Show agricultural i f t PLANTING WHEAT IN HILL charles braet irett icett of rochester ind communicates to the new york tribune the following statement of bf a an n experiment 1 I planted last fall hive five rows of wheat with space s between different rows of three feet two feet and eighteen inches this was kept cleat clean with the hoe and the product is as follows average number of sta stalks from each beed seed nearly 32 number of godins grains to the head 72 to thus if lecount we count less than really grew say 30 stalks frombach fro from meach each grain of see bee seed beed dand and 72 the i fewest number of grains found in any one head we get at the rate of over 2000 fold and from that to counting the h highest hest best yield from the year 1845 to 1855 the average of wheat in this and parts of the ada adjoining coun ties according to my record was less than eight bushels to the ac acre rethe the very best being 33 bushels indian corn sown broadcast at tho the e rate of from one to two bushels will yield a larger average but when planted in our usual way produces from 30 to bushels per acre my object in writing this is to bring m the facts to the notice of agriculturists and to induce as many as possible to try the expert 1 ment on as much land as they are willing to experiment with I 1 hope those wishing to t test the matter will get the wheat in before thelast of august I 1 lay off the ground two feet each eich way wak and pug four grains to each hill and keep clean till next b harvest it must be put ina in early no matter how soon after harvest abis this will give 30 stalks to the square foot an and d grains acre which allowing grains to the bi bushel Ushel gives nearly bushels to the acre this esten estimate ate is a correct one based upon actual facts and although it looks like a wild calculation will twill I 1 think prove prova e so nearly correct correaa as to help reform our present slovenly and extravagant mode of wheat culture the quantity of 0 seed required nto sto to plant an acre is only a trifle over five pounds if put in as above described where my wheat stood in rows three feet apart when aben ripe thet heads ap appeared eared nearly as thick together asin as in a field of broadcast wheat and in instead 8 fehd of be ing from two td top three inches in length were from sixto six bix to seven i SORGHO OR CHINESE SUGAR CANE CANTE the pans correspondent of the Jour journal rial of com corn merce merge sass says sorgho or chinese sugar canei canel cane which has attracted so much attention i formed a prominent feature in the late annual agricultural a exhibitions of france thib this Thi plane isi ibi extensively and successful successfully lk cultivated in the south of france and in algeria and as an evidence of the extent and variety of the aepli k 1 cation of its material we may mention that thatah at a alati exhibition at avignon al prieur exhibited hibi ted a group of samples illustrative of the fhe metamorphoses to which he has bas subjected it i nothing could be more curious than theistic secession of transformations there shown in one corner could be seen been the in it stal stai stalk such ish U as it is when cut a little fart farther her ber were e aits tits i its fabres fibres converted into thread threads in skein then a I 1 piece of linen woven with the thread then a handsome cloak bordered with furs which 31 prieur designs for the prince imperial the most curious and complete array of the products of the sorgho however atthe attha at the same pame exhibition was that of dr siard si card of marr sr with the pith behas he has manufactured excellent sugar which will favorably compare with any other whatever by the geed seed he has hag obtained flour fl and of bf which i bich he heb has made bread and chocolate which the i many tasters have found palatable p datable he hi e ex tracts moreover from the plant afi an abundance of alcohol of superior quality tyana and besides a most agreeable wine containing in a large quantity all the tonic and other salutary elements of bf the juice of the grape in III addition he makes paper out of it of which he showed evidence in superior samples by chemical agents he gets from it gamboge gam bogel ginseng carbon skeins of cotton and thread dyed with sorgho in those delicate and varying shades which hitherto have hive been found only in the stuffs and articles coming directly from china we should add that the new derivations is as we may style them thom from the the cane are complete and can be delivered td to trade and ird industry at determinate prices i TH cane should be cut as 9 hoori as conven lent after afier the see seed d pulp enterk enters enters the ripening T or hard doughy state it should be cut no faster taster than pressed or boiled the cutting may be continued until after sufficient freezing and thawing takes place to I 1 slight slightly y sour th the e buic juice i e the boiling should be b e commenced as soon as the juice is is expressed the boiling down should bs be done in shallow vessels with the fire 1 touching only the bottom for forin in no case ana anc at no stage of the thi bailin boiling could would sh buld the fire on the out outside side of the vessel be fallowes fallowed laii fall wiio 1110 ned owed wed up hs as hi high ff h as the surface of the liquid within the boiling should be ve as brisk is as possible the hyrup syrup is so thick as to be in danger b of if burnine burning phen ihen the heat beat should be reduced three or or four fou r hours itt at most is all the ilme lime that s should ordinarily be taken to reduce the juice to a moderately thick syrup in a majority of cases reported the best beat results a its I 1 have been obtained bladd by adding ng g nothing to rejoice Re tte tie juice but bit boiling rapidly in vess 19 1 of a few in removing the risi ng 1 ns scum c m aurely from the surface the 11 wybe abbe turned to good a account jor f or vine vinegar gir by simply putting w them in barrels wib wit some water and leaving them to sour TY exceptions to the last rule ruie are that jietre ji ethe carlo