A CONSOLIDATION OF BUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
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Colt. Vol. X.— No. 2. ALBANY, N. Y., FEBRUARY, 1843. 
PUBLISHED MONTHLY. 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
‘‘TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Communications have been received durin]^ the 
past month from M. S., D. AV. Brodnax, R. A. Avery, 
Kentuck, John Lewis, G. Cook, Commentator, J. J. 
Reed, C. H. Tomlinson, Za. Drummond, Sanford How¬ 
ard, D. B. C., C. N. Bement, D. G. M., A. C. Stevenson, 
N. B. Cloud, Quercus, D. S. Curtis, H. D. E., S. W. 
Jewett, D. K. Minor, Sarah, J. AVells, and Q. E. D. 
Our thanks are due to the editors of the New Farm¬ 
ers’ Journal, London, for the continued files of that va¬ 
luable paper — to S. H. Huntington, Esq. and Dr. D. 
AV. Grant, for copies of the “ Transactions of the 
Hartford Co. Ag. Society for 1842,” including the annual 
Address of Mr. Huntington, Reports of Committees, &c., 
making a most valuable pamphlet of over 90 pages, some 
extracts from which tve shall give hereafter—to S. AV. 
Jewett, Esq. AVeybridge, (Vt.) for a portrait of one of 
his fine Paular Merino Bucks, painted by Saxe, which 
makes a valuable addition to our Gallery of Portraits of 
Domestic Animals—to Col. Amos Sawyer, Rochester, 
for a cock and half a dozen hens of the pure Poland breed. 
They arrived here safely, and are beautiful birds. 
“ Richmond’s ” letter to Solon Robinson, and 
several other articles intended for this number, are ne¬ 
cessarily deferred till next month. 
Long Articles. —AVe have given a greater number 
of long articles this month than usual; but they are of 
such interest that we doubt not our readers will vdsh 
rather that there were more, than less of them. The 
very pertinent and able Address of Mr. AVadsworth 
—the interesting Lecture of Dr. Playfair, now first 
published in this country — the valuable Essay of Mr. 
Thomas —the details of Dr. Cloud’s Experiments, and 
our friend Robinson’s Hints to AVestern Emigrants, will, 
we are confident, induce no regret at their length; for 
either of them are worth a year's subscription. 
Hard Times — A correspondent at Brownsville, Pa., 
says ;— “ I have paid your agent for the Cultivator for 
J843. He informed me that several had discontinued in 
consequence of the scarcity of money. To remedy in 
some degree the withdrawal, I set to work and obtained 
four new subscribers, the money for which I enclose 
herein; and I wish most sincerely, the Cultivator could 
be placed in the hands of every farmer in our state. I 
have it from the commencement, and have derived great 
advantage from it.” 
A subscriber at Huntington, L. I., fearing also that 
“ the times?’ would affect the circulation of the Cultiva¬ 
tor injuriously, determined to do what he could conve¬ 
niently, to make up for losses thus sustained. He says : 
“ I have obtained nine or ten subscribers, and have not 
been out of my business way. This will show how ea¬ 
sily subscribers may be obtained, if our Agricultural 
friends will make a little exertion. On my way home 
from the post office with the Cultivator, I got three sub¬ 
scribers.” AVe tender our thanks to these good friends, 
and hope many of our readers will be induced, from the 
same consideration, to follow their example. The 
‘I hard times,” according to present appearances, are 
likely very seriously to affect the Cutivator the present 
year, unless those who appreciate its value will make 
an extra effort in its behalf. 
Caponising Turkeys. — “ M. S.” of Orange county, 
asks if the operation described by Mr. Keeler, (Dec. No. 
1842,) can be performed with like beneficial effects on 
the turkey? Can Mr. K. answer the question. 
