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Notices. — Contents. 



Vol. VII 



Sale of Durham Cattle. 



Wk call the attention of our readers to the splendid 

 sale of improved short-horn dairy cattle— a selection 

 from the unrivalled herd of James Gowen, Esq., Mount 



Airy— which will take place on the exhibition ground 

 of the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, Rising Sun, 

 on the Germantown road, three miles from Philadel- 

 phia, on Thursday the 8th September, at 10 o'clock in 

 the morning. Wolbert & Herkness, auctioneers. Cata- 

 logues will be ready for delivery in due time, and the 

 cattle may be examined on the ground two days previ- 

 ous to the sale. 



'I'll, stork, consisting of imported cows and bulls; and 

 calves, from Dairy-Maid, Pocahontas, Victoria, &.C., by 

 Colostra, Prince of Wales, and Leander, will afford to 

 breeders a rare opportunity of increasing their herds of 

 pure-blooded animals of the highest character, and of 

 creating a separation, so as to prevent over-close 

 breeding. 



IET JOSEPH DRESSER, 



Who has for several years acted as agent for our paper, 

 particularly in Chester, and the adjacent counties in 

 this state, has not been heard from for a long time. 

 Our friends will please Notice, that he is no longer au- 

 thorized to receive monies on our behalf. We would 

 be glad to see him. 



We hope, in the progress of this volume, to see and 

 to feel, a large addition to our subscription list. When 

 a subscriber wishes to discontinue his paper at the end 

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We have prepared a Table of Contents, which it will 

 be perceived, embraces a considerable variety of matter, 

 and we think will be found convenient to our readers. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the 7th month, 

 (July) 1842, was 11.8 inches. 



This is the largest quantity of rain which has 

 fallen during a month, since an account has been kept. 

 Five inches and an eighth of an inch fell during a pe- 

 riod of two and a half hours, on the evening of the 1st 

 of July; and during the mouth it rained on fourteen 

 different days. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, Eighth month 1st, 1842. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Page 



Editorial Address 9 



[Culture of the Vine 10 



:On Soiling Cattle— Wheat on Clover-lay 11 



I Reasoning faculty in Brutes 12 



] Dunged wheat 13 



jDew — Common Rain Gage — Relief of Choked Cat- 

 tle 14 



Croton Aqueduct 15 



Electric Fluid 16 



' Galloway Heifer 17 



j Good Example— Liquid Manure 18 



Sandy Point 19 



Butter 20 



j Smut in Wheat— Durham Cattle— Lard Oil 21 



Profitable Hiring— One-horse Subsoil Plough 22 



Agricultural Societies 23 



On Ploughing Corn— Subsoiling, Draining, Irriga- 

 tion 24 



Eden-Hill Farm Institute— Draught-Horse 25 



Running Commentaries on July No. of Cabinet ... 2(5 



Influence of water upon Nutrition 28 



True Philosophy— Orchard Pruning— Root Pruning 29 



Pumpkin-rumped Cattle 30 



Horse-rake for Grain— Thorough tending of Corn . . 31 



Results of Garden Culture 32 



Bucks County Wheat— National Institution for the 



promotion of Science 33 



Manufactory of Horse-Shoes, by machinery 34 



New Disease of the Plum— Setting out the Fruit 



Garden— Good and bad Tools 35 



American Aloe, or Century Plant 30 



Compost Manures— Prospect of Agriculture — Aspa- 

 ragus 37 



Editorial Notices 39. 



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