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Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. IX. 



PHEL^BSLPHIil SSBD STOUE, 

 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 IStli, 1844. tf 



PHILADELPHIA AGRICULTURAL, HORTICUL- 

 TURAL, AND SEED WAREHOUSE. 



No. 194i Market street, between Fifth and Sixth 

 streets. South side. 



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

 plete assortment of Fartning tools, among which may 

 be found Horse-pmccrs and Tlireshivg JUackincs, Grain 

 avd Seed Fans of various patterns. Com-shel/ers in 

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

 different patterns, from 51 .50 to $'M. Corn-stalk Cut- 

 lers and Grinders— Churns— Cheese-presses, &c. Cen- 

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

 ble Scythes— Grubbing Hoes— Axes and handl-es- 

 Hatchets— Potatoe Hooks— complete sets of instru- 

 ments fur making capons. 



Garden, Grass, Flower and Field seeds, warranted 

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



POUDRETTE-avaluablemanure— ofthebestqual 

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

 the Fa»mers' 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- 

 closing the 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. JosLVH Tatu.m. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Twelfth 

 month, 1844, was two and three-quarter inches. And 

 the quantity which fell during each month of the past 

 year, was as follows : 



MONTHS. INCHES. 



1st 4.052 



2nd 1.449 



3rd, 4.430 



4th t.3.54 



5th, 3.09J. 



«th 3,35x 



"t'l. 5.284 



8th 3.400 



9th 4.0.30 



10th 5.035 



nth, 2.950 



I'^th 2.750 



Fell during the vear 1844, 41 iCG 



There fell in 1843, 46.912 



And the average for the last twenty years, was 

 42.122 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, 1st mo. 1st. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Harmon's varieties of wheat in New York, page 169 



Extracts from J. S. Skinner's Address, nS 



Management of Hens, i^S- 



Sotham's Shepherd Dog, jyg 



Keep your best Stock.— American Provisions 



in England, j-.^ 



German and Brazilian Hens, 173 



Disease in Potatoes, 179 



Culture of Asparagus, jgo 



The Artichoke —To Preserve Meat Fresh, 181 

 Cultivation of the Quince.- Report of Pennsyl- 

 vania Horticultural Society, 182 



Aboriginal Fruits, 133 



The Alpaca, .' 154 



Warm Bed for Pigs.— To destroy Lice on Cattle. 



— Mediterranean Wheat, .." 135 



Experiments in making Cornstalk sugar, 186 



Grubb, or Grass-worm in Salem County, N. J. 190 



Clight in Pear Trees, jgi 



Philadelphia Ag. Society— Report, &c. 195 

 Change of Colour in Oleander.— Editorial No- 

 tices 193 



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