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Culture of Cotton —AVe have the pleasure of pre¬ 
senting our southern readers this month, the promised 
article of Dr. Cloud, on his improved method of culti¬ 
vating Cotton. It will be seen that there is nothing ex¬ 
traordinary or mysterious in the process. His increas¬ 
ed crop has been obtained by the same process which has 
enabled so many of our northern farmers to increase their 
corn and many other crops, two, three and four fold—^by 
the judicious selection of seed, the application of manure, and 
thorough tillage. AVe know little of the culture of cotton, 
but if the practice is no better than that pursued by a cor¬ 
respondent of the So. Temp. Advocate, in the culture of 
corn, who maintains that 29 bushels per acre is a 
great crop, we can see no reason why the crop may not 
be doubled, or even quadrupled by an improved system, 
under which the land, while it gives this increase of crop, 
is constantly improving, instead of deteriorating as it does 
under the old system. That Dr. Cloud’s practice will 
answer equally well on all soils and in all sections of the 
cotton-growing region, or that even on the same soil he 
will at all times be as successful as he was the past year, 
is hardly to be expected; but that his experiments, and the 
attention which will be excited to the subject by their 
results, (5,989 lbs. per acre,) will be the means of effect¬ 
ing a decided advance in the culture of cotton, we cannot 
doubt. AVe beg Dr. C. to accept our thanks both for his com¬ 
munications and for the interest he has been pleased to 
take in the circulation of the Cultivator in Alabama. On 
this subject he ^ys:—“ Several of my friends are rather 
opposqd to my Communicating to the Cultivator the re¬ 
sult of my experiments, as they are fearful it is not suf¬ 
ficiently circulated in the southern or planting region. 
I say to them, however, that this is one of my principal 
objects in sending my communications to the Cultivator, 
that I may thereby give my little mite toward accom¬ 
plishing the first wish of my heart in temporal matters, 
which is to see the Cultivator read by every southern 
cotton planter.” In answer to his question as to the ex¬ 
tent of the circulation of the Cultivator in the cotton 
region, we think we may safely say that for the last two 
years its circulation in that section of the coimtry has 
exceeded that of any other single agricultural paper of 
the country. AVhat its circulation will be this year, will 
of course depend on the exertions of our friends in that 
quarter to procure subscribers. 
“Credit.” —Scarcely a day passes without our seeing 
in some of our exchange papers, articles copied from 
the Cultivator, without any acknowledgment of the source 
from whence they were derived. This is not right; and 
if it arises from carelessness, as we presume it generally 
does, we would remind those who copy so liberally 
without credit, that they do the Cultivator great injus¬ 
tice by their negligence. The Hudson Gazette of Jan. 
24, failed to give us credit for the excellent paper of 
our correspondent, J. J. T. on Garden Vegetables. The 
article headed “Mr. AVebster’s Farm,” in the Pough¬ 
keepsie Telegraph of Jkin. 25, should have been credited 
to the Cultivator—also the three articles in the Agricul¬ 
tural department of the Peterhoro Chronicle of Jan. 10. 
Butter and Cheese —Our correspondent, D. B. C. 
of Canaan, N. Y. informs us that during the past season 
he milked ten cows, and a part of the time eleven, and 
that he made 1006 lbs. of butter, and 1,300 lbs. of cheese, 
after having supplied his family of eight persons with 
milk, and raised seven calves. The other facts mention¬ 
ed by D. B. C. are interesting, and we shall endeavor to 
make room for them hereafter. 
Postage. —The most onerous tax to which the people 
of this country are subject, is that of postage. It is un¬ 
equal and unjust in every point of view; and is a 
grievance which ought to be remedied at once. Our 
correspondent, S. AV. Jewett, Esq. of Vermont, in a 
communication just received, and for which we have 
not room this month, suggests “ that if one half, or even 
one-tenth of the subscribers of the Cultivator would ad¬ 
dress their representatives in Congress on the subject, 
a reduction would be effected.” AVe fear, however, that 
individual complaints will accomplish but little, for 
these have been made for years without effect. Public 
meetings should be held generally throughout the coun¬ 
try to remonstrate against the tax, and to petition for a 
reduction. Until this is done, or we have a post-master 
general of enlarged and liberal views, who has some 
higher object than to show how much money he can 
screw out of the people by the most illiberal construc¬ 
tion of the post office laws, we shall have little hope of a 
favorable change. 
Horticultural Scythe. —A very .pretty article of 
this kind, manufactured we believe at the request of our 
friend AValsh of Lansingburgh, has been shown us. It 
is about 20 inches long, and is admirably adapted for the 
use of lawns, where it is wished to cut the grass around 
Cult. & Far. Vol. IV.—No. 2. 
trees, shrubbery, &c. It is manufactured by Mr. McNa¬ 
mara of Hoosick. 
