No. 4. 



Editorial Notices. 



135 



D. O. PROUTY, 



Manufacturer of AtrricHlliiral Implements, and 

 dealer in Garden and Grass ISteds, 



No. I94i MARKET ST., rniL.\DELPniA: 

 Offers for sale the following articles now in season, 

 viz: Grant's Patent Fan Mill, for chaffing and screen- 

 ing wlieat anil seeds at one operation. This mill car- 

 ried off the first preniiuin at the State Fair in Now 

 York, Sept., 184.5, and the first premium at the Phila- 

 delphia Agiicultural E.\hibilion in October, 1815. Corn 

 Shollers in great variety, and warranted to work well. 

 Price from $-2 to $30, each. 



Straw, Hay, and Cornstalk Cutters of different pat- 

 terns, among which is Hovey's Patent, an excellent 

 article, at a low price. 



Motfs Agricultural Furnace and Cauldron, an arti- 

 cle wliich every farmer should have. Grindstones on 

 friction rollers, of various sizes. 



D. O. PROUTY. 



Poudiette. 



A valuable manure— of the best quality, prepared 

 In Philadelphia, for sale at the office of the Farm- 

 ers' CABINET, No. 50, North Fourth Street, or at 

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 street. Present price, $1 75 per barrel, containing 

 four bushels— §5 for three barrels— §15 for ten barrels, 

 or thirty cents a bushel. Orders from a distance, en- 

 closing the cash, wi th cost of porterage, will be piompt- 

 ly attended to, by carefully delivering the barrels on 

 board of such conveyance as may be designated. 

 The results on corn and wheat have been generally 

 very satisfactory. Farmers to the south and in the 

 interior, both of this State and of New Jersey, are 

 invited to try it. It is now seasonable for wheat. &c. 

 JOSIAH TATUM. 



Agency for the Purchase & 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 hiih at Philadelphia, will be attended 

 to without delay. AARON CLEMENT. 



March 15tk, 1845. 



FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES, EVER- 

 GREENS, SHRUBBERY, &c., 

 In great variety, for sale as heretofore, by the sub 

 scriber, at his Nursery, near Haddington, four miles 

 xvest of Philadelphia. Orders sent by mail, or left at 

 the office of the Farmers' Cabinet— where catalogues 

 may be obtained — will be attended to, and the trees 

 well packed when ordered to distant places. City 

 gardeners supplied with trees suitable for the streets, 

 at a liberal discount. SAMUEL RHOADS 



Tenth mo. 15th, 1845. 



The publisher A. D. Phelps, of Boston, will accept 

 thanks for a copy of Teschemacher's valuable Essay 

 on Guano. 



LECTURES ON AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY: 



By .Alfred L. Kennedy, a member of the Philadelphia 

 Jtffricvltttral Society. 



A course of familiar I^ectures, illustrated by experi- 

 ments, specimens and diagrams, on those pcjrtions of 

 Chemistry, Botany and Geology, which are applicable 

 to agriculture, will be commenced early in November 

 ne.xt, and continue semi-weekly until the latter part 

 of February. The subjects treated, will be those most 

 interesting and valuable to the practical agriculturist ; 

 and to those who are now learning, or about to learn 

 the practice of the farm: — the economy of animal, 

 mineral and vegetable manures, their action on sili- 

 ceous, argillaceous and calcareous soils, analyses of 

 soils, structure of plants, drainage, irrigation, &c. 



Circulars containing a synopsis of the course, time 

 of delivery, terms, &c., may be obtained at this office. 



Philada. October 15tli, 1845. 2t. 



GUANO. 



Twenty-five tons first quality Ichaboe Guano, in 

 bags or barrels, for sale in lots to suit purchasers, by 

 S. & J. J. ALLEN & CO., 

 No. 7 South Wharves, 2nd Oil Store below 

 Market street, Philadelphia. 

 October 15th, 1845. 6t. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Tenth 

 month, 1845, was a little more than two inches and a 



half. 2.53 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, Mth mo. '[st. 



Dr. Reed, of Washington county, in this State, with 

 a view to the improvement of the breed of sheep in 

 that great wool growing district, has recently pur- 

 chased in Connecticut, some very fine pure blooded 

 Sa.xony bucks, and also a superior Cotswold, from New 

 York. His object is to obtain, by crossing with the 

 native stock, a long wool, fine enough for combing. 



The fourth No. of the Jlmericau Quarterly Journal 

 of ■Agriculture and Science, and the fifth No. of the 

 Farmers' Library, have just been received. We have 

 had barely time to look into them, as our matter is 

 already made up for the number. We have, however, 

 observed the tables of contents, and are satisfied of 

 their well sustained and high character. We would 

 earnestly commend them to all wlio would add a large 

 amount of valuable agricultural matter to their month- 

 ly reading. The library has a beautiful likeness of the 

 late Judge Peters. Drs. Emmons and Prime, of the 

 Journal, and J. S. Skinner, of the Library, are all 

 well known through the country, and their names are 

 good guarantees for the solid character of their respec- 

 tive publications. 



ICr SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 43 

 The subject matter of wliich, 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 advance. 



