LEWISBURG CHRONICLE BY O. N. WORDEN & J. R. CORNELIUS. TWELFTH YEAR.....WIIOLE NUMBER, 611. $1.50 Feb Year, alwats ix Adtaxck. h)$- at tm$tox$, Mow (Lcnnly, ytnnsyimk. II. C. HICKOK, Corresponding Editor. Cfrt fcdisbnrg Chronicle. FRIDAY, PEC. 88, 1S55. 1 7 5 5. One hundred ycart ago. Perhaps no person now living, Las any personal recol lection of tbe evenU, recorded in history, which transpired a century gone by. The few whose ages exceed a hundred, recollect little if anything except events of a pri vate nature. Yet there were some matters of stirring interest, in 1755. A war raged between France and Great Britain (a very different state of fecliog from that now existing between those two great nations) in 1755, and was carried on mostly on this continent. The French bad a chain of colonies to tbe north and west of the Enghsh colon.es. That year, name of sinon g,, and he b9 real,v the English Gen. Moncktou conquered j taken it into bis head to be governor. We Nova Scotia, and Sir Wm. Johnson defeat- can further state that some of the knowing ed the French nnder Dieskau. The Eog- j ones among the revolutionists are offering lish failed, however, in their expeditions ! considerable bets that be wirt be governor!!" against Crown Point and Niagara, and in j Such ia tbe l"guage in April. In Oc Darticular was tbe vear saddened bv the ! tobcr of tbe 8ame Jear defeat of Gen. Tira.l.Wfc in I.U mAinnl,l expedition against Fort Du Quesne (now 1. . . , . v " loal occasion, mo good qualities of Washington became most j where a majority of 1100 was claimed for prominent, and bad the haughty English . Snyder, there is a majority of 207 for General taken the modest advice of the ' M'Kean. There are also majorities for " Virgiuia BucXskio," he would have ' rKcan in ,bc follwing counties, vis : Del doubtless captured Pitteburg, and des- j J?""59 )' Zl omer3 . . , r , , T ,. 437, Chester 400. In the two latter coun- troyed the French and Indian power on tics majorities had been claimed for Sny- tuai iruuuer, insicau oi nnaing an unuon- ored and almost unmarked grave in the forest. The same year, a war existed between the republie of Holland and piratical Al giers. ., . r.' ' c. , . , Tailed. Quito in South America, was dc- ica was dc- ,' , . , the 1st of in Portu al in or uga troyed, April 2Sth; and on November, tbe city of Lisbon in was fairly shaken to the earth and buried by a tremendous wave from the sea, so that .... . . . , lahen - An inturiifihnrt animinr. til fhid . ... , earthquake may be found in Ilarper's Mag- , azine, of a recent date. In Ylbbfdled M9sheim,the ecclesiastical historian; and Montesquieu, the elegant writer. ' In 1755, were born Gilbert Stuart, the painter; Jjbn Flaxman, the sculptor; Sa rah Siddons, the actress ; and Wm. Brad ford, U. S. attorney general. In 1755, the first attempt at settlement by Connect'.cut was made in Wyoming; renewed in 1763. From 1750 to 1755, it is stated, various attempts were made to settle on Penns creek, now in Snyder county; and Arthur j Buchanan and others did settle at Lewis-' town in Mifflin county ; but they were all subsequently driven away by hostile Indi ans. That year, was a sorrowful one for the whites in Pennsylvania, and the fron tiers of all the Colonies. Tbe sufferings and deaths, from Indian warfare, in that year, in our vicicity and olscwherc, would be an impressive contrast, if properly ex- hibitcd, to the quiet and happiness that time in its roll ot one nucarca years now i sees exhibited on every band. File ofNewspapers, Fifty Years Old. ' We own a bound volume of " The , Balance and Columbian Repository," a j weekly journal, in quarto form, published ' at the city of Hudson, N. Y., A. D. 1805, ' mt 12 rr vear in advance It is a violent ! Federal naner. edited bv Harrv Croswcll. I who deceased not lone since as Rev. II. ... - - Cr.awell. D. D.. of the Protestant Euisco- pal Church. It was in this office that Ed- win Croswell, of tbe Albany Argus, gradu ated here, that be imbibed bis Democra cy, or Republicanism, as the opponents of the Federals called themselves. It is an interesting and able journal; behind those of tbe present day in the amount of its reading, and the freshness of its intclli- ! gence; but imbued with a composed and ! dignified spirit unlike those of our feverish times ; while many of its anecdotes are, if not word for word, at least idea for idea, those