No. 6. 



Lime-Slaking and Spreading. 



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now spread abroad upon the surface of the 

 earth, adds greatly to the health of the coun- 

 try, neutralizing the acidity of the soil, and 

 opening its pores to the influence of the sun 

 and air, and destroying the nuisance arising 

 from an uncultivated surface, in many places 

 moist and cold from the want of draining and 

 clearing. The soil is naturally happy, nei- 

 ther too moist nor too dry; the roads superla- 

 tively good, and the society enviable : what 

 more is required ] only the one thing need- 

 ful. John Seymour. 



Lancaster County, Pa., 28th Dec. 1841. 



We shall at all times be pleased to bear from our 

 anknovs-n but interesting correspondent on the invit- 

 ing topic which be seems so well to know how to dis- 

 cuss.— Ed. 



I| enriched by one cr more delineations in the 

 ;| same improved style of the graphic art, re- 

 j presenting difl^erent varieties of the horse, the 

 cow, sheep, swine. &c., besides sketches of 

 newly invented implements, &:c., pertaining to 

 r husbandry. These pictorial illustrations and 

 'embellishments, which must constitute a 

 heavy item of expense to the proprietors, are 

 of themselves, in our estimation, a full equi- 

 valent to the subscriber for the small sum 

 ; per annum which is paid for the publication, 

 I without taking into the account the diversi- 

 fied supply of useful reading matter with 

 which each monthly number comes abun- 

 dantly freighted." 



The Testimony of a "Friend." 



We know not when we have been so much gratified 

 as with the notice which appeared in the F^iksd of 

 the last week, in commendation of our humble labours; 

 it was indeed unsolicited and unexpected, altboush not 

 the less acceptable on that account, as will readily be 

 believed. All who know the editor of that highly re- 

 spectable journal would find it difficult to suggest a mode 

 of drawing from him such testimony if it were not his 

 conviction that it was merited ; we therefore value it 

 above any price, and thank him for his kind and gene- 

 rous expression of good-will. It shall be our endeavour 

 to continue to deser%-e the bene facts of our amiable 

 friend, and if our readers will pardon the weakness, 

 would transfer to the pages of the Cabinet an ofierine 

 which is peculiarly grateful to all who are concerned 

 in its publication. — Ed. 

 Dec. e2d, 1841. 



" We are disposed to volunteer a remark 

 or two in relation to that unassuming but va- 

 luable monthly journal, the ' Farmer's Cabi- 

 net,' edited by James Pedder, of this citv. 

 We say volunteer, for although it is issued 

 from an apartment of the same building in 

 which the office of ' The Friend' is located, 

 we have no connexion with it, pecuniary or 

 otherwise, and what we now otfer is altoe'e- 

 ther unsolicited. The number for the pre- 

 sent month is now before us, containing not 

 less than fifteen original essays on various 

 topics, mostly relating to agriculture and gar- 

 dening, besides a rich scattering of selected 

 matter: — embellished likewise with two 

 beautiful wood engravings, the first of a horse, 

 a specimen of the old English black horse, a 

 variety from which originated some of the 

 finest of the old dray-horses of London ; the 

 other of that interesting and amiable variety 

 of the canine race, the shepherd's dog. from 

 the life, by Reinagle, in respect to which 

 it is observed by the editor, that the artist 

 has done eminent justice to his subject. 

 Nearly, if not every number of the Cabinet 

 since it has fallen into the hands of Kimber 

 & Sharpless, the present proprietors, has been 



Trial of the Pronty Plongh. 



I To the president of the Philadelphia Society for the 

 Promotion of .Agriculture. 



i Sm, — I wish to place at the disposal of the 

 Agricultural Society of Philadelphia a Centre- 

 Draught Plough, with apparatus complete, 

 horses and man. for the purpose of testing its 

 i powers in any kind of soil, and at any time 

 : and place that may be designated by them, 

 for one whole day, but not for competition 

 ! with others: requesting that they will be 

 I pleased to appoint a committee to superintend 

 j the trial, and report upon the same. 

 I I would also be pleased to furnish a two 

 i horse Subsoil Plough, to be tested at the same 

 ' time and place, with the Centre-Draught 

 Plough. With respect, 



D. O. Pboutt. 



Philadelphia, Dec 10th, 1&41. 



Janvuiry 5, 1S42. At a meeting of the 

 Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agricul- 

 ture, it was Resolved, that the above letter 

 from Mr. Prouty be referred to the Commit- 

 tee of arrangement, with authority to act 

 upon the same. K. Smith, Sec. 



Marriage. — With all its ills and evils, 

 man knows no happiness until he marries. 

 Let him possess a woman of sense and virtue, 

 and of whom he himself is worthy, and he 

 will feel a solid and permanent joy of which 

 he never was before sensible ; for the happi- 

 ness of marriage, like the interest of money, 

 arises from a regular and established fund, 

 while unmarried libertines live upon the 

 principal, and become bankrupt in character 

 and respectability. To be sure, uninterrupt- 

 ed happiness no man can or ought to expect ; 

 life is no sinecure — fruits do not spring spon- 

 taneously from the earth, as they did in the 

 Garden of Eden : nor does manna drop from 

 the clouds, as it did in the wilderness ; but 

 as a scheme of solid comfort, matrimony 

 aifords to well regulated minds a double 

 share of pleasure in prosperity, and a solace 

 in sorrow and adversitv. 



