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g. g. g. g. g. g- d. Phoenix, the grand dam of Co- 

 met, sold in Collins' sale ibr 1000 guineas. 



P. S. The Heifer is in calf by Maggot. Mag- 

 got was got by Martin, dam Minx, (winner of tlie 

 16 guineas sweepstakes for yearlings at'lVcdcgar) 

 Minx by Wharldalc, g. d. Unima, by Nestor, g. 

 g. d. Minerva, (winner of the i)remium at Wor- 

 cester for best heifer in milk) g. g. g. d. Mary, 

 ])y Meteor, g. g. g. g. d. Magdalena, (bred by C. 

 Collins, and a 14 quart cow) by Comet, g. g. g. 

 g. g. d. by Cupid. 



The foregoing are correct pedigrees of the cattle 

 above named; and will be Ibund on reference to 

 Coates' Herd Book and Supplement. 



[Signed] iikxuy bkrry. 

 Great Diiikani, near Chepstow, Monmoidhslnre. 



Yearling Herefordshire Bull, Young Tro- 

 jan, got by a son of the celebrated bull Stockton, 

 that was bred by Mr. AVeyman, late of Moreton 

 Court, who challenged to show him against any 

 Hereford bull in England; his dam by a bull 

 bi-ed by Mr. Yarworth, late of Brinsop Court, — 

 which bull was by Old Trojan, out of his favorite 

 co.w Old Curley, a pure bred TuHy cow. 



[Signed] Jko. Turxer, near Leominster. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS AND READERS. 



The Jiccount of the Embankment and Cultivation of the 

 Shirley Hwamp, and the communication on the Four 

 Shift System, ^-c. were received too late for cither to be 

 inserted entire in this number of the Farmers' Regis- 

 ter : and we wish to avoid injurina; any article liy di- 

 viding it between diiferent numbers. Both these will 

 appear in No. 3. 



Tlie J^\ic Method of Cultivating Asparagus — Experi- 

 ments and Observations on Putrescent JManures and (Queries 

 oh Sassafras, which have also been necessarily post- 

 poned, will form part of No. 3. Our contributors will 

 oblige us, and will generally avoid such delays, by send- 

 ing their communications as early in each month as may 

 be convenient. 



All subscribers who have received extra copies of 

 No. 1, are requested to return them to the printer, un- 

 less they can oblige us still more, by using such copies 

 to supply directly other new subscribers, or otherwise 

 extending the circulation of the work. 



As the Farmers' Register is debarred by law from the 

 privilege which newspapers have, of exchanging publi- 

 cations free of postage, that consideration added to 

 others, will prohibit our making exchanges, except with 

 such agricultural or other journals as are devoted to the 

 subjects proposed for this work. 



We have been liighly and unexpectedly gratified by (he 

 more than kind welcome with which the appearance of 

 our first number has been greeted by our friends and the 

 public. Especially are we indebted to our editorial bre- 

 thren for their many and high encomiums, for which we 

 are not the less grateful, because conscious that they are 

 undeserved. We can only answer to the numerous testi- 

 monials of this kind, private as well as public, and from 

 strangers no less than from friends, that we will endea- 

 vor, as much as possible, to make up by zeal and labor 

 for our deficiency in talents of higher order, for the 

 possession of which our rejDutation is indebted far more 

 to the fiivor of others, than to our own merit. 



But while we offer thanks, without discrimination, to 

 all who have thus aided to encourage and sustain our first 

 efforts, it is our duty to refer more particularly to one 

 marked favor of this kind, from a fellow laborer and pre- 

 decessor in the cause we aim to support. We allude to the 

 remarks of the Editor of the Virginia Farmer, which 

 we here republish, because however complimentary to 

 us, they reflect still more honor on their author. W'e 

 cannot by our expressions do justice to the disinterest- 



ed and liberal course of our respected brother editor, 

 which is indirectly, yet strongly exhibited in his com- 

 ments on the Farmers' Register: and however anxious 

 for our own success, it will be a cause to us for sincere 

 regret, if loss to him should be thereby produced. The 

 cause of agriculture owes much to the public spirited 

 ctforts of the editor of the Virginia Farmer, and we 

 earnestly hope that in no event will he be permitted to 

 mcur loss from such praiseworthy and honorable exer- 

 tions. If he has not received, he has well deserved the 

 rewards of success. 



