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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



The Wheat crop in Epping. 



t>ear SJr— After seeing .V"ur estimite in the 

 ninth number of the Visitor of half a million bush- 

 els of wheat raised in the State the past season, 

 pivingto each rnin, woman and child in the State, 

 one and a half bushels, I have taken particular 

 pains to ascertain the quantity raised in the town 

 of Epping. 'Ihe number of Inisliels I have ascer- 

 tained \iijiftccn hundred and sixty-four; but as there 

 are some few persons I have not heard from, I 

 will say the whole number is about sixteen hundred. 

 Comparing the town of Kpping so near tlie sea 

 board, with larger wheat growing towns in the in- 

 terior, the present year's product will very well a- 

 gree witli your estimate. 



The kind raised was principally Black sea wheat 



it was generally sowed about the seventeenth of 



May ; the yield was from ten to twenty bushels for 

 one of seed sown. But several farmers are of opin- 

 ion that if they liad sown a less quantity than one 

 and a half bushels to the acre,they should have had 

 a larcer crop. It is the belief of most farmers in 

 this town, that about one bushel of the Black sea 

 wheat, where the land has been well manured and 

 duly prepared, is a sufficient quantity to the acre. 



Owing to the scarcity of seed last spring, there 

 was notlo much wheat sowed as there would have 

 been if there had been plenty ; but I think the 

 town will plentifully supply itself with breadstuff; 

 there were raised about as many bushels of rye 

 and barley as oi wheat, and about "double tiie num- 

 ber of bushiils of Indian corn as of all tlie other 

 grains ; so we shall not be obliged to go to llie sea 

 board except for a small quantity of the finer flour. 

 THOMAS WILLEY. 



To the editor uf the Visitor. 



Hj" With the foregoing letter the writer sends a 

 list of subscribers from Epping, and their advance 

 pay for the year 1840, and adds ; " I intend to send 

 you more subscribers, for 1 feel a deep interest that 

 every farmer, whether small or great, should avail 

 himself of the privilege of perusing so valuable 

 and highly interesting a periodical journal as the 

 Farmer's Monthly Visitor. The first number of the 

 first volume lias been tome more than four times the 

 value of the amount of subscription paid for the 

 whole twelve numbers." 



Epping is situated thirty miles southeasterly 

 from Concord, and twenty miles due west from 

 Portsmouth, with the valley of the Lamprey river, 

 a tributary to the Piscataqua, running through the 

 town from east to west, only a few feet more ele- 

 vated than the ocean into which it is emptied. The 

 town contains nearly twenty square miles and J2,- 

 760 acres, being little more than one third the size 

 of a SIX mile township : population about 1300. 

 This population are almost e.\ lusively of the class 

 which cultivate the ground. " CiNciMXATUs,"now 

 an octogenarian, who has bern distinguished in po- 

 litical life, and who wrote a series of essays in the 

 New Hampshire Patriot many years ago principal- 

 ly on the subject of agriculture, with several sons 

 settled in life, resides in Epping : a family of more 

 wealth than alm-st any other in the State But 

 independent of them, there are few communities 

 better off than the mass of the people of Epping. 

 Its farmers are generally rich, and perhaps even in 

 more easy circumstances as to peciniary matters 

 than their most wealthy family. The soil of Ep- 

 ping is not by nature as strong as that of Notting- 

 ham, Deerfield and Epsom, w lich are elevated 

 several hundred feet above it — much of the mead- 

 ow and pasture land is flat and cold a:d of thiU 

 mould: no inconsiderable part of it is natural to a 

 white birch and poplar growUi which is generally 

 esteemed poor land. All this the Epping farmers 

 have found out a way to make fertile and profita- 

 ble. The compost manure piles on the highway 

 are a sure indication of good farming in any town. 

 KicHARD WuiTF., Esq. of South Hampton, rai- 

 sed the present year, from fourteen quarts of seed, 

 fifteen and a half bushels of Black Sea wheat. — 

 South Hampton is still nearer to the sea than Ep- 

 ping. 



rich experience, generally told in a way to please 

 farnu-rs. As. the best proof of merit, more than 

 two hundred subscribers are furnished for the Cul- 

 tivator in Framingham, a town numbering a popu- 

 lation of less than three thousand, where its editor 

 is best known. 



