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JVotices. 



Vol. VI. 



Notices. 



Having transferred our interest in the Farmers' Cabi- 

 net to JosiAH Tatdm, who has, for some time past, been 

 our principal agent in the management of its concerns, 

 anil who is personally well known to a large number 

 of our subscribers, we may be allowed to commend the 

 publication to the continued favour of all who are in- 

 terested in the vastly important operations of agricul- 

 ture, and in the dissemination of the numerous agri- 

 cultural improvements of the day. 



It appears to us a question of grave import, whether 

 a work of this character shall be well sustained by the 

 public. To the practical agriculturist, who plants, and 

 nuises, and gathers his crops with his own hand, lite- 

 rally eating his bread in the sweat of his face, it is ob- 

 viously important that he should keep pace with others 

 of his craft, in the amount and variety of his informa- 

 tion. To the citizen also, who, for amusement or profit, 

 gives a portion of his time and his care to his small lot, 

 or his more extended farm, it is of consequence that he 

 should be able to avail himself of the experience of 

 others, and thus avoid the disappointments attendant 

 on the prosecution of visionary theories ; as well as the 

 losses consequent on injudicious expenditures. Toper- 

 sons thus engaged, the several volumes of the Cabinet 

 afford an amount of practical information, which we 

 believe is not to be met with elsewhere, at the same 

 price. 



In retiring from the proprietorship of the Farmers' 

 Cabinet, we flatter ourselves that we shall not be 

 charged with viewing our own labours with undue 

 complacency, if we express the hope that our subscrib- 

 ers are prepared to acknowledge the pledge given two 

 years ago, "that no reasonable exertions should be 

 wanting on our part, to render the work worthy of the 

 notice and support of the agricultural community," has 

 been amply redeemed. We pass it into the hands of 

 one, who, we believe, will do for it all that ourselves 

 could do, and whose exertions will be untiring to make 

 it creditable to himself, and useful to those for whom 

 its pages are more particularly designed. 



Jos'.AH Tatum will collect the arrearages from gub- 

 gcribers, who will bear in mind, that though the sums 

 due from them individually are small, the aggregate is 

 of very considerable amount. We invite them to remit 

 the small sums due by mail. We owe much to the 



kindness of postnia.iters, in franking such remittances, 

 and we have pleasure in making the acknowledg. 

 ment. 



KiMnKR «fe Sh.vrpless. 

 P/ulad., 4th mo. 15, 1842. 



We acknowledge the receipt of an elegnntly-franird 

 lithograph print of Mr. Gowen's "Dairy-Maid,"' the 

 bull " Leander," and calf" Allan a Dale ;" the two lat- 

 ter the progeny of the former, of noble descent and re- 

 markable milking properties. The portraits of these 

 splendid specimens of pure-blooded Durhanis are from 

 the pencil of Woodside, from life. An excellent en- 

 graving of the cow "Dairy Maid" may be found at 

 1). 57 of the 5th vol. of the Cabinet. An examination 

 of this fine print will amply repay a visit to ouroflice. 



To Mr. Daniel Bixley, of Lowell, the publisher of Dr. 

 Dana's very interesting work on the formation of com- 

 posts, are we indebted for a copy of that book, entitled 

 the Muck Manual, which will be road by thousands-', 

 and be the means of improving the condition of the 

 agricultural community throughout the Union. It is 

 on a subject that has not hitherto commanded the at- 

 tention that is its due ; but its novelty and importance 

 will render it a valuable addition to the farmer's 

 library. 



A patent bee-hive of novel construction has been 

 deposited at our office for inspection and examination. 

 It is the invention of Mr. Joseph Sholl, Burlington, 

 New Jersey, and professes to be miller-proof and non- 

 swarming. A description will be given in our next, 

 and in the meantime we shall feel plea.-sure in intro- 

 ducing it to the notice of our subscribers. 



As Mr. Tonkin has not yet favoured us with par- 

 ticulars relating to his unrivalled herd of fat cattle, 

 we are reluctantly compelled to forego the gratifica- 

 tion promised to our readers in the last number, in 

 the hope that it will be forthcoming in our next. The 

 j)ortraits of the whole of these splendid animals are in 

 the hands of the painter, Mr. Woodside. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the 



3d month (March), 1842, was 2.84 inches. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, 4th mo. 1, 1842. 



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