Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1858 — RURAL CORRESPONDENCE. [ARTICLE]

RURAL CORRESPONDENCE.

; Central Ohio, July Ist, 1553. Friend'Davies: I see thee hast been urging the holders of the plow to contribute their mite to thy; agricultural columns. Herein thou doest wisely; for the practical experience of the laboring farmers is worth double the fine-spun theories of the “gentlemanly agriculturist;” and if they fail to comply with, thy request, thoe ought, by good rights, to give them, each-week, a ful dose of politics, and “laws, published by authority.” lam not thou well knewest, in thy invitation; but will venture to give thee a general account of the crops in this section, and the state of the country. shall practice on thy suggestion of brevity; but shall hold thee responsible for everything resulting therefrom which may be of-, fensive to the grammarians and logicians; Corn, the staple product, is growing finely; and with a late fall, will be, as to quality, a be'ter crop than last year’s. About three-fourths of the usual quantity of land is planted in corn. One good result of the wet weather is the universal use of Eastern corn; the advantages of which will be evident for two years to come; for I think the second crop from Canadian seed is better than the first.. Corn is selling with a good demand at fifty cents per bushel. More barley was sown than cominoMly. It is no .v Cutting, and is worth forty cents. Wheat is good, with but little rust, so far as I have observed. I think the heads are fuller, but ahorter, than usual. Grass has but little ■ubstance; there is any amount of it. Potatoes are fine; "scarcely any rot as yet. Wise farmers, if they wish to guard against rot, will plant a few hills of very early potatoes, and gather them before they are fairly ripe. An ingenious agriculturist has the following remedy: “Imbed a pea (or it may be a bean, I have forgotten which) in the potato before planting.” I wish some of thy correspondents would-try the latter and report. Oats are food, plump and heavy. Fruit is abundant; but like some of thy bogus Senators, did not get well set, and is falling off rapidly. There in a fair prospect for .peaches; Or, at least, thti better qualities. There is a heavy clip of wool; I do noteknow what it brings. Stock of all kinds*?* looking'wfell. We have some fine, neat cattle and sheep in the scuthern part of the Jdtate; while! this portion abounds in tine horses. Quite a number of Morgans are owned here; and tfie finest one of them all is the Blackhawk horse, “Flying Cloud.” Business is on the increase; a good deal of produce moving toward New York; weather excessively rrafm: rain mvteh needed The

springs and streams are full, which has not been the case for many years. We nave strong hopes of an agricultural college for this State. A bill has passed which appropriates a thousand acres or more of land, and a large amount of money. It will be a proud day for Ohio, when this institution is firmly established. I hope some of thy many friends will keep thee posted in regard to the crops and prices. The prospects and prices of one State influence those of fnother; ahd that journal which gives the- most-.reliable accounts of these matters, is the most valuable one for the farming community. Yours, &c.,

BROADBRIM.

[We hope to hear frequently from friend { “Broadbrim.”—Ed.]