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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 



From the Hampshire Gazette. 

 RECEIPT FOR MAKING COI.D SOAP. 



The leach tub or hngsIicaJ must be covered at 

 the bottom with straw and sticks — ihen put in a 

 bushel ofashes, iheu two or three quarts of unslak- 

 ed lime, upon which you nuist throw Iwo quarts of 

 boiling water to excite I'ermentation and slake the 

 lime; put in another bushel ofashes and as much 

 more lime and water, and continue to do so until 

 your vessel is full; put in hot water till you can 

 draw off'the lye, after which the heat ofthe water is 

 not of much consequence. You must have, at 

 least two thirds of a bushel of lime to a hogshead, 

 if you wish your soap to be made quick; one hogs- 

 head of ashes will make two barrels of soap. 

 When you draw otf your ]ye, you must keep your 

 first twopaihuls by themselves, and the next two 

 in another vessel, and the third two in another 

 vessel still: then weigh 29 pounds of clear strained 

 grease, or of scraps, whhout straining, 32 pounds. 



put into a kettle with three pounds of rosin; then 

 [/ourover it one iniillia! of lye from the first drawn 

 vessel, and one I'rom the second drawn vessel; put 

 it over the fire, and let it boil twenty minutes — be 

 particular to add no lye over the fire, but swing off 

 the crane if it is in danger of boiling over; put it 

 info your bnrrel, and add one pailful oflye Irom the 

 third drawn vessel, and give it a thorough stirring; 

 then weigh your grease for another barrel and 

 take the lye remaining in the vessels, in the same 

 manner as for the first barrel; then draw off your 

 weak lye, and fill up the vessels as fast as possible, 

 remembering to put half to each barrel, that they 

 may be equally strong. If your leach run through 

 fast, you may have your barrels full in an hour, 

 and so hard that you can hardly stir them. You 

 must stir it after you begin to put in your lye, till 

 your barrel is full. Fourteen quarts of melted 

 grease is the quantity lor a barrel. 



[Many families in this town make their soap ac- 

 cording to the foregoing wiih perfect success.] 



Table of Contents of Farmers^ Megister, J%l(f. 1 , Wol. IT*, 



ORIGINAI, COMMUNICATIONS. 



On the importance of farmers giving personal at- 

 tention and labor to tlieir farms, - - 1 

 On preparing and managing tobacco plant beds — 



and remarks on the tobacco crop, - - 2 



Condition ofthe descendants of emancipated slaves 



in Prince Edward county ... 3 

 The hackberry proposed for live hedges - - 4 

 Clover and gypsum not sufficient for durable im- 

 provement. Value of Eastern Shore Lands - 5 

 Grass alone inadequate for improving land. Im- 

 portance of manure 5 



Cultivation of corn, manuring, and western emi- 

 gration 7 



On the generation of plants .... 7 



Eifects of the remarkable prevalence of cold in S. 



Carolina. Remarks on emigration to the west 10 

 On horizontal plantation roads - - - - 11 

 The winter. Oyster-shell liming - - - 14 

 Artesian, on bored wells ' - - - - 23 

 Fine white marble discovered nr^ar Gaston - - 30 

 Some of the geological features ofthe country sur- 

 rounding Gaston on the Roanoke - - - 30 

 The corn crop, the greatest land-killer - - 33 

 On the knowledge and ignorance of political eco- 

 nomy 34 



Gypsum discovered in quantity in Prince Edward 



county 34 



Rail roads in North Carolina - - - - .35 

 Manuring with leaves and mud compost - - 40 

 Explanation and correction - - - 41 



On firing tobacco through flues. The benefit of 



not cutting tobacco until fully ripe - - 41 

 The West— agriculture— emigration - - 42 



Corn culture in Botetourt - - - - 43 



"Virginia corn and cob crusher and grinder." Re- 

 marks on the recommendations of new patent 

 machines ----.-.44 

 Query as to marl on cotton land. Singular mode 



of hay making 52 



Result of the Petition of the Agricultural Conven- 

 tion - - . 52 



The money market ..... 



Monthly Commercial Report ... 



Statements of practice in tillage and improvement 

 • on Rappahannock lands .... 



53 



58 



61 



SELECTIOIVS. 



Improvements of Monmouth County, N. J. 6 



Importation of grain, 6 



Travelling stoves, ..... 6 

 The extinct animals of the Ancient World, - 12 

 On the destruction of seed corn, - - - 14 

 Flourishing state of agriculture (in Britain,) 15 

 On putrescent manures — night soil — liquid ma- 

 nure, 16 



The process of summer fallowing in Britain de- 

 scribed, 23 



On the rose, 26 



Monmouth and Middlesex Agricultural Rail- 



Road — Squancum marl, - - - - 29 



Geological survey of the State of New York, - 29 



Manufacture of beet-root sug;u-, - - - 31 



The mountains of North Carolina, - - - 38 

 Monthly list, and description of patents issued 

 for machines and implements to aid agriculture 



and domestic economy, - - - - - 45 



Rolling seed beds, 48 



Slingless bees, -48 



Some of the effects of West Indian Emancipa- 

 tion, as stated by the friends of that measure, 49 



Recovering frosted plants, 53 



Rotation of garden crops, - - - - 55 

 General views of the atmosphere, considered in 



its effects upon vegetation, - - - - 55 



Broom corn culture, ...... 58 



Mouse trap, 59 



Removing shrubs from rented gardens, - - 59 



Herring Fishery in North Carolina, - - 59 



To preserve green corn for boiling, - - 59 



Cotton, and the cotton trade, - - - - 59 



Millet 60 



Receipt for making cold soap, - - - - 64 



