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To Our Readers. —You will find this a very valuable 
number, and we hope you will peruse it witli care, and 
remember its suggestions. We desire to call particular 
attention to Dr Antisell’s article on “Agricultural 
Geology.” This is a subject which has scarce ever been 
touched upon by any writer, in a popular manner. It 
is the commencement of a series, which will be con¬ 
tinued probably throughout the year. The articles will 
be written in as plain and familiar language as it is 
possible to use on this subject; and we trust, that by 
the time the winter has finished them, you will see the 
importance of a knowledge to the farmer of the gen¬ 
eral principles of geology. Reviewer, or, as we now 
call him, the “Captain,” is in port again, racy and 
spirited as ever. His present article reminds us of a 
new-rigged and fresh-painted ship, all ready for sea 
again; and we hope he will make many a monthly 
voyage with us. His larder seems to be amply pro¬ 
vided, and assuredly, he has a first-rate cook on board. 
He spices things about right. Waiter, ring the bell! 
Ladies and gentlemen, supper is ready ! 
/* Solon Robinson. —The last we heard from Mr. R., he 
was on his return form the south. His rout home will 
be through the south part of North Carolina, and Vir¬ 
ginia, and along the Eastern Shore, Delaware, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and New Jersey, thus occupying the months of 
March and April. He has been kindly received and 
nospitably entertained in his various peregrinations, for 
which we beg to express our obligations. We sincerely 
hope his extended travels may prove beneficial to the 
cause of improved agriculture. 
•' Agencies. —Mr. A. Sherman is authorised to act as 
agent for the Agriculturist, and obtain subscriptions; 
he is also empowered to take orders for the Agricultural 
warehouse of A. B. Allen & Co. All monies paid to 
him for these objects, will be the same as if paid to 
ourselves. 
Mr. Sherman has acted more or less as agent for us 
at the north, for several years.; he will now turn his 
attention to the south, for a short time. W e recommend 
him particularly to our southern friends, and hope that 
his tour among them will be for mutual advantage. 
Give Credit. —The North-Carolina Farmer copied six 
articles into its January number, from the Agriculturist, 
without credit. If we notice a continuation of this, we 
shall characterise it as it deserves. 
Export of Flour. —The following table shows the 
destination of flour 
exported from the 
United 
States 
for the fiscal 
year: — 
Destination. 
1840. 
1846. 
1847. 
1848. 
1849. 
England,. 
.620,128 
1,015,144 
2,457,076 
958,744 
953.815 
Gibralter,. 
. 12.891 
7,342 
23,974 
6,038 
6,262 
British E. Indies, 4,565 
3,356 
7,358 
5,091 
228,216 
791 
“ W. “ 
232,329 
292,715 
274,275 
307,676 
“ Am. Col. 432,356 
301,091 
9,138 
272,299 
174,206 
214,018 
France,. 
74,416 
612,814 
28,895 
Fr.W. Indies,.. 
. 10,491 
19,632 
25.414 
21,269 
5,554 
10,903 
Havti,. 
. 28,724 
49,997 
40,257 
28,209 
Cuba, . . 
. 68,818 
13,831 
10,803 
49,446 
29,872 
7,154 
Sp. W. Indies,. 
Mexico,. 
. 20,966 
17,780 
14,846 
6,429 
. 15,826 
15,902 
5,928 
12,070 
11,633 
Venezuela,_ 
. 28,707 
35,670 
37,604 
28,446 
29,181 
Brazil,. 
Other places,... 
197,823 
376,460 
254,300 
274,816 
314,808 
.144,142 
225,405 
303,371 
190,865 
139,865 
Total bbls... 1,893,182 
2,289,476 
4,382,496 2 
,519,393 I 
!, 108,013 
Value.$10,355,000 11,668,000 26,133,811 13,194,109 13,257,309 
China Tree Corn. —Several of our friends, particu¬ 
larly at the south, inform us, that they find this a most 
valuable variety to cultivate for fodder; and that it is 
a better yielder in grain than their own varieties. They 
plant it from March till June. 
It will be recollected, that about 15 years ago, this 
corn got an enormous amount of puffing, and was sold 
at the extravagant price of 25 cents per ear. The 
public were pretty well gulled at the time, and, we need 
not add, greatly disappointed in its produce. It is not 
certain to ripen north of latitude 41°, except in favorable 
situations and seasons. 
The Rural New-Yorker. — This is a handsome 
weekly folio, of eight pages, at $2 a year, published at 
Rochester by D. D. T. Moore, late of the Genessee Far¬ 
mer. It is edited by an association of gentlemen. 
Three pages are devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, 
and Domestic Economy; one to Mechanic Arts and 
Sciences ; one to Education; and three to the News of 
the day, Literature, and Advertisments. We are thus 
particular in stating the arrangement of this new weekly, 
for we think it a model paper for the farmer’s family, 
and of a kind much more likely to be generally patron¬ 
ised, than those purely agricultural. The New-England 
weekly papers, conducted in this style, pay much better 
than those strictly agricultural, and if Ave Avere to start 
a periodical again, it would be in imitation of the Rural 
New-Yorker. 
Pork Packing in the West.— The Cincinnati Gazette 
of the 19th instant, has the folloAving items :— 
Hogs slaughtered and cut at Cincinnati and 
vicinity, this season, according to present 
figures,. .. .380,555 
At Louisville,. 184,000 
At Chillicothe,.32,000 
At Hamilton, according to the Intelligencer,. 15,000 
At Evansville, la., ..12,830 
At Lafayette,............ .40,000 
At Terre Haute,. 65,000 
At Vincennes,..15,000 
At Clinton,.14,000 
At other points in the Wabash Valley, (Atti¬ 
ca 8,000, Williamsport 6,000, Covington 
3,500, Perryville 5,000, Eugene 1,000, 
Newport'3,800, Logansport 5,000, Delphi 
5,000,).......43,300 
A Treatise on Milch Coavs. By John S. Skinner. 
Price 374 cts. This is a pamphlet of 88 pages, made up 
from various articles, heretofore published in this country 
and Europe. That part of it containing the discoveries 
of Guenon, and before published in the Farmer’s 
Library, is of most value. We have often been asked 
our opinion of these “ discoveries,” and now reply, that 
after considerable examination by those friends in Avhose 
judgment Ave can most rely, and no little observation 
on our OAvn part, Ave have come to the conclusion, that 
the marks which characterise the Flanders coav in Table 
L, Class 1., and Order 1 st., may, like the large, jagged milk 
A'eins in the American coav, be generally considered as 
an evidence that the calf which shoAVs them, will, with 
proper care and attention, make a great milker; and 
that the cow which has them, is a great milker in her sea¬ 
son, unless some accident or mismanagement has befallen 
her. As tor the residue of the “ discoveries ” and 
minute portrayings of G uenon, we shall want a little 
more experience in them, before saying we have any 
great confidence in their infalihility. We think, however, 
he is altogether too enthusiastic; and, like most other 
discoverers, claims too much. We have seen many a 
good milker, which showed neither the escutcheon of the 
Flanders coav, nor the large milk veins of the Ameri¬ 
can ; and, in making our selections, such as did not 
exhibit these marks we should not rejeet, if possessed 
of all other good points, till they were fully tried ir 
regard to their milking qualities. 
