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Change of Soil. — A Gem. — Notice. 



Vol. V. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Change of Soil, a Change of Seed. 



Mr. Editor,— At i!h> last meeting of the Pliiladel- 

 p!iia A^riciiltwral Soriety, a member remarked, that 

 tlie Foxite potato — which has been grown for many 

 J ears in Jersey, where the crop has for some time past 

 suflered a re!,'iilar diminution in quantity — is quite 

 renovated by a removal to the neighbonrliood of Spring 

 Mill, Montgomery County, where it has uniformly 

 yieUied double the quantity of the Mercers, when 

 planted side by side and under precisely the same cir- 

 cumstances. In this situation it turns out a late po- 

 tato, the stalks remaining green until they are killed 

 by the fiost; and in this way its great productiveness 

 is accounted for. 



Would it not, therefore, be excellent management to 

 ch.ange the seed of the potato every year, still adher- 

 ing, however, to a particular kind, if it be deemed pre- 

 ferable? and this might readily be accomplished by 

 friends residing at a distance, upon lands that are dis- 

 similar in their natures, by which, there is no doubt, 

 much benefit would be derived. Will our friends try it ? 



J. M. 



A Gem. 



"Carbonic acid, water, and ammonia, contain the 

 elements necessary for the support of animals and ve- 

 getables. The same substances are the ultimate pro- 

 ducts of the chemical processes of decay and putrefac- 

 tion. All the innumerable products of vitality re- 

 sume, after death, the original form from which they 

 sprung. And thus death— the complete dissolution of 

 an existing generation — becomes the source of life for 

 a new one." Likbio. 



Notice. 



To P. M.'s question — " Is the Beet-crop novv' ranked 

 with the Morns Multicaulis, seeing that no premium is 

 offered by the Philadelphia Society of Agriculture for 

 its cultivation the present year?" — the Committee for 

 Premiums would reply, they consider the cultivation 

 of the Beet establisked, and no longer requiring their 

 aid — it being, in fact, a premium in itself. To tlie ques- 

 tion, " Will the White Carrot be permitted to compete 

 with the common kinds for premium ?" it is answered, 

 certainly. 



The Essay on Temperance should be read with the 

 deepest attention : it has been presented to the Cabinet 

 by a practical farmer and valuable correspondent, and 

 is a serious, sensible, and seasonable address on a sub- 

 ject of vital and general importance, which admitted 



not of separation in any of its parts : it has therefore 

 been given whole in the present number. 



A very interesting little work " On the management 

 of Bees," has been published by J. M. Weeks, the pa- 

 tentee of the Vermont Bee-Hive, a model of which may 

 be seen at the office of the Cabinet. The work may be 

 obtained, price o7J cents, at the store of the proprietors 

 and iiublishers of the Farmers' Cabinet, No. 50, North 

 4th street, Philadelphia; where also may be had all the 

 standard works on Agriculture, Horticulture, Botany, 

 and the sciences generally. 



At the last meeting of the Horticultural Society of 

 Phil.-idelphia, the Committee to whom was referred the 

 consideration of the Orchardist's Companion, a new 

 quarterly journal undertaken in this city by A. Hoffv, 

 Esq., report : That they have carefully examined the 

 first number, and the synopsis of the publication, and 

 find it to be a " Journal devoted to the history, charac- 

 ter, properties, modes of cultivation, and all other mat- 

 ters appertaining to the fruits of the United States,"' 

 and are of opinion that the work is calculated to have 

 a beneficial tendency, and ought to receive the cordial 

 support of the friends of Horticulture. The embellish- 

 ments are accurately executed, delineating a portion 

 of the branch with the fruit, leaves, and minute ap- 

 pendages in their natural position, and in all their 

 beauty and richness of colouring. The work will be a 

 becoming ornament to any library. 



A small quantity of the seed of the Emvr, (see page 

 183 of the Cabinet for January,) may be obtained of 

 Mr. Powell, sceii store, 23 Market street, Philadelphia. 

 A crop has been sown the present spring, and the plants 

 appear peculiarly strong and promising. 



In answer to several incpiiries, it is stated, Mr. Pas- 

 chall Morris's price for half-bred lambs, a cross between 

 the fall-blooded Bakewell Buck and Southdown Ewe, 

 is $0 each, deliverable in August. The price for full- 

 bred Bakewell Bucks, one year old, $J5 each. 



Many interesting articles lie over until our next. 

 Will our friends forward their communications before 

 the first of the month? 



The quantity of rain and melted snow which fell dur- 

 ing April (4th month,) was 5.821 inches. 



And the quantity which fell during the four months, 

 from January 1st to May 1st, 1841, was . . . 21^ inches. 



John Conrad. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, 5th mo. 1, 1841. 



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