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AWKICJJi/raiRASj. I From the Genisec Farmer. MANAGEMENT OF A FARM. Mr. Tucker: —Your correspon dent P. has requested some imform ation as to the best manner of con ducting his farm as to improve and make it profitable. To give par ticular directions in such a case you will perceive is impossible, without a more full and minute knowledge of the farm occupied than has been giv en, and even then much must be left to the judgment of your correspon dent. To work a farm successfully, a knowledge of the leading consti tuents of the soil, and the manner in which it has been treated, is necessa ry. Some soils are adapted towheat, while on others it is produced with difficulty, and quite uncertain crop; on the last the grasses are generally found to flourish, hence are good for grazing. As a general rule it may be said that a farm which will pro cure good wheat, is capable of pro ducing any other crop of cither grass or grain that the owner chooses to put upon it, and is therefore capable of any system of amelioration or im provement that experience or science may have devised. On the supposi tion that P.’s is of this class, I shall throw out a few hints, which may possibly be useful to him or others in farming. Experience has shown, what in deed theory indicated, that the suc cessful management of the soil is most intimately connected with a rotation of crops; and the best man ner in which such rotation could be brought about, has engaged the at tention of the most scientific and a blc farmers of the present time.— The doctrine of rotation if founded on the simple but well established law of nature, that different plants require different kinds of food to support them—that they take this food from the soil in variable quan tities, anffconscqucntly ground when exhausted for one plant, will some times produce an abundant growth of another; that, such is the fact is shown by every day's observation of the process which gbverns the growth of plants. It may be remark ed also, that plants derive their growth principally from decayed plants, and hence in a rotation of crops particular attention should be given to those that return the most to the soil on which they grow. Ref erence too must be had to the mode in which plants receive their nutri tion. Some spread their roots near the surface of the earth, as wheat, rye, Arc., while others, as the tap rooted plants, draw their nourish* . nient from a greater depth, scarcely throwing out a root near the surface. Keeping these facts in view, the rotation of crops, and the alternate culture of every part of the farm, instead of ploughing one field year after year, or mowing another, has introduced a new era in agriculture, improving instead of impoverishing the farm, while the products and profits have in many instances more than doubled. In the system of ro tation. the courseot plants required for its completion must in some mea sure depend on the time to be gone; through, whether tour or six years, or. as is sometimes the case where immediate profits arc required, only tw oor three arc allow ed. In Penn sylvania, w here the system has reach ed great perfection, the course, as' staled in the Farmer's Reporter, is as follows:—Corn the first year; this is always planted on sward ground.; carefully ploughed one, two or three’ weeks before the time of planting. The sward is well harrowed without disturbing the sod, marked off w ith rows three feet apart, in which the corn is planted in hills, one and a half or two ivet apart. The corn is plas- tered when well up, and if 100 thick is thinned at hoeing. The next crop is oats or barley, sown the’succeed ing spring. This crop is followed by wheat, the ground being first thor oughly manured with barn yard man- j uro. A rye crop follows the wheat, I with which clover seed is sowed in March. The clover remains two or three years, and is plastered, w hen the same rotation commences again. Mr. Stevens, one of the most suc cessful farmers on the Eastern Shore, Md., has given an account of his system of rotation or what he calls the “seven field system,” and which after a long experience of oth er modes, he decidedly prefers. His farm is divided into seven fields, two of which are every year in corn, two in wheat, two clover, (one for mowing and the other for pasture,) and one, the stock field, vacant. — Mr. Stevens says, “you will observe one corn crop annually will be on the clover, therefore as you do not turn in clover for fallow’, which I consider of high importance. I would strongly recommend to have the clover field, (after taking there from a crop of seed,) reserved un pastured, and turned in, in the fall, as a preparation for corn, by w hich means you procure all the advantage to be derived from the clover.” In Western New York, where wheat is the great object, and clover is relied on as