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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



time, milky or inky, must depend on ihe strata 

 ihrough which it has passed ; but vvhaiever the 

 colour, ifit has any tinge, there mus! be sedi- 

 ment. In forming under-drains, it has ever been 

 the custom to lead them by as easy a descent as 

 would be prudent, to prevent the possibility of 

 washing, lest they might thus become choked, 

 and blow up ; and even Mr. Smith himselfeeenis 

 to admit the danger of this, for he says, '" it is 

 quite necessary to fill the drains, which, are car- 

 ried down the slope, with stones of a small size, or 

 with danders or gravel, to prevent the current of 

 water from culling or running Ihe bottoms of the 

 drains," and by which they would, of course, 

 become choked, and blow up. 



Any how, the subject is one of great import- 

 ance, and ought to be examined inio, with the 

 view to establish some system for adoption when- 

 ever necessary; for there is no improvement so 

 great, profitable, or lasiing, as druinioii, when 

 properly execuied. M. C. 



JVilmington, Delaware. 



Mr. Smith has, within fifieen years, formed 

 on his land under drains to llie extent of one hun- 

 dred miles in length ! 



PREPARED NIGHT SOIL MANUfiE. 



From tlie Farmers' Magazine. 

 MM. Payen and Curcn, chemists, in France, 

 have produced a powder, ihe mixUire of which 

 with night soil, almost inmiedialely frees it from 

 clfensiJe smell. It is then prei)ared, and when 

 ready lor use, resembles fine black mould, so dry 

 and "powdery as to be passed through the drill, 

 and deposited wiih the seed. The efficiency pi 

 this manure has been mnsi saiisfactorily firoved in 

 France. A quamity suffinent l()r manuring two 

 acres can be packed in a sugar hogshead, at an 

 expense of from thirty shillings to twenty-six 

 shillings an acre. 



cal, (bra given stipenJ, he is bound, ae long as so 

 engaged, tocnnlbim to the views of his employer; 

 and he, like the rest of mankind, must be expect- 

 ed, in the first instance, to consult his own interest. 

 Unlbitunately lor the independence of llie press, 

 and the good of society, such are the force and 

 prevalence of deeply rooted prejudices, and the 

 intolerance of party spirit, which soon spring up 

 and gain ascendency in all reput»lics, that he, who, 

 regardless of both, would boldly maintain the 

 cause of truth, and of the public weal, too soon 

 finds himself m the unenviable predicament of the 

 old man, his son and his ass. His journal is de- 

 serted by all parties, and himself left, with hia 

 family, to starve, unless like a bear, he can live by 

 sucking his paws ! That system of government 

 is to be esieemed the most perfect, which insures 

 the greatest conlbrmity of individual interests with 

 the interests of (he public. A system under which 

 he who in a fit ol' jealousy, or to avoid the tor- 

 meriis of love, throws himself into a gulf) shall 

 be considered a fool — while, for the same action, 

 to save his country, he would be regarded as a 

 hero. Alas! how many publishers of papers 

 miirht, in this our republic, sacrifice themselves 

 in the cause of patriotism, before one ol them 

 would gain lor himself the name of Curtius ! 



We have tuore than once expressed the con- 

 viction, that no class of American ciiizcns can be 

 more deeply interested than ihe farmers and plan- 

 ters, in understanding ihe true principles of the 

 cwrrenc),', and in having these principles embodied 

 in the legislation of the country. If there be any 

 one sound coi;setvative ma.xim, more than another, 

 that we would indelibly impress on the minds of 

 our countrymen, it is that ihey should look more 

 10 iis legislation, and less to iis executive action, 

 for the developements of our internal resources of 

 wealth and happiness ; and ihe security of private 

 rights and the maintenance of public hberty ; and 

 what 6ubJF!ct of legislation is more important than 

 that of the currency — the circulating medium 

 which shall serve as a standard or measure of 

 value for all the products of agriculture and all 

 other branches of industry 1 But, to ihe discus- 

 sion in this journal of a question so intiiDately 

 blended with the business and prosperity of every 

 community, there are various obstacles, and diffi- 

 culties. In. the first place, (let the truth he fold 

 them frankly, by one who has devoted his labors 

 1o their wellare, conamore, for more than a quarter 

 of a century,) liirmers are, in general, too little 

 addicted to thinking for themselves — too impa- 

 tient of the intellectual exercise necessary to an 

 understanding of this question — not at once see- 



TJIE CURRENCY — AS CONNECTED WITH THE 

 INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE. 



From tlie American Farmer (Editorial). 

 Text. — " Does the plan and purpose of your 

 work, preclude essays on political economy^ (I 

 am fully aware that party politics are properly ex- 

 cluded.) If not, I would suiTsiest that some well 

 selected articles on currency, be inserted. At this 



particular time, it is essential to ihe interests of | ing its palpat.le connexion with their every day 



coiK-erns, ihey look on it as an abstruse problem, 

 10 be studied in ihe closet of the politician, and 

 solved only by elaboraie writers on political econo- 

 my and the wealih of nations— and secondly, the 

 question has been so mixed up with the struggles 

 of contending /jf/rh'es, that it is impossible to dis- 

 cuss it in a pa|)er which honestly aims at the pub- 

 lic weal, without being at once set down as the 

 pariizan or slave of one or another of the parties 



agriculture, that the true and unchangeable prin- 

 ci|)les of currency, be understood by ihe (ijrmers, 

 so that an end may be put to that false system, by 

 which so many evils are engendered to afflict the 

 country." 



Commeni.— In the above sugscsiion of a cor- 

 respondent, whose valued communications, like 

 ano-els' visits, are loo " Cev; and far between,'' we 

 heartily agree. "At this parti. 'iilar time, it is 



e.-^sential To the interests of agriculture, that the i contending for supremacy in the government. — 

 true and unchangeable principles of ihe cusrency | How, except in this way, and under this appre- 

 be undeislood by the farmers. But let us fiisl ' hension, can we account for the silence of all our 

 answer the inquiry, whether the plan of this work ; agricultural journals on a subject which, if pro- 

 [trecludes essays on that subject. When an editor , perly touched, would reach at once, by the 

 IS but the " hireling" of the publisher of a periodi- 1 "pocket nerve," the sensorium ol all their read- 



