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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



Si.A'fK i:.' Ma I. ii;. ^Extract from the tliird An- 

 nual Report of the Geology of Maiue ; by Doct. 

 Jackson, State Geologiat.— The Slate Qwarrica on 

 tlie PiscaUqnis, described in a fonncr rcpoit, were 

 found to cross the Kennebec in the towns of Bing- 

 ham and Moscow. In the latter town, beautiful 

 slates were discovertd, sphtting out in some in- 

 stances from tiireo to six feet, and in one instance 

 ten ieet square. Dr. J. makes another visit to the 

 slate quarries in the county of Piscataquis, discov- 

 ers new localities, and thinks that une (juarry which 

 he minutely examined in tlie town of Foxcroft, 

 would yield one ihHUoii tans uf slate, lie says that 

 the " rock in tiiis quarry is jierfectly sound, free 

 from iuipuritits, and splits to the proper thickness 

 required for making roofing and writing slates." 

 In relation to these slate (juarries, he gives the fol- 

 lowing statistical information : — 



"The cost of working and transportition, as I 

 was informed by tiie best authorities in the town : 

 Four men in one day will quarry and trim one 



ton of roofing slate, at §1 per day, 4 



Transportation to Bangor, o5 miles, at iJG per 



ton, (' 



Cost at Bangor, 

 Freight to Boston ma 



■kct, 



Cost of slate in Boston, $•'', 



Til tliis n-e mast add the interest on tlie cost of 

 the quarry, tools and stock, and the wearing and 

 loss of tools used. These items cannot of course 

 at present be ascertained, but they will not amount 

 to much. — Tlie slalc quarries of Maine are numer- 

 ous and valuable, otiering ample inducements to 

 enterprise, and will ere long be successfully 

 wrought for the .supply of the Atlantic coast. 



There arc many otiier quarries dcicribed in my 

 for.iier reports, viz: — at WiUiamsliurgh, Browns- 

 ville and Barnard, besides those upon the Kenne- 

 bec, above Bingham and Concord." — riscataquis 

 lUtahl. 



STATISTICAL TABLES. 



Extract from the speech of Mr. Caley, in the 

 Britisli House of Commons, on the debate relative 

 to the Corn Laws, Mn.rch 12, 1631'. 



National debt of England and other countries, 

 with tlie proportion of such debt which falls on 

 each individuii-I. 



Debt per head 

 Proportion of 



cd their portion of the public money. Tlie number 

 of schools in these 840 districts is 6,269, male tea- 

 chers 4,7ti8, female teachers 1,974, male scholars, 

 l'.i7,677, fciiialc scholars, 106,0:^2. Total scholars, 

 ^33,719. Average number of montlis taught per 

 annum, 5 3-4; average salaries of male teachers, 

 .$ 18,U5, do. i'emale, .'jjll,30. The number of Ger- 

 man scholars in G:i6 districtsis 3,061. Colored 571. 

 State appropriations for schools in 1839, $308,919. 

 Tax assessed for same purpose by the 840 acceirt- 

 ing districts, §3S,';,788. Total, §600,73'i. 



Disease of Cattle— its reraedy. 



Numbers of cattle, during the last winter, died 

 from over-feeding, or other obstruction of the in- 

 testines : the symptoms were a protruded size from 

 swelling, sometimes very suddenly. A sure reme- 

 dy has been found by the farmers in Bratlford, Hills- 

 borough, and some other towns in this State, by 

 mixing a quantity of apple cider with old cheese 

 made from the milk of the cow — say half a pound 

 or more of cheese grated in a pint of cider. This 

 mixture, poured down tiie throat of the swelled an- 

 imal, has been known to eS'ect a ciii'o by carrying 

 oil' the swelling in a few minutes. 



" It is an ill wind tiiat blows no good." If the 

 wet and cold weather has kept the Indian corn 

 back, thus far, especially on new ground, it has 

 had a fine effect upon the rye and other small 

 grains. Perhaps tiiere was never a more luxuriant 

 growth of winter rye on the ground than now 

 waves in the breeze. Where the rye lias been thin- 

 ned by winter killing, the remaining stalks have 

 spread so as to cover the ground in many jilaces. 

 Doct. \VE£i!;TER, from the town of Hill, left for our 

 inspection, three stalks of rye, which were taken 

 up the first week in June, twins and a single spear. 