the great renovator of the soil, the course of cropping has a direct reference to that object. Where it has been required to make the most money in the shortest time, without reference to exhausting the soil, wheat after wheat has been re sorted to, to a considerable extent. Where some regard has been had to the future state of the soil, as well as immediate wheat, clover and wheat, have followed each other; and where the object has been to improve the soil as well as secure profit, a course embracing from four to six years, has been adopted, including wheat, clover, corn and roots. In a former volume of the “Farmer,” a farmer of Monroe gave the following account of his system. “My 150 acres of plough land is divided into ten lots os 15 acres each. My course commences in spring with three fields in wheat, the rest all in clover, which is to be ploughed, must be sown with plaster. Fields Nos. 1,2, 3, in w heat. No. 1, to receive the yard and sta ble manure, (which must always be the case with the hoe crops,) once ploughed for corn, potatoes, or oth er roots. No. 5, barley. No. 6, mow’for w heat. No. 7, pasture for wheat. No. 8, meadow. No. 9, & 10, pasture. Os my 150 acres, 15 of them is annually in w heat; —15 in corn, potatoes or other roots; — 11 in barlcy;-30 in clover prepara tory to wheat; —15 for hay or pas ture. If the corn ground is sown with wheat, the field which was in tended to be mow n as fallow may be ploughed in the spring for barley or oats, though the first is by most pre ferred. The barley stubble should be ploughed tw ice previous to sow ing with wheat. The meadow which is to be sown with w heat, if broken up in July, must be ploughed twice; but if left till August, only once, but very carefully done . The pasture which is intended for wheat ought to be broken up in June, and twice ploughed.’ In the Neif England Farmer for 1823—1, is a valuable paper from Judge Ruel, detailing his course of four years, and of live, w ith a partic ular account of the expense and pro fits per acre. His four years course commenced in the spring with corn on land thoroughly manured, the sward turned over, rolled, and corn planted. In the fall corn cut up by the bottom, harrowed and ploughed, and sown w itli wheat. Second year wheat, with turnips after. Third year barley, with ten pounds clover seed per acre. Fourth year clover pasture or mow ing. In the five years course:—lndian corn as before.— Second year, wheat with ten lbs. of I clover seed per acre; —third year, clover for mowing-after mowing I turned over and rutabaga sown; — fourth year, barley and clover seed as beforc;-fifth year, clover for mow ing or pasture. The manure in all cases to be applied to the corn or the turnips. We think P. will find in the fore going examples sufficient directoin as to the most approved method of cropping or cultivating his farm so as to make it both durable and prof itable. He must, however, bring his own judgment largely into requi sition, or he will alter all fail as a farmer. Experiments and books fur nish results and principles —the ap plication of them must depend on the individual. If his farm is desti tute of fruit trees, let him apply to some nurseryman of established pro bity for a supply, and be careful that the selection is of the best kind, and adapted to his location. To plant poor fruit trees because they can be obtained cheaper, is miserable poli cy, and poor fruit is worse than no thing; and there are locations where expenses in procuring certain kinds of trees wou’d be entirely thrown a way, for they will not succeed. If P. w ishes stock, let him procure good blood, and good formed animals, and lie need not fear the result; the best in such cases are usually the cheap est in the end. But if after P. wishes to succeed as a farmer, he must attend to his farm himself. lie must see there is a place for every thing, and every thing in its place; he must say to his laborers, co/ne, not go; and he must know’by personal observation t at there is such a thing as the rising oi the sun. With industry, prudence and economy, a farmer cannot fail to grow rich; and an increase of knowledge should be in an equal or increasing ratio. Slate BUghts EEotei, CANTO#, GEO. rgf JHE subscriber respectfully informs Ins friend.- H and the public, that he has removed from his obi stand upon the west part of the public square, to the house formerly occupied by 15. I* Johnson. He as. surcs those who tnaj favor him with a call, that noth ing will be wanting on his part to render them com conifortable. His Table and Stables will be furnished with the best the country ufiords. B. F. DANIEL. Canton. Jan. 19—1—wG.v. IVatcii Repairing. X - 1 J>. EDWARDS respectfully informs the pub- wLlff * lie that lie has established himself in Cass ville as a Silver Smith, whore he intends to remain permantly. He will also, attend at Rome on the first Wednesday of each month, and oftener if necessary, to do such work as may be offeted. Persons haying work to do in his line, will plense send it by the dif ferent mail routes to Rome, with the directions and owners names, and deposit it at some place in town and it shall be punctually attended io. All watches warranted to perform well for one year. January 13. I—ts. AslmiiiiMrator’!