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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



swered. 1 did not calculate on any of those ma- 

 gical results which agriculiural experimenters so 

 olien look lor, and so seldom realize to the lull 

 extent. I regard an increase ol' 20 per cent, as 

 a very handsome return, and if it only does as 

 well another year, I'shallatall events be repaid 

 for my lahor even iC the beneficial effect of ihe 

 marl ceases then. But the experience of all who 

 have used it is, that it continues to improve the 

 soil every year, until thoroughly disintegrated 

 and combined with it; and that with proper cul- 

 ture it never declines Irom its maximum. Under 

 these circumstances, and with these hopes, t shall 

 continue m3seirto prosecute the business vigo- 

 rously during the summer. I have hauled marl 

 over 160 acres, and have now at my landing 

 enough to cover 300 acres mi>re. My groat 

 regret is that I did not engage in the business 

 Booner. I have long known Sliell Biulf, and for 

 some years had heard of Mr. Ruffin's successful 

 introduction of marl inio the culture ol Virginia. 

 But I had not read his ' E^say on Calcareous Ma- 

 nures,' nor examined Shell Bluff, un!il ihe summer 

 of 1841. The idea of obtaining marl Irom that 

 spot was first suaifested to me by ray friend Mr. 

 Dickenson, of Georgia; and alter a careful perusal 

 of Mr. RufRii's Essa-. , and an analysis ol ihe va- 

 rieties ol niarl there, I determined lo try the experi- 

 ment. I have during the coiirse of it received much 

 encouragement and vaiuab'e practical inlormation 

 li-om Mr. Rijffin himself, to whom in commoD 

 with all other beneficia ies of this inestimable 

 treasure, I owe a debt of gratitude which cannot 

 be easily cancelled. 1 am, my dear sir, 



Wiih great regard and esteem. 



Your obedient servant, 



J. H. HABiaiOND. 



Hon. VVhiiemarsh B. Sraerook, 



President of the State ^gr. Soc. 



THE GARDEN SNAIL. 



From the Soutliern Agriculturist. 



There are two very different species of snail in 

 (he garden* in Charleston. They are both of 

 foreign origin, and are both considered very troa 

 blesome. 



The large round snail has long been known in 



It is of much more recent importation than the 

 ''Helix anpersa,''' and is thought to destroy that 

 snail. In gardens in which the round snail was 

 once very abundant, not an individual can now 

 be found— but the long snail has become ex- 

 tremely numerous. It is difficult to date the in- 

 troduction of such animals, but about tlie year 

 1813, iliis Bulimus made its appearance in some 

 of the gardens in the lower part of Meeting-streer, 

 and has since been gradually spreading over the 

 whole city. 



It is gathered by gardeners, and frequently 

 thrown alive into the river ; the shells are there- 

 lore occasionally found on the neighborinir shores, 

 particularly on the beach at Sullivan's Island. 

 Individuals not unfrequently reach the shore alive, 

 and witli strength enough to seek the herbage for 

 food and shelifr — and thus they may be propa- 

 gated in vririous directions around the city. 



Wiihin the last two years, they have been ob- 

 served in a garden on Sullivan's Island, and will 

 probably extend ibeir depredations there, as they 

 have done in ihe city. 



Ii is not known it they have as yet been found 

 beyond the city, except Id the garden at Sullivan's 

 Island. E. 



Charleston, S. C, 1842. 



the gardens ; it is rhe Helix aspersa, a very com- 

 mon and extensively diffused species in Eu- I turning up the shoe behind, it places the foot in a 



NEW HORSE SHOE. 



From tlie United Service Gazette. 



A simple but most ingenious invention has 

 been laid belore us in the shape of an improvement 

 in the horse shoe. It is that of making that part 

 of the shoe which is now solid, concave ; by which 

 the Cool is enabled to take a grip, which with the 

 ordinary shoe is impossible. The principle is, in 

 lact, that ol the fiuied skate ; and whilst the shoe 

 is, of course, lighter than when manufactured on 

 the usual principle, it is equivalent in slippery 

 weather, or on wood pavement, to one that is 

 roughed. The concavity runs entirely round the 

 shoe, having a strong rim in front, equal in thick- 

 ness (o the hoof of the horse's loot, and another at 

 the back of half (hat thickness. This mode of 

 formation, whilst it involves the use of a smaller 

 quantity of iron, and consequently less weight, 

 gives a far greater purchase, and is much more in 

 accordance with the nature, form, and texture of 

 the horse's foot. By preventing tlie necessity of 



rope. It is said to have been imported by some 

 x)f our French ancestors, as an article of food in 

 certain cases of disease. It is much more proba- 

 ble that we are indebted for its introduction to the 

 ballast from European vessels.* 



The other species of snail is much the most 

 formidable enemy in our ijardens, and is also a 

 foreigner— it is the ''Vidimus decoUatus,''^ from 

 the south of France, and described in this coun- 

 try by Mr. Say, as the ''Bulimus mutilatus,^' 

 from specimens sent to him by Mr. Slepher? 

 Elliott. 



* This supposition has been ascertained to be a fact, 

 as the garden of a gentleman in Cliarlestoii was never 

 troubled with any slugs, until the season after he 

 spread small ballast in the walks, which came from 

 Europe. 



more natural position, and thus assists in bringing 

 into operation the frog, instead of placing it out of 

 action, and straining all the other parts of the foot. 



PUBLIC SALE OF PROVISIONS AT LIVERPOOL, 

 UNDER THE NEW TARIFF. 



From tlie Englisli Farmers' Journal. 

 Monday, the 10th inst., was the day fixed by 

 the New Tariff lor the payment of the re- 

 duced duties on salted provisions, and in conse- 

 quence public sales to a considerable extent 

 were announced to take place on the following day 

 in Liverpool. These sales comprised 1,512 bar- 

 rels of American beelj 2,199 barrels American 

 pork, 321 barrels American hams, 691 barrels 