passing through our newspapers. All papers in those days had their motto : tbat of the Balance was Hell, fttered polity, by freedom reared ! Mcrrd freedom, wben by law reelrnlned Hems. Partizas Liberality. Notwithstan- ding tbe virulence of the personal and po- litical attacks of Tlie Balance against Mr. Jefferson and bis administration and not withstanding its constant denunciations of the " Jacobins" for removing Federalists from Poet Offices and other stations it i 10 A. M. yesterday. Col. Lane sent an looks a little singular to see tbat of tbe j official message to the Missouri invaders list of Agents fur the Balance more than tbat after 4 P. M. he would not be respon half are Post Master and Printers, and : sible for tbe conduct of bis men. It was these among tbe best Post Offices and lar gest towns in the Union ! At tbis day, for an Opposition newspaper to be publish ing Post Masters at " good" offioes as their Agents, would be a very rare occurrence, and almost sure to result in the dismissal ! of the P. M.; and for one Printer to act as Agent for another, as they then did, would seem to be singular indeed. Ia these re spects, there is not as much good feeling as there was fifty years ago. First Notice or Simon Snyder. Al though Thomas M'Kean had twice been lected Governor of Pennsylvania by the Republican party, jet abont 1805 the ftgjibcrs of the legislature of that ptrtythe spirit of a slave repudiated him in a Legislative caucus, and recommended another man. Who that man was, we learn by the Balance, which copies from the U. S. Gazette tbe following paragraph : " We have taken some pains to enable ourselves to answer with correctness vari ous enquiries of correspondents respecting the real existence of such a man as Simon Snyder, surnaincd by the revolutionists L'lodltopjier, who is said to have fallen in love wilb tbe gubernatorial chair of Penn sylvania, and is now endeavoring to pro cure it for his own accommodation. Many seem to suppose that tbe name of Simou Snyder, Clodhopper, is merely fictitious, and has been used by tbe revolutionists as John Doe and Richard Koe are used by the lawyers, merely to grace tbeir process. After diligent enquiry we are enabled to state that this opinion is erroneous. There " I' s stated in the U. S. Gazette that : ! ue prr" 1 ,og ""V?, nas " I io one uoiiar, in consequcneeonue extreme cD.u of their r.. i phiUdni,;,. der, and Lancaster was sot off was sot on even. Alas ! poor Duane alas ! poor Simon !" Disappointment was as common in those days as in our. The federals helped elect M'Kean. But, for three terms after that, the reality of tho existence of Simon ! Snyder, elected by thumping majorities, I , , . . , . . . ! ' ' r b J could be determined bv an investigation of ! ,, , . , , . , , . , ' gubernatorial cbairof Penn a, with , wlljcn t(j(J mg,jc "Clodhopper" bad "fallen in love !" and an independent County, embracing the home of bis manhood and his crave, perpetuates his memory i 0 ' Prices op Produce. The Balance ..... gives the following " Prices Current at Hudson, N. Y., Saturday March 16, 1805 : DC. Wheat $2 31 Rye 1 !9 Corn 1 00 Oats 60 Butter 21 Cheese 09 Lard 12 Tallow 10 Bees Wax 28." " Hudson, June 4, 1805. At Lisbon, latest dates, flour was at 12 dolls. 50 cents I dull, with the probability of falling." Jt gecms frQm tLe abov!) that the priccg j . kr.,,ie,..ffil .a ..;,;,,, h;Bhir. I j a half century ag j, than to-day ; also tbat : I the foreign market was probably propor- tionally as important, then, as it is now. TIIE KANSAS WAR. Correspondence of New York Tribune. Leavenworth, Dec. 4, 1855. ! The excitement is subsiding. The country is safe ! Missouri can't whip tbe ; "oigger-thicvcs and "Abolitionists of j Lawrence after all. Border-Ruffian cour- j ae nd 1latt0 C0UD,y omn'po'ence are j 1uo'ed below par. Tbe "Saxons" of Law-1 rencc the descendants of the Gurths ! bave naJ lhe "lcity to stand I ,De'r groun(l before Ivanhoe's descendants j the "Normans" of Missouri. Let the R"'0 Examiner look to its theory. if - ,i c . t. I : r r .. l li iuriucrucrs arc Ul iiic uuuau ui uuuu and tbe Southencrs of the house of Iran- hoe tbis invasion of Kans" ,amen,a' ble proof of the degeneracy of the race j who "cauie in with the Conqueror." Up to tbe present hour, (12 o'clock, noon,) we have received rather gratifying news from .Lawrence. It is as late as yesterday (Tuesday) at 10 