262 



Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



The subject of "Better Butter,'' has at various times 

 witliin tlie last year or two, claimed the attention of 

 Beveral of our correspondents; and it is perhaps by all 

 admitted that we need in this city, a better article for 

 winter use, than is supplied by our own Pennsylvania 

 farmers. The matter is again brought to the notice of 

 those interested, by the communication of " Iiirlex," 

 which is our leading article for this number of the 

 Cabinet. It is very much to the purpose, and bears 

 directly upon the everyday operations of the dairy- 

 man, and in the practical results to which it points, is 

 certainly of no trifling importance, both to the farmer 

 and his customers. "What we want," says Index, " is 

 just what it is greatly to the interest of the farmer to 

 supply." Why then, may we ask, should not the re- 

 quisite attention be given to the subject ? Will not 

 the farmers of our interior be persuaded to bestow 

 more care in the preparation of their tub and roll but- 

 ter, when they can hardly help being aware of the fact, 

 that this additional care will double its price? Why 

 should they suffer thousands, and tens of thousands of 

 dollars, to be sent annuallyfrom thiscityto New York, 

 for a superior article, which themselves ought certainly 

 to supply, and thus receive the money into their own 

 purses? It cannot for one moment be urged, that the 

 rich pastures of our interior, or that our dairy stock 

 are incompetent, with proper management, to produce 

 as fine and richly flavoured butter as the New Yorker 

 ever saw, or as the Philadelphian would wish to place 

 on his table. And will the farmer, or his wife and 

 daughter sit still, and consent that their lack of skill 

 shall compel us to the use of a very inferior article, or 

 else to seek a better from another State, the very best 

 of whose productions, it should be our ambition not 

 only to equal, but to excel? 



We would suggest to our Agricultural Society, whe- 

 ther they might not make a move in the premises 

 that would lead to beneficial results: a handsome pre- 

 mium offered for half a dozen tubs of the best grass 

 made butter for winter use, we apprehend would bring 

 into our market, a far better article of our own manu- 

 facture, than we are accustomed to find. Competitors 

 might be confined to citizens of this State, New Jersey 

 and Delaware, who are too far distant from Philadel- 

 phia to attend its market with their pound butter, and 

 who are consequently obliged to pack it in tubs, for 

 winter use. 



The season for the .application of Poodrette, either 

 on wheat, corn, vegetables, or grass, Sec, is now at 

 hand. We would refer our friends to several letters 

 on this matter, from Dr. Emerson, of this city, R. B. 

 Coleman, of the Astor House, New York, and T. B. 

 Townsend, of Long Island, which will be found in the 

 Cabinet for the First month last, as well as to the ad- 

 vertisement in the present number. 



A MEMOIR on the Origin, Cultivation and Uses of 

 Cotton, from the earliest ages to the present time, by 

 Whitemarsh B. Seabrook, President of the State Agri- 

 cultural Society of South Carolina, has been received, 

 and we are indebted for it to some unknown hand. 



Time has only been found to glance at its contents, 

 but we perceive at once, that it is rich in its state- 

 ments of facts, and shows the author's very thorough 

 acquaintance with the subject on which he writes. 



If our friend Breck, of the New England Farmer, 

 will take the trouble to look over the article from the 

 Cabinet, which appeared in his paper on the 28th ult.^ 

 in relation to quart-bottle churns, &c., he will find, as 

 we think, no reason why the inference should have 

 been drawn, that the facts stated in that article had 

 occurred in Pennsylvania. At any rate, if there is 

 ground for such an inference, the fault is ours, not 

 Pennsylvania's. The circumstances did not occur in 

 this State ; nor do we believe they could have occurred 

 here. But where they did occur, we would be excused 

 from mentioning. 



Joseph Gillott, the great manufacturer of steel 

 pens, residing at Birmingham, England, has been en- 

 gaged in the business for the last twenty-two years, 

 and by repeated experiments has brought the manu- 

 facture of this article to a state of great perfection. 

 The number of pens made at his works in 1841, was 

 62,120,928, and in 1842, the number was 70,612,202. 



Three packages of Seeds have been received from 

 H. L. Ellsworth, of the Patent office, Washington. 

 He will please -accept our acknowledgments for his 

 kindness, with the assurance that tlioy shall be distri- 

 buted where they will be appreciated. Our friends 

 who are curious in these things, will please call. 



Died at his country residence, Andalusia, Bucks co., 

 Pa., on the morning of the 27th ult., in the 59th year 

 of his age, Nicholas Bibdle, for several years Presi- 

 dent of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society. 



Wheat is worth from $1 to $1 05 , Rye, from 65 to 

 68 cents; Corn, from 45 to 50 cents; Oats, from 30 to 

 33 cents; Wheat-flour, $5 to $5 .50; Rye do. $3 25 to 

 ■13 50: Clover-seed, $5 to $6. Cotton is worth 10 to 

 10 1 cents ; and Wool from 35 to 42 cents ; Mess-beef^ 

 $10 : do. pork, $8. 



In our last number a list was given of the premi- 

 ums to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, at its stated meeting, on the 21st inst. The 

 following will be awarded at the stated meeting on the 

 16th of next month, viz: 



For the best Pelargoniums, (Geraniums,) ten named 

 varieties, in pots, $3. 



For the next best, do. do. $2. 



For the best Hyacinths, ten named varieties to be 

 exhibited, $3. 



For the next best do. do. $2. 



For the best Pansie, six varieties to be exhibited, $2. 



For the next best do. do. $1. 



For the best Auriculas, four named varieties to be 

 exhibited, $3. 



For the next best do. do. $2. 



For the best Polyanthus, six named varieties to be 

 exhibited, $3. 



For the best forced Cucumbers, not less than four in 

 number, $3. 



For the best Sea Kale, not less than two bunches, of 

 one pound each, $3. 



S3= SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 43 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond with ths 

 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. 