For the first vear of the Monthly Visitor the State 

 of Massachusetts has spontaneously given us more 

 than one thousand subscribers ; and for the second 

 vear, our publisher in Boston thinks he ciin easily 

 procure four times that number. It will be obser- 

 ved that the character of our paper is more gener- 

 al than local — that it embraces matter which makes 

 the former numbers of almost equal interest with 

 the current numbers. No man or woman who has 

 read the twelve numbers of the last year has yet 

 told us that he has not got his pay; no subscriber 

 who has talked with us on the subject has said he 

 shall not renew his subscription. If any one does 

 fail, it will be not because he does not consider the 

 Visitor worth twice its cost, but because he may 

 not at the moment have seventy-five cents in his 

 pocket, or because he may not at the riglit time sec 

 the agent who holds the subscription. Subscrib- 

 ers will remember that at any time of the year they 

 may obtain all the back numbers; and that the 

 post-master of their town is authorized at any time 

 to forward the price of their subscription free of 

 expense of postage. 



FROM THE POST MASTER GENERAL.— 

 Jj" Remittances bv Mail. — '■'■ .i Postmaster may 

 enclose money in a letter to the Publisher of a J\'eics- 

 paper., to pay die suhseription of a third person, and 

 frank the letter, if written by himself" Note — 

 Some subscribers may not be aware of the above 

 regulation. It will be seen, that by requesting the 

 Post Master where they reside to frank their let- 

 ters containing subscription money, he will do so 

 upon being satisfied that the letter contains noth- 

 ing but what refers to the subscription. 



NRW YORK WHOLESALE PRICES Jan. IG. 



Corrected fronilhe N.Y. Journal of Commerce. 



Beeswax, wliila, ;t.^ cts. 

 Caiiriles, '.nllnw, ll'.c. 

 l-<.al, Schuylkill. $7 50. 

 CnlTee, 9 lo 1 Ic. 

 (.^ottnn, 9 to 12c. 

 Feather*, Amcr. Ttf^e, 

 Flax, Aiiier. 71 to 6c. 

 Miilcx, ftio Gr. 15c. 

 Lime, 'I'nninnslrin, $1 25 

 Leather, o.ife foIe,25c. 

 .Molas.= e.s, alio '.lie. 

 Oil, Linseed, 57 to C7c. 

 " .Sperm winter, $1 20. 

 Beef, City, .^I'J.iU. 

 I'otk, mess, SI;*. 



Ilamp, 7 lo lie. 



Lard, 7 to — c. 



Butter, Goshen, IStn'i'?. 



(^heei^e, Ainer. 7 to 9i:. 



l'la«t.-r, S2 25. 



•i.ill, Tit. Island. 33c. 



'iigars, ."i.! to lOr. 



Tallnw. Amer. 9lol0c. 

 U'ciol, Amer. Sa\.. 57c. 

 rinur, wheat, S5 75 to 25. 



" rve, s:i 75 lo 4 00. 

 Whe.nt, Vir. SI 1" lo 1 15. 

 Uve, Nor. 68 to 70c. 

 Cfirn, 51) to 00c. 



tats. Nor. 30 to 10. 



BANK NOTE T.ABLE. 



Corrected for the Dover Gazette, January 20, 18-10. 

 LIST OF BROKEN AND CLOSED BANKS. 



Boscaiecn, January 4^/t, 1S40. 

 Ilos. Isaac Hill, — Dear Sir: — 1 want to give 

 you the account of the increase of one Rohan po- 

 tatoe, weighing only twelve ounces, from which 

 grew two large bushels, weighing 130 lbs. ; mak- 

 ing 2,080 ounces, and 173 ounces from one. I paid 

 one cent and a half an ounce for the seed; and I 

 think it cheaper than the common kind of potatoe. 

 Yours respectfuUv, 



■ P. KIMBALL. 



MAINE. 

 Bantiot Imnk. Banpor. 

 Bank ofOldtDwn, Onmo. 

 Bath hank, Castine. 

 Daniariscntla bank, 

 tftxtoril hank, Fryebnrg. 

 Ilallovvell & Au[;Li»ta, M Hal 



lovvc II. 

 Kennehunk hank, .\rundtl. 

 Kennebec hank. Hallnnell. 

 •OlilCiiniberland bank, Porl- 



land 

 Penotircot hank, Bnngiir. 

 People's hank, Bannor. 

 Pa3samdia()uuddy batik. East' 



(inn. 

 Saco bank, Saco. 

 Waterville liank Walerville 

 WInthrop bank, Winthrop. 

 Wisc^isset bank, Wiscasset. 

 Washincton Co. bank, Calais 



.MASSACHU.^ETTS. 

 Bank of N'nrfi.lk, Koxhiiry. 

 Berk hire bank, Piinfiehl. 

