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HUNTINGDON fPennsylvania) Printed jiy JOHN M'CAHAN,
Vol. 10.]
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^HURSDAY EVENING, May 24, 1810.
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From the United Stales Gazette.
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AGRICULTURE.
The following comniunicaUnn, to the Philadelphia Society for promoting A- griculture, is published to invite infor- iriation ; for the purpose of destroying the pests therein menuoned. Also to call the attention of our farmers to a moat dangerous Invader, which has been
attendeil v.ilh much unceriainty. It is now however asctrtainctl, lrt,ni daily <r?;pcr;ence, that not tuilv the fertile hanks of Connecticut and C«enncssee ri-
bin panng and burning diat will subdue this <oe. 'Ihis I should have done, but my puhlick engagements at ihe proper season, iibbtracied me from such em¬ ployment. This pracdce being un¬ known here, I wished i)er80nally to su- properly preparetl, produce it in abun- )5erimer.d it to prevent (as much as in | dance.— The situation of mat y cf oiir me Ly) lailure exciting prejudices   a-     river touns, narUcularly of \Vi ilu-n^fi^ id
is on many accounts peculiail) favouia
field lo dry dial the bark u\:.y be lougi erand not injiirtd in in;jviiig—the bti, dies lo be kiid under w.itt r lo rot lioi 10 lo 20 (hivs -.iccordino; to die wealh'e^
ainst It In the spring 1809, I determined not
suffered to spread through our country, ! to be out-done; and took Uv;; resoludon
to a degree highly alarming. '       to h-.vnd weed an acre, ofthe worst part
— /    1 "^ ''')' ^"¦'^'¦'* ^ nirncd in the plough ; and
Soddy'tough. Grass, Leys—Star Hya- ! h;<d a man, to lead boys, in hand wecd-
cinth and lilue Bottle. j i'-g 'A'n:r the  plough   and harrow j   but
could not o-et ihrouoh above half the a-
I trouble the Society with sulijects, in -som-": d'-gree, connected witli my com¬ munication on r/ild G.irl'ick. If the success of my tillage invites imitation, and inquiry is excit-:!d on ths other slUj- iect3 my objects v/ill be obtained. Per¬ haps the benefits of thi one, and the misfortunes of the other, ars more ge- t>eral, than my opportunitVes have ena¬ bled me to know.
get llirough
i cre.     From this I  collected,   in repcat-
: ed ploughings and harrowings, at least
one liundred and fifty bushels of bulbs ;
vers, but most of r.ur warm uplands, if    its ic rots much   the   laiUest   in   wari
weavher.    Clear, standing, soil w.iter. best lor this puri;ose, antl salt water, a recent EngiiNh publication is coiihid td allt)g.'thcr iniitlinissiiblc.     Aluri'
ble to its production.—'I lit ir lii^ht warm soil, their convenience for water rotting in the cove, and the f.icility wiih which it may be sent to market by the rivet-, are great and imporvant advantages.-- Still wiihout theL,e, thtre are tew towns in the Stale where any other sef:d can he put into the ground that shall yield
so many hundred f.id. Asevitlence
of the prtiiils urisiiig irinn   the   cultiva
estiniuled on a computaiioii ofinelt)ads ' tit.a cf Hemp, I wtiuld state, that///?;-(>/ of a measured catt body.  Lshoukl have I f'-jc dollars per acre have been paid h.r
5 one years use otlaiiU   for  this piirpor^e.
( And I am crecii'.lv  informed   that   the
pi-rsevered ; but the  I'tiys   grew  tired, unci abandoned ihe tAKk.
Uniil my disaster, I h;yl   no idea of j town of Loiiguier.dow   has   recei-.etl
the extent, to whieli tliis tlesn-over  has
.itumn of 1808, I   pkinghed     ^1'' my lilde uenchod fitdd, in which I Vais- ' inimerous quarters ofthe tddseidements ed the Hemp, (mentionetl   in our  me
moirs, page 244) from 5 to T inches deep. 'Vhe sod war> tough ; and the surface much bound 1 treated it as I have been accustoiaed t) deal with si¬ milar soddy leys. I h^iit iv.'d }'' frc- qacntiy inelK' i-oil, and in open -weather in the winter, in die direction of the fur¬ rows, to expose the garlick, and li'l all openings admitting too great infl-ix es t-f air. 'V(} clos-..: ihem an^i consolidate tho mass, I rolled it well ; and thtis ic halv¬ ed through the v/inter. The Spiky Rol¬ ler, an implement too Iluli known or usetl, in this couutry, and Vv'lt'iout vvhich
ot our .state,     it has even lx-i;:i indulgetl
! in   j^ia-is  groundi   and   nieaiiow-s.	