A. M. At i l0" ume ,wo "I iouuB exclusively, numbering over 300 men, . i . : . r n,; were cuuauipcu ut, na.un.uu, u.c uiiiva uc- low Lawrence. A body of 150 were at Lecompton, and several hundreds were re ported to be stationed at Osawkce. Free-State men are arriving at Lawrence every hour. Tbey are well armed at the "Yankee Town," well drilled, and com mrnded by experienced officers. Col. Jas. II. Lane is the leader of the Free-State forces, and his career in Mexico is a guar- anty tbat be will make a desperate charge at tbe Missonrians if the slightest provo cation is given. They were discussing points of law at rumorea mai ine "cowaraiy lanxces in tend to send a peremptory message to tbe Missonrians, ordering them to leave Kan sas immediately or prepare to fight at once. If any collision ensues there will be a desperate slaughter of Missonrians. Tbe conduct of the Missourians con trasts most ludicrously with tbeir talk be fore they left here. I beard many of them talk about "tbe Abolitionists," as if we were a gang of cotton-field negroes, whom it was only necessary to crack a whip at to bring into subjection. They have already found, I suspect, tbat a man may be a "wooly-bead" without having Gov. Shannon's conduct on this occasion has added greatly to the indignation cre ated by bis officiating at the late (Missou ri) "Law and Order" Convention. His proclamation was regarded as an intention al inflammatory appeal to tbe Missonrians of the border counties. A petition to the President praying for his removal has been signed by tbe wealthiest and most influen tial citizens of Leavenworth. The people of Lawrence have resolved to send a deputation to Washington. P. S. 9 P. M. A Compromise Mea sure Proposed ! Dr. Davis has just ar rived from Lawrence. A rumor prevailed there when be left, that Gov. Shannon was about to send out an order, command ing the men of Lawrence to deliver np their arms. He asked Dr. Robinson what tbey would do if such a demand should be made. "Well," said the doctor, "I would propose a compromise measure keep the rifles, and give themtlie contents!" If such an unprecedented order is sent by Potato Shannon, as they call the Gov ernor, there can be little doubt that the j doctor's compromise measure will be adop- ted. Help Wasted. A copy of the Lex ington (Mo.) Express has been received. It contains a telegraphic dispatch announ cing that "The Abolitionists arc threaten ing tbe lives of all Pro-Slavery men." It is dated Independence, (Missouri), and opens thus : " He tcill Kant as many Lalet of hemp as you can spare in your county !" The hemp, I suppose, is to hang us with. I remain as ever, a member of a party as yet unstrung. J. R. From tbe Jeffurara (Miiaoari) Enquiror. By yesterday's mail we received ac ex tra from tbe office of the Lexington Ex press dated the 6th instant, 10 o'clock A. M., which contains some additional infor mation to that published in our last dis- I patches from Westoc. f he tone and spirit of tbe Extra is calculated to do more ti a wm tin rfki-ial T artaiK1i mn mi V . , , 6 , ted for one moment, when tbe citizens of I T . , r .i o uawrcup; act lue wa ut hut? jcrnturj Mb defiance, but Gov. Shannon would be aid ded by the General Government, in any way he would ask, in sustaining and en forcing the laws of the Territory ; and now that President Pierce has signified his readiness to order out the United States troops, it would be more commend able on the part of the citizens of Missouri not to interfere, but let the proper author ities of the Territory, backed by the Uni ted States Government, enforce the laws ! Onn nf tho writers in the eitrx aMnd.id tn wou,d bave the peop,e of Missoari uke ). f th himla of h r.,.r.l Government, to enforce the laws in its own Territories, and take the power in its own hands. This is wrong, and is well calculated to engender a bitter feel ing in tbe minds of the people of the Ter ritory, when it is much better a neighbor ly and good feeling should prevail. From tbe St. Louil Democrat, Pee. 17. By the politeness of a gentleman in this city, we have been shown a private letter from Leavenworth City, under dale of Dec. 8, giving the following startling intelligence : "General Richardson, a well disposed man, and of some prominence in our Ter- ritory since the excitement, has been to Lawrence and bad a talk with her people. He reports that they declared that