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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



OJ" We are sorry to be obliged to divide tlie 

 Essay on Agriculture from our Caledonin friend, 

 Mr. SoHERS, read before the Fanners of Barnet, 

 Vermont. Tliut i)art of the essay given in this 

 number is good— that part which is to come in 

 the next Visitor, is better. On a perusal of this 



essay 



rk that it combines the true th( 



with the correct practice: it is more accurate and 

 better adapted to our soil, than any description 

 we have ever seen. The reader is only to be ap- 

 prised that Mr. Somers is among the most suc- 

 cessful and best farmers of Old Caledonia to put 

 the true estimate upon the Essay of om- friend. 



05^ We re-publish from Hill's Patriot the long 



poetical article on the Cemetery at F , not 



alone for its general merit as uniting in great 

 beauty and harmony imagination with fact. It is 

 a production which would do great credit to the 

 accurate and experienced scholar and \me.t: as 

 the work of a youth of only seventeen years, we 

 are free to give our belief that it never has been 

 excelled by any native poet of the Granite State. 



THE MARKETS. 



(!'OTT0N. — There is a very fair demand, and sales are 

 considerable, amounting to nearly or quite 2000 bales, 

 since our last report. New Orleans at !) a 10 and lOJ for 

 common to good qualities. Upland at 9^, 91 and 9^0 

 per lb. G nios. 



FLOUR.— The market is very dull for all descriptions, 

 nnd prices are lower. The stock in New York is large, 

 and purchasers buy sparingly, anticipating lower pr.ces. 

 Small sales of Genesee common brands g6 25, and fancy 



fithout any material change 

 for corn ; dealers generally have a good supply, and buy 

 sparingly. List sales of yellow flat, old and new, at 60c 5 

 old yellow 62 a 64 c ; no recent sales of white. Sales of 

 Southern and Eastern Oats -48 a 50 c per bush. 



HIDES.— The market for this article is less active, and 

 sales more restricted. 3 a -4000 Buenos .\yres and Mon- 

 tevideo h.ave sold at U c, and 500 Pernambuco, 10^ c per 

 lb. 6 mos. »vhich is a decline on the latter description. 



HOPS.— Some parcels of Massachusetts inspection at 

 12 c per lb. cash. The article is dull, and stock accumu- 



" INDIA RUBBERS.— Public sale yesterday of 191 

 cases, 20,000 pairs, men's, women's and children's, plain 

 and fiij'd, at 38.J a 67 c per pair, 4, 6, and 8 mos. credit. 



IRON.— .\ cargo of Swedes arrived this week, which 

 remains unsold. "70 tons Russia Old Sable sold at J^y7 a 

 100 per ton, 6 mos. 



MOLASSES.— Sales ol Porto Rico 21 a 22 c per gall. 



PROVISIONS.— There is no variation in Beef or Pork, 

 and sales are limited. Lard is selling at e.J a 65 c per lb. 

 4 mos. Public sales of Western 5J c cash, and 6 a 6^ c 

 per lb. 4 '" " -• "■'■ 



100.000 lbs. havp been sold this week, at a declme of 

 ! c per lb. on the prices current two or three months 

 e. The stock of foreign is getting largo, and the ar- 

 idull. 



Saxony and Merino, 4^ a 50 c. 



Three fourths blood, 40 a 42 c. 



Smyrna washed, 25 



STATEMENT OF BRIGHTON MARKET FOR 1841. 



36,607 Beef Cattle, sales estimated at gl,757,]36 



18.791 Stores, do do 457,186 



1281650 Sheep, do do 132,975 



3i;372 Swine, do do 103,584 



g2,400,8Sl 

 1810. 

 34,160 BeefCattle, 



,1^^::;^ \ Sales estimated at ^.,990,577 



32,350 Swine, -> 



1839. 

