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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



MONTHLY COMBIERCIAL REPORT. 



For the Farmers' Register. 



The commencement of the year Ibund tlie navi- 

 gation of our rivers closed by ice; and sucJi was 

 ihe accumuiaiion at Richmond that it has not yet 

 .disappeared. The receipls and shipment ofgoods 

 and produce having tiius been suspended, except 

 so far as it could be effected by rail roads, the busi- 

 ness of the month has been much smaller than 

 usual; and tlie resources of the mercaritile commu- 

 nity being in a great measure cut otf, money has 

 been exceedingly scarce. Advices from Europe 

 have also been retarded : the steam packet which 

 was to have left London on the 1st January, not 

 being yet reported. 



Prices of most articles have declined. Tobacco 

 about 75 cents per 100 ; cotton about one cent per 

 lb. The general sales ot tobacco are from SJ3 to 

 ^6 for lugs, to middling leaf; good and fine would 

 of course command higher rates. Cotion 8 to 10 

 cents, being higher than in any of the southern 

 ports ; in these the range of sales is generally be- 

 tween 7 and 9 cents, but in the interior markets as 

 low as 5 to 7 cents, which is the quotation at 

 Columbus, Georgia. The crops in that part of 

 the country and in Alabama cannot be got to the 

 ports of shipment, owing to the low stale of the 

 rivers. The quantity produced exceeds that of any 

 former year, and threatens to overstock all mar- 

 kets. Wheat and flour have advanced within the 



last week; the former maybe quoted $1 10 to 



^1 18 per bushel; and flour $6. The export of 

 both articles to Europe is unusually large ; and it is 

 fortunate that there is such an outlet, as the quan- 

 tity which will be biought to market from the west 

 must be very great. 



Indian corn may be quoted 50 to 55 cents per 

 bushel. Some small shipments making to Euro- 

 pean markets. 



Stocks of almost every description are much de^ 

 prccialed, and the enormous li-auds, in some bank- 

 ing institutions of the large cities, which have 

 been recently disclosed, tend to shake confidence in 

 Ihem. X. 



January 30, 1840. 



CROP OF JAMAICA. 



The Jamaica Royal Gazette of the 21st Nov, 

 estimates the deficiency in crop of the Island of 

 Jamaica at one third the expoits oflast year. The 

 •iilling ofl", as shown by official returns, has been 

 on the Ibllowing articles : — On sugar to the amount 

 of 18,135 hhds, 3,070 tierces and 1,510 barrels : on 

 rum, 9,826 puncheons, 165 hhds. and 396 casks ; 

 on cofl'ee, 2,897,974 lbs. ; and on ginger, 1,542 

 casks, and 1,062 bags. These deficiencies, it is 

 stated, have resulteii from the want of labor (not 

 laborers,) to take off the crops. The seasons have 

 been favorable and productions abundant. 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMEUs' REGISTER, NO. I. VOL. VJII. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



The four shift rotation, with pea-fallow added. 



Remarks on other modification of rotation 

 New schemes of rotations, with green manure 



crops - - - - _ - 



Application of manures and their effects. 



Sheep - - - - - 



Comparative view of the profits arising from 

 the culture of corn and of silk, on poor soils 

 Record of temperature and weather, con- 

 nected with feeding silk-worms, at the co- 

 coonery of the Potomac Company 

 Governmental obstacles to the introduction of 



tropical plants in South Florida - 

 Curing cocoons - - - - 



Remarks on the use of salt in agriculture. 



Poudrette. Treatment of horses 

 Advice to new silk or agricultural societies 

 Kidney seed cotton . . . - 



Explanation . . . - 



On making experiments . . . 



Excogitations . . . - 



Sources of error in experiments of the product 

 of different kinds of corn - . - 



Promiscuous remarks ... 



The Galactometer, or instrument for measuring 

 the richness of milk, and detecting adulter- 

 ations . . . . . 

 The a, b, c, of silk culture - . - 

 Milk that will not produce butter 

 Machine for husking and shelling corn 

 The weather - - - - - 

 Monthly commercial report 



SELECTIONS. 



Roots. Necessity for other products than corn 



for stock. Rotations. Farming in England - 

 On liming land . . . - 



Report on swine . . . . 



Reeling silk .... 



Search for calcareous manures - - r 



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Food for hogs. Jerusalem artichokes and 

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Mode of keeping ice for several years 



Sugar versus cotton . . . . 



Artificial divisions of a farm 



Soap-making - . . . 



G. G. Gleason's experiment of rearin" 

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Root culture . . . . . 



Importing work horses from France 



Preservation of silk-worms' eggs. Ice-house 

 not the only place to retard or prevent their 

 hatching . . . . . 



Experiment of Aaron Clapp in rearing silk- 

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Millet 



Causes of seeds not germinating 



Thinning out the leaves of vines injurious to 

 the fruit . . . . . 



The cotton crops of the world 



Proceedings of the Ruffin Silk Society in 

 Norfolk 



Agriculture in Kentucky . . . 



Egg-hatching exhibition ... 



On the culture of celery . . . 



Address, delivered before the Mason, Cabell 

 and Kenawha Agricultural Society 



On the injurious effects of Kyan's anti-dry-rot 

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Prematuie flowering of fruit trees and shrubs 



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An essay on the best and cheapest mode of 

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Drainage of lands by steam power - 



Cultivation of cotton - - - . 



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