editor’s table. 
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EMtor’s ffiafcle. 
Pennsylvania Farmer, 24 pages double columns 
octavo, monthly, price $1 a year, by J. H. Bryson, ed¬ 
itor and proprietor, Lancaster, Pa. The first number 
of this work was issued in January, but in consequence 
of not getting a copy we could not sooner notice it. 
This new candidate for agricultural favor is neatly got 
up, and filled with valuable articles. We wish it suc¬ 
cess, and hope it may be the means of inducing the 
farmers in its vicinity and abroad to subscribe for it. 
The Western Cultivator, of the same form, num¬ 
ber of pages, and price as the above, edited and pub¬ 
lished by W. Thompson Hatch, Indianapolis, Indiana, 
commenced in January last. We can only refer our 
readers to what we have said of the Pennsylvania Far¬ 
mer for a good idea of this new colaborer in the cause 
of agriculture. 
An Introductory Lecture to the course of Chemis¬ 
try and Pharmacy, in the Medical Department of St. 
Louis University; by A. Litton, M. D., Professor of 
Chemistry and Pharmacy. A capital good lecture, pub¬ 
lished in a neat octavo pamphlet of 23 pages. 
The Spirit of the Times. —This sterling paper 
commenced its 14th volume on the 2d of March, at half 
the price it has hitherto been published at, viz: $5 a 
year, and this without reducing its size, which is 12 
pages large folio, weekly. The paper and embellish¬ 
ments are as handsome as ever, the typography as 
neat, and the variety, spirit, and ability of its contents 
equal, if not superior to anything that has gone before 
it. How the publisher can afford such a paper at half 
its former price we are at a loss to divine; however, 
that is his affair, not ours, and all the public has to do 
in the matter, is just to fork over plenty of its Ws, and 
ask no questions; they will at least get their money’s 
worth in fun, besides finding out all about horse-flesh, 
field-sports, and literature. Edited as usual, by Wm. 
T. Porter, and published by John Richards, No. 1 Bar¬ 
clay street, New York. 
The British American Cultivator, 16 pages 
quarto, monthly, price $ 1 a year; W. G. Edmunson 
editor and proprietor; Toronto, Canada West. We 
have often taken occasion to speak of this excellent ag¬ 
ricultural paper. It is now in its third volume, and we 
find it replete with matter calculated to do great good 
among the farmers of the British Provinces. We un¬ 
derstand its circulation has considerably increased of 
late, and we trust it may never lack that encourage¬ 
ment which it so richly deserves. 
Spanish Publications on Agriculture. —We are 
favored by our friend Don Antonio Freyre, with the 
first 18 numbers of El Fanal de Puerto Principe, and 
a pamphlet of 70 pages, octavo, of the Memorial de la 
Sociedad Patriotica, of the island of Cuba. Both of 
these publications abound with interesting articles on 
agriculture, and we are glad of the opportunity of their 
reception, to renew our acquaintance with the noble 
Spanish language, and learn something of the tropical 
system of farming. Cuba is making very rapid advan¬ 
ces in the development of her great agricultural re¬ 
sources. 
Address Delivered before the Hancock Plan¬ 
ters’ Club, Georgia, by Eli H. Baxter, Esq. We 
find the above admirable address in the Southern Culti¬ 
vator, and we can only regret that we have not room 
to transfer it to our columns. It ought to be printed 
in a tract, and distributed throughout the state. We 
make a short extract for the benefit of state legisla¬ 
tures still in session. “ Though all admit the great 
importance of this branch of the public interest, [mean¬ 
ing agriculture,] yet look to your own legislature and 
see how it is neglected and disregarded. You will find 
upon its journals, a long catalogue of standing com¬ 
mittees upon various subjects connected with the pub¬ 
lic interest, yet you will find no standing committees 
upon agriculture. Long and elaborate reports are 
made upon the contemptible humbugs of the day, yet 
not a breath is spent upon this all-important interest.” 
Elements of Chemistry, Including the most Re¬ 
cent Discoveries and Applications of the Science to 
Medicine and Pharmacy, and to the Arts, by Robert 
Kane, M. D., &c., &c. An American edition, with 
additions and corrections, and arranged for the use of 
the Universities, Colleges, Academies, and Medical 
Schools, in the United States, by John William Draper, 
M. D., &c., &c., published by Harper & Brothers, 82 
Cliff street: a large octavo, of upward of 700 pages, 
with numerous illustrations—price $2. This is ac¬ 
knowledged to be the very best elementary work upon 
chemistry extant; and as such, we earnestly recom¬ 
mend it to the attention of all who wish to make 
themselves acquainted with this highly necessary and 
popular science. It is handsomely got up on good pa¬ 
per, with clear type, and its perusal has given us great 
satisfaction. 
The Agricultural and, Mechanics 3 Association of the 
State of Louisiana, held its annual Show at Baton 
Rouge on the 8th of January. Judging from a detail 
of the proceedings in the Concordia Intelligencer, it 
was a spirited affair, and well attended. The address 
was by the Hon. T. H. McCaleb, and is highly spoken 
of. It rejoices us to see the spread of these societies 
at the south. 
A great Butter Cow. —Col. Jaques stated at the sixth 
agricultural meeting in Boston, that the Oaks Cow, 
which he purchased of President Quincy, made 484 lbs. 
of butter during a single season. She was afterward 
ruined for milk by being fed too much Indian meal. 
On this she rapidly accumulated flesh, but almost en¬ 
tirely ceased giving milk. 
Mr. C. N. Be.ment, landlord of the American Hotel, 
in State street, Albany. Mr. Bement writes us that 
he has taken this fine hotel and turned landlord again ; 
but adds with decided pertinacity, that he is not by this 
movement going to give up farming—not he—but will 
be prepared to drive a bigger team than ever in this 
line. Well, we retain some pretty distinct recollec¬ 
tions of Mr. B. in this same occupation, some six years 
ago, and we believe at the very same stand, and all is, 
if he keeps as good a house hereafter as he did then, 
(of which we can not doubt), we advise all our friends 
to place themselves under his care when they visit 
Albany—they will at least find themselves in the focus 
of everything in the agricultural line in that vicinity by 
so doing. 
Charcoal and Guano. —Mr. Teschemacher, in Hovey’s 
Horticultural Magazine says, that by mixing one for¬ 
tieth part of charcoal with a compost made of two 
parts loam and one of old manure, and carefully and 
intimately mixing the "whole, and then applying it to 
green-house plants in the pot, and watering with wa¬ 
ter in which guano had been mixed at the rate of one 
ounce to ten gallons, this treatment produced the most 
astonishing effects, not only in the growth, but general 
health of the plants. 
Threshing-Machines. —We beg attention to Messrs 
L. Bostwick & Co.’s advertisement of Warren’s Thresh¬ 
ing-Machines. We have personally examined them, 
and owing to their great simplicity, strength, and 
cheapness, think them especially well calculated for the 
south. We shall be pleased to receive orders for the 
same, and indeed any other agricultural implements. 
