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The Jlmerican Swine Breeder. 



Vol. IV. 



The slops of the kitchen, the weeds of the 

 garden, the refuse fruits of the orchard, and 

 the offal of the farm, are readily converted, 

 by these swinish labourers, into meat or ma- 

 nure. Hogs are profitable labourers, and 

 should be employed to as great an extent 

 upon the farm a£ the proprietor's circum- 

 stances will permit. 



4th. The Sheep-fold may be made an 

 abundant source of fertility to the farm. Eco- 

 nomy in its management consists in giving 

 abundance of litter, repeated at short inter- 

 vals, sufficient to absorb the urine, prevent 

 wasting exhalations, and secure health to the 

 flock — and in applying the dung in its recent 

 or unfermented state. — BueVs Far. Coin. 



THE FARIWIEKS' CABII^ET. 



PHILADELPHIA, FEB. 15, 1840. 



It is a circumstance of rare occurrence for 

 us to give obituary notices; but we justify 

 ourselves in setting aside our rule respecting 

 it, to announce the decease of Francis S. 

 Wiggins, Esq., who departed this life on the 

 27th of January, 1840, after a very protracted 

 and painful sickness, which he bore with 

 more than the fortitude of a Philosopher, — 

 with the resignation of a Christian. 



With honour to himself, and much advan- 

 tage to the community, Mr. Wiggins sus- 

 tained the relation of Editor to this paper, 

 from its commencement to within a few 

 weeks of the close of his life. Long after the 

 iaroads of his fatal, but flattering disease upon 

 his constituti»n had warned his friends of ap- 

 proaching dissolution, he continued with un- 

 tiring industry to prosecute his studies, and 

 «' drive the quill" for the benefit of his readers. 



Mr. Wiggins possessed talents as a writer 

 above mediocrity, but they were not exten- 

 sively exercised in the production of original 

 essays. He possessed, in an eminent degree, 

 tlie art o? catering successfully for his read- 

 ers ; and his selections were always judicious 

 and well chosen. His attachment to agri- 

 culture in its different branches as a science 

 was deep and strong. 



No feature in his character was exhibited 

 with more clearness than his uninterrupted 

 cheerfulness; and this happy tcmpernment 

 of mind may be traced to his unlimited confi- 

 dence in the care of Providence. His severe 



and multiplied afflictions did not lead to the 

 indulgence of fretfulness and impatience ; but 

 to the last he pursued his calling, to the won- 

 der of his friends, evincing a determination 

 to do good while he lived. Peace to his me- 

 mory. 



For several months previous to his death, 

 Mr. Wiggins occupied a large part of his 

 time in preparing the manuscript for a work 

 which he entitled, " The Farmers' Own 

 Book, an Illustration of the Principles of 

 Practical Agriculture." The publication 

 of this work is in progress, and will soon be 

 completed, by Mr. Orrin Rogers, No. 67 

 South Second street, Philadelphia. We have 

 examined some of the proof sheets, and be- 

 lieve the work will be creditable to the au- 

 thor and publisher, and a valuable addition 

 to the library of the young farmer, and the 

 practical agriculturist generally. The work 

 will contain between five and six hundred 

 common size octavo pages, on fine paper with 

 good type. 



It will afford us much pleasure to receive 

 the orders of our distant friends for this work, 

 and more especially as we have understood 

 that the pecuniary advantage expected from 

 its publication, are to be appropriated to the 

 author's surviving family. 



American Seville Breeder. 



We have received a copy of this work 

 from the enterprising publishers, Messrs. 

 Weeks, Jordan & Co., Boston, Mass., for 

 which they will please accept our acknow- 

 ledgments. 



The work is very neatly got up. It is 

 precisely the thing called for by the spirit of 

 improvement prevalent in the community. 

 Every farmer should have a copy ; its trifling 

 cost cannot be better expended, for it explains 

 the whole business of pork raising, from the 

 "best breed" to the "flitch of bacon," that 

 might make an alderman's mouth water; 

 besides giving the " true secrets" of making 

 the " hog business profitable." The author's 

 remarks on the "liog-pen" and "manure" 

 will be found in the preser..t number of the 

 Cabinet. 



The work is for sale by Messrs. Ilogan & 



