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ecure their corn from the ravages of the weev-il; 

 vvhicli often during the summer and fall seasons, 

 entii-ely destroys whole houses of corn. As the 

 remedy is so simi)le, and so cheap, 1 am in hopes 

 no tlu-mer will leave it untried. It is simply this. — 

 When hauling in a crop of corn, have a mixture 

 of salt and water prepared, (say one jiint of salt 

 to a gallon of water,) and as each load is thrown 

 into the house, sprinkle it thoroughly with the salt 

 and water; and it will entirely ]irevent the insect 

 from breeding in the corn, and lilcewise cause the 

 husks to be more palatable lor stock of any kind. 

 As I know this li'om experience, I feel no doubt in 

 recommending it to others. 



A FARMKR. 



For the Farmers' Registor. 

 COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



[An apology is due to our correspondent X, and to 

 our readers, for the omission of his report for Septem- 

 ber — which was caused by its arriving after the last 

 sheet had been printed.] 



The commercial transactions in Virginia during 

 the month of September, were to a very moderate 

 extent, and those oi" October have not been as 

 large as usual, the cause of which will appear in 

 the sequel. 



The crop of wdieat has proved to be so small, that 

 the mills have not been in lull operation, except 

 those in Richmond, where a large supply was se- 

 cured by early contracts. The jjrice has been bet- 

 ter supported in Virginia tiian in other markets, 

 and has not varied materially, the current rates of 

 fair and good quality being irom 100 to 105 cents 

 per bushel. The demand lor flour for ibreign ex- 

 port is confined to South America and the West 

 Indies, and has not been very extensive. The 

 price of grain in all European countries, is unusu- 

 ally low, and the crops in Great Britain are re- 

 ported to be large and fine — no demand can there- 

 fore be expected from that quarter. The stocks of 

 flour in the markets of this State, other than Rich- 

 mond, are inconsiderable, nor is it likely that they 

 will accumulate. The price of" country flour is 

 $4 75 to .f 5, and of Richmond City Mills §6 25. 

 The supplies to New York from the western parts 

 of that State and the shores of Lake Erie, are very 

 large, and they are annually increasing, with the 

 increased cultivation in, and facilities of transpor- 

 tation from Ohio, Indiana, lUinois, and Michigan, 

 which ai-e becoming the most extensive granaries 

 in America. 



The crop of tobacco inspected in Virginia dur- 

 ing the year ending 1st October, is ascertained to 

 have been 20,G40 hhds. passed. 



14,860 refused, 



and the stock remaining on hand at that period, was 

 10,690, showing very little variation in the (pian- 

 tity produced in each of the last three years, but a 

 considerable diminution in the quantity manufiic- 

 tured at home. The export to foreign ports was 

 15,170 hhds. to Great Britain, 

 3,530 to France, 



6,860 to other markets, chiefly in the north 



of Europe, being an increase in the foreign export 

 beyond that of the preceding year, of 5000 hhds. 

 Tlie price has been steady, say from $4 75 for the 

 most inliM-ior, to .^9 and 810 ibr fine (luaiities for 

 exportation. The crop of the present year's 

 growth it is supposed will prove to be somewhat 



larger in quantity than the last, and not so good in 

 quality. The quantity of tobacco received at 

 New Orleans (a description which comes in com- 

 petition with that of Virginia) was 25,000 hhds. 

 being 3,500 hhds. more than in the preceding 

 year, and 5000 less than in 1832. 



The crop received at New Orleans, was thus 

 disposed of 



To Great Britain, - - 3300 



— out ports for orders, - - 4800 



— France, . - . 300 



— north of Europe, - - 4600 



— south of Europe, - - 950 



— West Indies, _ _ _ 550 



— ports in the Utiited States, 10500 



The crop of cotton brought to the Virginia mar • 

 kets during the year ending the 1st inst. was 

 44,700 bales, of which about 35,000 were received 

 at Petersburg. There was exported to Europe, 

 31,000, to northern ports in the United States 

 7,500, and 6,000 bales were manufactured in Vir- 

 ginia, as nearly as can be estimated. The crop of 

 the United States which was brought to market 

 during the last twelve months, is ascertained to 

 have been 1,205,400 bales, of which 



756,300 were exported to Great Britam, 



216,220 to France, 



42,760 to the north of Europe, 



12,1.50 to other ports, making a 



total of 1,027,430 bales, being 160,000 more than 

 were exported the preceding year, and showing an 

 increase of 135,000 bales in the quantity brought 

 to market. It appears, however, that the quantity 

 manufiictured in Euro])e also increases annually, 

 and that the supply from other countries than this, 

 has rather diminished. It appears that 196,000 

 bales were manufjictured in the United States dur- 

 ing the twelve months. The crop produced this 

 year is by many intelligent persons estimated to be 

 even larger than the last, for although an unfavora- 

 ble season has injured the quality, and diminished 

 the product in the Atlantic States, the great emi- 

 gration to the south west, and the annual increase 

 of cultivation, more than compensates f()r a defi- 

 ciency in the productiveness of any portion of the 

 widely extended territory, of which cotton is the 

 chief staple, and by which the planters are rapidly 

 enriched. The price of the new crop opened at 

 14 cents in Petersburg and Norfolk, and at about 

 the same in southern markets. It has since ad- 

 vanced to 14| cents for the best quality, in conse- 

 quence of reported injury to the Southern and 

 Western crops. The current prices in Peters- 

 buro", are from 13f to 14J. Compared with last 

 year's crop it is much later, and the quality not so 

 o-ood. Very little has yet been brought to our 

 markets: by the 1st of November last year, one- 

 fifth of the crop had arrived. 



There has been no pressure for money during 

 the past two months, and little business done in 

 wdiich to em))loy it, except l)y dealers in stocks. 

 An advance has taken place in almost all descrip- 

 tions of State loans and Bank stocks, which may, 

 as regards the former, be ascribed to the rate of 

 exchange on England, vvhere such stock is ulti- 

 mately sold. The Commonwealth obtained 107 

 for a loan at 5 per cent. Virginia Bank Stock 

 sells at 110 — Fanneris Bank at 108 — Exchange 

 on England 107^, being about the relative mint 

 value of gold in the respective countries, when 



