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Notice to Subscribers. 



VOL.V. 



Notice to Subscribers. 



The 5th volume of the Cabinet commences with the 

 present number. We rejoice in the avenues which are 

 opening around us for the cultivation of agricultural 

 knowledge ; and the hope of assisting others in their 

 pleasing task, and fulfilling our own engagements with 

 credit to ourselves and usefulness to our subscribers, 

 adds not a little to the present reward of our labours. 



We sincerely thank our contributing friends for their 

 unremitted favours, and beg to apprise them, that the 

 time is coming when those who have done most, will 

 have most to do, for agricultural science is rising in all 

 her majesty, throughout all lands; the sword is beaten 

 into the ploughshare and the spear into the pruning- 

 hook, and millions are enabled to sit under their own 

 vines and under their own fig-trees, none wishing to 

 make them afraid. And it never can be, that America 

 will content herself to sit and receive as a boon, in- 

 structions, either in this or any other department of 

 science, without feeling a proud desire to add her share 

 to the general fund. But if, "of those to whom much 

 is given, much will be required," she has indeed a debt 

 upon her hands ! Let her, therefore, bestir herself, and 

 show that she feels the world is " travelling west." 



Nothing facilitates so much the diffusion of agricul- 

 tural knowledge as the circulation of periodical works 

 on that subject; it is a mistake to suppose or to expect 

 that such publications ought to contain nothing but 

 what has been tried and found correct, and deserving 

 of general adoption into practice— it is merely a means 

 of communication between man and man, and the de- 

 tail of failure in an experiment might be made equally 

 interesting and profitable, even to him who has been 

 " exercised thereby," as might the most perfect instance 

 of success ; by comparing notes, we shall find which 

 way the current lies, and then we shall steer forward 

 in unison to the haven of success. One thing is certain 

 — agriculture will no longer be a subject upon which 

 persons will be able to sleep comfortably— it is the sci- 

 entific manager only, who will henceforth be able to live 

 on his labours, or what is called — make both ends 

 meet. 

 Observer's return to the pages of the Cabinet will 



be hailed with pleasure by all its readers— we hope to 

 receive many times 22 communications from his ele- 

 gant pen. 



" John Beeker" has rendered much service, in record- 

 ing his failures in the attempt to cultivate Lucerne ; 

 let him not faint, for in due time he will reap— and the 

 correspondents of the Cabinet will come to his assist- 

 ance. His communication will appear in our next. 



" P. G.'s" favours will be always acceptable. 



" R. W." has taken a wrong view of the nature of 

 agricultural periodicals: will he look above. , 



Many communications on hand.— Will our friends 

 oblige us by sending their contributions by the first of 

 the month ? 



Chester and Delaware County Exhi- 

 bition. 



The third annual Exhibition and Cattle-Show, un- 

 der the direction of the Chester and Delaware County 

 Agricultural Society, will be held in the borough of 

 Westchester, on the 20th of October, &c., sale of stock, 

 &c., on the following day, the 21st. The Society invite 

 agriculturists, and others interested, to forward for ex- 

 hibition, stock of ditferent kinds, agricultural imple- 

 ments, and vegetable productions. Suitable pens will 

 be erected, and every effort made to secure a proper ar- 

 rangement and display of any stock, &c., which may be 

 sent. Each animal must be accompanied with the name 

 of the owner, specification of the breed, age, and other 

 matters of interest, written out, and open for the in- 

 spection of the committees of examination and the 

 public. Those intended for sale must be so desi;* 

 nated. 



By order of the Society, 



PASCHALL MORRIS, Secretary. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the 



7th month, (July,) was 4.54 inches. 



John Conrad. 

 Pennsylvania Hospital, 8th mo. 1, 1840. 



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