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the following notices may not be altogether unim- 

 portant. 



A rich mould abounding with the partridge pea, 

 weeds, &c. was last year Cultivated with difficul- 

 ty, and yielded an abundant crop of corn. Early 

 in June, peas were planted equidistant with the 

 corn, covered with the foot, and no farther labor in- 

 curred than a slight hilling Vi'hen the corn was last 

 worked. In October, the vines were removed, and 

 the land remained quite clean, and in the best pos- 

 sible condition for sowing of wheat, which was com- 

 pleted by a single operation of the harrows after 

 the fluke hoe ; and at this time my prosj)ec(s are 

 entirely satisfactory, and no obstacle either to 

 cutting or gathering up the crop is appre- 

 hended. My neighbor, from land of precisely si- 

 milar description, and immediately adjoining, rais- 

 ed an abundant crop of corn, but planted no peas. 

 In October, the double bar share plough was used; 

 the harrows w^ere necessary to smooth the fur- 

 i'ov/s — and after the wheat was sowed, a second 

 operation with them was required to cover the 

 seed, v/hich I considered less eiTectual than mine, 

 on the rougher surflice left by the fltike hoe. His 

 wheat is obviously and greatly inferior at this time ; 

 and so overwhelmingly numerous and luxuriant 

 are (he vines of the partridge pea, that I am confi- 

 dent he must resort to tlic reap hook or grass scythe 

 lor the preservation of his crop. But be thrd as it 

 may, I have no hesitation in assuming that the im- 

 pediments in cutting and the inevitable loss in 

 gathering up the wlieat, will far surpass in value 

 the seed peas and the trifling labor of lioeing 

 them — leaving in favor of my course, without 

 drav/back, a heavy amount of the most nutritious 

 food (if fed while green, and alternated with corn) 

 for fattening hogs ; and if judiciously attended to 

 (when pulled up for sowing wlieat,) the vines are 

 eminently valuable food during the winter, for 

 every description of stock. 



Before I close this communication, (already 

 much longer than I had contemplated,) I must in- 

 vite attention to tlie previous notice on tlie effect 

 of the growth of the field pea on that of the i)ar- 

 tridge pea. To allege tliat the foliage of the for- 

 mer, in the months of August and September, ob- 

 structed the vegetation of the latter in the month 

 of October, and onv/ards through the Avinter, is 

 obviously inadmissible. To what cause then shall 

 we assign it.'' I hope hereafter to read in your pa- 

 per a solution of the inquiry ; but in the mean 

 time, I shall remain under the impression that the 

 previous growth of the field pea liad gleaned the 

 pasture peculiarly suited for the nourishment of 

 both, and left the partri(ige pea no resource but 

 to await a future and suitable fecundation of the 

 soil. 



A SUBSCRIBER. 



liicreasetl Pi-oiluct 



Of Corn fa'omi fJflarling, 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Register. 



Sir: The field on Aberdeen whicli came in course 

 last year, has a slip of land from north to south, 

 about one hundred and fifty yards wide, left un- 

 marled in the spring of 182S, when the land on 

 each side of it had been marled the fall and v\'inter 

 before ; and after the crop of corn, the ma; led 

 sides of the slip were sovv'n in v/heat, and the slip 



left unsown. Last spring, the same field was 

 laid off four and a half feet one Avay and four feet 

 the other, for corn ; and about the 20th of De- 

 cember, I commenced gathering in that part of 

 the field. I counted in a square six hundred hills 

 of corn east of the slip, on the marled land, and it 

 produced five bushels and a peck, equal to tAventy- 

 one bushels per acre. On a line, as I Judged, ex- 

 actly west from it, in the middle of'^the slip, I 

 countQd in a square the same number of hills of 

 corn, and it produced one bushel and something 

 less tlian two pecks, but say six bushels per acre. 

 Still in the same line west, but on the marled 

 land, the same number of corn hills in a square 

 yielded five bushels, equal to twenty bushels per 

 acre. For your farther information, I think it is 

 proper I should add, that before the marling 

 in 1828, the above named three squares counted 

 by the corn hills, Avere, to the best of my judg- 

 ment, of equal quality, and that no manure has 

 ever been spread on either of them ; and perhaps 

 the difference in produce would have been great- 

 er, had the marled land, as the slip Avas, been left 

 also unsoAvn. The same course Avas pursued last 

 fall — the marled land sown, and the slip unsoAvn. 

 I have driven doAvn locust stakes on the corners of 

 each square, and you have the means of being in- 

 formed in 183G, when the same field Avill be again 

 in corn, Avhat is llie ditTerence in produce. I as- 

 sure you it Avill afford me great pleasure to inform 

 you of the result. 



EDMUND HARRISON. 



Aherdecn, Prince George Co. ) 

 January 20th, 1833. 5 



The rcmarkabte difference of appearance last year of 

 tlie corn groAving on these strijis of land, induced us to 

 request of Mr. Harrison a measurement and report of the 

 products, which Ave knew might be relied on as being 

 made Avith the utmost care and accuracy. The course 

 of tillage previously pursued on this field Avas far from 

 being favorable for exiiibitii)g tiie greatcs' effects from 

 calcLircous manures. 



We I'.ave been flivored by a merchant of this city, 

 with the folloAving extract from the Paris Price Cur- 

 rent: 



'ipJotice to SIcrcliaiits. 



" Merchants who propose selling foreign to- 

 bacco, for the sup]>ly of the Royal Manufacto- 

 ries of France, are advised that a Concours for 

 the purchase of the necessary quantity, will be 

 opened on the 1st of March, and from that time to 

 the 1st of June. The samples will be received 

 iii the store room of the Regie at Paris. A new 

 notice Avill make known the day Avlien the ten- 

 ders are to be deposited, and that of the adjudica- 

 tion. 



" Tlie administration of the Tobacco Department 

 think it their duty to make known to commerce 

 the probable importance of the purchases they 

 propose making, which Avill consist of about 3300 

 hlids. of Virginia leaf tobacco, 2-50 hhds. light yel- 

 loAY leaf Kentucky tol^acco, and about 200 hhds. 

 of dark l)roAvn Maryland tobacco. 



" In closing this notice, tlie administration beg 

 leave to notify the public that the finest qualities 

 of these descriiitions will alone suit their Avants." 

 lliichmond IV/iig. 



