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FARMERS' REGISTER 



69 



Stock Exchange, is various. What thai of Vir 

 giiiia is, I am ignorant ; but, if slie boldly resists 

 ihe crazy scheme of increasing- the banking capi- 

 tal an J "precludes tlie consequent enormous issue 

 of 'paper, I am convinced her 5 per cent, bonds 

 woidd sell, as readily, if not more so, than those 

 of New York, or even Pennsylvania— lor I can- 

 not but confess, that I fear the latter may rather 

 exceed her due limits. Let the facts, as stated by 

 X, be communicated to a loan jobber, and he will 

 more readily lend his money to such a community, 

 than to one that was going to bank with it; espe- 

 cially, as he would know its expenditure was ti) be 

 confined to a measure improving the condition ol' 

 the borrower in such a degree as to double his se- 

 curity, for such would inevitably be the case, if it 

 is laid out in canals and rail roads. 



By adopting a measure of this sort, you Avould 

 prevent the possibility ot your ilirmers mortgaging 

 their estates in the great pawn shops, which are 

 every where opening, in either an avowed or dis- 

 avovved manner; and by the improvements you 

 executed, you would efiect the desirable object of 

 increasing the real value of the land — thus con- 

 ferring tlie double favor on the state, on the 

 one hand, preventing the farmer li'om "being led 

 into temptation and delivered unto evil;" and on 

 the other, adding to the value of his property, and 

 increasing those means of taxation to which you 

 would be compelled to resort— but, increasing 

 them in such a way, as that the then large amount 

 should not be equal to the former lesser sum. 



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■to spoil for want of salt to pack them Avith; and 

 we have been assured that in one or two instances 

 the proprietors of fisheries, being unprovided with 

 a sufllcienl supply of salt, have prelerred lifting 

 their seines and giving the fish a free passage, rath- 

 er than haul them ashore. 



From Loudon's Gardener's Magazine. 

 REMOVING SHRUBS FROM RENTED GARDENS. 



At the last York assizes, an action was brought 

 against a part3^ for removing shrubs, &c. from 

 agarden he had recently occupied; and a verdict 

 underlhe judge's direction,was given against him. 

 The judge laid it down as law, in the nineteenth 

 century, that shrubs, when once planted, "became 

 part ofthetreehold; and, theretbre, could not be 

 removed." Would you admit the discussion of 

 this point, not legally, but morally, into your 

 Magazine? It is, in the present state of the country 

 where there exist so many tenancies, during which 

 immense improvements are made in gardens, a 

 very important one. I deny that this is law, because 

 I deny that the trees are part oi'the freehold; for, if 

 they are, then are carrots, thistles, and, much 

 more, docks, also part of the freehold, and oughtnot 

 to be removed. But, if it is law, it is fit that all par- 

 lies knew it, that, if dissatisfied, they may set 

 about netting it altered. 



From the Genesee Taruier. 

 MOUSE TRAP. 



The following contrivance for catching mice 

 will perhaps be new to most of our readers. Pro- 

 vide a large earthen pot, with a hole an inch or 

 two in diameter in the bottom, (a large gardener's 

 flower pot will do,) invert it on a board or flat 

 smooth stone, and sink it in the ground , until the 

 bottom of the pot is about level with the surface. 

 Suspend, about two inches below^ the hole, by 

 means of wire, a smooth wooden roller, which 

 should be capable of turning freely on its axis. 

 The surface about it may be sprinkled with chafi' 

 or short straw, and grain or seeds, and the roller 

 be besmeared with lard and other attractiv^e sub- 

 stances. Upon this roller the mouse leaps, and it 

 immediately turns by his weight, and precipi- 

 tates him to the bottom, fl-om whence he cannot 

 escape, as it is impossible for him to climb the sides. 

 Many may be caught in the same trap without 

 the trouble of re-setting. By burying the pot in 

 mellow earth or sand it is easily taken up and re- 

 placed. This method is particularly adapted to 

 catching mice in gardens, cellars, &c. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 TO DESTROY ST. JOHNSWORT. 



Rfr. Tucker — I noticed in the Genesee Farmer 

 of the 27th February, inquiries how to destroy that 

 troublesome weed, St. Johnswort. Till your land 

 well, seed thick with clover and timothy, and plas- 

 ter. In case your seed partially fails, pasture close 

 the first season — even sheep may eat the weed 

 when young aiid tertder, wiihout any injury to 

 them. 



L. T. 



East Bhomfield, Jpr'd 7, 1S35. 



From theNorfolIv Herald. 

 HERRING FISHERY OF NORTH CAROLINA. 



We learn that the fisheries on Albemarle Sound, 

 which at the commencement of the season were 

 more unpromising than usual, are now complete- 

 ly overrun by the herrings, which suddenly made 

 a rush down the rivers in such immense numbers. 

 that in some cases large quantities caught were left 



From the Genesee Farmer. 

 TO PRESERVE CORN FOR BOILING. 



Extract of a letter from a subscriber in Canada: 

 — "Travelling through the country the early part 

 of this month, I was surprised at eating green corn; 

 but on recollection, I had seen several methods of 

 preserving it for winter use in your Farmer. On 

 askine the lady of the house, her method seemed 

 to be far different fi'om any you have stated. I beg 

 to introduce its simple way to you. Pluck the 

 corn when fit for eating, strip down the husk so 

 as to remove the silk' and then replace it — pack 

 it away in a barrel, and pour on strong pickle, 

 such as used for meat, with a weight to keep it 

 down, and you will have a good sea stock — par- 

 boiled and then boiled to make it perfectly fresh 

 and sweet as when taken from the stalk." 



From the Journal of Commerce. 

 COTTON AND THE COTTON TRADE. 



The report of the Secretary of the Treasury on 



