-oats, barley, and other grains.

wheat with great success.

.NEAR NOTTINGHAM, Prunes G'EORGE’S

corn, I addressed a letter to Mr. Baden, a
highly respectable gentleman in Maryland,
to ascertain what facts I could on the sub-

feet.

His letter is very interesting, and I trans-
mit you a copy of it. This experiment of
Mr. Baden shows most clearly what can be
done to improve seeds, by carefully selecting
each year the best kind raised. Theoreti-
cal opinions sustain Mr. Baden : but few
experiments have been tried so successfully.
‘What might be; effected for agriculture by
similar efforts. ~ . _

' ‘ The like efforts in improving the breed of

animals have been crowned with great suc-
cess, especially in Europe. I‘*avail.myself

of this opportunity to send youa small sam-

ple of the corn mentioned by Mr. Baden.
I will only add, that I have conversed with
several persons who have planted the “Ba-

den” corn ;' and the concurrent opinion of
all sustain the statements made in the let-
ter. I have a few samples at the Patent
Office, of corn, raised in_ this neighborhood
which has four and five ears on a stalk; and
I expect seen some stalks, containing six,
seven and eight ears. If this corn were
generally introduced, how greatly the
amount of bread stuffs mightbe increased,

Vwitlto-at any extra labor. I hope seine pub-

lic spirited citizens will try to improve wheat,

I avail myself of the opportunity to men-
tion the introduction of the Italian spring
A friend of
mine, in Connecticut, raised the last year
forty bushels on an ‘acre. This grain is
heavy; makes good flour ;: yields well ;
and the crop avoids all the danger of win-
ter freezing. ] have ordered a quantity of
this corn and wheat to be shipped to India-

“na, and ‘_lIlI6I'ld' to‘-trybotho orrthe fine soil

of the Vllabash valley, the ensuing -summer.
I am, yours, very respectfully,
IIENRY L. ,ELLswoaTH.
‘ N. B. Be careful ‘toplantthis corn in a
place by itself. VVhen good seed is plant-

..ed in afield with poor seed, the former will
, degenerate. '

H. L. E.
[Copy of Mr. Baden’s Letter.]

4 . 00;, Maryland, January 26, 1837. l
I Sir: I received youis of the 14th, nia-
king inquiry respecting the “Jllaryland
Corn,” which you understood Iihad raised.

II‘ have the pleasure to say that Ihave brought
thisrcorn to its high state of perfection by
carefully selectingthe best seedgin the field

for along course of years, llaving Pspecial‘

‘reference ‘to those stalks ‘whi_ch_" pr’o‘dz_iced
‘the most"ears."‘When the corn‘was—:husked,

I then ‘made a re-selection, taking ‘only: that
which appeared sound and fully ripe, having
a regard to the deepest and best color, as

.well as to the size of the cob.. In the
‘spring,-before shelling the corn, I examined

and selected that which was the

it’ again,
In shelling the cornl

best in all respects.

omitted. to take the irfiegular kernels at both

the large and Small ends. I have carefully
followed this mode of selecting seed corn for
twenty-two or twenty-tliree years, and still

ADVOCATE OF, INTERNAL IMPROVE<MEN'E‘ ii“.

ed, it was with a common kind of corn, forl
there was none other in this part of the‘
country. If any other person undertook
the same experiment, I did not hear of it ;
I do not believe others ever excised the pa-
tience to bring the experiment to the pre-
sent state of perfection. At first, I was
troubled to find stalks with even two good
ears on them, perhaps one good ear and
one small one, or one good ear and a “nub-
bin.” It was several years before I could
discover much benefit resulting from my
efforts ; however, at length the quality and
quantity began to improve, and the improve-
mentwas then very rapid. _A_t present I do
not pretend tovlay up any seed, without it
comes from stalks which bear four, five, or
six ears. I have seen stalks bearing eight
ears. ' V
One of my neighbors informed me that

he had a single stalk with ten perfect ears

on if, and that he intended to send the same
to the museum at Baltimore. _ In addition
to the number of cars, and of course the
great increase in quantity unshelled, it may
be mentioned, that it yields much more
than common corn when shelled. Some
gentlemen in whom I have full confidence,
informed me they shelled a barrel (ten
bushels of ears) of my kind of corn, which
measured a little more than six bushels.-—
The common kind of corn, will ineasure
about five bushels only. I believe I raise
double or nearly so, to‘ what I could with
any other com I have ever seen. I general

I

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(some stalks with the corn, fodder, and tas-..

isels, and all, as they grow, and sendtu you,
that you may judge yourselfof the superior-
ity of this over the common kind of corn.
' Yours, Sic.
THOMAS N. BADEN.
Hop. H. L. ELLSWORTH,~
. Uoiiiniissioner of Patents, Wasliington
city.