 The tw ins were more than seven teet long each, 

 and the single stalk was nearly eight tc'et long. 

 Had these stalks attained their full growth, each of 

 them Avould have been considerablv lengthened 



MARKETS. 



BOSTON ftl.VRKET, JL'LY 9, 1839. 

 ASHES— Pules nf Pol's .iriil Pearls to a moileialo iijtenl.it 



5 a 5 ,^c for Pot3 iinil (i^r. a OJc Cur l*«arls. 



C'OJ'TO.\— Noliiiiig of consiqutiici; iloiiig, .incl priiea 

 without tlianiic. 



!•■ LOUR— The niiulitt coniiie.ics lanjii'il :iiid inicesoii the 

 liecUne; sslea Geneseu al C ;17 a .'lO ; Ihnvaril sltcrt U I'Ja 



6 3.'i ; Ricljiiinnil C ia,ca-li; anJ Fredeii-ksliuii; (I aS, 4 mo. 

 (;ilAIN— Biu lillle uftoai; salr.s yellow Cum 8(1 a B8c, 



white 8'I a &5 j iioltiing iloiiic in iNew Orleans e.\ceiit by auc* 

 lion. J.ast sales Norlherii and KnKtern trials, i Uc. 



.MOL.^SSl'lf— Since Ihe cargo sale.i ol Havana, Malanias 

 and .llartlniijiie, on l'"ri(iay and tralurd:iy, allOc, Iiolhiiig of 

 fon?eqiieriee has been iloiie. 



SUUAIl— .Marlict dnll, v% ith small sales at last week's pri- 

 ce.^i. 



AUCTION S ALC:S_H ides, Calculia, preen salted, 31 hales 

 adv. (i sold, 1 (I9a 1 M; dry, ID hales, 5 sold, SiJeauhj r,nfra- 

 lo. S9 hales, 5 siild,9^c per Ih., ti inn. 



Goal SkiiiB, Madias, 17 liales, o sold, 21c; C.iwnnore, 20 

 bales, 232 a 24; Paina, 2 do. liJ^c carli, 6 ino. 



STOCKS, &c Sales in New York, Sth, 25 shares L'. S. 



Bank IHJ; 100 do r^tonuifloii Hail:iiad2l3 a 26l ; :iS3 do Can- 

 ton Co a^^aUg. K.vchange on Enghind 4&7 a 4 8&. 



PmcEs OF Fi-iii-n.— The nvcratre prices of I lour at Ihe prin- 

 cipal inai kels in the touiilri', artoiflinp to I he iNew York Ex- 

 press puce ciinent, is ijD LM. 'Pile avrriigo price a \ ear aiio 

 wa-1 a 113. The lowest price is now nWillshnrg, where it 19 

 ?ilii2to4 75. Tile average (tccline in four weeks has heeli 

 7J cents. 



NEU- YOKIC iMAHKET— TcEso.M-, V. .11. 

 Cotton and Flour .irc h.iili e.\lrenie y dull, but withniit any 

 rnrlher redn- linn in ti;e |irice. Money is rnlhei tijihter. g"Od 

 i.o!nlnetcial paper sells j;tl-..'per cent, inlere:^!. U.S. Bank 

 [lost noles are offered at and mole ot less taken ut that rale. 

 .\ll business IS eitreiiitly dull. 



B"rGIITO.\ CATTLE .MARKET. 



need since the report ol 

 report lor llic Bri{;hlcn 



Comparative wages of English and Foreign Ope- 

 ratives. 



Operatives are paid in 

 France 5o. 6d. per week of 72 Iioui'St 



Switzerland 5s. .5d. 82 



Austria 4s. Od. 76 



Tyrol 3s. Od. 88 



Saxony, 3s. 6d. 72 



Bona, on the Rhine .2s. 6d. 84 



The average wages being a fraction under 43. 

 per week. The average wages paid to hands sim- 

 ilarly employed in Englancl, but for fewer hours, 

 being 123. a week. 



Common Schools in Pennsylvania. — The Key 

 Stone State is coming up to the work in earnest. 

 Of the 1033 districts into which the State was di- 

 vided under the act of June, 1836, (exclusive of 

 the city and county of Philadeldhia) 840 have with- 

 in the past year assessed a School Tax, and receiv; 



The Crops. 



