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equally ihe expense ol" sucit an enclosure as is 

 usual in the vicinity, and in case ol' default of 

 either, the amount is recoverable before a magis- 

 trate. 



This strikes me as a most wise provision; for 

 occasionally you meet with a selfish, perver?e 

 man, who will contribuie nothiniT to such an en- 

 closure, although eqaally benefited, because he 

 knows the other party would sooner erect the en- 

 tire fence, than be, without it, liable to constant 

 annoyance: and in such cases this provision would 

 apply most happily. 



I have ventured, my dear sir, to give you these 

 ideas, thinking you might choose to embody them 

 in some publication of your own on the subject, if 

 thought worth it: but not to be published as 

 coming from me. 



[The condition required by our correspondent in his 

 last sentence, is complied with by our withholding his 

 signature. — Ed. Far. Reg.] 



For the Faimois' Register. 

 MONTHLY C0IVI3IERCIAL REPORT. 



Markets have undergone little variation this 

 month. Tobacco continues in good demand at 

 $4 to ^11 per 100 lbs., including all sorls except 

 fancy qualities for manufacturing. The quantity 

 inspected greatly exceeds that oflaslyearto same 

 date, the price being an inducement to get it to 

 Tnarket. 



Cotton commands (in Petersburg) 8| to 9| 

 ■cents, according to quality. The receipts at the 

 various ports of shipment in the United States, are 

 about 1,550,000 bales against 1,230,000 at same 

 time last year. The demand lor cotton goods in 

 England being very dull, this excess of the raw 



material must cause prices to continue low for 

 some time. 



The growing crop of wheat is reported to look 

 fine generally ; but in some parts of the country, 

 the insect called chinch-bug has attacked it and 

 done considerable injury. 



Internal exchanges are improving, but the dif- 

 ference between some places is still very great; 

 as for instance, lietween New York and Natchez, 

 20 per cent., IMobile 12, New Orleans 8, Charles- 

 ton 5, and Virginia 4. Bills on London are 10 

 per cent, premium in Richmond. 



Since the resumjiliou of specie payments in 

 New York, there is little or no pressure on the 

 money market, and stocks generally have ad- 

 vanced. The importations of specie have con- 

 tinued to a very large amount. 



The last legislature of New York authorised 

 the establishment of private banks to an unlimited 

 extent. Those persons who engage in the busi- 

 ness, are required to deposite with the couqitroller of 

 the state, the amount of capital on which they 

 wish to operate, in such United Stales or stale 

 slocks bearing 5 per cent, interest, as he shall ap- 

 prove, and can receive from him an equal amount 

 in bank notes properly countersigned, so that the 

 issues of notes will be limited to the amount of se- 

 curity thus deposited, and made responsible lor 

 their redemption. 



Should this system be found to work well, as 

 is confidently believed it will, the example will 

 doubtless be followed by other states, and it may 

 introduce a system of banking less liable to abuse 

 than that which now exists. 



The facilities of communication on the main 

 line of rail roads have been increased this month 

 by the opening of one between Richmond and 

 Petersburg, and by the completion of the bridge 

 over tiie Roanoke at Gaston, and of a portion of 

 the rail road south of that place. X. 



' 3Iay 23, 1838. 



Table of Contents of Warmers^ Meg ester ^ ./^>. 3, l^ol, F*!. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 Advantage of obtaining seed wheat from cold- 

 er climates. Benefit of marl and gypsum on 



sweet potatoes, 129 



Perpetual fertility of certain soils, - - - 130 



Liming and marling in Matthews county, - 142 



Marling in Queen Ann's county, Md., - - 144 



The morals of manunng, . - - . i5i 



Deep ploughing, &c., Ifi4 



Baden corn. Marl beds of South Carolina, - 17.3 

 On the rotation for grain farms, - - - 177 

 Remarks on the soils and agriculture of Glou- 

 cester county, 178 



Law of New- York in regard to trespassing stoclc 



and division fences, 191 



Monthly commercial report, . - - . 192 



SELECTIONS. 



Phosphorescent plants, 129 



Rail-roads and steam-boats, - - - - 131 



East-India caoutchouc 132 



Origin of coal 132 



Remarkable clearness of the air, a precursor of 



rain, 132 



Beer, - - - - - - - 132 



Enamelled hardware, 133 



On the causes which produce double flowers in 



plants, 134 



Harvesting of corn, 



Organization and functions of animals and plants 

 compared, ------- 



Catastrophe in' a mine, - - - - - 



Plants growing under glass, . - - - 



Lime as manure, 



Report of Netherby farm, Cumberland, Eng- 

 land, 



Relation of soils to manures, - - - - 



Use of fish manure in England, 



The price of rents, and of the tenant's " good- 

 will" in Ireland, ------ 



Manures for wheat, 



Taming wild horses, 



Reaping machine, - - ' - 



General account of the tobacco trade of the 

 United States, 



JaufTret's new manure, 



Treatise on bone-manure, . . - - 



On the cultivation of small farms, - - - 



Route of the Michigan and Illinois canal. 



Culture of onions, 



Beavers in Surry county, . - - - 



Loss of species of plants, . - - - 



Silk-worms fed on rice, 



Completion of removing the great raft on Red 

 river, 



Age and size of trees, 



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