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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. IX. 



FHIi:.ASX:X.FIIIiL SEED STOKZS, 



No. 23 MARKET STREET. 

 M. S. Powell keeps a constant supply of Clover and 

 other Grass Seeds. Field Seeds, consisting of prime 

 Seed wheat. Buckwheat, Millet, Oats, Corn, Rye, &c 

 irr GARDEN AND BIRD SEEDS generally. 

 July 15th, 1844. tf. 



PHILADELPHIA AGRICULTURAL, HORTICUL- 

 TURAL, AND SEED WAREHOUSE. 



No. lP4i Market street, between Fifth and Sixth 

 streets. South side. 



For sale as above, at wholesale and retail, a com- 

 pjeteassoftnient of Farming tools, among which may 

 be found Horse-pozccrs and Threshing Machines, Grain 

 and Seed Fans of various patterns. Corn-shellers 

 variety. Hay, Straw, and Corn-stalk Cutters, eight 

 different patterns, from §4 50 to $30. Corn-stalk Cut- 

 ters and Grinders— Clnirns— Cheese-presses, &c. Cen- 

 tre-draught Ploughs • f eight sizes. Bill-hooks — Bram- 

 ble Scythes — Grubbing Hoes — Axes and handles — 

 Hatchets — Potatoe Hooks — complete sets of instru- 

 ments for making capons. 



Garden, Grass, Flower and Field seeds, warranted 

 fresh and true to name. D. O. Prouty. 



POUDRETTE— a valuable manure— of the best qual 

 ity, prepared in Philadelphia, for sale at the office of 

 the Farmers' Cabinet, No. 50, N. Fourth street, or at 

 the manufactory, near the Penitentiary on Coates' 

 street. Present price, $1 75 per barrel, containing 

 four bushels— $5 for three barrels — $15 for ten barrels, 

 or thirty cents a bushel. Orders from a distance, en 

 closingtho cash, withcost of porterage, will be prompt- 

 ly attended to, by carefully delivering the barrels on 

 board of such conveyance as may be designated. 

 We were entirely unable last spring to supply the de- 

 mand, though it was then but an experiment in this 

 vicinity. The results on corn have been generally 

 very satisfactory. Early applicants will be most cer- 

 tainly supplied. Farmers to the south and in the in- 

 terior, both of this State and of New Jersey, are in- 

 vited to try it. JosiAH Tatum. 



We stated in the Cabinet two months ago, that 

 Professor Emmons, of Albany, and Dr. Prime, of New- 

 burgh, N. Y., proposed publishing an American Quar- 

 terly Journal of Agriculture and Science. A prospectus 

 is at our office, and we will receive subseriplions with 

 pleasure. 



5lJ=- SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 4Ji 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond witli the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each in.«erlion often lines 

 or less; and so in proportion for each additional line. 



The quantity of rain which fell in the the Eleventh 

 month, (November,) 1844, was nearly three inches. 



2.95 inches. 

 Penn. Hospital, 12tA too. 1st. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Geology of Soils, concluded page 137 



Massachusetts Premium Farm 139 



A Dog Show.— Sore backs or Galls on Horses. 141 



Landlord and Tenant. — Hints to Young Men. 142 



Drilling Wheat 143 



S. D. Ingham's Agricultural Address 144 



Application of Steam to Agriculture 146 



C.N. Bement's Address before the Housatonic 



Agricultural Society 147 



Draining, Irrigation and Warping 148 



Extracts from J. S. Skinner's Ag. Address. 149 



Pickled Eggs. — Extraordinary Calf 151 



Raising Potatoes. — Hints to lovers of Flowers. 152 

 Labour. — Take care of your Woodlands. 153 



Autumn, by L. H. Sigouruey 154 



Disease in Potatoes 155 



Report on Crops, Ag. Society Newcastle Co., Del. 156 



Rotation of Crops 153 



In Farming, Manure is the priiicipal tbing. 159 



Recipe to make Shoe-blacking 160 



Corn Crop • 161 



Raising Wheat.— To wash Woollen Goods. 162 



Continuance of Milk in Cows.— Hoven Cattle. 1G3 



Butter.— Gypsum as Manure 164 



Editorial Notices 16G 



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