296 



Editorial Kotices. 



Vol. XII. 



We keep on hand at tliis office, and wiH supply our 

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 

 THE FARMERS ENCYCLOPEDIA, fuU- 



boiind 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; 37j 



DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



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DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 3 50 



Dovvning'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, 31^ 



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, 62^ 



HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 2.5 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, I2i 

 JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN 



GARDENING, 2 25 

 Subscriptions received for Colman's Agricultural 

 Tour — or single numbers sold. 

 HJ" 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, prepared 

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

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

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 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 Ni^w Jersey, are invited to try it. We are now 

 ready to supply any demand for corn, or as a lop dres- 

 sing for wheat. 



JOSIAU TATUM 



Philada. Ath mo. 15^, 1848. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE. 



Agricultural Dinner at Sir Robert Peel's, 265 



An English Vendue.— Sale of Crops in Scotland. 



—Horticulture, 270 



Potatoe Murrain.— Are old Pears Extinct? 271 



Productiveness of Strawberries.— Letter of R. L. 



Allen, 273 



Irrigation. — Spirits of Turpentine aCure for Poi- 

 son —Hints to lovers of Flowers, 275 



Fencing. — Plank Roads, '276 



Loss of Pork in making Bacon. — Fattening Hogs, 278 



The Locust, 273 



American Agriculture 281 



Use of Oxen 282 



Inspections at Philadelphia.— A few words for 



Children, 284 



Rearing Lambs for Market.— Summer manage- 

 ment of Sheep 285 



The Agriculture of Belgium, 287 



The Vi neyards of the Ohio, 289 



Pork Packing in New York, 291 



Guano 202 



History of the Cotton Manufacture 2i)3 



Mint of the United States.— Editorial Notices, . 294 



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