they wcro always, and are now ready to deliver up to the authorities any one of their number for whom those authorities had a writ ; but refused, as sensible men would, to suffer one of their number to be arrested by an irresponsible mob. "It is perfectly understood, here, that (jov. shannon s proclamation and bluster were intended to play into the bands of Atchison, Strinefcllow, and gang. Vol- uoteer companies were raised iu the border counties of Missouri, with wonderful alac rity, immediately upon its promulgation. "Tbe Lawrence men have nicely calcu lated their strength, and they bold to the belief tbat it will require 3000 men to take Lawrence, and even then with the loss of much blood. The Lawrence men are en trenched, have experienced commanders, and are well armed to a man. They are calmly and resolutely awating an attack. Col. Lane of Lawrence has sent a dispitcb requesting aid from this city. He says fight is inevitable. Col. Sumner, com mandant at the fort, is awaiting orders from Washington. Richardson, comman der of tbe militia, has been striving to bring about an amicable settlement, bnt Stringfellow, Easten and gang say no. Although the Lawrence men bave shown a disposition to do what is right, it seems that they must fight or take the alterna tive of being massacred. Lawrence has at this time 800 men under muster ; their weapons of defence are Sharp's rifles and revolvers. It is said that the Missourians have five pieces of cannon in addition to their small arms. "These cannon were got by them in the following manner : About 100 of them broke into the arsenal at Liberty, Clay eounty, Missouri, secured the man in charge by tying him, took the cannon", shells, &o., on band, and marched off to Col. Sumner his sent a fort j li.-IVUVU. to recover tbe arms stolen, and to protect tbe arsenal from further plunder. Atchi son, it is said, is eneamped with some 25 men, about fifteen miles from Lawrence, waiting for rcenforcements. There is is report afloat that Shannon is much agita ted, and is trying to advise tbe Missonri ans to go home having at last convinced bimself that this is the only way to avoid a collision. He is obliged, however, to advise with Atchison and StringfeIlow,and tbey, I believe, require the Lawrence men to surrender their arms. This tbey con sider as equivalent to laying down tbeir lives, and of eourse tbey will not consent. Negotiation and compromise thus far bave been fruitless. It is thought that the cri sis iu Kansas affairs has come at last ; tbe fight is expected to begin to-day or to morrow, and if so it must be a bloody one, for the Lawrence men will fight with no expectation of quarter. It is thought by tbe Free-State men here that tbe Missou rians will attack this city, whether success ful or not at Lawrence; tbey bave avowed tbe destruction of tbe Register press and may throw it into the river, as they did tbe Parktille Luminary. "Possibly Col. Sumner, in endeavoring to retake tbe arms stolen from the arsenal may bring about collision between tbe United States and the border ruffians. "In the present condition of the public mind a trifle may turn the strife into quite a different channel from that anticipated by those who originated it To give you an idea of the excitement in this place I need only state that business is entirely suspended, and groups of men arc on tbe streets talkiog about the war, as if a ter rible calamity was impending which can not be averted." Written Hand Bills in Advertising. The Sunbury American, says, we still observe occasionally, written band-bills stuck ap, advertising the sale of persona'. property. That such things should exist in this age of progress and general intelli gence, is indeed surprising. In the early ..i. .kn ir;ni;n I'.,., -.ra " few and far between," there was some ex- j " c,er 80,1 ht"ilJ g; 2, cuse for written band-bills. Before tbe j Oats seeded down with a mixture of timo art of printing was discovered, written I y d 'Ter Kci i 3 CloTer or 6' ... sheet, were di.tribJ among the ich continues from four to six years, people Yet who would think of dissemi- hen tne rotation recommences. In Graf- nating news at this day, in sheets of manu - script? And yet ono is but little more absurd than the other. No man who has sufficient capacity to understand bis own interests, will fail to advertise bis sales or bis business in the news-papers, and by printed