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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 7 



from the starting place of the said race, and there 

 discharije his musket as the runninge horses pass- 

 ed by hym ; one other ol" the said three men to do 

 the like" at the second myies ende from the said 

 Btartinge place; and tolher of the said three men 

 to do the like at the end of the third myie from 

 the said startinfi;e place." The improvemen s in 

 the speed and breed of our modern race horses 

 have long since rendered unnecessary this very 

 ingenious method of urging them to the goal. — 

 (London) Fanners'' Magazine. 



For the Farmers' Register. 

 COMMERCIAL REPORT. 



No important variations in the prices of domes- 

 tic produce have occurred during the past month. 

 Previous to that time, the current rates of tobacco 

 liad declined some 30 or 40 per cent, below those 

 of JN'lay, June, and July. The lower qualities 

 now command 3 to 8-5 per 100 !bs. ; the better 

 Borts 5^ to ^7, and fine 7 to S8|, beyond which, 

 scarcely any is sold. New primings, (a descrip- 

 tion of tobacco which the manufacturers apply to 

 some use,) sell at 1 to A2 per 100 lbs. The pro- 

 duct of tobacco has been greatly and injuriously 

 increased ol late years, by the practice of bringing 

 to market all sorts of trash, which formerly served 

 for manure. 



The inspections of tobacco in Virginia, during 

 the year ending the l^st o( this month, amounted 

 to 45,445 hhds. and the foreign export to 30,000, 

 against 47,520 inspected, and 26,000 exported in 

 1835. Exclusive of the inspections, a considera- 

 ble quantity is brouo'at to market loose, and sold 

 to manfacturers. The receipt at New Orleans, 

 was 49,934 hhds. against 35,890 in 1835, and 

 24,963 in 1834. A very large increase is expect- 

 ed in the Virginia and western crops the ensuing 

 season, and a consequent ovsrstock in all markets. 



Some interesting statements of the tobacco trade 

 have been compiled, by iNlessrs. Mley & Van 

 Amringe of Philadelphia, from which it appears, 

 that in the years from 1772 to 1775, the annual 

 export from the colonies averaged nearly 100 mil- 

 lions of pounds : during the revolutionary war, the 

 averaiie was little over 12 millions, and the culti- 

 vation of it in Europe was then commenced. It 

 has since been continued more or less extensively, 

 according to circumstances. France presents a 

 remarkable instance of increased cultivation under 

 the inducement of high prices. In 1818, there 

 was grown 18| millions of pounds — in 1819, 26 

 millions, and in 1820, 33 millions, equal to 27,500 

 hhds. of 1200 lbs. each. 



The consumption of tobacco in France is now es- 

 timated by the government at 12 millions of kilo- 

 grammes, or about 2G millions of pounds — of which, 

 about 14 millions is grown in France. The quan- 

 tity on which duty is paid in Great Britain, lor 

 home consumption, (of all sorts,) is about 16 mil- 

 lions of pounds, and in Ireland, between 4 and 5 

 millions — together producing a nett revenue to the 

 govermnent ol £3,000,000, or nearly 15 millions 

 of dollars. 



Th(>, export of tobacco from the United States 

 in 1790, was 118,460 hhds.. and it declined gradu- 

 ally to 58,000 hhds. in 1797. The price having 

 advanced as the supply dimmished, a new im- 



pulse was given to the cultivation and tlie export 

 mcreased until it reached 103,700 hhds. in 1801. 

 The price again declined, and the export varied 

 from 71,000 to 83,000 hhds. until the interruption 

 ofcommerce by embargo, and war; since which, 

 it has been, 



The greatest annual value was in 1816, S 12,809,- 

 000; the smallest in 1831, C^ 4,900,000— generally 

 about §6,000,000. 



It thus appears that the export of tobacco was 

 nearly as great previous to the revolution as it has 

 been since. 



Of manufactured tobacco, the foreign export 

 has gradually ir.creased fi'om 593,000 lbs. in 1820, 

 to 3,818,000lbs. in 1835, inclusive of a large quan- 

 tity which is sent out of the territory of the United 

 States without being reported at the custom- 

 houses. The quantity manuliictured in Virginia, 

 is supposed to exceed 20,000 hhds, so that only 

 about one sixth of that quantity is exported, and 

 as a great deal is manufactured in other states, the 

 consumption of this country must be in a greater 

 ratio, to its population, than that of any other. 



The product ol"the crop of cotton grown in 1835, 

 has been ascertained, and exhibits an increase of 

 106,300 bales on that of 1834— the receipts being 

 thus in 



This does not include any that was manufac- 

 tured south and west of Virginia, which is obtain- 

 ed direcll\' from the producing country, and must 

 be cosiderable in the states bordering on the Ohio 

 river. 



The quantity manufactured in Virginia, cast oi 

 the moiuitains, is estimated at 8,000 bales, and as 

 new mills are being erected, there will be an an- 

 nual increase. 



Some extensive mills have been commenced in 

 North and South Carolina. 



The manufacturers in Europe, and in this coun- 

 try, have lull and profitable employment : the de- 

 mand for goods having kept pace with the in- 

 crease of manufacture and cultivation, llioh pri- 

 ces have induced an increase of culture in the East 



