editors’ table. 
165 
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(fbitors 1 ©able. 
Princess Tribe of Shorthorns. —For an advertise¬ 
ment of the produce of a young bull of this superior 
tribe of shorthorn cattle, see advertisment page, 167. 
The Transactions of the New-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society has been received, and will receive fur¬ 
ther notice in our next number. 
Literary Thieving. —The Southern Planter quotes a 
recent article of ours, on draining meadows with the 
subsoil plow, crediting to the Lancaster Pa. Gazette. 
The latter, we believe, is one of the papers which ha¬ 
bitually steal from us, and hence the result of having 
other peoples’ labors credited it. 
Firf-Proof Calico.—A fire-proof calico is now 
made for children by immersion in phosphate of mag¬ 
nesia. It will ignite by contact with flame, but the 
fire will not spread. It goes out immediately. 
Live Stock Insurance. —We would call attention to 
the advertisement in this paper, of the American Live- 
Stock Insurance Company, at Vincennes, Indian^. It 
is a new thing in this country, but nevertheless, an im¬ 
portant consideration to the farmer. Why should he 
not insure his stock of cattle, as well as a merchant his 
stock of goods ? Insurance companies of this kind have 
been in operation for some time in Europe, and have 
been productive of much good. One ought to be in¬ 
corporated in this state. Will the farmers think of it ? 
The west, with great good sense and judgment, have 
now given us the lead in this matter. 
Mr. Morris in Europe. —Among the passengers 
in the steamer Europa, which left here for Liver¬ 
pool on the 17th. ult., was Lewis G. Morris, Esq., of 
Mount Fordham, New York. His general object in 
going abroad, is to make himself acquainted with the 
improvements in agriculture in Europe, and more par¬ 
ticularly to look over the fine stock of England, with a 
view of selecting for importation. He will return in 
September, and his next annual sale of stock will take 
place in October following. We wish Mr. Morris a 
pleasant and profitable trip abroad. 
The American Bird Fancier, a little treatise on 
Cage and House Birds, has just been published by 
C. M. Saxton, 121 Fulton street, New York. See ad¬ 
vertisement on page 167 of the current volume. • 
The Farmers’ Guide to Scientific and Practical 
Agriculture, by Henry Stephens, Scotland, author 
of the Book of the Farm, and John P. Norton, Professor 
of scientific agriculture, Yale College, Connecticut. The 
character of this work is much like that of the Book of 
the Farm, with everything new in the way of agricul¬ 
tural science discovered since its first publication, and is 
adapted as much as possible to this country, by Pro¬ 
fessor Norton. Published by Leonard Scott & Co., of 
this city. It is a highly valuable work, and is issued 
in numbers of 64 pages each, handsomely embellished, 
with steel and other engravings. The price is 25 cents 
per number, or $5 for the twenty-two, which will make 
two large octavo volumes of 1,400 pages. It is for 
sale by C. M. Saxton, 121 Fulton street, N. Y. 
The Farmer and Planter. —This is a new publica¬ 
tion just issued at Pendleton, South Carolina, edited 
and published by Messrs. George Seaborn, and J. J. 
Gilman. It is in quarto form, 16 pages monthly, price 
one dollar a year. It is handsomely got up, and filled 
with just such matter as is best calculated to improve 
the planters of the south. We hope they will patron¬ 
ise the work liberally. They little know how much it 
would increase their wealth and comfort, if they would 
put twenty thousand copies of this periodical in circu¬ 
lation, and see that the same were thoroughly perused, 
and its excellent precepts put into immediate practice. 
Successful Farming.— A worthy clergyman informed 
us recently, that he purchased seven acres of misera¬ 
ble, sandy land in the neighborhood of Saratoga, a few 
years since, which, by manuring and judicious cultiva¬ 
tion, he brought up to such condition, that from three 
acres and a half only, he produced green fodder through¬ 
out the season, for three cows, one bull, one horse, and 
seven sheep; and cut all the hay consumed by them 
in the winter. The hay, however, was pieced out by 
the use of grain, roots, and straw, taken from the re¬ 
maining half of the seven acres. When he sold the 
land, he received over $100 dollars an acre, for what a 
few years previously, was bought for as many shil¬ 
lings. 
We have kept a good lookout for successful farming, 
for the last few years, and have invariably found, that 
intelligence and a careful investigation of the experi¬ 
ments and best practisers of others, furnished the 
ground work for the superiority of every one who has 
attained to eminence in agriculture. So much for booh 
farming. 
Profits of Dogs. —Many of our friends and corres¬ 
pondents have frequently given us the profits of poul¬ 
try, milch cows, sheep, oxen or mule labor over horses, 
<fec.; but the first man is yet wanting, who has commu¬ 
nicated essay, chapter, or paragraph on the profit 
of dogs. This is passing strange, as everybody keeps 
his dog, and many keep their packs. The whole 
country is overrun with them. Surely, then, somebody 
ought to know their value, and be able to report an 
account current of their profits. Let us hear from some 
one of our most observing correspondents, and espe¬ 
cially such of them as live among the canine marauders 
of the sheep fold. We imagine the account will stand 
something thus:— *-*<—- 
Towzer, in account current with my farm 
from Jan. 1st, 1849, to Jan. 1st, 1850, 
Dr. 
To killing my best imported Southdown 
ram, Billy, $50.00 
Do. 3 choice wethers, $4.50 each, 13.50 
Do. 17 breeding ewes, $3.25 “ 55.25 
Cost of lawsuit with neighbor Strict, for 
sheep killing, 27.00 
Damages paid him on judgment rendered, 29.17 
Attendance of myself and five laborers, as 
witnesses, 3 days each, at 8s. per day, 18.00 
Worrying larmer Short’s horse, and paid him 
for consequent lameness, 12.00 
Original cost, 10.00 
52 weeks’ board, at 4s., 26.00 
$240.92 
By driving pigs out of the corn at sundry 
times, through a bad fence, which my 
hands neglected to repair, $2.00 
Killing one polecat $1.50, 3 squirrels, 75cts., 2.25 
Bringing in newspapers from gate 18 times, 0.03 
Comfort and satisfaction in general from 
owning Towzer one year, 273.19 
$277.47 
Balance in favor of Towzer, $36.55 
Thus by giving a pretty round credit for the general 
satisfaction derived from Towzer, we show an actual 
profit, during the current year, of $36.55, or 305 per 
cent, on the original capital invested, which is a most 
liberal return for farm stock, and will probably induce 
many enterprising, scheming young men to follow in 
similar investments. 