bills, and no Executor, Adminis- fi.i:. .k.,,i k. l.ij ;n..,n. --u- : i- ... .i. r !, r..:i nuig iu inn iui uict vi uuj wuu miku to do so. The object of advertisine is. of course to give notoriety and to attract attention - Now, on an average, three-fourtbs of those even who can read writing, can not do so with facility, and would therefore pass a written bill without attempting to read it, and of the other fourth not one in five would take the trouble. This is not the case with printed bills. The display lines of the leading articles strike tbe sight, so that " be who runs may read," and whether one is inclined to or not, bis attention is involuntarily attracted, and tbe object of tbe advertisement is accom plished. But it is idle to argue tbe sub- I jeet. Every business man knows and feels the truth of what we have said and acts accordingly Eatino and Drinking. "If you wish," said Sydney Smith, "for anything like happiness in the fifth act of life, cat and drink about one-half what yon could cat and drink. Did I tell you my calcu lation about eating and drinking ? Hav ing ascertained tbe weight of what I could live upon, so as to preserve health and strength, and what I did live upon, I found that, between ten and seventy years of age, I had eaten and drunk forty-four horse wagon loads of meat and drink more than would bave preserved me in life and health I The value of this mass of nour ishment I considered to be worth 7,000. It occurred to me tbat I must, by my vo racity, have starved to death fully a hun dred persons." Trusting Innocence. A backwoods man, who bad never seen a pair of sugar tongs, being invited to a tea party, reques ttH a person who unhsppily sat near him 'to give some information respecting iu nse. "It is a very ingenious instrument," said the cruel wag "which has been lately invented for tbe purpose of blowing tbe nose. It is now in nse in genteel society, and it is expected tbat the disgusting cus tom cf using the fingers will be altogether abolished." The sugar dish was banded around, the unfortunate "lion seised the tongs, and the polite part of the assembly were scandalised at tbe outre application of the instrument and the terrible explo sion which followed. THE Garden- FARM : -The Orchard. The From tbe Dollar Naweaapar. New England Rotation! ia Crept. Believing that a knowledge of the differ ent rotations of crops, in our various States, will be interesting, and, if rightly studied and applied, very useful in practice, allow mt) to call your attention to .be following sketch of the New England rotations ; tbe sources from whence I have derived my information being tbe Agricultural Reports of the United States Patent Office. 1. MAINE ROTATIONS. In Waldo county the rotation of crops mostly adopted eonsists of I. Oats on pasture ground ; 2, Corn or potatoes ma nured ; 3, Wheat, and 4, Hay and pasture from five to ten years. Ia Franklin county it is : 1, Oat on grass land as soon as it yields less than a ton of bay per acre ; 2, Corn or potatoes manured ; 3, Wheat seeded down to grass, and 4, Clover or grass, for land so treated, is considered as " put through " a regular rotation of crops; and the same system prevails in Somerset county. But some farmers in each of these two last named counties sow their wheat on sward land with success. In York county tbe rotation pursued is : 1, Corn on a green sward, ploughed down and well manured; 2, Wheat seeded down with clover, red-top and timothy seed ; 3, Clover and grass for several years, or until tbe rotation recommences. And this sys tem also obtains in Penobscot connty. In Washington county tbe rotation eonsists of a six years' course, to wit : 1, Pasture ; 2, Oats ; 3, Turnips or potatoes ; 4, Wheat or barley ; 5, Hay, and 6, Pasture. The wheat seldom gets any manure except what is applied to the previous crop. Timothy, clover, redtop, &c, are always seeded down with wheat or barley, and are said to take much better with these than tbey do with oats or rye. Tbe most important agricul tural crops of Maine are grassy hay, oats and corn, and these are largely on the in crease as a food for stock, for she is apply ing her chief energy to the raising of cat tle and dairy productions, and hence the census of 1850 shows that she is now grow ! ing considerably less of wheat, rye and barley than she did in 1810. (bee Ag. Rep. 1848, p. 342, 660; 1850, p. 218, 226-31 ; 1851, p. 131-44; 1852, p. 117 -31; and Census of 1850, p. 170-4. 