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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



Sale of Durhams, «&c. 



The subseriberwill sell at public sale, on Third-day, 

 the 26tli of Ninth month, (September.) at his farm, 

 near Westchester, his Stock of SHORT-HORN DUR- 

 HAM and Grade Cattle, comprising more than twenty 

 head of cows, heifers and calves. The young Stock 

 are many of them from superior milkers, and were 

 sired by the Imported Bulls, His Grace, from the herd 

 of the Duke of Leeds; York^hireman, bred by T. Bates, 

 Kirkleavington, England; and Oteddoe, from the stock 

 of T. Paley. 



Two of the Cows are imported, and one of them, 

 Bessij, celebrated for her milking qualities, and be- 

 lieved to he unsurpassed as a dairy cow. The whole 

 have been bred with care, and are well worthy the at- 

 tention of those wishing to improve their stock, many 

 of them having taken premiums at the Philadelphia 

 and Chester, and Delaware County Exhibitions. 



Also, at the same time and place, the thoroughbred 

 Durham Bull, Henry Clay, also, a premium animal; 

 and some Bakewell sheep. Catalogues will be ready 

 a few days previous to sale. 



Sale to commence at 2 o'clock, P. M. 



PASCHALL MORRIS, 

 AUerton Farm, near Westchester. 



JViiith mo. Ut, 1843. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Eighth 

 month, (August,) 1843, was a little more than nine 



inches and a quarter 9.255 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, 9th mo. 1st, 1843. 



During the great rain which we had on the 5th ult., 

 in this city, there fell at the Hospital, 4.033 inches of 

 water. Along Chester, and Ridley, and Crum creeks, 

 where so much damage was done, there must have 

 fallen a good deal more. 



They had, at New York, on the 21st and 22nd ult., 

 a great flood of rain. According to the results given 

 by the rain gage, at Erasmus Hall, Flatbush, L. I., four 

 or five miles from New York, there fell on those two 

 days, 9.J3 inches: which is a greater quantity than had 

 fallen in any equal period, since the register has been 

 kept. 



Poudrette, 



In barrels containing four bushels each,— manufactured 

 in Philadelphia — of the very best quality; for sale at 

 the Cabinet office;— price one dollar and fifty cents 

 per barrel, or seven barrels for ten dollars:— or thirty 

 cents a bushel, at the manufactory. 



SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond with the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each in.sertion often lines 

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

 The money to be paid in advance. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE 



Gardening as a Science 41 



Milk, its component parts 43 



The Tomato— for Catsup, Preserves, &c 44 



Wheat.— The Locusts 45 



City Manures 46 



Disease in the Pear Tree 47 



Treatment of Cacti.— Dana's Muck Manual and 



, Ruffin's Essay 48 



Poudrette as a Manure for Wheat and Rye 49 



The Westborough Milk Company.— Horses 50 



Agriculture in St. Domingo. — Ventilation in the 



Cheese room 51 



Reclaiming Meadow lands 52 



Charcoal.— Large yield of Potatoes 53 



Cultivation of Madder 54 



Acid in Wood, its effects on Salt and Butter.— Rice 



for pigs 55 



Seedling Fruit Trees.— Broom corn 56 



Improvement of the soil by Irrigation 57 



Wheat crops in succession.— The Beautiful 58 



The Rook 59 



Cattle Breeding (iO 



The Common Toad 61 



Etrurian Wheat. — Mad Itch 63 



Hank of England 64 



To have good Crops , 65 



Needle making. — Nitrate of Soda on Strawberries 66 



American Institute of New York (i7 



Horticultural E.xhibition 68 



Editorial Notices 69 



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