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Editm'ial Notices. 



Vol. X. 



For the next best Quinces, half peck, $2 00 



do do best Nectarines, one dozen, 3 00 



do do Plums, two dozen, 3 00 



do do next best do 2 00 



do do best Water TVIelons, Spanish variety, 



three in number. 

 For the next best Water Melons, Spanish variety, 



three in number, 

 For the best Water Melons, of any other variety, 



three in number. 

 For the next best Water Melons, of another vari- 

 ety, three in number, 

 For the best Nutmeg Melons, or variety thereof, 



three in number. 

 For the next best Nutmeg Melons, or variety 



thereof, three in number. 

 For the best American seedling Potatoe, of supe- 

 rior quality. 

 For the best Potatoes, one bushel, 

 do do next best do do 



do do best Sweet Potatoes, do 

 do do next best do do 



do do best Onions, four dozen, 

 do do best Cabbage, six heads, 

 do do next best Cabbage, six heads, 

 do do best red Cabbage, six heads. 



3 00 



3 00 



1 00 



5 00 



2 00 



1 00 



2 00 

 100 



2 00 



3 00 



2 00 



3 00 

 do do best Carrots, garden culture, two dozen, 2 01) 

 do do best Lettuce, six heads, 2 00 

 do do next best do do 1 00 

 do do best Endive, blanched, six heads, 2 00 

 do do best Celery, six stalks, 2 00 

 do do next best, do do 1 00 

 do do best Salsify, two dozen, 2 00 

 do do Cranberries, cultivated, half a bushel, 2 00 

 do do next best do do do 1 00 



For the best and greatest amount of Honey, pro- 

 duced by one hive of bees, being a swarm of 

 1845, to be exhibited without the bees, 5 00 



For the next best and greatest amount of Honey 

 produced by one hive of bees, being a swarm of 

 1845, to be exhibited without the bees, 3 00 



For the best display of Honey, 5 00 



do do next best do do 3 00 



It is to be disiinctly understood that the produce is 

 to be from bees without artificial food. 

 For a group of twelve of the best green house 



plants, named specimens, 810 00 



For another group of twelve of the next best 



green-house plants, named specimens, 5 00 



For the best fifty named variety of Dahlias, 5 00 



do do next best fifty named variety of Dahlias, 3 00 

 do do best twenty named variety of Dahlias, 3 00 

 do do next best do do 2 00 



do do best Amer. See -ling Parti col'd Dahlia, 3 00 

 do do best do self coloured Dahlia, 3 00 



do do best ten named varieties of Dahlias, 



grown by amateurs, 3 00 



For the next best ten named varieties of Dahlias, 



grown by ATuateurs, 2 00 



For the best Dahlia, grown by Amateurs, 2 00 



FOR DESIGNS FORMED OF CUT FLOWERS, ETC., 



Which are not to occupy at their base more than six 



feet square. 

 For the best and most appropriate, 

 do do next best and most appropriate. 



THE FARIttERS' CABINET, 



AND 



JEL1HLJ1JLZCA.N HERD-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Eighth Month, 1845. 



When the Editor assumed his present position in 

 relation to the Cabinet, he was well aware that he 

 was entering upon ground entirely new to him, and 

 he freely acknowledges he had niimerous misgivings. 

 He was, however, personally acquainted with very 

 many of the subscribers: he knew that be might rely 

 upon their indulgence, and he thought also, he might 

 hope to be leniently dealt with by others, with whom 

 he had not the pleasure and benefit of an acquaint- 

 ance. These calculations he has found realized. His 

 intercourse with his subscribers has been — he might 

 perhaps say, exclusively, for he does not recollect a 

 single exception — of an agreeable character. 



At the opening of another ■"olume, we tender our 

 thanks to the subscribers for their interest in the Cabi- 

 net, and invite them not only to continue, but to ex- 

 tend that interest. We thank our numerous corres- 

 pondents, and ask them to continue their labours for 

 the general good, and to prevail upon others to throw 

 in their mite. All who are now on our lists are soli- 

 cited to continue there — for we cannot afford to lose 

 one of them ; and to the thousands of farmers both in 

 this State and elsewhere, who do not receive our 

 paper, we would say, send in your names. We refer 

 with some degree of satisfaction to the volume just 

 closed for the character of the succeeding one, which 

 we trust, will be of at least equal value. 



do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

 do 

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$40 00 

 30 00 

 20 00 

 15 00 

 12 00 

 10 00 

 8 00 

 6 00 

 5 00 



d'No special premiums to be awarded for designs. 



FOR BOUQUETS, 



To be confined to those suitable for the centre-table, 

 the hand, or of basket-form. 



For the best and most approved, $7 00 



do do next best and most approved, 5 00 



do do do do do 3 00 



do do best formed of indigenous flowers, 5 00 



do do next best do do do 3 00 



do do best pair of Wreaths for Festooning, 10 00 



do do next best do do do 5 00 



do do next do do do 3 00 



It was announced in the Cabinet two months ago, 

 that Greeley & McElrath, of New York, were about 

 to publish the Farmers'' Library and Monthly Journal 

 of Agriculture, to be edited by J. S. Skinner, the ori- 

 nator, and for a long period the Editor of the .American 

 Farmer. The first number has been received. The 

 solid and various character of the matter adapts it re- 

 markably to the wants of those of our citizens who 

 have leisure and taste — and who should not have?— 

 for these things. The well known standing of the 

 Editor is a strong guarantee for the value of the work. 

 We cordially welcome his return to the editorial corps, 

 and assign to him the Arm Chair. 



We learn from the Cherokee Advocate that theChero- 

 kees are about to form a National Agricultural Socie- 

 ty. A meeting for that purpose was called, to be held 

 at Tahlequah on the 27th iilt. This movement may 

 lead to very important results. The Cherokees are 

 decidedly an agricultural people, and perhaps nothing 

 will more immediately conduce to their permanent 

 advantage than the improvement of their agriculture. 

 Whatever tends to this, should be encouraged. 



The Reading Journal says that there were passed a 

 few days ago down the Reading Rail Road, twelve 

 hundred and thirty-four cars loaded with coal, aver- 

 aging four and a half tons each, making in the whole 

 five thousand five hundred and fifty-three tons, all 

 passed over the whole road from end to end in one day. 



