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Editorial Notices. 



Vol. VII. 



"THE FARMER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA 



AND 



DICTIONARY OF RURAL AFFAIRS: 



Embracing all the recent discoveries in Agricultural 

 Chemistry, adapted to the comprehension of unscien 

 lific readers, by Cothbert W. Johnson; enlarged, im 

 proved and adapted to the United States, by a Practical 

 Farmer, assisted by numerous scientific gentlemen, is 

 now in course of publication by Carey & Hart, of this 

 city. 



"The work upon Husbandry, now ushered before the 

 American public, is the production of an English gen- 

 tleman of great intelligence, assisted by some of the 

 best authorities upon rural subjects, in his country. 

 By collecting and condensing the most interesting de- 

 tails relative to farming, chiefly derived from living 

 authors, such as Professors Liebio, Lowe, Sir J. E. 

 Smith, Brande, Yocatt, Stephens, Thompson, Lind- 

 ley, I. F. Johnson, etc., etc., he has been enabled to 

 present the very latest information, and furnish a fund 

 of matter which cannot fail to attract all who lake an 

 interest in rural affairs, so long studied and so tho- 

 roughly understood as these must needs be in Great 

 Britain. 



"The absence of speculative views, with the very 

 practical and matter-of-fact character of the informa- 

 tion given upon all subjects treated of, will perhaps be 

 found to constitute the highest recommendation of this 

 work." 



It will appear in semi-monthly numbers, and in ad- 

 dition to numerous wood-cuts, will contain 16 beauti- 

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 ■umbers, at 25 cents each. 



The courtesy of the publishers has placed the first 

 and second numbers of the above work on our table. 

 In looking through them, we have been entirely dis- 

 posed to believe that the promise to throw before the 

 public one of the most interesting works on Agricul- 

 ture, will be fully realised. As a book of reference, 

 embracing every variety of subject important to the 

 farmer, its convenience and value will present a strong 

 claim for a place upon his bookshelf. "To render ag- 

 riculture more productive and beneficial to all, it is 

 necessary that its principles 6hould be better under- 

 stood, and that we should profit more from the experi- 

 ence of each other." This experience will be detailed 



to a very great extent, in the Farmer's Encyclopedia. 

 The points upon which the gardener, or the more ex- 

 tensive farmer, would seek information, will be found 

 happily illustrated. The dairyman, the grazier, and 

 the fruit grower, as well as those who are curious in 

 flowers or in grasses, will find ample gratification in 

 this work. To it we acknowledge our- Ives indebted 

 for the leading article— and we think it quite an inte- 

 resting one— in our present number. It is handsomely 

 got up, and we sincerely hope it may prove, as we 

 think it should, advantageous to the publishers, as 

 well as to the public. 



The early part of this month has been cold. At six 

 o'clock, in the morning of the 2nd inst., the thermome- 

 ter stood at 18 degrees, and on the 3d, at 14 degrees, 

 Fahrenheit, in this city. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE. 



Abortion in the Cow 233 



Absorption of Plants.— Late Grazing 235 



New Fertilizing Substances 236 



Produce of five acres of land 237 



London Dairies 238 



Care of horses in travelling 239 



Small Stones on Arable Land.— Punctuality. 240 



Delaware Sheep.— Change of Crops 241 



Butter Making 242 



Galvanic Plant and Tree Protector 244 



Ants and their Cows -M5 



Care of Animals.— William West -.'46 



Hampshire Bacon 3fl 



Winter in Russia 248 



The Anglesey, or North Wales Ox 249 



Magnesian Lime 250 



Kitchen Gardens.— Gooseberries 258 



Laying Land to Grass 253 



Lime— Practice versus Theory 255 



Isothermal Lines.— Decay of Wood 256 



Disease of the Plum Tree 257 



Decrease of Fruit ._ 258 



Planting Corn.— To Take Honey.— Cure for Warts. 259 

 Culture of the Gooseberrv.— Grafting the Lilac on 



the Ash ." 260 



Nourishment of Vegetables — ChesterCounty Pig — 



Agricultural Premiums 28] 



Editorial Notices 262 



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