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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 9 



manJs §2 to §2 25i'-t?. per bnshel-^FIour, BIO to 

 ^12— Iriilian Com, 75 lo bO cts. — Pork, ^-^^ to 

 ^9 pf^rlOO 11)3. 



Tobucco decline;! very consiJera'oIy last, monlh, 

 anil s:i!es of olJ were made at a reduced price of 

 |- to i on tlie prices which it commanded a (ew 

 months previously. The sales in Novemher, were 

 at ^2 to -93 53 or 87, embracing; very inferior to 

 good and fine. x\lt!ioii<r!i the now crop i.* sup- 

 posed to be very abundant, yet the supply during 

 the present month has been tnadetjuute, to the 

 wants of our own manulliclurers, (who prei'er it to 

 the old,) and the price has advanced. LuG'scom- 

 mand $2 53 to ^5, and leal ,$5 50 to ^S— but 

 these prices do not include fine qualities, none be- 

 ing yet brought lo market. 



The value of all descriptions of stocks has 

 been very variable in the norlhern cities, and gen- 

 erally low. In Viruinia they have not been sub- 

 ject to similar fliicluaiions, and considering the 

 scarcity of money, command good prices. 



The line of rail roads in conned ion wii.h those 

 already completed, li'om Raleigh to the Potomac, 

 are in rapid progress. One from Petersburg to 

 City Point is about to be comnjenced. and exer- 

 tions are makinir to commence one frou) Weldon 

 and Gaston to Danville and Evansham, one from 

 Petersburg towards Farmville and Lvnchburg, 

 and one from Richmond to Lyncliburg; but it is 

 not reasonable lo expect that all these projects 

 will succeed. Anoliier very important one is pro- 



posed from Lyntdiburgto the Tennessee line. For 

 ihe exten.sive operations of the Jaaaes River and 

 Kanawha Company, I can only relerto theoificial 

 report lately 'published. 



Applications are before the legislature for the 

 establishment of several banks, the want of which, 

 is annually the more felt in consequence of the 

 larije investment of capital in manulaciuring es- 

 tablishments, and works of internal miprovement. 



Another lari^e cotton mill, (the Etiricks,) has 

 been erected in ihe vieiinly of Petersburg. The 

 stock for one other, (the Mechanics,) has been 

 subscribed and a third is about to be undertaken — ■ 

 all within a short distance of the existing esiab- 

 lishments. Extensive iron founderies and me- 

 chanic shops are also erected at Richmond and 

 Petersburg, which will soon be in operation. 



The enterprising citizens of Danville and Mil- 

 ton on the Roanoke are also erecting cotton nulls, 

 and several similar establishments have been and 

 are about to be erected in North Carolina. So 

 th-at in the course of a few years, nearly the whok 

 crop of cotton in Virginia and North Carolina will 

 be required by the mills in those states — a very 

 desirable result ,for giving employment to our 

 while population. 



It is hoped that the culture of silk will soon be 

 introduced as alibrding a useful and profitable oc- 

 cupation to the numerous hands, whose labor is 

 now ineflicienti 



Table of Contents of Wanners^ Hegister, ^Wo, l>, ^oi, ZFi 



ORIGINAL COMMUKICATIONS. 



Page. 

 Obsvrvations made during an excursion to the 



Dismal Swamp ... - 513 



Proposal to drain the Dismal Swamp, (written 



in 1728,) by William Byrd, of Westover, - 521 

 Hasty observations on the agriculture of the 



county of Nansemonii, - - - 524 



The Peat Soils of Scotland, compared with the 



Juniper Sjii of the Dismal Swamp, - - 528 



Mode ot exactly representing leaves, - - 531 



The Portsmouth and Roanoke Railway. The 



navigation of the Meheirin, Nottoway, and 



Blackwater rivei-s, - - - - 532 



On the want of unilbrmity in the stated values 



of French and other weig'.its and measures, 534 

 Proceedings of the Agricultural Society of 



Fredericksburg, .... 539 



Address of James M. Garnett, President of the 



Agricultural Society of Fredericksburg, - 540 

 Address of Alfred Leyburn, President of the 



Agricultural Society of Rockbridge, - 547 



Farming on the Rivanna, ... 554 



Of the origin and habds of the cut-worm, . - 563 

 The dillerent advantages of large and small 



farms considerad ; and the injuries caused to 



ag«6ulture, and to a nation, by frequent and 



injudicious changes in the outlines and limits 



of farms, - - - . - 5G4 



Bells on sheep save them from dogs, - . 5G9 



Doubts of the value of some of the opinions now 



current on agricultural improvements, - 570 



Bengal Indigo. Remarks on Calcareous Ma- 

 nures, ' - ■ - ' - ' - - 572 

 Commercial Report, ... - 575 



SELECTIONS. 



Pago. 



On Moss Improvements, , . - 529 



Hints and Queries, .... 5,53 



Bushel and half bushel, - - - 53G 



Prospects of silk culture in western Virginia, 535 

 List of patents lor improvements of machines, 

 &c, to be used in agriculture, or domestic e- 



conomy, ..... 535 



Apples for fattening hogs, ... 544 



Chinese Agriculture, .... 545 



Curing corn, ..... 547 



Great increase, and value of Chinese Mulberry, 5t9 



On the excretion from the loots of plants, - 550 

 Report of the Engineer of the Eastern Shore 



Rail Road, ..... 552 

 GrQat improvement in the manufacture of iron, 557 

 Geological wonder, - - - - 557 

 The " Chinese Midberry" seeds aiid plants, im- 

 ported by Mr. V/hitmarsh, ... 55S 

 Leaves of trees, fodder for cattle, - - 559 

 Cure for red ants, .... 5(j0 

 Scientific discovery — solid air, - - 560 

 On the soils suitable for cotton, tobacco, sugar, 



and the tea plant, .... 560 



Tribute to tlie North, - - - - 573 



On the management of negroes, &c, - - 674 



