Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-04-14

ES3S8C u;Gte Sisc following e&ract3 nom an
Interesting letter 20 the Agricultural COn1mittc
i'm the House Of, RepresentatifE 1t is from the
| Agricultural Bureau Of the United States Patent
Once. ne presume any farmer can besupPlied
With choice seeds aud uttings, by writing to the
member of Congress from his district:-
Within the last year, no less than seventeen
1 varieties OF wheat have been introduced from
distant parts of the globe, and distributed in
various sections of the Union most OF winch
promise to be attended with good success.
The '.Indian millet,n OF "Dourah corn, Of
African origin; has also been introduced, and 1t
constitutes . valuable crop in the South.
! The "Japan pea, unsurpassed by all others
in its yield, believed to beof Easternortg1n has
4 been cultivated in various parts of eiconnty
with remarkable results.
/ The "Cninese, yam, originally from China
but more recently from France, which promises
to serve as an excellent substitute, for both the
sweet and common potato, has been sufficiently
/ tested 60 prove It's value in the Southern as well
! as in tiie Middle States
/ The ttchuta. . or earth almond" small ttI-
/ berous eSculent from the south OF Spain, which
has naturalized itself to our oiland climate has
| proved prolific in its yield when grown IN light
sandy soils, as well those which are rich, and
bids fir to become valuable forage crop Tor cat
1 tic and swine tt
At least thirty varieties ofturnip seed, includ-
ind the best cultivated in England, as well as on
the continent of Europe, have been imported and
disseminated in every State and Territory Of the
Union. The benefits are alread apparent SINH
lar experiments arc now being Instituted with all
the leading varieties of grasses, cabbages and
peas of ElroDe, the results OF which VIII soon
be made known.
Among the forage crops, itmay be mentioned
that the Chinese sugar cane GSorsho Sucer,l
new gramineous plant of Chinese origin, but
more recently from Franco, has been introduced
and has proved itself well adapted TO the geo
/ graphicalrange Of Indian corn. The amount of
fodder which it will produce 70 the acre is csti-
mated 10 be twenty-five tons, The stalks of which
are filled with rich saccharine juice, tile whole
plant being deyouretl with ayidity by cattle, hor-
ses ana swine Its of easy cultivation, being
similar to that of maize or broom corn; and if
the seeds are sown carly in May, in. the middle
States, Two crops Of fodder can be raised from
the same roots in the scason-one about itc first
of August, and the other in October.
| Another valuable forage crop, the "Gcrman
millet' (.liolss de Hongrie,) has been introduced
from France which is very productive, ofquicl
growth, resists drought, ana aourislles well on
dry soils,
Among the cuttings and fruit trees and vines
! which have been introduced, tlc "prunc d Agen, Y
the .sprunc Sainte Catharine," and the, "Vignc
4 Corinth." The two former have been grated
on the common plum in all the States North of
\ pennsylvania, and on the mountainous districts
of that State, Maryland and Virginia. From
the success which has attended this experiment,
there is every reason to hope that there
4 will soon be produced sufficient dried prunes
4 in these regions to supply the Whole Union
Among the seeds of Indigenous growth, which
have been selected and distributed, in reference
20 their superior qualities as well their prob
liable adaptclncss to certain parallels and locali-
ties, and which have proved highly productive,
there may be noted several varieties of Indian
EcOrn.
l Among these are the ''Fmprovcd King Philip
or "brown corn," obtained from an island in a
lake in New Hampshire, which was extensively
distributed in all the States north of New DER
scy, and the mountainous districts of Pennsylva-
mia, Maryland and Virginia. The result has
been that it maturcd in less than ninety days
from the time of planting, about the middle Of
.June) and yielded, in ono instance, 49, bushels
of shcIlcd corn to the acre. Another superior
variety from New Mexico, the "New Mexican
white Flint has been distributed, which ap'
pears to be adapted TO the entire corn region
south of Massachusetts. For culinary use, eli
ther green or dry, its quality of excellence is
unsurpassed.
Among the products which it has been pro.
posed to Introduce from abroad, with view Of
making special experiments, to be conducted by
agricultural societies, or by individuals, in the
several States and Territories of the Union, may
be named considerable quantities of all the hes;
varieties of wheat and of other cereals of tnC
globe III addition to these there might be i'm
ported the seeds, roots or cuttings Of all the prn
cipal economical plants and trees known, anc
experimental upon in similar manner.
Tug N.RG1xrA AND TESxsssEE RAILROAD
This important work, whicn ;o11ns min litnl
in The Southwestern line from Baltimore to Mem
pnis, gives promise of speedy completion. III,
following extract from the Knoxville Wing con
veys gratifying intelligence not only about Tho
Virginia and Tennessee railroad, but also about
the link between tho Virginia lino and Knox
vile, which may be considered a partOf that
ros.;:
"TnE VIRGINIA AND Tennessee RALEoAp.-
The following brief note received by Major Wal
lace, the President Of the road below, will BIZ
read with Joy by our Fast Tennessee friend.
generally:
"'.ltaj. Campbell TEallaee-Dedr .Sir:-We
calculate with certainty on being able to reach
the Tennessee line BY the list of October next
Having sold all our bonds and received an ap-
preparation of $500, 900 from the State, we arC
therefore provided with the means OF accom-,
plishiug our purposes.
Respectfully,
joins RcrEET Nc D4xIrL.
III au"luon 10 thiS sidA!lylhs news, We 1FS
road, extending from here to Bristol, will be
pressed forward without delay By the 1st OF
October next this road will be completed to
Bulls Gsp, sixty miles from Knoxville, leaving
gap of only scTenty miles staging from Mem.
phis to Washington and Baltimore, and that
having the track laying going OH at both ends,
say from Bristol and Bulls Gap, so as to meet
directly in thevicinity ofJoneSborough."
-&SGDSS--
sw-virginia, heretofore for Mr.. buchanan for
Presidency seems to have deserted him in ''his
utmost need, ",ns will be seen by the following
extract of letter from Washington in the Sur,
which runs thus:
Some sensation was produced in the city by
the appearance of political pamphlet entitled
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