NO. 19. 



THE FARMERS CABINET. 



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are, we believe, the produce of the wild mul- 

 berry, reeled, spun and woven by Miss Eas- 

 terly on the implements in common use, for 

 cloth of other materials, yet notwithstanding 

 these great disadvantages, they are highly 

 creditable to the ingenuity and industry of the 

 fair manufacturer, and prove conclusively, 

 that under more favorable circumstances, she 

 would be amply able to compete with the 

 foreign manufacturer both in the beauty, 

 strength and texture of the products of the 

 loom. We are happy to learn that a zeal for 

 the extension of the silk culture is rapidly 

 diffusing iiself throughout East Tennessee, 

 authorizing a well founded belief that in less 

 than five years the product of East Tennessee 

 silk will form an item in the list of her pro- 

 ductions by no means inconsiderable. In ad- 

 dition to some public-spirited individuals who, 

 from motives of patriotism and of philanthropy, 

 are extensively engaged in the cultivation of 

 the White and Chinese Mulberries, we hear 

 of a great number of individuals who are en- 

 gaged in the same business on a smaller scale, 

 solely with a view to individual profit All 

 have our best wishes for their complete suc- 

 cess, to which we shall endeavor to render 

 the Farmer a useful auxiliary. — Tennessee 

 Farmer. 



Canada Com. 



We consider it proper at this time to call 

 the attention of the farmers in general — and 

 particularly those who have suffered a loss of 

 their crops from the unfavorableness of the 

 past season — to the yellow early Canada corn, 

 which has been cultivated here with such 

 succes.s, as to leave little room for doubt as 

 to its superiority in evercoming the difficul- 

 ties to be encountered in our ever-varying 

 climate. Five acres of this corn was raised 

 the past season, by Mr. Hatch, of the Pough- 

 keepsie Hotel, on his farm two miles below 

 the village. It was planted the first of June 

 last, has yielded sixty bushels to the acre, 

 perfectly sound and in as fine condition as 

 any we have ever seen. We understand that 

 it was perfectly ripe by the 10th of Septem- 

 ber, and will generally come to maturity in 

 about ninety days. The land on which it was 

 raised was in good condition. Mr. Hatch has 

 already been applied to by .54 of our first 

 farmers, for one hundred and fifty-seven bush- 

 els of this corn for seed next year. — Pough- 

 keepsie Eagle. 



Price of Flour— Comparative Tabic* 



We subjoin from the Philadelphia Penn- 

 sylvanian, a highly interesting table, giving 

 a comparative view of the price of flour in 

 that city for the three first months in the 

 year from 1796 to the present time. It pos- 

 sesses peculiar interest at the present mo- 

 ment, showing as it does the great and rapid 

 fluctuations of the market, and staling the 

 fact that, at periods when labor did not obtain 

 more than half the price it now commands, 

 flour has sold at niucli higher prices than 

 those which are now complained of. In 1796, 

 for instance, it sold as high as fifteen dollars 

 a barrel. 



Frice of Flour for the three first months of the 

 year, from 1796 to 1837, inclusive. 



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 people in riches, honors, or abilities, but you 

 may excel thousands in goodness of heart. 

 Hither turn your ambition. Here is an object 

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