'. Tiursi^ who aclniirea ics Insithously mo- ; dest and   bloomy   whiuiuss,   diti   not
perceivr- thf. ruincas  pleasure   thev en- j j->yed.  It exhaust-., far neyt-'nd  Guylic.'i ; ' ly told nij; that he had  taken 8   cwt ! ihouf?,h it does not nauitact: the C!op.-<.— 1 IM'.-adows and licld.s,   (-liu-c   feriiie   and
proJuctive, are rendered   by At.  barren j year gel at lea-.t 12 cwt. —I have iiouc-
ed in the  Courant  ih.it  ^415   p-er   loii
at
Boslon, ^ievv-York and New-Maveu, thirty-five thousand dollars ujro.ie years crop.—An avtri'.ge crop i.llantl iiigt)od heart mav be toiisidered iiom 8 lo lil cwt. per acre ; antl die land il jirtipurly takeii c.ae ol'he r.econtl year will n»o- tluce more than it did the hrst. A judi¬ cious li-.rmer ia mv neighiiouihood laii>
.ff an acre lasl year and had no doubt ihat Vvilh lilde more aiteniion he shoultl ihis
and woithless. 1 earnestly wish that our farmers v/ould taki: the alarn., in due lin-ie to arrest the progress ol this verj destructive plant j v/hich has hi¬ therto been too much overlooked antl disregarded. All 1 can do, until  I pur-
no farmer of he.avy or clay lands can do ! '^"^^ '"'"^'^'^f '^'-¦'»"S and expel-..nenls, jusdce to his husbaud/y, would have ,' ^^^ith I shall not omit, is ui give so- been the best for this op'cradon, thouoh ; leinn warning!
ia light lands it is only occasionally us .cd or requi»-ed.
In rny attempts to  detach  the   Roots from niy field, and assist the weeders by
had lately been paid in Boston, ior hemp raised at Lcngaieadow—this is a very unusual price—it has been consideieii a fair peace price at S ~0Q vvhi.n tuir in¬ let ccurse was i,'j)i.i^ v/ah P.u:>sia ; ai.d at that, it will pay vastly more than any tjlher crop, as may be tseeii l;y the 1^,1- lowingvery liberal estimate oi cuhivai- ing and dresi^iugthe product ol one acre of land that is in ;;ood uicitr.—
Those who do not follow my pracdce j fitquent sdrringsof the plough antl har
"in old leys newly broken up, object to j ffsll ploughing ; because, in the spring \ after they have fall ploughed, ihey cross i plough, and turn up the sod, v/ith all iis pesib and adhesion. This I never do, but harrow it well and often (sometimes V ith a harrow with nunierous hoes in- eteatl of tines) for my spring crop. I marked out the field in squares for In¬ dian corn, and plantetlat the usual time; not disturbing the sod ; except in a small partof ihe field, hereafter men¬ tioned. The corn, thus treated, dots pot, at first, grow so vigorously as in the common way. But as soon as the roots h-ave penetrated the rotting sod, ik mix¬ ed with the putrifying vegetable matter the plant is wondtrfully rapid in its in¬ crease ; and in its improvement in co¬ lour and vigour. When the com re¬ quires ploughing, the sod is completely decayed ; and becomes a manure.
I was tndy mortified, by the discove¬ ry in this field, of a new enemy, whicii defies ail mv eHbrts to sulxiue it.   Mix
Dols. 12 00 6 00
0 00
1 00 ^3  00
15  OO
row, I have a confirmation ol the   use- | 12 loads of manure,
fulness OI my pcactice ot rotting th^ sod. ; Idoughing ik harrowing 3 times
In the sptit so often ploughed,  the   old I 2 1-4 btishi Is f)f jeecl, at 4 D.
