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THE CULTIVATOR. 
will keep very sweet and fine lasted daring the whole 
summer following.” 
Mr. J. R. Fuller of Kent, Ct., says— tc In looking 
over the Oct. number of the Cultivator, I saw some re¬ 
marks on the subject of preserving Pork, with a request 
that if any one had practiced the same method, to inform 
you of the result. I have for more than twenty years, 
with very few exceptions, cut and packed my pork and 
hams the evening after butchering, and always pour on 
the brine boiling hot, the same evening or the next morn¬ 
ing. The barrel should be left open until the brine gets 
cold. I have never known any one that has tried that me¬ 
thod that was not satisfied with the result. I can therefore, 
with the fullest confidence, recommend that method.” 
FOREIGN. 
By the Britannia, arrived at Boston on the 20th ult., we 
nave received English papers to the 4th Nov. The na¬ 
ture of the intelligence brought is important in relation 
to the prices of American produce. It is now well as¬ 
certained that the deficiency in the supply of bread-stuffs 
throughout England, Scotland and Ireland, as well as over 
a considerable portion of Northern Europe, is truly alarm¬ 
ing. Many of the continental ports have already been 
opened duty free, and the popular cry is loud for Great Bri¬ 
tain to place her ports in the same situation—an event 
which seems to be expected with considerable confidence. 
The rise in the value of wheat in the English markets has 
been equal to 20 shillings per quarter (8 bus.) within the 
last two months, and the Mark-Lane Express states that 
it may be regarded as “ pretty certain that quotations 
will be higher in December and January than at present.” 
In relation to the disease of the potato crop, it is said 
“accounts are more and more serious.” Complaints of 
heavy losses by rot are received from Scotland, and in 
Ireland it is said a third of the crop has been destroyed. 
The government has sent two agents, Professors Lindley 
and Henslow, to Ireland, to investigate the nature of this 
alarming malady. That more or less suffering must be 
experienced by the poor population of Ireland and some 
Other districts, is scarcely doubted; to what extent the 
government will be disposed to aid them, is not yet 
known. In addition to the free admission of foreign 
corn, which all seem to look for, it is stated that O'Con¬ 
nell, who is regarded as the organ of the Irish people, 
demands in their behalf a grant of money to the extent 
of a million and a half of pounds, to be expended in the 
purchase of food. He also asks for the prohibition of 
corn and provisions leaving the island, and for the pre¬ 
vention of distilleries consuming grain. 
The effect of this intelligence has been to cause a still 
farther advance in the prices of our bread-stuffs and pro¬ 
visions. Flour went up at once to seven dollars per bbl., 
which it seems likely will be for the present sustained, as 
the supply for the British markets is looked for chiefly 
from the United States and Canada. 
American wheat, in England, was quoted at 8s. 6d. and 
9s. sterling for 70 pounds. American flour, in bond, 
was quoted at 31s. and 32s. sterling, per bbl. Beef, mess, 
per bbl, of 200 lbs., 34s. to 46s. Pork, prime mess, per 
bbl. of 200 lbs.,55s. to 60s. Cheese, prime quality, duty 
paid, 52s. to 60s.—ordinary 46s. to 50s. American wool in 
London,Is. 3d. to Is. 8^d. per lb. 
American Guano —We find in the Mark Lane Ex¬ 
press, a communication from Mr. Henry Colman, giv¬ 
ing an account of the discovery of a large amount of 
guano on an island in the Gulf, of St. Lawrence. The 
information was communicated to Mr. Colman by a 
gentleman from New-York, of the highest respect¬ 
ability. The discovery of the guano was made by a 
young man last season, and a small cargo of it was taken 
to New-York. A quantity of it was purchased by a gen¬ 
tleman who tried it side by side with the Peruvian and 
Ichaboe guano, and the results were decidedly in favor 
of that from the Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
The Potato Disease—The Hague, Oct. 15.—We 
have accounts from Copenhagen of the 3d of this month, 
which state that the disease in the potatoes is spreading 
more and more in Denmark, as in Funen, Lolland, Fal- 
sler, and likewise Sealand, especially in Amak, near Co¬ 
penhagen. It has likewise appeared in the Durhie. If 
is stated that the disease is beginning to show itself in 
Sweden, and as the crops, particularly of the latter kinds, 
are more backward than in the Netherlands, it is feared 
that the disease may spread wider. It will, therefore, 
be advisable to take measures in the discharging of car¬ 
goes from that country, to ascertain the quality of the 
potatoes. 
