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[No. II 



being able to turn the penny. By having no rea- 

 dy money, many law-suits commence to demand 

 those debts, which by this means are coniracted, 

 besides the being forc'd to lieep a thousand unne- 

 cessary accounts.-' 



MONTHLY COaiMERCIAL REPORT. 



For the Fanners' Register. 



The news from Europe to 1st November, is not 

 of a I'avorable character, and worse tidings are 

 expected by the next steamer, when the accounts 

 of suspension of specie payments in this country 

 shall have been received there. American stocks 

 were at very low rates, and were unsaleable 

 even at the great depreciation which they had 

 reached. The very reduced stock of specie in the 

 Bank of England, although it may not cause a 

 suspension, must render money very scarce, and 

 the probable deficiency in the grain crop is likely 

 to protract the distress which has prevailed for 

 some lime past. The inferior quality of the wheat 

 causes prices to be kept down, and consequently 

 enhances the rate of duty — tlius rendering the ex- 

 ports Irom other countries less extensive than they 

 would be if commerce in grain was unrestrained. 

 The price of flour in this country is consequently 

 kept down to the comparatively moderate price of 

 $6^ to ^6^ in the ports of shipment. Wheat 

 $1 15 to 81 25. 



A combination of circumstances operates against 

 our great staple, cotton, which the short export 

 from this country is insufficient to counteract. 

 Even the impression which prevailed that another 



short crop was to succeed the last, was not suffi- 

 cient to ati'ect prices liivorably; and this impres- 

 sion will be removed when later accounts from this 

 country shall be received. The unusually favora- 

 ble season lor maturing the plant and gathering 

 the crop, now gives assurance that the product 

 will be most abundant, and prices are likely to be 

 as low during the ensuing year as in any previous 

 one. The manuliicturing interest in the United 

 States is in a very depressed condition, as indeed 

 is almost every other. In the large southern mar- 

 kets the price of cotton has continued to decline 

 until the quoialions are reduced to 9 to 11 cents, 

 with prospect of further reduction. 



The very limited product of tobacco in 1838 

 causes the price of that article to be better sus- 

 tained abroad than of any other; but the abundant 

 crop of the present year will be sufficient to fill all 

 markets, when the period of export shall arrive. 

 The moderate supplies of new crop which now 

 appear at our inspections command a ready sale 

 at $4 to -SS. 



Our internal exchanges continue in a deranged 

 state. The banks of New York and of the eas- 

 tern states adhering to specie payments, causes 

 southern funds to be at a discount there of 8 to 12 

 per cent. ; and remittances from one part of the 

 country to another are rendered almost impracti- 

 cable. Exchange on England during this month 

 has been at 103 to 108 in New York, while in the 

 cities south of it 118 to 120 has been current. 



Slocks of every description have fallen to lower 

 rates than at almost; any previous time, and the 

 pressure for Inoney never was more severely felt. 



X. 



November 30th, 1839. 



Table of Contents of Farmers^ Mes^ister. j^*o. 1 1 , J^ol. J^II. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Page 



Essay on Vegetable Physiology, Chap. XXIII. 642 



Considerations on buying and raising hogs in 



Virginia 648 



On the " distemper " of cattle. Oats serving 



to arrest the progress of chinch-bug - - 651 



First views which led to marling in Prince 



George county ------ 659 



Marling in Sussex. Philips' marl raising ma- 

 chine 668 



Mr. Jaraieson's farm 678 



The weather in Tropical Florida during the 



Seminole War 679 



Contrasted climates of Southern Florida, and 



Southern Mississippi - . - . CSO 



New species and new varieties of the actual 



staples of the old Southern States - - 680 



Reaffirmation of changes in Dr. Perrine's 



Communication - . . - _ 682 



Correspondence on the preservation of tropi- 

 cal plants 682 



The peculiar calcareous soil of Southern Flo- 

 rida, and its effects on health - . - 683 



The almost purelv calcareous soil of Tropical 



Florida - " 684 



Proceedings of the North Anna Agricultural 



Association 686 



The marl beds near Newbern - - - 687 



The case stated, as to the fitness of this coun- 

 try for silk culture. Fragment of a dialogue 688 



Grant Thorburn in defence of himself and his 



Chinese tree corn 693 



"Jottings down" in the swamps, . - - 698 



Monthly comniercial report - - - - 704 



SELECTIONS. 



Urate and Poudrette 645 



Ancient and present agricultural conditions of 



the Holy Land 647 



Management of grasslands. Pasturage (con- 

 cluded) 649 



Silk culture in Connecticut - - - - 650 

 Corn cultivated for the stalk and leaf, and not 



for the grain - 651 



A distinguished farmer of New York - - 653 



Sagacity of the land tortoise . - - 654 



Estimates of actual mulberry and silk culture 654 



Varieties of wheat 656 



Effects of pumpkin seeds on animals - - 656 



The okra cotton 657 



Curious extracts from Fuller's ' Worthies of 



England' (1662) 657 



Orchard grass 653 



Extracts from Beverly's History of Virginia 667 



Letters from a young farmer to Mr. Jamieson 671 



Important to farmers 679 



Geary's patent coal 685 



On sea-weed 689 



Milk - - - 692 



Judge Buel - - ' 695 



Swine. Making pork - - - - - 696 



Management better than beating - - - 703 

 Of the [ancient] currency and valuation of 



coins in Viiginia . . - - - 703 



