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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



ofTalbot rounty, Md., Rnd recognize thai so re- 

 cently discovered in Somerset to be the same ma- 

 terial. I have been informed that, tlie bed ol marl 

 on Mr. Dashiell's land is about two feet below the 

 eiirlace, and that it is believed to be extensive. 

 This lact is miporlant to be made known lo tlie 

 public. As Proiessor Ducatel, the sta'e geoloiiist, 

 has intimated a belief that if ench deposiies exiet 

 in Dorcester, Somerset and Worcester counties, 

 they lie loo deep lor practical purposes. I have 

 no doubt there is much of the Ibesd shell deposite 

 within our county. I have used lime quite freely 

 on my land, nnd am s^uisfied with the results, and, 

 perhaps, some day I may yive you a lew pages 

 from my memorandum book. 



This first discovery ofshcil marl in this locality 

 is, indeed, imporlanf, and v;c trust its value will 

 be fully availed of. The promised communica- 

 tions, and any others, from our correspondent, will 

 be very acceptable. — Ed. 



From the Maine Fanner. 



We examined a very simple machine the other 

 <1ay for .'^heilins corn, invemed and patented by a 

 Mr. Dinsmore of Vcrmon*. 



A piece of p!ank, say a loot long and eight or 



fen inches wide, is made a little concave on one 

 side. This is filled with nai's without heads pro- 

 jecting about a quarter of an inch : at one end a 

 handle projects to take hold of, and at the other 

 is a hole througii which a bolt coes loosely which 

 pins it to another plank of similar size, but made 

 convex, so as to fit the concavity of Ihe other, 

 and also filled with nails as Ihe first one; this 

 fastened firmly to a rude frame and the whole set 

 over a tub or basket. 



When you wish to shell an ear, you raise the 

 moveable side, put it in, and then bring it (the 

 moveable side) down, pressing the ear gently. 

 One movement downward is cnougli to shell the 

 ear. In this way a bny-power can be much more 

 effectually and economically employed in shelling 

 corn than in an\' other way (or the same amount 

 of expense of apparatus. Mr. Wm. A. Herick 

 of Greene has the patent right for Kennebec 

 county. Any farmer can make one, and every 

 farmer should have one, provided he raises any 

 corn to sell. 



BONK MANURK IN EKGLAND. 



From ttie Farmer^' Gazelle. 



In 1823, bones to the amount of £14 395 were 

 in)poried ; in 1837, they had increased to £254,- 

 60U. 



CONTi:KTS OF THE TARMEES REGISTER, KO. II. VOL. IX. 



ORIGINAL COMMIKICATIO^S. 



Page. 

 Address of Dr. W. S. Morton, President of 



ttie Agricultural Society of Ciimberland - 65 



Agricultural meetings and discussions - 6S 



Proposed nnportation of sheep and bogs, and 



remarks ------- 79 



Manuring with purchased marl and lime - 80 



Probts oi a Kentucky i'arm - - - - 83 



Green-sand in Georgia 86 



Preservation of woodland. Cultivation of the 



locust tree, Sec. . . . ■ - So 



Kentucky blue-grass, or green-sward. Re- 

 marks on grasses — their botanical and vulgar 



designations, &.C. 113 



The wire grass of Virginia - - - 115 



Culture of Indian corn - - . . HQ 



Experiments with, and observations on green- 

 sand earth, as a manure, on Coggin's Point 



farm 113 



Liming in Fairfax county - - - . 124 

 Directions foi killing the chrysalides and pre- 

 serving cocoons of silk-worms - - - 124 

 Monthly commercial repmt - - - . 127 

 Shell marl found in a new region of Maryland 127 



SELECTIONS. 



Second agricultural raeelingat the State House, 



Massachusetts 69 



Pierlishires no longer B' rksiiires - - . 70 



Koban potatoes --.... 71 



Raiding pork 72 



Pools for water — Rotting hemp - - - 72 | 



•<iuick lime on silk-worms to prevent disease 73 I 



Rula baga 74 



Population statistics ..... 

 Causes of bad currency .... 

 An essay on making compost heaps 



Cabbage worms 



Effects of the slock on grafted fruit 



Peat meadows ... ... 



Means of etiriching soil .... 



Saving manures ...... 



Sa^isage making ---... 

 Culture of the peach tree .... 



Rule for ascertaining the weight of cattle, 



sheep and hogs 



Sub-soil ploughing ..... 

 Observations on cattle and roots - . - 

 Georgia fever among horses ... 



Extracts from the aiuversary oration delivered 



before the state agricidtural society of South 



Carolina — By Gov. George McDuffie 



Hogs _ 



Measuring corn in bulk .... 

 Variety and extent of vegetable life 

 Address before the Queen Anne's County 



Agricultural Society, by Wm. Carmichael - 

 Asparagus ...... 



New post office regulations in England — Seed 



sent by post 



Mode of preparing saner kraut - . . 

 Common salt as a manure - - . . 



Large hogs 



Grasses — botanical and vulgar designations and 



synonymes 



Damp stables ...... 



Grasses 



Corn sheller ... ... 



Bone manure in England .... 



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