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THE CULTIVATOR. 
I should like to hear whether the same plague exists 
elsewhere. 
Urine, thrown frequently around the bodies and roots 
of the trees, is a powerful stimulant to their growth and 
preserves them in a great measure from the worm. Mr. 
Vorhees treated his trees in this manner last year; and 
among the whole number, consisting of about fifty, but 
one worm was detected during the season; nor were the 
ants so troublesome as formerly. Some persons cover 
the base of the tree with tar, and no doubt it is servicea¬ 
ble against both worms and ants. I believe the ravages 
of the worm may be prevented in a variety of ways., 
without resorting to the plan recommended in recent pa¬ 
pers, of setting vermifuge plants, as tansy or wormwood, 
around the trees. It is worthy of inquiry, whether 
wormwood used for this purpose, would not be highly 
prejudicial to the growth of the tree, as this plant is no¬ 
ted for its power of draining the soil of its potash, an in¬ 
gredient exceedingly useful to fertility. It is better to 
keep the earth for some distance around the trunk, clear 
of weeds, grass, and all living plants; and when young 
trees are set out, the ground should be kept under culti¬ 
vation several years afterwards; for which purpose, one 
of the crops best adapted, is potatoes. 
A. R. McCord. 
La Grange, Dutchess co., N, Y. Feb. 1, 1843. 
GRAFTING SCIONS, &c. 
Messrs. Editors —As the season for grafting is near 
at hand, I will, with your consent, relate to your readers 
my small experience in this business. Though much has 
been written upon this subject, there may be some use¬ 
ful hints given yet. 
I usually cut my scions sometime in the month of 
March, or before the buds have become swollen by the 
summer’s heat. Select the most thrifty and vigorous 
shoots of the last year’s growth, and cut them off a little 
below the circle where it commenced; tie them in 
bunches and affix their proper labels. Select also a dry 
piece of ground and dig a hole 2 or 3 feet deep, and wide 
enough to admit of the scions freely. Place pieces of 
boards upon the bottom, and around the sides of the pit, 
to prevent the scions from coming in contact with the 
earth. Cover the hole with a good sound board, then 
draw the earth over the top in the form of a mound, so 
as to have the center of about one foot in thickness. 
Boards are thrown over the whole, to prevent the rains 
from entering the pit and injuring the scions. Kept in 
this manner, I have never failed of having good success, 
when they were set at the right time. Many writers di¬ 
rect them to be set in April, but I never have had them 
do as well when set so early, owing to cold and chilly 
weather which frequently occurs, and checks supply of 
sap. and the scion dies for the want of nourishment. I 
think the best time for setting, is a short time before the 
trees begin to blossom, as the sap is then in full and 
steady circulation. A small quantity of wax spread upon 
the top of the scion will prevent the moisture from es¬ 
caping, and the union will take place more speedily. 
Have any of your readers ever tried the experiment of 
grafting the cherry upon wild stocks? I purchased se¬ 
veral trees of this description of a gentleman who says, 
that “ the wild stock is more hardy and better to graft 
upon than the cultivated kinds;” and I think he is right, 
for I saw some very large and thrifty trees, which have 
borne good crops and have all the appearance of living 
to a ‘‘ good old age.” Yours, &c. 
L.4.WRENCE Smith. 
Middlejield, Mass. Feb. 14, 1843. 
CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 
44 
©cunotttji. 
Monthly Notices.. ;•••• . 41 
N. Y. S. Ag. Society—Premium Crops in New-York, . 42 
Silk business at Aubo rn,.-’' ' Y *4.' ‘ 7 
Meadows—Culture of Hops—Domestication of the Buffa- ) 
lo—Bone Manure—Swamp Muck,.. 
The School and the School-Master—Colman’s Tour— ) 
Obituary—The other Picture—Fatting Cattle on } 45 
Oil—Handling—Frost as a Pulverizer,-... ...... 
•Geological Survey of N. York—Emigration to Virginia ^ 
Large Yield of Cotton,..> 
Dr. Playfair’s Second Lecture on Grazing and Fatting ( 
Cattle—Mr. Andrew’s Address,. S 
Soiling Cattle—Charcoal and Rotten Wood as a Manure ) 
Manufacture of Poudrette,.) 
