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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. IX. 



In walking one day last week, over the farm of 

 Samuel S. Richie, which lies some eight miles from 

 this city, and a mile east of the Germantown road, we 

 were highly gratified with its general appearance, and 

 with the proofs over every part of it, of the close at- 

 tention and good management of the owner. His lot 

 of wheat— five acres — was really splendid, and the 

 best we have seen this spring, unless it may be rivalled 

 by William R. Tatum's field of fifteen acres, at Wood- 

 bury, N. J. The lot had wheat in it last season, and 

 produced a miserable crop. All parts of it were ma- 

 nured last fall, either with Poudrette, Guano, Charcoal 

 from the sugar refiners, refuse from the Glue factory, 

 or with Salt. These applications are now on their 

 respective portions, doing credit to themselves to the 

 evident satisfaction of the farmer. He mentioned a 

 little anecdote, which shows at any rate, that there is 

 virtue in Guano. While he was applying some this 

 spring on another part of his farm, one of his neigh- 

 bours came along and ridiculed the idea of looking for 

 a compensating return for such an e.\penditure. After 

 he left him, he took a very small quantity— say half a 

 pint— into the middle of his neighbour's oat field, 

 which was near by, and strewed it around, so as to 

 make on the ground in large size, the initials, S S R, 

 of his own name. The editor accompanied him to 

 the spot, and there were the letters in bold relief, 

 shown by the rank growth and dark colour of the oats, 

 as plainly, and as distinctly as they appear on this 

 page. 



Several acres of low land, thoroughly drained with 

 stone, and reclaimed from a worthless bog, really afford 

 a beautiful specimen of what labour properly applied 

 can efi(;ct in transforming nature's wildness into the 

 garden's productiveness. This lot will, we think, be 

 a continual source of gratification to the owner, as 

 well as one of the most profitable divisions of his 

 farm. 



The cows are partially soiled. We noticed in each 

 of their mangers a lump of rock salt, to which of 

 course they always have access when in the stable. 

 The milk is taken to Germantown twice a day. 



The foul state of the fields generally, in the neigh- 

 bourhood, from being sadly overrun with the daisy 

 now in full blossom, is not a little offensive to the eye 

 of a stranger unaccustomed to such negligence. It is 

 due to our friend to state that his farm is an exception 

 in this particular. He wages war without quarter, to 

 the daisy, the dock, and their associate pests. 



We regretted to see the grass and the oats in the 

 neighbourhood suffering so badly from the continued 

 drought: and some rust was observed on the rye. 



continuously the best standard works on Agriculture, 

 embracing those which, by their cost, or the language in 

 which they are written, would otherwise seem beyond 

 the reach of a large proportion of American farmers. 

 II. The Monthly Journal of Agriculture; — this will 

 comprise, 1. Foreign: selections from the higher class 

 of British, French, and German periodicals, devoted 

 to Agriculture, with extracts from new books, which 

 may not be published in the Library , Uc, &c. 2. Ame- 

 rican: Editorials, — communicated and selected ac- 

 counts of experiments — improved processes — discove- 

 ries in Agriculture, new implements, &c., &c. The 

 two parts will contain about fifty pages each per 

 month, and the work will be liberally illustrated by 

 engravings. 



We keep on hand at this ofllce, and will supply our 

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather;- Price $4 00 

 YOU ATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 



37A 

 37a 

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We learn from the American Farmer, that Greely 

 & McElbvth, of New York, have made arrangements 

 with our highly valued friend, J. S. Skinner, late As- 

 sistant Post Master General, and for the last twenty 

 years well known as an assiduous labourer in the 

 cause of agricultural improvement, to edit for them a 

 Monthly Journal of Agricdlthre, which they con- 

 fidently anticipate will not be inferior to any Agricul- 

 tural work now published. The price will be five dol- 

 lars a year, payable in advance. Each number will 

 consist of two distinct parts. 



I. The Farmers' Library, in which will be published 



THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; 

 DANA'S MUCK MANUAL; 

 Complete sets of the FARMERS' CABINET, 



hall'-bound, 8 vols. 

 DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 

 SKINNER'S Every Man his own Farrier, 

 AMERICAN Poulterer's Companion. 

 BOU.SSINGAULTS RURAL ECONOMY, 

 FARMERS' & EMIGRANTS' HANDBOOK, 

 BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 

 BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 

 SKINNERS CATTLE & SHEEP DOCTOR, 

 AMERICAN FARRIER, 

 THE FARMER'S MINE, 

 JOHNSTON'S Agricultural Chemistry, 

 HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 

 LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 

 ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 

 FAMILIAR LETTERS, 



As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri 

 culture. 



Hj" We are prepared to bind books to order. 



6 50 

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 31i 

 75 

 50 

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 75 



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 25 

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Our friend Samuel Sands, of the American Farmer, 

 which has been long published at Baltimore, is about 

 to change it from a weekly quarto, at $2 50 a year, to 

 a monthly octavo of 32 pages, at ^1. He promises to 

 furnish one of the best agricultural journals of the 

 day: and as we entirely believe him to be " a man of 

 his word," we wish him all success. We have no 

 doubt the change will be a judicious one. 



Good sized round potatoes from the South were in 

 our markets on the 31st ult.— price from 8 to 12J cents 

 per lb. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Fifth 

 month, 1845, was a little more than one inch and a 

 half! 1.6 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, Gth mo. Sind. 



