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Notices. 



Vol. VI. 



Notices. 



Wb had hoped ere this to have given in our pages the 

 engraved portraits of Mr. Edward Tonkin's cattle, 

 which are indeed of surpassing beauty and magnifi- 

 cence, far superior to those of his stock which were 

 l)ut)licly exhibited some three years ago, under the 

 names of the " Duke of Gloucester" and " Earl Jer- 

 sey," and for wliich he obtained the sum of §3500. Mr. 

 Tonkin's present lot of fat cattle consists of six oxen 

 and one spayed heifer of the short-horn cross, all which 

 it is his intention to have taken as indivitlual portraits; 

 afterwards they will form one group in a separate paint- 

 ini;, and it will give us great pleasure to engrave them, 

 that our readers may form some idea of the finest lot 

 of fat cattle in the Union. We had, not long since, the 

 opportunity of introducing them to the notice of Mr. 

 Solon Robinson of Indiana, and Mr. Bcment of Albany, 

 and would call upon these gentlemen for their candid 

 opinion concerning them. We understand these noble 

 animals are for sale, but trust they will not be permit- 

 ted to leave this part of the country until an opportu- 

 nity has been afforded to perpetuate their fame by a 

 faithful record in our pages. Nothing short of the pen- 

 cil and graver can convey an adequate idea of their 

 grandeur and perfect symmetrical proportions. Four 

 of them are roans of the most beautiful mixture of 

 colours; other two are red and white; tlie heifer is 

 nearly white, and is sujiposed to be the fattest animal 

 of the whole — indeed their size is Elephavtic, and a 

 sight of them would well repay a visit to their judicious 

 and spirited breeder ; his residence is at Clarksboro' on 

 the Salem road, 16 miles from Camden, New Jersey. 



At the suggestion of several individuals who have 

 taken considerable interest in the breeding and man- 

 agement of bees, we have constructed a glass hive, to 

 be worked singly, in pairs, or by three, in rows on a 

 table. The object has been to unite utility with cheap- 

 ness—to render them at so low a price as to induce 

 their general adoption, and to include in the plan the 

 desirable qualities embraced by hives of four times 

 their cost; to give the means of examining the state 

 of the swarm, by laying open at one view three sides 

 of the hive ; to add another box in a moment of time, 

 and to change the bees from one to the other with the 

 greatest facility. They are also made with two en- 

 trances, one on the top and another at the bottom of 



the hive, embracing what has been contemplated by 

 other and more costly structures. They are worked 

 upon a plan described at p. 65 of the Farmers' Cabi- 

 net for September, which appears more convenient 

 than the customary mode of heaping boxes one on an. 

 other, offering at tlie same time the means of doing so, 

 if such plan be preferred ; thus uniting, as far as pos- 

 sible, the advantages of all, at a price so low as to 

 bring them within the reach of all. They are for sale 

 at the office, price $2 50 each. 



Mr. Brick, of J4 Dilwyn street, the maker of the 

 bee-hive which so many of our friends have seen and 

 approved at our office, has invented one of very supe- 

 rior accommodation and workmanship, leaving it with 

 us for examination. It is of glass, to l)e worked singly, 

 or it can be made to form a double hive, by withdraw- 

 ing the slides. Application has been made for a patent ; 

 we shall feel pleasure in introducing it to notice. 



A SUPPLY of that interesting little work, " Bee-Breed- 

 ing in the West," as also copies of the " Western Farm- 

 er's & Gardener's Almanac," for 18-12, have been re- 

 ceived at the oflice of the Cabinet, where they may be 

 obtained. Price, 25 cents each. 



We would inform our inquiring friends that Wood- 

 side, the residence of Samuel Canby, Esq., the owner 

 of the remarkable cow Blossom, is situated 3^ miles 

 from Wilmington, Del. The manasemeiit of this fine 

 farm is in the English style, and forms an attractive 

 object with those who have a proper taste for rural 

 improvement. 



We are indebted to Mr. Isaac Newton, of Delaware 

 County, for several exceedingly fine ear,<! of corn, some 

 of them containing 24 rows and numbering 1060 grains 

 in each ear; also for a sample of mercer potatoes, 

 grown amongst that crop and pumpkins, six of which 

 measure ,3 feet 6 inches in length : these testimonies to 

 the truth of our motto may be seen at our office. 



Wanted. 



A siARRiEn man acquainted with the milk bnsinpss, 

 to take cliarce of a farm near Philadelphia. With a 

 person suitably qualified, a liberal arrangement would 

 be made. Appiv at the office of the Farmers' Cabinet, 

 No. 50 North Fourth Street. 



The quantity of rain which fell during October, 

 (10th month,) was three inches and two-tenths of an 

 inch 3.2 inch. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, Uth mo. 1, 1841. 



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