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Editorial JVbtices. 



Vol. XII. 



would be e.vceediiiply tenacious of his own higli repu- 

 tation, ami therefore unlikely to risk the uniiertRkiiig 

 with one in whom he did not place the most implicit 

 eliance. 



We sincerely hope that this enterprise may be as 

 successful in every particular, as its olijrcts are im- 

 portant to the great farming interests of the country. 



The Jlmerican Journal of Agriculture and Science 

 has passed from the hands of Dr. Emmons and A. Os- 

 BORN, by whom it has for some time been ably con- 

 ducted, into those of our friend C. N. Bement, well 

 known to the readers of the agricultural journals of 

 the day, as an experienced and valuable writer for 

 them. We trust its usefulness may not be diminished 

 by the change; and hope that the market, spoken of in 

 the introductory remarks, may be a profitable one. It 

 is still published monthly at Albany, N. Y., at two 

 dollars a year. 



The estimate of the present population of the 

 United States, and of the crops for the year 1847, com- 

 piled from the Report lately laid before Congress by 

 the Commissioner of Patents, on page 248, will be 

 found a highly interesting paper. It is marked through- 

 out with evidences of Ihe uninterrupted increase of 

 numbers, as well as of the means of subsistence. 



The advertisement of Paschall Morris and Ezra 

 Stokes, will be found on this page. To those who 

 would supply themselves with good and genuine trees, 

 every facility is, we think, afforded by them. Orders 

 will be received by the editor, at this office. 



We do not recollect the recent introduction of any 

 one convenience to the appliances of the farm house, 

 that is at all comparable to that which attends the use 

 of the Hydraulic Ram. Many farmers in this vicinity, 

 not only in this State, but in New Jersey also, and 

 Delaware, have availed themselves of it, and they find 

 it to work well, and to save much labour. There may 

 be many situations where the water may be brought 

 by the force of its own gravity, to the house and barn, 

 without the services of the Ram. The editor was a 

 few weeks ago partaking of the open hospitality of 

 his friend William R Tatum, whose farm lies on the 

 north side of Woodbury creek, half a mile from Wood 

 bury, the county town of Gloucester, in New Jersey. 

 We were particularly pleased with the manner in 

 which he had secured to his family and barn-yard 

 stock, a plentiful supply of the all-important beverage, 

 at all seasons, without the labour of pumping. About 

 500 yards from his house, on the south side of the 

 creek, o-n his neighbour's land, he found a spring about 

 ten feet higher than his kitchen floor. The water of 

 this spring he has made completely tributary to hi 

 wants and family comforts. He brings it through a 

 leaden pipe of i or | inch bore, under the bed of the 

 creek, and sufficiently below the surface of the ground 

 to be out of danger from the frost, to a reservoir under 

 his shed; from which, when the water reaches a cer 

 tain height, it passes through another leaden pipe 

 down to the trough in his cow-yard: this is always 



kept full, and the superfluous water is carried thence 

 into his sheep-yard. The operation appears complete, 

 and has been effiicted at an expense of about $125. We 

 have been induced to make these remarks in conse- 

 quence of the letter from W. Bacon, on page 245. 



Fruit and other Trees. 



The subscribers offer for sale at their Nurseries, 

 Westchester, an extensive assortment of Fruit, Orna- 

 mental and Evergreen Trees of fine size, and which 

 are warranted true to their name. Their list of Apple 

 trees comprises about 130 select kinds of thrifty grovvi h, 

 and have been entirely free from the attacks of the 

 borer, which have been so fatal in some sections. Trees 

 packed so as to carry any distance, and delivered in 

 Philadelphia if desired. Orders may be left with 

 JosiAH Tatdm, from whom catalogues can be obtained. 

 Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. 

 MORRIS & STOKES, 

 Westchester, Chester Co., Pa. 



Third mo. 15, 184&— 2t. 



COAL. 



The subscriber has made an arrangement for a con- 

 tant supply of superior Lehigh and Schuylkill Coal- 

 carefully prepared for family use, which he will fur- 

 nish at the usual cash prices, on applicat-ion at the 

 office of the Farmers' Cabinet, where samples of the 

 different kinds and sizes may be seen. 



JOSIAH TATUM. 

 Philadelphia, Seventh month 15th, 1847. 



GUANO. 



Peruvian & African Gnano, 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- 

 comment'ed 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 the New York State Agricul- 

 tural Society. 



For Sale by ALLEN & NEEDLES, 

 23 South Wharves, near Chesnut Street, Phila. 

 Feb. 15th, 1848.— 6ra. 



SEED STOHZ:, 



No. 23 Market Street, Philadelphia. 



The subscriber keeps constantly a supply of White 

 and Red Clover, and other grass seeds; fresh Perennial 

 Rye-grass, and Lucerne seed. Field seeds, consisting 

 of choice Spring Wheat, Barley, Potatoe Oats, North- 

 ern and other seed-corn. Also, in season. Fruit and 

 Shade Trees. Garden and Bird seeds generally. Gua- 

 no in parcels to suit purchasers. 



M. S. POWELL. 



Philad., Feb., 1847. tf. 