2. NEW HAMPSHIRE ROTATION-'. In Cheshire county, tbe rotation . -ed ! bv old and successful farmers is : 1, rn : ,ou counl7 VmK' r"6 . j W pastures ploughed down, and then ! "heat, ,he7 ie 8ure of 6eWlDg S0 : crop oi wuew, uvu, m pe- : rieuce, leave iue gruuuu iu . uuc cvuu.uuu for wheat. In Sullivan county there is no regular rotation of crops, for some have one gvstem and some another, while others 1 have none at all. But penerallv sneakine 1 o - o j the rotation is: 1, Potatoes or corn on t ' I -. na M1 manured and nWhed ( e a o down; 2, Oats; 3, Wheat, seeded down tn r-rs. .nd 4. Clover or erass from five C 7 C ...... to ten years. On Long Island, in Lake Winnipisiogee, tbe rotation is : 1, Pot a toes on grass sward ; 2, Corn ; 3, Wheat seeded down with clover; and 4, Clover j pursued is : 1, Corn on a worn out or de-1 or grass a long as it does well, say six or ! dining grass sod, deeply ploughed down 6 . ,'...!, ... , ... ' Ii o seven years; out some are Deginning to j make eorn take the place of potatoes on the grass sod with much success. V IT 1.;.- .te l;V- M,; turning her chief energy to' the raising of i .1- a l...,;.,n. l,e : I crease of bav and cattle, and decrease of ' the cereal grains show when we compare J her census of 1840 with that of 1850. (See Ag. Rep. 1848, p 669 ; 1850, p. 409 1852, p, 149-'50 ; 1853, p. 111-14, Cen sus of 1850.) 3. VERMONT ROTATIONS. In Washington county the most com. mon rotation, so far as tbey have any sys-' torn, is : 1. Oats : 2. Corn well manured: ! o, uais or wneat seeuea aown wiin ciover a . ... .., , and timothy, and 4, Clover or grass I well-top dressed with barn-vard manure, ' plaster, ke. ; but some prefer having : 1, years,well manured with barn-yard manure crs 3 Pln 'a the head. This I think Corn on well-dunged, worn-ont grass or clo-1 and plaster in April and May. But some j ??'nl l'se-e, affecting the brain an 1 ver sod ploughed down ; 2, Spring wheat prefer having potatoes on the grass sod, ; tori- Core Take a large table spoon or oats seeded with clover and timothy, 1 and then barley instead of oats, as oats faI of sulphur, and 1 rd sufficient when and 3, Clover or grass till poor enough j opon potato ground is found to produce a W3rm to it soft like paste, pour it on again for ploughing ; while others plant ! short, rusty and miserable straw. In j the ,0P of th he root cf the horns; potatoes on grass sod ploughed down, and ! Litchfield county the usual rotation on take a " A 't piece of iron, heat it, follow this crop with winter rye sown j worn-out lands in order to renovate them Uil hu!J lt ovcr bca;1 o down with clover and timothy. In Rut- is: 1, Rye sown in September and well ! frcsh, a,r auJ W;,rm tho t0P land county the rotation is : 1, Corn or potatoes an on eld grass or clover sod well manured ; 2, Wheat or oats seeded down ith clover and timothy mixed ; 3, Clover j . . or crass from nve to seven years, top : dressed with leached wood aihcs, plaster and fine barn-yard manure. Some, how ever, make their rotation : 1, Wheat; 2, Corn or potatoes ; S, Oats ; 4, Clover or grass. In Windsor eounty the rotation is : 1, Oats on a declining sod well-manured and top-dressed with plaster; 2, Corn heavily manured with barn-yard manures, and also with a large handful of lime, ashes and plaster mixed to each bill ; 3, Oats seeded down with elover, timothy and red-top mixed, and 4, Clover or crass too closely fed off by cattle, produce a ' forsix years, and annually top-dres ei ith ! most luxuriant crop of grass for three or fifty pounds of plaster to tbe acu 7 1 four years in succession, by which time j ... . .. "'.I...: .1 :iil e , .!-.. spring. In ijamoilie county ine rout.cn 1. Oats; 2. Corn or potatoes; 3, 1 Wheat; 4, grass. Iu Franklin county the rotation is : 1, Oats, peas and potatoes; Z, Corn manured ; 3, Wheat with grass seed; and 4, Grass from tbreo to five years. Vermont's ehief agricultural crops are oats and corn, with conwspondiDg ratea of hay and grass, as she makes the raising of eattle and dairy productions her chief business, and hence raises but small quan tities of wheat, rye, barley, &c., as the cen sus of 1850 shows. (See Ag. Rep. 1848, p. 669; 1850, p. 335-8 j 1851, p. 148-62; 1852, p. 133-46.) 