From all sections of the country, we have the 

 most cheering prospects of excellent crops of eve- 

 ry description. Cotton, Wlieat, Corn oiud all kinds 

 of grain lock favorable beyond any lormer'year,and 

 hay will be abundant. A few such seasons as the 

 last and the present will have an ininieiise cft'ect 

 in restoring the country to its usual prosperity. 

 Thus far every tiling looks auspicious, and the sea- 

 son of frost has gone by. 



BANK NOTE TAliER. 

 Bills of the follow in g Uanks no longer pass current in New 

 England, piovitirii ni't being made tor lli::]i ,edeiiiption in 

 Boston, viz. 



• MASSACHUSETTS. 

 => f Fulton Bank, •) 



^ I Klliiy Hank, ( 



:S ^ I Couiinonweallh Bank, | 



? ^ I Fiai.klili Bank, VBusIon. 



I 3 J Lafayetle Bank, J 



... ^ "j .Valiaiu Hank, at T.ynn. 

 ^ E' I Cliei-e:i Bank, at Clieisi^a. 

 ^i -.^ I .Miildietv". rank, at Canibridire. 



sii!;::;;':'^ri!/oM';k,!«-"-y-" 



Faiiiurs' luiii Mecli.Ttiiiks' Dr.nk, ::l :>. Ailaiiis. 



MAINK. 

 Apric;iUuMl Rniik, at IJrcwei. 

 Oxl'tird i!nTik,at I'ryebmp. 

 Daiiiariiccrli;; Bink, ut ^'t-wrastle. 

 'Georgia Lninlfer (.'oinpnny, I'orliaml. 

 • Bhtii;o. Ci iiiuiccial Ba'ilt, :n Uan£ui. 

 Caluis }3aiik, a; Calais. 

 U;ink of OklTuwn, ? Orono 



Still Wuler Cfinal Bank, J ^'"^^• 

 NEW HAMP3H[Rt:. 

 Wolfcborough Bank, ni '.V'nlfeuoroiigii. 



Viill.vioNT. 

 Bank of ^-t. Albaii3,fii St. Alban-:. 

 Ksse\ Citnk, r.L Guiiilifall. 

 li&iik of iMiintlicsler^ at Al^iicliester. 

 liHiik of Windsor, at Wimlsor. 



UflODE [SL.\ND. 

 Cenii*al Drink, ;it ICast Greenwich. 

 Scituatc Saiik,r.t Sriiuaif. 



CO.\Ni:uTlCUT. 

 ■ Sl.Tiiifi.ril D.iiik, at ^^tainfoid. 

 nri>tu-(|.nvt Uirtjk.at BridKepnrl. 

 ^Bills i>t th«^ GL'oigi:i humbtr Company Portlanti are re- 

 deemed at i-2 percent. iti>cuiiiit, bv J. VV. ClaiU St Cc. No. 



•o, C ly Hall. ___^__ 



RATES OF E>5<Ji]ANaii; AT PHIIiAJJliILflUA, Jllt ^. 



FOR i:iGN. 

 Bills on En?Inii(J, at GO ds sigiil, L. stp. 

 " France, f. 



•' Ani?teri!ain, Guilder, 

 •' Breuifu- — Ri\ dcllav 

 " Ilaiuuurfi — iMcirc Banro 



DOMESTIC. 

 Bj'.la on Buston, at sight 

 " Ne'.v Ycrk, do 

 *• Baltimore, do 

 *' Rir.linjfind, do 

 " ClKirleston, do 

 " Savannah, do 

 " N. Orleans, do 

 t' Natchez, do 

 " Nasliville, do 

 " Louisville, do 

 '* Cincinnati, do 

 " Pittsburg, do 

 U. y. Treasury Diafts 



The price r^l' ('aitle is giadually icd 

 the last uinnih. The lolli>\\ iiig is llic 

 Market lor Motuidv. Julv S, 



At inaiket £90" Beel'Cattle, 20 C 

 Slu-ep, and 0^1) tfwine. J40 Csivin 

 fuie. lull Beet* Cattle unsold. 



Prices. — Ueef Cutltc—Vitsl (lunljty 

 ly 8 2j a ti 50 ; ihird qnalily g7n 7 7 j. 



