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MISSING COPIES Oh- THE FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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 and will be used, to prevent losses and disajipointment 

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IdP" The indisposition of several of the publisher's 

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 ber Avill be published on the 9th of November. 



CONTENTS OF FARMERS' REGISTER, No. 5. 



ORIGINAL COMMUKICATIOKS. 



Influence of the origin of seeds, on the quantity and quality of 

 crops, 257 — Roads and railways considered in connexion with 

 the interests of the Southern States, 259 — Reflections on the Im- 

 provement of Agriculture, 263— Agricultural improvement and 

 public works of Virginia, 265 — Castor-bean oil-cake as manure, 

 ■267— Cheese made of Potatoes, 268 — Saving of labor in cutting 

 down corn stalks, &c- 269— Queries on Marling, &c. and An- 

 swers, 270 — Long Island farming, and cost of manure — Jersey 

 Marl, 271— The Spanish Thistle, 27,3- Simple and cheap 

 Thrashing Machine, 274— Animated Oat, 275— Experiment on 

 Oats, 275 — Queries and remarks on the improvement of lands, 

 27.5- On the calcareous soils of Alabama, and their effect on 

 health, 276 — Former unhealthiness of Mobile, and the beneficial 

 change caused by paving the streets with shells, 279 — Wooden 

 Rail-Roads, 2til — Ornamental Trees, 282— Culture and products 

 of Lower Virginia, 283 — Ducks and Turkeys, 286— Lucerne, 286 

 — Sketch of the life and public services of Sir John Sinclair, 286 

 — Tar from Pit Coal, a cheap substitute for paint, 289 — Commer- 

 cial Report, 289 — Cotton Factories in Petersburg, 316 — Extraor- 

 dinary Natural Production, 317 — To Correspondents and Sub- 

 scribers, 319— Prices Current, 320. 



SELECTIONS. 



Description of the Charleston and Hamburg Rail Road, 261 

 — Advantages and disadvantages &c. of the Southwestern Pra- 

 ries, 277 — Germination of seeds, 289 — Management of Tobacco, 

 290 — Vegetable Physiology, 295 — Load of a Locomotive Engine 

 on the Petersburg railway, 296 — Virginia Springs, 297 — Oat 

 Grass, 297 — Organic remains in Marl, in North Carolina, 298 — 

 Making, curing and casking Butter, 299— The Norton Grape, 

 300 — Reaping Machine, 301 — Cheap stump machine, 302 — Ca- 

 terpillar brush, 302 — Management of Hops, 302 — Increasing the 

 rapidity of boats, without using more propelling power, 303 — 

 Navigation of Nottoway River, 304 — The cheat [or chess] con- 

 troversy, 304 — The Rot in Timber, 307 — Turning in green crops 

 for manure, 308 — Ice-houses, 303 — Encouragement of Agricul 

 ture in New- York, 309 — Kanawha Marble, 309 — The wheat in- 

 sect, 310 — Prices of Jefiersoa land, 310 — Scotch Farming, 310 — 

 Characteristics of Flemish Husbandry, 311 — Anthracite coal, 312 

 — Internal Improvement of North Carolina, 312 — Salsafy 312 — 

 Fire Proof Cement, 312— Bone Manure, 313— Marsh Mud, &c. 

 314 — New Discoveries, 315 — Vegetable Physiology in relation to 

 Rotation of Crops, 317 — Importance of good Seed Wheat, 318 — 

 Number of Plants to an Acre, 31S— Milk Sickness, 319— Byfield 

 Hogs, 319. 



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errata in article on north carolina 

 farmer's register, no. 4. 



3M line from bottom, in page 204, for prcfertnce, Tea.d prescience 



7th line from top, in page 205, for master, read monster. 



2Sth line from top, in page 203, for transportations, read t7-ans- 



JfViolesffie l^rices Current, 



Tobacco — Lugs 4 50 rtD 5 50 



OtherrefusedT 6 00 (® 7 00 



Com. & mid. pass'd ' 50 fa) 8 50 



Good 9 50 (ffilO 00 



Fine shipping 10 00 rtPll 00 



Flour— City Mills.. 6 50 ® 6 75 



Canal 5 62 



Wheat — neio White 11. 



" -" Red 11, 



Corn 70 



Corn Meal 80 fiO 



Oats 40 



Beef 4 /a) 



Bacon, per lb 9(a) 10; 



Butter 14 /a) 16 



Coffee 13 /® 14 



Cotton 15 (a) 17 



Sugar, loaf St lump. .13 rtD 17 



Suirar, brown \Ola) 12 



Hides, Spanish U /!D 16 



Brandy, Cog gall. 1 20 (a) I 50 



Do. Apple 33 (a) 35 



Whiskey 32 (ffi 35 



Rum, West India.. . .70 fn> 1 00 



Do. New England. 36 (® 40 



Wine, Madeira.... 2 50 ® 3 00 



Do. S.Madeira 80 (iD 1 10 



Do. Malac-a 40 (® 60 



Tea, Imp. & Gunp.. .80 (n) 1 00 

 Do. Young Hyson. . .70 (n) 80 



Molasses 32 rtB 40 



Salt, 4^". sack 1 90 (a) 2 12 



Hemp, 100 (a) 130 



Bar Iron 3f(ffi 4i 



Pork, ^bbl 12 00 



do 6 00 (® 7 00 



Shad, 



Cut, Herrings, new Ih (S) 5 00 

 St. Domingo Mahogany, from 8 !a> 37| cents #" foot. 



Hondiu'as 1 fS) 15" do. 



Prices of Stocks. 



V S. Bank, 109 



ank of Virginia, 112 



P'armers' Bank Ill 



Course of Exchange. 

 North Carolina Bank Notes. . 2 

 South Carolina do. 3 flD 4 

 Georgia do. i IS) 5 