4. MASSACHUSETTS ROTATIONS. In Worcester connty the most common rotation seems to be : 1, Corn on a grass sod, well manured; 2, Oats with clover and timothy seed mixed ; 3, Clover or grass from five to eight years withont ma nure. But some prefer having : 1, Po tatoes on grass sward ; 2, Corn ; 3, Oats, and 4, Grass from three to five years, and manure their grass lands with wood ashes, plaster, lime, &e. 1U VUUUVJ I tbe rotation with some is : 1, Corn ma nured in the LIU, with guano or a compost of wood ashes, plaster, night soil, dove and hen dung; 2, Broom corn or potatoes for one or two years manured ; 3, Rye, wheat or oats, with clover, timothy and red-top seed, and 4, Clover or grass, thus making a rotation of from four to six years. With others, again, tbe rotation seems to be : 1, Corn or wheat on a grass eod ; 2, Broom corn well manured in the hill ; 3, Oats with clover and timothy seed, and 4, Clo ver and grass until it produces but one ton of bay per acre, when it is ploughed np for corn again. But if the ground is too low and wet for corn, it is ploughed np immediately after hay-making, in August, and top-dressed with compost manure, and sown wiih a peck or half bushel of timothy seed, and nicely harrowed and rolled down, and the next year it produces a crop of hay greatly improved in quantity and quality. A good many sow wheat after broom corn. In Berkshire county rota tion with some seems to be : 1, Corn ; 2, Oats, and 3, Clover. With others: 1, Corn; 2, Barley, and 3, Oats; and with others again; 1, Corn; 2, Spring wheat, and 3, Clover or grass. And in Bristol county it is corn, potatoes, and other vege tables, with hay. Tbe chief crops of Massachusetts are the same as those of Maine, New Hamp shire and Vermont, and fur tbe same reasons. And hence she raises but small quantities 01 wneat, rye, Dariey ana duck- wheat, as the Census of I80O shows. (See Ag j, jgj p 352-62 ; 1848, p. 609 ; j lg4g 93g. 1850) p m GS-77, j 4 9 . 1351. p. 162-9 ; 1852, p. 150-02 : 1353, p. 171.) 5. RHODE ISLASD ROTATIONS. I am unablo to state tbe rotation of crops adopted in this State, but I presume ! , 1 ,., ... - o. . ' .1 1:1.. it,... :- .1.. . ! l- ::. r nu. t.Tj iu6 yriuciijai urv9 Vk nuvuo iaidu4 tuv curu, i:riftS3, uaj, vuiftiura. uaia auu iir, ! .u. v. ... ' m.iwfi wms Hatr rtettrttnna .afa . nl rro IUI duc faiscs uut ah it? wuca.. uu. suu buctwhct, as the census of 1850 shows. : i mo - Oft0 . 1 l I Owv , 1 Ii . iwili i.j.f, I', w . , V' V""" 6 r r r , 32s, 475-8 ; 1851, p. 169 ; 1852, p. 147.) 6. CONNECTICUT ROTATIONS. ana wen manureu wim siauie mauure , 4, Oats with clover and timotbv seed mixed. or timothy and red-top on moist soils ; 3, 1 ri,., nr frnm fire tn eicbt rears, or as long as it docs well, after which it is nWhed no for corn aain. And the same rotation prevails in the counties of Toland and New Haven Tn r.mtnn ennnf. the rotation is : 1. V.orn on eras. land, well manured with fish and stable j dung; 2, Potatoes manured; 3, Rye or j oats with clover, timothy, and red-top grass j seed, and 4, Clover grass for hay for seven .... -r I years, when the rotation Degius again, in ! Windham county the rotation seems to be : 1. Corn on a crecn sward plouehcd seven : 1 . r 3 L f 1 : . incocs ucep . iew uujs ueiure louuuug , 2, Oats ith clover, timotbv and red top seed ; 3, Clover or grass for five or six j manured with fine barn-yard manure and j seeded down with from six to eight quarts ! of timothy seed per acre, well brushed in ; 2, Clover seed sown in the ensuing April, j ,l f.,. i,.. j:..i i or as soon as ae irosis uave aisappeareu, at tho rate of from two to three quart of : seed per acre, and dragged in with a heavy bush or harrow, and plastered about tbe 1st of May, and annually thereafter, so long as the ground remains in grass, Ut, ... nnnn.t. nf V,. .!,;. ' plaster per aero. And they who have tried ! this mode of renovatiue the soil, sav that 1 tbis, so far from injuring tbe rye or timo- thy, will decidedly improve tho crop, and that lands treated in this way will, if not " nunnuj win nave lormeu a micny-; mattea tort, so essential to the production j of Indian eorn, and that such land, with a , nr proved me corn. mis eorn is said to slight manuring, will now produce fifty I make a fine, white meal, and a most nutri bushels'of corn to the acre. We are also tiousbrcaJ,whiehrsmuchrelishedbya!Iwh assured that much plough hnd, wh:ch,but j have partaken of it. The mcthnl adopts! a few years since, wj'ild hatJly