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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



Seed and Implement Ware-honse. 



The subscriber has on hand and for sale, a few 

 pounds of Dickson's Improved Jiiibrid Riita-baga seed; 

 this turnip is larger, better flavoured, and more pro- 

 ductive than the common kinds. Garden, grass, and 

 flower seeds of all kinds, warranted fresli. Also, 

 Straw-cutters of eight diifersnt p.'itt-rns; among which 

 are Hovey's & Conklin's, new and very superior- 

 price from .$15 to $-2.5 each. Turnip Jlrills, $2 50 to $8. 

 Corn-Planters of various patterns. Horse Rakes, Cul- 

 tivators, Churns, Centre-dranght, Ploughs, from $i 50 

 to $13 each. Side-hill, Subsoil, Double uiould, and 

 Shovel Ploughs. New York Ploughs, from 8'2 to $G 

 each. Also good Scythes, various makers, 75 cents to 

 $1 each. Scythe Sneeds, from 37| to ST^ cents; Rakes, 

 Forks, made of cast-steel, a superior article— Grass 

 Hooks, Brier Hooks, Potatoe Hoes,Biier Scythes, Cow 

 Chains, Grain Cradles, very cheap— Garden-lines and 

 Reels, &c., &c., for sale at the lowest prices. Persons 

 in want of implements or seeds, are invited to call at 

 the Seed and Implement Warehouse, No. 176, Market 

 street, between Fifth and Si.vth streets, Philadelphia. 

 D. O. Prouty. 



May 15</i, 1844. 



Imported Durham Cow. 



The subscriber having removed from the country, 

 will sell his superior and celebrated Durham Cow, 

 Grace Darling For pedigree and further informa- 

 tion, apply to Mr. Aaron Clement, at the Agricultural 

 Society's rooms. South Third street, or to 



A. S. Roberts, 

 JVo. 70, South Second Street. 



POUDRBTTE— a valuable manure— of the best qual- 

 ity, prepared in Philadelphia, for sale at the office of 

 the Farmers' Cabinet, No. 50, N. Fourth street, or at 

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 street. Present price, $1 75 per barrel, containing 

 four bushels— $5 for three barrels— $15 for ten barrels, 

 or thirty cents a bushel. Orders from a distance, en- 

 closingtha cash, with cost of porterage, will be prompt- 

 ly attended to, by carefully delivering the barrels on 

 board of such conveyance as may be designated. 

 Farmers to the South, and in the interior, both of this 

 State and New Jersey, are invited to try the article. 

 As a top-dressing for corn around the hill— for turnips, 

 buckwheat, &.C., it has been used to great advantage. 



D. K. Minor. 



PiiZZ.jA.Di:i.FIIIiSL SHHH STORS, 



No. 23 MARKET STREET. 



M. S. Powell keeps a constant supply of Clover and 

 other Grass Seeds. Also, Northern Seed Barley; Pota 

 toe Oats, crop 1843, weighing 40 lbs. to the bushel; 

 Seed-corn, — among which are. Cooper's Celebrated 

 Prolific Corn, &c. &;c. 



23= GARDEN SEEDS generally. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Fourth 

 month, (April,) 1844, was a little more than one inch 



and a third 1.354 iuches. 



Penn. Hospital, 5th mo. 1st. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE 



Agriculture and the Corn-Law 297 



Cranberries 302 



Raising Turkies. 303 



To improve the Quantity and Quality of Pears. 304 

 Soaking Seed-corn in Muriate of Ammonia. 305 



Report of the Committee on Agriculture, relating 



to the application of Lime 306 



Hereford Cattle 309 



Ringing Bulls 310 



ButterTable 311 



Milholland & Crane's Patent Bee-hive .... 312 



Transformation of Wheat into Bromus 314 



Bees— Hiving and Swarming 315 



Swamp Willow 316 



Grape Vines— Starting them from Cuttings 317 



The Mule 318 



Horticultural Beans.— Timber on the Prairies. 319 



Root Culture 320 



Bees.— Solution of Copperas to save Seed 321 



Pennock's Drilling Machine.— Fruits 322 



Book Farming.— Diminution of Wheat Crops. 323 



Measure for Milk 324 



American Herd Book 325 



Editorial Notices 326 



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