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For the Farmers' Register. 

 MONTHLY COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



The present month has not been one of im- 

 provement in the prices of produce. Most arti- 

 cles have declined from the high rates which 

 they had previously attained. Money is less 

 abundant. Tidings from Europe have been leas 



frequent, rather unsatisfactory, and the latest are 

 now six weeks old. The disturbances in Canada 

 have been succeeded by those in Maine, creating 

 apprehensions in the minds of some that our 

 friendly intercourse with Great Britain may be 

 interrupted. Vessels are scarce, and freights 

 high. Speculation, which some weeks ago was 

 active in every article of domestic produce, has 

 been arrested by those causes, fortunately perhaps, 

 for those vvho were sanguine. 



Tobacco has declined about $2 per 100 lbs.;, 

 and may now be quoted at $7 to 15, although the 

 belief in a very short crop remains unchanged. 

 The price of flour is full a dollar per barrel lower, 

 and country brands cannot be readily sold at ^7. 

 Wheat is down to il 35 to SI 45 ets. Cotton i» 

 dull at about i cent decline, and now sells at 13^ 

 to 14| cts. The receipts in all porta are about 

 200,000 bales less than in March last. 



Stocks generally have felt the unfavorable in- 

 fluence ; and in the northern cities, where it has 

 been most prevalent, the decline is very conside- 

 rable. 



The next news from Europe is anxiously looked 

 for, but the political aspect, it is apprehended will 

 be unfavorable. 



Exchange on London 9^ percent, premium. 



March 26, 1839. X. 



From the American Silk Grower. 



long preservation of the vitality of 

 silk-worms' eggs. 



I have ascertained here that silk-worm eggs 

 have been preserved in ice-houses for twenty-two 

 months, and that they hatched as well as new 

 eggs, by being hatched in a moist air; a too dry 

 afr was probably the cause of failure at Burling- 

 ton last year. S. W. C. 



Table of Contents of Farmers^ Register , JVo» 3, Vol. t*II, 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Essay on the production of silk, and the pecu- 

 liar advantages of Virginia for the culture 

 On the causes of failure of the crop of co- 

 coons, in 1834, in the department of Gard 

 Profit of improving poor land - - - 

 The advantage of steaming food for stock 

 Improvement of land by grass husbandry. 



Hay making 



Improving land by liming - . . - 

 Essay on Vegetable Physiology, by Prof. 

 Armstrong, Chap. V. - - - - 

 Do. Chap. VI. - - - - 



Sale of Durham short-horn cows - 

 Is the planet which we inhabit becoming 



colder? 



Remarks on wine-making - - - - 



A profitable mode of cultivating corn - 

 Extracts from the ancient laws and records of 

 Virginia ------- 



Borrowers of the Farmers' Register, - 

 Humbugs. Multicaulis seed and Chinese corn. 

 Reprint of Vol. I. of Farmers' Register, 



Smith fund, 



State of mulberry trade, . - - . 

 Answers and explanations to subscribers, 



SELECTIONS. 



Essay on the breeding of live-stock, and tlie 



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comparative influence of the male and fe- 

 male parent in the offspring, (concluded,) 



Ice-houses, 



Lime — its profits and cost, - - - - 



Exhibit of the value of silks imported in the 



United States, and exported from 1821 to 



1S37, inclusive, 



The short-horn fever in Kentucky, 

 Electro-magnetic power, .... 

 Sugar beet and ruta baga, . . - - 

 On the preparation of orchard grass-seed for 



sowing, - - - , - 

 Excavating by steam, - - , - 

 Care of cows, - - - 

 On the culture of silk in France, . - - 

 Grafting and inoculating, . . . - 

 Treatment of cattle, . - - - - 

 Experiments with various grass-seeds, - 



Breed of swine - 



Weeds as manure, and various remarks. 



Value of root crops, 



Ineflicacy of oyster-shell lime. 



Improved breeds of swine, - - - - 



Large oak trees, 



More about hogs, 



Irrigation of Lorabardy, . . - - 

 Monthly commercial report, - - - - 

 Long preservation cf the vitality of silk-worms 



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