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FARMERS' REGIStfiR 



[No. 9' 



tiiTiated to be very larsre, and induiiinir the stock 

 of old, wliich remained iti the interior, the lowest, 

 estimate is l,6U0,O30 bales. An increased con- 

 sumption of American cotton will be re(iuired to 

 absorb so iar<re a qiiantiiy, and this can only be 

 attained by low prices, anda resumpiion of regular 

 commerce — one ilem ol" which is importations of 

 goods into this country, which liave been sus- 

 pended since May last. 



The price of wheat advanced in November to 

 S2 to $2 10 per bushel, and of flour to .S9to.S9 50, 



York canals, would deprive the northern and 

 eastern states of an adequate supply fur the win- 

 ter; but the weather continued mild until within 

 the last lew days, and the vast granary of the 

 Genesee counlry was emptied into the city of 

 New York. The price of wheat, has consequent- 

 ly, declined 25 to .0 cents, and of flour about 

 $1. Large importations of wheat li-om Europe 

 are expected. It may not be uninteresting to re- 

 cord the receipts at New York, of the principal 

 articles of produce, brought down the Hudson du- 



under an expectation that the closing of the New I ring the continuance of navigation this year 



1837 



April, 



May, 



June, 



July, 



August. 



September, 



October, 



November, 



Dec. 8ih, 



651.854 37.811 12.391 



This exhibits the glorious result of welNdirecled 

 ■enterprise! May Virginia at a day. not very re- 

 mote, be able to show something like it 1 



Provisions have f illen in |)rice. Pork sells at 

 S6percwt. On the Ohio it is quoted as low as 

 ^3 a .S3 50 per cwt. 



Internal exchanges are not yet restored. Be- 

 tween the western anil Atlantic states the difler- 

 ence is 5, 10 and even 15 |)er cent.; bills on Eng- 

 land have declined to 11 per cent.; so that tlie re- 



43.314 



30.482 



26.862 



sumption of specie payments is probably not very 

 remote. A convention o! bank delegates, was re- 

 cently held in the New York, lor purpose of fixing 

 a day; but it adjourned to meet again in April 

 next, when there is no doubt, the object will be 

 accomplished, by general consent, if specie pay- 

 ments be not sooner resumed by the voluniary ac- 

 tion of the banks. 



December 16, 1837. 



X. 



ACCOUNTS, AND CREDITS FOR COT.I.ECTINS. 



From some answers to bills recently sent to all subscribers who stood charged /or more than one volume, we 

 find that some had been surprised, and others offended, that such bills should have been received, after they 

 had, at some short time previous, made payments to a collecting agent. If subscribers would but consider 

 that returns from agents cannot often be made immediately, (and of course, their receipts are not sooner known 

 and credited) the true cause of what are incorrectly supposed to be errors in our accounts would be readily 

 inferred — and the regular annual presentation of bills, by mail, after such recent payments, would furnish 

 ground neither for surprise or displeasure. — Ei>. Far. Reg. 



T^ible 9f€f}}itent8 of Farmers'' Megister, JYo. 9, Vbl. f*. 



Commercial report. . . . . . 



ORIGINAL C03IMUNICATI0NS. 



•On manures, soils, Stc. . . . . 



On the ditferent breeds of English cattle, 



•Observations on the agriculture and horticul- 

 ture of western New York (concluded). 



Rat-proof meat houses, - . . . 



Beavers on the Nottoway river, ... 



Remarks on the account of Mr. Sampson's 

 farming. On the proper combination of 

 stock-raising, with improvement of soil 



.Address to the Dorchester (Md.) Agricultural 

 Society, ... . . . 



Cattle show of the Dorchester Agricultural 

 Society, 



Miscellaneous remarks on practical agricul- 

 ture, - - 



The black weevil, - . . . - 



Various soils of Alabama, - . - - 



Remaiks on the higher rates of postage on pe- 

 riodicals, and on the Farmers' Register in 

 particular, 



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 545 

 546 



547 

 5.53 

 553 



558 



539 



546 



550 

 551 

 570 



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SELECTIONS. 



Johnstone's 'Systematic Treatise on the The- 

 ory and Practice of Draining land, &,c. 

 (commenced, and to be continued), - 

 On the use of oxen, - - . - - 

 Flemish husbandry. No. 1 - - - - 



Do. No. 2 - 

 Arable land, ------ 



Experiment in harvesting corn, . - - 



To harvest beans, 



Kyanizing timber for rail-ways, - . . 

 New application of water power. 

 Decrease of the trade of the southern, and in- 

 crease of that of the northern portf, - 



Blight in pear trees, 



Beet root sugar, ------ 



To guard against horse flies, . . - 

 On the manufacture of paper, ... 

 Migration of birds, 



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 576 



51.3 



537 

 537 

 538 

 554 

 557 

 5.58 

 547 

 548 



548 

 552 

 552 

 5.32 

 569 

 570 



