720 



TilE FARMERS REGISTER. 



6. No persun fliall he elecltd iiresidtiu of ilie 

 eociciy I wo jears in succef^sion. 



7. HI \c\\ peison on liCL'oiiii' g rt oiemlipr sliiill 

 jiiiy 10 lilt! ireasuitT hii udmi&siun lee ol %2, iind 

 ill each annual rneeiiiitr ol ilie pocieiy iherealier 

 the lurilier annual roniiiliuiion ol §1. 



8. i3esiJes any other tiiscieiionaiy or voluntary 

 services, ii sliall he. the duly ol' each na nil>er ol 

 the society annually to coininence, and aitenipl to 

 coiii[)lele, ut least three exjieriinenis on some one 

 or inure suijects of practical agriculture, on gome 

 doutiilul or di#|Mjled (joest oiif--, and d'5iiJ:aed to 

 throw light thereoii ; which e^•[»eril^e^^~^ shall in; 

 coiiih)c:ed carelully and aci inMicly, lo ihe lu-.-;! nl 

 the, ahditly and thi' incan^ ul' ihe exiieriniciiicr, 

 and the cin-unislrinccd noicd ruinuiely, and with 

 ihe results be reponed in wriliii^r, as simfily ami 

 concisely as may he. hut minutely and luily, at the 

 next annual meeiing — ^aiid whether the result be 

 deemed succt ssl'ul and valuable, or discouraiiing, 

 or the whole experiment be deemed a failure. And 

 in del'auk of such reports ei;her ol' progre.-s or ol 

 completion, ol three experiments by each member, 

 at each annual nieeliiii:, the deliiulier shall pay to 

 ihe treasurer §1 lor each experimenl wanting. 



9. The executive committee shall prepare a list 

 of practical agriculuiral matters deemed ques- 

 lionable, and important to be investiirated by the 

 experiments ornieiubersofthe society, Irom wliicii, 

 or Irom other sources, each mi-mber may choose 

 subjects lor exj)eriment. And the expernnenls of 

 members shall be arranged and condensed by the 

 executive commiiiee, and the lacts shown by the 

 re#uli« published in the manner deenied most 

 suitable. 



10. or the funds of the society not less than one 

 hall' of I he whole amount shall be appropriated as 

 premiums offered lor careful and well conducled 

 experiments on sul jects of practical agriculture. 



il. The society will co-opera:e with each and 

 every other socieiy having similar objects and </e- 

 neral action, (or the pur[ioEe of better Kirwardiui' 



their comuion anil important o'ject of inducing 

 accurate invesli^^asion, eliciiiii<f ujeiiil fjcis, and 

 exrhaiiging and dillusing the Knowledge thus ac- 

 quired. 



KOTICK IN RKGARDTO C0M3I UN ICATIOXS FOR 

 THJi STATE BOARD OF AGUICU LTUIIE. 



' Jlesolvcd, That all reporis and communica- 

 tions to the Board of Agriculture be sent ihrough 

 the Cor(('S(]C nvliiiix Secretary ; aini that the Secre- 

 i.uy I e auiliOiised and requeited to select, such 

 j.orion.-- 01 exiiacis as he may deem proper lor 

 the [iur()oi;e, and cause them lo be published in 

 the F. timers' Rtgisier, in advance of the future 

 meeting, or of any further order of ihe Board." 



Exiract Irom the miniiier-, 



EniMUKn RuFFiiv, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



TUB SOUTHERN MAGAZINE ABANDONED. 



The attempt to carry on the publicaiion of ihe 

 Southern Magnzine has been abandoned as hope- 

 lees of remuneration, and the money received for 

 subscriptions will be returned— except where the 

 same individual is also a subscriber lo the Farm- 

 ers' Register, in which case his credit for pay- 

 ment will be extended for the latter publication. 



The two monthly numbers of the Southern 

 Magazine, which iiave been thus issued at the 

 sole cost of the publishers, will be sent as a pre- 

 sent to all the paying subscribers of the Farmers' 

 Register. Il is hoped that they will be deemed 

 vvorili acceptance and preservation. 



CONTENTS OF THE FAKBIEl 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Pase 



Surface manuring 677 



The oppralion and ofTecIs of tlie state being a 



borrower from the hank'' - . . . 684 



Plan for supplying the deficiency of the static 

 treasury, without renewed loans or increased 

 taxation ....... 683 



The true and the false reasons for bank suspen- 

 sion 6S6 



Proceeding: of (he Stale Board of Agriculture 638 

 Report of the Board of .Agriculture lo Uio gene- 

 ral assembly of Virginia .... 638 

 Essay towards the elucidation of the popular 



synonymy of the grasses .... ggi 

 On the degenerating, and necessary changes of 



seed wheat - 705 



A cure for scrofula, or kinij's evil - - - 706 

 Rotation of crops — Query .... 707 

 An analysis of coal ashes .... 707 

 "The stone house" - - • - - 710 

 Plan of a conslilution of a working Agricullaral 



Society 719 



Notice in regard to communications for the 



Board of Agriculture .... 720 



The Southern Magazine abandoned - . 720 



S REGISTER, NO. XII. VOL. IX. 

 SELECTIONS. 

 Of transplanting .--... 



Woollen rags ... . . 



Corn liom seed two thousand years old ■ 



Address to the Agricultural Society of Frede- 

 ricksburg ...... 



Statistics of fobficco • . . 



Worm in cotton ..= .. = . 



A chapter on cats 



Tobacco a remedy for arsenic ... 



Observations on the national history ari' 1 tono- 

 my of the different insects affecting the turnip 

 ciop 



Transplanting peas and early vegetables 



Gallatin on suspension and resumption of bank 

 payment-! - • 



Important improvement in selecting seed wheat 



Mr. Webb's process of making sugar from corn 

 stalks - - ■ - ' . 



Sfookiag corn — Casting foal 



Comparison of manures .... 



On saw-dust PS manure ..... 



Of the supply of nitric acid to plants 



Bones — bone dust — rrushed bones 



On saving liquid manure 



On destroying slugs , . . . . 



673 

 677 

 677 



678 

 687 

 693 

 693 

 695 



695 

 703 



704 



706 



703 

 708 

 709 

 711 

 712 

 714 

 713 

 718 



END OF VOL. IX. 



