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Notices — Prices Current. 



Vol. III. 



The Office of the Farmers' Cabinet is re- 

 moved froin No. 45 North Sixth street, to the 

 New AGRICULTURAL WAREHOUSE, 

 No. 87 North Second street, above Arch st. 



AgTicw\t\\Ya\ De^ositoT^, 



NO. 87 NORTH SECOND ST., PHILADKLAHIA. 



The subscriber ia now receiving a general 

 assortment of implements and machinery used 

 in agriculture, horticulture, and rural econo- 

 my, choice seeds, &c., to which the attention 

 of persons engaged in agriculture and horti- 

 culture is most respectfully solicited. 



John Libby. 



Elements of Jlgricultural Chemistry, in ^o Course of 

 Lectures by Sir Humphrey Davy. 



This work, so highly important to the intelligent 

 agriculturist, has been republished by the editor of the 

 Farmers' Register, Petersburg, Va. Every intelligent 

 farmer should possess a copy of this work. We know 

 not where it may be obtained in this city, but we shall 

 take measures to obtain a supply for those of our 

 friends who may wish to avail themselves of so valu- 

 able an assistant. 



tEf-A number of the Philadelphia REroiiTBii will 

 be sent to each of the subscribers to the Farmers' Cabi- 

 net, without charge, save the postage, on those sent 

 by mail. The Reporter will contain a catalogue of the 

 Agricultural Implements, &c. for sale at the new Agri- 

 cultural Depository, 87 North Second street. 



The first and second volumes of the Farmers' Cabi- 

 net may be obtained at the office. 



Dr. J. F. Callam, Washington Ciiy, is agent for the 

 Cabinet. Post Masters, and gentlemen friendly to the 

 work are respectfully requested to use their influence 

 in extending its circulation. 



Quantity of rain which has fallen in ench month 

 since January I, 1839. Inches. 



1st month 5.U3 



2d month 3.42 



Philadelphia Hospital, 3d mo., 1st, 1839. 



BouMd Volumes of Farmers' Cabinet* 



77je third edition of the first volume nf the Farmers' 

 Cabinet is note ready. Gentlemen who wii4i thp first or 

 second volumes, or both, can be accommodated. The 

 volumes may be sent in flexible covers to any part of 

 the United States, by mail. They may also be obtained 

 at the ofiice, or of our agents, neatly bound, at one 

 dollar and a quarter per volume. 



Prices Current—IVIarcta 13. 



FLOUR, PER B.\RREL. 



Pennsylvania and Brandy wine $7 50 a 7 75 



Western 7 50 a 7 62 



.Scraped OOaO nO 



Middling '^^ 5 <Oa(l fiO 



Rye Flour 5 25 a 00 



Corn Meal 3 02 a 3 87 



Buckwheat Meal, percwt 2 25 a 2 75 



GRAIN. PER BUSHEL. 



Wheat, Pennsylvania fl 70 a I 75 



Southern 1 6n a 1 62 



Rye, Penna 1 12 a 1 15 



Southern 1 10 a 1 13 



Corn, Penna. round yellow, 90 a 91 



Southern, yellow 80 a 9* 



White 84a 84 



Oats.Penna 45 a 46 



Southern 43 a 44 



Barley, Eastern I 13 a I 15 



Penna 00 a 00 



Peas 1 75a9 00 



Beans, white >- 1 75 a ] gS 



PROVISIONS. 

 Beef, mess $14 00 a 00 00 



prime 10 00 a 10 50 



Pork, mess -21 50 a 22 50 



prime 18 00 a 18 50 



Bacon, western, per lb * 11a 00 



Hams, Jersey 14 a 15 



Western 12 a 14 



Butter, extra keg, No. !...-■»«- 15a 16 



Cheese, country 84 a 9| 



Lsrd, western 12 a 12} 



Philadelphia 12 a 13 



Jersey 13a 13i 



WOOL, PER POUND. 



Prime Saxony 55 a 



American full blood • 50 a 



— — ^ — I blood •■.. 45a 



i blood 4»a 



i blood and common 35 a 



Lamb's, sup. pull 47 a 



Do. Nos. 1,2, and3. 33a 



60 

 55 

 49 

 43 

 37 

 50 

 45 



Hay. Timothy, per 100 lbs 85 a 1 OO 



Clover 75a fiO 



Hops, per lb. 1838, prime 18 a 20 



Clover Seed, per bushel (best Penna.) 13 00 a 13 5a 



Foreign 12 00 a 13 00 



Flax Seed, rough 1 87 a 1 90 



Timothy Seed (best) ...3 fiOa 4 OO 



New York or western Penna. 2 25 a 3 iiO 



Herd Grass, or Red Top lO a 80 



Orchard Grass 2 00a 2 .'iO 



Sumac, American, per ton 35 IH) a 37 SO 



Tallow, American, per lb 11a ll| 



NEW YORK— March 12. 



Flour, per barrel «7 5« a 8 00 



Wheat, per bushel 1 75 a 1 8i» 



Corn, per bushel 90 a 94 



Rye, per bushel 1 00 a 1 25 



Oats per bushel, 45 a 50 



THE FARMERS' CARINET, 



A monthly newspaper, is published by 



JOHN LIBBY. No. 87 NORTH SECOND ST., PHILADELPHIA, ABOVE ARCH ST., 

 PETER B. PORTER, No. 97 MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON, DEL. 



The Cabinet is published on or about the fifteenth 

 of every month. Each number will contain thirty-two 

 octavo pages on good paper and fair type. The sub- 

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 One dolltir per yeir payable in ailvnnec. The Cabinet, 

 by the decision of the Post Master General, is subject 



only to nrinspaper poHnge: that is, one cent on each 

 ntimhr-r within the state, anil within one hundred miles 

 i>f the placp of publication, out of the stiite, —one cent 

 and a half on each number to any other part of the 

 United States. tl^Seven copies for five dollars All 

 subscribers must commence with the volume. No. 1, 

 or with the half volume. No. 7. 



From the Steam Press of J. Van Court, Printer, corner of Bread and Quarry sts,, rear of 96 North Second. 



