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F A K i\l E R S ' REGISTER 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL, REPORT. 



For the Farmers' Register. 



Supplies of produce pour into our markets from 

 tlie interior, in quantities great, and at prices low, 

 almost beyond precedent. Already about 1350,- 

 000 bales cotton have been received at tbe ports 

 of shipment : nearly equal to the entire receipts of 

 last year. Quotations ol prices in the larije mar- 

 kets at the south and west raniie from 4 to 9 cents ; 

 the largest sales are between 6 and 8 cents. The 

 numbeT of vetsels in those ports being madequate 

 to the demand created by this, and other abundant 

 crops, the rate of Ireight to Europe on cotton has 

 advanced to 2 to 3 cents per pound. 



The supplies of flour, are also very large, and 

 will be greatly increased when the Eriecanal shall 

 be re-opened some weeks hence. The price oi" 

 flour has declined to S^a" *» 84i[, and the exporta- 

 tion of it is checked by want of vessels. The 

 duty m England has advanced to 13 shillings 

 slerlina per bbl., which, with the present high rate 

 of freight, makes the cliarges equal to the first 

 cost. "Thus the wholesome bread which we could 

 furnish and which would tend to extinguish our 

 debts in England, and enable us to import her 

 manufactures, is denied to her mechanics and 

 workmen, who must eat musty flour lor the bene- 

 fit of her land-owners. 



I Indian corn sells at 45 to 50 centa per bushel . 



The tobacco inspections have been thronged , 

 I until lately. Supplies are less abundant just now, 

 owing to the weather and to farming operations. 

 Prices range Irom §2^ to $6-^ per 100, and oc- 

 Icasionally higher for a fine or fancy sample — ge- 

 [ neral sales between i§3 and $6. Scarcely any of 

 the best quality is yet brought to market. 



Low as cotton and provisions are, the manu- 

 facturing establishments at tlie north are said to 

 be doing less work than usual. The scarcity of 

 money, destruction of credit, and derangement of 

 exchanges, have palsied our trade, and all interests 

 feel the blighting eflects. 



Bank paper, based in some of the states on any 

 thing but sound capital, hat-; become in such cases 

 almost worthless, and the rates ol" discount as 

 quoted embrace a range from 5 to 95 per cent. 

 The highest rate is in JMississippi, where, with 

 abundant crops, an almost general bankruptcy 

 prevails. 



The rates of exchange are improving where 

 the banks are sound, and the diU'erence between 

 New York and the southern stales is now reduced 

 to 5 to 7 per cent. Exchange on London is quo- 

 ted in New York, 8 per cent., in Virginia, 14 per 

 cent, premium. X. 



iMarch 24. 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMERS' REGISTER, NO. II. VOL. VIII. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



On the necessity for proper instruction in the 

 art of reehng silk . . - - 



Malaria and mill-ponds - - - - 



BuUeting for spaying . . - - 



Practical results ot silk-culture in Delaware, 

 and opinions thence deduced - - - 



Delightlulness of the climate of Southern Flo- 

 rida. Governmental neglect and abuses, and 

 the means of remedy - - - - 



Domestic industry and products of Italy. Cal- 

 careous soils for vines . . - 



Causes of the erroneous opinions generally en- 

 tertained as to the unhealthmess aud unpro- 

 ductiveness of the Florida Keys 



Seeds irom South Florida . . . 



Remarks on the soils in general, and especially 

 of the ridge-lands of lower Virginia - 



Divers things . - - - - 



The five-field rotation and grazing 



Separate agricultural publications at the Farm- 

 ers' Register Office . - - - 



Preparation of manure - - - - 



Extracts of private correspondence 



A simple and cheap silk reel - - - 



Further remarks on the errors of the translators 

 of Dandolo - . . . . 



Correction of errata . . . . 



To thaw frozen pumps - - - . 



Monthly commercial report - . - 



SELECTIONS. 



Essay on stall-feeding of catUe - 



Pens for swine. Manure 



Beet sugar in Europe - - - . 



Treatment and food for young pigs 



Statement of culture and product of sugar-beet, 



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Page 

 mangel wurtzel, field carrot, and parsnip 



crops ------ 136 



Depth of ploughing - - - . 137 

 Sketch of the causes of the present financial 



prostration of this country ... 141 

 Winter lallow. Greg's and Beatson's systems 



of cultivation . - . . 147 

 Report of the management of a Gloucestershire 



ii^hill farm ----- 151 



Speech of Dr. C. T. Jackson on the application 



of geology to agricultural improvement - 152 

 Report from the commissioner of patents, and 



list of agricultural patents for 1839 - - 157 



Beet-bugar - - . . . 159 



Isabella grape-vines — wine - - . 162 



Notes on European agriculture - - - 164 



Value of birds - - - - - 166 



Eti'ects of emancipation in Jamaica - - 166 

 Cheap steamer for roofs - - . . iQj 

 Method of preserving celery through the win- 

 ter for family use - . . . 167 

 Texan statistics - - - - - 168 



Grafting on the wild cherry ... i7i 



New York State Agricultural Convention - 172 



The extirpation of weeds . - . 173 

 Culture of mangel wurtzel and sugar beet for 



stock - - - - - - 174 



Calcareous soils of lower South Carolina and 



Georgia - . . . . 176 



Red root in clover seed - - - - 177 



Carrots as food ibr horses - . - 177 



Agricultural excursion into St. John's, Berkley 178 



The curculio . - . - . 181 



Cultivation of the plum . - - - 182 



An idea of the universe . . - 184 

 Improvement of cotton lands by flowing with 



brackish water .... 191 



Millet 191 



