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Use of Soap-suds as a Manure. — Editorial JVotices. Vol. X. 



When we read of the free clothing, the 

 gymnastic exercises, the household duties of 

 the Greeks, we are not surprised at the ex- 

 quisite loveliness of the marble copies ot 

 those most perfect exemplars of Burke's line 

 of beauty. But when, under the Southern 

 system of dress and no exercise, we see great 

 profusion of clothes piled up in rigid opposi- 

 tion to nature's known lines of gradual swell 

 and imperceptible declension and attenua- 

 tion of limb, we do not fail to remember that 

 the owl, of all birds, having the greatest bulk 

 of feathers, has also the most ragged person ; 

 and ' flaccid skins' and ' forked radishes' 

 ' come o'er the spirit of our dream.' 



Use of Soap-suds as a Manure. — About 

 twelve months ago I had at my command a 

 tank that received nothing but the suds that 

 came from the laundry; I thought I would 

 try its effects. The first thing I tried it on 

 was hyacinths in pots, and the result was 

 most astonishing. I tried some of Potter's 

 liquid guano at the same time as an experi- 

 ment, but found the suds most beneficial. 

 Many persons who saw the hyacinths, said 

 they never saw finer. I used it alternately 

 with pure water. I also tried it with straw- 

 berries that were forcing, and though the 

 plants were previously very bad ones, the 

 result was very satisfactory. French beans 

 in pots were also a great deal improved by 

 its use, and I think if it were extensively 

 employed it would be found very beneficial 

 to a great many plants. It must be remem- 

 bered that it was not used fresh from the 

 wash-house, but was allowed to run into the 

 tank, which was always nearly full ; by this 

 means it may be used without the least in- 

 jury to any growing plant requiring such 

 stimulous. — Gardeners' Journal. 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



AND 



iLSIERZCAIT HERB-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Ninth Month, 1845. 



In a letter dated the 19th of last month, at Salem, 

 Ohio, from a valued friend who had recently journeyed 

 thither from Richmond, Indiana, he says, " Through 

 Indiana generally, wheat has seldom if ever been better. 

 The grain is large and fine. Grass, owing to the 

 drought, is mostly light, though better than farmers 

 had anticipated. Oats are good and corn promises 

 well. Similar observations may apply to Southern 

 Ohio, from the intPlligence I have been able to collect. 

 In many parts of Northern Ohio, there has been a 

 great failure of the wheat crop, owing to the late 



frosts; and some neighbourhoods have suffered so se- 

 verely from drought, that grass has failed, and farmers 

 will be obliged to sell their stock, or drive it to the 

 Pickawa plains to winter." 



Our correspondent noticed in his journey many evi- 

 dences of bad farming and wretched management, and 

 wishes some "Agricultural paper could find its way to 

 such farmers, to convince them by whispering a few 

 secrets in their ear in a clever manner, of their error, 

 and the inexpediency of any other than good cultiva- 

 tion." But the wish, we can assure him, is to a great 

 extent vain. It is not the slovenly and the unthrifty 

 who read agricultural papers. They do not apprehend 

 they need them. 



ENGLISH SHEPHERD DOGS. 



A FEW of these valuable animals of pure blood, may 

 now be obtained at $5 each, delivered in Philadelphia, 

 The dam was selected in England last fall, for the 

 present owner, and the pups now o'd enough for de- 

 livery, were sired by a thorough bred Shepherd Dog 

 from the State of New York. Early application to be 

 made— post-paid— at the office of the Farmers' Cabi- 

 net, No. 50 N. Fourth street, Philadelphia. 



FARM IIV ^VHITEMARSH 



FOR SALE. 



The subscriber offers to sell the farm on which be 

 resides, in Whitemarsh valley, Montgomery county, 

 about eleven miles from the city — it contains 155 acres 

 of first quality limestone land, in a high state of cul- 

 tivation. 



The improvements are a large stone mansion, which 

 has recently undergone a thorough repair — stone car- 

 riage-house, with granary attached — a substantial 

 stone farm-house — a new tenant house — a stone barn 

 120 feet long— hay-house — wagon-house — spring-house, 

 &c., all in excellent repair. 



This estate combines the singular advantage of a 

 beautiful country-seat, within a pleasant ride of the 

 city, with a highly improved and productive farm. 



For terms, apply to the subscriber residing thereon, 

 or to Eli K. Price, Arch street, Philadelphia. 



Ninth mo. 15th. WM. W. LONGSTEETH. 



Agency for the Purchase «fe Sale of 



IMPROVED BREEDS OF CATTLE & SHEEP. 



The subscriber takes this method of informing his 

 friends and the public, that he will attend to the pur- 

 chase and sale of the improved breeds of cattle, sheep, 

 &c., for a reasonable commission. All letters post 

 paid, addressed to him at Philadelphia, will be attended 

 to without delay. AARON CLEMENT. 



March 15th, 1845. 



JCr SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 4Ji 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond with the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each insertion often lines 

 or less; and so in proportion for each additional line. 

 Payment in advanec. 



