No. 5. 



Editorial Aotices. 



167 



Ir would have been particularly gratifying to throw 

 before our readers the whole of the Address of our 

 worthy friend J. S. Skinner, at Wilmington, in the 

 Ninth month last. Its length, however, made that 

 impracticable; and the fact of its having been pub- 

 lished in neat pamphlet form, in connection with the 

 proce."dings of the Society before which it was deliv- 

 ered, renders oar inability to give more tlmu extracts, 

 the less to be regretted. The paragraphs given in the 

 present number, in relation to the education of farm- 

 ers, are of more than ordinary interest, and it is hoped 

 will draw to the subject due attention. The proper 

 bringing up of our sons, and adapting their education 

 to the position .in life they will probably hereafter oc- 

 cupy, is a consideration of the gravest character for 

 the parent. 



The New York State Agricultcral SociExy, 

 which has through its Recording Secretary, H. O'Riei- 

 LY, so politely forwarded to us the last volume of its 

 Transactions, as vvell as other volumes of a similar 

 character, will accept our due acknowledgments. The 

 preparation of this volume, and of those which pre 

 cede it, really do great credit, both to the agriculture 

 of New York and to those who have been active in 

 the matter; and its publication by the Jegislature, is 

 strong evidence of a proper appreciation of the labours 

 of those, upon whose calling rests the true foundation 

 of trade and industry. It shows also, that the legisla- 

 ture, while it is consulting the good of all, feels very 

 forcibly the truth, that this good is generally best pro- 

 moted by liberal expenditures for objects from which 

 all, without exception, draw unnumbered benefits. 



"Ltfe in the Insect World; or Conversations 

 upon Insects, between an Aunt and her Nieces." 

 This is the title of a neat duodecimo, lately pnblislied 

 by Lindsay fc Blakiston, and we regret that the mo- 

 desty of the author does not permit us to add her 

 nam?. It is pleasantly written, and is well adapted 

 tn til? information of children in this fascinating de- 

 partment of Natural History. Although apparently 

 designed more particularly for the young, few of us 

 who are older will read it without being agreeably in- 

 structed. 



In a notice of the Bucks County Agricultural Socie- 

 ty, in our last number, a promise was made to give 

 some e.vtracts from the Address of Samuel D. Ingham, 

 delivered on that occasion. They will be found on 

 page 144. The Resolution at the foot of the extracts, 

 shows a disposition to profit in earnest by the benefits 

 of the Association. 



Saxton & Miles, of New York, have lately pub- 

 lished "The American Toulterer's Companion: A 

 practical Treatise on the Breeding, Rearing. Fattening, 

 and general management of the various species of 

 Domestic Poultry, with illustrations and portraits of 

 Fowls taken from life: by C. N. Bement," one of the 

 editors of the Central JVcw York Farmer. 



This volume, of nearly 400 pages, appears to contain 

 almost every thing the poultry ra'Ser need wish in his 

 line; and the remarks and opinions of the writer are 

 judicious and valuable: he shows himself to be no 

 chicken in his business. We have heretofore expressed 

 the opinion, that if properly attended to and managed, 

 there is nothing to prevent poultry in this vicinity, 

 from being among the most profitable stock of the 

 fjirm. A couple of pairs of chickens will buy this book 

 — and a single pair v ill buy the American I'olltr\ 

 Book. Every fanner should read them. They are for 

 sale both at this ofiicc, and at Lindsay & Blakitton's 



All know that it is by little and little, the bird builds 

 her nest, and the boe, her cell. Industry and perse- 

 verance will accomplish in time, far more than the 

 unreflecting are apt to suspect. Farmers boys, for in- 

 stance, who would spend a couple of hours these long 

 winter evenings in some useful study, or in the read- 

 ing of useful books, would accomplish in three or four 

 months, what would surprise one who is accustomed 

 to loitering tiway these quiet portions of the day with- 

 out employment. Sixty hours in the inontli, saved 

 from evenings, which might otherwise have been idly 

 spent, would amount, in the course of a long winter, 

 to as much time, and would enable a lad to accomplish 

 as much as would several weeks' schooling. And the 

 boy who will thus attend perseveringly to his own im- 

 provement, nuiy rely upon it, that his increased intel- 

 ligence will not only add to his respectability, but he 

 will be all the better fitted for the active and respon- 

 sible duties of life, towards which he is often impa- 

 tiently looking. 



In a note received from "A Constant Reader," in- 

 quiry is made respecting the cultivation of mustard 

 seed for the manufacturer. The common black or 

 brown variety — Sinapis nigra — is that which is com- 

 monly employed in the manufacture of mustard. It 

 would afford much pleasure to throw all the light re- 

 quired upon this subject; for we regard it as one of 

 considerable importance. We cannot, however, do 

 much more than refer to the communication of C. J. 

 Fell and Brother, on page 99, and to the editorial on 

 page 102, of the current volume. He will there find 

 allusion to the kind of soil best adapted to the growth 

 of the plant — and where the seed may be procured. 

 Well rotted stable manure, pretty liberally supplied, 

 would doubtless make a good dressing, and we would 

 suppose the ordinary time of putting in spring crops — 

 say between oats and corn planting, would be season- 

 able for putting in the seed. The ground should of 

 course be nicely prepared. What quantity of seed 

 would b.e requisite for an acre, we can hardly form any 

 definite opinion of If put in drills a couple of feet 

 apart — or as J. H Parmlee's appears to have been, — in 

 hills, two feet apart one vvay, and one foot the other, 

 it w ill be found necessary to tend it with the hoe — if 

 ground be i>lenty. and the rows be three feet apart, the 

 labour of ciltivalinn may be lessened by the plough 

 Persiins having experience in this matter, are respect- 

 fully invited to communicate it for the Cabinet. 



Robert Hamilton, of Jersey Shore, left with us a 

 small ear of remarkably beautiful white ci rn, which 

 be raised from seed fcnt him from the Iowa mission, 

 west of Missouri. Those who would like a f'w grains 

 to plant, can have them by calling at the ofiicc. 



