168 



Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. XII. 



We kefip on hand at this office, and will supply our 

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 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather;— Price $3 50 

 YOUATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

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 BRIDGEWAIV'S GARDEIVER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37^ 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 374 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of tlie FARMERS' CABINET, 



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DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 3 50 



Downing'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' HAND-BOOK, 1 00 



MORRELL'S AMERICAN SHEPHERD, 1 00 



STABLE ECONOMY, 1 00 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 31i 



BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 75 



THOMAS' FRUIT CULTURIST, 50 



SKINNERS CATTLE & SHEEP DOCTOR, 50 



AMERICAN FARRIER, 50 



THE FARMER'S MINE, 75 



HOARE ON THE VINE, 624 



HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 124 

 JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN 



GARDENING, 2 25 



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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 valuable manure— of the best quality, prepared 

 in Philadelphia, for sale at the office of the Farm- 

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 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

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

 four bushels eacli, or 35 cents a bushel. Orders from 

 a distance, enclosing tlie cash, with cost of porter- 

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 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. 



J03IAH TATUM. 



Fhilada. 8th mo IfitA, 1847. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



House-feeding Sheep, pao3 137 



A Discourse upon Agriculture, by Dr. Win. Dar- 

 lington, 133 



Upland Cranberries. — Longevity of Trees, 143 



Holkham, the Seat of the Earl of Leicester, .... 144 

 Chess.— Deep Ploughing.— On the use of Water 



in Transplanting Trees, 145 



Prince George Agricultural Society, 140 



Chess. Bromus Secalinus, 149 



Mode of keeping Milk to prevent Souring, 150 



Hereditary propensities in Dogs. — Hymn for the 



Country, 151 



Hints for Horticulturists and Lumber-men, 152 



Chester County Farms, 153 



Use of Acorns. — Portrait of an Anti-Book Far- 

 mer.— Treatment of a Contrary Horse, 154 



Cisterns for Farm Buildings —Cranberries, 155 



Cattle for Fattening and for the Dairy.— Interest- 

 ing .Agricultural Experiment, 1.56 



Royal Ag. Society of England.- Steam Plough, .. 157 



Philosophy for Farmers, 158 



Acclimation of the Fig tree.— To prevent the 



Smoking of a Lamp, 160 



The expense of Farm Yard Manure, 161 



Cultivation of Raspberries 1C4 



Pomology in Philada.— Shaker Barn at Hancock, 165 

 Manure for Strawberries.— Editorial Notices, . . . 166 



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