The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . eir entire estates into a condition of profit-able fertility; and while this would be goingon, they would find, by the increase of ma-nure applied to their corn-land, and attentionto its culture, that their crops would great fault with us is, that we attemptto achieve too much; and owing to that cir-cumstance, fail of achieving anything worthyof the character of good farmers. Largecorn-fields unmanured and half tended, re-flect no credit, and give no profit to theirowners.—Am. Far. We have to notice the publication of The Diaryfor 184


The Farmers' cabinet, and American herd-book . eir entire estates into a condition of profit-able fertility; and while this would be goingon, they would find, by the increase of ma-nure applied to their corn-land, and attentionto its culture, that their crops would great fault with us is, that we attemptto achieve too much; and owing to that cir-cumstance, fail of achieving anything worthyof the character of good farmers. Largecorn-fields unmanured and half tended, re-flect no credit, and give no profit to theirowners.—Am. Far. We have to notice the publication of The Diaryfor 1842, a book of memorandmn which no farmer oughtto be without. It is for sale at the Farmers Cabinetoffice. No. 50 north Fourth street: price 50 cents. Itcontains an almanack, and 144 pap;os ruled and headedwith the day of the week and month, inviting a regularentry of the weather, the daily occurrences that takeplace, with other memoranda that might form a valu-able record for future examination and reference.—Ed. No. 6. The Irish Greyhound. THE IRISH GREYHOUND, This exquisite specimen of the ability of our engraver, is a correct copy of that chef-dteuvre of art, the IrishGrevhol-nd, painted from the life by Reinagle, and engraved by Scott. It is given in our pages for the purposeot introducing to the notice of agriculturists generally, and to those esptcially whose residences are remotetrom neighbourhoods an invaluable appendage to their household establishments. With courage to attack,and strength to pull down the deer, the wolf, or the midnight marauder, this noble animal possesses a fleetnessand agility to and pick up the fox or the rabbit ; while his docility and faithfulness render him thesafeguard of the farmers family at home, when business calls him to a distance abroad. He is an excellentsporting companion ; and thus his owner is often induced to remain at home in his business, instead of seek-Jng abroad an , which so many of his neighbours purs


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