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stone from the country above Harper's Ferry. I 

 have passed over G50 acres of land, upon which 

 I have used about 35,000 bushels; and i[" I allow 

 much Cor my mania upon I Ids subject, my farm 

 has returned me the money expended, and yet 

 holds a surplus for Jiirther operation. I shall not 

 go into detail, but I hold the record of my prede- 

 cessors which enables me to show that my annual 

 produce is not less than eight times as much as 

 theirs; and this record is lor eight or ten years. 

 I speak not of this in boast, for 1 blush to think 

 that I have not done better. 1 began farming 

 when young, and had none to counsel with. II 

 1 suggested to my neighbors what I expected, I 

 could'^see that they pitied my lolly or my igno- 

 rance. I offered my property again and again for 

 sale; for my heart sickened with hope deferred. I 

 remembered that that great man Moses had used 

 up 40 years in etiecling his purpose; but that he 

 finally saw the land of "milk and honey," and I 

 tugged still at the "tough oar." The strife was 

 fearful ; lor afier draining my land, it had been so 

 loner drowned that it was not productive. About 

 the"^time that I had settled this fearful inquiry, 1 

 met with your ' Essay on Calcareous Manures.' 

 1 had before made two experiments with lime some 

 years apart; but I resolved upon a third; (or I 

 saw that the land was wet upon which I had liuled. 

 This burst upon me like the sun of Auslerlitz did 

 upon that meteoric man Napoleon; and since 

 that, more care in draining makes the hme work 

 like a charm. If I run riot, sir, upon the subject ot 

 lime, you must give me room. I would not wil- 

 lingly harm any person; but to me, it is meat and 

 bread. 



I sold this season past iB200 dollars worth of 

 turnips, from one acre of land, and I assure you, 

 sir, that until the equinoctial rain, I did not think 

 I should make one bushel. It was passing strange 

 to see how rapidly they grew. I made a good 

 crop of corn li'om the rain we had upon 13th 

 August; and one thing good lor philosophy to 

 know attends it in a very curious degree. It is 

 the flint-like character of the cob or husk. I do 

 know that timber grown in lime-stone land is 

 much heavier than that grown in other land; is 

 it the same with corn? Lime. 



For Uie Farmers' Register. 

 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL, REPORT. 



Speculation has been more active than usual, 

 in the absence of recent intelligence from Europe. 



The ascertained short crop of tobacco in this 

 country, causes prices still to advance, and they 

 are now about ^2 per 100 lbs. higher than in De- 

 cember. The lowest quality of new lugs $;9 to 

 i§10, and new leaf ^13 to ^\7. Purchases are 

 confined chiefly to manufacturers. 



Cotton has also advanced about 2 cents, and 

 may now be quoted 13 to 14 els. The receipts 

 and shipments from all ports, in the aggregate, are 

 considerably short of last year's at the same period ._ 



There has been little'variation in the price of 

 flour. A small advance has been realized in 

 some markets, but the current rates are still about 

 ^8^ for all but city mills— which is held at ^9. 



Wheat commands 165 to 175 cents. 



Feb. 1, 1839. X. 



Tiible of Contents of Warmers^ Ilegistcr, J%\k 1 , \%l, ^*II. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



On the cvdtivation of corn . . - - 

 Cultivation, product, and uses of broom-corn - 

 Essay on Vegetable Physiology, by Trof. Ann- 

 strong, Chap. I. 



Do. Chap. II. 



Statement of the cultivation and product of a 

 field of corn - - ... 



Remarks on Pennsylvania farmers - . - 

 On the propagation of silk-worms - - - 

 Legislation for agriculture - - - - 

 Progress of Dr. Penine's scheme of introducing 

 tropical plants. Letter irom Chief Justice 



Marshall 



Skinless oats 



Princeana, No. II. 



Estimates and remarks on the profit of im- 

 proving land and farming - - - . 

 Progress of the morus multicaulis trade, at>d 

 prospect of future prices .... 



Liming, 



Effects of lime as manure, - . - . 

 Monthly commercial report, . - . - 



SELECTIONS. 



Extracts from address to the agricultural socie- 

 ty of Fredericksburg 



The mulberry tree, dilferent kinds - 



Treatment of the horse. Food 



High-priced live-stock 



Page 



Great ruta-baga crop. Mixing soils - - 9 



Great corn crop ...-.- 10 



Cultivation and prod>ict of a field of corn - 18 

 Growth of the multicaulis mulberry in New 



England 21 



George Henry Walker 21 



Method of ascertaining the weight of cattle 



while living 21 



Account of the newly discovered preparation of 



short staple flax 22 



The "short-horn fever'' 25 



Sales of Durham cattle 25 



The Rohan potato 27 



Cross-fecundation of plants . - - - 27 



Bread without yeast or leaven . - - - 28 



Manufacture of brooms in Georgetown - - 28 

 On the defects in sea-island cotton, caused by 



bad management 28 



Full account of the plan, expenses and profit 



of a piggery on a large scale - - - 31 

 Review of 'Essays on the natural history of 

 peat' .......37 



Randolph's ' Treatise on Gardening,' republish- 

 ed entire - 41 



A statement of practical silk business - - 54 

 On the several claims to tlie merit of having first 



inhoduced the morus multicaulis, - - 54 



County agricultural reports - ,- - - 58 



Importance of agriculture .... 58 



Mulberry fever 62 



