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THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



the reason for bringing them. Do you think 

 spring barley on good land would be a pay- 

 ing crop wiili you ^ Of it, the oaie, sugar beet, 

 and rye grass, 1 brought considerable quantities, 

 and presume all of them are to nifet a market 

 this spring. The red wheal, the quantities were 

 but small, a sack containing 4 bushels of the 

 " golden drop," has been lost. This, independent 

 of the value, 1 am sorry (or, as it is amongst the reds 

 1 have been lookmg lor that which is not to be so 

 subject to blight or mildew as some we at present 

 liave. 



While we were speaking of beets and carrots 

 for the table, we might have noted that vegeta- 

 bles and lat meat are proper associates ; the one 

 is an accompaniment that the other wants, and to- 

 gether are healthy, nourishmg, and more fatten- 

 ing than poik or greasy meats by themselves. 



Advise your readers to lollow the practices ol 

 the larmer in other countries ; you can tell them 

 that it is not by accident they have fine oats, 

 wheat, barley, &c. it is the result of great care 

 and skill. If our larmers exercise the same means, 

 the seed of the country may be improved, and 

 good imported be preserved Irom degenerating. 



Yours, sincerely, Jamks Ronaldson. 



P. S. With respect to sales, I leave every one 

 to judge the propriety of buying expensive seeds. 

 Ol my own opinion, they have evidence in my 

 taking trouble to place them within reach of l"arra- 

 ers. 



[The pamphlet referred to above was received ; 

 the notice at its end will be copied below. It is 

 scarcely necessary for us to repeat here that Mr. 

 Ronaldson's efforts to introduce new and choice 

 seeds, and agricultural implements, have been 

 induced solely by the desire to aid agricultural 

 improvement, and promote the public good. We 

 regret that circumstances, beyond our control, 

 prevented this notice appearing in the February 

 number. 



In answer to the inquiries, we have to stale 

 that there were no seeds of the white carrot 

 among those which Mr. Ronaldson sent to us 

 last spring for gratuitous distribution. Barley is 

 sown no where in Virginia except on the celebrat- 

 ed Gloucester low-grounds; and even there, that 

 crop had been abandoned by all except John 

 Tabb, esq., of Whitemarsh.— Ed. F. R.] 



To the farmers of the United States. 



The subscriber has imported, and for sale, 

 a small quantity of Oxford White Prize Seed 

 Wheal ; Pomeranian Red do. ; Golden Drop do; 

 Scotch and Chevalier (spring) Barley ; Hopeton 

 Oats; English Rye Grass; Don Potatoes; 

 Weed Hooks, (a specimen) to make by ; a Mill 

 for family use, for the inspection of tradesmen 

 and larmers; Great Northern Rye ; French Sugar 

 Beet. And has in the ship Levant, daily expect- 

 ed, ("Calico Potatoes, and Forty-lbld do. ; Scots 

 Rye Grass; Subsoil Plough, chain and draft bars, 

 i'nT inspection, &c. ; Weed Hooks, do.; Bull 

 Ring, do.; Salety Lamp, do.; Iron chairs, for 

 sale and inspection. 



Neither expense nor labor has been spared to 

 get all these things good of llieir kind. This will 

 considerably enhance the price, but it is in farm- 

 ing as with other business, the trouble and ex- 

 pense has to be encountered, otherwise the expe- 

 riments would never be made. The Sugar Beet 

 is now ascertained to be a valuable acquisition, 

 and if any one of the other articles shall prove 

 equally advantageous to our agriculture, it will 

 an)ply repay ihe trouble and expense that lias 

 been bestowed on the whole. 



It is proposed to accompany these seeds with 

 a brief notice of their respective properties, &c. 

 Gentlemen having occasion to write to the sub- 

 scriber, are respectfully requested to pay the post- 

 age. James Ronaldson, 



No, 200, South Ninth street, Philadelphia. 



From tlie Farmers' Gazette. 



In the Geological Appendix to Cleaveland'a 

 Mineralogy, it is slated that in the alluvial region 

 ol North Carolina " a bed of limestone and shells 

 commences about 20 or 30 miles from the border of 

 the primitive [tbrmalion;] to which it runs parallel, 

 through S. Carolina, Georgia, &c." The border 

 of this primitive formation crosses the rivers near 

 the first falls; that is, not far above Fayetleville, 

 Cheraw, Camden, Columbia &c, and of course 

 the bed of shells and limestone referred to by Pro- 

 fessor Cleaveland runs nearly parallel with a line 

 drawn through these towns and about (or more 

 probably as we suppose somewhat more than) 30 

 miles below. To the great reproach of the states 

 through which this bed runs little has yet been 

 ascertained as to its purity, or its extent and depth. 

 A specimen li"om the neighborhood of Darlington 

 C. H. was analyzed by the late Dr. Cooper and 

 Ibund to be marl ; but the extent of the bed is not 

 known. About 20 miles below Darlington C. H. 

 near Jeff'ries' creek, where it is crossed bj' the road 

 leading to George Town, is a bed of limestone, 

 which, by burning, (ijnishes lime that answers for 

 mortar. In other parts of Marion district, on the 

 same side of the river, limestone has been found, 

 and the Pee Dee runs across several beds of it be- 

 tween the mouth of Jeffries' creek and the 

 mouth of Lynch's creek. 



These fncis would seem to indicate that lime 

 may be obtained so near the Pee Dee as to 

 be available lor manure on lands near the river. 

 The reason why the beds of limestone referred 

 to have not hitherto attracted more attention 

 is that the value of lime as a manure is not 

 understood by our planters. We have not turn- 

 ed their attention to it ourselves because we were 

 not aware, until recently, that the beds were as 

 extensive as we now learn they are. We shall 

 henceforth, from time to time, occupy some space 

 in our columns with the subject. This week we 

 give one article of some length and two shorter 

 ones containing facts suited to inquirers. Read 

 them. 



The same bed of limestone and perhaps marl, 

 may doubtless be found on the Santee and Cape 

 Feur, as well as probably on Lynch's Creek, Lit- 

 tle Pee Dee and Drowning creek. In most of the 

 intervening country it may be too far below the 

 surface to be dug up with profit. Marl has been 

 found o.T the Santee. 