can es aie are are long tong ripened or subject fo to f leoz leiz ilie till thal thai nor r ihei e bailin boiling IS is lo 10 long iong continued con uh ue d it is ii vell bell to add blittle coda or lime to neut neutralize neutrals rali rail any ac acid formed the rhe same will be the ca case se when 1 v the juice has haa stood long expressing it before brisk boiling has been secured american agriculturist some of the illinois farmers agree in in saying 1 that the amount of sugar raised in that stat p this year from the sorghum cane will exceed the amount including of course the molasses m mide made ide in the same process of any other one product grown or manufactured in the state FREQUENT FODDE RINGS KINGS i when all the hay bay I 1 have carried out is not eaten up I 1 am sure my cattle have had enough once remarked a farmer in our hearing bearing but was th attrue economy did not the surplus not eaten up indicate a waste so much for which his cattle were no better off than if it it had remain remained bd in iii the barn such is a reasonable kopini opinion en the herds of cattle most poorly wintered so far as our observation extends are not always those i su supplied 1 led most sparing with forage oh omer r thi things 9 s being equal th that at stock of cattle sh rhoid come out best besan in the spring which has made the largest hole bole in the bay mow but if it has been done by waste instead of consumption it I 1 has been of very little benefit to the cattie cattle upon lupon this paint we are quite that frequent if doddering od dening dering is themos themes economical i way of win wintering tiling stock when fd fed fr frequently eilt antly ca cattle cattie e do hot bot hook and lurige 11 an and d tr trample a ml le i cupoli upon their food as when obliged ed to fast un until til ill near pear the st starving arvin point co consequently they i gat lat eat peaceably bably and eat all gle gie cleanly ly 7 en a day is 6 less fess bifone de der sires to winter an animal weil weli elf eif up upon on a p small in all ali amount of fodder th tle friend frier d wh poe 19 opinion pinion lis jis s recorder above adds ta th af tried fried i the d different I 1 T apt plans pins of f always won 14 I 1 ered h ow a neighboring widow wintered ed her bicow cow so well upon tipon so small smail a pile of fodder i the secret was the the whole without without ever pe becoming coming I 1 deiy very hungry and pasted wasted none i I 1 I 1 COTTON cottos SPINNING ON THE plantation MR urt HENRYS INVENTION successfully TESTED behave received from the fhe plantation plan pian tallon of mr geo S yerger verger a imea men of cotton yarns yara produced by the application 1 of the famous invention of mn mr geo goo geog G henry hinry the sample sampie has been examined by a number of cotton manufacturers manufacturer sall sali all ail con concur cunin in admiration of its ital firm te texture unusual n streng strength tp andt and general genera superiority over yarns produced drom from pressed ked cotton thus mr henrys invention is no longeran the process lot jot ile he has tri trl arii lin m chantly demonstrated that without additional labor and alid with wity an actual saving bf I 1 ex every cotton crop in the south cabbe doubled in an value to the producer we may confidently predict that within a few yeara years mr henrys carding and spinning machinery will be become offee an inseparable adjunct to the cotton gaii richmond ena I 1 1 PROP propagating it lt is 19 said that in china they have a common 1 n method of or prop agatina several kinds of fruit breeb trees which of late years has been practiced with in bengal the method is simply this they strip a ring or bark about an inch in width from a bearing branch and surround the place with a ball of fat earth or loann loarn lc aln ain bolind bound fast to the branch with a pece divece of over this thib they suspend a pot or horn born filed filled with veith water havin having a a small hole in the bottom just sufficient to let iet the water drop in order to keep the earth constan constantly moist the branch throws new jew roots into the ibe earth j J abo above va the place where therin was stripped P d nef ner ff the geraj operation is performed in inthe the spring and the brac branch is sawn off andrut into the ground at ihei thet fall of the leaf the following year it bears bearg fruit saturday evening post WILSONS ALBANY SEEDLING the most most productive of all strawberries and of goad flavor A A correspondent writes me that he gathered a therea one hundred quarts from on one e hundred a and d fi fifty aty plants plant and that they continued bearing I 1 ing f from rom the of J june sune tide tine gilt wilt the loth ift of july aperio dof four m beeks weeks being dwarf and compact iti its in its ies habit babit of growth a large largo return can bedad be had fram asmah plantation it requires tolg to hang oh jhb the vines until the fruit assumes a dilk dark cp color I 1 or 1 if picked 1 c iced when acen merely red it wil wll vill be found very deficient deficient in ih flavor altogether I 1 think this variety is superior to any that I 1 have ever grov groi grown v n far or g general veneral use william Villi arri saunders in GI germantown mantow telegraph HOOKER strawberry this will rauk raull next to albany seedling unproductiveness a and nd it is certainly superior in flavor while I 1 would place the last named as the beat cpr far market growers I 1 would consider the I hooker best for 9 addens taking into consideration the three qualities flavor size and productiveness tie the hooker is too delicate and soft to carry well a bality quality indispensable in a market fruit luid ibid id i WALKING the bombay geographical i A society y announces I 1 I 1 in their pr proceedings oce ridi that akie they hav f received a specimen of he ho watking malkim I 1 leaff from java with eggs eggs e and youri g q apo what seems more curious stilla balking val alkin aikin king ilok dlower flower ver ven described a as a cre creature 1 with awhile a white 1 ody body pink spots and ind crim i r |