vegetation diied and peiished ustlcsh ; i Sowing and hairowing,
and the Indian corn vvas oliikingiy infe- I Pulling and carting
riourlo -thatoniiie restoi the field. The !  l^r-'ial-niig and swingling,
whole crop, although at first unpromis- >      ' ,      ¦       —
ir.g, was abundant j and    exceeded tb.e I 46 00
general rate of cro[is of my tenants  and Sure profit, per acre, 54 00
neighbours.    'I'he season v.-as not vciy ; 	
tuvourable for corn.     JM\' field remain- |      Half a ton, iit 200 D. is IGO 00
ed   remarkably   clean   a:;tl   free  from | 	
weeds—an advantage atLeniliug this j The above estimate which is undoubt mtxle of treating se)dJy g'ar^s grounds, j edly as high as it should bt; would be Tht corn stalks having been canied in- ! reducetl considerably by having the to the Barn-Yard for manure, the field j hemp tlicssed in a mill, tor whieii pur- is novv winter fallowed and liiucd ; in j pose a number are already erected aliout prpparation tor Eiclcl Pe^.-e, Ptiiatoes, i the counlry, and by converting tiu; and other ameliorating trops, to pre- stocks or sliives into manure, which cccic wheat.    It is   in  fine   'Lillh ; and j purpose they answer to   a   considerable I measure-.—wheiher we can expect sufr^
suffieientl)- rotted, whith is easily asct tainetl b\ drying .-iiid b.rt aking a little, it, the bundles tt) be dl ied in   ihe   opl i'ir, aild when 'ihoroughly  dried,   to noust-fl ; u hen dressed, fifst to be pj et! ihror.gli a coarse brake,   antl wards thnuigh a common one ^i. swi led like flax.
The seed hemp is   to   .be    [.ulled soon as the seeil begins to lall from tl stalk, ami lo be    bur.dleil    and   carri imn»ct!iati-ly lo the plact-wher»5  it is be thtebheti, there lo he   set   up   in ,1,1 ^un aic-!.' days an'- \.\\c\^ gcriily threshtt and again put   in   the i-a.i a    !< -..   da^ mc^re and alterwards  llirei lied   a^i-ip' it is tiien it; be lr.:aled as   btioie dire cd ff>r die male lienip.
This m;ty ^erv e as a general tl/i ect but llie inieliigeiit liu mer viil mi sut il t>[evimciit-< a'^his land, hi.s !-iu lion aiitl his tout cnit nee will permit^ Ly ':<>mmutiicalirg Ihe nsidt will cti an <ibligii:on on that elass t>t sotiety which the writer of this i.s rne.
[Connti.ticut Courant,
From d'e Wcr.; the leading Den craiitk pa^-.r at Baltimore. E:Jract to (lie etlilor J.-'j!;> n fiend Pitlslurg Jpnl :>. " I am sorry, but not surptised, find that the j re'^trt atlministrati ha\e few friends left i.i this part of country ; aud the majoiiiy of Congr are every were tiespised. I am afra that (iod is about scourging us. T more I think of ihe ntuiraliiy of t ],\esident antl llie childish (perht knavish) taniencs;^ of Congress, 1 g!t-;iier leason is ihere for bring dis ti..fi( d with bolh. Unless a change ta place for the bttltr, I fear vve must ] down.—Smce I left Baltimore, I ha-.'i I not met t)iie man of any party, the a^ votr-tt ofthe pretent shameful procet:|
" G.illalih cnuid net get a single publican vote in die couniy [Washiiiij ton] he lately lepresented. The s-pir't td |>t"ople are ama^.ed and displea8«';j vvilh ihe siler.cc of Ctjl. Duane abo" the bank business, and they have liU'j conf?tleiice in Binns, _ ".^j
"• I have read Randolph's   ridiculo^^l opeeth-^-it is as inconsistent find   insit.' nificant as its   aaihour.    Nothing save   demociaey    but   riiore   vigorot
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all the former cover of Grasses, and o ther common vegetation (widi the ex- ! cepiion before stated) eniirely rotted, and mi.xe 1 throughout the soil inellow- etl bv the culture, and very promising in
€d with some co?;i/;os^ formed in parti its colour and loose texuue—ihi gar of the cleanings of mv garden, which j lick, I do ncH lear ; but too-many ot the had been spread several vears, where a I "il'«»' ^^''^'^ remain to annoy me.     An
few biilbs of th-at most destructive and unconquerable pest the star hyacinth or 'kvake 0 day.), as it is vulgarly termed— from which the increase has become ru¬ inously great. It has resisted two win¬ ter exposures ; and I can now pick oflf the bulbs unhurt, from the surface ofthe field; although those of the garlick are destroved in their imm( diate vicinity. I have (eft no endeavours for their cx- *erminallon untried. Intermixed wiih jf^j, 1 me jnanyot the garden blue botde, filsoatlt^'sr^ce almost a:, indcstructable though not .so prolifick. It is dangerous to mijc the cle^inings or ollals of gardens, with composts intended for the fields. Flowers innocent and grateful in the parterre, .ire often pests in the field. But ihe one now mentioned, does not al¬ ways thus originate. I have brought this .subject into view, to guin more ihan to give information. On inquu}-, I nm told that thousands of acres through our country, are renderetl WonhleKS. by this agrjcnliurally vile h 4n]|^K.votis. plimt.     I kiKj',y- nothing
early Spring Ploughing wiil, under its present fitness for it, be highly servicea¬ ble, and complete the tilth. This vvill now do as niuch good, as one immedi¬ ately Ruceeding the first ploughing, vvould have done mischief.
