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THE FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR. 



November, 1842 



one of the objects i 

 the use of her foi 

 country. The mca 



,lonlzin2 Virginia was stated to be 

 in making'^ iron Cor the mother 



within her own bosom, and the production of iron imme- 

 diately rose, as the following table wdl show, to its pres- 

 ent extraordinary heiijht; 

 In 17J0 17.000 tons 



In 1760 

 In 17S8 



179G 



68,000 



400,000 tons. 



703,184 

 1,000.000 

 1,300,000 



eat increase of pop 

 districts. Slaffordsl 

 land has 200,000 so 

 1 mining or manufac 

 open common, is n 



Boston .*!<d New Yokk.— The total amount of the 

 aluation of the real and personal property of the city ol 

 Jew York, for the purposes of taxation, was 



For the year 184/ *S;V7«t'rm 



i< IS li isi'2 '237.783,601 



S 13,411 ,319 



erwards she had i 



. — VVe gave an account somt 

 ; lot of corn belonging to tht 

 as then growing, and which \vf 



JD LOT OF CoRl 



nee of a promisin 



andred bushels of corn ti 

 acre ; it has since been gathered, and although it had 

 n considerably depredated upon, as we suspected il 

 j|d be, yielded UO bushels of shelled corn to the acre 

 e variety is called Tmcarora, is a white corn, aboai 

 n flint, large ears yielding a pint when shelled, anc 

 1 good meal corn. — Baltimon 



The fruit 



New Fashioneu Potatoes.— The WheeUng Daily 

 Gazette speaks of a new species of the potato jjlant that 

 has jusl been imported from South .\ 

 grows on vines, like pumpkins, and will do to ms 

 some arbors ; a singlesced potato being sufficient 

 a veraudish. The beauty of this above ground v 

 is, that you can pick out the linest potatoes with 

 a"'in'» the plants, and leave the " small potatoes 



Conditions of the Visitor for 1843. 



Any responsible a«d trust-worthy person who may 

 eive a subscription paper is requested 



■ procuring sue 

 the person wh 



as Agent 

 1 he allowed 

 le subscriber 



te'n"dol- 



farmers 

 lixty copi 



Decrease in 1812 



Total decrease in 1842 



The total valuation of the property i 

 on, for tlie same purposes, was 

 For the year 1842 

 .. .. •'.. 1841 



Total mcrease in 1842 g".7'-»','"0 



Total iNCiEASF. in Boston eight millions seven Inm- 

 dred and twn'.ly six thousand seven hundred dollars. 



Have our KaUroads particularly the Westeii.n Rail- 

 HOAD, had any influence in bringing about this result?— 

 host. Merc. Jour. 



Illi.vois. — 



THE MARKETS. 



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 the Post Master, free of postage. 



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n,,!.; '.,,1 ., ii^ Mil a sheet of sixteen pages of royal 



,|,i ,i h number contains as much matter as 



a r. lino volume of common novels. 



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nthc 



Far.mf.rs 



The Condition of th 

 A correspondent of the Ji 

 from Qiiincv. Illinois, respecting Northern Illinois, says . 

 '•Notuitli't'iiiiliii' a great amount of industry, eight out 

 of ten of tiir liriiiers are in debt and hold their farms for 

 sale 1 dii iii.l know of a farm in Illinois that will pay 

 expenses wiiii lured help, at the present prices of pro- 

 duce. Many of them borrowed money to tuy farms ; .i I 

 such are now in a dangerous position." This is a lanicnt- 

 able statement, and the causes of their difficulties, we 

 suDDOse, are to be found among those which liayc done m. 

 much mischief to the whole country, speculation and 



fluctui 





the debt now when a riiui romr.it.i.Mi .» ", y,.^ .-.- 

 and all prices filling. lliMiee Uieir previous calcula lo 

 are all disappointed, and the prices they receive lor th, 

 produce will not meet their indebtedness. No class 

 tree from the mischiefs of unwise legislation, and all 

 should therefore make themselves sufficiently acquainted 

 with political causes and effects to guard against the ~— 

 chiefs they sometimes produce. 



The following w: 

 the late Boston H" 



W0.MAN— A " F 



as one of the 



egular toasts 



BRIGHTON MARKET— MoNDAV, Nov. 14,1842. 