* Sale. A GREEABLY to an onder of the honorable the xW. Court of Ordinary of said county, will be sold on the first Tuesday tn April next, nt the Court-house in Cumming, Forsyth county, Lot of Land No. 140, in the 2d District and Ist Section, of formerly Cherokee, now Forsy/h county. Sold as the property of Joseph ' M. Waters, late of said countv, decensed. JOSEPH WATERS, Adm’n January 19-1 —tds. Strayed or Stolen o IjIROM the residence of William Smith, Esq. liv ing one mile from Rome, a small Sorrel Mare,; ! star in the forehead; one white foot while; no other I marks recollected. Any person delivering said mare I to the subscriber in Rome, or to Mr. Smith at his plan ■ ration, will be liberally rewarded. JOHN M. JOHNSTON. Jan. 19. 1 ts. - .. - i NOTICE. HA VING determined to close my business in Rome, in the Mercantile Lite, I therefore re quest all persons indebted tome by Note or open ac count, to come forward and make immediate payment, or they will find their notes and accounts placed in an officers hands for collection. DAVID ROUNSAVILL. Jan. 26. 2 3t. GEORdLA, WALKER COUNTY. WMTHEREAS Robert Allen applies to me for; V v Letters of Administration on the Estate ol ■ John Gilbert, late of Jackson county, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admomsti all and • singular, the kindred and creditors, to be and appear at my office wnhmibe time prescribed by law,io shew cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 22d day oi Jan- > uarv, JOHN CALDWELL, ». c. c. o. Jan 2G 2 30d. Georgia Land for Sale. No. 168, 28 Dist< a. Section. 73, 14 “ 3. Do. 303, 7 “ 3. “ 195, 7 “ 7 4. “ 231, 13 “ 4. “ 285, 27 “ 2. “ 209, 8 “ 2- “ 85, 26 “ 2. “ 19, 7 “ 2. “ 128, 7 “ 2. “ 169, 8 “ 1. “ 40, 20 “ 2. “ 582, 21 “ “ “ 195, 21 “ “ “ 102, 2L “ “ “ 490, 21 “ “ “ 157, I “ 4 “ 281, “ “ 4 “ 444, 15 “ 1 “ 464, 12 “ “ “ 781, “ “ “ “ 309, 18 “ 3 “ 1075, 3 “ 3 “ * 1158, 3 “ 3 “ 434, 11 “ I “ 265, 2 “ 3 “ 1163, 3 “ 4 “ 1243, 4 “ 3 “ 248, 4 “ 3 “ 71, 2 “ 3 “ 405, 4 “ I “ 34, 3 “ 1 “ 938, 3 “ 1 “ 607, 17 “ 2 “ For all or any of the above lots apply to the Subscriber at Cuthbert llaixlolph County, Georgia. A. HOWARD. Jan. 26.—5.-4 t. BEING permanently located in Rome, Floyd county, tenders Ins services to the Citizens generally, tit the practice ot Medicine and. its collate ral branches. Rome. Jan. 13—1—if. NOTICE. r BIHE Sheriffs ol Murray county, will in future ad 11 vertise in the Western Georgian. Letters on business connected with tbeir office, must conic I’ost Paid, otherwise they will not be attended to. STEPHEN .105 ES Sh’ff. February 2. 3 dr. WALDIM lOVEL AVJ» r Li t era ry Enter pi sc—No co Is, '1 'a les, Biography, Voyages, 'l'ravels, Reviews, and the news of the Day. IT was one of the great objects of “ Waldie’s Li brary,” “ to make good rending cheaper,” and to bring literature io every mans door." Tl.eir.object I has been accomplished; we have given to books wings, ; and they have flown to the tiiierin >st parts ot <>ur vest continent, cartying society to the secluded, occupa tion to the literary information of all. We now propose . still further to reduce prices, and render the access ■ to a literary banquet, more than .wo folds accessible; I we gave and, shall continue io give in the quorto li. i brury, a volume weekly, for two cents a day. We now I propose to give a volume in the same period for less than four cents a week, and to add as n y quant sea son ng-to the dish, a lew columns ot the shorter lite . rary matters, and a summary of the news and events jof the day. We know by experience and calculations that we can go still further in the matter of reducti >n. ‘ and we feel that there is still verge enough for us to I aim at offering to an increasing literary appetite, that ' mental food which it craves. I The Select Circulating Library, now ns ever so great a favorite, will continue to make its weekly vis. ns, and to be issued i:i a form tor binding and preser vation, and its price and form will remain tlic same. But we shall m the first week of January, 1837, issue a huge sheet of the size of the largest newspaper of America, but on very superior paper; filled with books ol the newest and most entertaining, though in their several departments ot Novels,‘Tales, Voyages, Tra vcls. &c. select in their character, joined with read ing such as should fill a weekly newspaper. By this method we hope to accomplish a great good—to enli ven and enlighten the family circle, and to give to it, at an expense which shall be no consideration to any, a mass of reading that tn book form wonld alarm the pocke's ot the prudent, and to do it in a manner that tlte most sceptical shall acknowledge, *• the power ol concentration can no further go." No book which appears in Waldte’s Quarto Library, will be publish ed tn the Omnibus, winch will be an entirely distinct periodical. every description. TERMS. Waldie’s Literary Omnibus, will be issued every Friday Morning, printed on paper of a quality superior to any other weekly sheet, and of the largest size. It will contain, Ist. Books, the newest and best that can be pro cured^equal every work to a London duodecimo vol ume, embracing Novels. Travels, Memoirs. &c. and only chargeable with newspaper postage. 