 23,263 Beet Cattle, 



ll^^et;: Sales estimated a. S.,901,863 



26,088 Swine, -" 



25,830 BeefCattle, 



l^M iTel; i Sales estimated at ^2,058,004 



26,104 Swine, -' 



1837. 

 31,644 BeefCatde, 



16,216 Stores, ( «.lp, »,ti mated it «" 449 <»31 



110,206 Sheep, T Sales estimated at J[..,4iJ,-Jl 



17,052 Swine, ' 



BRIGHTON MARKET— Monday, Dec. 27. 

 [Reported for the Boston Patriot.] 



At market 400 Beef Cittle, 50 Stores, and 2550 Sheep, 

 and 520 Swine. 



Prices. Beef Cattle— The pnc.es obtained last week 

 were fully sustained. We quote first quality ,g5 50 a 



SAeep— VVe quote lots at 

 1 92, and 2 25. 



;?!Cmc— One lot selected 3} and 4J ; 3 and 4c was the 

 only ofler for the remainder. At retail from 4 to 6c. 



NEW-VORK C.\TTLE M.\RKET, Dec. 27th. 



At market. 900 head of Beef Cattle, including 100 left 

 over last week, 200 of which were from the South, and 

 the balance trom this State ; 35 Milch Cows, and 2400 

 Sheep and Lambs. 



There was some further improvement in good Beef, but 

 the common and inferior qualities remain dull, without 

 any change in prices ; sales of 750 head at »5 00 a $1 SO, 

 averaging' J^6 00 the 100 lbs. 



Milch Cows— 25 sold at S'25 a .933 each. 



Sheep and Lambs were mostly taken— Sheep at ^1 50 

 to g4 50, and Lambs at .>hI '.'.i I., s'j I'ach. 



BANK NOTE TABLE. 



(Corrected for the Boston Courier, Dec. 22, 1841.; 



O" The Bills of all the Banks in the New England 

 States, which are in good credit, are received at pardon 

 deposit, by the following Banks, viz: — Atlas, .\tlaiiTic, 

 Eagle, Freemans', Globe, Mechanics', Hamilton, Market, 

 Merchant's, North, State, Suffolk, Shoe and Leather 

 Dealers', Shawmut, Tremont, Traders', Union, and Wash- 



O" The Suffolk Bank transacts all the business relating 

 to the country Banks, for the above named Banks. 

 03= The bills of the Kilby Bank are not redeemed. 



(Cr Counterfeit 53 bills of the Brunswick Bank, Me. 

 are in circulation — Perkins's stereotype plate, and signed 

 M, E. Woodman, Cashier, and R. Dunlap, President. 

 LIST OF BROKEN BANKS IN NEW ENGL.\ND. 

 Lafayette, South Bostoi 



BurrillviUc, R. I. 

 Commonwealth, Boston 

 Chelsea Bank, Chelsea, M. 

 Castine, Me. 

 Derby, Conn. 

 Eagle, New Haven, Conn. 

 Fulton, at Boston, Ms. 

 Franklin, at South Boston 

 Farmers', Belchertown, Ms 

 Frankfort, at Frankfort, Me 

 Globe, at Bangor, Me. 

 Kennebec, Me. 



Middlesex, Cambrid; 

 Nahant Bank, Lynn, Ms. 

 Norfolk, at Roxbury, Ms. 

 Newburynort, at Newbury- 



port, Ms. 

 Oldtown.atOrono, Me. 

 Passamaquoddy,Eastport Me 

 Roxbury, Ms. 



Stillwater Canal, Orono,Me. 

 Wiscasset, Me. 

 Washington Co. Calais, Me 



LIST OF BANKS IN NEW ENGLAND WHOSE 



CHARTERS HAVE EXPIRED. 



Bath Bank, Me. Hampshire Bank, Northamp- 



Bangor Bank, Me. 



*Bank of Montpelier, Mont- 

 pelier, Vt. 



Concord, (Sparhawk cash- 

 ier,) N. H. 



