264 



Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. Xir, 



We kiiftp on hand at this otlice, and will supply cmr 



friends with Aijricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather;— Price $3 50 

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

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37i 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37^ 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, 11 vols. 9 50 



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, 311 



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, 62i 



HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12J 

 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 valuable manure— of the best quality, preparec 

 in Philadel|)hia, for sale at the office of the Farm- 

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

 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 

 last year have been generally very satisfactory. Farm- 

 ers 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 corn, or as a top dres- 

 sing for wheat. 



JOSIAH TATUM 

 Pkilada. 8th mo. 16fA, 1847. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



FAOS. 



Agricultural Implements. — Mode of raising Corn 237 

 True Farming— Great Farming on a small scale. — 

 To make good Butter in Winter 233 



Turkeys 240 



Digestion 244 



Hydraulics for Farmers 245 



Long Island Peaches 246 



Pomeranian Cabbage 247 



Estimate of Crops for 1847 218 



Cultivation of Onions 250 



Drainage 253 



Early sowing of Wheat— Hessian Fly 257 



Horticultural Premiums.— Preserve Portico Floors 259 



Grafting Grape Vines.— Sagacity of the Ass 260 



Philosophy of Farming. —Value of old Rope.— 

 Pickled Eggs.— Editorial Notices 201 



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