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Editorial JVotices. 



ToL. VIII. 



"CHEMISTRY, in its application to Agriculture 

 and Pliysinlogy; by Justus Liebig, M. D., &c., &c.— 

 Edited from the manuscript of the author, by Lyon 

 Playfair." 



James M Campbell & Co., of this city, and Saxton 

 & Miles, of New York, have lately published a neat 

 pamphlet edition of this work;— price 25 cents. 



Having been originally prepared in the form of a 

 Report on the present state of organic Chemistry, it 

 was found, however valuable to the professional man, 

 not sufficiently popular in its style and details, for 

 such as have not made chemistry their particular study. 

 The editor has endeavoured to make it so. The Intro- 

 duction, of some GO pages has been omitted, as has also 

 most of the Appendix. Several valuable additions have 

 been made, and while the original character of the 

 work, as published a couple of years ago, has been 

 retained, such changes have been introduced, as will 

 make it a very interesting volume to the inquiring 

 farmer, who has hut little chemical knowledge. It 

 may be had of Kimber &. Sharpless, No. 50, N. Fourth 

 street, as well as of the publishers. 



Just as our number was ready for press, we received 

 through the kindness of the publishers, James M. 

 Campbell & Co., a copy o( Liebig' s Animal Clicmistry — 

 or Organic Chemistry, in its applications to Physiology 

 and Pathology. This is a beautiful octavo edition, cor- 

 responding with that of the Agricultural Chemistry. 

 We need not say any thing in commendation of this 

 work. Its character is already well known and tho- 

 roughly established. Its remarkable cheapness— 25 cts. 

 — places it within the reach of every one. 



We received at the same time, and from the same 

 publishers, the eighth No. of The Select Library of Re- 

 ligious Literature, containing the conclusion of Lloren- 

 te's History of the Inquisition. The other parts of 

 this highly interesting work, we have not had an op- 

 portunity of looking over. The number also contains 

 a commencement of the life of Theodore Agrippa D' 

 Aubigne. 



The great Annual Fair of the American Institute, 

 of the city of New York, will open at Niblo's Garden, 

 on the 10th of Tenth mo. next, at nine o'clock, A. M. 



A friend in Charleston, S. C, wishes to know where 

 pure Alderney cows may be obtained, and at what 

 price. Will T., who wrote the article on page 378, of 

 our last number, or some other person, be so kind as 

 to afford us the requisite information. " 



SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS 



Ttie subject matter of which, may correspond with the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each insertion often lines 

 or less; and so in proportion for each additional line. 

 The money to be paid in advance. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the 7th month 

 (July) 1843, was a little more than four inches and a 

 half 4.543 inches. 



Pcnn. Hospital, 8th mo. 1st, 1843. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Fruit Trees » page 9 



Durham cattle— Milk gage 10 



Product of Dairy cows — Breaking Steers — Bees 11 



Making soap— Wholesome truths 12 



King William Ag. Society— Professes Liebig. 13 



Milk and Railroads— Potatoes 14 



Blight-beetle 15 



Canada thistle— To make good coffee 16 



Colman's mission from the U. States — Martins 17 



The Blackberry culture— Glass— Cutting potatoes 18 



Instinct of birds 19 



Soda, for washing 20 



Sugar from maize 21 



Poultry better than pork or beef— Cockroaches 22 



Nantucket sheep-shearing — Feeding horses 23 



Flour mill in Mississippi— Pea-bug 24 



Remarks on sheep breeding 25 



Manuring a science 27 



Disease of the button wood 29 



Agriculture — Explosion in a pork-house 30 



Disease in peach trees — Hooks in the eyes 31 



Raising water— Birds,— Eggs 32 



Treatment of animals when young 33 



Letter from H. Colman 34 



Analyses of Indian corn and Ruta baga— Poultry 



yards ' 36 



Peach trees— Editorial Notices 37 



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