EDITORS TABLE. 
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QHMtors' Sable. 
American Pomological Congress. — It should 
have been stated in our November number that the 
American Institute very liberally fitted up the room at 
Castle Garden in which the American Pomological 
Congress held their late meetings, at an expense of 
some $75, and tendered the use thereof to said Con- 
gress, free of charge. 
A Gratifying Premium. — Among the list of pre- 
miums awarded by the Fairfield, (Connecticut,) county 
Agricultural Society, held at Bridgeport on the 10th 
and 11th October, we find the following : — 
" To A. B. Allen & Co., of New York, greatest 
and best assortment of Agricultural, Horticultural, 
and Garden Tools, including plows, cultivators, corn- 
sheller, straw cutter, garden engine, garden tool chest, 
patent folding ladder, Agricultural Books, &c, $25 and 
a Diploma." 
We are much obliged to theFairfield-County Socie- 
ty for its appreciation of the merits of our implements ; 
but as we did not exhibit them for the purpose of 
gaining money, we hereby tender the twenty-five dol- 
lars awarded us, to the society, with the request that 
it will distribute the same among its own citizens in 
premiums next year. It is quite gratification enough 
for us to have the honor of receiving a premium, 
without taking the money for it. 
The British Review and Blackwood's Maga- 
zine. — For notice and terms of these able and excel- 
lent periodicals, see advertisement. 
Michigan State Agricultural Society. — The 
first exhibition of this society was held at Detroit, in 
the last week of September, and proved highly succes- 
ful. Over twenty thousand persons were present, and 
the receipts were rising $3,000. This is highly satis- 
- factory for a first exhibition in so new a state, and 
shows that the spirit of agricultural improvement is 
abroad. 
Experiments in Applying Guano to Potatoes. — 
The Maryland Farmers, the past year, have tried vari- 
ous experiments in planting potatoes with guano, and 
find that when it is put on top of the hill or drill, 
and slightly covered with earth, the yield is much 
greater than when placed at the bottom of the hill. 
Mortality Among Calves, to an alarming extent 
prevails on Black River, in Louisiana, that cannot be 
accounted for. So says the Concordia Intelligencer. 
The animals are smitten, as with a plague, and sink 
down in an instant. No remedy as yet has been dis- 
covered. 
Potato Rot. — We learn that the rot has shown it- 
self in the vicinity of Newburgh, New York, to con- 
siderable extent. It is the " wet rot" and attacks the 
potatoes after they have been some time dug. 
Whiskey Trade of Cincinnati. — The whiskey 
trade of Cincinnati is enormous. During the com- 
mercial year of 1847-8, there were 170,436 barrels 
exported. During the year of 1848-9, the imports 
were 186,509 — exports 136,941 barrels. — Exchange. 
Ladies in the Ascendent. — At the Bourbon, Ken- 
tucky, Agricultural Fair, held last month, Mrs. Chap- 
man Coleman, daughter of Governor Crittenden, re- 
ceived the premium a $100 silver cup, for the best 
silk quilt, made with her own hands. 
Good Crops. — At the Sullivan County Agricultural 
Society's Meeting, the President reported that Mr. 
Wm. H. Cawford raised 100 bushels, 1 peck, 1 quart, 
and 1 pint of shelled corn per acre. Mr. J. P. Jones 
raised over 195 bushels of ears per acre, at a net pro- 
fit of $40.12 ; others from 80 to 90 bushels of shelled 
corn. Mr. Joseph Lounsbury grew 41 bushels and 7 
quarts rye to the acre ; others 31 to 41 bushels. Mr. 
Charles Smith raised 56| bushels of oats per acre, 
weighing 35 lbs. per bushel. Mr. Jonathan Hoyt 
raised over 50 bushels buckwheat per acre, at a net 
profit of $18.20. Mr. S. Wheeler raised at the rate of 
354 bushels of potatoes per acre. Turnip and other 
crops were equally good. This shows that not only 
large but profitable crops can be raised, whenever the 
farmers please to set about it in right good earnest. 
Signs of Rain. — The air, when dry, I believe, re- 
fracts more red, or heat-making rays; and as dry air 
is not perfectly transparent, they are again reflected in 
the horizon. I have generally observed a coppery or 
yellow sunset to foretell rain , but as an indication of 
wet weather approaching, nothing is more certain than 
a halo round the moon, which is produced by the pre- 
cipitated water ; and the larger the circle, the nearer 
the clouds, and consequently the more ready to fall. — 
S. H. Davy. 
Peaches from Plum Trees. — Mr. W. D. Beach, 
of Livingston, New York has raised some delicious 
specimens of peaches, taken from a grafted wild horse 
plum tree, which is perfectly hardy. One peach is 
ten inches in circumference. This is the second 
year that the graft has produced peaches. — Exchange. 
How to Stop Gullies. — Begin at one side of the 
gully, at a distance to which the water cannot rise, 
and drive down a short stake. Carry a row of stakes, 
thus driven in across the gully to an equal distance on 
the other side. Let the stakes be near enough to each 
other to admit of wattling. Then wattle them with 
brush. Pine brush is the best, because it more com- 
pletely intercepts the sand. The water will pass 
through the brush, but the mould will be detained, and 
your land saved. Several of these rows should be run 
across the gullies, at proper distances from top to bot- 
tom. — South Carolinian. 
Delaware Mutton. — The Baltimore Patriot says : 
— " The splendid sheep exhibited at the late Agricul- 
tural Fair, by Mr. C. B. Reybold, of Delaware, was 
yesterday served up to the guests of the Eutaw House. 
The sheep weighed 274 lbs. " on the foot," and when 
killed and dressed, 178j lbs. It received the premium 
for the best mutton at the fair. Mr. Jackson, the 
proprietor of the Eutaw, purchased it for 20 cents 
a pound, and it was yesterday cooked, dressed, and 
eaten, and was by every one of the hundreds who par- 
took of it pronounced most excellent mutton. Never 
had a sheep more encomiums bestowed upon him, and 
were it to be presumed to be curious of such things, 
it would rejoice now in knowing, that it was more 
honored in its death than any of its tribe ever was be- 
fore." 
California Farming. — We have hitherto heard 
only of gold from California — from the following, we 
judge we shall speedily hear of farming in that far off 
region — " A few miles below this place, there is a man 
by the name of Swartz, who has a farm on the river, 
18 miles by 3. He came here in 1841, and obtained 
this farm as a gift from the Mexican government. I 
saw about 16 acres of it, covered with potatoes, cab- 
bages, beans, corn, &c, the worth of which, he tells 
me, is twenty thousand dollars, a»d that he can sell 
his produce faster than he can raise it, at the follow- 
ing prices, viz. : — potatoes $1 per lb ; water melons $2 
each; corn, 8 ears for $1 ; cucumbers, 6 for $1." If 
one fourth of the persons who have gone to California 
to dig gold had gone to digging the soil and raising 
food, they would have made probably four times the 
amount of net profits they will now realize. They 
will be wiser in time ; and we shall probably hear, 
another season, of large quantities of fertile land 
brought into successful and profitable cultivation. 
Enclose new flannel in a bag ; put it into a boiler 
with cold water ; heat and boil it. It will never 
shrink any more after this operation, and should then 
be made up into garments. — Maine Farmer. 
