1837] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



509 



liave a siaiuiiiij^ credit with the other. This 

 w.)uM eii.il)le tlie banks here to rurnish the nier- 

 chaiitbJ, who ini^ht vvit^h to puchase <2;oo(ls in Eiig- 

 Iniui with letters of credit, upon receiving ade- 

 quate sL'curitv. The bearer of siicli a letter would 

 have to pay interest only li'oni the time he actual- 

 ly drew the money to pay (()r his purchases. This 

 would prevent the loss of interest which he would 

 incur, if compelleil to provide himself with money 

 belure he sets out on his adventure. Cotton pur- 

 chasers li-om England n'ould derive the same ben- 

 efit, by oblaininiT sinfilar letters from tlie banks 

 there, upon those of our banks with which they 

 should have an established credit. 



If, in addition to these facilities, our banks would 

 establish agencies in Europe, and advance a lim- 

 ited amount upon cotton, consigned to them, it 

 would greatly contribute to accomplish our common 

 object, by enablino: our citizens to export their 

 own cotton, as well as to import their own mer- 

 chandise, without the intervention of any north- 

 ern agency. 



In concluding their report, the committee can- 

 not but express their strong conviction, that the 

 success of this great movement towards the eman- 

 cipation of the staple-growing slates, from their 

 commercial trammels, will depend more upon in- 

 dividual enterprise, sustained and supported by an 

 enlightened public opinion, than upon any mea- 

 sure of legislation, howsoever important these may 

 be. The business of direct importations must be 

 commenced at once; for if the present occasion is 

 permitted to pass away unimproved, one equally 

 propitious may never occur. The committee re- 

 commend the convention to adopt the Ibllowing 

 resolutions, in furtherance of the views expressed 

 in the foregoing report: 



1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this con- 

 vention, the present conjuncture in our commer- 

 cial affairs is eminently propitious for the establish- 

 ment of a system of direct importations, through 

 our southern and south-western cities, and that 

 we are called upon by every consideration cf in- 

 terest and of patriotism, to throw off the degrad- 

 ing shackles of our commercial dependence. 



2. Resolved, That with a view to induce pub- 

 lic spirited capitalists to embark in this business, 

 the people of the staple-growing states be recom- 

 mended to give public manifestations of their de- 

 termination to encourage and sustain importations 

 through their own seaports. 



3. Resolved, That two committees be appointed 

 by the president of this convention, to memorialize 

 respectively, the legislatures of Georgia and Soutii 

 Carolinia, on the subject of limited partnerships. 



4. Resolved, That a committee be appointed to 

 prepare an address to the people of the southern 

 and south-western states, setting forth the advan- 

 tages and practicability of carrying on a direct 

 trade with foreign nations — exhibiting in detail the 

 extent of their resources. 



5. Resolved, That said committee, in preparing 

 such address, embody and conform to the views of 

 the convention, as expressed in the preamble and 

 resolutions adopted. 



of all the counties in wiiich marling has yet been com- 

 menced, in Virginia, Maryland, ami Nortli Carolina. 

 It is desirable to have answers from every individual 

 who is well qualified to furnish information, by liis 

 having had extensive practical experience, and facili- 

 ties for making correct observations on this subject, 

 (or from the most experienced in each county, where 

 the practice has been very recently commenced) — 

 and as our personal acquaintance with, or information 

 by report of, such persons, must necessarily be very 

 limited and imperfect, no doubt we have omitted 

 many to whom we would otherwise have certainly 

 directed copies of these queries. We therefore request 

 that the letter and queries may be considered as a. 

 circular, addressed generally to all such farmers as are 

 eminently qualified by experience to aid the general, 

 object, and not by any means intended to be confined 

 to those only to whom separate copies may be specially 

 directed. 



If the answers returned to these queries, should be 

 sufficiently numerous, and full and explicit, a digest 

 of them, though limited to a single important branch 

 of agricultural practice, will constitute, a full and 

 clear agricultural report — such as ought to be made on 

 every branch, and which, if properly done, by order 

 of an enlightened and patriotic legislature of any one of' 

 the United States, would be eminently beneficial to the 

 promotion and progress of agricultural improvement 

 and profit throughout its territory. We grieve to say, 

 that in Virginia, there is no present prospect of any 

 such noble and beneficial work being undertaken and 

 executed by the legislature. But if there is, indeed, 

 the least ground for hope of such results, either in this, 

 or other neighboring states, there will be nothing 

 better calculated to nurse and cherish that hope until 

 it grows into the fruition of all the benefits contem- 

 plated, than presenting to the public the special report- 

 now proposed, and for which the agricultural public 

 will be indebted solely to private zeal and labor, and the 

 gratuitous expenditures of private individuals. 



It is desirable that the answers may be returned as 

 early as February 1st, at latest. Any delayed until- 

 that time, may be sent to Richmond, through members 

 of the legislature, and placed in the care of the clerk 

 of the Committee of Agriculture. 

 (circular.) 



Peiersburcr, Va. Nov. 1837. 



PLAN FOR PROCURING AND PUBLISHING A 

 GENERAL REPORT OF THE PRACTICAL EF- 

 FECTS OF MARLING. 



Copies of the following circular letter, and list of 

 queries, have been sent to one or more farmers in each 



-ESQ. 



It is desired, as an important means of promoting 

 agricultural improvement, and of exhibiting the true 

 value of the resources of the tide water region, to obtain 

 full information of the facts ascertained, and opinions 

 formed, by some of the most experienced and judici- 

 ous users of marl, in every county where the prac- 

 tice has been introduced, in regard to the action and' 

 value of that manure. 



In aid of this object, you are requested to send 

 answers to the annexed queries, numbered in like 

 manner, for ready reference, and as soon as your con- 

 venience may permit. Should answers be obtained in 

 full, and from as may different sources as it is hoped, 

 it is proposed to condense and digest the whole for 

 pubhcation, (but so as to preserve every important fact 



