editor's table. 
69 
(Eiritor’s @abU. 
To Catch Bee Millers or Moths.— Dr. Waterman, in the 
Cleaveland Herald, says, “ I took two white dishes (I 
think white attracts their attention in the night), or 
deep plates, and placed them on the top of the hives, 
and filled them about half full of sweetened vinegar. 
The next morning I had about fifty millers caught; 
the second night I caught fifty more 5 the third night 
being cold, I did not get any; the fourth night being 
very warm, I caught about four hundred; the fifth 
night I got two hundred. Most of these were most 
likely bae-moths ( Galleria cereana). 
Exports from the Port of New York , from January 1st 
to December 31st, in 1841, ’42, ’43, and ’44, of the 
following articles : 
1844. 
1843. 
1842. 
1841. 
Apples. 
13.453 
15.016 
8.361 
3.957 
Ashes—Pots. 
40.532 
43.041 
31.778 
21.453 
Pearls.. . 
. . U 
9.706 
2.584 
3.879 
2.972 
Beef—Pickled,... • 
. * il 
61.648 
36.048 
24.195 
21.207 
Dried.. 
. - U 
2.491 
6.999 
2.002 
2.154 
Beeswax . 
. cwts 
6.387 
7.154 
4.451 
2.481 
Batter . 
firkins 
28.761 
48.034 
26.939 
28.681 
Candles — Sperm • • • 
10.383 
11.856 
11.384 
5.698 
Tallow.. 
27.791 
23.326 
9.234 
7.727 
Cheese . .^. 
11.241 
8.964 
5.217 
4.786 
Do .. • 
.boxes 
77.173 
62.112 
20.688 
23.945 
Clover Seed . 
3.519 
1.561 
4.312 
3.907 
Corn.bushels 
242.886 
51.301 
155.795 
140.963 
Corn Meal. 
3.959 
6.084 
6.814 
6.430 
Do .. 
32.691 
28.715 
25 806 
31.680 
Cotton . 
325.460 
164.354 
169.214 
166.315 
Flax Seed. 
tierces 
3.924 
4.131 
3.066 
4129 
Flour—Wheat. • • • 
347.249 
274.881 
325.869 
311.321 
Rye. . 
U 
6.669 
8.798 
10.617 
11.919 
Hams and Bacon .. 
.. cwts 
9.481 
8.235 
5.627 
4.364 
Hides. . 
45.615 
53.633 
31.286 
4.245 
Hops .< 
3.093 
2.842 
5.276 
444 
Lard . 
198.094 
188.687 
155.085 
39.918 
Lumber — shks, hd 
& pp 
29.322 
23.759 
26.535 
20.518 
Brds & Plks ... 
5.689 
4.748 
4.831 
3.397 
Staves & Hd’g. 
4.649 
3.239 
4.155 
5.500 
Hoops ........ 
1.797 
1.000 
869 
946 
Shingles ---- 
2.423 
1.761 
1.109 
2.742 
Naval Stores—Rosin. . bbls 
105.225 
82.844 
58.481 
55.021 
Spts Turp. .... 
2.127 
1.702 
1.175 
1.197 
Tar . 
26.049 
35.347 
27.465 
35.613 
Turpentine.... 
U 
207.908 
202.049 
188.206 
128.078 
Pork. 
U 
90.772 
48.962 
78.947 
50.836 
Oil—Linseed.... •. 
21.100 
14.300 
14.800 
11.100 
Whale. 
2,368.966 2.567.916 
2.445.806 2.549.788 
Sperm .. 
389.332 
472.563 
275.227 
144.682 
Rice.. — 
23.628 
28.100 
19.307 
11.558 
Rum—American.. 
...bbls 
4.235 
1.767 
1.573 
5.075 
Soap.. 
44.114 
33.960 
24.810 
27.678 
Tobacco—Leaf ... 
.. hhds 
5,525 
6.771 
7.701 
9 278 
do. bales, &c .. 
8.150 
12.989 
12.863 
8.037 
Manufactured..... 
15.487 
11.799 
11.702 
13.616 
Wheat..bushels 
58.282 
44.885 
100.323 
65.159 
Whisky.. 
736 
70 
1.159 
1.204 
Wool. 
