No. 1. 



AND GARDENER'S JOURNAL. 



dny, which eold for $180. In Jnniinry, 1840, she 

 e 565 quarts meneiired outi averngnig over 18 

 qimrie per day in ihe coldcot winter monih, nnd ihree 

 months niter i-he calved. Some dnys in that mont i 

 elio t,'>ivc 'JOJ quarts per day. She culvcd again in 

 Diceniber, 1840, anrt from the 17ih Deccinbe-, 1810, 

 to .'illy llih, 18 II, Cil~' d.nye,) she gnve ollO-! qiinrie 

 niilk, being II l-O quarts per dny lor seven.nioiithe, 

 which wns sold for i|llio,C~. Her milk is rich and 

 mnKcs dcliciou8 bntier. 



She IS fed on three pecks of sugar heels nnd cnr- 

 rois I'cr day. with good hay, and in the coldest weath- 

 er n bucket of warm water with a quart of shorts in it. 

 Djlly is remarkable for trnnsniitling her milking 

 qualities to her offspring. Three of bfir calves hnve 

 been raised here, nnd they are nil great milkers. One 

 of thcni, called the Countes?, gave Inst winter 14 qis. 

 di.y for some months after she calved, being lour 

 >-enrs old. I have a heiler from ber, ]5 months old. 

 ind n bull 1 1 months old from Dolly, both sired by 

 VVyccomet from Mr. Wells's stock. They are fine 

 iniinals, nnd 1 e.xpect to get n good stock from them. 



" Dolly's color is light red, with a few white spots. 

 . he has the line mellow skin, beautiful proportions, 

 md ninjestic mien, peculiar to the noble race from 

 vhencc she sprung." 



11. Cow. O. N. Breed, Lynn, 1841. This cow 



supposed to be one-tourth ol the Durham blood — 

 ri3e subj.iined is tjiven as her product : 



1839. April 15. I bought a cow 6 years old that 

 :ionth. 



15 days in April I took from the cow more than the 

 nlf received, 90 qts milk, 



lay 31 , 31 days, average 1 4 qts pr day, 434 " 

 une 30, 30 '• " 16 " " 480 " 



uly 31. 31 " " 13 " " 403 " 



i.ug.31,31 " " 13 " " 37-2 " 

 30, 30 " " II " " 330 " 

 let. 31, 31 " " 10 " " 300 " 



fov.30, 31 " " 10 " " 300 " 



>ee. 31, 31 " " 9 " ■' 279 " 



in. 31,31 " " 9 " " 279 " 



eb. 28, 23 " " 7 " . " 196 " 



larch 15, 15 days, 30 " 



3,.503 qts milk, 

 12 months ; cow calved April 10, 1840. 

 (Continued next month.) 



stock ; and that she hail at her very door, in her gyi> 

 sum nnd ILuc, the most sure elements of success. The 

 redeemed salt marshes on the shores of the Bay of 

 l''undy, converted by drainage nnd dyking into most 

 (irodnetiec mowing niid arable lands, have long been 

 celebrated as lunoiig Ihe finest triumphs of anrieultu- 

 ral skill. Potatoes likewise nnist always be ,a great 

 crop in the productions of this coundy. Their cool 

 and moist summers and their calcareous soil .are pecu- 

 liarly favorable to this plant; and we award to the 

 -Vova Seotian potatoes the palm of excellence above 

 all others, which we have eaten. We have chcerfnlly 

 paid a dollar a bushel for these " white blue noses" in 

 preference to buying our own at twenty-five cents, 

 rhe directions given in the 5th number of the Colo- 

 nial Farmer respecting the cuUivation of potatoes, 

 h.ive somewhat amused us, where it is advised to have 

 salmon lines stretched across the field, in order to 

 make the rows straight, &c. &c. This is a little too 

 much in the kid-glove style of agriculture. A good 

 Scotch ploughman, of which we know there is no 

 want in Nova Scotia, would with his plough open a 

 furrow for the planting in a tenth part of the time, as 

 straight .as any fishing line could be drawn even with 

 a spermaceti whale at one end of it. 



The paper is well got up. It is filled principally 

 with selected matter, which is well chosen. We, 

 though liable to the same charge, object strongly to the 

 size of the tyjje, as quite too small and crowded. 

 Much of a farmer's reading must be done in the even- 

 ing. He will be repulsed, when the type used is so 

 small as to try his eyes severely. We are of opinion 

 that in our anxiety to give our readers the worth of 

 their money, we crowd a great deal too much matter 

 into our periodicals. It is very much like filling a 

 liquid measure to overflowing for the sake of showina 

 that we are not mean, where all that runs over and of 

 course is spilled, impoverishes oureelves without ben- 

 efitting our customers. 



"The Orchardlsts' Companion." 



The tliree published numbers of tliis splendid work 

 have been received. It is quarterly, and each number 

 contains twelve colored hthographic plates, and more 

 than twice that number of pages of letter press. The 

 ditor and proprietor is A. Hofly, 41 Chesnut street, 

 Philadelphia. 



