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FARMERS 1 REGISTER. 



[No. I. 



all certainly cannot be in the hands of first rate 

 managers. But I will state a fact, and W. B. H. 

 can easily get the same information from fountain 

 head — that Col. Allen's estate in Curie's Neck, 

 under the management of my brother Miles, has 

 the last year cleared net proceeds between seven 

 and eight percent, upon $100,000 — which is more 

 than the first cost, and rather more than its ap- 

 praisement, within the last lew years — and this se- 

 ven or eight thousand dollars net, has been done 

 with forty mules, and fifty hands of all sorts, and no 

 oxen, or scarcely any — for I think he has but 

 eight on the whole estate. This is from an estate 

 that has been under this, and much harder sys- 

 tems for the last eighteen or twenty years, but for 

 the last six or seven years under the four-field and 

 fallow regularly. It would be well to mention 

 too, that from its particular situation, it is a very 

 expensive estate, as all the pork, &,c. lor its use has 

 to be purchased, which should never be done 

 on any, if possible. The gross amount of sales 

 from wheat and corn, were between twelve and 

 thirteen thousand dollars. Let me inlbrm W. B. 

 H. too, that this estate has regularly sold from 

 81000 to $3000 worth of corn a year. These 

 facts do not show that this is an "exhausting 

 course;" but on the contrary, a very improving 

 one. These results too are without one cent being 

 expended in lime or marl. I could relate other in- 

 stances of its great benefits, but it would be su- 

 perfluous. I am already weary of" reciting them, 

 and am sure others must be of hearing them. I 

 shall therefore take my farewell of the subject, 

 and let my efforts, as I hope in a good cause, go 

 for what they are worth. 



JOHX A. SELDEN. 



From the Rail Road Journal. 

 EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE. 



The purse of $1000 offered by Mr. J. C. Ste- 

 vens to any one who should succeed in going ten 

 miles, on toot, within the hour, was yesterday 

 trained, eleven seconds within the time, over the 

 Union Course, Long Island, by a Connecticut man, 

 named Henry Stannard, a farmer of Kilingvvorth. 

 Two others, as we learn from the Courier, went 

 the ten miles, one a Prussian, named George W. 

 Glauer, who did the distance in 60| minutes — and 

 the other an Irishman named Mahoney, who did it 

 in 61$ minutes. 



There were at starting nine competitors, whose 

 names and deeds are thus set forth in the Courier: 



Miles. 



1st 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 



Stannard, 3 

 Glauer, 2 

 Mahoney, 1 

 Downes, 5 

 McGargy, 6 

 Wall, 4 



Sutton, 



3 

 1 



5 



2 



7 5 gave in. 



4 gave in. 



6 gave in 



2 111 



3 3 2 2 



4 4 2 2 

 I 2 gave in. 



Mallaro, 9 9 8 8 fell and gave in. 

 Vermillye, 7 6 gave in. 



The winner did not show much fatigue, and 

 was seen soon after riding about the Course. 



The other two who went the ten miles received 

 $200 each. 



The Courier gives this statement of the time in 

 which each mile was done by the winner: 



1st mile, 



2d " 



3d » 



4th « 



5th « 



6th " 



7th » 



8th " 



9th " 



10th « 



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It is said that the course is six feet over a mile, 

 making sixty leet more than the ten miles, in the 

 distance run. 



Now 60 feet being the 88th part of a mile, it 

 would allow (taking the time of the last mile) four 

 seconds, which is to be deducted, making the dis- 

 tance therefore in filly-nine minutes and forty-four 

 seconds. 



The speed of the runners will be best estimated 

 perhaps by stating, that Stannard was accompanied 

 the whole distance by Mr. Stevens on horseback, 

 and that the horse was all the time in a fast can- 

 ter. 



From the Genesee Fanner. 

 BEET ROOT SUGAR. 



A committee of the French Chambers have 

 made recently a long and elaborate report, on the 

 state of their tariff', and the effect of high duties, 

 in the course of which, the article of imported 

 sugars necessarily led to an examination of the 

 quantity of that staple manufactured in France. 



The report "enters at great length into the state 

 of the manufacture of beet root sugar, and brings 

 to light a variety of circumstances respecting that 

 description of sugar hitherto but little known even 

 in France. It appears that this sugar, not being 

 liable to duties in any way proportioned with those 

 levied on the colonial article, has established a 

 competition in the home market which is highly 

 injurious to the importer of and the dealer in the 

 latter. The number of manufactories of beetroot 

 sugar in various parts of Fiance has been in- 

 creasing rapidly of late years. Land destined for 

 the cultivation of beet root is let at a higher rent 

 than for any other production. About 18,000,000 

 kilogrammes, equal to 36,000,000 lbs. or 18,000 

 tons a year of the article are manufactured, ac- 

 cording to the latest estimates, and the profits it 

 yields to the manufacturer are enormous. The 

 committee recommend that beet root sugar should 

 be taxed in such a way as to he of advantage to 

 the revenue, without being injurious to the inter- 

 ests of the colonial planter and the refiner of 

 colonial su™ar." 