 Reported for the Boston Daily Advertiser. 



At market 2800 C;attle, about 2000 of which were Beef, 

 and 800 Stores, 4300 Sheep, and 152.7 Swine. 



Prices— Be</ CuWe— VVe reduce our quotations. A 

 few extra at §430. First quality 4 00 a 4 25 ; second qual- 

 ity S3 -25 a S3 7.5 ; third quality 2 30 a S3 00. 



Barrelling Cattle.— Prices reduced. Mess 3 Ui, No. 

 1 2 37,^. 



' ,SVorfs— Few sales only. Two yc.ir old nt57ogl2; 



lecyenrold 914 a ^20- 



,s7,„;i— Dull. Lots were aold from G2c to 175. Weth- 



3 from .ijl 75 to 2 75. 



,S,t.i,u— Lots to peddle 3c for Sows and 4c for Barrows. 



t retad,4ca5c. 



BOSTON market-Not. is, 1842. 



COTTON.— Cotton begins to arrive freely. Sales oi 

 Monday and to-day of 350 bales New Orleans at 8 a 9Jc 

 and l.iO do. Uplands 8 a 9c per lb. 6 ms. ^ ^ , 



FLOUR.— IJenesce and Ohio in brisk demand. Sales 

 of Genesee common brands SI 62, and f.ncy 4 69 a 

 ■y two entire parcels Ohio \ui .New (.Jrle.ins. mie o 

 2900 bbls flat and round hoops at I ,S7 ,i 1 ■! I, ":ic .4 l.'.m 



3 4 37; other sales of 1200 to l.mu bbls. m bil.s. at 1 ... 



ich— all taken on landing. Thire is but little d..ina n 



uiithcrn descriptions; 300 bbls Fredericksburg sold al 



(;i';\|,\. — The m,arket stands nominally the same for 

 urn — no sales within a few days. 



.MUL\SS1CS. — Sale of a cargo Havana for distilling 

 t 17Ac, and 150 to 200 do do sweet at the same price, 



With I 



pric 



1 for 



the temporal interests u 

 any other, for oinittiiiL: 



our paper need not mi 

 other political, reliLM" 

 present day. The cost 

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 Visitor, will he addros 

 Hll.L & SONS, Co.N< 



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BROKEN BANKS IN NEW ENGLAND. 



Lafayette, South Boston 

 .Middlesex, Cambridge, Ms 

 "ank, Lynn, Ms, 



Burrillville, R. I. 

 Commonwealth, Boston. 

 Chelsea Bank, Chelsea, Ms 

 Castine, Me. 

 Derby, Conn. 

 Eagle, New Haven, Conn. 

 Fulton, at Boston, Ms. 

 Franklin, at South Boston. 

 Farnurs', Belchertown, Ms 

 Knihkl'.irt.at Frankfort, Me. 

 CI. ill,-, at Bangor, Me. 

 Keiiin-bnc, Me. 



Norfolk, lit Ruxbury, Ma. 

 Newburyport, at Newbury- 



Oldtown, atOrono, Me. 

 Passamaquoddy,Eastport Me 

 Roxbury, Ms. 



Stillwater Canal, Orono,Me. 

 Wiscassel, Me. 

 Washington Co. Calais, Me. 



SALES AT AUCTION ON TUESDAY. 



Flour, Ohio, via New Orleans, fiiir quality, 92 bbls 



25 per bbl, cash. 



I'ork, Western Mess, poor, 90 bbls 3 50 at 6 12 per 



bbl. cash. 



Beans, Western, wmi 

 Kaisins, Malaga Bunc 

 cash. 



Walnuts, English, 20 



Lard. Western, 150 ke 



Western, 31X10 sac 



b^c each for sacks, cash. 



' jar, Havam brown. 



Some blossom of the mind or face ! 

 Does woman lead the courtly dance, 

 Wc hail the Fioiocr of Elegance : 

 Does Fashion's wreath adorn her brow, 

 The Flower of Taste is wonaan now. 



The twin-horn Flower of Grace wc fincl 



And in her blushing cheek we see 



The Royal Hose oj Dignity. 



The lily, svmbol of her youth. 



Blooms next her heart, the Flower of 2 



And more the 



The Floiorets 



■ Temlc, 



i a 98c per bush, cash. 



