No. 12. Catalogue of Agricultural and Horticultural Publications. 383 



Show ; they will speak volumes in favour 

 of a breed of hogs that is doing wonders 

 throughout the country : they could be con- 

 veyed in the same vehicle with the thorough- 

 bred Berkshire boar belonging to his son, 



* Mr. B. W. Cooper, which is, I doubt not, 

 destined to become a favourite with the 

 breeders of this kind of stock. This gen- 

 tleman is, I understand, expecting to receive 

 a pair of thorough-bred Berkshires from 

 Albany, in addition to his present valuable 

 stock. But I would ask, why gentlemen, 

 determined to possess themselves of pure 

 stock, do not go, themselves, any length to 

 select their own "? I declare, I would almost 

 as soon think of sending to a friend to select 

 a wife for me, as fine stock — no, no, these 

 things a man ought to do for himself. 



I wish I could induce your numerous 

 readers to entertain the idea of crossing with 

 darn the best. Many attempts were made, 

 during the Merino-mania, to clothe a larger 

 carcase with a finer fleece, but who ever 

 thought of crossing the purest Bakewell 

 ewe with the Merino ram J this, I have no 

 doubt, would have effected the purpose, and 

 given a valuable breed of sheep for general 

 purposes. J. G. 



Trenton, N. J. 



CATALOGUE OF AGRICULTURAL AND 

 HORTICULTURAL PUBLICATIONS, 



Sold by Kimher g( Sharpless, JVo. 50, .^V. 4^/j St, Phila. 



American Gardener. 



Weeks on Bees. 



American Pocket Farmer. 



American fSwine Breeder. 



Davy's Lectures on Agriculture. 



Frank. 



Kollar on Insects. 



Rogers' Fruit Cultivator. 



Cultivation of Vegetables, by Rogers. 



Mowbray on Poultry. 



Beet Sugar, by Child. 



Adlum's Cultivation of the Vine. 



A Manual on Sugar from Beets, translated 



from the French. 

 Farmers' Cabinet, vol. 1, 2, 3, half bound. 

 Eaton & Wright's Botany. 

 American Flower Garden Directory, by 



Buist. 

 McMahon's American Gardener. 

 American Farmers' Instructor, by Wiggins. 

 Treatise on Cattle. 

 Bridgman's Gardeners' Assistant. 



*0n accompanying; this gentleman into his field, 

 •where the swartlis of clover and timothy had more 

 the appearance of windrows, I inquired what was the 

 quantity of Hay per acre which he expected to carry ? 

 to which he replied, " I do not know, but this I know, 

 I do not wish for more, and 1' would not have more if 

 I could." 



Farmer's Companion, by Buel. 

 Farmer's Assistant, by Nicholson. 

 The Florist's (hiide, by Bridginan. 

 The Farmer's Own Book, by Barnum. 

 The Kitchen (Jardener's Instructor. 

 Loudon's Suburban Gard(Mier. 

 Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Gardening. 

 Loudon's do. Plants. 



Loudon's do. Agriculture. 



The Green House, by Mcintosh. 

 The Orchard, by Mcintosh. 

 Practical Farmer. 

 Browne's Sylvania Americana. 

 Farmer's School Book. 

 Hoare on the Grape Vine. 

 Farmer's Library, 3 vols. 

 Pocket Farrier, Boston Edition. 

 Darlington's Botany. 



The undersigned, a committee appointed 

 to examine Prouty h Mears' patent plough, 

 report, that, in pursuance of their appoint- 

 ment, they met, and saw the plough called 

 Sod B., at work — That they found it to per- 

 form well, turning over a furrow in breadth 

 about fourteen inches, and in depth about 

 eight inches. It follows the horses easily ; 

 is not so liable to choak in stubble or long 

 grass-sods as others ; turns over its ground 

 so as to bury whatever may be upon the sur- 

 face ; is easily handled by the ploughman; 

 and, being of cast iron throughout, does not 

 require the blacksmith to put it in good re- 

 pair. As a proof of the superior properties 

 of this plough, each of the undersigned 

 have one or more of them in use on their 

 farms, and are of opinion that they are the 

 best ploughs for all purposes, in ground 

 clear of stone, that they ever used, or saw at 

 work. 



James Thornton, 

 Kenderton Smith, 

 Isaac W. Roberts. 



Agricultural Notice* 



Tlie Philadelphia Society for promoting Agriculture, 

 contemplate holding the Exhibilion and Sale of live 

 stock, agricultural implements, productions, &c., near 

 the old Rising Sun tavern, on the Oermantown Road, 

 on Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th and 8th of Octo- 

 ber next. Extensive and convenient sheds will ba 

 erected for the accommodation and display of stock ; 

 and every thing done for the convenience of farmers, 

 which additional means and experience enable the 

 Society to accomplish. 



Alo'n. S. Roberts, 

 Secretary of the Com. Arrangtm'lt 

 Kenderton Smith, 



Chairman. 



Philadelphia, July 0, 1S40. 