Coici and CuIvl's — :Sn\cs dull; \\c 

 $30, 4-2, 60 and 53. 



Sheep and Lamtis—hn[s were fakeii 

 ii^i Wethers a 25, :{ 50, and 3 7;"!. 



Siciiie — Lots of large Batrox". s at 

 piys at 7 and ^c. Al retail, from 7 to 



ows and Calves, SioOO 

 have betn reported be- 



8 7ja 9; second (luali- 



noticed llie following: 



at 9 25, 2 50,2 75, and 



\ fnd !^c; a lo! of small 

 U ; small pigs lOf. 



NEW YOnK CAT'J'LE MAUKET, Jci.v I. 



Bucve^—TUe pupjity in market to-(hu luiinJieied .500 bead nf 

 whicli GO had remained ovir iron) last week— we have lo no- 

 lice a very inactive demand fur beet, the sales n-d n-.U' h ex- 

 ceeding 2\)iJ head, at prices ranging troni 'J a §1-'— and avera- 

 ging Slo 51) per 100 lbs— a dtctine vi 5'J c'l.-<. per iOO Ib^ on 

 Uf^l week's price?. 



Cu^cs and Cj/ccs— 1 10 wera offered, and 85 sold at '.ib a $50. 



iftieep end Lavibs — Tlie supi.'ly ol Sheep and Lambs con- 

 tinue f.JU, i-UiiJ having been odered, and alicuiL 1300 told at 

 ii 50 a :i 75 fm Lambs, and 4 25 a $5 for f^heep. 



JIa>j — A\"c reduce our quotations to 7Ji; a ^"i per 100 ibs. — 

 Kmiiurcr' 



E ALTIMOKE JLARKET, June 3S. 



("utile — Our ntarket has been well supplied wit') cattle on 

 the hoof thid week, and the (-talis generally attended by llie 

 bulcheis. Prices i:ave ranged fioni $8 to 9 50 per 100 lbs., 

 acciirdirg lo cjualily. lings iSt;* a L! 25. 



Provisamii— No material change in prices; some descrip- 

 tions in iitile better dtr man d. 'J'lieie is «omi(» inip'ovenieni in 

 liie demand for bacon, and sales niakinyfo! western jissorlert 

 at 11 a i !i CIS; of hams al lL\ia RUts ; t^bouldeisai 18 a ini 

 ctb-j nililu'lings at 12 cl=. Sales of L.-;rd at Kt cts. Culler 

 cor,;^ies liall— .-alesof intr-ioi Irrrii 111 a II tt^. Beet anil 

 poik/^rt MiUe doing, ai:d nocIian::e in t)i:ces. 



.Su lii^^The market itpiiears to be tcmpU-tely sup)ilied, 

 and pri'-^are very inr.teri.i'ily reduct d. Lni.<i lo [li-ildle wero 

 t2kpi! ati^<: foi S. wE,iin.i 7!c lor Parrows. A loi a!iin iii7i, 

 ba;f R,irrow8— a lot ot old lings, at 7c, half Soa *■; and a lol 

 at 7^ ; a lot of ordinary S<:ws at C. At retail, from 7 to 9c. 



N. Y. \ViIOLESALK PRICE CURRENT- 



THK JOUB.NAL or C-Sl 



-Jl-i,y \. 



COaRECTED FIIOM 



Cotton, i2tn 16c. 

 Coal 7 5'Jto ,^^10. 

 CvilVe, 9 to 15c. 

 Hide.-*, 1 i tn I5c. 

 Brandy, 1 25 lo$I 27. 

 Whiskey, iSiic 

 Molasses 32 to 40c. 

 l-lnscftd Oil, 70 to 7dc. 

 Lard, 11 to I.'lc. 

 Pork, 18tr>.9a0. 

 Bniter, 20 to 2i2c. 



Chei-i:e, 9 tn !>. 

 Plaster, -'s3 i-5. 

 'iiirkp Llan.1 ?a;t.38c. 

 Sugar, 0^ to 12 ■. 

 Flour, G 00 :o $t> 23. 

 Rye Finiir, .i5!^8. 

 Indian Mea',Si 25. 

 Wheat, per bushe:. Si :i5. 

 Rye, per bushel, S! 00. 

 Corn, do. I'Sc. to iJO, 

 Oal5, :.0io5Cc. 



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