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enced cultivators, convinced the doubting, and at once estab- 

 lished its use by a majority of the intelligent farmers of Great 

 Britain. 



The pamphlet is a republication in part, and partly a rec- 

 ord of experiments made by intelligent farmers in Maryland 

 and Virginia, where it has been more extensively used than 

 in the Eastern States. The results are all favorable, — some, 

 of course, more so than others, — 'but this can be traced to 

 soil or other causes, and its application in the place of ordi- 

 nary manure, will prove a saving of more than fifty per cent, 

 with many crops. 



Our last volume contains a great amount of information 

 relative to the use of Guano for garden purposes. This has 

 been mostly communicated by our correspondent, Mr. Tesche- 

 macher, who was one of the first to try experiments with it, 

 which have been eminently successful. 



But it is among the farming community that information 

 is wanted relative to this manure, and this little pamphlet is 

 intended to supply it. We therefore recommend it most cor- 

 dially, and only hope that it may be the means of inducing 

 every intelligent cultivator to at least give it a fair trial, be- 

 fore discarding its use. 



Art. IV. Literary Notices. 



Chemistry of Animal and Vegetable Physiology. — We are 

 glad to announce as now in press this new work by the cele- 

 brated Mulder of Utrecht, translated from the original 

 Dutch by M. Fromberg, pupil of Miilder, and now first assist- 

 ant in a Laboratory of the Scotch Society for promoting Ag- 

 ricultural Chemistry. The English translation is revised 

 and edited with notes by Prof. Jas. F. W. Johnston of Dur- 

 ham, the well known author of so many valuable works on 

 Chemistry as applied to agriculture. 



The American Edition will be published from the early 

 proof sheets forwarded to Mr. B. Silliman, Jr. by Prof. John- 

 ston, and will contain important corrections and additions 



