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FAKMiiiiiS' REGISTER 



[No. 7 



Length 



Width, 



inches 



Ik " 



5^ inches 

 6^ " 



8^ inches', 



8i " 



8^ " 



9h " 

 Four leaves not lobed, measured — 

 Length 6^ inches, Width, 



7| " 



7i „ 



7^ " 

 The length of each was fixed by a straight line from 

 the point of the leaf, to the junction of the leaf and 

 the stem. The longest line, would have been to the 

 shoulder of the leaf, and would have exceeded the 

 central lines by from half an inch to nearly an inch. 

 These leaves will compare well in size with any of 

 the new varieties (except the muUicauUs,) which have 

 been so much pufled in nursery-men's late advertise- 

 ments. Any one of these seedlings would serve, with 

 o-ood puffing and good luck, in skilful hands, as a stock 

 in trade from which to sell some thousands of dollars 

 worth of cuttings. Each one is the only individual of a 

 new variety— its qualities totally unknown, and there- 

 fore may be announced as Vvfliatever the seller pleases — 

 and there is no knowing how much profit may be made 

 of its product, before it is sufiiciently tried by purchasers 

 to be known, and properly appreciated. If any one in 

 the humbug line wishes to avail of such a chance, we 

 will sell him our seedlings for .'^•20 a-piece, and ask no 

 questions. Along side of the row of seedlings, and at 

 about three feet distance, is a row of young mulUcaulis 

 trees, which have been treated precisely in the same 

 manner. An impression of one of the largest leaves 

 of these was taken, for comparison, which measures 

 10| by 9\ inches. 



From t!ie (Diitish) Fanncrii' Magazine. 

 DEEP PLOUGHING— TREADING IN SEED. — EA- 

 TABLE PRIZE ANiaiALS. 



On Mr. Barker's health being given from the 

 chair, this gentleman rclurnedllianks, staled the 

 great improvement in ploughing, which had 

 resulted li'om the distribution ot premiums, at 

 plouglwng matches, and which had amounted to 

 £40, and after relerring toother local improve- 

 ments, he proceeded to say — 



"Ivvill detail to you an experiment, which I 

 made last year in deep ploughing. I ielt at first in- 

 clined to try the press, but some said try the drill, 

 some the broadcast, and at last I selected the drill, 

 and had the seed trodden in by my Lord Lordsdale's 

 horses, when they were at exercise, and after- 

 wards Iiad a Hock of 400 or 500 sheep driven over 

 it. The produce of this land averaged seven quar- 

 ters (56 bushels) and one peck an acre through- 

 out 22 acres — (the total product amounting to 

 £402 3s. 9d. r= to 81,785, or .«<81 the acre,)"and 

 from two bushels and one peck of seed per acre 

 sown; and I wish you would try the experiment 

 of treading in the wheat, or fixing it firmly in the 

 ground, which I am sure will lead to a similar re- 

 sult. As regards the exhibition of animals, I 

 think we are still wrong in principle, and in en- 

 deavoring to produce so much fat. If we paid 

 greater attention to the increase of eatable flesh, I 

 am certain a great improvement might be effect- 

 ed, especially in the quality of Leicestershire 



sheep and pigs. When our prize animals are 

 killed, what do vvc find? Why perhaps five or 

 six inches of fat to one of lean. I intended, ano- 

 ther year, lo offer a premium for that animal 

 which, when dead, shall show the most lean, and 

 I hope that some one will offer a similar pig pre- 

 mium. I nmst beg you to take my hints about 

 fat and lean into consideration, and see whether wc 

 cannot produce a greater quantity of eatahle meat, 

 than we have hitlierto done." 



Frnin tlic Genesee Farmer. 

 SHEEP WORM. 



There is a fly that deposits its eggs in the nos- 

 trils of sheep, usually in August and September, 

 where it hatches, and then makes its way up into 

 the head and often causes deatii. The frequent 

 application of tar to the noses of sheep, is consi- 

 dered the best preventive. Put tar on boards and 

 strew on salt, and the sheep will smear their 

 noses with tar in eating the salt. The following 

 method is recommended by some sheep master. 

 Take a small log, dress it a little upon the upper 

 side, bore holes into it with a large auger at 

 short intervals, about two or three inches deep, fill 

 these holes with salt, and with a brush apply tar 

 as often as once a week around the holes, and 

 give the sheep daily access to the salt. A small 

 quantity of tar frequently given to sheep is consi- 

 dered conducive to their health. Alexander Reed, 

 esq. of Washington county, Penn., observes, "we 

 have long been satisfied that the use of tar as a 

 medicine or condiment for sheep has not been duly 

 appreciated. The cough and ibul nose, J am dis- 

 posed to think, are both produced from the same 

 disease. When we notice them we lose no time 

 in removing them from the flock, and make a free 

 use of tar. It rarely fails to efi'ect a cure in a [ew 

 days, unless the animal is old or unsound." 



ON THE SUGAR AND COTTON REGIONS OP THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



To tlio Edilor of tlic Farmers' Register. 



/Alabama, y/iigust }6th, 1838. 

 1 propose (as an inquiry of some interest) to 

 give some general views of the most suitable re- 

 (^ions for the profitable culture of cotton and sugar, 

 and, incidentally, ofcorn and potatoes, wheat and 

 the small grains. The sugar region may be con- 

 sidered from towards the equator to latitude 3P. 

 The cotton from 31° to 35". Corn, wheat, and 

 the grasses, from 33° to 40° and beyond. A cor- 

 rect comparison of the profits of each, in their 

 most suitable situations, will approximate them 

 much closer than on a superficial view might be 

 thought. I shall commence with the cotton region, 

 as that with which I am best acquainted ; and be 

 more full on it, as my own opinions are at variance 

 with what I believe the general opinion. That 

 opinion is, that cotton will not be a productive crop 

 below 3P, whenever it shall be the general 

 crop of the country, and that beyond 35°, the 

 climate is too cold for it. Suitableness of soil and 

 judiciousness of cultivation combined, may make 

 some exceptions ; but it will be found generally 

 correct. Light and free soils, in Virginia and 

 North Carolina, above 35°, may make it occasion- 

 ally the interest of the proprietor to cultivate cot- 



