THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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talent, intelligence and wealih of the country are 

 sedulously turnin<j tlieir altenlion now, to what a 

 few years since was considered in America pro- 

 per only for the vulirar antl illiterate. And why 

 should they not ? The most extensive breeder ot 

 short horn catile m England is Earl Spencer, 

 recenily Lord Althorp, and so attached is he lo 

 remaininrj at liomc and allendiiiirto his stock, 

 that it is said he will only go to liondon on mat- 

 ters of high state alFairs, where he is ofien 

 officially called, when he can do eo with entire 

 convenience to the \vehare of his favorite herd of 

 short horns ! 



The success which has attended Mr. A. *s ex- 

 ertions in breeding swine, has brought extraor- 

 dinary demands upon his coming supply, which 

 cannot much exceed the orders already on 

 hand. Contrary to the common opinion, that 

 the dissemination of these fine animals over onr 

 widely extended country, would lessen the de- 

 mand, it has only tended to increase it, and from 

 present indications, for years to come the demand 

 will keep pace with, if not exceed the utmost 

 efforts to supply a sufKciency oi' first rate s"tock to 

 those who require them. It should be matter of 

 honest exultation and pride that our agriculturists 

 have so far awakened to the dignity, to the true 

 Jnierests of their profession, as to seek improve- 

 ment where it has been eo long and so heedlessly 

 neglected. 



Aly curiosity was somewhat excited to know 

 by wliat means Mr. A. was enabled to supply 

 orders for such a distance as he did in many cases, 

 being more than 1,000 miles, with three or four 

 transhipments by water, and occasionally land 

 carriage lor many miles. 1 learned that in all 

 cases the purchasers give the directions of the 

 route to follow, and whien the pigs are shipped, 

 either at Cuflalo or Black Rock, by steamboat or 

 vessel, or from the farm by canal, with proper di- 

 rection^, they usually reach iheir place of desti- 

 nation with despatch. Occasional misfortunes 

 occur b}'' accident or bad feedn)g, want of care, 

 &.C., in those lo whose charge they are entrusted, 

 by which a temporary disappointment is some- 

 times suffered by the purchaser; but time and 

 good feeding soon restores the young emigrant to 

 its wonted condition. There ie, however, a dis- 

 advantage to the appearance of any animal, and 

 particularly so of swine, in transporting it to a 

 great distance, but it must be encountered by 

 those who will have valuable stock, and the risk 

 is abundantly made up in the possession of the 

 antmal itself During the last fall, upwards of 

 150 liead of improved JSerkshires left Mr. A.'s 

 piggery for Ohio alone ; and 19 went in one lot 

 to a plantation in the interior of South Carolina, 

 without serious accident. I wss told that the 

 boar Prince Regent, before spoken of, got so 

 stunted on his passage from England, for want of 

 proper care and feed, that it took him several 

 months to recover his ihiiliiness, and it may 

 always measurably affect his size. 



I find, gentlemen, that I have told you a long 

 story; but as I am an enthusiast in the admira- 

 tion of fine animals of every description, I have 

 thus spun out my epistle. 1 cannot close however 

 without mentioning that, in addition to the herd of 

 swine, Mr. A. has a choice selection of valuable 

 short horned cattle, which he is rearing with great 

 care. They now consist of ten or twelve head, 



all Herd Book animals. Since selling their former 

 admirable stock at the west, upwards of a year 

 since, where they have been deservedly admired, 

 the iVlessrs. A. have recommenced this useful 

 branch of stock raising. Success to their eflorts ; 

 none better deserve it, and few have made greater 

 exertions to excel in this truly noble as well as 

 valuable undertaking. 



A Western Farmer. 



WHAT CONSTITUTES A SPECIE-PAYING BANkI 

 AND WHEREIN DOES IT DIFFER FROM A 

 NON-SPECIE PAYING BANK'? 



" The time has been, 

 That, when the brains were out, the man would die, 

 And there an end ; but now tliey rise again, 

 With twenty mortal murders, on their crowns.—" 



BIacbeth. 



If the questions, which are used to head this 

 article, had been asked a i'ew years ago, there 

 could have been no difference or doubt as to the 

 answers; and the asking would have been deem- 

 ed both as unnecessary and absurd, as to ask, 

 " What is a horse? And wherein does a living 

 horse differ from a dead one?" But the times 

 are changed — and with them, the common mode 

 of expression, of reasoning, and even the very 

 moral sense of the public, in regard to banking 

 operations ; and the distinctions between right 

 and wrong — truth and falsehood — honesty and the 

 most bare-faced moral frauds and violations of faith 

 by banks — are no longer manifest, or considered 

 important to be preserved. The portion of the 

 community who suppose that their interest is con- 

 cerned in continuing the abuses of banking, (and 

 they have been permitted heretofore to influence 

 and direct the course and policy of the country in 

 regard to banking,) have proceeded from one po- 

 sition to another, from one ground of justification 

 and of claim for the banks to still stranger ground, 

 and have more and more refined, and "split 

 hairs," in their propositions and reasoning, until, 

 at last, it can no longer be pronounced, without fear 

 of contradiction, what or where is a non-specie-pay- 

 ing bank, among all, the banks and branches in 

 Virginia. 



Formerly, for a bank to deserve the character of 

 specie-paying, and its bills of forming truly a 

 convertible currency, it was absolutely requisite 

 that all legal demands, whether in its bills, or 

 checks for deposites, should be paid promptly and 

 Cully, and without denial or objection, or difficulty 

 of any kind being opposed lo the demand. Any 

 obstacles and delays to weaken or defeat the claim 

 of the creditor indirectly, would then have da- 

 maged the sound reputation of a solvent and re- 

 sponsible bank. 



