A Letter Written To, and Printed in, "The Farmers' Register," About the Ponies on Assateague and Chincoteague Islands, on 30 July 1835
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The Farmers' Register was a monthly publication "devoted to the improvement of the practice, and support of the interests of agriculture" that was founded by Edmund Ruffin and edited by him from 1834 until November 1842, the last issue. Ruffin had the magazine printed and mailed out for 9 and a half years. Edmund Ruffin served as President of the Virginia State Agricultural Society, and identified himself as "a practical farmer of Virginia from 1812." The first issue of each year began with page number 1, and with each new month's issue, the page number began where the previous month had ended. The cover of the first issue of The Farmers' Register This is a letter from Thompson Holmes, who moved to his farm named "Pharsalia" on Chincoteague Bay in 1811. His farm was in Accomack County, and covered a large portion of what is now the community of Captain's Cove. Soon after writing the letter published in The Farmers' Register , H...