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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
New York, as well as much from the pens of the most 
devoted cultivators of agricultural knowledge, will justify 
frequent reference and citation hereafter. The officers of 
this flourishing Society, and especially its indefatigable 
Secretary, have had large experience in commanding the 
best talent in this and other countries to aid them in pro- 
moting agriculture. They wisely use only thhe soundest 
materials in getting up their annual volume of Transac- 
tions : and in this way, make it an object of interest to 
nearly all the learned societies of Europe, and at the same 
time, a matter of just pride to the intelligent farmers of 
the State under whose fostering care and patronage it is 
issued. Cultivated and applied common sense always 
gives strength and stability to an institution. Men honor 
and elevate themselves so long as they honor and ele- 
vate the true interests of agriculture If. is only by forget- 
ting all mere personal feelings, and hdmring for the com- 
mon good of all, that man rises to the dignity of a superi- 
or being, lo combine the wisdom of many minds in a 
book that may be read and understood by all, is an art 
that very few possess. Mr. Johnson has sbov/n in the 
seventeenth volume published by the N, Y. State Agricul- 
tural Society, that he has not long studied and practiced 
this profljund art, without profit. It is a little more im- 
portant to know what to keep out of such a work than to 
learn where to And suitable matter for insertion. Our 
rural literature is sadly damaged by the profuse publica- 
tion of crude ideas, and false conclusions in reference to 
tillage and husbandry. Thousands undertake to teach 
principles in a profession, which they have never studied 
with due cave and diligence in order to reach the truth. In- 
deed, we are ali too apt to forget what Lord Bacon taught 
three centuries ago, to this effect : “That Science can only 
grow by the observation of individual factsY Nothing, 
therefore, can be gained by premature generalizations ; 
and the volume before us is by no means free froin the 
common error cf ardent minds which sometimes jump 
far to reach a sought for conclusion. L. 
The House: A Pocket Manual of Rural Architecture; or, 
Ho\v to Build Dwellings, Barns, Stables, and Out Build- 
ings of all kinds. With a chapter on Churches and 
School Houses, &c. Price, post paid, paper cover, 30 
cents; muslin, bound, 50 cents. Fowler & Wells, 
publishers, 308 Broadway, New York 
This little treatise contains a great deal of valuable in- 
formation on all subjects connected with Rural Architec- 
ture, and may be very profitably consulted by all who in- 
tend to build. It furnishes designs and plans of every 
description, from a smoke house to a modern villa, and 
will be found very interesting even to the general reader. 
We give samples of the illustrations, in present number of 
the Cultivator^ and can honestly recommend it as worth 
many times the price asked for it. Address Fowler & 
Wells, as above. 
Domestic Anim.'.ls: A new Pocket Manual of Cattle, 
Horse and Sheep Husbandry ; or, How to Breed and 
Rear the various tenants of the Barn Yard, &c. Price, 
p.aper, 30 cents ; cloth, 50 cents. Fowler &• Wells, 
308 Broadway, New York. 
In the absence ofa more elaborate and complete work 
on Domestic Animals, the above will be found a use- 
ful compendium and ; and every person at 
all interested in domestic animals can well afford the very 
moderate price at which it is offered. Address Fowler 
& WT:LLs,-.as above. 
Proceedings of the Seventh Session of the Ameri- 
c.AN PoMOLOGiCAL SOCIETY, held in the city of New 
York, September 14, 15 & 16, 1858. Published by the 
Society. 1858. j 
This volume contains 264 pages, comprising the Ad- 
dress- of President Wilder; names cf Delegates and 
Members; Officers, Committees, &c ; a General Report of 
the Discussions on the merits of different Fruits ; Consti- 
tut'on and Bye-Laws of the Society; Reports from the 
different States, &c., &c. Also, the foliowing papers, 
read before the Society : “Fruit Grawing, in a General 
Point of Vew,” bj'- L .. E. Berckmans; “Adaptation of 
Varieties of Pearsjo Soils and Localities,” by T. "W. Field ; ^ 
“Fruit Culture,” by J. J. Thomas; “The Poraological * 
Resources of the South,” by D, Redmond, &c. We are ’ 
much obliged to our friend. Field, the able Secretary, 
for the copy before us, and will give our readers some ex- 
tracts from it hereafter, 
“The Democratic Age,” is the title of a monthly 
m igazine, devoted to “Statesmanship, Science, Art, Litera- ■ 
ture and Progress.” It is edited with much ability by C. 
Edwards Lester, and published by R. Edwards & Co., 
No. 41 Park Row, New York, at S'3.50 per year, in ad- 
vance. We give a specimen article from the Age in pre- 
sent number [Champagne Wine] and, throwing all politi- 
cal bearings out of the, estimate, find not a little in the , 
woxk that is genial and readable. 
The CiNCiNNATUS is a capita! journal pfScientific Agri- 
culture, Horticulture, &c , &c.,' published at College Hill, | 
W. H. Ongley, at ^2 per annum, in advance. We have 1 
before noticed. this periodical v/ith favor, and always find { 
in it much to interest and please us, 
TANBARK AS RIANURE. 
. 
Werever tanbark has been partly rotted, and especi- 
ally where it contains the trimmings of bides, shavings 
and schivings of leather, and refuse lime, it is often a 
valuable manure. Bark just from the tan vats is not fit to f 
act at once as a fertilizer, or as food for agricultural plants. 
The tannic and other acids it is likely to contain is like- 
ly to injure growing crops. The best way to use it, as 
a general practice is to dry it at the tanyard, and put it 
in stables for horses, cows other stock to stand and lie f 
upon, so as to have their liquid exci’etions absorbed by | 
the dry bark, The chemical changes first commenced by 
the urine, will extend to the constituents of the bark, and ’ 
both the latter and the former, as well as the solid excre- 
crements, if prcseiT^- will form a rich compost applicable 
to any soil. Where one has no horses or other stock, then 
lime or ashes ought to be mixed with spent bark to cor- 
rect acidity, and improve the quality of the vegetable mass. 
The soluble salts in leached bark are dissolved out in the 
tan vat Saussure found 7 per cent of sJablo mineral 