Use of Ashes—Implements of Husbandry, No. S —Choosing ) 
Cattle, ....;.> 
Farming East and West—Winter Management of cheep— J gg 
Agricultural Schools, fee.---- .-. S 
Application of Manures—Report on Cows, Heifers, &c.— ) 
Hints to Farmers,... 
Agricultural Chemistry—Use of Poudrette—Importation 2 g, 
of Wool-Domestic Fowls—Water for Stock,.y 
Cleveland Bay Horse—Sowing Grass Seed—Water Power ) gg 
Churn—Wild Turkies,.. • .V ‘i' ’'; 5 
Culture of Indian Corn in Ohio—Disease of the Skin of 1 
Cattle—Hollow Horn, Horn Distemper, &e.—Cure > 64 
for Weak Loins in Swine and Colic in Horses,.) 
The Flower Garden, with select Lists of Flowers for each ) gg 
Month—Grafting—Peach Trees,. S 
Illustrations—Tigs. 21, 22, 23, Subsoil Plows, p. 49—fig. 24, 
Warren’s Root Cutter, p. 49—fig. 26, Cleveland Bay Horse, p. 
53—fig. 26, View of Flower Garden, p. 65—Lard Lamp, p. 66. 
TOWNLEY’S PATENT PREMIUM BEEHIVES. 
T NDIVIDUAL rights for constructing and using the above hives, 
J- may be obtained for five dollars cash, by addressing the sub¬ 
scriber. All letters to be post paid. 
Also for sale,, a Treatise on the Cultivation and Management 
of Honey Bees, by the subscriber, 76 Thompson st., New-York. 
Feb. 7, 1843. EDWARD TOWNLEY. 
AGRICULTURAL REPOSITORY, 
S EED Store, and Wire Cloth Manufactory, 31 Fulton, and 79 
Barclay sts., New-York.-Whiting’s WiskonsinPlow, a su¬ 
perior article. Hall’s improved Horse Power, and scarfed self- 
supporting Chain, with side links; with this Power, two horses 
will do as much as four on the common Lever Horse Power, for 
two horses ; this Power will occupy 4^ by 10 feet. Also a gene¬ 
ral assortment of Farming Utensils and Seeds, Brass, Copper 
and Iron Wire, Sieves, Safes, Cages, &c. 
New-York, Feb. 1843. JOHN MOORE. 
Messrs. Gatlord & Tucker —^We are learning some¬ 
thing from the pressure of necessity. I have within the 
last month, ascertained from actual experience, that there 
is no need of separating lard into oleine and stearine for 
lights. The lard itself, simply melted and poured into 
lamps either of metal or glass, answers perfectly, if there 
be two tubes for the wicks, of copper, two inches long; 
and between these, a copper wire of the size of a small 
goose quill,bent in the form of a staple,be inserted through 
two holes, so that the ends will nearly reach the bot¬ 
tom of the oil, and the bent part of the staple remain 
half an inch above the top of the tubes for the wicks. 
When lard is five cents a pound, one cent's worth, with 
such a lamp, will give you a good light from 6 to 11 
o’clock, or for 5 hours, a, a, tubes for the wicks; b, b, 
the lower ends of the staple. The metalic arms of an 
old umbrella, answer very well for staples. The only 
precaution in their use, is when you extinguish your 
lamp at night, to raise the wick an inch, so that the cold 
lard in the bottom of the lamp, may not pull them too 
low when the top is unscrewed to replenish them. I 
have bored holes for staples, and fixed all my lamps in 
this way. The best candles do not give a better light. 
Very truly, your ob’t serv’t, John Lewis. 
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 1842. 
‘‘Scotch Drink.” —Before closing, permit me tore- 
turn my Jhanks, to E. Cornell, of Ithaca, for his notice 
of the “Scotch Drink,” in the September number of the 
Cultivator; and we can assure Mr. Cornell, that so far 
as the oat meal, being injurious in its raw state, in wa¬ 
ter we find it to be one of the best drinks for harvests, 
that we ever tried; and it was preferred by most of our 
workmen. One of our workmen, however, remarked 
that he thought it would be still better, if the oat meal 
was dried, and browned over the fire, before using. 
