editors’ table. 
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To Correspondents.— Whoever writes us a good arti¬ 
cle of a page or more in length, shall be entitled to the 
Agriculturist one year gratis. All articles required to 
be inserted in a particular number, should be sent one 
month in advance. 
Mr. Solon Robinson is now in the vicinity of Charles¬ 
ton, South Carolina, where he can be addressed. 
Erratum. —By some inadvertency, we overlooked an 
error in the article on Dwarf Pears, at p. 18 in our 
January number. Instead of $26.60, it should have 
read $266. It is thought that this additional item 
would be covered by the proceeds of the crop, before 
the end of the tenth year. 
The English-Farmer’s Herald for December, copies 
a half page from the Agriculturist without credit. The 
article is entitled, “Potash for Agricultural Purposes 
from Granite.” 
Large Hog. —The Westminster Carrolltonian says, 
there was a hog exhibited in that place, last week, which 
weighed 1,400 lbs. The same paper says, a potato 
raised by John Wadlow, of Freedom district, measured 
17 inches in circumference, and Weighed 1 lb. 8 oz. 
Dr. Lardner’s Popular Lectures on Science and Art, 
in 2 vols., octavo. Hew York: Greeley & McElrath, 1849. 
This work embraces numerous lectures on almost every 
topic of a scientific and practical character, a part of 
which were delivered throughout the principal cities 
and towns of the United States, a few years since. The 
work embraces all the information embodied in those 
lectures, with copious additions of discoveries and im¬ 
provements to the present time. Few writers possess 
a firmer grasp on the leading principles of science and 
art than Dr. Lardner, or can present them in a more 
popular and comprehensive form. These volumes must 
continue to have, as heretofore, a wide-spread popu¬ 
larity. 
Audubon’s Quadrupeds of America.— Part second 
of this valuable and interesting publication is received, 
and like the preceding, is handsomely illustrated. Be¬ 
sides its merits as an entertaining work for general 
reading, for old and young, it will be found a standard 
reference for the subject treated, and deserving a niche 
in every gentleman’s library. It is of material value to 
the Farmer, as it treats of the habits and modes of cap¬ 
ture of many animals peculiarly injurious to crops, such 
as squirrels, moles, rats, mice, woodchucks, &c .; or those 
larger predatory animals, destructive to poultry and 
flocks, as the fox, wolves, wild cats, (fee., both of which 
classes are fully noticed in those portions of the work 
already issued. It is for sale by V. G. Audubon, 43 
Beaver street, Hew York. 
Good Cows.—Under this head, we copied an article 
into our paper, last month, page 37, and gave credit to 
Mr. Skinner’s periodical, “ The Plow, Loom, and Anvil;” 
whereas, it ought to have been credited to that excel¬ 
lent publication, the “ Cultivator,” by Mr. Tucker, of 
Albany. We regret this error, but the fault was not 
ours; for we copied it as original, either from the Plow, 
Loom, and Anvil, or we found it in some exchange paper, 
credited to that work. This we recollect distinctly. 
We perfectly detest the practice of copying, (we call it 
stealing,) articles from papers without giving the pro¬ 
per credit; and whenever anything of the kind is found 
m our paper, we shall feel quite obliged by haying it 
pointed out to us for correction. And while on tins 
subject, we will add, that no paper suffers more than 
ours, in the way of pillaging. Scores of articles are 
constantly stolen from it without credit, and sometimes, 
When we take the liberty of pointing this malpractice 
out to the offending parties, they have the impudence 
to take offence, and heap abuse upon us, instead of 
acknowledging their fault, and making an honorable 
amend. 
Ewbank’s Hydraulics and Mechanics. Hew York: 
Greeley & McElrath, 1849.—A descriptive and histori¬ 
cal account of hydraulic and other machines for raising 
water, ancient and modern; with observations on vari¬ 
ous subjects connected with mechanic arts, including the 
progression and developement of the steam engine, 
with descriptions of every variety of bellows, pistons, 
rotary pumps, fire engines, water rams, <fec., (fee. 
This is a valuable octavo, of over 600 pages, written 
by an experienced and scientific gentleman, now appro¬ 
priately placed at the head of the Patent Office, at 
Washington. The work has had an extensive sale, and 
is worthy a place on the shelves of every well-selected 
library. The subjects treated are entirely of a practical 
character, and are considered with a full reference to 
the latest and most improved information to the pre¬ 
sent time. 
Dutci-iess-County Agricultural Society. —The presi¬ 
dent, Mr. Dubois, has issued a circular, proposing to 
hold, during the winter, in different sections of the 
county, several meetings, under the auspices of the 
Dutchess-County Agricultural Society, for the purpose 
of discussing agricultural subjects, and for exchanging 
views upon topics of importance to practical farmers. 
The first meeting will be held at the house of S. Tom¬ 
linson, Washington Hollow. The subject for discussion 
at that meeting, will be Indian corn—its most valuable 
varieties for general production—best mode of cultiva¬ 
tion—most suitable manure, (fee. Members are request¬ 
ed to be present; also, farmers who are not members, 
are particularly invited to attend, and assist in elucidat¬ 
ing this important subject. It is desirable, for the pur¬ 
pose of comparison, that a few ears of corn should be 
brought by each farmer, as specimens of his crop. 
High Farming. —Col. H. Capron, of Laurel Factory, 
Maryland, it appears has taken the lead the past sear 
son among the farmers of Prince George’s county, in the 
cultivation of wheat, Indian corn, and several other 
crops. Annexed is the substance of his methods of 
cultivating wheat and corn, as furnished by himself, 
and published in the American Farmer : A field of 
59^- acres, from which was taken 5 acres of corn, is 
partly low, alluvial ground, reclaimed by draining from 
a wet marsh, and partly upland old fields, improved by 
manuring and deep plowing. The field had been in 
grass for several years, and was plowed up deeply the 
fall before. The upland was manured before plowing, 
with stable manure. Last spring, it was well harrowed, 
cross-plowed, harrowed again thoroughly, and rolled— 
covered with 100 bushels of ashes per acre, and planted 
m drills 5 feet apart, dropping 24 in. with a corn planter. 
As soon as the corn made its appearance, the two-horse 
harrow was started, with the centre tooth out, running 
with the rows, and followed by the corn rake—raking 
right and left through the corn. The cultivators were 
then started and kept going until laid by—followed, 
after the second working, by the hoes. The corn was 
planted from the 24th of April to the 2d of May. The 
yield was on one acre 9If bushels of shelled corn; on 
the second, 94 T 9 A- ; on the third, 109AA; on the fourth, 
116$; and on the fifth, 117$ bushels of shelled corn 
(yellow Oregon variety). 
The product of one acre of wheat, was 39 bushels 
and 36 lbs. of prime wheat; of five acres, 170 bushels 
and 50 lbs. prime wheat, weighing 60 lbs. to the bushel. 
This field was a clover lay, having been previously im¬ 
proved with lime, ashes, and other manures—plowed 
in September, 1848—turning under about 300 lbs. of 
Peruvian guano per acre—rolled and harrowed tho¬ 
roughly—seeded with white, blue-stem wheat, harrowed 
in with grass seed and rolled. 
