, we shall
say:
!. The farm should be pleasantly and con.
vcnicntly situated as Il home. The health,
comfort, and happiness of these who are to
occupy it, are of prime importance every
social and physical influence which bear
upon them, should have due weight in deter.
mining a choice. However fertile farm
may be, if the locality is an unhealthy one, it
cannot make a pleasant home. If fertile and
healthy, but surrounded by moral miasma
or with few social privileges and advan.
taees,-it cannot be pleasant home.
2. The farm should be in agreement with
tilc anu vi lIC wv liCI'
A farmer needs capital as well as land in or
der to operate proiitably. The great error Of
American husbandry is, that farms are al.
most universally. too large for the labor and
capital at the command of those who carry
them oil. Hence arises train Of serious and
unavoidable evils
3. The farm should be suited to the pro.
ducts proposcd-and these should conform
with the demands of the market, and the
taste and experience of the owner. Some
farms are best calculated for raingrowing
others for the dairy, others still for stock and
wool-growing In many localities these may
be prolitahly combined, and land secured
which Shall be appropriated to such course
of husbandry. The recent great increase in
the facilities Of transportation, influences a
large extent of country. and many places.
heretofore Of small value on account Of dis
lance from market, have now become desira-
bic for farming purposes. Still, is worthy
to be thought of, whether it will cost ten
cents or one hundred to bring the product
before the consumer, and the value of farm
will depend materially upon the expense OF
inter-communication The domestic demand
is also of importance, and always exists,
varying with locality. The Taste and cXper'
fence of the farmer should Of course influence
the chiocc-hc will be most successful who is
the most favorably and agiecably situated
and who best knows how to employ the adj
vantagcs at his command. ~.
Other influences exist and Should be con-
sldcrcd-thcsc we have rather limited at thar
discusSsed-we prefer to leave the latter tc
our readers. If We can only start topics il
Suph n q to, COLL ont and cnOUaSt Firth
thinking by those who read, our object will
b. accomplished. -Rmal New Yorker.
PoYAToEs AS BIG AS A BARREL.-Not tina
they have been produced yet, but are going
to be. The following is the process, and as
it not patented, everybody can try thu
same experiment:
TO tie Editors of the N. York Tribune -
SIR: About yoar ago | conceived the ide'
of producing the mammoth size of the pctr
fled remains of plants, which we meet witt
in the study Of geology, by means Of an ex
cess in supply of carbonc acid. l construct
cd an iron vessel, in which generated car
bonc acid gas by means of drenching lime
stone with vinegar. This infused into the
soil in hower.pot in which had planted
a potato. did this daily; also l put tn
hower-pot into an iron vessel filled with the
carbonic acid and covered to prevent diffu
sion. At the end Of about six months thu
plant reached the height Of four feet, an
bore pale blossom. In week moro tn
pot was split. took out the plant and
single potato besides the re mains of that
plantcd) of about eight inches in diamete,
was at the root. BY planting this and trca'
ing it in the same manner, hope to obtai
| ,nto too, 80 rho sv, r., Ia, r,..J
remain, very truly yours,
DR.. A. AINSWORTH.
! Horctford, Pean, Nor. %, 1855.