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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. XI. 



The English papers state that a lad of 

 seventeen years had died recently in the 

 hospital of Navan, of Glanders, contracted 

 from a horse which he had attended. The 

 disease was received by the boy through a 

 slight cut on one of his fingers. Horses 

 may sometimes be cured of this frightful 

 disease, but a remedy for the human subject 

 has hitherto, we believe, been beyond the 

 reach of medicine. 



Grant Thorburn says that his wife has 

 lost but one tea-spoon since they have kept 

 house. "I now have," sa3'^s he, "silver tea- 

 spoons in my house, and in daily use, which 

 I bought forty-five years ago, and tablespoons 

 I bought thirty years ago — but my wife al- 

 ways counted them when they went into the 

 kitchen — had them brought up and put into 

 her own hands — thus wc have lost only one 

 tea-spoon since we commenced housekeep- 

 ing." 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



AND 



AlMSRICaiT £[i;ZlD-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Fifth Month, 1847. 



The spring has been cool, dry, and consequently 

 backward. The peach crop, it is feared, was seriously 

 injured by the frosts of last month, and many of our 

 friends have advised us that the promise of apples was 

 not flattering. The winter too, has been an unfavour- 

 able one for wheat, as there was much freezing and 

 thawing, and the ground was a good deal bare of snow. 

 It is, however, too early to speak with any degree of 

 certainty of any of these crops. We will hope that 

 our markets will be liberally supplied iij their season 

 with the peach and the apple, and that the early and 

 the latter rain will yet cause the field of the husband- 

 man to wave with its wonted abundance, and that 

 when the sickle is thrust in, a harvest of many fold 

 may be gathered. Prices of bread stufls continue high, 

 in consequence of the undiminished demand abroad: 

 and this renders a full harvest of great importance to 

 every one of us. Our granaries and our corn cribs 

 will be far more than usually drained, and our reliance 

 for the supply of our own wants during the coming 

 year, must be mainly upon the crop of the year. 



It is delightful to perceive the whole country, as 

 with the heart of one man, responding to the call of 

 distress and destitution in Ireland and other places' 

 not only because of the evidence it affords of our dis- 

 position to discharge this part of a Christian's duty, 

 but also because of its tendency to draw more firmly 

 together the bonds of our relationship with other na 

 tions, and place in a conspicuous light the incompara. 

 bly superior pleasure there is to be enjoyed in bestow- 

 ing benefits, than inflicting injuries. 



Flour is worth about $7 50 per barrel; wheat $1 50 

 to 91 75 per bushel; corn $1; oats 50 to 60 ceuta. Po- 



tatoes bring $1 per bushel, readily in our markets. 

 Hay is worth from $14 to $13 per ton, according to 

 quality. 



Unusually large breadths of corn have been planted 

 this spring, and our supply of Poudrette fell greatly be^ 

 hind the demand. We regret that so many should be 

 disappointed, and unable to obtain it. We began the 

 season with a large stock on hand, but it was exhaust- 

 ed towards the close of last month. We are now how- 

 ever prepared to meet any calls. The Poudrette has 

 been heretofore considerably used, and to good purpose, 

 to put around the corn hills just previous to the first 

 harrowing or ploughing, when it can be covered from 

 the sun. 



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Attention is invited to the sale of a part of James 

 Gowen's stock of splendid cattle and swine, as adver- 

 tised in this number, to lake place on the 27th inst. It 

 is unnecessary to say anything in reference to the 

 character of the animals now ofiered, as both their 

 breeder and they, are well known. Persons wishing 

 to possess prime specimens, will of course be in attend- 

 ance, and avail themselves of this rare opportunity. 



Lea & Blamcrard, of this city, have just published 

 in neat duodecimo form, "A DICTIONARY of MO- 

 DERN GARDENING. By George William John- 

 son, Esq., Fellow of the Horticultural Society of 

 India ; corresponding member of the Royal Caledonian, 

 and Maryland Horticultural Societies; author of the 

 Principles of practical Gardening; the Gardeners' Al- 

 manac, &c., with 180 wood cuts:" and edited, with nu- 

 merous additions, by our fellow townsman David 

 Landreth,— Price, $2.25. 



Utility, as the author says, has been his principal 

 object. He has endeavoured to collect in as small com- 

 pass as practicable, a well arranged record of Garden- 

 ing as it is. To attain this object, lie has drawn aid 

 from the best living authors, as well as from their 

 published works, but has not neglected that of other 

 periods, where he discovered in them, directions, upon 

 which the moderns have not improved. 



This edition has been very considerably altered from 

 the original by the American editor, in order to adapt 

 t more thoroughly to the wants and climate, and prac- 

 tice of this country. It will, we are satisfied, be a 

 valuable addition to the Gardeners' Library— and in- 

 deed, to the shelf of the farmer, who at all appreciates 

 the value of his kitchen garden. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the 4th month, 



1847, was only a little more than half an inch. 



0.585 in. 

 Penn. Hospital, 5th mo. 1st. 



JCI" 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 proportion for each additional line. 

 Payment in advance. 



