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protect it from rain and sun, and it will lose much 

 less of its strengih than if exposed. Some may 

 say, that the quantity recommended per acre, is 

 more than can generally be afforded. Unless 

 the land is very strong, or in hijrh tilth, less can 

 not be afforded. Asa. general rule, 5 acres, with 

 100 loads of manure, will produce more corn than 

 10 acres with the same quantity, besides the great 

 saving of labor and ground. It is very clear that 

 farmers generally do not manure their land high 

 enough for Indian corn. Upon sward land, rotten 

 manure is indispensable to give the corn a start, 

 and insure an early and full crop. 



Poudrette is a good substitute Ibr rotten manure 

 when it can be had. 



No farmer should be satisfied until his average 

 crop is at least 75 bushels to the acre. 



A LOVER OF GOOD HUSBANDRY. 



New- York, March, 1840. 



MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



For the Farmers' Register. 



There has been nothing particularly worthy of 

 note in the commercial operations o{' the month, 

 and no material variation in the prices of domes- 

 tic produce. 



Supplies of tobacco, being in proportion to the 

 increased production, are larger than in previous 

 years, and as the better qualities begin to appear, 

 the range of prices is greater; embracing all rates 

 from S3 to S^i and occasionally $2 or ^3 more for 

 a fancy article. With the exception of two or 

 three cargoes of low quality for the north of Eu- 

 rope, and a small quantity for the south, no foreign 

 exports have been made nor will there be for some 



time to come. Indeed foreign markets ofTer no 

 temptation for shipments belbre the regular sea- 

 son. The very high rate of freights has retarded 

 shipments from New Orleans, where the stock is 

 rapidly accumulatintj. Prices there, ,^3 to ^7^. 



or cotton, about 1,750,000 bales have been re- 

 ceived, which greatly exceeds the supply ofany for- 

 mer year to same period, and is 400,000 bales more 

 than the entire receipts ol" the previous one ; leav- 

 int; little doubt that the enormous quantity of two 

 millions of bales was produced in this country ia 

 1839 : an excessive supply, considering the de- 

 pressed state of manulactures on both sides the 

 Atlantic. Prices range fi-om 5^ to 9 cents in the 

 ports. 



The superabundant crops of last year are not 

 confined to tobacco and cotton, but also embrace 

 those of grain. The receipts and exports of flour 

 have been very large ; and the great granary of' 

 the west is just now about to send forth its ample, 

 stores. The price of flour in the Virginia marketa 

 is ^4 62 to S4 75, about the same in Baltimore 

 and Philadelphia, and %5 12 to ^5 50 in New- 

 York. Large shipments have been made to Eu- 

 rope, particularly to England, but the prices there 

 are moderate, considering the reported deficiency 

 of their last crop. 



Indian corn is worth 45 to 50 cents per bushel. 



The rates of inland exchange have not im- 

 proved this month — a difference of about 6 per 

 cent, exists between New York and the southern 

 states; but with some of the western states it is 

 25 per cent.; and indeed the notes of some of their 

 banks are at 75 or 80 per cent, discount. 



The importation of goods from Europe has 

 been unusually small, but has nevertheless ex- 

 ceeded the demand. The spring trade in New 

 York is said to be exceedingly dull. X. 



Jpril 28. 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMERS REGISTER, NO. IV. VOL. VIII. 



•ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Stoves for negroes' dwellings " ". ' 



Review. " Maison Rusiique, du xixe siecle." 

 Ought rich or poor land to have the greater 



number of stalks of corn left to grow ? 

 Mrs. Anderson's present of silk cloth, and 



General Washington's letter of thanks 

 On root culture, and the distances required by 



different roots 



Manuring with green crops - -. - ■ 

 Notes of a steam journey. Wilmington and 

 its rail-way — Steam mills — Rice fields and 

 culture— Charleston — A sandy desert — Pre- 

 daceous and carnivorous plants — Lands of 

 New Hanover county — Calcareous lands of 

 Rocky Point— The savannas— State of agri- 

 culture, and products of the country — Pine 

 forest — The turpentine and tar business — 

 Judge Gaston's reclaimed Pocoson — Marl 

 and limestone of the Neuse and Trent — 

 Odds and Ends — Silk culture in operation 

 and preparation 



Mr. Ronaldson's seeds 



Quantity and value of produce of the county 



of Accomac 



Monthly commercial report - - . - 



SELECTIONS. 



Lime and lime burning .... 



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Essay on cattle ------ 



On flower beds ------ 



Sowing [Kentucky] blue grass - - . 

 A Gloucestershire hill farm - - - - 



Notes on European agriculture - - - 

 A plan of green cropping . - - - 

 To destroy ticks on sheep - . . - 



Devon cattle 



Miss Rapp's silk goods. — Curing cocoons, &c. 

 Account of an agricultural excursion into St. 

 John's, Berkley . - - - - 

 Soil and climate of France - - - - 

 The drag-log and coulter plough - - - 

 On the superior advantages of growing orchard 

 grass with red clover . . - - 

 Preservation of pumpkins - . - - 

 Sugar beet and ruta-baga . . . . 

 Bean pods poisonous to swine . - - 

 Manure and the ill-effects of dirty stables 

 Extract from an address to the Middlesex 

 (Mass.) Society of husbandry and manu- 

 factures 



Rules for overseers 



A new method of painting with milk 

 Important experiment with potatoes 



Culture of the pea 



Root crops --«---- 



Culture of rape 



Culture of Indian corn . - . - 



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