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Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. XII 



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

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 

 THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 



bnuiid in leather;— Price $3 50 



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

 ner's very vaUia'ole Additions; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENERS ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37^ 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37^ 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, 11 vols. 

 DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 

 Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 

 SKINNER'S Every Mandiis own Farrier, 

 AMERICAN Poulterer's Companion, 

 BOUSSINGAULT'S RURAL ECONOMY, 

 FARMERS' & EMIGRANTS' HANDBOOK, 

 MORRELL'S AMERICAN SHEPHERD, 

 STABLE ECONOMY, 

 BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 

 BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 

 THOMAS' FRUIT CULTURI3T. 

 SKINNER'S CATTLE & SHEEP DOCTOR, 

 AMERICAN FARRIER, 

 THE FARMER'S MINE, 

 HOARE ON THE VINE, 

 HANVAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 

 LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 

 ANI^^^L CHEMISTRY, 

 FAMILIAR LETTERS, 

 JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN 



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AFRICAN GUANO. 9 



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- 

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

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coatea' 

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

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

 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. 



Philada. 8th mo. Idth, 1847. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



pagb 

 Wm. H. Dillingham's Address, delivered before 



the Horticultural Society of Chfster Co 169 



Sewage Manure.— The Wood Plough 171 



Exhibition of the Agricultural and Horticultural 



Society of Brussels, 172 



Remedy for the Potatoe Rot, 173 



Marshes, their effijcts on human health, 174 



Profits of Farming, 175 



Bees 176 



Preparation of Sandy and Light soils for Wheat, 178 



Peruvian Industry, 179 



Keep Animals in good order. — Heated rooms. — 



The Potatoe 180 



Rules for Milking.— Culture of the Plum 181 



The Scuppernong Grape.— Yellows in the Peach, 182 



Report of the Barnstable Co. Agricultural Soc'y, 183 



Treatment of Horses, 184 



The Drovers— by J. G. Whittier, * 185 



Swarming of Honey Bees, 186 



Mahogany, 187 



Break the Crust.— Local Technicalities. — Price of 



Flour.— Supply of Cattle 188 



British Association— Potatoe disease, 189 



Officers of Philadelphia Agricultural Society 190 



Address of Algernon S. Roberts, before the Phila- 

 delphia Society for promoting Agriculture, .... 191 



Management of the Horse 193 



Grape Culture in the United States.— Rot in Sheep, 195 

 Young Apple Orchards.— Milk in Boston.— Death 



of Horses 198 



Editorial Notices, 199 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



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