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FARMERS' REGIST!:il 



[No. 4 



For th(! Farmers' UegUter. 

 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL RKPOHT. 



The present month has been more calm than 

 several «f those whi ■ oreceded it; hut it has been 

 more Mke the calmn-- of death, than o( serenity 

 cuid content. Faikires .n this country h-ive been 

 less nu.Ilelo•.i^, because Tew are left to fail of those 

 who were extensively ennrai^ed in business duniijr 

 the present year. The r.iin which spread over 

 this country, has extended to Enirland, where 

 many houses connected wiih the 4-KU'rican trade, 

 have, after strv^nuous etiorts, been compelled to 



Shipments of produce continue, but in few in- 

 stances with a view to prolit. They are made 

 rather from necessity ;!iaii choice — to pay debts, 

 even at'd sacrifice. Bii!s of exchange are scarce- 

 ly obtainable, ev m at ihe enormous premium of 

 20 to 22 percent.; and however good ihe parties 

 by whom and on whom they are drawn may have 

 stood some weeiis or months past, a vast propor- 

 tion are dishonored or unpaid. Cotton is shipped 

 from the south and west at all prices from 6 to 12 

 cents — and tiie quantity exported is, 1,050,000 

 against 950,000 last season. 583,000 bales have 

 been received at New Orlean;j against 486,000 at 

 the same period, in 1836. The stock in Great 

 Britain more than doubles that of T836, and the 

 <lemand for goods is diminished. There is, there- 

 fore, little prospect of any improvement in the price. 



The quantity of tobicco brought in ftr inspec- 

 tion (in Virginia,) is 10 to 12;000 hhds. less than 



last year. In New Orleans, 25,6l"0 hhds. have 

 been received against 4'),000 last year; but this 

 difi'erence will not long continue. The article 

 commands a good price, consider' as •'! circum- 

 stances. The markets in Euroj)^ >;- never be- 

 fore so low. The range of pricf a, as out inspec- 

 tions, is from Q2^ fo -ST. A few vessels are load- 

 ing for Europe, but very few, comp; ■■:>} v%'i!h ordi- 

 nary years. 



The first deliveries of new wlicjii ■. 're ■n-.t ;• at 

 SI 75 per bushel — subsequently. u\ .ijil 62, and 

 down to .91 50. But the millers show no disposi- 

 tion to extend their engaiienients at this [)rice, 

 which may be quoted as tlic current rate of the 

 day. The quality of the crop proves very good, 

 and foreiirn wheat will soon be nei^iected. 



Domestic exchanijes continue in the most de- 

 ranged state, varying 10 or 12 per ceiit. between 

 some places. Specie is driven from circulation, and 

 the utmost inconvenience attends alt minor trans- 

 actions. VViih bountiful crops, and many other 

 causes to render the count. 7 prosperous, the bale- 

 ful influence of a deranged c' "'■eM'^y counteracts 

 all the benefits which we n i ' 



Importations from abroai, inished 



in consequence of the low siute vi A;;' u) credit, 

 and many articles have advanced in price. The 

 reduction of our imports is, however,- not to be 

 reffretted, as it prevents an increase of our foreign 

 debt. 



X. 



July 26. 



TiiMe of Contents of Farmers^ Megister, A''o, 4, J'Vi. F' 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page. 



C)n manuring, .... 204 



On the general want of economj' in our farming, 207 

 Statement of the products of suckers left to grow 



on corn, ..... 203 

 A mare"s twins of different races. — Marsh lands on 



the Chesapeake, .... 208 

 Items of economy, .... 210 

 Notice of the farming of J. F. Edmunds, in Char- 

 lotte, - - - - - 211 

 On the benefitandprofit of using oyster-shell lime, 218 

 On buckwheat as a green manure, - - 219 

 The true principles of agricultural and national 



prosperity concisely stated, - - 220 



Remarks suggested by a visit to Warren county, 228 

 Kyan's process for preventing dry rot. On pre- 

 serving the timber of railways, by the use of 

 corrosive sublimate, ... 243 



Marling. The foiu--shift system - - 247 



On the use of real signatures to agricultural com- 

 munications, .... 249 

 The identity of "animalized carbon," with a pre- 

 paration of human excrements, - - 251 

 Prospects of crops in S. Carolina. The currency, 252 

 Remarks on the Agricultural Survey of Massachu- 

 setts, ----- 253 

 Experiments to test the propriety of gathering 



corn-fodder recommended, - 254 



Explanation of a mistake, ... 254 

 State of crops, ..... 255 



Monthly commercial report, ... 256 



SELECTIONS. 



Miscellaneous manures — clay — sand — pond, river 

 and sea mud, .... 293 



rage- 

 Remarks on manures in general — putrescent, min- 

 eral, and miscellaneous, ... 195 

 On the past and present state of horses, - 199 

 New method of propagating apple trees, - 208 

 Deepest mine in Greaf Britain, - - 209 

 Extraordinary speed of a steam carriage, - 210 

 Method of destroying wolves and crows, - 213 

 New method of propagating apjile treesy - 213 

 On artificial grasses, .... 214 

 Sure and cheap way to destroy rats, - 219 

 Avery's "Rotary Steam Engine," - - 222 

 Poudreite — French mode of preparing it — its val- 

 ue in France, &c. .... 223 

 Urate, or manure from urine, - - 224 

 Extract from an agricultural tour, in western N. Y. 224 

 Cellars, ..... 226 

 Habits of the salmon, - - - 226 

 The wire worm, .... 226 

 Utility of lime in preserving fence posts, - 227 

 Mullein, a safeguard against mice, - - 231 

 Import of foreign wheat into the city of New York, 232 

 Another electro-magnetic machine, - - 232 

 On smut, canker, and rust or mildew in corn, with 



the causes and remedies, ... 233 

 Sugar from Indian corn, ... 245 

 Italian mode of excluding flies from houses, - 246 

 Mode of protecting seeds from birds, - 246 

 Introduction of American pea bugs into Eu- 

 rope, - - . - . 246 

 Lance's "animalized carbon," - - 250 

 On bone manure, .... 250 

 To naturalists, .... 2.54 

 Eltects of sea water on iron, ... 255 

 Spontaneous combustion, ... 255 

 Laburnum seed, .... 255 



