No. 2. 



Editorial Notices. 



71 



On Joseph Whitall's farm, one mile south- 

 east of Woodbury, is a bed of dark bluish 

 clay, intermixed with shells, which he has 

 used to cansiderable advantage on his higher 

 and lighter grounds, where the green sand 

 marl is of little or no use. A much heavier 

 dressing, however, is necessary with this 

 material, than with the green sand, on the 

 lower grounds. This farm, with those of 

 W. R. Tatum, Joseph D. Pedrick, James 

 Davis, D. E. Marshall, Thomas Chew and 

 J. Heritage, were named to us, as having 

 been vastly improved by the application of 

 marl. On many others in the neighbourhood, 

 similar improvement, is perhaps not less ob- 

 vious. The above are named, because we 

 passed through, and saw them ourselves, in 

 our little ride. One more fact, and we are 

 done. All the beds of good green sand marl, 

 that we have any knowledge of, in the coun- 

 ties of Burlington, Gloucester and Salem, 

 lie on the head of our creeks, above the 

 reach of the tide, and west of the ridge 

 which separates the streams of the Atlantic 

 from those which flow into the Delaware. 



It was said above, that nothing new was 

 to be looked for, in these cursory remarks. 

 They have been confined to what came under 

 our own eye. Speculation has been avoid- 

 ed. We do not undertake to say, of what 

 these extraordinary deposites are composed ; 

 how, or whence they have been gathered, or 

 in what their fertilizing quality consists ; 

 and for this very plain reason, we do not 

 know any better than our readers. We an- 

 ticipate, and we partly promise to the public, 

 an article from our friend of the Farmers' 

 Register, worthy of himself, and creditable 

 to this broad subject. We shall impatiently 

 await its appearance. 



It is said that in 1339, there were upwards of 30,000 

 tons of bones imported from foreign countries into Hull ; 

 and that in 3837, the value of the article imported into 

 England, was nearly a million and a quarter of dol- 

 lars. We remember to have seen a notice some months 

 ago, of an exportation of bones from our own port, to 

 Liverpool. Now is it possible that the enterprise and 

 good judgment of our farmers, will allow John Bull to 

 carry our bones 3000 miles to spread upon his lands, 

 and they themselves stand by, as if they thought them 

 hardly worth the grinding! We are apprehensive that 

 bone dust is not sufficiently appreciated in this vicinity, 

 or the material would not be sent from our very elbows, 

 to enrich the broad pastures of England. 



In a letter received on the 9th inst., from a valued 

 friend and subscriber at Cherokee, in the Cherokee na- 

 tion, Ark., he says, "can you favour us with instruc- 

 tions for building chimneys, so as to insure a good 

 draught for smoke, and at the same time, the greatest 

 amount of heat in the room? Also good plans for the 

 arrangement of farm buildings?" Will some of our 

 friends advise us on these points ? 



The next cattle show and fair of the New York 

 State Agricultural Society, is to be held at Albany, 

 on the 27th, 25th, 29th and 30th, of this month. The 

 list of premiums, amounting to about $2000, embraces 

 almost every variety of farm stock and implements — 

 farm and garden products— butter, cheese, maple sugar, 

 silk, and other domestic manufactures, &c, &c. ; being 

 a more extensive list than has been heretofore offered 

 in New York. On the 30th will be a public sale of 

 such stock as shall be sent in for that purpose. 



The Society offers for the best popular treatise on 

 Agricultural Chemistry, a premium of $100. For the 

 best essay on rotation of crops, best suited to the soils 

 of New York, $20. For the best essay on the general 

 management of the farm, $20. For the best essay on 

 the introduction of new agricultural products, $20. For 

 the best essay on the management and application of 

 manures, $20. To the painter of the best specimens 

 of original portraits of domestic animals, a gold medal. 

 To the engraver of the best specimens of portraits of 

 domestic animals on wood, a gold medal. For the best 

 plan of farm house, barn, and necessary out buildings, 

 a gold medal. And for the best specimen of floral 

 painting, a silver medal. The premiums for essays 

 and to artists, just named above, as well as for agri- 

 cultural implements, are open to the United States. 

 Competitors for premiums on essays, will forward their 

 manuscripts to Luther Tucker, recording Secretary, Al- 

 bany, previous to the close of the present year. 



The Agricultural Society of Newcastle county, 

 whose list of premiums, &c, will be found in this No., 

 is anticipating one of the largest and most enlivening 

 exhibitions it has had since its incorporation in 1830. 

 It will be observed that agricultural works of merit 

 and implements of husbandry, constitute the principal 

 rewards. This strikes us as a particularly appropriate 

 method of dispensing the means of the Society, and 

 throwing abroad a great deal of information that can- 

 not fail to be lastingly useful. James M. Garnett, of 

 Virginia, will deliver the annual address. To " little 

 Delaware," we say, with all heartiness, "go ahead." 



Our market is deservedly famous for the superior 

 quality and abundance of its vegetables, as well as for 

 their early appearance. We give a list of premiums 

 to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, at its exhibition in this city, next week. 

 Competition, it will be observed, is not confined to 

 members, or to citizens of this state, but is liberally 

 thrown open to the whole country. Our friends from 

 Jersey, we trust, will again sustain its character, in 

 the exhibition of articles, to which its fine soil is so 

 peculiarly congenial. 



Persons, we think, should not be deterred from con- 

 tributing to the display, however small the offering— 

 nor withhold any appropriate object, though it may 

 not be named in the list. 



Contributors will receive a ticket of admission to 

 the exhibition, w hen opened. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the 8th month, 

 (August,) 1842, was rather more than three inches and 



three quarters 3.786 inches. 



And the quantity which has fallen for the first eight 

 months of the year 1842, is nearly 38£ inches. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, Ninth month 1st, 1842. 



