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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



[No. 12 



its commencement on the part of the legislature of 

 North Carolina. 



TO SUBSCRIBEKS. 



The increase of original communications, as exhib- 

 ited in the last and present numbers, and by pieces on 

 hand for the next, is a gratifying indication tia^t the 

 editor's recent appeal on that subject has not been 

 made in vain. In addition to the communications of 

 corresponents, such as have heretofore given its higii- 

 est value to this journal, the editor designs to com- 

 mence, both in person and by proxy, in a more regu- 

 lar and deliberate manner than at any previous time, 

 the making of visits of inspection and inquiry to the ac- 

 cessible and interesting farming districts of Virginia. 

 The few reports of this kind presented in the several 

 volumes of the Farmers' Register, though so favorably 

 received as to encourage renewed and better efforts, 

 were made by the editor undei- great disadvantages, in 

 tlie want of leisure for making such examinations 

 with proper care, and due regard to accuracy and 

 minuteness of the statements, on his own part — and 

 also, for the total want of aid fiom other persons. It 

 will not be his fault if the plan is not better devised, 

 and more fully executed, for the next volume. 



Taking a general average of all the subscribers to 

 the work, their dues are so regularly and fully paid, 

 that the editor has to apologize to the punctual, for the 

 concise but conspicuous statement on the cover of this 

 No. which will go to every subscriber, without excep- 

 tion, of the amount which he owes, to the end of Vol. 

 4, which tills No. closes. Of course, all who continue 

 subscribers, will owe for another volume in advance 

 on the 1st of May, when the issuing of Vol. V will 

 commence. Heretolbre no duns have been sent to 

 subscribers who had not been longer than one year in 

 arrear of payment ; and the reason for a ditferent 

 course now, is, that many subscribers (who perhaps 

 never have read the conditions, and rarely see the in- 

 side of the publication,) require this outside notifica- 

 tion of the large amount of their arrears — and that the 

 form adopted, requires that every actual debt shall be 

 stated. If the place for the sum is left blank, of course 

 the subscriber (according to the account book) has 

 paid in advance for Vol. IV, and owes nothing at this 

 time. As some mistakes are unavoidable, and some- 

 times, in consequence, subscribers are either charged 

 or credited improperly, the editor requests to be in- 

 formed, should any mistakes of either kind appear, and 

 they will be as promptly and readily corrected in the 

 one case as in the other. 



T<is,Me of CoHlctUs of Warmers'' lies 



"•ister, J\*a, 1^, 



ORIGINAL, COMMUNICATIOKS. 



On tlie causes of the long continued decline 

 and great depression of agriculture in Virginia, 



No.' II. 725 



Hog raising, .... 725 



Use of hand-rakes instead of hoes, for weeding 



corn. Hill side ditches. - - - 7.31 



Emigr.ition to the west, ... 732 



On "counting the cost" of new improvements — 



applied especially to emigration, - - 733 



On the suitableness of warm climates for wine 



making. ..... 734 



Desultory thoughts elicited, principally, by the 



editorial rr marks of No. 8, - - 73S 



The expense of tobacco culture compared with 



that of wheat and corn, ... 742 



The wild goose, .... 744 



Directions for cultivating water-melons and can- 



teloupes, in latitude 43, ... 745 



Deficiency of proper aid to the Farmers' Regis- 

 ter. Profits of farming in Virginia. Emi- 

 gration. ..... 746 



Items of husbandry from various sources, - 749 

 Annual report of the Petersbui'g Rail Road 



Comj)any, ..... 759 



The effects of turning up the subsoil in new 



lands, for tobacco, .... 762 



Indian corn, .... 703 



Farming on the Rivanna, No. II. - - 764 



Suspension of the publication of the list of pa- 

 tents, ..... 76.'5 



Commercial Report, - . - - 765 



The recent enactments of North Carolina, in 

 aid of the improvement of that state, by rail 

 roads, and draining the swamp kinds. 



To subscribers, . . . - 



SELECTTOXS. 



Report of the progress of the geological survej' 

 of Virginia, in 1836, ... 



Progress of making beet sugar, 



Philadelphia meeting for establishing a silk fac- 

 tory, - _ - - ' - 



Importation of grain, . . . 



Progress of the silk manufacture in the United 

 States, ..... 



A wild hog, ..... 



Petition to the legislature of Maryland for aid 

 to agriculture, .... 



Mob and riot in the city of New York. De- 

 struction of provisions for the purpose of 

 lowering prices, .... 



Morality of high prices, ... 



Tobacco [)lanters' convention. 



Beet sugar in England, ... 



Errors of the prevalent opinion that the Bree- 

 don (magnesian) limestone is injurious to 

 land, except in small quantities. 



Hens laying in winter, ... 



Observations relating to the planting, manage- 

 ment, and culture of fruit trees, 



New England agriculture, ... 



Broom corn mania, - - 



The true and the false doctrines respecting the 

 high prices of jH-ovisions, 



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