We think so too, and intend trying it so, the coming sea¬ 
son; and we would recommend to all our farmers, to 
try the “Scotch Drink,” and they will find it to be 
much better than cider, or any other liquors, for field 
drink. L. Durand. 
POUDRETTE AS A MANURE, 
AY be had, a superior article, in barrels of four bushels 
each. This manure has been used extensively on Long 
Island, in New Jersey, Connecticut, and other states, for seve¬ 
ral years past, and has been found an excellent fertilizer. A 
barrel, four bushels, is considered equal in fertilizing proper¬ 
ties, to sixty bushsls of yard manure, and is peculiarly,conve¬ 
nient for garden purposes, as there are no foul seeds in it. Pre¬ 
sent price, $5, for three barrels, or f 15, for ten barrels. Or¬ 
ders containing the cash, will be promptly attended to, if ad¬ 
dressed to D. K. MINOR, Agent, 
Jan. 25. 3t. 118 Nassau st. New-York. 
O’ Shares in the company may be had at $110, which will en¬ 
title the holder to one hundred bushels a year, for 16 years. 
STATE AGRICULTURAL DEPOT. 
M OWRY & VAIL have opened a large ware room at No. 127 
River street, Troy. N. Y. for the reception and sale on 
commission, of all kinds of Agricultural Implements, andvyould 
take this opportunity to invite manufacturers of such articles, 
to give them a share of their consignments. They will also keep 
on hand at all times, an extensive assortment of various kinds 
of Seeds. They are the agents for the sale of Langdon’s Horse 
Hoe, or Plow Cultivator, and are prepared to execute orders 
for them to almost any extent. 
References.- George Vail, Esq. and Hon. Jonas C. Heartt, 
Troy ; C. N. Bement, Esq. Albany. Feb. 24,1843. 
o 
ISABELLA GRAPE VINES, 
F proper age for forming vineyards, propagated from and 
—' containing all the good qualities which the most improved 
cultivation for over ten years has conferred on the vineyards at 
Croton Point, are now offered to the public. Those who may 
purchase, will receive such instructions as will enable them to 
cultivate the grape with entire success, (provided their locality 
is not too far north.) All communications, post paid, address¬ 
ed to R. T. UNDERHILL, M. D., 400 Broadway, N. Y., will re¬ 
ceive attention. He feels quite confident that he has ko far ame¬ 
liorated the character and habits of the grape vines in his vine¬ 
yards and nurseries, by improved cultivation, pruning, &c that 
they will generally ripen well and produce good fruit, when 
planted in most of the northern, all the western, middle and 
southern states. 
New-York, Jan. 25, 1842. 2t. 
RUGGLES, NOURSE & MASON’S SUPERIOR 
WORCESTER PLOWS. 
T he American Institute at their Fair, held at New-York, for 
the whole Union, and the Massachusetts Charitable Asso¬ 
ciation at their Fair, held at Boston, each awarded to Ruggles, 
Nourse & Mason, medals for the best and most perfect plows; 
and at the plowing matches of the Agricultural Society in the 
justly celebrated agricultural county of Worcester, in 1837, ’38, 
’39, and ’40, all the premiums for the best work in the field, 
were awarded to competitors using Ruggles, Nourse & Mason's 
plows. 
In addition to the above, the New-Tork State AgricultuTal So¬ 
ciety, at their Fair, held in Albany, in September last, awarded 
the premium for the best plowing to John Keeler, (see Cultiva¬ 
tor, vol. IX, p. 178,) who on that occasion used one of the above 
plows. 
A complete assortment of them, including Side Hill, Subsoil, 
and Corn Plows, Cultivators, Straw Cutters, &c. for sale at 
manufacturer’s prices, by 
Feb. 24, 1843. PRUYN, WILSON & VOSBURGH, 
_ 39 State st. Albany . 
TO RENT, FOR SALE, OR EXCHANGE, 
THE WOODVALE MILLS. 
T hese MHIs, (a Grist MHI and Saw Mill,) are situated in the 
pleasant town of Morris, in Morris co., New Jersey, to 
which there is access by a railroad, in three hours from New- 
York city, and command a good run of custom. 
