editors’ TABLE. 
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(fbitors Stable, 
Salk of ShortUorns. —‘We understand that Mr. 
Vail, of Troy, has recently made a sale of five head of 
shorthorn cattle, to Mr. Belknap, of Michigan. The 
hull is called American Comet, and was got by Meteor, 
out of his imported cow, Hilpa. Mr, Vail has also just 
sold a young shorthorn bull and heifer to Mr. O. A. 
Brewster, President of the New-Flampshire State 
Agricultural - ociety. Col. J. M. Sherwood, of Auburn, 
has also sold Mr. Belknap a three-year-old heifer, called 
LaBeBe, got by Archer, and in calf to his recently im¬ 
ported bull, Duke of Cambridge,. bred by the late Mr. 
Bates, of Kirkleavington, Yorkshire. For all these ani¬ 
mals, good prices were obtained; and in noticing these 
sales, it affords us pleasure to add that the demand for 
well-bred stock is greatly on the increase, and we trust 
that judicious breeders will soon find themselves better 
remunerated than heretofore We received and exe¬ 
cuted more orders for imported stock, last year, than 
for any succeeding three years since 1844. 
Scythe Rifles. —We beg to call the attention of 
our readers to the advertisement on page 200, of Clark’s 
celebrated Quinebaug scythe rifles. They are far su¬ 
perior to any others now in use for setting a good 
edge. 
Fat Cattle. — A yoke of oxen, fatted by J. L. Mosier, 
of Naples, Ontario county, drew a crowd this morning. 
They are the largest animals we ever saw. The rail¬ 
road freight bill rates them at over 6,800 lbs ! One of 
thgm girths 10 feet 6 inches, and the other 10 feet. 
They are five years old, and are destined to gratify the 
palates of the New-Yorkers.— Albany Evening Jour¬ 
nal. 
Old Leather For Manure. —Whoever rode through 
any country village or large town in America, a few 
years ago. could not have failed to notice piles of old 
shoes, heel’ taps, strings, and bits of leather, of every 
hue and description, forming a very gradually decaying 
mass, which in the course of 20 to 80 years, might prob¬ 
ably reach that state of decomposition that would en¬ 
title it to the distinction of a tolerable manure. In the 
mean time, a small patch of ground attached to the 
house and workshop, that furnished these sweepings, 
and the few fruit trees surrounding it, were absolutely 
starving for want of food, which might have been pro¬ 
fusely afforded, by converting this unsightly heap into 
manure, by mixing it with quicklime, , strong ley, or 
sulphuric acid, and transferring these ornaments of the 
road to the vegetables and foliage of the garden. 
Protection of Small, Harmless Birds. —The Leg-1 
istature of New Jersey, at their last session, passed an ! 
act for the protection of the following-named birds, and 
their eggs, imposing a penalty of five dollars on every 
one known to kill or destroy them, except on their own 
premises :—Night or Mosquito Hawk ; Chimney Swal¬ 
low ; Barn Swallow; Martin, or Swift; Whip-poor-will; 
Cuckoo; King Bird, or Bee Martin; Woodpecker; 
Claip, or High Hole; Cat Bird; Wren; Blue Bird; 
Meadow Lark; Brown Thrasher f Dove; Fire Bird, or 
Summer Red Bird; Hanging Bird; Ground Robin,: 
or Chewink; Boblink, or Rice Bird; Robin; Snow or ! 
Chipping Bird ; Sparrow; Carolina Lit; Warbler ; Bat; i 
Black Bird; Blue Jay ; and the small Owl. 
Will some intelligent member of the New-Jersey 
Legislature favor us with a communication, stating the 
particular reasons for protecting each of the above- j 
named birds, with the names under which they are ! 
usually described by ornithologists. 
An Essay on Climate, by H. J. Ehlers. This is a j 
neat pamphlet sent us by the author. It represents 
some new views on the causes of variation in the tem¬ 
perature of the eastern and western continents. After 
a good deal of ingenious illustration and argument, the 
author arrives at the conclusion “ that neither the sup¬ 
posed protection of the old world by mountains, nor the 
masses of iee in the north of America, nor the lakes, 
nor the swamps, nor the woods of this country, nor the 
sandy desserts of Asia and Africa, can , in the least, pro¬ 
duce the existing difference in the climate of the two con¬ 
tinents. We, therefore, behold in subterranean heat\ the 
only and universal cause of this difference , and look 
upon .the above-mentioned local causes as being only 
retroactive to this universal cause.” 
Long-Island Lands. —We would call the attention of 
northern farmers, mechanics, tradesmen and others in 
this city, who wish to change their residence, to the 
advertisement of Dr. Peck, on page 199, who offers for 
sale a large tract of cheap land on Long Island. For 
its fine climate, susceptibility of improvement, and near¬ 
ness to market, as well as the facility of reaching New 
York, by railroad, we refer the reader to the back 
volumes of this journal. 
The Curculio. —A friend attributes the loss of many 
of the apples in Worcester county, Mass., to the pres¬ 
ence of the curculio, and says a neighbor has conclusive 
proofs of their agency in the destruction of the apples. 
Have any one of our readers any testimony on this head \ 
If so, they will oblige us, and the public by com¬ 
municating it. Mr. Tudor, of Nahant, caught immense 
quantities of the curculio, last season, by suspending in the 
branches of the trees, large-mouthed vials or jars, par¬ 
tially filled with honey, or molasses and water. They 
were attracted by the sweet liquid, as flies frequently 
are. So many were destroyed in this way, that he se¬ 
cured a tolerable crop of fruit. 
The Quadrupeds of North America, by Messrs. Au¬ 
dubon & Bachman. No. 4 of this no less beautiful than 
useful work is now issued. It contains the Canada 
lynx, a ferocious looking monster enough; a group of 
cat squirrils, gamboling on the dead limbs of a mossy 
old tree; a pair of marsh hares couching slily amid 
tall grass and aquatic plants; soft-haired squirrels on 
a scrub oak, their cheeks bursting with a store of acorns, 
which they are providently bearing to their winter 
quarters; last, and also least, the pretty little ground 
squirrel—one sitting upon an oblong hillock as demure 
as a cat in consultation, while the other is seemingly 
starting off at a wild bound, in quest of adventures. 
The scenery introduced into these plates is w r ell done, 
and harmonises pleasingly with the character of the 
animals. We look over every number of this admira¬ 
ble work w r ith intense delight, for it invariably carries 
us back to our boyish days. When wandering over wild 
hills and down dales, and across soft meadows, we of¬ 
ten encountered many of these animals, which the pen¬ 
cil of Audubon so naturally presents, in his moving, 
breathing pages. 
Buist’s Family Kitchen Garden.-— The best work on 
the subject extant. A new edition just published by 
C. M. Saxton and E. Blanchard, 120 Fulton street, New 
York. See advertisement, on page 199. 
A Soft Answer Turneth Away Wrath.— The 
horse of a pious man in Massachusetts happening to 
stray into the road, a neighbor of the man who owned 
the horse, put him into the pound. Meeting the owner 
soon after, he told him what he had done, and added, 
“ If I ever catch him in the road hereafter, I’ll do so 
again.” “ Neighbor,” replied the other, “ not long since 
I looked out of my window in the night, and saw your 
cattle in my mowing grounds. I drove them out and 
shut them in your yard; I’ll do it again!” Struck 
with the reply, the man liberated the horse from the 
pound, and paid the charges. 
