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editor’s taele. 
American Institute Report, on the Commercial 
Intercourse of the United States with Great Britain, by 
their Committee, Messrs. Tallmadge, Chandler, and 
Williams, January, 1844. This is an octavo pamphlet 
of only 12 pages, and principally filled with statistics, 
and yet it is one of the most able arguments in favor 
of an American Tariff which we have ever read. It 
presents the subject in a nut-shell, and shows : 
1st. That more than one third of the whole of our 
commerce, both in exports and imports, is carried on 
with Great Britain. 
2d. That all the essential staple productions of this 
country, comprising forty-seven different articles, are 
taxed in Great Britain under her new tariff, on the 
market value in New York, a duty of 289 per cent.; 
which, in fact, make them prohibitory, except for cot¬ 
ton, tobacco, flour, beef, lard, and a few other articles. 
Under our tariff, the average rate of duties upon ar¬ 
ticles from Great Britain and Ireland, is only 32 per 
cent. 
3d. As a specimen of Great Britain’s “free trade ” 
operations, she admits nothing from us free of duty, ex¬ 
cept specie; while we, in 1840, admitted nearly ten mil¬ 
lions of dollars worth of different articles from her, 
without levying a single cent. 
4th. Precisely the same system is pursued by Great 
Britain in favor of her shipping, especially in complete¬ 
ly monopolizing for her own vessels, the carrying trade 
of all our lumber exported to her possessions. 
5th. She greatly favors all colonial products by dis¬ 
criminating duties in their favor, and to our prejudice. 
6th. The balance of trade against us with foreign 
countries, from 1831 to 1839, was over two hundred 
and thirty-five millions of dollars! No wonder that 
general bankruptcy and ruin should follow throughout 
the country. 
Verily this is an Indian division of (e free trade”—all 
u turkey ” for foreign nations, and all <£ owl” for the 
United States. 
The American Poulterer’s Companion, by C. N. 
Bement.—We are glad to learn that our publishers, 
Messrs. Saxton & Miles, are about to issue a work with 
the above title. It will be highly embellished with nu¬ 
merous wood-cuts most of which are drawn from life. 
Several of these have already been submitted to our in¬ 
spection, and we can vouch for their spirit and truth. 
We have also had the advantage of looking over the 
MSS. copy of the work, and will say in advance that we 
highly approve of its contents. Mr. Bement has paid 
great attention for several years to the subject of poul¬ 
try, and has clearly and succinctly treated the whole 
matter. 
The Plow-Boy, monthly, 8 pages quarto, with hand¬ 
some illustrations, conducted by A. Randall, Cincin¬ 
nati, Ohio—price Twenty-Five cents a year ! Now if 
the people want a cheap publication here it is—let 
them hasten and subscribe for it by thousands. 
When late Fifty Cent papers revived again, and 
others recently started in this state, we foretold a 
powerful competition for them in that price throughout 
the country. Here, then, is the beginning, and they 
will find enough more of them before the year rolls 
round. Indeed, we have a great fancy to commence 
ourselves in this way; and if we do, it will be in a ri¬ 
valry of cheapness not to be despised. Our title shall 
be the Penny Farmer, One Cent a month, or a 
Shilling a year—just the cost of a sizeable paper of 
smoking-tobacco! But to our subject. The first num¬ 
ber of the Plow-Boy indicates that it will be a well- 
conducted paper, and worth at least ten times its sub¬ 
scription price. Success to it. 
Great Sale of Saxony Sheep. — We beg especial atten¬ 
tion to the advertisement of the intended sale of the 
late Mr. Grove’s superior Saxon sheep. We have so 
often spoken of the pure choice breeding, and high 
merits of these animals, that we deem it unnecessary to 
add more, than that the public may depend upon them 
as superior to most flocks in the United States, and per¬ 
haps equal to anything in Europe. 
Durham Stock for Michigan. —Mr. D. C. Collins of 
Hartford, Connecticut, has sold his superb Durham 
bull Hero, to Henry Hall, Esq., of Plainfield, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan, and he passed through this city on 
the 22d April, for the residence of his present owner. 
We expressed our opinion of this superior animal on 
page 293 of our 2d Volume. 
Durham Stock for England. —Mr. Collins likewise 
shipped on the 17th of April, on board the packet-ship 
New York, for Liverpool, the Durham bull New Eng¬ 
lander, got by Hero, above. This splendid animal is 
destined for Earl Spencer, and however superior this 
nobleman’s stock may be considered, we think it will 
not be deteriorated by taking this American cross. 
We believe that New Englander is the first Durham 
bred in the United States, that has ever crossed the At¬ 
lantic foi Great Britain. It looks something like 
taking coals to Newcastle, and we shall be anxious to 
learn John Bull’s opinion of the exportation. 
State Agricultural School. —A bill to incorporate this 
school has passed the legislature. It is a private cor¬ 
poration, and no appropriation of the public money i3 
made for it. 
Seeds for Distribution. —We again acknowledge our¬ 
selves under obligations to the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth 
of the Patent office, for various packages of improved 
seeds. We have distributed them among our friends 
for experiment. 
Credit Quotations. — cc Cure of Hoven in Sheep.” 
The Boston Cultivator of 30th March copies this from 
us without giving credit. 
« Okra Gumbo.” Did the Albany Cultivator copy 
this article from the American Agriculturist Almanac, 
or did it receive it as an original communication from 
Mr. Affleck ? If it did not, it should give the almanac 
credit. 
Errata.— In Judge Andrews’ article on Georgia 
Lands, page 118, column first, line first, for “ only a few 
of the grapes grow well in Georgia,” read “ grasses .” 
Agents.— J. J. McCaughan of Mississippi City, is appointed an 
agent of the American Agriculturist, and he is authorized to re¬ 
ceive subscriptions therefor. 
Acknowledgments. —To Professor Richardson, of Bethany 
College, for his address delivered before the Agricultural Society 
of Brooke and Ohio counties, Va., at its annual exhibition, October 
11, 1843. The agriculture in these counties is shown to be in a 
very favorable state compared even with the best parts of Old Vir¬ 
ginia. 
To John L. Hunter, Esq., for his address pronounced before the 
Barbour County Agricultural Society, at Ewfaula, Ala., at its late 
anniversary in February. We here find some excellent observa¬ 
tions on the culture of cotton, application of marl, muck, and cotton¬ 
seed as manures, and benefits of fall plowing. 
To Messrs. Miller & Brown, for a Memoir on the Origin, Culti¬ 
vation, and Uses of Cotton, by the Hon. Whitmarsh Seabrook, 
President of the State Agricultural Society of South Carolina. A 
most valuable pamphlet of 62 pages octavo, embodying in its his¬ 
tory all that is essential to a knowledge of the cotton-plant. 
To John D. Steele, Esq., for his address at Westchester, Pa., 
Oct. 1843, before the Chester and Delaware Agricultural Society, 
in which the value of chemistry applied to agriculture is fully 
shown. 
To Thomas Affleck, Esq., for his Lecture on the Elements of 
Horticulture, at Washington, Miss., Nov., 1843, before the Agri¬ 
cultural, Horticultural, and Botanical Society, of Jefferson College, 
Mr. Affleck is quite at home in the theory and practice of the sub¬ 
ject of his lecture, and speaks clearly, simply, and to the point. 
To Correspondents.— S. C. Higginson, Americus No. 6, W 
H. Sotham, T. Affleck, Northern Farmer, Thomas Spaulding, M. 
Van Buren, and Examiner, No. 5, have been received the past 
month. We hope to find room in our next number for most of, 
the deferred correspondence at present on hand., 
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