348 THE PHIL ADELP HIA FLORIST. [No. 1 



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U} The Brewers and Malsters of the city and county of Philadelphia ri 

 cy have issued a circular address to the Farmers of Pennsylvania, urging * 

 upon them the advantages of cultivating Bailey. They say : 



"Within the county of Philadelphia there are annually consumed 

 for the purpose of brewing, about Six Hundred Thousand bushels of 

 Barley, supplied from the State of New York, which has been sold in 

 Albany, its general depot the last three years, at an average price of 

 from Seventy-five to Ninety Cents per Bushel, which, by comparison 

 with the prices of other grains within the corresponding period, has 

 yielded a much larger profit to the cultivator. The demand is conti- 

 nually increasing. About equal quantities of the two and four-row'd 

 are used, and the so-called spring bailey is much preferred to the win- 

 ter grain for malting. 



The State of New York now produces an annual average crop of 

 about Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Bushels, which meets 

 with ready purchasers during the months of September, October and 

 November j but the farmers there, continuing to sow the seed each 

 year of the previous crop on the same land, the quality of the grain is 

 deteriorating 5 this is of great importance both to the raiser and con- 

 sumer, as the heaviest, brightest and clearest barley always commands 

 the highest prices and readiest sales in the market. 



The present time appears to be a favorable one for the introduction 

 of its culture in our State, and its becoming a staple article in our 

 market, whereby the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars or more, 

 now annually transmitted by the brewers of this city to New York, 

 would be enjoyed by the agriculturalists of our State. 



The entire adaptation of the climate and soil of Pennsylvania to 

 the cultivation of barley — the increasing demand in this city, as well 

 as the neighboring ones f New York and Baltimore — the new facili- 

 ties that are opening for its transportation from all parts of the State 

 to markets where it finds cash purchasers, all unite as strong induce- 

 ments to agriculturalists to turn their attention to its production. 



We have received the first number of the Farm & Garden, a 

 Monthly, made up of selections from the columns of the Agricultor, 

 a paper published weekly by Messrs. A. B. Allen & Co., of New York. 

 It is well gotten up, and furnished with many useful wood t cuts and 

 a lithographic frontispiece. The reading matter is valuable and will 

 be found useful to all who are engaged in agricultural and horticul- 

 tural pursuits, 



Wanted, a Situation as Gardener. — A young man, thoroughly 

 \ conversant with greenhouse work and forcing, wishes a situation as 

 Od above. Address "C. E.," care of Wm. Saunders, 577 Baltimore St., J? 

 j2 Baltimore, Md. Q\ 



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