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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



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to be permitted te replace any of the names thus erased, 

 by receiving an order to that effect. 



Sundry subscribi}r3, in the soutlmrn and south-west- 

 ern states, have represented that they cannot obtain 

 such bank notes for remittances as are of par value al 

 Petersburg, and have desired to be directed wliellier to 

 send payments in notes of less value. We are compelled 

 to sutfer deductions from our reci ipts sufficiently hea- 

 vy, without adding to fiiem the groat and fluctuating 

 if not increasing depreciation of paper of remote non- 

 specie i^aying banks; and, as a regular system, our 

 rule which requires payment in notes of par val- 

 ue with Virginia bank notes, must be maintained. 

 Nevertheless — to remove this obstacle to the settle- 

 ment of arrears, and, for the purpose of entering as 

 smoothly as possible on the new general rules as to 

 payments — we agree to receive, for all payments mail- 

 ed by subscribers before March 20th ensuing, the cur- 

 rent notes of any bank of the slates in which the debt- 

 tors severally reside. Postage ought always be paid 

 on letters containing remittances — and on all others, 

 except communications for publication. 



From the Mechanic'^ Magazi;:?. 



DEAKIN'S IMI*ROVED BKAST FfRIVACE FOR 

 SMKLTIKG IRON ORE, &C. 



In the present method of fininrj bla?t fljrnaces, 

 ibc whole of the materials lor makinfr iron, name- 

 ly, coal, or coke, mine, limestone, &c., are pnr in 

 at the top ofthe furnace. On this imi)rovecJ plan, 

 the mine and limestone, will, at first, still be put in 

 there; but when the furnace wroks in a certain 

 state, a part of the mine will be put into it at the 

 flues; and also the greater part of the fuel used 

 tor smelting the iron. If pipes are used ihev be 

 carried upon the outsit^e of the stack of th fur- 

 naces, and may be applied to any blast, furnace 

 now in work at a small expense. When this plan 

 is adojited on a furnace being repaired, or newly 

 built, the chimney flue should be carried up in the 

 furnace stack. The coal or coke being put into 

 the furnace, mixed with limesione, mine, scroffula, 

 and rubbish, however free, such coal or coke ma\' 

 itself be, when put in, at present, it n)nst become 

 impregnated with the filth, that accompanies it, 

 as soon as the heat begins to act; and it is, more- 

 over, consinned before it comes down to the bosh- 

 es, and consequently, the power of the fuel is des- 

 troyed, befare it anives at the part of the furnace 

 where it is wanted to smelt the n)ine; but by pui- 

 tinfj the fuel into the furnace, ii will meet the blast 

 in the proper place, (i-ee li'om impuriiies, and in 

 full strenijjlh to melt the materials above ir. Bet- 

 ter iron will thus be made, wi'h a smaller quantity 

 of fuel, thai) is done b}' the pr.";pMt nvs'Iia,; ^r f\[i. 

 in2 blast furnaces. 



CIV THE CUr>TIVATiON OF CORK. 

 To tlie Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Cypress Spizng, Es^iex cnvpty, ) 

 December 25th, 1837. 5 



Dear Sir— I have been a subscriber to, and a 

 reader of your valuable paper since its cnmnieti'-e- 

 nient, and I cannot express how much I am in- 



debted to you and your correspondents, for the 

 pleasure and profit I have derived fiom the p.'ru- 

 sal of lis pages; but at the same time, I niu.~t con- 

 (i>ss I have been somewhat per|)lcxcd by the va- 

 rious and conflicting opinions of your cont b ilors, 

 with regard to the management of the diff 'tent 

 crops raised among us, and more partiiula iy with 

 regard to the corn crop. 'I'hc cry is "lo ! here" 

 and "lo! there," every one havinij a best way to 

 do the same thing. Being a young f rmer, and 

 anxious io gain inlbrmaiion, «o many ways have 

 confused me, bcimr. first , for "Paul, and then for 

 Apollos," I was never right, till at last, from ex- 

 perience, (which is said to be always the best 

 teacher,) I have, as I think, found out a best (or 

 at least a cfood) way f()r myself) as regards the 

 management of a crop of corn. 



To [irevent the inexf)eiienced from going astray, 

 we should, in all our communications with regard 

 to the management o( any crop, state the kind of 

 soil operated upon, as the management suited to 

 one kind might not be proper on another. I 

 would, therelbre, in the first place, state that my 

 land is light and sandy, somewhat undulating, 

 resting upon a subsoil of clay. Now, then, ibr 

 my preparation and after-culture of the corn crop. 

 Begin riirht, and you will be apt to end well. 

 Good ploughing is the most essential point; pro- 

 vide yourself, therefore, in the first place, with 

 good plouirhs, ploughmen, not boys, for the latter 

 are not sufficient to break land in the first instance, 

 as it should be. With regard to the depth of 

 plouixhing, I would just observe, that J do not my- 

 self plough light land more than three or four 

 inches; man)' <rood farmers, however, think much 

 deeper necessary; try for yourself Where a con- 

 siderable growth is to be turned under, it requires 

 deeper ploughing to efiect it ; but this with us is 

 unfortunately not very fi-equently the case^asour 

 stock keep our fields, generally, well picked. But 

 to return : all the manure J can possibly raise, by 

 all the means in .m}' power, is applied to my corn- 

 field ; and this I do at all times during the year, 

 as time and opportunity will admit, (ibr J have 

 not a force sufficient lo make this, as it should be, 

 a regular business — ) immediately spreading it 

 evenly over the surface, (shell marl at the rate of 

 250 bushels to the acre, is mixed with it.) 1 have 

 never found that manure has such a disposition to 

 fly away as is generally supposed. I am rafher 

 inclined to believe, from extierience, that it sinks 

 and loses nothing; for I have had as good corn on 

 land manured six months before cultivation, as 

 from that which was immedii\fely manured and 

 ploughed in. I commence listhig for corn, as it is 

 called wiih us, about the 1st of j\J arch, (earlier 

 than the 15- h of February, I should not think of be- 

 ginning, on iighl land — swamps should be broken 

 up in the fall—) with one horse or mule, (the lat- 

 ter I prefer as being mote haniy, less expensive in 

 their keep, and siiiiing a negro exactly,) and a 

 small No. 10 Freeborn plough, with which I pre- 

 (hv to run tjie two firs' furrows, becau.se you can 

 more effeciualiy break np all tlie hard ground. 

 Alter going over my field with iliese ivvo small fur- 

 rows, the two-horse plotigh is staried, throwing 

 two furrows nnore, which are completely lapped 

 over the two first; and thi.s completed, and the 

 beds well harrowed down and split with the same 

 sm:\!l plough with v.-hich the two first furrows 

 were run, 1 consider myself ready to plant, which 