•Cumberland (old) Bank, 

 Portland, Mc. 



Damariscotta Bank, Dama- 

 riscotta, Me. 



ton, M: 

 Keniiebunk Bank, at Arun- 

 del, Me. 

 *Mendon Bank 

 Newburyport Bank, old 

 PhiEnix Bank, Nantucket 

 Sutton Bank, Wilkinson- 



ville. Ms. 

 Saco Bar.k 

 "Waterville Bank 

 Winthrop Bank, Me. 

 • Winthrop hank, Ms. 

 •Thebillsof these banks are still received. 

 BILLS NOT RECEIVED AT THE SUFFOLK B.VNK. 



MAliNE. 

 .Agricultural Bank, Brewer — a 75 perct.dis. 



Bangor Commercial Bank, a 5 " 



Calais Bank, at Calais, 10 a — 



City Bank, Portland, a 50 " 



Citizens' Bank, .\ugusta new emission worthless. 

 Damariscotta Bank, char. exp. 



Frankfort Bank, at Frankfort, — a perct.dis. 



Georgia LumberBank, Portland. worthless a '■ 



Globe Bank, Bangor, worthless — a — " 

 Lafayette Bank, do 5 a — " 



Mercantile Bank, Bangor, a 5 " 



Ostord Bank, at Fryeburg, fraud. 

 Oldtown, at Orono, worthless. 



People's Bank at Bangor, closed. 

 Penobscot, do do no such bank. 

 Stillwater Canal, at Orono, — a — " 



St. Croix, at Calais, 20 a — 



Washington County, do worthless. .. — a — " 

 Westbrook, at Westbrook, Me. 3 a 5 " 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 Concord Bank, — a 5 " 



Wolfeborough Bank, worthless. — a — " 



MASSACHUSETTS. 

 Commonwealth Bank, Boston, a 50 " 



Chelsea, . — a 80 •' 



Farmers' and Mechanics', Adams, 



South Village, now worthless. — a — " 

 Fulton Bank, Boston, — a — " 



Middling Interest, at Boston, 25 a — " 



Middlesex, at Cambridge, 3 a — *' 



Newburyport, at Newburyport, 80 a — " 



Norfolk, at Roxbury, 5 a — " 



Nahant Bank, at Lynn, — a 80 



Roxbury Bank, no sale. 



RHODE ISLAND. 

 Scituate Bank, ' — a 50 " 



VERMONT. 

 Bennington Bank, at Bennington, 60 a 70 

 Essex, at Guildhall. worthless. — a — 



CONNECTICUT. 

 Housatonic Rail Rn.ad Co. _ a 60 " 



" State of New Jersey, 

 " City of Philadelphia, 

 " City of Baltimore, 

 " District of Columbia, 



Old United States Bank Bills, 



Checks on New York, 

 Philadelphia, 

 Mobile, 

 '^ New Orleans, 



Spanish Doubloons, 



Mexican, do 



Hall Dollars, 



PROSPECTUS 



OE THE FOIHIH VoirjIE OF 



THE FARMERS' MONTHLY VISITOR, 



Published at Concmd, N. 11. 6j/ John M. Hill, on the 



last day of every month. 



Conducted by Isaac Hill. 