 

From the New-York Farmer.

GENTLEi\1IiN :_It was my intention to
have sent you the following communication,
on the subject of planting Trees. longsince;
but through untoward circu_mstance's'tlie ‘time
has escaped and the season for making such
improveincnts is almost here ; however, as
it is never too late to do good, I send it to
you, and it is at your disposal.

Cold Spring, Marcli 1837 .
RICHARD M. CONKLIN.*

As the winter months roll slowly along,
and spring imperceplbly approaches, it is
natural for the farmer while he enjoys his
fire-side, to consider what he should first
direct his attention to, in the way of improv-
ing his paternal acres, when that period ar-
rives. Aifliig the most prominent objects
is the planting of trees ; which may be done
as soon as the frost releases the earth from
its iron grasp, and nature revives from her
death like sleep. ‘ A

ly plant the corn about the first of May,
andplace the hills five feet apart each way,
and have two stalks in ahill. I I can supply
you with all the seed you may need, and I
suppose I have now in my corn house fifty
and perhaps more, stalks with the corn on
them as they grew in the field and none
with less than four, and some sin: or seven,
ears on them. I will with pleasure send
you some of these stalks, and also some
seed corn, if I can get an opportunity.
Early last spring I let George Law, Esq.
of Baltimore city, have some of this seed
corn; he sent it to his friend in Illinois,
with instructions how to inanage it. A few
weeks since he informed me that the in.
crease was one /mndrezl and twenty bushels
on an acre ; that there was no corn in

Illinois like it, and that it produced more
fodder than any other kind. I have suppli-
ed many friends with seed corn, but some
of them have planted it with other corn, and
will, I fear, find it degenerate.

I have lately been inquired of if this corn
was not later than other kinds’! Itiisi rather
earlier ; _certainlyf not later. Cbrn plarited

continue to do so.‘ When I first commenc-

in moist ‘or 'wetsoils"willj not ripen so ‘quick
asthat.which’is-plati~ted’dn a‘ dry soil, In
the=former, there will be found more damp-
ness in the cob, although the kernel may
appear equally-ripe in both. In the two
lastyears, the wet seasons have injured
much "corn that was too early “lofted” or
housed.

I believe I have answered most of your
inquiries. I hope I have not exaggerated-—
I have notrnotive for doing so. Iraise but
little corn to sell, as tobacco is my princi-
ple crop. Should I fail to send yousome

seed this spring, I will nextrsummer gather

the beautiful scenery of the country, Ihard-
ly need say how much it adds to that scene-
ry, if it is embelished by snug dwellings,
whose velvet lawns and gentle slopes are
orrrimented with trees, otfering a cool re-
treat from the noon-tide heat. But alas !
how often in our walks do we see the habi-
tation of the farmer standing exposed to the
burning rays of the sun, with not a single
tree to offer‘ its grateful shade, or relieve the
eye with its green and refreshing verdure.
It is indeed a charming sight. when the hills
begin to cxtciid their lengthened shadows
and theirpurple peaks are illuminated by the
parting rays of the sun, to look from an em-
mincnce into a quiet vale and behold the
curling smoke arise from neatly painted or
whitewashed cottages; but how much is
added to the scene, if the white fronts of those
cottages should peep from among trees,

lanted by the hand of industry and taste.
The delightful fragrance too of many of our
ornamented trees and shrubs is a suflicient
reward for all the trouble and expense of
plantincr. But, as I am addressing myself i0
that class in our community who are, in a
good degree, obliged to make pleasure and
profit go hand in 1 liand,fi_t will-‘not he 
to say that Hnearlyiall the Yalfieti :‘ffl“’t
bearing shrubs and‘ trees are both profitable
and ornamental, and byrno means deficient
in fragrance. The grape vine for all of the
above qualifications is conspicuous. _ T A.

m The highways are susceptible of being or-
namcnted too, by the planting of trees: they
offer to the weary traveller a resting plaC_e_ by
the way side, while he may repose until hls
exhausted frame is renovated.

For the «last mentioned purpose, the yel-
low locust is admirably adapted, in a favora-
ble soil it grows rapid, stands erect, ‘and

To the farmer who possesses a taste for '