No. 9. 



Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



135 



Number. 



Value. Duration of 



Investment 

 5 ye.irs 



Cattle, i.O'iO.nonfin;. 



Sheep, 12,0(J(i,0()U 1 lOs. 



Pigs, .■((3(1,01111 2 



Calves, itO.UOO 2 10s. 



Total aniount of Capital invested, lJ7,8y0,00UZ. 



This estimate can only be considered an 

 approximation to the truth. It must, indeed, 

 be erroneous, inasmuch as it assumes the 

 value of young animals to be equal to thosfe 

 of mature age. Every allowance being made, 

 it still affords conclusive evidence in favor of 

 a better, and more systematic treatment of 

 the diseases of brute animals. 



New Garden, llth mo., 24tli, 1837, 

 P. S. — I was pleased with the inquiry of a 

 Lancaster correspondent, in the last Cabinet, re- 

 specting the proper buildings and apparatus, for 

 the manufacture of Beet Sugar. The public 

 feel a deep interest in the matter. A larg^ 

 share of this interest is, however, the effect of 

 novelty; curiosity has been excited without be- 

 ing gratified. Considering the number of indi- 

 viduals, and associations in our country, which 

 possess a knowledge on this subject, it is strange 

 how little information can be obtained. Is this 

 owing to a monopolizing spirit, or to mere in- 

 difl'erencel The field is large enough for all 

 who wish to labor; there is no occasion for jea- 

 lousy, for monopoly. I therefore hope that 

 some one acquainted with the business, will 

 answer the inquiry alluded to, by furnishing 

 drawings and descriptions of the buildings and 

 apparatus, used for a well regulated Beet Sugar 

 Manufactory. As many persons wish to try the 

 experiment, on a small scale in their families, I 

 would also be glad if some one would describe 

 the process, more in detail than has yet been 

 done, with a notice of the obstacles likely to 

 occur and the means of remedying them. For 

 example, how it is known when enough lime 

 has been added! How, and in what stage of 

 the process, is the vast quantity of mucilege 

 and coloring matter to be got rid ofl What 

 kind of material makes the best strainer ? &c. 



I have succeeded in making quite tolerable 

 Sugar from the Beet ; but I have encountered 

 difficulties which it is very desirable to avoid in 

 future. I shall probably return to the subject 

 XV hen leisure permits. 



Bites of Reptiles or Vcuonioiis Stings. 



Friend Editor, — If you should think this 

 worthy of notice you may insert it in your 

 Cabinet. 



Take a slice of wheat bread and moisten 

 it v/ith sugar of lead, — not having that at 

 hand, water, saturated with pearlash, will 

 answer in its place. When the bread gets 

 dry renew or moisten it again. — For most 

 venomous bites, such as rattlesnakes, take 

 plentifully of sweet oil. 



J. B. H. 



Bnek.^ County, 18:17. 



New kind of Clover. 



I saw in the N. E. Farmer an account of 

 this clover (^Trifolium incamahnn) given by 

 John Lowell, of Boston, in the year 1833. 

 He states : " I sowed it about the last week 

 in April ; it was in bloom and fit to cut in 

 fifty days ; it is not so coarse as Dutch red 

 clover ; better furnished with leaves, and not 

 liable to lodge or lose its leaves in drying. 

 It furnished a fair second-hand crop in the 

 late uncommon dry season." He further 

 says, that he had requested his friend, John 

 Perkins, to import fifty pounds for himself 

 and a friend, in order to make a more ex- 

 tensive trial. Perhaps the Editor of the 

 Farmers' Cabinet would oblige the farmers, 

 to obtain further information respecting the 

 above clover, and publish it. 



M. Pennock. 



Chester County, 1837. 



Any communication on the subject will 

 be promptly and cheerfully published. We 

 hope that some of our New England readers 

 wiU give the desired information. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. 



7'he monthly meeting of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society was held on Tuesday, the 

 the 21st of November, 1837, at the usual place, 

 under the Atheneum. 



It being the an)iual competition for twelve of 

 the best varieties of Chrysanthemums; the 

 Committee awarded the premium to Peter Mc 

 Kenzie, Spruce street, between Schuylkill Fifth 

 and Sixth streets, who exhibited, (viz.,) Early 

 Blush, Blush Ranunculus, Crimson, expanded 

 light bronze Golden Lotus, superb White, Span- 

 ish Brown, Blanche Variable, superb Yellow, 

 Discolor, Golden Yellow, and superb Orange. 



The premium on Fruit was awarded to Hugh 

 Hatch, N. J., for the best pears, (Holland 

 Green. j 



The premium for the best display of Vegeta- 

 bles was given to Edward Kelly, Gardener, at 

 the Naval Asylum. Mr. K. deserves great 

 credit for the very superior Vegetables exhibited 

 that evening, — viz.. Cabbage, Beets, Celery, 

 Lettuce, &c. 



The premium for the best Cardoon was 

 awarded to Robert Kilvington, Turner's Lane. 



The premium for the best Bouquet, to Wm. 

 Chalmers. 



The premium for the best display of interest- 

 ing Plants, in pots, to Robeit Buist, who ex- 

 hibited Verbena Tweediana, Oxalis Bowii, 

 Amaryllis Aulica, Buddleya Madagascarensis, 

 Maxilliaria Picta, Oncidium flexuosum, Til- 

 landsia pallida, Lechenaultia formosa, Thea 

 Bohea, Acacia Thegonocarpa, Epacris grandi- 

 flora. Begonia incarnata, Epipbyllum trunca.v 



