The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1843-09-15
Literary Notices.

{ The New MIRRoR-Fuer IL Co., New York -
The number for Saturday. the 10Th instant is an
exceedingly good number. The Recolec tons Of
John Randolph Of Roanoake, continue as amu.lng
as ever; and Shakspeare's imaginary conversation
with the Earl OF Southampton, is paper OF grea,
merit. We feel a reluctance to deprive our readers
of the qualification wblcha perusal of WilIis's con-
tribution on Moore and Barry Cornwall would az
ford, bnt it is too long for columns to-day But
to enumerate all the gems in this number we must
copy the the table of contents entire, and we do not
wonder that new series is found necessary.
CATHOLIC FAMILY BIBLE adlier, New York -
This Is Fart OF republication oil the Holy Bible,
translated from the Latin Vulgate, with the appro-
baton OF Bishop Hughes.
CYCLorGDIA OF BIBLICAL observation-disclosures
New York.-Part IL. establishes the high charac-
ter OF this work.
The AMERICAN POULTRY Book Harper Il Bro
theirs, New York. This is neat volume, whose
contents are practical treatise on the management
of domestic poultry. This book, which comes
highly recommended, must be very valuable II It's
motto be true that a very considerable part of all
the property OF every nation consists OF its domes
Gated ANIMALS" There is much curious matter IN
the following extract, which we make from its in
troductory chapter -
The importance this SUBJECT in pecuniary point Of
view, to ourown country has suspect been little OPP
preciaed 1t will be better understood when refer to
the agricultural statistics of the United States as furnish
ed by the latest published namely that oflsio
1t should, however be borne in mind. that the returns
from North Carolina Kentucky, Michigan, Florida, and
Wisconsin, are incomplete, and not included in this
list.
paluoof
The poultry.
Northern States, Sii756i6
Middle States, i0s53i2
Southern and Western States and Territories, 3sa
Total, $loeaa6io
Tito this we add the supposed value from the omitted
States and Territories have for the whole Union
total value in poultry exceeding twelve millions Of dol
lars The Importance OF this subject becomes ap
parent take Single state and compare the value OF
its poultry with that of its other animal products By the
census appears the tn. State of New York the
value of the poultry 81 373O29 This lis than
equal to hafhe value OF its sheep the entire value OF its
neat cattle end very nearly five times greater than the
value Of all its horses aud mules
The importance of climate in rearing poultry may be
farther inferred from the following iacts gathered from
the same We will take certain district in the
northern eastern of the Union where the
climate is cold and damp and compare it with district
ofnearly equal population in the Southern States
Thus for example the States OF Maine, New Hampshire
and Vermont nearly equal in population to those OF
South Carolina and Alabam and yet the value OF pou
try in the first only equals $39746o while in the second
the value the poultry amounts to 81 4l9Sl4. In the
Western States. fowls prolific that eggs
monty sold at the OF 80 cents bushe estimated to
contain forty five Dozen
At subsequent page, however, we have still fur
Their statistics, and much more interesting nforma-
ton than expected to find on such subject
From page 1928, we make the subJoined extract:
To those who keep but few fowls, which left to
shift for and who satisfied with their pro-
duce whether eggs chickens provided they have no
trouble about hem the following remarks will have but
little interest. We propose to offer few remarks the
keeping of fowls article of profit and the value Of
their products That this in the aggregate mus be very
considerable one can entertain the least doubt and
the amount ofcspta invested in the United States in this
apparently branch oil domestic industry
great II ia will be evid mt from the following alb
stract from the made by the of s40 eXhb
ing the total value of all poultry in the various States
of he