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Notices, ^'C. 



Vol. IV. 



Davis' Patent Dirt Scraper« 



The Road or Dirt Scraper, invented by 

 Shadrach Davis, differs from all others, in the 

 construction of its points, which resemble 

 those of a plough. They enter the ground 

 easy ; fill and discharge themselves — are 

 adapted for horses or oxen — and can be used 

 to great advantage in removing dirt or 

 gravel. 



We consider it a great improvement on 

 the common road scraper, and can with con- 

 fidence recommend it to the public, as being 

 superior to any implement of the kind we 

 have ever used, particularly in sandy and 

 stony land ; being so constructed as to load 

 itself without the use of ploughing, which is 

 common in using the old fashioned dirt scra- 

 per. We consider it one of the greatest 

 labor-saving implements to road making, that 

 can be used ; and as such, we fully recom- 

 mend it to the public. 



This article can be obtained at the agricul- 

 tural ware-house, 87 North Second street, 

 Philadelphia. Price, $12. 



C. J. Wolbert, Esq., has invented a harrow 

 for marking out sugar-beet ground, prepara- 

 tory to planting. It is a simple and cheap 

 affair — will save much time and labor — and 



requires the first or starting row, to be drawn 

 true, to insure even planting of twenty-seven 

 inches, however large the field. 



Persons intending to plant the sugar-beet, 

 this season, can have an opportitnity of ex- 

 amining it at the auction store, in Carpenter's 

 Court. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Q,uantlty of Rain* 



Table, showing the quantity of rain and 

 melted snow which has fallen for 30 years: 

 the first 14 years by the rain gnage of P. 

 Legoux, of Springmill, and 16 years by the 

 guage kept at the Pennsylvania Hospital, in 

 the city of Philadelphia. 



Inches. 



1810 32.ri56 



1811 34.'.i68 



1812 .19.300 



1813 3.5.G25 



1814 43.1:^5 



1815 34.666 



1816 27.947 



1817 36.(05 



1818 30.177 



3819 23.354 



18^0 39.619 



1821 32.182 



1822 29.864 



1823 41.815 



1824 38.740 



Inches. 



1825 29.570 



1826 35.140 



1827 38.500 



1628 37.970 



1829 41.850 



18.30 45.070 



1831 43.040 



18.32 39.870 



1833 48.550 



1834 34.240 



1835 39.3110 



1836 42.660 



1837 39.041 



.1838 45.289 



1839 43.739 



The above furnishes an annual average of 

 nearly 37^ inches, for 30 years. The person 

 who makes the above returns, has good in- 

 struments, and the observations are made 

 with great care — so that it is believed the 

 results may be relied upon as being very 

 correct. It would be very desirable that a 

 similar set of ob.servations should be made in 

 every state in the union, and published an- 

 nually, for comparison. 



Quantity of rain and melted snow which has fallen 

 since January 1, 1840. Inches. 



1st month 1.85 



2il month 3.01 



Philadelphia Hospital, 2d mo. 1, 1840. 



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