2d. Literary reviews, tales, sketches, notices of books, and information ironi “ the world of letters,” ot 3d. The news of the week concentrated to a small compass, but in sufficient arnouut to embrace a know ledge, of the principal events, political and miscella neous of Europe and America. 'Die price will be two dollars to clubs of five sub. scribers, where the paper is f<»rwarded to one address. To clubs ot two individuals, five dollars, single mail subscribers, three dollars. The discount on uncur. rent money will be charged to the remitter; the low price and superior paper, absolutely prohibits paying a discount. On no condition will a copy ever be sent until the payment is received in advance. Xs the arrangements for the prosecution of this great literary undertaking arc alt made, and the pro prietor has redeemed all h a pledgee to a generous pub lic for many years, no fear of the nomfuifillinent of the contract can be felt. The Omnibus will he regu gularly issued; and will contain in a year, reading mat ter equal in amount to two volumes of Ree’s Cyclopc. dia tor the small sum mentioned above. Address post paid, ADAM WALDIE. i' 4G Carpenter St. Philadelphia. ' t Strayed or Stolen 'he subscriber living three .s miles below Rome on the Coosa' M River; on the night of the 10th inst. two Yl p Roan Mares, one seven years old, lour- e teen hands high; the other two years" old, ami well grown. Also, a bright sorrel horse, fourteen and a half hands high, with a white streak in the forehead, trots and racks well. Any person de livering said Horses to me or giving information where th may be found, shall be liberally rewarded. ROWfiAND COBB. Jan. 19. 1 2t. “com EiiFiTtiTiioTEYr Rojbsc, Comsty, Georgia. Bl & HE > übscriber having opened hi<» St new Bri< k House in the Town of Rome, as a Hotel for the purpose of ac commodating permanent boaiders, nndf trancieut customers, tenders his services to :lte public.' ■ Hetrusts that his arc idtttions will be such as will sa tisly the most lustidious. His table will at all times 4 be furnished with the best the country affords, and ev- * ery exertion will be made to conduce to the comfort ami e.»nveiiienee ol all who may call upon him. He will also be prepared to accommodate Families with board and re ircd Rooms during the summer season Ills st tides will be attended bv a laithftil and attentive Ostler, and provittder supplied in plenty, lie there, lore feels himselt authorised in soliciting public pat. rotiage. FRANCIS BURKE. Rome. Jan. 19—1—if. us or the SOUTHJJRN REVIEW. TO be published at Washington, quarterly, in an Bvo Nw. 0f275 to 3it(> pages, price ,B's per tiir num, payable m advance. The place is chosen, not only for facilities of inlorniaiion. literary and politi' cal, but ns that at which the Southern States can be united upon the undertaking, with ti.e greatest ease, and with the completest exemption from all State or Party jealousies. Os the matter, three.fourths (say 225 pp.) shrill con sist of regular Reviews, making about 9 ol 25 pp. each. These must, as literary works at least, return as age. neral ride, somewhat towutds t|iul older method, now almost forgotten, and give a regular analysis of the book r< viewed, it it be ol any merit, in Politics and upon Occasional ‘1 opies, there may be a greater liber, ty of deviating into mere di.-qtiisitmn. In this portion ot the Review, there will be gi-en, mem li No. a paper historical of the Politics and gen. eral i vents of the <la\; to serve as ii Historical Regis, ter. Its execution will n 1 ways be committed to the strongest hands only; and its purpose, to give a unity and consistency to the Public DoctriuescjLilic Review such as can scarcely be so well efi’ecteu m any other matter. Occasional Retrospective Reviews will also be cm. bodied in tins pari ol*ibe plan, with a view of favoring in a certain degree, the more curioiii- studies; or ;o rt<* vive the know ledge ol important books, forgotten in the confusion of modern learning. Writers w ill be led, ol regular purpose to give their papers, wherever the subject will permit, the form of a service; in order not oily that they may thus afford' a completer body