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editor’s table. 
(£bitor’s Qlabie. 
Retail Provision Market. —Our readers will 
find a new, and as we think, a highly useful and in¬ 
teresting addition to our wholesale Price Current, at 
page 165, of this number. If it finds favor with them, 
we shall continue it throughout the year. 
State of Vegetation in New York. —On the 
1st of April, the weeping willow hurst its buds, and on 
the 15th was nearly in full le; f. From the 8th to 
the 12th, the apricot, peach, white poplar, elm, and 
red-flowered maple, were in bloom. On the 11th, a 
horse chestnut, in Trinity Church Yard, was in leaf. 
On the 7th, the lilac, privet, and larch were begin¬ 
ning to unfold their leaves. 
Loss of Col. Sherwood’s Barn by Fire. —We 
learn with much regret, that the large barn and am¬ 
ple range of stables attached to it, of Col. J. M. Sher¬ 
wood, of Auburn, took fire the past month, and were 
totally consumed, together with a considerable quan¬ 
tity of hay, grain, &c. As this happened in the after¬ 
noon, when nearly all the stock were turned out in 
the yards, to take fresh air, they were all saved. Col. 
S. had just completed an ample range for feeding up¬ 
wards of one hundred head of fat cattle, and as his 
stock accommodations otherwise w'ere quite ample, he 
suffers a great loss, which we the more regret, as he 
is one of the most enterprising farmers in western 
New York, and has done much for the past ten years 
in i-earing and diffusing improved stock of all 
kinds in that section of the country. We sincerely 
hope this loss mav be made good to him, shortly, in 
some way. 
The Norman Horse, Louis-Philippe. —We had 
the pleasure of examining this superb young stud, ac¬ 
companied by his owner, Mr. Robert B. Howland, on 
the 15th of March last, when on his way from New 
Jersey to Union Springs, Cayuga county, N. Y., 
where he is to stand, for the purposes of breeding, 
during the ensuing season. In our next number, we 
hope to be able to give his pedigree and history, illus¬ 
trated by a portrait. 
Stilton Cheese. —At a late meeting of the Ex¬ 
ecutive Committee, of the New York State Agricultu¬ 
ral Society, a sample of “ Stilton cheese” was receiv¬ 
ed from L. F. Allen, President of the society, made 
by Mr. Henry Parsons, of Guelph, Canada West, which, 
in the opinion of said committee, w r as of a superior 
quality. We have received some from the same source, 
and had it tried among our friends, who all agree that 
it is equal to any they have ever imported direct from 
Europe. 
A Novel Sight. —A few weeks ago, our attention 
was drawn to a crowd in this city, which had gather¬ 
ed around a waggon load of common land tortoises, 
some 600 or 700 in number, varying in size from the 
bigness of a boy’s hand up to that of a horse’s foot. 
On inquiry, as to the uses to which they were to be 
applied, we found that they were chiefly purchased by 
boys, at 12g to 25 cents each, to be kept in gardens 
and yards, as pets, and for frightening off rats and de¬ 
vouring insects and worms. In winter, they are taken 
into the cellar, where they live in a torpid state, and 
are returned into the garden again in the spring. 
The Pictorial History of England ; being a 
History of the People, as well as of the Kingdom. 
Illustrated with Several Hundred Wood Cuts of Monu¬ 
mental Records; Coins; Civil and Military Costume ; 
Domestic Buildings, Furniture, and Ornaments ; Ca¬ 
thedrals and Other Great Works of Architecture; 
Sports and Other Illustrations of Manners ; Mechani¬ 
cal Inventions; Portraits of Kings and Queens; and 
Remarkable Historical Scenes. By George L. Craik 
and Charles Macfarlane assisted by numerous Con¬ 
tributors. New York: Harper and Brothers. The 
fourth and last volume of this splendid work has been 
issued, which completes the series. It is comprised 
in four large octavo volumes, of about 875 pages each, 
neatly got up, handsomely printed, and may be had at 
the bookstores for $14. This may seem rather an ex¬ 
travagant price to some ; but when they consider the 
immense expense bestowed upon its preparation 
($250,000) , its intrinsic worth as an authentic re¬ 
cord ; and, being as it is, the most valuable, and the 
only history of England ever published, that is adapt* 
ed to the taste and wants of the American people, it 
cannot be regarded otherwise than cheap. 
Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Moun¬ 
tains. By George F. Ruxton, Member of the Royal 
Geographical Society, at London. New York : Har¬ 
per and Brothers, pp. 312, 12mo. Price 75 cents. 
Those who wish to know something of the soil, cli¬ 
mate, and inhabitants of the provinces which divide 
Mexico from Arkansas, forming, also, an eastern fron¬ 
tier to California, we would advise to read this inter¬ 
esting book. Mr. Ruxton rode from Vera Cruz, 
through. Mexico, soon after the commencement of the 
late war, wintering on the Rocky Mountains, and ex¬ 
tending his journey, in the spring, to California ; and 
thence to New York, by the v\my of the great lakes. 
This work abounds in the wildest adventures, often 
terrific and dangerous in the extreme, and conveys, in 
a graphic manner, a vast amount of useful information, 
not to be found in any other publication. 
Analysis of the Corn Plant. —We are happy 
to learn that Mr. R. L. Colt, of Paterson, N. J., in¬ 
spired by the love of his country’s good, has employed 
Dr. C. T. Jackson, of Boston, to make complete analy¬ 
ses of several varieties of Indian corn, including the 
stalk, leaves, shucks, kernel, cob, &c., with the view 
of ascertaining their comparative value as food for stock. 
Transplanting Evergreens. —Evergreens, if 
transplanted in dry, bright weather, are apt to die, be¬ 
cause the action of dry air and bright light upon their 
leaves robs them of their fluids faster than the wound¬ 
ed roots can replace them. But, if transplanted in 
damp, cloudy weather, they are saved from this risk, 
and have time to renew their roots before the hour of 
danger. Hence, the spring of the year, in our cli¬ 
mate, is regarded as the proper time for transplanting; 
for, generally, w r e have more or less wet weather 
during the months of April and May. 
Transactions of the Agricultural Societies 
of Massachusetts, for 1847, have been received, 
an extended notice of which, will appear in our next. 
Oats Wanted. —A day or two since an animal 
having the appearance of being a horse, but which 
looked like a skeleton, covered with a collapsed hide, 
was observed by a wag of a boy, who pasted a plaster 
upon its side, on which w r as daubed in large letters, 
“ Wanted, a peck of oats. Inquire within.”— Ex¬ 
change Paper. 
Recipe for the Galloping Consumption. —In 
Varlo’s “ New System of Husbandry,” published in 
Philadelphia, in 1785, the following is stated to be an 
infallible remedy for the galloping consumption:— 
Take half a pound of raisins of the sun, stoned; a 
quarter of a pound of figs ; a quarter of a pound of 
honey ; half an ounce of Lucatellu’s balsam ; half an 
ounce of powder of steel; half an ounce of flour of 
elecampane; a grated nutmeg; one pound of double- 
refined sugar, pounded ; shred and pound all these in 
a mortar ; pour into it a pint of sallet oil by degrees , 
eat a bit of it, four times a day, the bigness of a nut¬ 
meg ; every morning drink a glass of old Malaga sack, 
with the yolk of a new-laid egg, and as much flour of 
brimstone as will lie upon a six-pence; the next 
morning as much flour of elecampane, alternately; 
and if this will not cure you, the Lord have mercy up* 
on you. [!!] 
