THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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THE AMERICAN COTTON TRAm:. 



From the Savannah RepubUcan. 

 From a report made to consress by the secre- 

 tary ol' the treasury in 183G, it appears that in 

 the' year 1791 the stale ol" Georiria produceii 

 ahoiit 1,500,000 lbs. oC coitoii. In 1801 the stater; 

 of North Carohna, V^ir^ini;!, and Tennessee liad 

 embarked in ihe same cuitivalion, the former 

 having produced 4,000.000 lbs., Virginia 5,000,- 

 000, and Tennessee 1,000,000. Ten years after- 

 wards Iracis of land were colonized upon ihe banks 

 of the Mississippi. . In the year 1821, 20,000,000 

 lbs. were produced in the siaie of Alabama, and 

 10,000,000 lbs. in Mississippi. Florida and Ar- 

 kansas soon Ibliowed in iho production of the 

 staple. The following is a table showing the 

 comparative growth in the several cotion-grow- 

 ing states, at intervals of ten years, from 1791 

 to 1834. 



Jielative proportions of cotton grown in ihe dif- 

 ferent states. 



(QUALITY OF MILK. 



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We annex another table which shows, in gene- 

 ral terms, the amount ol' cotton grown in the 

 world during the same period, exhibiting at the 

 same time the relative proportion produced by the 

 United States. 



Millions of pounds grown in various parts of the 

 world. 



Several cups have been successively Idled while 

 milking from one coiv, producing the lollowing 

 results: in every case, ihe quantity of cream was 

 liiund to increase in proportion as the process of 

 milking advanced : in dillorent cows, the propor- 

 tion varied, but in the greater number the excess 

 ol cream in ihe last cup as compared with the first, 

 was as 16 to 1 : but, as in some cases the diller- 

 ence was not so much, a fair average might be 

 eonsitJered as ten or twelve to one. And the 

 difference in the quality of the two sorts of creanj 

 was no less striking, ilie cream given by the first 

 drawn milk being ihin, while, and without consist- 

 ence, while that furnished by the last was thick, 

 bultery, and ot a rich color. The milk remaining 

 in the different cups presented similar diilerences, 

 that which was drawn first being very poor, blue, 

 and having the appearance of milk and wafer, 

 \vhile that in the last cup was of a yellowish hue, 

 rich, and to the eye and taste resembled cream 

 rather than milk. It appears, therefore, from 

 these experiments, that if, after drawing seven or 

 ein-ht pints Irom a cow, hall' a pint remains in the 

 udder, not only almost as much cream will be lost, 

 as the seven or eight pmts will lurnish, but of such 

 a quality as gives the richest taste and color to the 

 butter. This fact has been corroborated by che- 

 mical experiments, and holds good with respect to 

 the milk of alL other animals. — Blacker'' s Essay. 



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Years. 





The Sea Island now forms but a small portion 

 of the cotton production. In 1834 the export of 

 this species of cotton was ^8,085,000, and during 

 the following year it was $7,752,936— the whole 

 of it being produced in South Carolina and Geor- 

 gia. The production will doubtless be somewhat 

 extended hereafter in Florida, but Nature has as- 

 signed very strict limits to the growth of the Sea 

 Island plant. The export of it during a period of 

 twenty years has been on an average about 

 8,000,000 pounds per annum, the principal part of 

 wh'ch has been carried to England. 



ANTI-FRICTIOiV, 



He who makes hard things go easy, deserves praise. 

 ' From the Farmers' Cabinet. 



If horses could speak, no doubt they would 

 often complain of the excessive friction of cart 

 and wagon wheels. 



It should be (he duty, as it is unquestionably 

 the interest of every farmer in the country, to see 

 to the state of his wheels at frequent intervals, 

 and lessen the friction of thera to the lowest possi- 

 ble degree. The horse is an interesting and use- 

 ful animal, and has but a dogged life of it under 

 the most favorable circumstances, and iherefbre 

 he ought to have his interest and comfort duly 

 considered and attended to. Those who oppress 

 beasts unnecessarily, always add to their own 

 burdens by increasing their expenses ; for all 

 domestic animals pay well for kindness and care. 

 A horse will be more useful, and last much longer 

 under kind and Christian treatment, than when 

 he is subjected to unnecessary hardship and ex- 

 treme drudgery. A horse always draws with the 

 greatest etiect when the line of draught is inclined 

 upwards, so as to make an angle of about 15 

 degrees with the horizon ; for at this inclination 

 the line of traction is set at right angles to the 

 shoulder, all parts of which are then equally press- 

 ed. 'When part of the weight presses on the 

 back of the horse, he will draw a load which else 

 he would be incompetent to move ; hence, a 

 horse can accomplish more in a cart properly load- 

 ed, than he could otherwise. The question, in 

 regard to the material most proper to be applied 

 to wheel-carriages to diminish friction, is one of 

 great importance, and every well wisher to the 



