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FArurian Wheat. — Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VIII. 



For the Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Etruriau Wheat. 



Respected Editor, — The six bushels of 

 the above Wheat, furnished rae by my bro- 

 ther H. M. Z., of your city,* and grown two 

 successive years by Commodore Stewart, in 

 the neighbourhood of Bordentown, New Jer- 

 sey, who received it originally from Italy, 

 was sown by me last autumn, on the same 

 day, and in the same field, side by side with 

 the "Mediterranean;" and notwithstanding 

 the high character of the latter, the Etrurian 

 endured the severity of the winter, fully as 

 well, in a very exposed situation, and from 

 present appearance, will turn out to be as 

 early a wheat, having blossomed precisely at 

 the same time; and although it was put into 

 the ground earlier than we are in the habit 

 of sowing wheat, and consequently liable to 

 be attacked by the fly,-there was not the least 

 trace of the insect to be found in any of it. 



At first I was somewhat fearful, that this 

 wheat would turn out to be nothing more than 

 the Wabash, which is late in coming to ma- 

 turity, and always subject to the rust; but 

 now I am perfectly satisfied that it is entirely 

 different, and from its early ripening, and 

 from the size of the ear or head, it promises 

 to be a productive kind, differing materially 

 from all the white ivheats I have ever seen, 

 which generally have meagre-formed heads. 



Should this interesting variety continue to 

 improve, or even maintain its present char- 

 acter. Commodore Stewart will certainly de- 

 serve the gratitude of his country, in having 

 been the procuring cause of its introduction. 

 Respectfully, 



Dan'l. ZoLUCkoFFER. 

 Carroll co., Maryland, June 1, 1844. 



THE FARMERS' CABIIVET, 



AND 



AJDIH^ICAN HERD-BOOK. 



Philadelphia, Seventh Month, 1844. 



Among the minutes of the Philadelphia Agricultu 

 ral Society, on the 5th ult., we find the following:— 



" Mr. D. Sharwood, member of the Royal Agricultu- 

 ral Society of England, personally communicated to 

 the Society his observations on the state of agricul- 

 ture, stock, &c., during a recent journey to the State 

 of Ohio, which was highly favourable and flattering 

 to this country. He stated that he had seen as fine 

 Short-horned cattle in this country, as he had ever 

 seen in England; and that as to economy in feeding, 

 our fanners were far before those of his own country. 

 Our system of manure-making he regarded as very 



* See page 63 of current volume. 



deficient, and susceptible of great improvement. He 

 found many of our barn-yards badly located for col- 

 lecting manure, and preserving the liquid, which is 

 the great producer of manure. Our stock, too, was 

 not as well provided with shelter, in many instances 

 which came under his notice, as their health and the 

 interests of the farmer required." 



The first two numbers of the PLOUGHBOY, pub- 

 lished monthly, at Cincinnati, Ohio, by A. Randall, 

 have been received. It contains much valuable mat- 

 ter, and will no doubt be a useful auxiliary in pro- 

 moting the agricultural interests of the West. 



At the Annual meeting of the New Jersey Horticul- 

 tural Society held on the 12th ult. at Trenton, the fol- 

 lowing officers for the ensuing year were duly elected. 



Richard S. Field, Princeton, 



President. 



Wm. Wright, Newark, 

 Richard Fetters, Camden, 

 James Langstaff, Mount Holly, 

 George W. Doane, Burlington, 

 Samoel R. Gummere, Trenton, 

 RoswELL L. Colt, Patterson, 



Fice- Presidents. 



Ira B. Underbill, Burlington, 



Treasurer. 



William White, Lawrence, 



Cor. Secretary, 



William W. King, Burlington, 



Rec. Secretary. 



We have repeatedly called the attention of our read- 

 ers to the subject of concentrated manures, lime, gyp- 

 sum, bone dust, &c. We are entirely of the mind that 

 the latter— bone dust— is not appreciated in this vicin- 

 ity as it deserves to be. Why should thousands of 

 tons of bones be annually sent from this city to fertil- 

 ize the fields of the British farmer, when we certainly 

 need every thing of the kind on the sea-board, to en- 

 able our farmers to compete, not only with the British 

 agriculturist, but with those also of our own interior 

 and far West, where their cheap, fertile, and virgin 

 soils, enable them to produce much more abundantly 

 and cheaply than we can, and whence the facility of 

 transportation makes between their markets and ours, 

 scarcely a difference of a cent a pound in theirbacon, and 

 but a small difference in the price of their wheat. With 

 a view to a particular branch of this subject, our Agri- 

 cultural Society at its meeting on the 3rd inst., passed 

 the following: "Resolved, that the committee of ar- 

 rangement be authorised to offer a premium of fifty 

 dollars, for the best Machine for crushing bones for 

 farming purposes, with the addition of the necessary 

 horse power. Said machine to be capable of being 

 used by farmers; and with the horse power, not to cost 

 over $300." 



From our exchange papers, which come to us from 

 all paits of the country, we perceive that the crops of 

 wheat are very generally spoken of as good. In some 

 neighbourhoods, the rust and fly have been at work. 



