No. 10. 



Editorial Notices. 



327 



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 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37i 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 37^ 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 60 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



half-bound, 7 vols. 5 75 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, Sl^ 



JOHNSTONS Agricultural Chemistry, 2 25 



HEBIG'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, 

 J[^ We are prepared to bind books to order. 



We have received from Saxton & Miles, New York, 

 a copy of the " Farmer's Mine, or Source of Wealth, 

 being a compilation, with the addition of new and 

 important matter," in relation to the subject of ma- 

 nure, by Henry Heermance. To which is added " Pro- 

 ductive Farming," by Joseph A. Smith. It is for sale 

 at Lindsay & Blakiston's, and also at this Office. 



To increase the manure heap, and to make a profit- 

 able application of it, as well as of artificial manures, 

 are subjects which as nearly interest our farmers, as 

 any other of their every day duties— and if we may 

 judge from the abundance that is written — and by pre- 

 sumption, read, in relation to these matters, farmers 

 are becoming well aware of this. The volume before 

 us makes liberal drafts from valuable publications, 

 and contains a large amount of useful information. 

 Of the Essay on "Productive Farming," we have here- 

 tofore spoken. 



23" AGRICULTURAL MEETING. 

 We have been requested to mention that the stated 

 meetings of the Philadelphia Society for promoting 

 Agriculture, are held at their room, Washington Hall 

 South Third street, the first fourth-day, (Wednesday,) 

 of every month. 



" Every man his own Cattle Doctor : containing 

 the causes, symptoms, and treatment of all the dis 

 eases incident to oxen, sheep, and swine; and a sketch 

 of the anatomy and physiology of neat cattle; by 

 Francis Clater. Edited, revised, and almost rewritten, 

 by William Youatt, author of "The Horse,' &c., with 

 numerous additions, embracing an Essay on the use 

 of Oxen, and the improvement in the breed of Sheep, 

 &€., by J. S. Skinner, Assistant Post-master General 

 with numerous cuts and illustrations." 



This work has just issued from the press of Lea k, 

 Blanchard, of this city, and is for sale at this Office, 

 price 50 cents. Its comprehensive title shows very 

 fully, what kind of matter may be looked fur among 

 its contents, and the names of Clatf-r, Youatt, and 

 Skinner, give pretty strong proof that all will be well 



arranged and useful. The diseases common to horned 

 cattle, sheep, and swine, are judiciously delineated, 

 and their mode of treatment pointed out. The Essay 

 on the use of Oxen, by our friend Skinner, is well 

 timed, and we hope will have the influence it deserves 

 in persuading our farmers in many situations, to di- 

 minish the number of their horses, and to increase 

 their oxen. 



The following premiums will be awarded at the in- 

 termediate meeting of the Pennsylvania Horticultu- 

 ral Society in this city, on the^fh of next month, viz: 



For the best Rocket Larkspurs, not less than twelve 

 to be exhibited, $2. 



For the best Strawberries, not less than two quarts, 

 of a named variety, to bs exhibited, $2. 



For the next best Strawberries, not less than two 

 quarts, of a named variety, to be exhibited, $1. 



For the best Cherries, not less than three pounds, of 

 a named variety, to be exhibited, $2. 



For the best Turnips, grown in the open ground, not 

 less than two dozen to be exhibited, $2. 



At the Stated meeting on the 18lh of next month:— 



For the best garden Roses, twelve named varieties 

 to be exhibited, $3. 



For the next best garden Roses, twelve named va- 

 rieties to be exhibited, $2. 



For the best Ranunculus, eight varieties to be exhib- 

 ited, $5. 



For the next best do. do. do. $3. 



For the best Pinks, six named varieties to be exhib- 

 ited, $3. 



For the best American Seedling Pink, $2. 



For the best Artichokes, not less than six in num- 

 ber, $3. 



For the best foreign Grapes, raised under glass, not 

 less than three bunches, $5. 



For the next best foreign Grapes, raised under glass, 

 not less than three bunches, $3. 



For the best named Cherries, not less than three 

 pounds, $2. 



We are again indebted to H. L. Ellsworth, the Com- 

 missioner of Patents, for his elaborate Report for 1843. 

 Such a mass of matter relating to the successful indus- 

 try of our country— to its agriculture more particu- 

 larly—collected and arranged with great care, cannot 

 fail to be highly useful and gratifying to the public. 

 Had Congress ordered 50,000 instead of 15,000 copies 

 printed, the money would have been well expended. 



We are informed by Richard Leedom, of Moreland, 

 in this county, that three or four years ago, a single 

 grain of oats in his potatoe patch, threw up 39 stalks, 

 which yielded 5,208 grains— or rather skeletons of 

 grains, or grain cells. None of the grains matured, if 

 indeed any of them formed more than the bare husk. 

 The stalks and heads turned an unhealthy, whitish, 

 yellow colour; all the strength of the plant appearing 

 to be exhausted previously to the formation of the 

 grain. 



ICr SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 43 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond with tl»e 

 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. 



