Editorial Notices. 



Vol. XI. 



ther too good nor too bad will be put in. The 

 bones and scraps, now so highly prized as 

 manure, may all be saved; and last, not 

 least, dirt is not made, and the time and 

 strength that would otherwise be taken in 

 cleaning and scouring are saved for better 

 purposes ; and the chickens may be regularly 

 fed without waste of time. 



On a farm, as in a bee-hive, all should be 

 workers, and the drones sent off! The wo 

 men as well as the men, should work ; but 

 all will find that the best economy is to 

 save, whether it be in time or money, or 

 strength, though all should be diligently, 

 carefully, and liberally used, if the farmer 

 wishes to thrive. If from a careful manage 

 ment of time, you save one hour a day, either 

 from unnecessary sleep, pleasure, or ignor- 

 ance, you will gain in five years, seventy 

 five days and two hours for profitable im 

 provement of mind or means. — American 

 Agriculturist. 



THE FARmJGRS' CABINET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Sixth Month, 1847. 



When our last number was issued, many parts of 

 the country— this vicinity among others— were suffer- 

 ing from the effects of a late and cold spring, and also 

 from a drought, which gave to the wheat and grass 

 quite an unpromising appearance. A few days after 

 that time, moderate showers greatly and delightfully 

 changed the face of things, and gave an impulse to ve- 

 getation, which immediately threw over it, its richest 

 and gayest, and liveliest colouring. The want of rain 

 had so permanently operated on the grass crop, that it 

 must of necessity be short;— the reports in relation to 

 the wheat, vary considerably in different sections of 

 the country. In some, the crop is promising pretty 

 well — in others, it must be far below an average. But 

 the prospect is now so much better than it was a 

 month ago, that the heart rests lightly and gratefully, 

 in the hope of something like two-thirds of a crop. 



A walk down High street of a market day, is poorly 

 calculated to give an impression of scarcity ; vegeta- 

 bles are crowded upon our stalls, as well as the diffi?r- 

 ent kinds of meat, of the finest quality. All, however, 

 command high prices; and llie other day, when our 

 good friend Hatch, from the neighbourhood of Camden, 

 on the opposite side of the river, asked us 62^ cents a 

 quart for his strawberries, we thought they were like 

 butter at 40 cents a pound,— would do right well for 

 an Editor to talk about, but one in his senses would 

 hardly think of getting them into his kettle. These 

 strawberries, by the way, were Hovey's Seedlivgs— 

 many of them a full inch in diameter; and their high 

 price was not because strawberries were scarce, but 

 because themselves were rtally so superior. 



Bread stuffs continue high ; they vary however willj 

 the arrival of every steamer. Flour may be set down 

 at $8 to $10 a barrel— wheat $2 ]0 to $2 20— corn was 

 sold a few days ago, at $1 25, and oats at 70 cents a 

 bushel. The demand abroad appears to be unabated, 

 and must probably continue so for some months to 

 come. Though the population of Ireland may be di- 

 minished by starvation and immigration, to the enor- 

 mous extent of 1000,000 of souls during the present 

 year, enough will be left behind to call fur much of 

 what we can spare of our abundance. And this de- 

 mand is not confined to Ireland: the wants of many 

 parts of the continent, are compelling the different 

 governments to take the precaution to prohibit the 

 exportation of grain, and open their ports to its free 

 introduction. Europe at large, is seriously threatened 

 —if it be not indeed, already suffering— with a scarcity 

 of food; and the earnest desire of every American will 

 be, that, if the pressure of this dire calamity must be 

 felt there. Divine Providence, by sending us plentiful 

 harvests, may enable us to alleviate it, by feeding 

 their hungry, and clothing their naked. Our grain 

 growing States cannot but prosper under this state of 

 things— how far, and in what way, it may affect the 

 cotton interests, remains to be seen. 



The Christian and philanthropist must be sick at 

 heart, that while millions of his fellow men are strait- 

 ened for their daily supplies of food, and thousands are 

 perishing from starvation, we are adding to the gene- 

 ral amount of misery in the prosecution of a war: 

 when in truth, all wars, with their attendant attroci- 

 ties, should long ago have been banished from Christ- 

 endom, and be known among us only as a record of 

 history. 



Some account and a cut of KepharVs Patent Fruit 

 and Vegetable Preserver will be found on page 345, of 

 this number. Ten days ago, strolling out to Fair- 

 mount, that noble monument of Philadelphia enter- 

 prise, and the pride of us all, even though we may be 

 pretty thoroughly utilitarian in our notions, — we were 

 kindly invited by the proprietors, Flack, Thompson and 

 brother, to step into their Conservatory and witness 

 the completeness of its operation. The excellent state 

 of preservation in which we found their fruit, oranges, 

 lemons, apples, &c., was a good lest of its ability to do 

 what they promise for it. There seemed to be perfect- 

 ly fresh and sound; the Bell Flowers and Newtown 

 Pippins looking as if they might have been gathered 

 from the tree but yesterday. An apple which we found 

 in our coat pocket after we got home, weighed on the 

 7th inst. 17 ounces. In cities, as well as to private 

 individuals on their farms, the advantages of this con- 

 trivance will obviously be very numerous. Attention 

 to it is invited. 



Thb New York State Agricultural Society will hold 

 its Annual Exhibition at Saratoga Springs, on the 

 ]4th, I5th, and ICth of the Ninth month next. Silas 

 Wright will deliver the Address. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the 5th month, 



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



1.567 in. 

 Penn. Hospital, Gtb mo. 1st. 



