1837.] 



FARMERS' REGISTER. 



625 



friable manure. We are so well pleased with the 

 machine that we have each oi" us ordered one 

 from Air. Easlman. 



J. W. Pattersox^, 

 James Svva:<^, 

 Robert Gii^ivioR, Jr. 

 S. Vi. Smith, 



VVm. DoiVIVEI.L. 



Baltimore, Dec. 2d, 1836. 



J. S. Eastman has now put twelve of the above 

 machines in hand, which will require six or eight 

 week^J to complete. Part of them are already en- 

 gaged ; thof-e who wish to have it in time tor ope- 

 rating in the spring, and advised to have their 

 names at; his Agricultural Warehouse in Prali 

 street. 



The cost of the machine, includhig the parent 

 right, is i^lOO. To apply the machinery to a 

 "Wagon or cart ^45. In five minutes the machine- 

 ry may be detached. 



MR. WHITMARSH AXn HIS AGENT. 



[In the last No. of the Farmers' Register, we insert- 

 ed Irom the " Silkworm," an accouijt of the transac- 

 tions of Mr. Whitmarsh, in regard to his Chinese mul- 

 berry seeds and plants, with our comments thereon. 

 We now republish, from the Genesee Farmer, the de- 

 fensive replies of both Mr. Whitmarsh and his agent, 

 to an editorial article of severe and well deserved cen- 

 sure, which had appeared in that paper. We are quite 

 wilHng to make Mr. Whitmarsh's defence as extensive- 

 ly known, as the censure of his course : but, notwith- 

 standing, will express our opinion, (very ditfer^ent 

 from some of our brother editors,) that his letter falls 

 far short of exculpating him from the intention to de- 

 ceive purchasers, and willingness to pocket the profits 

 of their being deceived. What the purchasers wanted, 

 and expected to obtain, wa? the morns m.uUicauli.$, 

 universally understood to be meant, in this country, by 

 the name of " Chinese mulberry," — and not another 

 Chinese mulberry, the merits of which are just now dis- 

 covered, or brought to light, by Mr. Whitmarsh's obser- 

 vations, and which may, or may not be, superior to the 

 morus muliicaulis — and which few persons would have 

 cared to buy, if announced in that manner at fii-st, and 

 still fewer now. As to Mr. Huntington, the agent, his 

 best defence would have been, that he, like the public 

 in general, was cheated by the language of his princi- 

 pal's first recommendatory statement: but he has for- 

 feited that ground of defence, by having failed to ex- 

 pose and apologize for the deception, after he learned 

 it, and by continuing to press on the public the sales 

 of this mulberry — whether a new and valuable species, 

 as alleged by Mr. Whitmarsh, or merely dead plants 

 and damaged seeds of the common white or ItaUan 

 mulberry, as supposed by the nurserymen who have 

 planted them. If Mr. W. had at first stated, plainly 

 and fairly, his views as now expressed, as to the supe- 

 rior value of a new variety of mulberry, his opinions 

 would have passed for what they were worth. No 

 blame could have attached to him in case of disap- 

 pointment to those who might have relied on these 

 first and hasty impressions — and if not found to be 



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mistaken, he would have been justly acknowledged (as 

 his defenders claim to be his due,) to have acted from 

 a desire to benefit the interests of his country. But it 

 is evident that such a course would have put but little 

 money in his pocket, compared to the inducing a belief 

 that purchasers would obfain from him seeds and plants 

 of a variety ^hose value was already so well known, 

 that the eagerness to possess it seems something simi- 

 lar to the prevailing mania for speculation in gold 

 mines and western lands. Hence, a sufficient reason 

 for Mr. Whitmarsh's choice, supposing him to prefer 

 solid cash, to barren praise and honor.] — En. Far. 

 Reg. 



From the Genesee Farmer. 



V/e very cheerfijiiy give place to the following let- 

 ers, that Messrs, Whitmarsh and Huntington may 

 derive <dl possible benefit ii-om the publication of 

 their statements ; and our only regret is, that these 

 letters do not aflbrd a more satislaclory reply to the 

 statement published in this paper on the 3J inst. 

 Here are the letters, to wdiich we append several 

 notes, which we deem necessary to a correct un- 

 derslanuhig of the subject : 



Northampton, Dec. 11, 1836. 



L. Tucker, Esq.— •^'iV; I have read with pain 

 an article in your paper of the 3d inst., in which 

 you accuse myself and agent, C. P. Huntinirton 

 Esq. of deception — willul deception — in the sale of 

 mulberry seed last spring. This, sir, is a most 

 serious charge to make, and that too, without the 

 slightest evidence, and respecting those ot whom 

 you say you know nothing. Would it not have 

 been well to have made some inquiries] or even 

 have addressed me on this subject I Mr. Hunt- 

 ingtbn, I trust, is able to answer for himselh I 

 will only observe, that if any deception has been 

 practised, it must rest on my siioulders. 



Has there been any deception in the case? You 

 say positively that there has. May 1 ask in what ? 

 [a ] Was it "that the seed did not vegetate? or that 

 1 intended that it should be received as the Multi- 

 canlis ? That it did not vegetate as well as could 

 be wished, is most certain — of that I could not be 

 aware, as I had no means of trying it — it had 

 every appearance of good seed. Was it sold as 

 Multicaulis? [6.] I answer most decidedly, it was 

 not. In my search for Muliicaulis seed, I was 

 told that it could not be had in Italy or France — 

 that the tree produced but little seed, and that lit- 

 tle could not be depended on ; but they had a 

 small quantity ot Chinese mulberry seed — which 

 was more hardy than the Mukicaulis, and better 

 in many respects. I was shown the trees, along 

 side of the Multicauiis; the thermometer t'ren 

 standing at 6° below zero, and had been the day 

 before at 14° below. I compared trees of three 

 years old, down to those of seed grown in August, 

 with the white, and found every indication of a 

 hardier tree than any we have in our country, and 

 better than any I had seen in my travels — one 

 well calculated for our climate — the leaves fiom 

 six to eifjht inches, and very close jointed. I 

 forwarded the seed to my agent, which he did not 

 receive till my arrival, on the 28th or 29th of A [.ril. 

 I immediately caused notice to be given by If^ttcrs 

 and otherwise, that this tuas not the MiiUirai'lis, 

 but a distinct variety. Nine-tenths of the seed 



