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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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the several small dealers in their aggregate would 

 be saved the labor and expense of about eight 

 thousand journeys annually to northern cities to 

 obtain that which can be obtained on better terms 

 at home. Ii is an axiom to be relied on in all ope- 

 rations that a subdivision ol" labor facilitates per- 

 fection. Your committee will therefore add that 

 our retail business may be done with far less ca- 

 pital, as the merchants who are near the markets 

 from which they obtain supplies may purchase 

 more frequently and not be subject to purchase at 

 any time too large amounts, and less loss will be 

 sustained to them by change of fashion or damage, 

 or from the pecuniary pressure consequent upon 

 the use of credit beyond the means of payment. 

 This simple system (humble as it is) once put in 

 operation, will enable the people to unite their best 

 exertions with the great cause of internal im- 

 provement, which will soon render the remote 

 portions of Virginia and North Carolina as fa 

 miliar in intercourse eis they are friendly in senti- 

 ments. 



Your committee will further remark that a pros- 

 perous business will enable us to accumulate 

 capital from our labor and enterprise ; and they 



flatter themselves that future legislation will ex- 

 tend such fostering privileges as our best interests 

 and investments may require. 



Yourconmiiitee, prompted by sentiments of filial 

 patriotism and devotion {o our whole coiuitry, will 

 further add, that tlie restoration of our trade and 

 prospe.ry, through the exercise of our clearly re- 

 served rights, giving our citizens and all who be- 

 come such, (jreat benefits, without infringing on 

 their equal privileges, or the rights of the citizens' 

 of other states, will be another patriotic exam- 

 ple of the Old Dominion, which will be followed 

 by io"'" suti'ering sisters ; and our equal prosperity 

 Fi-T'-xc'iCcess will abate ail sectional jealousy or 

 eavv^'and preserve our UNION for ever. 



Your committee bejr leave to close their labors 

 with the following resolution: 



Resolved, That this convention appoint a com- 

 mittee consisting of twenty-one, whose duly it 

 shall be to memorialize the legislatures of Virgi- 

 nia and North Carolina on the subject of their in- 

 ternal mercantile police and such other matters ais^ 

 are direcctly connected with the restoration of that 

 trade which is enjoyed by citizens of other states.' 



Table of Contents of Farmers'^ Register, JVos. 10 &, 11, J/*ol,\*l^ 



DAVY S AGRICULTtJHAL CHKMISTRY. 



Preface to the first American from the fifth and 

 last English edition .... 577 



Advertisement to the fifth edition - - 577 



Advertisement to the fourth edition - - 577 

 Lecture I. 



Introduction. General views of the objects of the 

 course, and of the order in which they are to be 



discussed page 578 



Lecture II. 



Of the general powers of matter which influence ve- 

 getation ; of gravitation, of cohesion, of chemical 

 attraction, of heat, of light, of electricity ; ponder- 

 able substances ; elements of matter, particularly 

 those found in vegetables; laws of their combina- 

 tions and arrangements .... 584 

 Lecture III. 



On the organization of plants. Of the roots, trunk, 

 and branches; of their structure. Of the epider- 

 mis. Of the cortical and alburnous parts of leaves, 

 flowers, and seeds. Ot the chemical constitution of 

 the organs of plants, and the substances found in 

 them. Of mucilaginous, saccharine, extractive, re- 

 sinous, and oily substances, and other vegetable 

 compounds ; their arrangements in the organs of 

 plants, their composition, changes and uses 590 



Lecture IV. 



On soils : their constituent parts. On the analysis of 

 soils. Of the uses of the soil. Of the rocks and 

 strata found beneath soils. Of the improvement of 



soil 615 



Lecture V. 



On the nature and constitution of the atmosphere, and 

 its influence on vegetables. Of the germination of 



seeds. Of the functions of plants in their different 

 stages of growth ; with a general view of the pro- 

 gress of vegetation ..... 627 

 Lecture VI. 



Of manures of vegetable and animal origin: of the 

 manner in which they become the nourishment of 

 the plant. Of fermentation and putrefaction. Of 

 the different species of manures of vegetable origin: 

 of the different species of animal origin. Of mixed 

 manures. General principles with respect to the 

 use and application of such manures - - 640 

 Lecture VII. 



On manures of mineral origin, or fossil manures : 

 their preparation and the manner in which they act.- 

 Of lime in its different states. Operation of lime 

 as a manure and a cement. Different combinations 

 of lime. Of gypsum: ideas respecting its use. Of 

 other neutro-saline compounds, employed as ma- 

 nures. Of alkalies and alkaline salts. Of common 



salt 649 



Lecture VIII. 



On the improvement of lands by burning. Chemical 

 principles of this operation. On irrigation and its' 

 effects. On fallowing; its disadvantages and uses. 

 On the convertible husbandry founded on regular 

 rotations of dilierent crops. On pasture. Views con- 

 nected with its application. On various agricultu- 

 ral objects connected with chemistry. Conclu- 

 sion .------. 656 



Jlppendix. 



An account of the results of experiments on the pro- 

 duce and nutritive qualities of ditferent grasses, and 

 other plants, used as the food of animals - 663 



ORIGINAL, COMMUNICATIONS. 



Rough field notes, No. II. - - 

 Legislative aid to agriculture, No. I. 



SELECTIONS. 



Remarks on the culture of peas - 



Page 

 691 

 695 



687 



On the improvement of soils in South Caroli- 



lina by marl 689 



Grasses, &.c., for sheep .... 690 

 Proceedings of the Fredericksburg agricultu- 

 ral society 693 



The moon 694 



The Norfolk Commercial Convention - - 699 



ERRATUM— Head line, page 577, for No. 11— read Nos. laand 11. 



