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Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. X. 



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 AMERICAN FARRIER, 

 THE FARMER'S MINE, 

 HOARE ON THE YINE, 

 HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 

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 ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 

 FAMILIAR LETTERS, 

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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. tf. 



Poudrette. . 



A valuable manure — of the best quality, prepared 

 in Philadelphia, , fur 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, for seven barrels or more, $1 75 

 per barrel, containing four bushels each. Any num- 

 ber of barrels less than seven, $2 each,>or thirty-five 

 cents a bushel. Orders from a distance, enclos- 

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 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. 



JOSIAH TATUM. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE 



Use of Guano 205 



Consideration of Light 263 



Philadelphia AgricrUtural Society— its Premiums. 270 

 To make Fruit Trees thrifty.— Mildew or Blight 



in the Grape 272 



Forsyth's Compnsition.—Api Petit; or American 



Lady Apple 273 



Silk in Turkey —How to lay planks on Bridges. — 



Fine Crop of Corn 274 



To make Pear Trees fruitful 275 



Transplanting Trees. — Orange county Milk Farm. 276 



Hoare's Mode of Planting the Vine 277 



A Suggestion. — To prevent the Smoking of a 



Lamp 278 



James Gowen's System of Farming 279 



Preparation of Seed Wheat 280 



New Oxfordshire Buck 281 



Prepared Manures and their effects on Crops. 282 



Fellenberg School at Hofwyl 284 



Rice Cakes 287 



Notes on the Vine,— by John M'Donald 288 



Aaricullural Meeting. — Benson's Patent Water 



Ram 289 



Disease of Plum Trees 290 



Philadelphia Butter 291 



Editorial Notices 293 



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