of information, serve, also, to reprint apart, for popular ciu illation; a method that w'dl unielk ’ augment both the reputation and uscfulnets of the Re view. A body of Miscellanies fsay some :’op|> ) will form the subordinatejand more amusing part of the Journal. I is contents will be somewhat vanmis; bin will, for the most part, consist of short Literary Notices; Biblio. grnpliicnl Articles; a ethical list ol N< w Publii inions, foreign and domestic, and general Literary Intelli gence. In Communications, the most compressed mode of writ.ng will be every where r< <piired. Papers iit which the works do not bear a just proportion to tint information convej♦•<! or the < fleet imendt il, will be eitlo-r rejected, without sciuple, or abridged, without mercy’ To warrant this exsetion, the tirttnl rate of compen sation to writers will be advanced to 2 1.2 dollars per printed page; n price that will off.-r fair r< tiiunerution. to the talents and labor w liich we w ish >o secure. Os this revival of a Review ol the South, the pur.. pose is. to give once mure to our rrgipn, uiow emin* ently needing it) an Interpreter and a ilcfriider ; the common Representative ol our Instiiiiiions, and of the- Mmd itself among us. Stteh in that great Congress of Opinion, where the fates ol civilized nations are now so largely settled, we do not possess and we have al. ready sul r er<.-d much for it. It is time to make our., selves understood and respected there. 'Die Joiirnab w hich shall do this, must < ombinn the general siretiglti ol all who, ihrouglitutt the .South, love the eonniry,. and arc capalde of doing it mtellected service, it must then lie, not the Champion or the propagandist of lo cal opinions, but the friend ol all that pursue the pub lic good. Into the vulgar methods ol Politics, debits, cd by Bartizan rancour, or eorrupied by'the interest, or overborne by the popular passion of the hour, it must noi full —From it, the pride of the Nullifier must re ceive no diminution, the fidelity of the Unionists no reproach : It niue»t be no vantage ground to either part, nor serve but as an equal field, where they will only contend which ahull most advance the cause of the South, and of that older doctrine of ,I< flersoninn State- Rights, avowed by both parties alike, and now the only hope of rallying and of rescuing the country. To vindicate, then, our peculiar Institutions; lo re bel with argument, lest presently we be forced lo re bel with arms, all interference with on. domestic con dition, against the wild rule <?f rnere Chance and Cor. ruption, tout hold a Republican and Federative, a sdts ttnguished from a Democratic mid Consolidating ad. ministration of the Nati<-.mil affairs, from the dtsor. ders of t|*<rCeriiral government. Where Reform is hopeless, and even useless, till you have given your selves stronger and wiser local systems—to dried the public view towards a hrfine policy of the State, capa ble, through itself, to confer upon us the blessings of well ordered Liberty, expected in vain from the Fe deral Power; from the delusion ol Party Politic* abroad' to call home the wise and brave have often raised petty States into noble and prosperous Commonwealth ; to attach men, if possible, to their birth place, and convert them from wandering and selfish adventurers,, into ci: izens, tlic lovers of civilization, to re.animato public spirit, and give it purpose, as well as energy;- to fluid, over parties and Politicians, the tribunal of a Public opinion far different from that idle and corrupt one, of which the newspaper Press is the voice; for these purjiOßes, to diffuse through the land, sound and* well considered public doctrines, with knowledge and Taste, their natural allies, such will be the general aim of that lUerary league, among the best talents of the country, which has been set on foot in the present undertaking. Os its critical purposes, it is not necessary to speak so minutely. In general, it will of course strive to guide the popular taste towards the best sources in knowledge, and the truest models in Elegant Letters. Its judgments wtll however, found themselves upon the dent of his temporary renown, nor that of his birth on this or the other side of the Atlantic. Towards the few good writers, the want of cultivation has yet permitted us have in America, it will know how to bo respectful. But in Literature, as lately in Trade, ws shall insist that no mao’s bad cornmodii;’ be forced up on us, under patriotic pretences. Upon all that school as wntained. Upon the Literature of mere amusement, existence mjoyed by this literary grass, which flourishes green* y in the morning, and is cut down and flung away be. ore the night. Life is tco short, Art too long, and Learning grown tooproltftc, for people to occupy them, elves more than an instant with bad books, while ush great bodies of good ones arc at their command.