and a'litle rosin or turpentine given
which improves the quality"


IITCY.


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1t is evident to everv one, that the
numerous papers devoted 10 Agriculture,
now published, are slowly, though surely,
making an impression on the public mind.
Ii will take time, and a good long time too,
to make the revolution complete. But
that il will be. in the end, no one can
doubt. Even the political papers see this;
and hence their frequent editorial articles
on the subject of late. The ! lorid,am of
December 20lh, says:--South. Cuitivafor.
Too little attention is paid by our plan
ters generally, in becoming acquainted
with the best method of producing the
largest crops with the least possible labor
or Of 50 diversifying the crop as TO produce
the creates. income. The old mode of our
forefathers is most generally pursued.
When the land becomes poor and exhausted,
the cry is. throw by the old and open new
land, or remove 10 a new country. This
has been done TO a great extent, but
happily, some of our citizens, of late, have
discovered new method of cultivation
Experience is the best of teachers, as has
been proven in few instances in Florida.
few years since the idea of book-farmng,
as ii was called, was completely ridtculed.
The book man was regarded as Meorist--
possessing no practical knowledge. place
him on plantation,' would be said, 'and
he will admit that he cannot produce
good crops on old land; and he may talk
till doomsday of manuring--it is far more
easy to open new land, and it can be done
at less expense We 1--we heard such
notions advanced often, for last ten
years in Florida. Recently, however,
we hear otherwise. The numerous
agricultural works published in various
portions of the Union, have some of them
found their way into Florida, and few of
our most intelligent planters have prac-
tised upon their suggestions with great
advantage. Their neighbors have obser-
we'd this, and we hope soon to see an entire
change in the old method Of planting.
By the process recommended in these
agricultural publications, for cultivating.
manuring, deep plowing instead Of
scratching, those who have practised it
have found 10 their perfect satisfaction,
that by the cultivation of less land, they
raise larger crops of all kinds, have
greater supply Of all the necessary articles
for plantation use, work less hands, use
less ogl icultural implements and plantation
stock and make more money. All this
may be traced, directly or indirectly, to
the circulation of agricultural periodicals"