SiLLiMAN’s Journal. —The January No. of this work 
is an unusually interesting one. It contains twenty arti¬ 
cles, with several illustrations, from the ablest men of 
our country, besides the usual Bibliographical and Mis¬ 
cellaneous notices. The proprietors state that its “ sub. 
scription list has suffered severe losses by the general 
commercial pressure,” and they call upon its friends to 
do something to make these losses good. There is no 
work published in our country which reflects so much 
honor on it, both at home and abroad, as this; and we 
hope the friends of science will give a prompt response 
to the call upon them to aid by their efforts its subscrip¬ 
tion list. For $6 the work will be sent free of postage 
for one year. It will give us pleasure to forward the 
names and money of any of our friends, who may wish 
to become subscribers; though a better way would be 
to hand the $6 to some post-master, to be forwarded di¬ 
rectly to Prof. SillimAn, New-Haven, Ct. 
The Magazine of Horticulture. —This valuable 
work entered on its 9th vol. with the present year. The 
January number opens with an interesting “ Retrospec¬ 
tive View of the Progress of Horticulture in the Uni¬ 
ted States, during the year 1842.” This is followed by 
“Notes on England and France,” by AVm. Kenrick, 
author of the New American Orchardist, who returned 
last season from a professional tour in those countries, 
which, could we make room for it, we should be glad 
to transfer to our pages. This Magaine, we regret to 
leai-n, is not as liberally patronized as it ought to be; 
and we hope such of our friends as are in want of a work 
of this kind, will at at once forward their names with $3, 
the annual price, to C. M. Hovey & Co. publishers, Bos¬ 
ton. 
Lard Oil _AVe are pleased to learn that two estab¬ 
lishments for the manufacture of Lard Oil and Stearine 
Candles, have recently been put into operation at Roch¬ 
ester—one owned by Messrs. Sawyer & Perrin, and 
the other by Mr. Dyer. These establishments will af¬ 
ford a market for a considerable portion of the surplus 
pork of that region, and thus materially aid the interests 
of the farmer. 
Corn Stalk Fodder. —Extract of a letter from “P. 
P.” Pittsburgh, Pa., to the Cultivator:—“I last spring 
sowed one acre of corn, and find it a most excellent feed 
for milch cows; in fact, I consider it the best feed we 
can give them, together with pasture. I cut and fed it 
green; I had two crops on the same ground. From the 
little experience I have had, I would say the ground re¬ 
quires to be good, and as free from weeds as possible. 
The first crop, in our section of the country, should be 
sown as early in the spring as the weather will permit; 
the second crop not later than the first of July, to insure 
a full crop, and time to feed green. The second crop 
will outgrow the weeds.” 
A letter from M. P., New-York, says:—“ I last year 
sowed about two acres of corn broadcast. Though I 
neither measured or weighed the crop, it was so abun¬ 
dant and profitable as green and dry fodder, that I in¬ 
tend doing the same while I have a farm.” 
Bee Hives. —Mr. John Forman of Onondaga Hollow, 
recently exhibited at our office, a model of “the ul¬ 
timatum yearly renovating miller-destroying bee hive, 
wim a house calculated to facilitate the operations of the 
hive.” From its appearance and the explanations given 
by Mr. F. we are inclined to think it a useful invention. 
Any communication addressed to him post paid, at the 
above place, or to New-York city, will receive atten¬ 
tion. 
Madder. —One of our friends wishes to make an ex¬ 
periment in the culture of Madder the ensuing spring, 
and will be glad to learn through the Cultivator where 
the roots can be obtained. In answer to the inquiry of 
the American Farmer, on this subject, we have to 
state that Madder was some years since grown to a small 
extent, by several farmers in the counties of Otsego and 
Madison, in this state. AVe should be glad to learn 
whether its cultivation has been continued, and if so, 
whether it has been found profitable. The experience 
already gained may save others the expense of a trial, 
or may lead others to engage in it if it has been success¬ 
ful. The editor of the American Farmer will find the 
information he wishes in the early vols. of the Cultiva¬ 
tor. 
To Kill Lice on Animals.—A writer in the Cen¬ 
tral N. Y. Farmer, says:—“Take the water in which 
potatoes have been boiled, and rub it over the skin. The 
lice will be dead within two hours, and never will mul¬ 
tiply again. I have used ten kinds of the strongest poi¬ 
son to kill lice, all with effect, but none so perfect as 
this.” 
