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A Hint to Farmers. — Editorial Notices. 



Vol. XII. 



or tiles, when they are manufactured in the 

 neighbourliood. It may be troublesome to 

 carry straw for litter from the steading to a 

 shed situate at a distance, but there is no 

 occasion for straw for litter in summer; the 

 rough grass from an adjoining plantation or 

 ditch will supply litter, and the dung at any 

 rate should be shovelled up and carried away 

 before it becomes uncomfortable to the ani- 

 mals. 1 should like to see a farm with such 

 a shed erected in it for every two fields. — 

 Stephens^ Book of the Farm. 



A Hint to Farmers. — Some time about 

 the middle of the last century, a landed pro- 

 prietor in one of the midland counties, re- 

 solved to keep his property in his own pos- 

 session. A little time convinced him, as it 

 has frequently done others, that a landlord 

 is his own worst tenant. He, therefore, let 

 one-half of his estate to a person who was 

 punctual in paying his stipulated rent. About 

 ten years after this arrangement, he found 

 difficulties increasing, so that he was forced 

 to raise money, and having great confidence 

 in his tenant, he consulted him upon the best 

 manner in which it could be done. " Why, 

 by selling that part of your estate which I 

 possess, and reserving that which you still 

 occupy." " Yes, but money is scarce ; where 

 am I to find a purchaser ■?" "Myself." 

 " You, who came in straitened circumstances 

 to occupy at a high rent only half of the pro- 

 perty upon which I, the proprietor of the 

 whole, was nearly beggared by farming ! 

 How are you enabled to purchase a moiety of 

 my estate?" "Simply because you, lying 

 in bed, said to your servants. Go! do so and 

 so ; while I, rising before mine, said. Come .' 

 do so and so. All my prosperity rests upon 

 knowing the difference between Come, and 

 Go r 



THE FARMERS' CABINET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Second Month, 1848. 



Prom the following statements, it appears that 

 United States flour is quite as cheap in Liverpool as 

 in our own city. It is difficult to comprehend, whj-, 

 with our abundant crops, and tlie prices abroad of 

 bread stuffs, we should find our farmers able to obtain 

 so ample a remuneration for their labours. Butter 

 may be quoted at 25 to 30 cts. in our market, pork $G, 

 and beef from $6 to $7. 



" For the six weeks ending January 8, 1848. Ster- 



ling reduced to United States money, 24 cents to the 



shilling : 



Wheat $1 58 



Barley, 93 



Oats, 61J 



Rye, 93 



Beans, 1 34i 



Peas, 1 40 



N.B.— The bushel of wheal weighs CO lbs., and the 



quarter of eight bushels 480 lbs. Oats, 45 lbs. per 



bushel. 

 " January 15ih— Indian Corn at Liverpool was 32s- 



per quarter of 480 lbs., equal to 96 cents per bushel of 



60 lbs. Indian Meal per barrel of 196 lbs., 15s , equal 



to $3 60. 

 " U. S. Flour 28s. to 29s., equal to $6 72 and «G 90 



per barrel." 



OoR friend, M. B. Bateham, of the Ohio Cultivator, 

 will accept thanks for a copy of the Transactions of 

 the J'J'urserymen and Fruit Gardener's Convention, held 

 at Columbus, in the 9th month last. The discussions 

 pertaining to the objects of the convention, were ani- 

 mated, and they concluded to adopt as a standard in 

 the classification of fruits, Downing's work on the 

 Fruits and Fruit Trees of America. 



Freqdent inquiries are made in relation to the 

 mode of i]sing Poudrette; and as the season for ap- 

 plying it is near at hand, it may be well to state for 

 the information of such as have not hitherto become 

 familiar with it— that when applied to the corn in the 

 hill, about one gill is generally used ; it may be dropped 

 either before or after the corn, and covered up with it. 

 In this way, 8 or 10 bushels are requisite for the acre, 

 according to the distance of the hills of corn. When 

 put on wheat broad cast, at this season of the year, 

 from 20 to 40 bushels may be spread ; and about the 

 same quantity when applied in the fall, and harrowed 

 in with the seed. Many applicants were unable to 

 procure the Poudrette, last spring: we were unable to 

 satisfy the demand. There isnow a good supply on hand, 

 though not to so large an amount as we had a year 

 auo. It is suggested to our friends to apply early in 

 the season; if it be postponed until near the period of 

 using it, the throng is so great, that even if it can be 

 procured at all, there is frequently, and of necessity, a 

 considerable delay in forwarding it. For present 

 prices, see the last page. 



GUANO. 



Peruvian & African Guano, in bags & bbls, 



ALSO, PREPARED GUANO. 

 This article has been in use during the last year, and 

 from the effect that it has produced, can be safely re- 

 commended to farmers as a cheap and valuable fertil- 

 izer; the object in preparing this article is to give the 

 farmer a manure at a very low price, that will enable 

 all to use it. It is prepared upon strictly scientific 

 principles, and is recommended to general use by the 

 Farmers' Club, and (he New YorJt Slate Agricvl- 

 tural Society. 



For Sale by ALLEN & NEEDLES, 

 23 South Wharves, near Chesnut Street, Phila. 

 Feb. 15th, 1848.— 6m. 



