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FARMERS' REGISTER, 



[No. 9 



it boil up, and you have a soup that is superior to 

 the best French cookery. It is a great waste to 

 throw away the liquor in which meat and vegeta- 

 bles have been boiled. 



For the Farmers' Register. 

 MONTHLY COMMEKCIAL BEPORT. 



Markets have undergone little change during 

 the month. Wheat and flour command nearly 

 the same prices as in October. The former 1,55 

 to 1.70 per bushel ; the latter 8 to 8,25 per barrel. 

 The averages ol" wheat in England continued to 

 decline, until the duty reached nearly 22 shillings 

 per quarter; but at latest dates prices were again 

 advancing ; and during the winter, whilst the Bal- 

 tic is closed by ice, it is probable the stoppage of 

 supplies from thence may cause the duty to re- 

 cede again to its minimum. The receipts of flour 

 at New York from the west have been about the 

 same as last year ; but these will now cease until 

 the spring, when the supply will be very large. 

 Indian corn has fallen to 90 cts. per bushel. To- 

 bacco continued to advance in England until the 

 price reached 6d. to 12d. — embracing common leaf 

 to fine strips ; and in our markets, prices range 

 from $7 to S16 — including inlerior lugs to good 

 stemmed. Scarcely any of the old crop remains 



to be brought to market ; and the receipts of new 

 are confined chiefly to primings and suckers. The 

 high price inducing the planters to save what 

 has generally been worthless. 



The new cotton of Virginia and North Caroli- 

 na is of inferior quality, and the quantity far short 

 of an average crop; it sells at 10 to 11^ cts., while 

 old commands 11 to 12^ els. Prices abroad are 

 well sustained, considering the great increase of 

 supply. Few droves of hogs have arrived; and 

 the price is ^9,50 to $10 per 100 lbs. Exchange 

 on London 9| to 10 premium. X. 



Nov. 28, 1838. 



PLANTING FRUIT TREES. 



From the Maine Farmer. 



It should be remembered that the proper time 

 for planting fruit seeds and nuts of all kinds is the 

 fall, or at any rate the seeds should be suffered to 

 freeze in the ground during the winter. The ac- 

 tion of the frost cracks the hardshell and gives 

 the sprout an opportunity to grow. It is some- 

 times the case that the frost is not sufficiently se- 

 vere to crack the shell of hard nuts, such as wal- 

 nuts, oilnuts peach stones, &c. In such case 

 they should be taken up in the spring and the 

 shell cracked, care being taken not to bruise or in- 

 jure the meat, and then plant them where your 

 wish them to remain. 



Table of Contents of Farmers^ Register, J\^o, 9, T*ol, 1^1. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 



Treatise on the culture of silk (No. 3 and last) 513 

 The comparative unfitness of the northern states 



for the moras multicaulis ... - 521 

 Some of the blessings of emigrating to the north- 

 western states ..-.-. 521 

 Address to the Agricultural Society of Cumber- 

 land 535 



Address to the Agricultural Society of Rock- 

 bridge -------- 538 



Rough field-notes, No. I. 554 



Curious extracts from the ancient laws of Virgi- 

 nia, with remarks 558 



Unrotted leaves as manure ... - 563 



Singular and fatal disease of horses - - - 563 



A suggestion for improving chimneys - - 564 

 The Norfolk Commercial Conrention, and its 



proceedings ...... 565 



The corn and smaller crops of Nansemond - 574 



Monthly commercial report - - - - 576 



To correspondents ------ 576 



SELECTIONS. 



On building and filling ice-houses 

 The forests of America - 

 Indian rubber, or Caoutchouc - 



516 



518 

 520 



Page 



Antiseptic property of honey . - - - 520 

 Notice of Joyce's apparatus for heating by 



steam 520 



Agricultural societies and cattle shows - - 522 



Cursory remarks on East Florida in 1838 - - 524 

 The milk-sickness, or puking complaint of the 



west - 533 



Spanish cheese pumpkin 542 



Premiums awarded by the Agricultural Society 



of Albemarle 543 



Glander's communicated from a horse to a man - 543 



Sinking of drained swamp land - . - 544 



Comparative expense of oxen and horses - - 545 



Fish as manure ------ 546 



Sheep husbandry of R. K. Meade, dec. - - 546 

 Directions for making compost manure of peat, 



by Lord Meadowbank 548 



Construction and filling of ice-houses - - 550 



Essay on the proper size of farms - - - 551 



Cleaning neat cattle 556 



Kentucky cattle 557 



Silk-culture 557 



Preservation of the potato . . - - 573 



Silk Culture 575 



Removing mulberry trees - . - - 575 



Soup 575 



Planting fruit trees 576 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



The following communications were received too late to be inserted in this number. 



"Proceedings of Fredericksburg Agricultural Society"— '* Remarks on Princeana, and on 

 mulberry culture"—" Humbug, No. I."—" Mistake in the figure or description of the marl indica- 

 tor. " 



