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I have been thus particular, beinw desirous that 

 whoever may wish to raise this grass, may suc- 

 ceed, as a number of my friends have been disap- 

 pointed for want of proper management. 



Thy assured friend, Jamks Byrd. 



P. S. If the seed is sown on winter wheat in 

 the spring, it ought to be done when the ground 

 ia neither too wet nor too dry, but when il will 

 crumble. 



Flashing, 2d mo., IWi, 1840. 



For the Farmers' Rci;ister. 

 MOKTIir.Y COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



The only indication of a favorable change in 

 commercial aH'airs is the improved state of domes- 

 lie exchanges, which, in the Atlantic slates, with 

 a few exceptions, do not exceed five per cent.: 

 thus indicating a tendency to the resumption of 

 .specie payments. But it is remarkable that, with 

 the largest crops ever produced in the west and 

 southwest, the rate of exchange against New Or- 

 leans and Mobile has increased within the last 

 two months. 



The receipts of cotton, in ail ports, reach nearly 

 fo 2,150,000 bales, against 1,315,000 to 1st July, 

 1839. The price has undergone little variation 

 for some weeks ; 6 to 9 cents embracing most 

 sales, and 5 to 10 the extremes. Foreign markets 

 have of course been influenced by the certainty of 

 receiving larger supplies than can possibly be 

 wanted by the manuiacturers until another crop 

 shall mature. On the prospects of this growing 

 crop epeculfttors must base their operations. As 

 yet, the only disaster it has suH'ered, has been from 

 the inundations of the rivers in all the cotton 

 growing stales. 



The British manufacturers complain that there 

 is no demand Ibr goods for the supply of this 

 country, and that one of their most important le- 

 eourceg is thus cut off. 



The export of flour and grain to England, 



which has been very extensive, will result unpro- 

 fitably to tfie shippers; as, alter the cry of de- 

 ficiency and a()prehended starvation, the prospect 

 of a very good and ver}' early crop this year has al- 

 layed ail apprehension. Flour in Liverpool is worth 

 but about 24 shillings sterling per barrel ; being 

 lower than in Havre and other French ports. 

 The crop of wheat produced in the United States 

 last year far exceeds that of any previous one. 

 The supply (i^om the stales bordering on the lakes 

 and the Ohio, seems lo be inexhaustible. 



The harvest in V^jrginia is now liir advanced ; 

 and although not a very abundant, is considered 

 a very good one. The weather has generally 

 been favorable hiiherto, atid the quality of the 

 grain is good. No price is yet established ; but it 

 cannot be high, when flour sells at iB4i per barrel. 

 Corn is worth 50 cents per bushel. 



The cropol'tobacco is also most abundant: that of 

 Virginia is estimated to be 50,000 hhds., of Ken- 

 tucky nearly ihe same, and of Maryland and Ohio, 

 about 34,000 hhds. With so heavy a supply, 

 prices are well sustained ; ihe general sales at the 

 inspections being from $3^ to ^11 per hundred. 

 The small stocks held in Europe induce shippers 

 to pay these prices. 



Slocks are generally low, particularly those of 

 banks, railroads, and manulacluring companies, 

 whose operations are all injuriously aflected by 

 the deranged state of commerce and the currency. 



To give an idea of the receipts of produce at 

 New Orleans, those of the prominent articles, 

 from October Ist lo June 15th, are annexed : 



Cotton, ... - 902,000 bales. 



Tobacco, - - - - 38,000 hhds. 



Sugar, - - - - 37,500 hhds. 



Flour, . . - - 450,000 barrels. 



Whiskv, - - - 45,000 barrels. 



Lead, " - - - - 220.000 pigs. 



Bacon and pork, about - 33,500,000 pounds, 

 (including 4,700 hhds., 118,000 bbls., and 6,200,- 

 000 pounds in bulk,) besides many other commo- 

 dilies to a larire amount. X. 



June 24, 1840. 



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



OHIOINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 On the different proposed schemes of rotations. . . .337 



Oil the objections fo marling in the south 341 



Manuring 368 



Remarks on corn culture, beans, &c 369 



The earliest notices of silk culture of this season. .377 



The second Physick humbug 380 



Monthly commercial report 384 



SELECTIONS. 



Lucerne, or French clover 321 



Agriculture of France 323 



Essay on the nature and importance of agricultu- 

 ral education 331 



Hot air furnace 338 



The grape vine. 339 



Poultry 340 



Remarks on the propriety of using marl in South 



Carolina 341 



Extract from the reoort on the culture of the mul- 

 berry, and the mode of rearing silk-worms in 



Pa?e 



the environs of Paris in 1836 343 



Model filature at Philadelphia 349 



Different soils in Kentucky, and the conjectured 

 formation of the rich lands around Lexington.. .350 



On shoeing horses 353 



Harvesting of corn 354 



Directions for clearing land 355 



The bee-moth 355 



On the cultivation of fruit trees 357 



Notes on European agriculture 357 



Rhode Island agriculture 363 



Essex agriculture 363 



Wire- worm 364 



Gatherings from graveyards 365 



Edgings for a flower garden 367 



Powers of the Arab horse 368 



Notes on northern silk-culture 370 



Lime and lime burning 375 



Manure from leaves. Cowpens 381 



Green manures. Buckwheat 382 



On the culture of lucerne 3S3 



*^* The communication on the " Analogy of the generation and reproduction of plants and 

 animals," and " Remarks on the vegetable kingdom, soils, &c," will appear in No. 7. 



