_Flax for Cambrics._--The culture of this species of flax is an
object of great importance to every farmer.--The produce of a
single acre has been known to bring in Flanders upwards of $380.
It requires a deep and rich soil, and must be sticked or supported
nearly as peas, as it grows twice as high as the ordinary flax; but
the labour attending this is amply compensated by the produce.
_Hops._--The essential oil of hops, obtained by distillation, and
afterwards mixed with a small quantity of sugar, is found to be the
best way of using that plant in brewing, and the most effectual
method of preserving it for years.
_Squashes._--It has been asserted, as the result of an accidental
experiment, that squashes sown in the Fall will survive the frosts
of winter and spring, and will ripen much earlier than any which can
be raised by sowing in the spring. Those sown in the spring, and
those sown in the fall, were, in the case alluded to, exposed to a
severe frost; the former were killed, while the latter survived. It
may be worth a more satisfactory experiment. The earliest salads, we
know, are grown in this way. The same has been said of a species of
beans, and even potatoes.
_A Hint for Farmers._--For 3 or 4 years past Hemp and Canary Seed
have sold, on an average, at 5 and 6 dolls. per bushel, in this
city; and within the last twelve months the last mentioned seed
(Canary) has been sold as high as 12 dols. per bushel.--The above
seeds are as easily raised in this country as wheat--why then should
we depend on Europe for our supply, while wheat is selling for
seventy cents per bushel?
[_E. Post._
_Salt as a Manure._--In the history of the cocoa nut tree, by M.
le Goux, the author tells us that the inhabitants of those parts
of Hindostan and China, which border on the sea coast, sprinkle
their rice fields with sea water, and use no other manure; and that
in the interior of these countries, they sprinkle the lands with
salt before they are tilled, a practice which has been followed for
ages with the greatest advantage. Park says, he was informed by a
gentleman in England, who had spent many years in making experiments
on the employment of salt in Agriculture, "that one bushel to an
acre makes land always more productive; but that a larger quantity
would, for two or three years afterwards, render it actually
sterile."