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Editorial JVotices. 



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 AMERICAN FARRIER, 

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Poudrette. 



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 per barrel, containing four bushels each. Any num- 

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JOSIAH TATUM. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE 



Montgolfier's Hydraulic Ram for raising water, 297 



On Manure 298 



Indian Rubber Tree 300 



Dead Animals.— Anecdote of a Rose, 301 



Prospects in Virginia for new Settlers, 302 



Fruits.— jlay and Fodder Crops 305 



James Gowen's System of Farming, 306 



Newcastle County Agricultural Society Report, 307 



E.xamples of Improvement 309 



Salt— a Fertilizer 311 



Cornwall and the Land's End. — Premiums of Pa. 

 Horticultural Society. — To cook Spinach, 315 



The Crocus,— The Grape Vine, 316 



Johnny Appleseed, 317 



Giirneyism.— Cultivation of Fruit, 318 



Maple Sugar, 319 



American Institute— Farmers' Club— Indian Corn, 320 



Yellows in Peach Trees ^2 



Asparagus. — Cultivation of the Hop, 323 



Cabbage Sprouts. — Washings of our Streets, 325 



Editorial Notices 326 



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