No. 2. 



Unripe Potatoe Seed. — Editorial JVotices. 



69 



sixth month 12th, 1843, by Leander — dam 

 Kitty Clover : combines good milking 

 with easy feeding, to a considerable degree. 



No. 28. Chorley, white ; calved 8th of 

 second month last, by Colostra. 



No. 29. Henry Clay, red and white; 

 calved sixth month 26th, last, by Leander: 

 may be relied on for producing stock of 

 great_ milking properties. 



No. 30. Logan, white, red ears; calved 

 sixth month 30th, last; full brother to Pi- 

 zarro. 



No. 31. Colostra the younger, white; 

 calved seventh month, 1841, by Wolbert's 

 imported Colostra. 



No. 32. Leander, beautiful red and white ; 

 calved 1839, got in England, by Whitaker's 

 Prince of Northumberland — dam, imported 

 Dairy Maid. Leander lays claim to the best 

 blood by his sire, while on the other side, 

 through his dam " Dairy Maid," he takes 

 the highest rank for purity of blood, as it is 

 believed she possesses more of the Comet 

 blood than any animal now living. 



No. 33. Dairy Maid, roan ; calved 1835, 

 by Harlsey; was bred by J. Whitaker, 

 Esq., of Burley, near Otley, Yorkshire. Her 

 milking properties are remarkable, and be- 

 lieved to be unrivalled.* In points, figure, 

 and proportions, she exhibits the very acme 

 of the " Improved Short-horn Durham ;" 

 while her pedigree proves her to be derived 

 from the purest and best blood of that stock 

 in Great Britain. 



Nos. 34 and 3-5, are twins; Valentine, 

 white; and Orson, roan; calved 7th month 

 31st, last, and sired by Colostra the younger. 

 No. 36. Ruby ; Young Devon, of a good 

 milking strain — has had one calf, and was 

 served by Colostra the younger, on the 9th 

 of seventh month last. 



THE FARMERS' CAI5II¥ET, 



and 



Philadelphia, Ninth Month, 1844. 



Enqdiries are frequently made for the second iimn- 

 ber of Colinan's Agricultural Tour in Europe. It has 

 not yet appeared. The following extract of a letter 

 from him to the editor of the Cultivator, dated Lon- 

 don, July 19th, of this year, gives a very good and 

 sufficient reason why it is thus long delayed. " I 

 want, through you," says he, " to assure my friends 

 how much obliged I am by their kind reception of my 

 first Report, and to espress'my regret that I have not 

 been able as yet, to give tliem more of the result of my 

 labouts. I bespeak their patience. I assure them I 

 am not idle or negligent; and if Heaven spare my life, 

 in due season they shall hear from me as fully as they 

 can desire. I feel it due to them as well as to myself, 

 to make my work as little unworthy of their accept- 

 ance as I can possibly render it ; but they would not 

 have me recite my lesson before I have learned it. 

 Even a moderate share of self Esteem may persuade a 

 man to think his labours of much more importance 

 than they are ; but surely in this case, a proper and 

 grateful respect, which I deeply feel for my patrons, 

 should induce me to perform my work as well as I 

 can, and not to give them what would be the result 

 only of crude and partial observation. I cannot fix 

 any definite time for the appearance of my Reports ; 

 but I have no doubt of bringing them very nearly 

 within the time of two years, which was assumed for 

 the enterprise." 



For Uie Farmers' Cabinet. 

 Unripe Potatoe Seed. 



Mr. Editor, — Conversing with an old 

 countryman, a native of Ireland, on their 

 mole of raising the potatoe, he confirined 

 by his experience, the opinion expressed by 

 Mr. James Caird, in the article in your last 

 number, p. 21, copiedfromthe Journal of Agri- 

 culture, — that the potatoe chosen for seed, 

 should not be perfectly ripe. The old coun- 

 tryman above mentioned, stated that they 

 planted their potatoes for seed, late in the 

 season — too late for maturity — in ground 

 well prepared with an extra quantity of ma- 

 nure, and tended them carefully; the pro- 

 duce was not fit to eat, but was very supe- 

 rior for seed, producing a very abundant and 

 sure crop. Yours, &c. J. R. 



* See Farmers' Cabinet, vol. 5, p. 57. 



The American Institute ha& called a Convention of 

 " Farmers and Gardeners, and friends of Agriculture 

 throughout the Union," to meet in New York on tlie 

 11th prox., to deliberate and promote an interchange 

 of sentiment in relation to matters connected with 

 these great interests. Among other things it is con- 

 templated to solicit government to render more effi- 

 cient, aid to agriculture, by the establishment of a 

 Home dcpartment,&oc., as was at one time recommended 

 by General Washington. Our Agricultural Society, 

 as will be seen by its minutes, appointed delegates to 

 attend the Convention. 



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