384 



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- 

 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; 37^ 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37i 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 50 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, II 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 



BOUSSINGAULTS 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 



SKINNER'S 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, 12^ 

 JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY OF MODERN 



GARDENING, 2 25 

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 Tour — or single numbers sold, 

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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- 

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

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 street. Present price, $1 50 per barrel, containing 

 four bushels each, or 30 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 the article to any extent, and will 

 still be found at the same place — 50 North Fourth St, 



JOSIAH TATUM. 



Fhilada. 7th mo. IStlt, 1848. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAOE 



Notice to Subscribers, 361 



The Potatoe Problem, 362 



Rabies or Canine Madness 363 



The Esculent Funguses of England, 365 



Raising Wheat.— Cow Peas— Will they kill Stock, 367 

 Premiums of the Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety 368 



Fine Farms in Dutchess County, N. Y 370 



Transplanting Evergreens, 371 



The Theory of Hay making 373 



The Effect of Gardening on Rural population, .. . 374 



The Horse Chesnut, 376 



Flour, Cheese, and Butter Trade, 378 



The Plum 379 



The Goose 380 



American Ploughs in England.— Soil for Sheep, . . 381 

 Editorial Notices 382 



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