No. 1. 



Minutes of the Plii/adelphia Agricultural Society. 



31 



ers. The wealthy crontlemen who follow 



agriculture more for pleasure than for profit, 

 ouoht to stand on hij^her fj^round, than mere- 

 ly to tell us ho'.v many snjifar beets they can 

 raise ; we want to know whether tlioy raise 

 them to profit. Let them be liberal in mak- 

 ing experiments, which their money enables 

 them to do; for example — on the influence 

 of electricity on agriculture, and let them 

 give us a minute detailed report of their pro- 

 ceedings, then they will confer a real benefit 

 to their brother flmners. 



Another matter of regret is, that so many 

 wealthy men cling to ihe large cities, specu- 

 lating in stocks, shaving notes, &c., instead 

 of promoting agriculture with liberality, like 

 men of wealth in England do ; we would 

 then not have been obliged to look to that 

 country, with all its pompous names of pedi 

 gree, in its genealogical herd book, &c., to 

 improve our breed of cattle. 



It is now a fact known by every practical 

 farmer, that if our domestic breed were so 

 well nursed and crossbreeded and every thin 

 done to develope the organs that produce 

 milk, they would be as good as the English 

 breed. Many farmers from the interior, who 

 have paid enormous prices for Durham or 

 Devonshire cattle, now find that they being 

 reduced to the same treatment as our domes- 

 tic cattle, are not better than they. The 

 farmer being obliged to barter his butter for 

 store goods to the country merchant, at seven 

 or eight cents per pound, it would be too 

 expensive to keep additional hands on the 

 farm to curry and nurse the cattle.* The 

 butcher will inform you, that he prefers for 

 slaughtering, the cattle from the western 

 part of New York to the imported breed.f 



If, what I state is not so, I wish to be cor- 

 rected by the farmer who operates for mak- 

 ing profits, not by the wealthy amateur, who 

 merely farms to lay out his money. 



II. S. 



Bethel, Pa., July 5lh, 1845. 



*It would be well for our distant farmers to remem- 

 ber, that many are deficient in skill, or care, or both, 

 in putting up their butter. If properly managed, and 

 brought to market in first rate order, and a first rate 

 article, it never need be sold in this market for seven 

 or eight cents— it will readily command double those 

 sums. Let the farmer take due care in these matters, 

 and then he will find the extra price for his butter will 

 enable him to " nurse and curry" his cows to some 

 profit. — Ed. 



fAlI crossings with our native stock, and the Dur- 

 ham, &c., have proved decidedly beneficial, both as 

 respects, the milking properties, and in their adapta- 

 tion for the knife.— Ed. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 



3Iinutes of the Philadelphia Agricultu- 

 ral Society. 



At a Stated meeting of the Philadelphia 

 Society fijr Promoting Agriculture, held at 

 their Room on the 6th instant, Mr. Gowen, 

 Vice-President, in the Chair — present 11 

 members. 



Several beautiful specimens of wheat 

 were exhibited by Mr. Gowen, having been 

 presented by Mr. Thomas Morgan of this 

 city, sent him by a relative residing in 

 France. 



Mr. Robert T. Potts, of Montgomery coun- 

 ty, showed a fine sample of his O. K. wheat, 

 tlie grain plump, white and heavy. 



Mr. S. S. Richie read a paper, giving a 

 statement of some experiments made by him, 

 with the diflx;rent concentrated manures on 

 his late wheat crop, an account of which will 

 be published hereafter. 



After the business of the meeting was dis- 

 posed of, a general conversation on agricul- 

 tural subjects ensued. It was gratifying to 

 find that the rot had not made its appearance 

 in the potatoe crop, as it had for the two years 

 past, and hopes were entertained that the 

 present growing crop would escape the 

 disaster. 



An account was given by a member of 



the injury sustained from the effects of frost 



on the wheat, in the early part of June, in 



parts of Chester county, the present season. 



Extract from the minutes, 



A. Clement, Rec. Secretary. 



August 7th, 1845. 



Thrifty and Unthrifty Farmers. — The 



grand dift'erence between a thriving farmer, 

 and one who does not thrive, is, the one looks 

 out for the fractions, the other does not. In 

 farming, nothing should be lost; nothing 

 should be neglected ; every thing should be 

 done at the proper tinie; every thing should 

 be put in its proper place; every thing should 

 be performed by its proper implement. When 

 these rules are observed, the farmer will 

 surely prosper — though his gains may be 

 slow, they will be certain and sure. 



To Extract Grease Spots from Silks 

 AND Coloured Muslins. — Scrape French 

 chalk, put it on the grease spot, and hold it 

 near the fire, or over a warm iron, or water- 

 plate, filled with boiling water. The grease 

 will melt, and the French chalk absorb it, 

 brush or rub it off. Repeat if necessary. 



He who has no bread to spare, should not 

 keep a dog. 