The Grist Mill consists of a building 25 by 65 feet, three sto¬ 
ries high, with a wing 20 feet square, built within a few years, 
in the best manner, by days work ; containing two good pairs 
of Burr Stones, with power and room for one or two pairs morey 
Bolts, Cleaning Machine, &c. of the first quality. In it are also 
the complete fixtures of a Linseed Oil Mill of the most approv¬ 
ed construction, including one of the most powerful Hydrostatic 
Presses in this country ; which would either be sold with the 
mill or reserved, as might suit the purchaser. The mill premi¬ 
ses comprise about five acres of land, on which are an Over¬ 
seer’s House, Barn, and a spring of the purest water. 
The Saw Mill, which adjoins the Grist Mill, is the only onC 
immediately in the town; and both that and the Grist Mill, in 
the hands of a competent and enterprising person, might rea¬ 
dily be made to do a lucrative business. 
These mills are eligibly situated for converting into a White 
Lead Factory, Cotton, or Wool Mill, Machine Shop, or Foundry. 
They will be rented or sold alone, or togelher,with about thir¬ 
ty acres of wood and arable land adjoining. To be rented low 
to a good tenant; sold low for cash, and a large part of the pur¬ 
chase money allowed to lie on mortage for a term of years, if 
desired; or exchanged for good unincumbered property in any 
thriving town or city, within'600 miles of New-York. 
Apply personally, or post paid, to RICHARD WOOD, at Mor¬ 
ristown, N. J. or to RICHARD & GEORGE S. WOOD, No. 261 
Pearl st., New-York. _ Jan. 7, 18 43. 
THE HORSE HOE, OR CULTIVATOR PLOW, 
I S an implement constructed and patented, within the last 
year, by Barnabas Langdon of Troy, N. Y. It was put in 
use the last spring, summer, and fall, after much labor and 
practical experiment had been bestowed upon it. It was ex¬ 
hibited at the State Fair, and also at the Rensselaer County 
Fair, and received a premium at both. There has been a large 
number made and sold the past season, and they have been tho¬ 
roughly tested in various ways, by some of the best and most 
experienced agriculturists in the counties of Rensselaer, Sara¬ 
toga, and Washington, and all testify as to their utility and 
usefulness, and to their superiority over any implement of the 
kind in general use. 
They not only do the work much better, in much I ess time, anct 
at one-haf the expense, of any other Cultivator now in use; 
which in these times of general low prices of agricultural pro¬ 
ductions, are t/rree ■twporiajitttem.s. 
The cultivator plow is an article made for weeding and loos¬ 
ening the soil, between the hills of corn, potatoes, peas, beans, 
and all root plants. ... 
When weeding, half hilling, or splitting down corn hills, the 
weed cutters are always to be used, as represented in the figure 
given in the Feb. No. of the Cultivator. This operation cuts up 
the weeds, loosens and pulverises the soil completely, up m the 
hill, and by cross plowing there will be very little left for the 
hand hoe to do. . . 
When corn, potatoes, or any other crop, requires earthing or 
hilling more than the weed cutters can do, they are to be taken 
off, and the mold-boards are to be put on; both oc-'upy the same 
position on the plow, and are secured to the standard by one 
bolt The mold boards throw a beautiful furrow each way, and 
by cross plowing, will leave the field in excellent condition for 
some crops without any use of the hand hre at an. 
For digging potatoes or root crops, this implement is all that 
can be dllirld by the agriculturist; and when used for this pur¬ 
pose, the weed cutters should be on, •md the plow drawn by a 
double team; direct the plow under the middle of the hill jUst 
deep enough to raise the potatoes to the surface, which it will 
uccp ciiu gu workmanlike manner, without 
Cutting them in t “least. These Cultivators are now 
mSeturedTt Aec”rnUro^ King and Jacob sts., where a 
Srge number are now being prepared for spring business. They 
are mad?of the best materials, fitted up m the best manner, 
wfth sAarcVieeed eviters, and moU boards, ground bright, ready 
^r immediate use- The price for the article will be $10, at re¬ 
tail, and a fair discount made to dealers in agricultural imple- 
“orders addressed to BARNABAS LANGDON, or MOWRY & 
VAIL, 127 River st., Troy, (his authorised agents,) will receive 
immediate despatch. All kinds of produce will be received by 
them, in pay for the same. r eo- 21,184d. 