pay for it i' worth tbe ifculion of cur friend here cultivation, and prueEtinj as iasUliloi. an aspect as that of the worn out soils of Maryland and Virginia, Las been thna most completely renovated, and will now produce sixty bushels of corn to the acre, and other crops in proportion. And John L. Yeomans, of Toland eonnty, informs ns tbat he, in 1851, raised forty bushels of buckwheat on two and a half acres of pas ture ground, thirty years in pasture and considered as worn out, by merely plough ing it twice, first in the spring of 1851, and then again on the 1st of July, and sowing it with two bushels of buckwheat, and that upon tbe same ground well ploughed and manured, and put in corn in 1852 he realized 232 bushels of com In : the cars, whose grains when shelled were equal to abont 120 bushels of corn, an ex periment equally worthy of remembranee. (See Ag. Rep. 1850, p. 300, 338-40, 377 ; 1851, p. 170-87; 1352, p. 162-7.) These six States, to wit, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con necticut and Rhode Island are usually Btylcd " The New England States," be cause their first settlers came from Eng land, eld England, in Europe. And our last census, the census of 1850, shows that tbe ehief grain crops of these States aro corn andjoats that tbey now cultivate but little wheat, rye, buckwheat and barley, less as a general matter than they did when the census of 1840 was taken, and that they cultivate corn and and oats, and grow a large amount of grass and hay, princi pally to feed and fatten their cattle and sheep, for they are making the raising of cattle and sheep, and the productions of the dairy and wool their leading agricul tural business. In my next communication, I will give) you a similar sketch of the rotation of crops adopted in the Middle Sates. Mostour. Northumberland Co., Pa., 1S55. ICEHOUSES. There are few farms, of any size, but which will afford facilities for gathering crop of ice during the winter ; or, perhaps more properlyspeakiog, where the oceu pants of which cannot obtain in tbe vicin ity sufficient to fill a good sized ice-bouse. There are also few structures about a j farm tbat wi prove more Ta,uabl9 to . f f -n1 h- ; family as a matter of luxury, than an 1 abundance of ice in the warm season. A house will cost, when its real value is con sidered, a very trifling amount, as it can be constructed mostly by the labor eoc- ', Yiij.fA(i eeirl, I T. a f .m i . I. iL. I. . 1 e , , A, .... , . . I carpenter ; and the filling of it is done at a 9eM0n wbBD the dut farm are : . , 411 k A 1? 0 t J j , .... . ! ones, are better constructed under ground. ryL j . ! V w .ug nu rouna, ana WIW p . .... . . . gnnce uf some sit nr io-hl inKo. tween. filled with Lin. nr ent etr ..)! I , , . . , , , . ... 'I e -J:..: .l. .- . . crcui.uon 01 air ! j wcen them' M B . door. ; Clean straw should be rut in the bottom i ... , ,. .. . I" "o e - i The ice would keep much better if sawed I ,u ulKK" m uno "l nu PC"U : vt..i f - 1 1 , , . , j "e P"ed- None nn' lid e.hould I taken, if it can be obtained; and tho owcr ,he pcrature is when cut, the long" "s ice will keep. Even as a fam- " uor, "rmer snoma De WllDOUf an ,ice hoUiC nJ cnce h"iaS fiJ J iiipcasMe.-GermantoK Tele- ra" ' HallOW Horn Disease. A to.:,.- . t. 1? . . 1 . - . . " jiuu vauiTaior gives the following as the symptoms of, and remcu3 ior, me nonow norn disease "The symptoms are drooping of the nead nJ ", tying d'wn, turning the beatl 0Ter Ao l, towards the shonld- """"" " ",c uear rcToal onc iu two or ,hrce Ja.vs auJ bora htla on thc uuJcr siJe' tsta or tt,ree in m "e neau' 80 as 10 let ,D ,rctU a'r' nd ,e' the putrid matter out if anv is collected. I have never known this to fail if taken I before too far g'.ne. I bave cured ono cow when the top of the head was so fu'.l of matter that I opened a place above tte ear which discharged more than a half pint. This was in the summer, tbe cow was fa"ened in the full and killed; tho UeaJ WM U r'ht' e'Tg plce Head was ail right, execrticg a place at the roots of tbe boms about as large as a small spoon bowl." Plant f.iom the 1et. V Yirjinia farmer, in sending some Cue orn to tha Aricultunl Offioo at Wa-hiogton, say "I have fjr twenty years saveJ for the seed tk. t.v. . ,.f . ..:'.. ,k. I ... j i.u ui mreo ears apiece, ana nave minis manner n I'aaaeylvinia.
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