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F A R JM E R S ' REGISTER. 



[No. 7 



passages are given, as they furnish evidence, from an- 

 other source, of the great and early productiveness of 

 the Chinese Mulberry. 



"Nothing is more easy now than to multiply plan- 

 tations of mulbei'ries, as much as may be wished. The 

 kind known under the name of MuUicauUs, or Per- 

 rottet mulburry, not only furnishes the means, by the 

 extreme facility with which it is propagated by cut- 

 tings, but it also shortens remarkably tiie time which 

 before its introduction, was necessary for undertaking 

 the rearing of silkworms. Formerly, with the prevail- 

 ing usage in planting mulbeiries, it was necessary to 

 wail at least ten years before begining to feed the 

 worms : by planting for hedges, or low stocks, as 

 many now do, this time is reduced to hall'; but still 

 five years would be required to begin." 



"But at this time, with the JMulticaulis, it is 



possible, (as I have already announced in a little work 

 published in the subject,) it is possible, I say, to make 

 a raising of silkworms lonrteen months after having 

 planted the slips of this new and precious variety — 

 and the leaves gathered from these slips, from the com- 

 mencement of the second year, will suihce for the food 

 of a prodigious number of worms. I saw the 1st of 

 last November (183.5) at Messieurs de Grimaudet and 

 Latour, at Villemomble, three leagues from Paris, 

 about an arpent* of land which, in the preceding 



March, had been planted with 72,000 slips, at 6 or 7 

 inches apart, in flat beds of 4 feet vvidth, separated by 

 paths of 12 to 15 inches. Well; notwithstanding the 

 dryness, which was so considerable in part of the 

 spring, and throughout the summer, 60,000 had so well 

 taken, that one fourth of them had grown to the height 

 of from 4 to 5 feet — two fourths more to 2 and 3 — and 

 the other fourth, of the most feeble, were at least a 

 foot high. I have estimated that if these 60,000 slips 

 were left in place, in the spring of 1S36 they would 

 have produced 120 quintals of leaves, sufficient for the 

 sustenance of 250,000 to 300,000 silkworms on the 



produce of 5 to 6 ounces of eggs." 



"One thing which I have not )'et said, and which 

 however appears to be important, is that the mulberries 

 can furnish the means of raising silkworms to tenants 

 who have leases of no more extent than 12 or 15 

 years, or even of but 9 years." 



ERRATA. 



Page 385, line 14 of column 2, for "nhie-foi-iieihs," 

 read nine-teiilhs. The error in using this uncommon 

 fraction, was not caused by the inattention or careless- 

 ness of the printer, nor without lull consideration and 

 consultation — but was owing to the indistinctness of 

 the figure used in the manuscript. 



Page 439, line 43, col. 1, for "vol.iii." read vol. iv. 



An arpeiit is al)out 1 1-4 acres. — Kd. t"AR. Keg. 



Table of Contents of Fanners^ lieg-is^cr, J\\f. 7, J*ol, I'f *. 



ORIGINAL COMiVIUNICATIOlVS. 



Page. 



On the improvement of tobacco lands by clover, 335 

 Report made to the citizens of Clarksville, on 



improving the navigation of the Roanoke, 3.95 



Hussey's grain cutter, ... 413 

 On the improbability of the legislature aiding 



the improvement of agriculture, - - 415 

 On patents for inventions, ... 416 

 Prices of grain, &c. - . . . 417 

 Remarks on the Willcox Grape, and other seed- 

 lings, ..... 419 

 Experiments with mixtures of ashes, gypsum, 



lime, 8tc. applied to corn when planted, - 425 

 Fragments of my memorandum book, (conti- 

 nued,) - - - - - 426 

 Agricultural Convention, ... 432 

 Report of Thomas Blanchard on the upper Roa- 

 noke navigation, in regard to the use of steam- 

 boats, ..... 437 

 Mud walls defended, .... 438 

 ObscM'vations on Artesian wells, and the causes 



of their failures, .... 433 

 Which is the best route for a railway to the 



south-west, .... 441 



Commercial Report. - - . - 446 

 French practice and opinions as to the Chinese 



Mulberry, ..... 447 



SKLECTIONS. 



Natural history of ants, (continued,) - - 386 



The most ancient description of Virginia, - 389 



Paper veneering, .... 394 



Cure for blight of pear trees, - . 395 



Demand for rail road iron, ... 395 



Discovery in preparing flax, ... 395 



Manufacture of silk, .... 395 



Raising chickens, - . . . 399 



Consumption of anthracite coal, - . 399 



Acclimation of the Chinese Mulberry, 



Horticulture — culture of cabbages, broccoli, 

 Wai wick peas, .... 



Relative value of Merino and Saxon sheep, 



Economy in linen washing. 



List of patents for improvements in machines, 

 &e. used in agriculture and domestic econo- 

 my, ..... 



Review of the last Report of the Geological 

 Survey of Maryland, ... 



Green crops for manure, ... 



Hessian Fly and wheat insects. 



Silk culture, ..... 



Acid in wood — its effects on salt and butter, - 



Price of bread-stuffs, .... 



Liming destroys Malaria, ... 



To guard horses from flies, ... 



Indigo, ..... 



Notes of our travels, .... 



Loss of weight in ripe grain by drying. 



On preserving potatoes, and raising them from 

 seed, ..... 



To prepare Orchard Grass seed for sowing, 



White rats, ..... 



Meadow, ..... 



Piofits of mulberry culture, ... 



Wilson's mowing and grain cutting macliinc, - 



The cut-worm, .... 



Comparative table of speed, ... 



Soap from fhnts, .... 



Manufacture of Coke, ... 



The effect of soot 011 wheat, ... 



Important trial, .... 



Cultivation of potatoes, ... 



Excerpta Curiosa, .... 



A novelty in breeding, ... 



Machine for upward transmission of weights, - 



Horse racing of old, .... 



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