 CiiinniO'i wealth bank.Bosltin. 

 tjlielsea hank, Chelsea. 

 Egst'j bank, Salem. 

 KiiM.in har.k. llosion 

 Farmer's bank, Belchertown. 



fFrand 



Fariner'rt & Mechanics' bank, 



.\dniiis, new. 

 Franklin bank, Boston. 

 Kilby hank, Boston. 

 Layfai eltc bank, Bnslon. 

 .Miildiiiifj Interest hk. Boston. 

 Middle^ex hank, Cambridge. 

 *iMetid(in hank. Mendon. 

 \ewliuryport bank. 

 .\alinnl bank, Lynn. 

 Phn'ni.x bank, .Nantnckcl 

 R.iUniry bank, Koxbiiry. 

 -button jhank, WilkitisonviUe. 

 Wobiiin bank, Wohiirn. 

 IIHDDE ISLAND, 

 nnrrillville bank, Biiriillvllle. 

 Farmer and Mechanic's bank, 



Pawliickel. 

 Farmer's ICichango hank, 



Gloucester. 



CONNECTICUT. 

 Derby bank, Derby. 



do pay at Fulton hank New 



York. 

 Facie bank. New Haven. 

 NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 Hillsborough bk. .\mhcrst. 

 Concord, 



(.Sparhawk Cashier.) 



*Blll9 sllll received. 



THE MARKETS. 



NEW YORK, JAN. 14. 



THE MARKF,T.— Genesee Flour is .ifiered nt SO ."^0 wllb- 

 out bnyFrs. A sale was made ol fancy Jersey at .$0."0, and 

 that IS the holding piire. I'orn 58 a ii*^c. The sales of t^it- 

 tnn for the day are 900 bales at drooping prices. A parcel of 

 clinire N. Orleans sidd at lUc Ih 



Sturks have fallen liack decidedly, not from any new state 

 of affairs, only those who run luires up on the basis of the 

 news from England, prove to have gone too far. Bills on 

 Englantl are pleniy. 



DOMESTIC EXCHANGES. 



Philade'phia and Baliimore 



Riihnioiid 



Charleston 



Savannah 



.'\iigusta 



Macon 



Sevr Orleans 



.Miss:sstppi 



London 



Agricultural NeAVspapers. 



There are tliree .'\gricultural papers published 

 weekly in Boston, viz: — the.^V^e England Farmer, 

 the Yankee Farmer, and the Cultirator. These 

 publications are all prosperous ; and probably the 

 oldest one of them has more patrons at the present 

 time tlian it had when there was no competitor in 

 the field. The most recently established paper, 

 the Cultivator, numbers before the end of its first 

 year about four thousand subscribers. The editor 

 of that paper, William Buckminster, Esq. but re- 

 cently was a I'armer in Framingham, a lull town 

 some twenty-five miles out of the city : his paper 

 from week to week teems with the i'ruits of his 



oia — 



S"a — 

 :i.i a 4 

 5 .a — 

 7 a S 

 10 a — 

 3| a 4 

 25 a .19 

 7J a 8 

 Journal ofCnminerre 



BOSTON, JAN. IS. 



FUnir — Prices have iinpioved in .\tw ^'ort;. .ami a cdrrcs- 

 pnndmc Improvement has taken p'nre Within a few diys — 

 The closing sales of Genesee common brands, yesterday, 

 were 6 62 a SO 75, cash ; the market is now firm at the Intti-i 

 prices. Sales of ;^ a 40M hhls U ichmond $0 2.'i, cash. 



Grain — There is qiiile an active demand for Corn, which 

 sells readily as it arrivi 9. The closing sales nf yellmv 11 o 

 are OH, and while (.1 a t;4c per bushel — which is a llltli- lou - 

 er. A patcci •■I' very inferior New Orleans snidat aucriim. 

 \epterda4-, at 5'2r pet bushel, r»r 5:lc ca-h. Sales of Souiltvin 

 Oats, 3S a 40c, and no .N'oitlicrn oi Eastern in .ii.irket. 



NEW ENGLAND CATTLE MARKET. 

 BRIliHTON, M.inday. Jan. 13. At tnarkcl 0.50 Beef Cat 

 tie, 130 Stores, 1050 Sheep, and 40 Swine. Prices— Beef Cal- 

 tl,. — We qunle In corresptmd with last week : first qualitv, 

 350 25 ; second qunliiy. $5 .'lO a .SO ; third qunliiy, 4 50 n $5-2.5. 

