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ed with the utilily of artificial grass, and some 

 have sown largely and are experiencing its ad- 

 vantages. It is easy to talk of experiments, and 

 indeed", to make them ; but nothing more liilla- 

 cious and mischievous, when made without judg- 

 ment or without care, and denounced without a 



lair trial. , ■ ,• n 



Willi respect to artificial grasses, I believe all 

 the ditlerent kinds generally spoken of, are good. 

 I have sown clover, timothy, herds-grass, orchard- 

 grass, and meadow-oat, or, as it is frequently call- 

 ed, Peruvian-grass; but have thought that clover 

 and timothy s''uited me best; dili'erent soils and 

 situations may make some other kinds o( more 

 utility. Where circumstances will permit, the 

 mode practised by myself to procure seed, cer- 

 tainly has succeeded well. I generally make from 

 50 to 60 tons of timothy and clover hay, mixed, 

 and by thrashing a sutlicient part, (always select- 

 ing that best mixed, I obtained seed enough to 

 sow two hundred acres annually. 1 find, that 

 notwithstanding the clover is rather dry belore 

 the timothy is fit to cut, it is very good when put 

 up with timothy slightly cured; and always a 



large proportion of the seed of the latter is sutfi- 

 cieritly matured to answer the purpose. 



When I had the pleasure to be with you some 

 years since, at the Warm Springs, you spoke 

 much in fiivor of deep ploughing; I difiiered in 

 opinion — and you know that we old planters 

 are rather bigoted, and often obstinate. It liow- 

 ever made an impression on my mind, and pro- 

 duced frequent experiments, until at length, from 

 believing liiat very little land would bear it, there 

 is hardly any that would not be improved by it. 



It may be useful to draw the attention of our 

 farmers to the properties ol' white wash, or com- 

 mon lime and water, when applied to the interior 

 of granaries. I have applied it freely to mine (or 

 ten or twelve years, and it has freed them from the 

 weevil, and other noxious insects with which they 

 were infesied, and does, 1 have no doubt, in some 

 measure, preserve the wood. 1 am, sir, with es- 

 teem, respectfully yours, Piiii^ip Tabb. 



P. S. If you think the above contains any use- 

 ful information, be pleased to communicate it in 

 such manner as you may think proper. 



Col. Wilson C. Nicholas, Richmond. 



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



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



New practices. Clover after corn. Clearing 

 land by belting. - - - - 



Blue grass, wire grass, &c. - - 



Correspondence between the Agricultural So- 

 ciety of St. John's, Colieton, S. C, and the 

 Editor - . - - - 



Experiment of deep tillage, and breaking the 

 roots of corn . . - - 



The proper cultivation of, and annual crops 

 for peach orchards . - - - 



Dry measures of capacity 



Three letters from General Washington to Col. 

 Edward Carrington ... 



Death of Dr. Perrine . - - - 



The many-headed wheat ... 



Old wheat for seed - - - - 



Calcareous earth for manure in Loudoun 

 county . . . - - 



Remarks on the foregoing communication. 

 Editorial puff direct 



Aid of the legislature and of agricultural so- 

 cieties required to improve the condition of 

 poor cultivators . . - - 



Experiment of silk-worms reared in the open 

 air - 



Cutting down and stacking corn 



Marling combined with vegetable manures 



Monthly commercial report - 



SELECTIONS. 



Burning coal mines . - - . 



Cultivation of peas . . . - 



Important — eastern lands . - - 



Bark bread in Norway ... 



Blue grass . . . - - 



Culture of blue grass - . . - 



A new and effectual method to kyanize timber 

 Report of Professor Shepard's analysis of the 



soils of Edisto Island 

 The burning mountain ... 



Cabbage plants .... 



Liquorice ..... 

 Improving land by grein crops 



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Explosions in coal mines ... 532 



Rat-catchers and rat-catching - - 535 



Failure of late broods of silk-worms - - 537 



Preservation of cabbages - - - 538 



Cateipillar in the cotton ... 538 

 Tarring trees to protect them from the canker 



worm ..... 538 



Reeling silk in Philadelphia . . - 540 



Rhode Island agriculture ... 5;o 



Report of the Roich farm, N. Providence 541 



Canals and rail-roads of Virginia - - 543 

 Retarding the hatching of eggs, causes of 

 sickness and death of worms, during the 



summer of 1840, &.c. ... 545 



Cleaning clover seed - . - • 547 



Importance of protecting birds - - 548 

 The novel artificial water-power, constructed 



by the Shakers of Canterbury - - 549 

 Okra soup ..... 550 

 Protracted vitality of seeds ... 551 

 Period of gestation in cows - - - 551 

 The shawl-goat in Europe and Australia - 551 

 Orchard destroyed by canker worms - - 553 

 Poultry ..... 553 

 Antidote against mice ... 554 

 Wheat culture .... 554 

 Potatoes from the seed ... 556 

 Oil preparation of manure ... 558 

 Roiled food for poultry ... 559 

 Stucco-wash ... - - 560 

 Second meeting of the English Royal Agri- 

 cultural Society .... 561 

 Cream-pot cattle, and Ten Hills farm - 562 

 Lightning rods for barns ... 562 

 Pasture - - - - - 563 

 Wheat sowing .... 553 

 Separation of lime from magnesia - - 565 

 Tropical products of the Florida islets - 565 

 , The massacre at Indian Key ... 567 

 I The many-headed wheat ... 568 

 I Anti-magnesia .... 569 

 Worms in peach trees ... 571 

 ' Increasing demand for cranberries - - 573 

 Lime and marsh- mud ... 573 

 J Maryland State Agricultural Society - - 574 

 I Artificial grasses, &c. ... 575 