;0 boxes, 1 50 a 1 31 per box, 



, 2.^c per lb. cash. 

 g.S Gi a ejc per lb. cash, 

 ks, 43j a 48c per bush, of 331b— 



inary and damaged, 530 

 er JUU lb, cash— landed from the Wash- 

 to, 20 bags, 7 70 per 100 lb, 4 ms. 

 damaged, 95 bvgs, (per Washington) 4 



CHEAPER Til.V-N EVER! 



FARMER'S MONTHLY VISITOR 



VOLUME V. 



ew yeai 

 he Visi 



ithe3Utof Dec 



had twonty-l'nur children-, v. Inch were b 

 ing manner ■— The first child she bore \ 



existence of th. 

 tical farmers, have 

 our little favorite i 

 read it may anticipati 

 With no abateir 

 cultural Improv 



mdi 



The pnl 



ly substan 

 'hat it will 



ith a de 



that the \"i 



Hampshire Bank, Northamp- 

 ton, Ms. 

 Kennebunk Bank, at Arun- 



Bath Bank, Me. 

 Bangor Bank, Me. 

 "Bank of Montpelier, Mc 



pelier, Vt. 

 Concord, (Sparhawk ca 



,)N. rt. 

 •Cumberland (old) Ba 



Portland, Me. 

 Damariscotta Bank, Da 



riscotti, Me. 

 Farmers and Mechanics 



Pawtucket, R. I. 



« The bills of these banks are still 

 BILLS NOT RECEIVED AT THE SUFFOLK BANK. 



MAINE. 

 Agricultural Bank, Brewer 80 



Bangor Commercial Bank, 5 



Calais Bank, at Calais, 10 



City Bank, Portland, 12 



Citizens' Bank, Augusta, new emission 

 DaniariscotUi Bank, 

 Frankfort Bank, at Frankfort, 

 Georgia Lumber Co. at Portland, 

 Globe Bank, Buig.ir. w.. unless — 



del, Me 

 Mendon 

 A'ewburyport IjanK, oitl 

 Phoenix Bank,Nantiicke 

 Sutton Bank, Wilk 



ville, Ms. 

 Saeo Bank 

 "Waterville Bank 

 Winthrop Bank, Me. 



90 per c 





worthless. 



Mercantile 1'. ink. U;ui'_ 

 O.xford Bank, at rr\el. 

 Oldtown, al Oroim. 

 People's Bank at Bang 

 Penobscot Bank, 



— per 



Bang 



vorthless. 



closed. 



no such bank. 



e Editor thinks 

 will be as valur 

 ns been. It s 

 1 good paper as 



ch matter printed on 

 preceding volumes. 



Some people think ourpaper would be cheap enough at 

 tho price of one dollar a year : we think a single volume 

 to many subscribers has proved to" be worth ten times that 

 sum. But we intend to do the better thing to ourselves 

 and our subscribers both, by hereafter putting the subscrip- 

 tion price at 



(Jj=HAI.F A DOLLAR A YEAR,£n 

 to all who shall pav is advance for the next lear. Old 

 subscribers on our books who expect their papers con- 

 tinued bv settling a.nd paying up arrearages at the former 

 rate of seventy-five cents, shall also have the nejf- year 

 for the sum of fifty cents. 



Stillwater Canal, at Orono, worthl. — a — 

 St. Croix, at Calais, 12 a 15 



Washington County, at Calais, worthless. 

 Westbrook, at Westbrook, Me. 3 a 5 



NEW HAMPSHIRE. 

 Concord Bank, 2 a 3 



Wolfcborough Bank, worthless. — a — 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



60 



Commonwealth Bunk, Boston, 

 Chelsea, W 



Farmers' and Mechanics', Adams, 



South Village, new v/orlhless. — 

 Fulton Bank, Boston, worthless. — 

 Middling Interest, at Boston, 50 



Middlesex, at Cambridge, 3 



Newburyport, at Newburyport, 75 



Norfolk, at Roxbury, rcJc 



Nahant, 

 Roxbury, no sale. 



RHODE ISL.^ND. 

 Scituate Bank, — 



VERMONT. 

 Bennington, Vt. no sale. 70 



Essex, at Guildhall, 



90 



vortbleis. — a 



