No. 7. 



Editorial JVotices. 



231 



J. Walker, of Roxbiiry, Mass., in a letter to the 

 Corresponding Secretary of the American Institnte, 

 which is published in the New York Farmer and Me- 

 chanic, expresses a belief, that by suitable attention 

 and skill in the cultivation of the Pear tree, its fruit 

 might be so managed, as to become an important arti- 

 cle of export to foreign markets. He proposes that 

 the American Institnte should award a suitable pre- 

 mium next year, for the best communication on the 

 propagation of the Pear tree, having in view the soil, 

 situation, &c., — the best varieties, season of ripening, 

 &c., &c. We cannot entertain a doubt, but the in- 

 creased attention which is attracted to the cultivation 

 of fruit, will be attended with beneficial results. 



We learn from the Cultivator of the present month, 

 that the appearance of the first part of Colman's Eu- 

 ropean Tour, has been delayed by a serious accident 

 which befel him in the Twelfth month last. He was 

 thrown from his horse while visiting a Farm near Lon- 

 don, and so severely injured as to be for some time in- 

 capable of much exertion. We may hope, however, 

 for the anticipated publication before long. 



We are advised also by the same paper, that the 

 Annual meeting of the New York Agricultural So- 

 ciety, was held in Albany, on the ]7th ult. It was 

 well attended, and great interest was imparted to its 

 proceedings. The next Annual Exhibition will be 

 held at Poughkoepsie, on the 18th and 19th of Ninth 

 month, next. Various premiums were awarded for 

 superior crops; and three for Essays which had been 

 tendered the Society, viz.: 



To John J. Thomas, for the best Essay on the Dis- 

 eases and Insects injurious to the Wheat crop, $20. 



To Rawson Harmon, Jr., for the best Essay on the 

 Varieties and Culture of Wheat, 86-20. 



To John J. Thomas, for the best Essay on the Intro- 

 duction and Culture of new agricultural products, $20. 



The receipts of the Society during the past year, to- 

 gether with the sum in the treasury a year ago, 

 amounted to nearly $6,000, about one half of which 

 was laid out in premiums and the necessary expenses 

 of the Society. 



John P. Bcekman, of Columbia, was chosen Presi- 

 dent, in the place of James S. Wadsworth, who de- 

 clined a re-election. James Lennox, Thomas L. Da- 

 vies, Joel B. Nott, John Savage, Edmund Kirby. 

 George J. Pumpelly, H. S. Kandall, and Rawson Har- 

 mon, Jr., Vice-presidents. Benjamin P. Johnson, Cor- 

 responding Secretary; Henry O'Reilly, Recording Sec- 

 retary; and Thomas Hillhouse, Treasurer. 



For the best series of Essays on the importance of 

 scientific knowledge in prosecuting successfully, the 

 ordinary pursuits of agriculture, they offer a premium 

 of $100. 



The miscellaneous list of premiums for the coming 

 season, is varied and liberal, and very well befitting 

 the Society which has 83,000 to begin the years ope- 

 rations with, and which has the strength and enter- 

 prise, and intelligence of the farmers of the Empire 

 State, to sustain it. 



THEQuantity of rain and melted snow which fell du- 

 ring the First month, (January,) 1844, was about four 



inches 4.052 in. 



Penn. Hospital, 2nd mo. 1st, 1844. 



We are in the receipt of the JVctp York Farmer and 

 Mccliavic, devoted to JlgrieulUire, Mechanics, Mavvfac- 

 tures, and the Arts — a neat octavo publication, of six- 

 teen pages weekly. It commenced with the year, and 

 is issued by S. Fleet, 118 Nassau street, N. Y., at two 

 dollars a year. It contains much valuable matter, and 

 we shall doubtless often draw from its pages. 



In the fourth number, a writer under the signature 

 of D. B., inquires if the Tea, Olive and Fig trees, are 

 susceptible of cultivation in the United States? He 

 is of opinion that the Tea plant may flourish as far 

 north as Virginia, and that the Olive may be grown 

 to advantage in the Southern States. The Fig, he be- 

 lieves might be cultivated largely even in Long Island, 

 if the necessary means were used to protect it in the 

 winter. The subject may be well worth the investi- 

 gation of those who have the means, and cannot fail 

 to be interesting to us all. 



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 $4 00 

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

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37J 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37i 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 60 

 Complete sets of the FARMER'S CABINET, 



half-bound, 7 vols. 5 75 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 31^ 



JOHNSTON'S Agricultural Works. 

 LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 

 ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12i 



As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri- 

 culture. 



Subscriptions will be received for Colman's Agri- 

 cultural Tour in England and on the Continent. 

 ICF We are prepared to bind books to order. 



A PAMPHLET of 80 pages, has been placed on our 

 table, entitled "The Silk Question Settled." It con- 

 tains the Report of the Proceedings of the National 

 Convention of Silk growers and Silk manufacturers, 

 that was held in New York last autumn, and throws 

 much light on this interesting subject. Abundance of 

 testimony contained in letters from persons practically 

 operating in the premises, is given, " from which," 

 says the pamphlet, "one thing is very manifest, and 

 that is, that the silk business is extending throughout 

 all our States— that it is assuming, and has already 

 assumed, the character of a regular business in this 

 country." 



tCr" We would like our subscribers to remember, that 

 every facility is offered for the tran.smission of the 

 small sums due us, in the authority given by law to 

 post-masters, to frank remittances to publishers. The 

 Farmers' Cabinet owes much to the kindness and cour- 

 tesy of post-masters in tliis matter, and it affords ua 

 pleasure, thus publicly to acknowledge it. 



We are informed that left-hand Subsoil ploughs may 

 now be obtained at D. O. Prouty's store, Market street. 