The figures of the fruits, as paintings, are the finest 

 that I have seen in any work of the kind. But as ac- 

 curate representations of individual varieties, they are 

 deficient, especially with regard to coloring. As this 

 part of the work is doubtless committed to other hands, 

 It should receive tlie more careful supervision of the 

 editor, or every copy may lUffer from the original, and 

 from other copies. Except this care is taken, engra- 

 vings will lose in correctness all they gain in splendor, 

 iiy coloring. So.-ne old acquamtances represented in 

 the work, I should hardly have recognized, as for in- 

 stance, the Washington plum, Prince's Yellow Har- 

 vest, and the Early York peach; while others, as the 

 Peach Apricot, and Black Tartarian cherry, are admi- 

 rably executed in every point of view. But other 

 copies D'.ay vary. All the fruits are represented with 

 the branch and leaves, and arc drawn with much taste. 

 But the reader must not c xpeet to see equal taste in the 

 written part of the work, which however contains 

 many valuable remarks, wluch arc accampanied with 

 some excellent original communications. 



To represent fruit in such a manner as to assist in 

 identifying the varieties, such only for copying should 

 be selected, as are a imavnage of fine specimens ; and 

 not, as In the present instance, the very finest that 

 could be found. This may be one reason why some 

 old well known fruits appear so dilferently from wh.it 

 we are accustomed to see, when they arc only in their 

 aewniui, every-Uay iie«. 



But with all its inaccuries, the work is a noble effort 

 in the cause of American Horticulture, and no amateur 

 should be without it. Its cheapness, considering its 

 style of execution, is worthy of conunendation. The 

 best edition, each number containing twelve colored 

 phtc-s, is seven dollars a year. 'The secondary edition, 

 each number containing only three colored jjlate, but 

 otherwise identical with the best, is three dollars aycar. 

 The first furnishes the plates for about fourteen, the 

 latter for twenty-five cents, each, and the letter press 

 besides. J. J. T. 



New-York State Agricultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the New-York State Agri- 

 cultural Society will be held at the Lecture Room of 

 the Young Men's Association, in the Exchange, in the 

 city of Albany, on Wednesday, the 19th of January, 

 1812, at 10 o'clock, A. M. The annual Address, by 

 (he President of the Society, Joel B. Nott, Esq., 

 will bedehvered in the Assembly Chamber of the Cap- 

 itol, on the evening of the same day. 



On the day precceding the annual meeting, (Jan. 19,) 

 the Exhibition of Butter and Cheese, together with 

 samples of Field Crops, will be held in room No. 10, 

 second floor of the Exchange, at wtt<eU place must be 

 deposited, before 9 o'clock, A. M., all ptrrccls offered 

 for premimns, together with the statements required by 

 the regulations heretofore published ; and .at lOo'clock, 

 A. M., the several viewing committees will commence 

 the performance of Uieir duties. The following are 

 the committees : 



On Bii>ler—A\ex. Walsh and G. E. Richards of 

 Rensselaer, Robert Denniston of Orange, M. D. Bur- 

 nett of Onondaga, and J. M. Sherwood of Cayuga. 



0>i Cheese— C. N. Bcment and E. R. Satterlee of 

 Albany, John Caldwell of Orange, Benj. P. Johnson 

 of Oneida, and Samuel Perry of New York. 



On Wlieat, Rye, and Barkij — Anthony Van Ber- 

 gen of Greene, Rawson Harmon, jr. of Monroe, Or- 

 ville Hungerford of Jeflerson, William Parsons of Ni- 

 agara, and William A. S. North, of Schcnectada. 



Onliulian Corn, Oats, and Pais — Henry V. Grove 

 and Henry Holmes of Wasliington, Howell Gardner 

 of Saratoga, Pomeroy Jones of Oneida, and Joseph 

 Hastings of Rensselaer. 



On Root Crops — ^J. P. Beekman of Coliunhia, Fran- 

 cis Rotch of Otsego, G. V. Sacket of Seneca, John 

 Sanford of Onond.iga, and L. B. Langworthy of 

 Monroe. 



The above named committees are requested to meet 

 at the office of fhe Recording Secretaiy, (Cultivator 

 office,) at 9 o'clock^ A. M., on the 18th, at which time 

 the Executive Committee will proceed to fill any va- 

 cancies which may occur. 



LUTHER TUCKER, Rec. Sec'y. 



5^ Editors throughout the state are requested to 

 publish the above. 



The American Almanac and Repository of 

 Useful Knowledge, for the year 1843. 



Boslwi; published by David H. WUUains. New-York t 



Collins, Kiise,and Company. 



It wotjd be difficult to name a more useful book 

 than this. It contains all the usual astronomical cal- 

 culations in any Almanac, together with a great 

 amount of other most valuable information of a statis- 

 tical, political and general character, in relation to this 

 country and the world. This number, the l3th, and 

 the third of the New Series, contains the Agricultural 

 returns obtained by tlte Marshalls in taking the last 

 census. They cannot be reUed upon as very accu- 

 rate; but as being as near an approach to accuracy as 

 can be expected. No man of intelligence, who is in 

 the world and means to remain so ought to be without 

 this book on their tables. As to those who choote tc 

 live as the bears pass their winters, we have nothing 

 t»>Nty. 



