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Devoted to Agricultiire, Horticulture, and Rural and Domestic Economy. 



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August 15» 1839. 



[Wliole No. 53. 



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COMMUNICATtONS. 



To the Editor of the Farmers' Cabinet. 



Sir — I am rejoiced to find, that through 

 the meoium of agricultural newspapers, a 

 spirit of improvement has been excited in 

 parts of our state, as well as in other states. 

 That men of sterling intelligence — practical 

 farmers — who perform well all they under- 

 take, are waking up to an examination of the 

 subject, I regard as an evidence, that the foul 

 stain, so long resting on our fair state, of a 

 total neglect of her agricultural interests, is 

 about to be wiped away. I rejoice at this. 

 Pennsylvania is emphatically an agricultural 

 state, and I have often been mortified, when 

 asked, " what are you doing, as a people, to 

 advance the cause of agriculture 1" I have 

 been compelled to return the humiliating 

 answer — nothing ! The agricultual resources 

 of our state are abundant — I might say inex- 

 haustible. Our agricultural and mineral 

 wealth is beyond all calculation. 



The resuscitation of the Philadelphia So- 

 ciety for Promoting Agriculture, and the or- 

 ganization of the Chester and Delaware 

 County Agricultural Society, I regard as 

 another evidence of a proper state of feel- 

 ing on this subject. I hope they may be effi- 

 ciently managed, and that in a short time 

 similar societies may be established in all the 



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counties of the state. This can be accom- 

 plished, if our brother farmers will but take it 

 in hand. Every thing else, necessary, will 

 then follow. The plan proposed in a former 

 number of the Farmers' Cabinet, by W. P. 

 KiNZER, pleased me. I trust that the seed 

 sown, from time to time, in your paper, will 

 produce a fine and luxuriant crop. 



A third reason why I think the cause of 

 agriculture is really advancing, is, that for the 

 last year the correspondents for your paper 

 have been constantly increasing in number, in 

 interest, and in spirit, I have the pleasure of 

 an acquaintance with some of them ; they are 

 practical farmers; competent to the task. 

 — It is truly encouraging to see men of 

 intelligence and experience entering hearti- 

 ly, as gome of them have, in sustaining your 

 paper by their contributions, and personal in- 

 fluence. That they effect nluch good, I 

 doubt not. Others, also, moving in a hum- 

 bler sphere — who cultivate fewer acres, but 

 who feel no less the importance and dignity 

 of the art of agyiculture — and who, keeping 

 their grounds well tilled and free from weeds 

 — obtain an independent support from Old 

 Mother Earth — take also a lively interest in 

 the modern improvements of the art of agri- 

 culture. The writer of this belongs to the 

 latter class ; he brings his mite towards the 

 work. It is at your service. If you publish 

 the communication, well — if not, please pre- 

 serve it until called for. 



The following communication is a compila- 

 tion of facts in regard to the culture of wheat, 

 interspersed with such remarks as the expe- 

 rience of the writer in its cultivation, for a 

 series of years, and frequent conversations 

 with eminent wheat growers, appear to justi- 

 fy. The works consulted have been nume- 

 rous; among them Loudon's Encyclopedia, 



