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Editorial JVotices. 



Vol. IX. 



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

 friends with Agricultural works generally. Among 

 which are 



THE FARMERS ENCYCLOPEDIA, full- 

 bound in leather; — Price $4 00 

 YOUATT ON THE HORSE, with J. S. Skin- 

 ner's very valuable Additions; 2 00 

 BRIDGEMAN'S GARDENER'S ASSISTANT; 2 00 

 THE AMERICAN POULTRY BOOK; 37 

 THE FARMER'S LAND MEASURER; ST-i 

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DOWNING'S Landscape Gardening, 3 50 



Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, 1 75 



SKINNER'S Every Man his own Farrier, 50 



AMERICAN Poulterer's Companion, 1 25 



BOUSSINGAULT'S RURAL ECONOMY, 1 50 



FARMERS' & EMIGRANTS' HANDBOOK, 1 00 



BEVAN on the HONEY BEE, 31i 



BUISTS' ROSE MANUAL, 75* 



SKINNERS CATTLE & SHEEP DOCTOR, 50 



AMERICAN FARRIER, 50 



THE FARMER'S MINE, 7.5 



HANNAM'S Economy of Waste Manures, 25 



LIEBIG'S AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



ANIMAL CHEMISTRY, 25 



FAMILIAR LETTERS, 12i 



As well as his larger works on Chemistry and Agri- 

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Subscriptions received for Colman's Agricultural 

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Seed Store, 



No. 23 Market Street, Philadelphia. 

 The subscriber keeps constantly a supply of White 

 and Red clover, and other grass seeds. Field seeds, 

 consisting of Spring and Winter Wheats, Potatoe, 

 Oats, Barley, and choice varieties of Seed-corn. Also 

 in season, Fruit and Shade Trees. Garden and Bird 

 seeds generally. Guano in parcels to suit purchasers. 



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FRESH TURNIP" SEED, 



Of the most approved varieties for Cattle and Table 

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GRiVSS & GJLKBSI^r S£;i]DS, 



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JOS. P. H. COATES, 

 Successor to Oeorge M. Coates. 



The second number of the Jlmerican Journal of Jig- 

 ricutturc, edited by Drs. Emmons and Prime, and pub- 

 lished at Albany, was received some time ago. It con- 

 tains much valuable matter, and we will with pleasure 

 receive subscriptions for it at this olfice.— $3 per an- 

 num. 



The quantity of rain which full during the Sixth 

 month, 1845, was nearly three and three-quarter 



inches 3.72 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, 't/i mo. ist. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Potatoe Rot, page 361 



The Hessian Fly, 364 



Accidents to Indian Corn, 363 



A Simple Green-house. — Tulip. — Parks of London, 369 



Ploughing in September for Corn, 370 



Indian Corn, 371 



Romance of Insect Life. — Russian mode of mak- 

 ing Butter, 372 



Disease of the Potatoe, 373 



Bees.— Sale of E. P. Prentice's Short Horns, 374 



The late Frost.— Wheat Crop 375 



Song of the Soil, 370 



Feed for Horses. — Rare Cows in the West.— Agri- 

 cultural Exhibition,; . 377 



Editorial Notices 370 



Dommer's Method, 380 



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