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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- 

 tific readers, by Cuthbert VV. 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 third and fourth numbers of this work have 

 appeared since our last, and fully sustain the high 

 character of the others before published. 



Inquiry was made in our last number, in relation 

 to the Hamburg, or Poland topknot breed of fowls: — 

 Michael Krouse, who stands in Market street, between 

 Tenth and Eleventh, with his stall so richly loaded 

 with fine poultry, and his glass cases so handsomely 

 furnished with stuffed specimens of different breeds of 

 fowls, can tell all about them; as can also Dr. Emerson, 

 of this city. 



SHORT ADVERTISEMENTS, 

 The subject matter of which, may correspond with the 

 agricultural character of this paper, will be inserted 

 at the rate of one dollar for each insertion often lines 

 or less; and so in proportioh for each additional line. 

 The money to be paid in advance. 



land, is no longer authorised to receive monies on our ac- 

 count. Such of our friends as have heretofore paid 

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 of i be kindness of post-masters, or by other means, readi- 

 ly communicate directly with this office. When remit- 

 tances are made by mail, receipts will be forthwith re- 

 turned. 



C. P., a writer in the U.S. Gazette, who knows all 

 about the weather, says, "there has not been so cold a 

 month of March, for forty years, as the one just 

 closed." 



The quantity of rain and melted snow, which fell 

 during the Third month, (March,) 1843, was nearly 

 four inches and a half. 4.415 inches. 



Pennsylvania Hospital, Fourth mo. 1st, 1843. 



POUDRETTE. 



Arrangements have been made by the subscriber 

 with D. K. Minor, of New York, for the sale of this 

 valuable manure, as noticed on page 288. It may be 

 obtained at the office of the Farmer's Cabinet, No. 50, 

 North Fourth street, where we expect to keep a supply 

 constantly on hand. Farmers, gardeners, and the 

 truck growers in New, Jersey, will now have an op- 

 portunity to avail themselves of an article, so much 

 valued in Europe, and in the neighbourhood of New 

 York, where it is manufactured. The price will be 

 two dollars a barrel, where one or two only are taken 

 — for three or more, it will be somewhat reduced. 



Josiah Tatum. 



53= Joseph Willis, who has for several years acted 

 as agent for our paper in Delaware and parts of Mary- 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



FAOE. 



Irrigation 2G5 



Lime and Magnesia 2G6 



Rust in Wheat 2t>9 



Peach Trees.— Sugar in Corn Stalks '270 



Corn Crops in Succession -271 



Plums.— Plants, &c, from Exploring Expedition. 272 



Subsoil Plough 273 



Air-tight Stove.— A City Street 274 



Joint-stock Companies 275 



To Preserve Eggs. — Mississippi Almonds.— 



Potatoes. T. 276 



Treatment of Domestic Animals 277 



Siliceous Stone — tripoli 278 



Mannington Limestone 279 



Grafting.— Onions, a protection from bugs 280 



Sussex Ox 28J 



The " Small Farm" principle on a Large Scale. 282 



A Profitable Cow , 2,-3 



The Tare, or Vetch culture . 284 



Stock Raising 285 



Lime — "Gulden Plough" relinquished 2-r3 



The Honey Bee 237 



Poudrette as a Manure 289 



Agricultural Anecdote. — Bone Dust 289 



The Silk Business 290 



Cranberry Meadows. — Great Crop of Oats 2'J1 



Management of Milch Cows. — Properties of a 



good cow 292 



Cultivating without Manure.— Editorial Notices. 293 



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