GRAIN CROPS OF EUROPE. 
In one of our English exchanges, we find the follow¬ 
ing extracts from the Gazette d’ Augsburg , on the crops 
of 1845 in Europe. We do not know what may have 
been the writer’s opportunities for obtaining the informa¬ 
tion, but if it can be relied on, the article is very valua¬ 
ble : 
According to the custom we have adopted, we shall 
divide our account of the results of the last crop into two 
parts—one referring to the east, and the other to the west 
of Europe. For several years past the east thre atened us 
with sterility; it first of all began in Russia, spread over 
Poland and Prussia, and appeared even this year likely to 
diffuse itself in the east of Germany. Experience has 
generally proved that in the boreal latitude the rainy 
years are more sterile than the dry ones. This fact has 
again been confirmed during the last years. It was hu¬ 
midity that diminished the crops a few years ago in Rus¬ 
sia, and which produced the like effect in Poland, Galicia, 
and Upper Silesia in the course of last year. In Ger¬ 
many the humidity has not produced any unfavorable 
consequences, but in certain countries; there are others, 
on the contrary, which have suffered from want of rain. 
The results of the crops are, in the mean time, far from 
being satisfactory, and, from the calculations which have 
been made, will not suffice the public consumption. 
It is far from our intention to represent the situation 
of things in more dreary colors than belongs to it; but 
we do not wish, and we ought not, to exaggerate the ad¬ 
vantages of it, desirous as we are of attaining our present 
object, which is to furnish an exact appreciation of actual 
circumstances. We shall separately name the different 
countries, and indicate the supplies they stand in need or 
can dispose of. 
Russia will have sufficient corn for the whole empire, 
without purchasing any foreign corn. Its Governments 
are in a position to assist mutually each other, but it is 
very doubtful whether they can send much corn abroad. 
The crops of Poland are not sufficient for its general 
consumption; and, unless it has been previously supplied 
will suffer from a scarcity, or be obliged to receive corn 
from abroad. But whom can one have recourse to when 
one’s neighbors have only had themselves but middling 
crops, and have not wherewith to supply the deficiency ? 
Money also is scarce in Poland, and important sums can¬ 
not be sent abroad to purchase corn. 
The kingdom of Prussia has greatly suffered last year 
and this from inundations, which have ravaged precisely 
its most fertile countries; and want, which is generally 
felt there, is on the point of transforming itself into actu¬ 
al famine. 
The news from Pomerania agrees in stating that the 
results of the last crops are very mediocre. 
In the Grand Duchy of Posen only a middling crop has 
been obtained, and anterior provisions can alone prevent 
a scarcity. The author does not remember having heard 
such numerous and general complaints, unless it be in the 
years 1804 and 1817. God grant that the unfortunate 
events of that epoch be not again reproduced! There are 
in this province whole countries where the usual corn 
sellers will be obliged themselves to make purchases the 
next spring. The situation of Galicia is still worse. 
The price of rye rose 60 per cent, immediately after the 
crops: it is still on the rise. 
In Hungary, which is usually so productive, the Gov¬ 
ernment has been obliged to lay in large stores of corn 
to prevent a famine. The hope entertained of having 
good crops has been still more cruelly disappointed than 
in Silesia. 
In Austria, Moravia, and Bohemia, the results of thi> 