From the Virginia Farmer. 



" Faumers' Register. — We have just received tliis 

 excellent publication. We had been long anxiously ex- 

 pecting it, and we must confess ourselves gratified at the 

 very flattering commencement which its intelligent edi- 

 tor, Mr. Ruflin, has made. Perhaps Virginia could not 

 find one better qualified to conduct a paper of this sort 

 than Mr. Ruffin. But his character, as a discriminating 

 investigator of all subjects relating to agriculture, re- 

 quires no conmlent from us. His valuable and scien- 

 tific work on calcareous manures, has long been before 

 the public, and is a sufficient test of his ability. 



"The first number of the ' Farmers' Register' con- 

 tains much valuable matter, of which, however, we 

 need not here speak. 



" We are fully aware of the fact, that our humble and 

 unpretending production, the 'Virginia Farmer,' stands 

 against ' fearful odds.' We know that it mu- - 



like the harebell before the sun, when compare 

 this excellent publication. But we are candid when ■ 

 say, that if there is not sufficient patronage with tlie 

 public for both of us, we are willing to succumb in so 

 noble a combat. We will willingly give w-ay, (if so we 

 must,) to a publication calcidated to do so much good. 

 We scorn the little petty jealousies with which some 

 might be actuated imder similar circumstances. 



" Whatever may be the fate of the Virginia Farmer, 

 we will vouch for one fact — oiu- zeal in the cause and 

 our exertions to make it useful, have been untiring. 



" By active exertions we have been able to call to our 

 humble columns, some of the best agricultural writers 

 in Virginia. The article which the lamented Mr. Meade 

 furnished us on agricultural education, was excellent. 

 ' The Fireside Reflections of a Buckingham Farmer,' 

 and various excellent communications from Buckingham 

 and 'Fluvanna,' which we could mention, have been 

 read with interest, and we hope with profit. And the 

 essay in our present nimiber, [Prize Essay on Agricul- 

 ture in Vii^inia,] we know will commend itself to every 

 reader. 



" Every man is entitled to his due, and we may at 

 least lay claim to the credit of sending forth the pioneer 

 in the cause of decaying agriculture in Virginia, and if 

 it falls in the onset, be its motto this: 



" Sparta ha? nobler eons than he." 



COJVTiCNTS OF FARMERS' REOISTER, No. *. 



Economy and Management of Bees — Snpplemcniary Chapter, 

 to " An Essay on Calcareous Manures" — Breeding for a Dairy 

 Stock — Draining Lakes in Holland — Qualities of Soils and Sub- 

 soils — Workingand Feeding Horses — Buckwheat — Decoys for 

 Wild Ducks — Experiment on Wheat and Cheat — Speed of Mail 

 Coaches, and Keep of their Horses — Berwickshire, under the 

 old and new Systems of Farming— Culture of Corn^ — Native 

 Grapes— Hints to Farmers — Peat Mosses and Shell Marl (in 

 Scotland) — Accelerated Movement on Canals — New Rail Road — 

 Agricultwre of Virginia — Management of Hay — Floating of Land 

 —Charge of a Plough and two Horses — Management of Farm 

 Dun^— Agricidture "of the Netherlands — Leaves from a Note 

 Book, including Sliirley Farm, Reclaimed Marshes, and James 

 City Soils and Resources — Market for Cocoons — Sun-Hower 

 Oil — Operation of the Poor Laws on Agricultural Interests — 

 Frasrment of Conversation — Means for P>.educing Sea Shells — 

 Gap^esand Snuflles in Young Turkeys— Private Correspondence 

 —Mineral Resources of Virginia (from Address of J. P. Gushing, 

 A. M.)— Preserving Bees in Winter — Pine Leaves on Marl — 

 Silk Culture— Field Peas— Planting Potatoes— Agriculture in 

 Virginia (Prize Essay)— Pedigrees of Cattle imported by Corbin 

 Warwick, Esq.— To" Correspondents and Readers— Extract 

 from the Virezinia Farmer. 



Erratum, in the heading of the first article of No. 2. For 

 'Raoier" read "Rozier.^' 



