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Gathering Potatoes. — Guano. — Editorial JVotices. Vol. IX. 



portion of their time and land to the raisinjy 

 of many crops which are now imported from 

 countries refusing (except when their own 

 crops fail) the surplus of the American 

 farms, aad thus not only raise the prices of 

 their grain crops by diminishing their 

 quantity, but secure to themselves a large 

 amount of money which is annually sent out 

 of the country to purchase these crops ; 

 mustard seed is one of them, which can be 

 raised here to a profit, and for which, if the 

 seed is delivered clean and in good order, 

 the demand will be found very active and 

 certain. Respectfully, 



• C. J. Fell & Brother, 

 Mustard Manufacturers, 64 S. Front Street, 

 Philadelphia, 9th mo. 28, 1844. 



should stand on potatoes, as it will soon des- 

 troy them. If potatoes *are dug and pitted 

 early, there should be an opening made at 

 the apex of the heap, and filled with a wisp 

 of straw, to keep out the rain, but at the 

 same time to allow the heated air to pass 

 off. — American Farmer. 



The Indian Summer. 



Ey Brainard. 



What is there saddening in the autumn leaves? 

 Have they that " green and yellow melancholy" 

 That the sweet poet spake of ?— Had he seen 

 Our variegated woods when first the frost 

 Turns into beauty -all October's charms — 

 When the dread fever quits us— when the storms 

 Of the wild equinox, with all its wet, 

 Eas left the land, as the first deluge left it, 

 With a bright bow of many colours hung 

 Upon the forest tops — he had not sighed. 



The moon stays longest for the hunter now: 

 The trees cast down their fruitage, and the blithe 

 And busy squirrel hoards his winter store: 

 While man enjoys the breeze that sweeps along 

 The bright, blue sky above him, and that bends 

 Magnificently all the forest's pride, 

 d{ whispers through the evergreens, and asks, 

 " What is there saddening in the autumn leaves?" 



Gatheriug Potatoes. 



Irish potatoes, if it is desirable to have 

 them in all their excellence, should never 

 have the sun shine on them after they are 

 dug, and should be exposed to the air and 

 litjht as little as may be. Potatoes pitted or 

 buried in holes in the field, retain their fresh- 

 ness and good qualities much later than those 

 put in open bins in the cellar; and the farmer 

 will always do well to have a few pitted for 

 spring use. The necessity for this may in a 

 great measure be obviated, by lining the bot- 

 tom and sides of a bin with turf, and wlien 

 it is filled, covering it in the same manner. 

 Potatoes will keep perfectly sound and good 

 for years, if placed so low in the earth as to 

 have a temperature loo low for vegetation. 

 Experiments made in a compact soil, on the 

 north side of buildings or walls, show that 

 four or five feet will usually be sufiicieut ; 

 in a lighter or more parous soil, a greater 

 depth is requisite. No water in any case 



Experiments with Guano. — At a late 

 meeting of the Isle of Man Agricultural So- 

 ciety, the following statement was read of 

 some experiments which had been made 

 with guano by Mr. Lyle, of the Kirk Onchan 

 Nursery. On a light and poor soil were 

 two plats of grass ; one of Stickney's rye 

 grass, mixed with small quantities of holcvs 

 lanatus and poa trivialis; the other of Italian 

 rye-grass. A space was measured oft' from 

 each of these patches, and on the 12th of 

 May last, both the spaces were top-dressed 

 with guano, at the rate of three cwt. per 

 acre. On the 20th of June, one square yard 

 of the dressed and undressed spaces, taken 

 as fairly as possible, was cut and carefully 

 weighed, when the following were the re- 

 sults: The produce from one square yard of 

 Stickney's rye grass, dressed with guano at 

 the above rate, weighed 7^ lbs.; while that 

 which had not been so treated weighed but 

 2^ lbs. The Italian rye-grass dressed with 

 guano, weighed 1(1^ lbs. ; whereas that which 

 had not received any, weighed only 4| lbs. 

 Guano was also applied on the 12th of May, 

 at the same rate, to a row of young elms; 

 and on the 20th of June, this row could be 

 distinguished, even at a considerable dis- 

 tance, from the others, by its deep and 

 health}'^ green, and more vigorous growth. 

 A row of larches was dressed in like man- 

 ner with precisely similar eflx=cts, the neigh- 

 bouring rows decidedly partaking of the 

 benefits of the application: On a row of 

 strawberries, and upon those adjoining, ef- 

 fects similar to the last were produced. — 

 Liverpool Times. 



THE FARITIERS' CABINET, 



AND 



Philadelphia, Tenth Month, 1844. 



The sixteenth Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Hor- 

 ticultural Society, took place in the two grand saloons 

 of the Museum building on the Ifith, IPth, and i20th 

 ult. 



The weather was clear and fine, and particularly 

 calculated to call out for enjoyment, all who delight in 

 the profuse display of fruit, flr.wer and vegetable, for 

 « liich our vicinity has deservedly so high a character. 

 Every one felt and acknowledged the superior arrange. 



