FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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for wet weather and ice. I hire only at harvest, I 

 and gather abundance. By much ploughing 1 

 have lio need of either grubbing hoe or weeding 

 hoe. My fences are substanlial, consequently my 

 crops are sale. The poorer my gound, the deeper 

 1 ploughed, and although the coiiSL-quence was 

 neither as sudden nor wonderful as calling Laza- | 

 rus from the grave, yet it was equally certain. 1 I 

 Keep only a lew milch cows and hog.--, and sheep | 

 for my own purpose." j 



" 1 am informed, Mr. G., that your neighbors | 

 are in the habit of calling you Sweepstakes; please ; 

 tell us why so ?" i 



" I dare not say I know the reason ; and if I 

 did, it would be improper in me to tell it." 



" Mr. H., I know that your residence is in the ' 

 limestone valley, therefore please Icll us something 

 of your operations']" 



•' Our lands are generally equally well adapted 

 to wheat, rye, oats, red-clover and all other com- 

 mon grasses. We do not make very much Indian 

 corn, nor is our soil and climate so well adapted to 

 this grain as the eastern side of the Blue Rid<re ; 

 but the quality of all our grains is superior. We 

 raise some stock for market, and every kind ap- 

 pears to thrive equally well. We have meadows 

 yielding Jrotn one to lour tons of hay to the acre, 

 which are generally watered, and otherwise pretty 

 well managed. We have vast beds of marl, 

 which when cultivated yield astonishing crops, 

 \>rhich is sufficient evidence of their virtue ; but so 

 far as 1 am informed no one has removed and 

 spread any as a manure. We are a healthy, 

 hardy, industrious people, and manage our matters 

 to suit ourselves." 



" Mr. J., lam glad to see you here too, please 

 tell us how vour matters come on 7" 



" O yes, I am iiere too, but as to your disquisi- 

 tions and book farming matters, I don't believe in 

 them." 



" Mr. K., please give us a short sketch before 

 we part 7" 



"I live in the broom-straw country, and can tell 

 you about its management. The Yankees say it 

 only grows in exhausted fields; but in old Virgi- 

 nia it is not so. It is true that the eedize grows 

 only on poor grounds, but it is found on mountains 

 and valleys, both new and old. On rich ground, I 

 have seen the broom five to six feet high, and so 

 Etout that four able horses in a plough could not 

 turn it under. It is a great pest amongst my arti- 

 ficial grasses, but when once I set a good sod of 

 natural grass, I defy it. I once destroyed this pest 

 in a pasture field by runnino; a coulter through it 

 in the fall and winter. When a broom field is 

 about to be broufjht into cultivation, it is best to fal- 

 low and harrow in a crop of rye or oats ; the year 

 after, the sod will be rotten and ready for any 

 other crop." 



" Gentlemen, bed time has come, and we must 

 part ; if ever we meet again, I hope we shall be 

 more advanced in our business ; but if you think 

 this (our fi;st efTort) is worthless, I shall call a 

 meeting no more." Investigator. 



iVovemher, 1840. 



COTTON IN INDIA. 



I'rom llie American Fanner. 



We again call attention to the importance of 

 the movement now making by several powerful 

 interests in England, to secure a rivalry to our 

 ijreat staple in the market of that kingdom, and, 

 as before remarked, we feel ealisfied, from the 

 vaslness of the interests involved, and the jealousy 

 that exists towards the institutions of our country, 

 that every means will be put in requisition to 

 secure the accomplishment of the object in view. 

 The operating interests involved in the experiment 

 rpHy be classed under three heads, either of which, 

 in their separate capacity, mighi be considered 

 formidable. They are — 

 ls>. — The interest of the government of Great 



Britain to secure a supply of cotton for their 



extensive manufactories, in case of a rupture 



with this country. 



2d. — The interest of the powerful East India 

 Company, to increase their commercial gains, 

 already enormously great, and to add to the 

 value of their possessions in that vast region, 

 now under their almost unlimited control. And, 

 .3dly. — The influence of the abolitionists in Eng- 

 land, to gratify their antipathy to the slave- 

 ! holding interests of these stales. 

 I The mere enumeration of these powerful inte- 

 rests are suflicient to induce the conviction that a 

 , most strenuous exertion will be made, and if ta- 

 ' lent, zeal, and money will accomplish the object, 

 { there is no doubt it will be obtained. 



Wiih regard to the Isi division of the subject, 

 ! we would remark, — that the government of Great 

 I Britain has ever maintained a jealousy toward 

 commercial nations. Kngland prides herself on 

 I the idea of being the mistress of the ocean, and 

 I she guards those interests connected with her trade 

 land commerce vviih ui^ceasing vigilance. She 

 never loses sisht of advantages to be gained 

 i therein, knowing as she does that her prosperity 

 ; is vitally identified with her commerce. The Uni- 

 ted Stales is, or bids fair to be her greatest rival, 

 and in the course of time it is not to be expected 

 that collisions will not take place between two 

 powers, each contending for the supremacy, encli 

 jealous of their honor, and each confident in their 

 might. Under such circumstances, England feels 

 herself hampered by her dependence upon us lor 

 our main staple, so necessary at this time to keep 

 her spindles in operation ; bul her history and all 

 experience teaches, that she will not remain in this 

 state of dependence longer than she can find a 

 j waj' for her escape therefrom ; consequently every 

 I inducement may be naturally expected and held 

 I out by her in releasing herself from her present 

 j position — for, disguise it as she will, she is in a 

 measure in commercial bondage to this counlrv, 

 I which will, so long as it lasts, cause her (o he 

 wary in provoking a controversy with us, except 

 in the utmost resort. 



2dly. — The overtrrown power and possessions 

 of the East India Company will naturally induce 

 them to desire to extend their trade and resources; 

 and there has sprung up a rivalry in England by 

 the establishment of a new company, having this 

 very object in view, which will induce them to 

 use their vast resources and illimitable means, to 

 accomplish (if the thing ia atainab!'>) the crr^"' 



