368 



THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



Estimate. — It has been estimated by some that 



there was of specie and bullion in the country on 



the 30th September, 1820, - - $18,000,000 



But sav - - - - 20,000,000 



Imported from 1821 to 1841, - 181,589,841 



201,589,841 

 Deduct exported from 1821 to 1841, 138,085,922 



Balance, - 



63,503,919 



SEASON AND CROPS. 



The clear weather mentioned in our notice of 

 last month continued but three days, (which how- 

 ever was the salvation of the greater part of the 

 wheat crops,) alter which rains recommenced and 

 continued every day, for the greater part of July. 

 This remarkable continuance of rains, increased 

 the previous damage of the wheat crop, and lasted 

 through the oat harvest, to the great injury of 

 that crop. The corn crops have sufiered every 



where from the ground continuing too wet to be 

 worked, and especially on all level lands, where 

 much of the growth has been water-soaked until 

 destroyed. 



The continued and heavy rains have caused the 

 rivers to flood their low lands. Great damage has 

 thus been caused to the growing crops of corn 

 and tobacco, and still more to the wheat in shocks. 

 James river, at Richmond and above to Lynch- 

 burg, was higher than has occurred since 1795, 

 and the damage to crops on all those extensive 

 and rich low grounds has been enormous. 



The weather and earth now dry, and rain is 

 wantinar. 



July 29. 



With this number will commence the publica- 

 tinn of a new and enlarged edition of the * Essay 

 on Calcareous Manures,' of which a portion will 

 be issued with each succeeding number of the 

 Farmers' Register. The pages of ihe Essay will 

 be numbered separately, so as to be bound up to- 

 gether, either at the close of this volume, and as 

 a part of if, or separately, if preferred. Either 

 eight or si.xteen pages, (on an average,) in addi- 

 tion to the usual sixty-four, will be given with 

 each number while the publication of the Essay 

 shall form a part. The twelve pages of title, ta- 

 ble of contents, and introductory matter, wfiich 

 will stand first when the publication is completed, 

 are as yet omitted, and will be supplied hereafter, 

 when printed. 



ERRATA. 



In report on Brandon farms. 



Page 281, column 1, lines 42 and 43, for "lbs. of 

 butter," read dollars^ worth of butter. 



At page 277, erase the repetition of the sub-head, 

 " Preparalion for and cultivation of corn." 



In the editorial article, " Farming at Westover," in 

 No. 4, at near end of page 171, there is an incidental 

 reference to the crop of wheat of 1841, as amounting 

 to 5000 bushels. This was an error, which Mr. Selden 

 has since enabled the editor to correct. The crop re- 

 ferred to was not quite 4200 bushels. The mistake 

 was not founded on any statement made by Mr. 

 Selden, nor on any thing said on that occasion, but 

 was caused by the editor's reliance on previously 

 heard and common report, which he supposed undoubt- 

 edly correct. 



CONTENTS OF THE FARMERS REGISTER, NO. VII. VOL. X. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 

 Report to the State Board of Agriculture on 



Elizabeth City county .... 335 



Remarks on some of the chemical changes pro- 

 duced in the different modes of preparing 



animal manures 339 



Rejoinder on the doctrine of the rotation of 



crops - - 354 



Essay on the artificial grasses suited to our cli- 

 mate and soil. The least injurious mode of 

 grazing. The mode of preparing meadows, 

 pre.serving them, and making hay. - - 364 

 Marling in South Carolina - . - . 366 

 Season and crops - . . - . 368 



Notice to subscribers 368 



Errata 368 



SELECTIONS. 



Choice of lands— continued - - - - 321 

 Model farms in France 322 



Page 



Indian or field peas . . . , - 323 



Mineral bone earth 323 



Geometers, canker worms, plant lice - - 324 



Novel mode of cultivating corn ... 331 



Manures - - - - - - - 331 



Extracts from the proceedings of the South 



Wilts and Warminster Farmers' Club - - 332 



On tlie abolition of the fixed bridle or bearing rein 333 



Stall feeding 341 



Taming horses — horse training - - - 341 



Science and agriculture .... 342 



Caterpillars on the elms — Hessian fly - - 349 



Canada thistle 352 



Handling cotton 353 



Great Dismal Swamp - . . . . 353 

 Natural changes of the successive kinds of 



growths of trees 367 



Value of imports and exports, &c , from 1821 



to IRil 367 



