360 



Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



COATSS' SEIED STORE, 



No. 49 Market Street, Up Stairs : 



FRESH TURNIP SEED, 



Of the mnst approved varieties for Cattle and Table 



use, with a complete Assortment of 



GRilSS & GjaRCEZT SEEDS, 



Of the finest Quality and best Varieties — Bird 

 Seeds, &c, JOS. P. H. COATES, 



Successor to Oeorge M, Coatcs. 



Seed and Implement Ware-house. 



The subscriber has on hand and for sale, a few 

 pounds of Dickson's Improved Hybrid Rutabaga seed; 

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

 ductive than the common kinds. Garden, grass, and 

 flower seeds of all kinds, warranted fresh. Also, 

 Straw-cutters of eight different patterns; among which 

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

 price from $15 to $25 each. Turnip Drills, $2 50 to $8. 

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

 tivators, Churns, Centre-draught Ploughs, from $4 50 

 to S13 each. Side-hill, Subsoil, Double-mould, and 

 Shovel Ploughs. New York Ploughs, from $2 to $6 

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

 $1 each. Scythe Sneeds, from 37^ to 87| cents ; Rakes, 

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

 Hooks, Brier Hooks, Potatoe Hoes, Brier 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 Ware-house, No. 176, Market 

 street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, Philadelphia. 

 D. O. Prouty. 



May 15th, 1844. 



FHIX..ADi:i.FHIi^ SEED STORE, 



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. 



5IJ=- GARDEN SEEDS generally. 



POUDRETTE— 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- 

 closing the cash, with cost of porterage, will bo 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 manure for turnips, potatoes, buckwheat, &.C., it 

 has been used to great advantage. 



D. K. Minor. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Fifth 

 month, (May,) 1844, was a little more than three 



inches 3.091 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, Wi mo., \st. 



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CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Page 

 Agriculture and the Corn-Law, concluded. 329 



On Driving Sheep.— Restoring the Drowned. 335 



Saltpetre and Plaster of Paris 336 



Corned Crows 337 



Report of the Committee on Agriculture, relating 



to the application of Lime 338 



To make Cream Cheese 341 



Delaware Sheep-shearing.- Tabular Estimate of 



Crops 342 



Lime for Plum Trees 345 



Manures 346 



Culture of the Grape.— Saxony Sheep 347 



Carolina Marl 348 



Irrigation 349 



Growth of Cotton 350 



Corn.— Change of Crops 351 



Season for Trimming Tree3.-»African Guano. 352 



Spirit of Rivalry 253 



Observations on Calcareous Manures 354 



English Capital 355 



The Oak— Curious Experiment.— Bee Moth. 356 



Editorial Notices— Electro Magnetic Telegraph, &c 357 



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