, 1857-11-27


: one of the public schools of the city o
Syracuse, New York, where female teach
ers are paid $3.50 per annum, for their ar
duons duties. This lady's services wer
secured Immediately on her arrival here a
a salary of $1,000 per annum; talent AM
energy being properly appreciated in thi
remote territory.
Vocal music, so conducive to physical
mental and moral development, is taugh
in this school, not oaly as healthrul, bu
asa scientific exercise.
PRoDUCTIoNs OF THE COUNTRY Stoek
which, owing to the mildness of the climate
require so little care from year to year
must be source of great profit. In thi.
business, one important fact is, that beifer.
come in at twenty ySto twenty-four months
old, and ewes have lambs twice year.
Present priees:-Beef cattle from the range
on foot, $S per cwt.; oxen, per yoke, $3.50
to 5000; cows, $40 to $75; sheep for the
market, $l2 so, per cwt.
Sacine-running on the range keep in
good condition by feeding on fern roots and
the eamus. Put into the pen they are fat
tened on pease and potatoes. Present
market price: Fresh pork S. per cwt;
bacon-sides and shoulders SIG to $40 per
cwt.; hams, 25c per ID.
PRoDUcTs OF THE FARM--are those com,
mon 10 the northern and middle states
Indian corn excepted-which is only cuIti-
vaied for table use; the nights during the
summer, being too cool for successful field
cultivation.
Grain-eomprising wheat, oats, barley,
rye, buckwheat and peas, yield abundanlly,
and are of very superior quality. The pure
dry atmosphere Of the summer mouths is n
great protection to grain crops against rust,
which rarely if ever effects them.
Very little grain is offered in the market
except wheat and oats. The former is now
worth 81 so, and the latter Coo. to 75c.,
per bushel
FRUIT.-The soil and climate here seems
to be peculiarly adopted to the growing Of
fruit, and much attention is now being Civ
en- to its cultivation, not only by our farm
ers, but by professional gentlemen, stimula-
ted, no doubt, by the high price the article
commands in our own as well as the Cali
fornia market The rapidlgyOw Of fruit
trees is extraordinary, and the early age
at which they bear, surpasses anything l
have known. A farmer from neighbor-
ing county, brought to this market some
fifty bushels Of apples, taken from an orch
ard Of one hundred trees, four years of age.
In nursery, near this place, several trees,
two years Of age, have borne several ap-
Piles each, the past season.
With such results--oving, doubtless, to
the mildness Of climate during the winter
season-the raising of fruit in this terrific
ry must prove exceedingly profitable
The largest apple have ever seen is a
specimen of the golden pippin, presented
me by one Of our fruit growers; measuring
fifteen inches in circumference and weighing
twenty-six and half ounces.
The price obtained for apples this fall
has been from Sc to $8 per busbel, retail
ing at the shops for six bits to one dollar
per dozen.
WILD BERRIEs.-FrOm May to Decem-
Der, the markets are abundantly supplied
with this delicious fruit. Several varieties
Of which are unknown east Of the Rocky
Mountains. @
VEGETABLES common to the Western,
Middle, and New England States are pro-
duced in the greatest profusion, when at
tention is given to their cultivation, and are
Of as fne quality as l have seen anywhere
on the Atlantic slope The Irish potatoe
is particularly fine, and will yield on our
best lands from 300 to 800 bushels to the
acre. Present price, 81; onions 50; tur-
nips 81; beets 81 so.
BUTTER AND CHEESE are made in consider
able quantities. The former is selling at
SOC to 75c per lb.; and cheese al Bic.
POULTRY Every farm seems well sup
piled with domestic fowls. Chickens sell
at Soc, and turkeys at 50, each; eggs SOC.
per dozen.
WILD Fowls are in great variety, and
during the fall and winter months, the wa
ters of the bays, bayous and inlets Utterly
swarm with them.
GAME.-Deer, bear, panthers, wild cats,
cougers, &c, can be found in great num-
bers in the forests
SHELL FIsH.-Clams, oysters, and other
shell fish are abundant