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FAllJMERS' REGISTER 



The manure, though green (rom ihe stable, as 

 The season was wet, was of much service, which 

 I suppose would not have been the case, had ihe 

 season been dry. 



In my opinion the experiment proves unequivo- 

 cally, that in wet or rainy Eeusuns, such as the 

 past has been, a crop of corn may be trebled, and 

 that with a great reduction of labor. What could 

 be done such a year as was that of 1S39, remains 

 to be tested. Very respectfully. &.c. 



GkO. W. WlLLIASIS. 



Bourbon County, September 24, 1840. 



We do certify. That wm have this day 

 accurately measured tlie quantity of corn giown 

 by Geo. W. Williams, as an experiment in the 

 mode of cultivation ; that we have also accurately 

 measured the land so cultivated by him, and we 

 find the land contains one acre and one eighth of 

 an acre, and the quantity of corn is one hundred 

 and seventy-eight t)ushels, making at the rate of 

 one hundred and fifty -eight bushels and two-ninths 

 of a bushel to the acre. 



Will. P. Hume, 

 Geo. Mooke, 

 Joseph H. Clay, 

 R. r. Rankixs, 



BUCKWHEAT. 



from llie Cutlivator. 



Mr. Haynes of Natick infiirms u-sthat lie has 

 eight acres of his light warm land in buckwheat. 

 He sowed it on the ihird oi July, on Ihe furrow, al- 

 ter once ploughing, and in addition to his buckwheat 

 seed he sowed one bushel of rye to ihe acre. The 

 rye has come up and is wailing lor the buckwheat 

 to be taken off, when it will take its turn. Air. 

 H. means to let it grow until June, then plough 

 ii in and sow buckwheat ana rye again — ihe one 

 lor harvesting and the other lijr a next year's 

 green crop. Mr. Hay nes ploughed his land but 

 once. A neighborof his plouglied simdar ground 

 twice, and his crop is noi so good as that where 

 the plough went but once. 



IRISH POTATOES RAISEO VROM SLIPS. 



Mr. Cortselt, of Stapleton, near Bristol, has 

 succeeded in raising this valuable root from the 

 cuttings. Mr. C. says, reasoning upon the analoiry 

 of the potato to the dahlia, I was induced in the 

 spring to try an experin)ent on cuiiings, and have 

 succeeded admirably, having from vvhite-a[)[)le 

 and Fox's seedlings (an early potato) produced a 

 good crop of full sized potatoes, many of which 

 weighed half a pound. 



The method was this: when the potatoes were 

 about nine inches high, I cut oil the tops about 

 six inches long, planted them in a line about eight 

 inches apart with a flat dibble, [)ref-sing ihe earth 

 carefully against ihem, gave them water and 

 afterwards hoed them as an ordinary crop. I pro- 

 duced this way at the rate of 1 10 pound,3 per rod. 

 — ./Cii^liah paper. 



IRON COTTAGES. 



A model of a coltatie, entirely constructed of 

 iron, has been exhibi:ed in Glasgow, of an elegant 

 structure, and so well adapted to the purposes de- 

 signed, that no doubt can be entertained of its fit- 

 ness lor general adoption, as well on the English 

 coast, as in the interior. Tlie model contains six 

 chambers, a kitchen, wash-house, and other con- 

 veniences. A cottage constructed according to 

 this model, would cost 250/. sterling. A double 

 house, that is, one containing fourteen chambers, 

 would cost 500/., whic'i is not half the cost of a 

 similar one built of common materials. Besides, 

 it could be prepared in the course of two months. 

 The iron trade of a country might gain nmch by 

 this kind of construction. — Rec. Soc. Polyt. 



PRESERVING FRUIT FROM LATE FROSTS. 



The fruit of trees whose precocious bloom ex- 

 poses them to the destructive influence of late 

 frosts, may have their flowering retarded by a 

 removal, during, Ihe winter, of the earth around 

 the roots; so as to permit Uie frost to descend 

 deeper, and thus to check the too early ascension 

 of the sap. Many southern horticulturists have 

 resorted to this plan with retyped to their almonds 

 apricots, peaches, &c. In this way the flowering 

 has been retarded more tiian a forinighi, and late 

 frosts have not attacked them. — Idem. 



INSPECTIONS OF TOBACCO IN VIRGINIA, TO 

 SEPTEMBER 30. 



Petersburg 



Richmond 



Lynchburg 



Farmville 



Danville 



Milton 



Clarksville 



Tye River 



n '^°" ? supposed 

 Deans ^ ' ' 



REARING HOGS. 



From ttie Fanners' Cabinet. 



3Ir. Editor, — I wish to add my testimony to 

 that of" Siam," at page 42 of the Cabinet for Au- 

 gust : I have never been able to rear the first lit- 

 ter of pigs from a young sow with credit to my- 

 self, or profit to any one, and it is now my practice 

 to kill them lor roas'ers, rather than make another 

 attemj)!. 1 have, however, seen some who have 

 been more fortunate, but, as a general rule, I be- 

 lieve the thing, as I have stated it, is well estab- 

 lished ; and in a paper, which I have now before 

 me, "The Carolina Planter," 1 find the following 

 observation. 



" It is a fact of common observation, with even 



