editors’ table. 
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(Suitors’ ©able. 
The Southern Pictorial Almanac. —This is the 
title of a handsomely got up work, of 40 pages, edited | 
by a seemingly new candidate to Almanac fame, and a j 
totally unknown personage to us, ycleped in the title ; 
page, “ Uncle Solon,” and published by A. B. Allen <fe i 
(Jo., of New York. Of these latter gentlemen we sup- 1 
pose the southern public have occasionally heard, 
though not exactly in their present line as “ publishers.” 
[We wonder if they have any intention of rivalling the 
Harpers ? If so, we shall advise our Cliff-street friends 
to keep a sharp lookout to windward, as Captain Re¬ 
viewer would say.] But as to “ Uncle Solon,” we 
know nothing at all about him, and we expect he will 
prove a second Junius, or may be, a resurrection of the 
Iron Mask, at least till every man and “ boy,” south of 
Mason and Dixon’s line, take his Almanac in hand, 
and commence “reckoning” over his incognito. 
Whether he will then be discovered, we cannot say; 
yet, this much we opine, that one and all will have 
many a hearty laugh over the quaint sayings of the 
aforesaid “ unknown,” and the racy dialogues of his 
dramatis personae—nor will they find a large fund of 
useful information forgotten in his pages—and such 
weather as is weather , foretold them, for every day in 
the year, with marvellous exactness. The meridian of 
Charleston is used for the calendars of this Almanac; 
and, in fact, it is pure, unadulterated southern, through¬ 
out, with none of your piebald mixtures from the north. 
This work offers an excellent medium for advertising. 
We will give one page of advertisements to any per¬ 
son desiring it, and furnish the Almanac, at $15 per 
thousand. This is very low for a work so useful, hu¬ 
morous, and handsomely embellished and printed. 
The Northern Almanac is got up, edited, and pub- 
the same as the above, calculated for all the northern 
and western states. Orders, respectfully solicited. 
The F armer’s Every-Day Book ; or, Sketches of So¬ 
cial Life in the Country, with the Popular Elements of 
Practical and Theoretical Agriculture, and 1,200 La¬ 
conics and Apothegms relating to Ethics, Religion, and 
General Literature; also, 500 Receipts on Hygeian, 
Domestic and Rural Economy. By the Rev. John L. 
Blake. Auburn, N. Y. Derby, Miller & Co., pp. 654, 
octavo. Price $3. From a hasty examination of this 
volume, and the reputation of the author, we should 
judge that it is a pleasing book, well suited for fam¬ 
ily reading. 
American Pomological Congress. —In conformity 
with the resolutions passed at the last session of this 
National Institution, its next meeting will be held in 
the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 11th, 12th, and 13th 
days of September next, 1850. The Ohio State 
Board of Agriculture, and the Cincinnati Horticultnral 
Society will also hold their annual exhibitions at the 
same time and place, and the latter have generously 
offered to provide for the accommodation of the con¬ 
gress. AIL agricultural, horticultural, pomological, 
and kindred societies in the Uuited States and the 
Canadas are hereby respectfully invited to send such 
number of delegates as they may deem expedient. 
Packages of fruit, not accompanied by its proprietor, 
may be addressed to the care of Messrs, John F Dair 
<fe Co., Lower Market street, Cincinnati, Ohio. These 
should be very distinctly marked “ For the American 
Pomological Congress.” 
Large Fleeces. —Mr. L. G. Collins writes us, under 
date of June 10th, ‘‘My improved Merino ram, 
sheared 17 lbs., and my yearlings, from 11 to 14J lbs., 
unwashed wool, which sold readily at 27 cents per 
pound.” 
The Journal of the New-York State Agricul¬ 
tural Society.— The Executive Committee of the 
New-York State Agricultural Society have long felt 
the necessity of some channel of communication, through 
which the proceedings of their monthly meetings could 
be fully given to the public. The space which has 
been liberally afforded them in the daily journals of 
this city, they duly appreciate, but the increase of the 
correspondence, and business of the society require 
much more room than they have any right to ask or 
expect from any of the daily papers of the city. They 
have decided to issue monthly, a journal of their pro¬ 
ceedings, in which will be contained the proceedings of 
the society and the executive committee, and such com¬ 
munications and articles of interest as are from time to 
time received. They will be enabled in this way to 
give much more fully than heretofore, matters inter¬ 
esting to farmers, which come before them, and to ob¬ 
tain by this means more extended circulation among 
all classes of community. The journal will be for¬ 
warded to the officers and correspondents of the soci¬ 
ety, state and county societies, to the agricultural pa¬ 
pers, and such other papers as may desire an exchange, 
on application to B. P. Johnson, Secretary of the Soci¬ 
ety, Albany, N. Y. 
Improved Stock for Nova Scotia. —In the month of 
June last, we had the pleasure of a call from James 
Irons, Esq., Secretary of the Nova-Scotia Agricultural 
Society. He was sent by this society, to the United 
States, for the purpose of procuring improved stock, 
farming implements, plants, seeds, (fee. Of the former, 
he selected one Ayrshire bull and three heifers, from 
Mr. Prentice, of Albany, N. Y., one Hereford bull and 
one heifer from Mr. Corning, of the same place, and 
one Devon bull of Mr. Buckminster, of Boston, 
Mass. He represents them all as fine animals of their 
kind. Mr. Irons looked over Mr. Sheafe’s stock of 
shorthorns, at New Hamburg, and was much pleased 
with them. He would have purchased some of these, 
but in justice to the public, after advertising them for 
sale, at auction, we could not withdraw anything from 
the herd. Mr. I. also purchased fourteen head of pigs, 
of the Suffolk and Essex breeds, of Mr. Stickney, of 
Boston, Mass.; and at different conservatories, green¬ 
house plants, <fec. We are always much pleased to 
welcome intelligent strangers among us, more espe¬ 
cially when they come here with the object of Mr Irons. 
We trust the stock will do well, and that the members 
of the Nova-Scotia Society, may find great benefit 
from the introduction of the above fine animals, <fec., 
among them. 
The Long Moss, that covers the forests of the south, 
has lately been applied to the manufacture of cotton 
bagging, by a process of preparation discovered by 
Colonel Moseley, of Mississippi. We have often won¬ 
dered that this strong, fibrous plant has not been put 
to some use besides stuffing mattresses and cushions, 
before this time. We hope this new application of 
such an abundant material may prove successful. 
Another New Variety of Poultry. —A bird nearly 
equalling the turkey in size and quality of flesh has 
lately been introduced from South America, called the 
curassow. We understand Mr. Colt, of Paterson, has 
some. They have been domesticated heretofore in 
Europe, but with what success, we are not inform¬ 
ed. 
Pine Apples in Florida. —The cultivation of the 
pine apple has been commenced in Florida; and, with 
a little protection occasionally in winter, it is believed 
this delicious fruit can be raised in that state in abun¬ 
dance. 
Sulphur on Onion Plants, it is said, will kill, or 
expel the little troublesome maggot. 
