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Bionally, and in a few days the acid will have dissolv- 

 ed all the earthly portion of the bones, leaving the 

 gelatirous portion unuissolved. The latter can be 

 applied to the soil dimly or placed in the compost 

 heaps to be decomposed and mixed with the mass. 

 The liquid is the more valuable portion, contain- 

 ing the phosphate of lime and a little magnesia and 

 soda in solution. Dilute this liquid with 8 or 10 

 times its volume of water and apply in a watering 

 cart, or pot to the soil. 



The quantity may vary from one to three cwts. of 

 bone per acre. To wheat, clover and turncps, this 

 fertilizer is particularly valuable. 



The Agricultural societies of England, Scotland 

 and Ireland are in a very flourishing condition. They 

 are busily engaged in organizing Farmer's Clubs all 

 over the empire. The whole kingdom seems to be 

 alive t ) the importance and practicability of greatly 

 improving British husbandry. Every years experi- 

 ence demonstrates more satisfactorily than was before 

 done, that the true system is to feed all living things, 

 whether plants or animals, with the precise elements 

 that form their organized tissues. What these ele- 

 mentary bodies are, and how to collect and prepare 

 them for practical use, are the branches of agricultu- 

 ral science most studied. 



THE FARMER'S LIBRARY AND MONTHLY 

 Journal of Agriculture. 



We have received the two first numbers of a work 

 under the above title, published by Greeley & Mc- 

 Elrath, and edited by John S. Skinner, Es(|. of New 

 York. 



Both <he editor and publishers are well and favor- 

 ably known to most of our readers. Large as is the 

 work — 100 octavo pages in each number or 1200 in 

 a year — there is no lack of material to iiU it with 

 useful and interesting matter. One half is devoted 

 to the repnnt of the productions of foreign writers 

 on agriculture, constituting ^'The Farmer's Library;'' 

 and the other moity is designed to be a journal of 

 current improvements, and events in every thing 

 that pertains to rural pursuits. The plan is a good 

 one, and if prosecuted with the taste, skill, and judg- 

 ment displayed in the numbers before us, we have 

 no doubt but the enterprise will be as successful as 

 we know it to be meritorious. 



It is now more than a quarter of a century since 

 Mr. Skinner comm.enced in the city of Baltimore the 

 first agricultural paper ever published in the United 

 States. His experience has been great, and his rep- 

 utation, particularly at the South, as an agricultural 

 writer is so well established, that the "Farmer's Li- 

 brary" must find its way to the fireside of thousands 

 of families. It is to be illustrated with numerous en- 

 gravings and wood cuts, having more or less in each 

 number. The Library portion of the July and Au- 

 gust numbers contain Petzholdt's Lectures on Ag- 

 ricultural Chemistry. The author treats his sub- 

 ject in a style more intelligible than Liebig to the 

 ordinary farmer. We do not think, however, that 

 he has improved either on Johnston or Boussingault, 

 only so far as his work is not so elaborate, and more 

 concise. His " Glossary" is a curiosity ; We no- 

 tice a few of typographical errors in figures and 

 technical terms ; bating this the publication is fault- 

 less. The work next to be published is M. Von 

 Thaer's " Principles of Agriculture," a large work, 

 which costs $10 in Lond^^n, but less than $2, in the 

 Farmer's Library. Price $5 per annum. 



STATE FAIR AT UTICA, TO BE HELD ON 

 THE 16TH, 17TH AND 18TH OF SEP- 

 TEMBER, 1845. 



Arrangements have been made with the several 

 railroad companies, whose officers have acted v>'ith 

 their accustomed liberality and public spirit, that all 

 animals and implements intended for exhibition, shall 

 be transported free of charge, by extra trains for 

 that purpose, and that all persons visiting the fair 

 shall pass at one half of the usual rates. 



All animals and agricultural implements must be 

 on the ground, at Utica, on the 17th, at 10 o'clock 

 A. M., and at the Auburn and Rochester Depot, in 

 this city, early on Tuesday morning, the 16th, in 

 ryadiness for the 8 o'clock train, advices of which 

 should be left with L. B. Langvvorthy, No. 18 Buf- 

 falo ptreet, or through the post-office, by the 10th of 

 Sepjember, in order that suitable provisions maybe 

 made for their transportation. 



All articles forwarded by this route, or any other, 

 may be addressed to Messrs. Farwell Si Harring- 

 ton, Utica, ticketed " State Fair," who will take 

 careful charge of the same. 



It is anticipated from the great exertions making 

 by the people of Utica, and by the officers of the 

 Society, together with its popularity, the show -will 

 far outstrip any former ej.hibition in this state. The 

 preparations are on a magnificent scale, and from 

 present indications, the show of animals, imple- 

 ments of husbandry, and the various curiosities and 

 manufactures that will be exhibited, will constitute 

 this fair the grand museum of agricultural articles 

 for the state of New-Yo'k. 



The Magnetic Telegraph will, on that day, be in 

 operation from Utiea eastward, and will prove no 

 small attraction to those visiting the fair. 



THE 18th ANNUAL FAIR OF THE AMERI- 

 CAN INSTITUTE. 

 This grand festival will commence on the 13th of 

 October, and continue for several days. The spirit- 

 ed and patriotic gentlemen who have the Institute in 

 charge, are making great eflforts to render the ap- 

 proaching Fair more attractive than any which have 

 preceded it. It is perhaps needless to say that the 

 display of specimens of American art, skill and ge- 

 nius in every branch of industry, will be such as to 

 gratify every lover of his country. 



The Book of Useful Knowledge. — A Cyclope- 

 dia of several thousand Recipes, and collateral infor- 

 mation in the Arts, Manufactures and Trades, in- 

 cluding Pharmacy, Medicine and Domestic Economy, 

 designed as a compendious book of reference, Sec— 

 Messrs. D. Appleton &: Co., are publishing in num- 

 bers, a valuable work under the above title. It is 

 illustrated with numerous engravings, and the vari- 

 ous subjects discussed, are treated in a manner to 

 render them intelligible to non-professional readers. 



For sale by S. Hamilton, successor to D. Hoyt, 

 Rochester. 



Sheep Husbandry. — We learn that the Harpers 

 will give to the public this month, the long expect- 

 ed work of Mr. L. A. Morrell, of Tompkins Co. 

 on sheep husbandry. The large experiencf^, and ex- 

 tensive research of Mr. M., not less th i the im- 

 portance of wool growing to the country, will se- 

 cure to this work, at least, a general perusal, how- 

 ever much any may ditfer with the author in any 

 views he may take of his subject, ^ 



