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pansion of gaseous matters arising from the decom¬ 
position of the oil, and the grain is completely evo- 
luted and folded back, or turned inside out. This 
property, continued he, is remarkably strong in the 
pop corn, and is common, in a greater or less de¬ 
gree, in all kinds of corn that abound in oil ; but 
those varieties destitute of a horny covering, as the 
" Tuscarora, and white flour corn, will not pop under 
jyiy circumstances whatever. 
Recipe for making Corn Bread .—The Committee 
appointed to select the best recipes for cooking and 
nreparing Indian corn for food, obtained from Jud- 
son’s Hotel, No. 61 Broadway, one of the best 
oublic houses in New York, the following direc- 
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tions for making^corn bread, which they specially 
recommended to public attention :— 
Take 1 quart of sour milk, add the beaten yolks 
of 8 eggs, and a handful of Indian meal, briskly 
stirring the mixture while adding the meal. To this 
add a little salseratus, 2 tablespoonfuls of melted 
butter, and stir in alternately the'beaten white of the 
eggs, and a sufficient quantity of meal to form a 
smooth batter of the consistency of hasty pudding. 
Then quickly turn the mixture into well buttered 
tins, and bake in a brisk oven. The time required 
for baking will depend upon the size and thickness 
of the bread. For smaller parcels one-half or one- 
fourth of the above-named materials may be used. 
Cultivators are of various kinds; we 
could enumerate at least twenty. The 
general form of them, however, is essen¬ 
tially the same, the greatest variations being 
in the teeth. Of these some are made of a 
triangular flat shape, like those represented 
in our cut; others like a small hoe blade or 
chisel, with sharp edges at the sides as well 
as at the front; others again with reverse 
teeth, which, when the point of one end is 
worn off, can be turned and used at the 
other end. In addition to these, coulter or 
harrow teeth are frequently added, and 
sometimes the two hind teeth are made like 
a plowshare, to throw the soil to or from the crops 
as desired, while the middle teeth stir the earth 
effectually, and cut up the weeds between the rows. 
The cultivator should always be made to expand 
and contract at pleasure, so as to accommodate 
itself to different widths of space between the rows. 
One kind may expand from 2$ to 5 feet or more, 
another from l\ to 3 feet. They are admirable 
implements to stir the ground and destroy the 
weeds, and for these purposes they will do the 
work of two or three plows. They are absolutely 
indispensable on the farm and plantation, and in 
the garden. 
The celebrated Tull was the first who used culti¬ 
vators to any extent. He contended that repeated 
stirrings of the earth were equivalent to manuring 
it; and in triumphant evidence of this, he pointed 
to a poor field where he had grown crops for thir¬ 
teen years without manure, or summer fallowing, 
or plowing in a single green crop to fertilize it; and 
yet his last crops were the best. He even sowed 
wheat and other grain in drills or rows so wide 
apart as to be able to work the cultivator between 
them, and thus obtained on a poor soil 48 bushels 
per acre! 
We have recently greatly improved our cultiva¬ 
tors by strongly iron bracing the handles to the 
timbers, and lengthening and setting them more 
slanting. This gives the operator greater power 
over the implement, and makes it easier managing 
it. A wheel is set on to the end of the cultivator 
or not, as desired. This is useless in very uneven 
or rocky ground; but when the surface is tolerably 
smooth it is very desirable, as it makes the culti¬ 
vator move easier and steadier, and with it the teeth 
can be exactly gauged, to work the ground any re¬ 
quired depth. 
Cultivator.—Fig. 48. 
The price varies from $5 to $8, according to the 
size and the number and kinds of teeth required 
in it. 
The Hand Cultivator. —This is made entirely of 
iron, except the handle, and will expand from 10 to 
18 inches. It is a very useful implement in the 
garden for clearing out the rows of beets, carrots, 
parsnips, and indeed everything sowed in drills, 
raking up beds, &c. It will do the work of four 
men at least. Price $3. 
Long Island PIorticultural Society. —This 
Society has been recently organized under highly 
favorable auspices, and holds its first semi-annual 
exhibition on the 11th and 12th of this month, 
commencing at 10, A. M., and closing at 10, P. 
M. There will doubtless be a rich and varied dis¬ 
play of fruits and flowers, and we hope all who 
are interested in such shows will make it a point to 
attend, and exhibit as much as is in their power. 
Extra lines of stages and steamboats will ply be¬ 
tween this city and Flushing during the days of 
exhibition, for the accommodation of those wishing 
to attend. Messrs. Wm. W. Yalk, Kobert B. Par¬ 
sons, and G. Winter, of Flushing, are the commit¬ 
tee of arrangements. 
Suffolk Hogs. —Mr. William Stickney, of 
Boston, Mass., some time since sent us three of 
his delicious pork hams, made from the Suffolk 
breed of pigs, one of which we presented to the 
American Agricultural Association, and one to the 
Farmers’ Club of the American Institute, nicely 
boiled and garnished. They were discussed both 
mentally and physically, and pronounced to be su¬ 
perior to anything of the kind ever tasted. The 
third ham was presented to the New York Lunatic 