106 
64 
1.000 
362 
The exports of Beef, Pork, Lard and Cheese, it will 
be seen, have very largely increased during the last 2 
years, growing out of our enlarged trade in provisions 
With England. The excess of Beef in 1844 compared 
with 1842, is 37;453 bbls., of Lard 43,009 kegs, of Cheese 
62,500 packages, of Pork compared with 1843, 41,810 
bbls. The exports of Flour are larger by 72,000 bbls. 
The increase in Glover is 1,958 tierces, in Meal 4,000 
bbls., in Corn 191,500 bushels, in wheat 13,500 bushels, 
and 1 in Soap 10,000 boxes. The exports of Cotton goods 
have fallen off this year 8,3C0 packages as compared 
with 1843, but are larger than in 1841 and ’42. The 
shipments of Pearl Ashes have been larger than in 
1843 by upwards of 7,000 bbls., but of Pots they have 
fallen off 2,500 bbls. This comparison by calendar years 
is however scarcely a fair one, as the season for many 
of the above articles runs over from one year to another, 
and some circumstances may advance or retard ship¬ 
ments, and th us when the shipments of the season are 
equal to those of the last, the calendar year may show 
a considerable decrease or increase.— N. Y. Ship. List. 
Mattresses , Blankets , and Comforters. —Of the amount 
which might be saved to the south, and of the reduc 
tion of the stocks of cotton for exportation, by the 
general introduction of cotton mattresses and cotton 
blankets and comforters. 
States. Population. 
Virginia, ..... 2,240,000 
North Carolina, - - - 750,000 
South Carolina, .... 600,000 
Georgia,. 690,000 
Florida,. 55,000 
Alabama,. 590,000 
Mississippi,. 375,000 
Louisiana, ..... 352,000 
Arkansas,. 100,000 
Tennessee, .... 800,000 
Total, 
5,582,000 
One mattress to every five persons— 
mattresses, 1,116,400 
Each mattress weighing, say 40 lbs., 40 
lbs. of cotton thus used. 
44,656,000 
400 lbs. to a bale—thus using bales, 111,640 
And this besides the cotton used in the bed ticking. 
A comforter to very 2 inhabitants containing 3 lbs. of 
cotton and 10 yards of domestic, weighing, say 2 lbs., 
would be—comforters, 2,790,000 
lbs. of cotton to each comforter, 6 
Equal to bales thus consumed, 
Bales consumed in mattresses, 
13,950,000 
118,625 
111,640 
230,265 
South Western Farmer. 
Good Yield of Butter. —Mr. Brainerd of Western, in 
this county, has, this season, made from sixteen cows, 
170 lbs. per cow, besides a supply for a family of six, 
and much of the time seven or eight persons during 
the whole year. This would probably have increased 
the quantity to between 190 to 200 lbs. This, too, 
without extra feed than hay and grass, except about 
150 pumpkins this fall. At the prices for which the 
butter sold (most of it 12 J cents, and the remainder 
14 cents), the average proceeds amount to $21,40. 
This after raising two calves, and taking into account 
the pork made from the dairy slops, is surely a good 
return for capital and labor invested. Who has done 
better ?— Central N. Y. Farmer. 
Cotton Feather-beds. — The Southron recommends 
making mattresses of cotton, which he says is prefer¬ 
able to anything, as it is not liable to harbor insects, to 
become matted, has no moths, and is good for the rheu¬ 
matism. Cost of mattresses he estimates as follows: 
Hair, from 
- $15 
to 
$20 
Wool, from 
- 13 
a 
15 
Feathers, from 
16 
u 
25 
Moss, from 
- 12 
a 
00 
Shucks, from - 
13 
a 
00 
Cotton, from 
- 6 
a 
8 
Maine Farmer. 
Iced Walks. —The use of a few quarts of fine smU 
will at once liquify the ice, if thrown upon it, and the 
stone that becomes impregnated with the saline sub 
stance, will prevent the adhering of new ice or snow 
during cold weather. A little salt thrown into a pump 
frozen by the cold, will at once melt the ice.— Journal 
of Commerce. 
Why is an old Orchard like the toothache ?—Because it 
is almost past bearing. 
