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Editorial Alotices. 



Vol. XII. 



We keep oil hand at this office, and will siipidy our 



friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



TUE FARMER'S EIVCYCLOPEOIA, full- 

 bound in leather;— Price $3 50 

 VOUATT OM THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

 ner's Very valuable Additions ; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMA.VS GARDENERS ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMEUU.'AN POULTRY BOOK; 37^ 

 THE PARMIill'S LAND MEASURER; 37i 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, II vols. . 9 50 



DOWNINGS Landscape Gardening, 3 50 



Dowiiing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 1 50 



SKINNER'S Every Man his own Farrier, 50 



AMERICAN Poulterer's Companion, 1 25 



BOUSSINGAULT'S RURAL ECONOMY, 1 50 



FARMERS' & EMIGRANTS' HANDBOOK, 1 00 



MORRELL'S AMERICAN SHEPHERD, 1 00 



STABLE ECONOMY, 1 00 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 31^ 



BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 75 



THOMAS' FRUIT CULTURIST, 50 



SKINNERS CATTLE & SHEEP DOCTOR, 50 



AMERICAN FARRIER, 5U 



THE FARMER'S MINE, 75 



HOARE ON THE VINE, 62i 



HAN.NAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12^ 

 JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN 



GARDENING, 2 25 

 Subscriptions received for Colman's Agricultural 

 Tour — or single numbers sold. 

 23" We are prepared to bind books to order. 



AFRICAN GUANO. 



First quality African Guano, from the island of 

 Ichaboe, warranted genuine. Also a few tons Peruvian 

 For sale by J. B. A. & S. ALLEN, 

 No. 7 South Wharves, 2nd Oil Store below 

 Market street. 

 Philadelphia, March 17th, 1847. 



Poudrette. 



A vahiali'e man re— of the best quality, prepared 

 in Philadelphia, for sale at the office of the Far.m. 

 ERs' Cabinet, No. 50, North Fourth Street, or at 

 the manufarinry, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 street. Present price, $1 75 per barrel, containing- 

 four bushels each, or 35 cents a bushel. Orders froni 

 a distance, enclosing the cash; with cost of porter- 

 age, will be promptly attended to, by carefully deli- 

 vering the barrels on board of such conveyance as 

 may be designated. The results on corn and Wheat 

 have been generally very satisfactory. Farmers to the 

 south and in the interior, both of this State and of 

 New Jersey, are invited to try it. We are now ready 

 to supply any demand for wheat. 



JOSIAH TATUM. 



Fhilada. Sth mo. Wth, 1847. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Page 

 Manures,— the application of Chemisty to Agri- 

 culture, 105 



Scraps for the Economical.— Improvement of the 



smaller Fruits 108 



Agriculture in Scotland, 110 



Grafting on the Mountain Ash.— An Extensive 



Farmer, Ill 



The Sailor, or the value of a Potatoe, 112 



Extraordinary cure of Puerperal Fever in a Cow. 



—Draining, 1J3 



Hymn of the »':ly.— Report of the Committee of 

 Arrangement of the Philada. Society for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture, 114 



Phila. Ag. Fair and Cattle Show, and Premiums, 116 



Economy, 120 



Curious Phenomenon.— Remarks on Pickling, ... 121 

 Silas Wright's Address, read before the N.V. State 

 Ag. Society, by John A. Dix— Conclusion of . .. 122 



A new Remedy for the Curculio, 125 



Sewage Manure, its use for Agricultural purposes, 120 



How to treat Lard.— Cold Bed-rooms, . 129 



To Preserve Grapes for winter use. — Prospects for 



New-Settlers in Eastern Virginia, 130 



Productive little Farm.— Rye among Wheat to 



prevent the Fly, 133 



Editorial Notices, 134 



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