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Editorial JVbtices. 



Vol. IX. 



EXTENSIVE SALE OF 



Improved Short-horned Cattle. 



Having become over-stocked, I find myself under the 

 necessity, for the first time, of publicly offering my 

 cattle for sale; and that the opportunity to purchase 

 fine animals may be made the more inviting, I propose 

 to put in my Entire Herd— such a herd of Improved 

 Short-horns as has never before, perhaps, been offered 

 by any individual in this country. The sale will em 

 brace about fifty animals. Bulls, Cows nnd Heifers; all, 

 either imported, or the immediate descendants of those 

 which were so, and of perfect pedigree. Those im 

 ported, were from several of the best stocks in Eng 

 land, selected either by myself or my friends. 



It is sometimes the practice at sales of this kind 

 where the interest involvgd is considerable, for the 

 proprietor to protect himself by bye bidders, or some 

 other kind of management, or for the owner to stop 

 the sale if offers do not come up to his expectations or 

 the requirements of his interest. Such practices have 

 a tendency to lessen the interest in public sales of this 

 character, especially with those who cannot attend 

 without considerable personal inconvenience. But in 

 this case, assurances are given that no disappointment 

 shall arise to the company from either of the causes 

 mentioned, and a good degree of confidence is felt that 

 there will be no dissatisfaction from the character of 

 the cattle themselves. They shall all be submitted to 

 the company, and sold at such prices as ftiey choose to 

 give, without any covert machinery, effort, or under- 

 standing with any persons; reserving to myself only 

 the privilege of bidding openly on three or four ani- 

 mals, which shall first be designated. This reservation 

 is made that I may not get entirely out of the stock of 

 some particular families which 1 highly esteem, and 

 that could not probably be replaced. 



A full catalogue will be prepared and inserted in the 

 May number of the Cultivator. 



The sale will take place at Mount Hope, one mile 

 south of the city of Albany, on Wednesday, the 25th 

 day of June ne.Tt, at 10 o'clock, A. M. 



E. P. PRENTICE. 



Mount Hope, near Albany, March lUtli, 1845. 



tC?" Gentlemen from a distance, who wish to obtain 

 stock at the above mentioned sale, and may find it in- 



convenient to attend in person, are informed that the 

 subscriber will make purchases for those by whom he 

 may be authorized. They can state the sum at which 

 bids should be limited, and if convenient, designate 

 the animals they would prefer; or give such general 

 instructions as they may deem proper, under the assu- 

 rance that they will be strictly adhered to. 



SANFORD HOWARD, 

 Cultivator Office, Albany, March ]5th, 1845. 



Particular attention is invited to the Sale of Ed- 

 ward Harris' Norman Horses, at Moorestown, New 

 Jersey. It is very rarely that farmers of the United 

 States can avail themselves of an opportunity for 

 the purchase of such stock. 



The quantity of rain which fell during the Fourth 

 month, 1845, was a little more than two inches and a 

 half 2.58 inches. 



Penn. Hospital, 5th mo. Ist. 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



To make good Butter page 297 



Electricity in Agriculture 298 



Cultivation of Celery 299 



Important to Pork raisers.— Manure.— Gypsum 

 for Stables.— Large Chests.— Subsoil Ploughs 301 



To improve the Soil.— Cranberries 302 



Pepper and Mustard 303 



Waste Manures 304 



Milking Cows,— Grafting Currants 305 



Importance of Manure 306 



Poultry Houses 307 



Culture of the Olive, Grape, &c.— A Humble 



Reading Room 303 



The Improved Safety Girdle.— Hatching double 



yolked Eggs 309 



Male and Female Strawberries 310 



Destruction of Grape-vines. — Potatoe Sugar.— 



Fruit Trees.— Malay Apple 311 



Saving Manures.— Silk Culture in Ohio. 312 



Order— Carefulness. 313 



Silk.— Disease of the Potatoe 316 



Inland Navigation in the West 317 



Sugar-cane in West Georgia. — To Sweeten Butter. 



Engrafting 318 



Culture of Indian Corn 319 



Soap-suds Compost.— Jump up Girls. — Butter. 322 



Safety in Thunder Storms.— Draining, &c. 323 



Lame School in Ireland 324 



Potatoes— New Varieties. — Editorial Notices. 325 



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