Jo. 6. 



Editorial Notices. 



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at the agriculture of Canada will find in it, a valua- 

 e and efficient assistant. The farming interests of 

 at country, cannot fail to appreciate the labours of 

 journal, so well calculated to promote its substantial 

 ealth. Quite amusing, as well as instructive extracts 

 e given from speeches delivered at the North Aller- 

 n Agricultural Society in England. The vice presi- 

 mt finds fault with the Society for confining its "at- 

 ntion too much to the breeding, and exhibition of 

 ock," and thinks that ploughing, sheep-shearing, &c, 

 e of sufficient importance to claim a share, at least, 

 'its notice. "Why only give premiums," he asks, 

 to sheep, and cattle, and pigs, which are crammed 

 id fed by all sorts of manoeuvres," and " pampered 

 ith sago and new milk !" He mentions a case at 

 ristol, of a cow that was nourished by the milk of 

 iree or four others, and which after her produce had 

 jen measured to swell the account of her milking 

 ■operties, would turn round to the bucket, and drink 

 p the very milk herself had just yielded. John Bull 

 nows how to do these things, about as well as we 

 ankees. 



Ocr West Nantmcal correspondent has struck off 

 ito a new path, in relation to the use of lime. This 

 i well— we like variety in our columns, when it is 

 ilculated to lead to useful inquiry, and give thoughts 

 ) the thoughtful. Some of our readers, who have per 

 aps in their lives, never had a doubt that lime ha: 

 Dne, and is doing, almost every thing for the Agricul 

 ire of the middle States, will be surprised to find our 

 lend Van Leer, eschewing its use almost entirely — 

 lrning aside from the advocates of pure lime, as well 

 s magnesia — from B. Webb and S. Lewis, and declar- 

 lg that one of the best — and as a friend at our elbow, 

 : this moment describing it— "one of the most splen- 

 id farms in Chester county," has never been limed 

 ■thin the memory of man! and on the top of this, 

 sserting that himself has " not limed any for nine or 

 jn years," and that he has improved his farm much 

 ister since he quit liming, than before. 

 This controversy about lime, has reminded us, and 



doubt it has others also, of Dr. Franklin's Chinese 

 hoe, with the manner of wearing which, he so puzzled 

 ae philosophical heads of some of his friends. After 

 asking their contrivance to the utmost — one declaring 

 t should be worn in toway; and another that it 

 ould only be worn in that, — why, gentlemen, said the 

 loctor, have you settled the point, that it is by any 

 leans a shoe? or that it was intended ever to be worn 



1 all ! 



the kind published in this country, at the low price of 

 one dollar per dozen. 



To prevent confusion in the classes, or needless ex- 

 pense to parents, the publishers have placed all the 

 new exercises at the end of the book ; so that the "En- 

 larged Edition" can be conveniently used in the same 

 class, with their former editions. 



We have recently noticed upon the shelves of Kim- 

 ler & Sharpless, under our own roof, a new and en- 

 arged edition of Comly's Spelling Book, in a neat and 

 'ery cheap form. This work has been for many years, 

 ■xtensively known, as being well adapted to the use 

 if children, in our private and public schools. To this 

 lew edition has been added " a variety of useful ex- 

 ircises, so arranged as to familiarize the pupil with 

 he correct spelling, pronunciation, and meaning, of 

 ibout two thousand ambiguous, or difficult words." 



With this addition, it is believed Comly's Spelling 

 3ook will be found to contain a greater amount of 

 iseful and appropriate matter, than any other work of 



In "The United States Almanac," which was noticed 

 in our last number, as published by E. H. Butler, of 

 this city, we have observed a table at page 34, giving 

 the decimal of the year, for every day from its begin- 

 ning to its close. This is particularly convenient for 

 the calculation of interest. If we would know the 

 interest on a certain sum, for a certain number of 

 days, we have only to multiply the yeariy interest, by 

 the decimal of the year, opposite the number of days 

 n the table. If we would ascertain the interest on a 

 certain sum, for the interval between two certain 

 dates in the same year, we subtract the decimal of the 

 prior date, from that of the posterior one, and multi 

 ply the difference by the yearly interest. 



We stepped in a few days ago, to look at Tonkins' 

 fine cattle, which the owners are now exhibiting in 

 this city for the examination of the curious. They 

 are all here— the six steers and the spayed heifer. We 

 understand they will be slaughtered about the 22nd of 

 next month. New Jersey may safely challenge the 

 world to produce such a lot of cattle from the herd of 

 one man. 



From the "Constitution," published at Woodbury, 

 N. J., we learn that Benjamin B. Sinister, of the 

 " Grove" farm, in that vicinity, slaughtered, and 

 brought to our market, on the 3d ult., two calves, 

 which weighed alive, 600, and 562 pounds, respectively. 

 The weight, when dressed, of the first, was 400, — that 

 of the second, 375 pounds. They were between six 

 and seven months old, and were raised and fed by our 

 friend above named. 



At a meeting of the Philadelphia Agricultural So- 

 ciety, held at their hall, on the 4th inst., an election 

 of officers for the ensuing year, was held, and the fol- 

 lowing were duly elected, viz: 



Nicholas Biddle, President. 



Dr. James Mease, ) y . p r .... 



James Gowen, j vice rreslB - 



Aaron Clement, Secretary. 



Wm. M. Uhler, Assistant Sec'ry. 



Algernon S. Roberts, Treasurer. 



Aaron Clement, Librarian. 



Charles Roberts, \ r „ r . tnr . 

 Wm. M. Uhler, ) Curators. 



James Gowen, ) „ , r 



George Blight, \ uom - 01 ^ orres - 



By order of the Society, 



Wm. M. Uhler, Assistant Sec'ry. 



A prolific sheep. — Samuel Allinson, of Crosswicks, 

 N. J., informs us that his neighbour Joseph Hendrick- 

 son,has a fine Southdown ewe, which last spring gave 

 birth to four lambs, one black, and three white; which 

 all lived, throve, and are now doing well. 



