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itself- The planaria felina has been seen to throw 

 off" pieces of its body, to form new animals, and 

 these are not diseased but healthy parts, and not 

 only parts of its tail, but ollen offsets irom its sides, 

 &c. Indeed, the planavia lelina, aiid E. arethusa, 

 ha\"e been never known to lay eggs, whilst the 

 torva, lactea, &c. lay tliem in abundance, both the' 

 original animals, and those arlificially produced. 

 It would seem that those species Avliich , inhabit 

 springs and I'unning waters, propagate only by di- 

 vision; but those which dwell in ponds and ditches, 

 Avhere the water is occasionally exhausted, are 

 oviparous, as well as viviparous. . ■ . ■ 



The above facts are physiologically curious, as 

 they show a still closer atfmity than had been pre- 

 viously supposed to exist between the propagation 

 of plants and animals by cuttings, as well as seeds; 

 for they have shown that this mode of propaga- 

 tion can be carried to an almost equ-al extent in the 

 one as in the other — an extent to which the expe^ 

 riments of Trembley, and others, on polypi, star 

 fish, &c. did not reach. — Medical and Surgical 

 Journal. 



DISCONTINUANCES OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. 



The close of the volume of a periodical published 

 like this, is the time when all the discontinuances of 

 subscribers are (or "ought to be) sent in. The notices 

 of this kind which we have received are fewer than 

 were expected, and have been more than equalled by 

 new subscriptions sent in during the same time. But 

 though we have no reason to complain of the number 

 of discontinuances, there is much ground for objection 

 to the time and manner of a large portion of tliem. It 

 is not probable that any reader of the Register could 

 fail to know when the first volume closed — and then 

 (according to usage and equity, and also according to 

 our terms particularly stated in the May No.) was the 

 time for all to discontinue who wished it, and who had 

 not given earlier notice to that end. Instead of tliis, 

 more than half the orders for discontinuances were 

 sent in after the 1st No. of Vol. Il, was mailed — some- 

 after the 2nd No. — and some from persons who had 

 not, and have not yet, paid any thing, and therefore had 

 no right to discontinue, even at a proper time. Still 

 however, nearly all these requests have been promptly 

 complied with, as we do not wish to retain any sub- 

 scriber against his will. But, in our own defence, there 

 must be some limit to such exactions, and a few of the 

 latest and most inexcusable of these requests have been 

 refused. The following. letter relates to one of them, 

 and may serve as an example of the hardship to which 

 we are subjected in this respect. 



Post Office, July nth, 1834. 



Sir — Enclosed is $o, which , a sub- 

 scriber to the Farmers' Register at this office requests 

 you to place to -his credit, and discontinue his subscrip- 

 tion.' He has received two numbers of the Register 

 for the present year, which he says, he will return if 

 you wish it. 



Yours, very respectfully, 



P.M. 



All scruples as to a failure in good faith, we suppose, 

 are quieted by sending back the copies of Vol. II. and 

 when this has been done, they generally are nearly ru- 



ined for Avant of careful wrapping, and always burden- 

 ed with postage for the editor to pay. 



;The receiving and paying for our publication is a 

 mere business transaction between the subscriber and 

 editor — and no one should hesitate to stop his subscrip- 

 tion, who does not receive for it compensation in the 

 value of the work. We consider that no apology is re - 

 quired for any discontinuance, and certainly shall never 

 complain of them. But on the other hand, it is due to 

 our interest and our just rights, and indeed to the very 

 existence of our publication, that our terms, and the 

 demands of common justice should be attended to in 

 this respect: and therefore no request for discontinu- 

 ance will be now allowed to those few who received 

 one sixth part of our present volume, before sending 

 the notice — nor to those vv'lio have not paid for the first 

 volume. 



After this time, our terms as to discontinuances will 

 be strictly enforced Orders to discontinue the next 

 volume may be made', and will be properly entered on 

 the list as soon as subscribers may please to send them 

 — ^but hot after the commencement of the volume de- 

 sired to be discontinued. 



Extract from the terms published in the \2th (or May) 

 No. of Vol. I. 



"No subscription will be permitted for less time 

 than a year — nor hereafter, to commence otherwise 

 than at the beginning of a volume. If a subscription 

 is not directed to be discontinued before the first num- 

 ber of the next year has been published, it will be 

 taken as a continuance of the subscription for the en- 

 suing yeai" and no subscription will be discontinued 

 while anything remains due thereon, except at the op- 

 tion of the editor." 



TO CORRESPONBENTS AND SUBSCRIBERS. 



The following commiinications have been= received 

 — Review of the Life of Oberlin, and remarks on his 

 agricultural and economical improvements — On the cli- 

 mate of Virginia — Gas or Coal Tar — Suggeslimis, Sfc. 

 by a correspondent from Granville, N. C. — On Tobac- 

 co Culture, continued. No. 3 — Use of Lime as manure, 

 in Pennsylvania — On the preservation of Tobacco plant 

 beds. 



The next No. will contain an article on the various 

 breeds of cattle, extracted from the latest edition of 

 the most approved English work on this subject. The 

 value of such descriptions greatly depend on the cor- 

 rectness and fidelity with which the plates or figures of 

 the animals are copied — and we have taken. much pains, 

 and incurred a heavy expense, to attain that end. The 

 wood engravings which we have procured for this pur- 

 pose, will well bear comparison with the beautiful 

 originals in the English work, and will do credit to the 

 American artist (Horton of Baltimore,) whose talent 

 is thus exercised for the Farmers' Register. 



ERRATUM. 



For Robert Baits, page 162, read Robert Batte. 



I'RIXTKD BY UOBERT RICKETTS. 



Shelibanks, Va. 