RICHARD PETERS.
Btdmont, Feb. 19, 1810. To the Philadelphia Society, for promoting Agriculture.
Apiil 2d, 1810.^—Several clusters of the Star Hyacinth which have been ex¬ posed on a flat stone (with no earth but the small portion which adhered lo them to all the winter frosts, are now vigo¬ rously shooting; uninjured by all the past inclemencies of the senson
U. PETERS.
On tfie cultivation of Hemp. It is believed that there is at this time no crop that so well compensates the labours of the husbandm.an as that of Hemp.—Many persons have erro¬ neously supposed that it required a pe¬ culiar s^l and that its cultivation was
degree.
There exists no danger from a glut¬ ted market, it will never be importeU cheaper trom abroad, and diould wc go successfully into the cukivaiion of it, for many years to come we should nut more than equal the demand there would be as soon as our ships are per¬ mitted to spread their sails on the ocean. The following method of cullivadon has been piaclised with great success. The ground is not already broken up, lo be throughly ploughed in ihe fall, that the turf may be well rotted ; and in the spring, as early as the season will per¬ mit, to be pltmghed again with more tir j started ?  quids  and  feds  immediati
formed the line, and marched toge " Was a  bank   quesdon  agitaf'*d .' ''. Gallaiinian corps voted   under fede banners.    The New-England lovers
without electing   more   vigorous  me^-^fl Ycu c.in judge.—For my part I   am ied and sick of American   politicks- am ashamed of the posture of my n.ati^j country.
*'TnE CAUSE OF Tins DEFECT
OR, jK
The Saddle on the Right Horse.   ¦-•' It is a mistaken notion that   the d grace and ruin of this  country  are iriiiutaHe tothe real icptiblicans in Coj(ti' gress. The kindred squads* of fedcr ism and quidism have combined to ' the nation low.    Was a Yazoo quesfif.'
less manure, according to the rondidon of the land ; the ploughing to be repeat ed undl the soil becomes light and mel¬ low ; that wiiich   is   peculiarly   proper
vvould    not   require   more   than   iwo '¦ pluntler—the apostates from  the ploughings in the spring :   the seed  to    and fiom the   South—iyour  Varnui be sown, and well   harrowed  in,   on  a ¦ Cuttses, Baron's Fintllays, Taylors very even surface, from the   1 st to the ! all, threw off the mask and fought vyjil 10th May, that it may be out ot the way ! tJ,e genuine old federal facdofi.    Let f of frosts, by which it is liable  to be  in- . j^e no longer deluded by names. Nor jurcd     When the blossom  falls from j nal democrats, bui federalists in res'" the male hemp, as it will about the mid- : have produced submission. /
die of August, it is  to   be   pulled   by It is to be lamented that  the  pf-Oj
making alleys through the field and se-    liave not been more cnudou.*? in scU;J le cling the ni ale from  ihe seed  hemp,    ing men of sterling talent and principif^ which is to be left a   month  longer  to    to represent them.
ripen.    To be bound with rye straw in The country can nevtM regain itslc jj
small bundles and left a few days in the , honour but h^ the cocrg.s 'i ioflaentcj
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