FROM the necessary absence of the Editor at the sea- 

 son of obtaining subscriptions one year ago, ni.any 

 subscribers of the previous year who intended to continue 

 the paper never received it. The Flditor has the best of 

 reasons for believing that his labors in this monthly jour- 

 nal have met the general approbatimi ; and iC he may be- 

 lieve report from the several towns uhrrr- it ti:w circulat- 

 ed, he can have no hesitation in d'Tlinnu tliit ilic \'isitor 

 has been among the means of proiii..tnij; a laii.Lilile ambi- 

 tion in hundreds to improve the lace of the soil j and that 

 thereby production has been and will be increased. If 

 the publication should give us little remuneration in a pe- 

 cuniary pointof view, its good influence and efTects would 

 encourage us to renewed efforts for its continuance. We 

 only ask those who think our cheap publication will aid 

 the cause of Agriculture, that they may show somewhat 

 the same enthusiasm to increase our subscription among 

 their neighbors and friends, that we feel to see the waste 

 places adorned with the beauty of vegetable, sustaining 

 animal production. There is as much of mind lays bar- 

 ren to the truth in relation to .\griculturc, as there is of 

 soil that wants no unnatural or forced effort to make it of 

 the highest value to its owner. Those who believe that 

 Agriculture is every thing to the country, and that with- 

 out a prosperous Agriculture all other enterprises must 

 flag, cannot do better in a small matter than lend us their 

 aid to the circulation of the Fsriner's Monthly Visitor. 



Three volumes of the Visitor have already been pub- 

 lished. The back volumes, to those who have not already 

 read them, will be quite as interesting as the new nnm- 

 bers. 'To those volumes we have devoted many hours, 

 presenting the results of observation and inquiry in vari- 

 ous parts of t'he country. We hare had much valuable 

 original aid from others ; and we have embodied into our 

 work many excellent extracts from the most able heads 

 and pens of this country and of Europe. One thousand 

 sets of the three volumes remain to be disposed of; and 

 to subscribers for the Visitor we offer complete sets from 

 the commencement, including the subscription for the 

 year 1842, for the price of two dollars. 



Other persons at different and distant points of the coun- 

 try have put a gratifying estimate upon the value of our 

 monthly work. Wliile writin? we receive by mail from a 

 gentleman at the city of Washington the following flat- 

 tering assurance : 



'* AH with whom I have conversed express the opinion 

 that yours is the most valuable and interesting agricultu- 

 ral paper they have seen. And useful as I believe all your 

 previous life to have been (and I have been no casual ob- 

 server of it for twenty years) both as a citizen and as a 

 public man, 1 cannot but think you are subserving the 

 great interests of mankind in this noble cause as much as 

 you could in the Senate or in presiding over the interests 

 of the intelligent people of your adopted State." 



We had rather the writer had placed us on equal ground, 

 than that tie should say ours was more valuable than the 

 other agricultural papers ; for in practical knowledge and 

 experience, in powers of analysis and description, we 

 know there are agricultural writers, the latchet of whose 

 shoes we are unworthy to unloose. Take the Cultivator 

 while under Buel or Gaylord — the American Farmer of 

 Skinner — the Farmer's Register of Ruffiii — the New Eng- 

 land Farmer with Fessenden, Colmanand Putnam — or ei- 

 ther the M.iine Farmer of Dr. Holmes, or the Maine Cul- 

 tivator with the good Mr. Drew ; and the Editor of the 

 Visitor at once confesses the superiority of one and all; 

 some upon all points, and each perhaps in some one point. 

 We profess to be a mere gatherer — a gatherer possibly of 

 many common facts which others think unworthy of note, 

 and which have little more to recommend them than their 

 novelty. We however take courage from such assurances 

 as the 'foregoing, extravagant as the authors must confess 

 them to be ; and \-o ask of all gentlemen whu may think 

 us entitled to aid to help us in carrying forward our work. 

 TERMS OK THE VISITOR. To single subscribers, 

 seventy five cents. 'I'hree copies for two dollars. Ten 

 copies for six dollars. For the four first volumes includ- 

 ing the years 1839, '40, '41 and '42, two dollars. As an 

 inducement for the efforts of Agents, we olrer the three 

 volumes of the Visitor for 1839, 18-40, and 1841, as a pre- 

 mium in addition to the above discount for every ten cop- 

 ies subscribed fur by their procurement and paid in ad- 

 Agents wishing to forward names or subscriptions are 

 authorised to do so free of postage, through the Postmas- 

 ter at whose office the paper is received, by a regulatien 

 of the Post Master General. I 



Concord, Dec. 7, 