 BarrellingCattle— Mess 550 ; No. !,S5. Mores— Very fe\v 

 sales we-e etfecled. Cows and Calves — We noticed a few 

 t,!ites — $27, :12, 35, and .10. Sheep — I ols were siddaIS2 25, 

 2 75, 3 50. 4 25, and 4 50. Swine — 1'husenl market were ped 

 died atlroin 4 to 6c. 



Nor KECi-IVEU .'VT THE bliFFULK BANK. 



ban:cs. 



Ma I. -IE. — .Azricultural, Brewer, 

 Bangor Commercial, 

 Calais Bank, Calais, 

 City Bank, Pertlaml^ 

 Dainariscitta Bank, 

 Frankfort Bank, Fiankfort, 

 Geor:;i.a Luuiher Co. Puitland, 

 lilohe Bank, Ringor, 

 Mi-ri aiilile Hunk, Uausnr, 

 Mednniak, WaUh.boiough, 

 .Sli Ivvaler Canal . Ortoio, 

 Bank of VVcsthrook, \\'rsthrook, 

 .New H amc^hire. — V\ulfeboroi;gh, 

 .M.%5».iCHC9EiTs. — t.belsea Bank, 

 Fu tnti, Boston, 

 MddliiiL' Interest, Boston, 

 Norfolk, Roibury, 

 Middiese.x, Cambridge, 

 Nahant, Lynn, 



Rhode Island. — Providence^Bills, 

 Scituale Bank, Sciluatc, 



.\11 otht-is III the Slate, 



Vebmo>t. — Bank ol Bennington, 



Bank ol .Moiitpelii-r, f^Ionipelier, 



B.ink of Wind-. .r, Windsor, 

 'Bank ol .Manchester. Manchester, 



Hank of Orleans, Ira-hurg, 



Hank ol S'. A'han.-, St. Allians, 



Essex, Guildhall, 



Veryeniifs Bank, Vergennes. 

 Co w H EcTicL' r. — Briitgt port Bank, 



Fairfield County Bank, 



Housaloiiir Railroad Banking Cr'. 



Stamford Itunk, Stamford, 



lD=By request of a committee of the Lyceum of 

 the town, the Editor of the Farmer's .Monthly Vis- 

 itor will deliver an address on the subject of Agri- 

 culture at the meeting house in the centre of Can- 

 dia, .\. H. on Wednesday evening, at six o'clock, 

 February 17, 1840. 



Jigents and those se>.ding the naines of subscri- 

 bers to this office are requested to icriic them in a leg- 

 ible hand, and also to be particular in endorsing the. 

 names of the towns and states in which they reside, 

 as ice frcfjuently receive complaints of carelesncss iii 

 sending papers, when such mistakes often arise Jroin 

 neglect on the part of those who send directions, 

 which in 7nany cases it is impossible to understand. 



NEW YORK CATTLR MARK-ET, Jan. 

 Kront llie Journal of Cotni 

 At Market, 850 Bf-ef Cai« 



13. 



lerre. 

 70 Milch Co'.vs, and -2000 

 ijilirpp and Eninha. Prices lieciined sliphtly. Beef C;itllp — 

 St)ld from 6 ro HJ, av. $7,\ per 100 Ihs. Milch i^ows— £;o sold 

 jit 30 to ,^43 each. Sheep and Lamb.^ — Sheep sold at 1 V io.'$4, 

 Lambs at 1% to $3 each— inlets demand— 1000 sold. iray,hy 

 the load, Fold at 6'! to T.'ic. ptr 100 Ihi. 



THE FARMEU'S .liONTIILY ViSiTOR, 



A MONTHLV NK.WSPAPER, IS I'LBI.ISHED BV 



ISAAC HILL, IfUrs Jhick Block, 



Concord^ A'. //. 



JAMES BURNS, l'J4, JVashington si., Boston, Ms 



The Visitor will be isi^ued on the last day of eacli 



month. 

 Theferms will be ntvcntv-fipt ceutsa year payable always in ad- 

 rancf. For all ^jihsc fibers less than 9 f, Ageii'ti'Will be allowed 

 a deduction of 6'^ cents eacli — for all over 2-1 subscri!,ieis on 

 any one agency i2J cenis each will be allowed. Thns, lor 

 six subscribers fonrdolUr? — twelve, eight dollars — emhteen, 

 twelve dollars — twenty- four, fifteen dollars,w ill be rem ill*: d. 

 Single numbers, twelve and a half cents each. ■ AH subscri- 

 bers will commence with the first nunibei ol the year. 



J):::>- Coiiimnni<.ations by mail, will bz directed to the 

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