No. 9. 



Editorial JVotices. 



293 



t did not grow. The second cause is the very open 

 leasoii which has just passed: the ground has been ex- 

 insed ahnosi the whole winter to alternate thawing 

 ind frt'pziti?, to the great injury of the root of the 

 ilant. I (lid not myself sow any of the seed which 

 ;rew last year, fearlul of its defects, and I have great 

 •eason to congratulate myself on the appearance of my 

 fthcat compared with others, who sowed without the 

 |)recaiition of procuring old seed." 



When the s.-ason of harvesting is particularly un- 

 ravourabte, and owing to protracted wet weather, 

 there is a disposition in the wheat or rye to grow, 

 sither while standing or in the sheaf great care is re- 

 quisite in the selection of seed. The editor had last 

 Bummer two or three acres of splendid wheat, for which 

 he had anticipated an extra price for seed ; when, 

 however, it was closely examined after it was housed, 

 it was discovered that the berry had decidedly swollen 

 before the wheat was cut. Many grains had more or 

 less germinated, and it was of course unfit to be de 

 pended upon for seed. Great trouble and loss arc 

 sometimes consequent on a lack of care in this matter. 



Odr friend C. M. Hovey, editor of the Magazine of 

 Horticulture, has issued proposals for the publication 

 in nuuibers every allernate month, of a spTendid new 

 work on Fruit, entitled Tue Fruits of America, con- 

 taining richly coloured engravings, accompanied with 

 the wood and foliage of all the choicest fruits culti- 

 vated in the I'nited Stales; from paintings from na- 

 ture, made expressly for this work, by W. Sharp. U 

 will appear in royal octavo numbers, uniform with 

 Audubon's Birds of America, and will contain four 

 plates each, with eight pages of letter press, on tlie 

 finest paper and beautiful type. In this style the num- 

 bers will come at $1 each: or in imperial quarto very 

 highly finished, $2 a numlier. 



A friend at Easton, Md., makes numerous inquiries 

 in relation to painting buildings, &c., and we would 

 be glad if some of our readers would give an article on 

 the subject. 



Painting is a simple operation, except when very 

 nice work is to be performed. Any storekeeper in the 

 country who sells the materials for painting, &.C., can 

 give directions for mixing them, and a little practice 

 will render the operation both of mixing and applying 

 the paint, familiar. The editor has more than once 

 painted his residence in the country, inside and out, 

 and did it neatly and well, without difficulty. 



At a meeting of the Burlington County Agricultural 

 Society, held at Mount Holly, N. J., on the 13th ult. 

 Dr. Spencer was chosen president, William N. Shinn, 

 Isaac V. Brown, Charles Collins, and Levi Borton, 

 Vice Presidents; Joseph F. Burr, recording secretary, 

 ChalUley Gillingham. correspondingsecretary, Charles 

 M. Marker, treasurer, and Samuel A. Dibbins, Charles 

 Haines, John W. Black, George B. Deacon, William 

 Parry, and David B. Cole, executive committee. 



R. Chisholm, Secretary of the Beaufort Agricultural 

 Society, in a letter to the Horticultural Magazine, 

 Boston, says the cultivation of fruit, especially peaches 

 and pears, is rapidly extending in South Carolina. He 

 is doubtful of success in apples, plums and cherries; 

 and means to graft and bud his apples mainly upon 

 the native crab, and upon other native or acclimated 

 stocks. He thinks that when they get under Weiy. the 

 north will get its best peaches and late pears from the 

 south, and the south its best apples, plums, and early 

 pears from the north. 



We have received from the publisher, George S. Ap- 

 pleton. No. J48 Chesnut street, a neat pamphlet by 

 William Miles, on the Horse's Foot, and how to keep it 

 sound, whh numerous illustrations, calculated to make 

 the matter familiar to every one. The author has 

 written for the information of the uninformed, and 

 we are willing to acquiesce in the sentiment of one 

 better able to judge than ourselves, that this little book 

 should be in the hands of every person who owns a 

 horse. The foot is a very tender part, and should be 

 sedulously, and understandingly watched. 



At a meeting ofthe executive comir.ittee of the N. Y. 

 State Agricultural Society, on the 4th ult., the secretary 

 reported that in 19 counties of that state, the yield of 

 Indian corn exceeded £0 bushels per acre: in 11 coun 

 ties, crops were stated to exceed 100 bushels. 



The largest yield in Cortland county was 154 bush- 

 els; in Oswego, 146; in Orange, 139; in Tioga, 125; 

 and in Oneida, 123 bushels The largest yield of wheat 

 reported, was in Ontario, a fraction short of 60 bushels 

 to the acre, on upwards of two acres. 



In eight counties, the yield of oats exceeded 70 

 bushels per acre: the largest crop was 102 bushels, in 

 Oneida. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the 3rd month, 

 1847, was nearly four inches and three-quarters. 



4.70 in. 

 Penn. Hospital, 4th mo. Ist. 



Cf SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 



The subject matter of which, may correspond with the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each insertion often lines 

 or less; and so in i)roportion for each additional line. 

 Payment in advance. 



A female correspondent of the New York Tribune, 

 thinks that men ought to do the family washing, be 

 cause they are stronger than women. 



Agency for the Purchase & Sale of 



IMPROVED BREEDS OF CATTLE & SHEEP. 



The subscriber takes this method of informing hit 

 friends and the public, that he will attend to the pur- 

 chase and sale of the improved breeds of cattle, sheep, 

 swine, poultry, &c., for a reasonable commission. All 

 letters post paid, addressed to him at Philadelphia, will 

 be attended to without delay. 



AARON CLEMENT. 



Sept. IStft, 1846. 



