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Editorial Notices. 



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; adapting manures, as well as crops to particular 

 ils, and always applying them, with so well inform- 



a judgment, that results may be calculated with 

 ;at precision. 



The Agricultural establishment of Fellenberg in 

 Titzerland, is referred to, in strong terms of approval 

 d admiration. It was visited by W. C. R., and afford- 

 many evidences of the successful training of its pu- 

 ! s,— of the happy combination of intellectual, and 

 jily labour, — of moral, and physical improvement. 

 'ie model farm at Hofwyl is instanced as a full refu- 

 ;ion of the prejudices so frequently indulged, against 

 % idea of a necessity for the farmer to regulate his 

 penditures, and indeed all his operations, by the sug- 

 ■3tions of a comprehensive, and well instructed 

 nd. The light of knowledge is spread abroad, through 

 k whole economy of this farm. It is conducted upon 

 'entific principles. That is, such and such manures 

 'i applied,— crops raised, and improvements made, 

 jause it is known, and understood, that there is a mu- 

 'il adaptation of the one to the other. The accounts 

 •Hofwyl, kept with minute and mercantile exactness, 

 iw, through a series of years, a nett profit of 8£ per 

 [ .t. upon the whole capital employed. A rate of pro- 

 '.. with which, we would suppose, our practical farm- 

 I-, even in this land of thrift, ought to be satisfied, 

 ie " passion of farmers to acquire more land, rather 

 in to make that which they already possess, more pro- 

 dive," is glanced at, and we are assured that indus- 

 ', improvement, and good husbandry are only wanted 

 "dcvelope the natural capabilities of our soil, and 



make it adequate to every reasonable wish, and 

 en to the fondest dreams of prosperity and wealth." 

 •lumella's vine dresser is happily introduced, and 

 ten to the point, — when his eldest daughter was mar- 

 id, he gave her a third of his vineyard for a portion, 

 d yet he had the same quantity of fruit as before, 

 hen the second daughter followed the example of 

 r sister, her father gave her one half of what re- 

 lined, and still the produce of the vineyard was un- 

 ninished! 



The Washington county Agricultural Society, held 

 i Fair, and annual meeting at Salem, N. Y., on the 

 th of 10th month last. We have been kindly fur- 

 ished with the Report of its Committee, by Asa Fitch, 

 ., the recording secretary. Premiums were awarded 

 different individuals who raised 29 bushels of winter 

 neat per acre, — 25 and 22 of spring wheat,— 80 and 

 of corn,— 25 of rye,— 97, 80 and 53 of oats, and 510 

 ishels of potatoes. Eighty-five bushels of the China 

 se corn were grown on an acre, but received no pre- 

 ium, because the grain was shrivelled, and the com- 

 ittee believed it not adapted to their climate, soil and 

 sort summers. 



The Report states, that on the 5th of fifth month 

 st, Henry Holmes sowed broad cast, and harrowed 

 , twelve quarts of corn, on little more than half an 

 :re, without any manuring, and it was not touched 

 ;ain, till the 22nd of ninth month, when it was cut, 

 id set up on the ground, — and on the 5th of the next 

 onth, he husked from it 40 bushels of ears. He be- 

 3Ved the stalks would amply pay the small expense 

 'raising it; and thinks the case goes to show the 

 ielessness of hilling corn. 



We have been much gratified, and interested in look- 

 ing over "The United States Almanac, or complete 

 Ephemeris.for the year 1843; wherein the sun's rising, 

 setting, &.C., are given for six different parallels of lati- 

 tude, embracing the whole extent of the Union; also, 

 a collection of such Tables as are of most frequent use 

 among Engineers, for the determination of latitude, 

 time, &c. ; a complete census of the United States, 

 from the official Report just presented to Congress, in- 

 cluding the population of every town, county, territory 

 and state, arranged in alphabetical order; the principal 

 officers of the government and the various departments, 

 with their compensation ; a view of all the state debts, 

 and the various purposes for which they were contract- 

 ed; and numerous statistics relative to commerce, ma- 

 nufactures, agriculture, &.c. By John Downes, late of 

 the North-eastern boundary survey. Philadelphia, pub- 

 lished by E. H. Butler," No. 5 Minor Street, where it 

 is for sale, as well as at this office. 



It will be observed that the title page of this work, 

 promises a great variety of miscellaneous matter; and 

 we think they are realized in the text of more than 

 300 pages. The astronomical Tables are intended to 

 facilitate the operations, which are oftentimes very la- 

 borious, of Engineers, and those whose vocations are 

 among the stars. The complete details of the late 

 census, — Balbi's celebrated Population Table of the 

 world, and the great amount of information in rela- 

 tion to the government, commerce, manufactures, ag- 

 riculture, debts, resources, &c, &c, of the United 

 States, render it a volume particularly valuable to 

 every citizen who, at a glance, would be willing to see 

 his country as it is. 



Our friend Solon Robinson, in a letter to the Secre- 

 tary of the Laporte County Agricultural Society, 

 dated September 30th, offers " a beautiful Berkshire 

 pig," for the " best tow frock,"— the uniform of the 

 farmer — that shall be produced at the Fair: promising 

 to wear it, not only at the Fair of that Society, but 

 also at that of the Union Agricultural Society of 

 Illinois. He also says in a letter to the Laporte Whig, 

 that the question is settled, that good peaches can be 

 raised in Northern Indiana — and would state his 

 "manner of preparing the ground and setting the 

 trees, but what is the use? Who '11 follow good advice 

 when he can have a way of his own ?" 



Agricultural Implements. — D. O. Prouty offers for 

 sale, at reduced prices, a general assortment of Farm- 

 ing Implements, among which may be found corn shel- 

 lers, from 7 to $18 each;— fan mills, from 12 to $18 

 each;— straw cutters, from 5 to $30 each;— corn crack- 

 ers;— sausage stuffers;— milk pails, with strainers; — 

 churns; — cheese presses; — centre draught and subsoil 



ploughs, &c, &c. 



D. O. Prouty, 



JVo. 176 Market, between 5th $• 6th streets, Philad, 



Lipman's Diary for 1843, for sale at Kimber & 

 Sharpless', is a very convenient little pocket volume, 

 with blank spaces for every day in the year, in which 

 such entries may be made as are desirable. It is par- 

 ticularly adapted to the use of private families, or 

 persons in business. 



