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have half corn crop, hut not mora than third Of
crop Or erchAntnbo corn; thu reat win bo only nt to
feed TO stock, which Will Offset Tho deficiencies Of tho

a1og sgs h hef hut 9 hsn h, e
n;o = W" which Will Offset tho denconcea Of tho
Now !; must be granted, that when half Of tho corn.
country Il would room to mako sorona donc!onoy,
,,a @ Il certainty would havo done 40 Two yeara sgo.
It tho grcst corn bolt ertonds the sfssisspi
ho e1tcnt Of corn recently brought into cultivation
1aonormous. 1lno!a cannot always bear lie pulu, Iowa
rlao Valley and to valleys of liz tributaries excel Il.
fmrfasS m .a and astrots aro elevated p.teaus who
VIZ aol ia largely OF sandy nature and often has 4
aatro,s. hoy so COMMON aa thoy afe further
corn on hnndfor Ill Of could neither 10 urned nor
iSssp sf s ss e. ef9s i II s e.. f's
WI 10 cnciont, and much Of the busneas Of Tho COM
1nH yosr La to grow ont Of this distribution.
GABLE TOWING.
On the l1th Inst, five loaded boatn were towed
from Tonawnnda to Buffalo against strong
current, at tho ratio OF over five miloB mn hour.
Ihoy wcro towed by tho boat "Gov. Clinton"
with tho Belgian cable, Just introduced. Tho
commercial Advertiser Of tho 12th says
atrons wire eablo Is laid in tho bottom Of tho
canal and attnched wheel In tho sido OF Tho boat
groovca wheola, aud = allowed to iii b.ok Into tho
WAter 10 the rear. Tho wheels arranged. that
tno cable cannot slip from them, and thus everything
atsashed 10 drawn along over tho cable hand-ovore
boats ID tow, md It is claimed for tho Gov Clinton
that she can tow lino Of eight or ton ompty bouts,
WIN single gear, at eight miles holr Or vo milss
Will loaded boats and double gear but on account Of
tho difficulty in steorng, tho avornge speed mado Ia
three miles per hour. .
Alrcaly the cabla has bcen laid from this city
TO Lockport, and aui,ccnt to continue tho lino 10
lsochcstor e expected here from Scotland In few
weeks 1t IL said TINT the line Will be extended east OF
Ioc'lester ~ rapidly % the cable be procured
3ho experiment yesterday was Witnessed by goodly
Number Of practical men, Bome Of whom have not yat
got ovor tho idea TINT there ia nothing equal to uie
hoot Tor canal work. But MI present confessed TINT
tho tf1al was complete ntccogs Tho only question
scc1nod to DO In regard to managing tls tow
sqme wore OF the opinion that train Of 1yo OF
moro boats wonld be uumanagcabe, that the ed boats
Mol!d 10 going all over the canal and running down
tnose gong ~ tho opposite direction 1t cannot bo
disputed that hero good grounds for apprehension
IN the narrow md Bhon1 and crooked parta of lilo
Canal. Butt at tho sane limo, 1t shnuld be remenl-
nereu that this syhtcm La entirely in tha country
Ihe boatmen must be educated up TO managing and
three OF four miles an hour. Tho Calls system works
admirably On tho canals Of Europe some Of which arc
not as largo III tho Eric Cannt.
TIE ERIE CANAL AND THE RAILROADS.
Tho Nov York Tribune advocates tho aban.
donn1ont by the Slate Of Now York Of tho "pau-
por canals, which cost ten times tho amount OF
tolls collected upon thom to keep in repair, and
The retaining only Of tho 500 miles which, include
tho Erie and it's feeders, tho Champain and
loeuer, tho OsWego, md CavuEa and Seneca Ca
nals It givcs tho following Interesting table,
showing tho number Of tons Of freight Of all
klnds moved on tho Now York canals, tho New
York Central, Erie, and Pennsylvania Railroads: