A COHSOLIDATION OF BUEL’S CULTIVATOR AND THE GENESEE FARMER. 
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Cult. Vol. X.—No. 7. 
ALBANY, N. Y., JULY, 1843. 
Cult. & Far. Vol. IV. —No. 7. 
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NEW-YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY. 
The next mcctinsr of the^Executiv.? Committee of the N. Y. S. 
Ag. iocieiy, will be held at iiic Kigle Tavern, on 
W’cdne.id iy, the liitli of .Inly, at 9 o’clock, A. M. A full atten¬ 
dance of the Com .iiittee, consisting of all the officers of the So¬ 
ciety, is pirticulrrly requested, as at this meeting the arrange¬ 
ments for the coming Fair will be m ide, committees and judges 
appointed, &c. LUTHER TUCKER, Sec’y. 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Co.MMUNicATioNS have been received during the past 
monili from .John M. Harlan, Sanford Howard, A. W. 
L., M. \V. H., H. Watson, .1. J. T., A Subscriber, J. G. 
Chambers, G. M. Eieliellberger, J. W. Thompson, C. 
N. Bement P. F. W., D.,Z. .A. Drnmmontl, K, L., Sam'l 
Wagner, Alex. McDonald, B. G. Noble. 
Acxnowledgme.xts. —During the past month we 
have received “Useful Works for the People, No. IV,” 
from Geo. .Io.nes, general news agent in this city—a 
small vol. entitled “ Man s artificial Institutions of Ag- 
juculture, tested by G )d s natural Institutions of Agricul¬ 
ture, by John D. AVilkins”—“ Jour-nal of the Royal 
Ag. Socie y, Part 1, vol. IV.—The files of the “New 
Farmers Journal,” London, for May, anil the “ Fa m- 
er s Herald, ’ Chester, from their respective Editors— 
“ Tiie Farmer s Encyclopedia,” Part 9, from C.arey & 
II'illT. 
“ A F-'eni ti Real Improvement,'” has sent us a descrip¬ 
tion and drawings of a butter table constructed by him 
the last season. The drawings, we regrotto say, are not 
suffie'entiy accurate for the engraver. We shall be glad 
to receive a m )dei of his sowing machine, for the State 
Ag. Sociely, when begets it completeil, should it, on be- 
in 'boroughly tes'ed, eoual his expectations. 
Ceft’-TKE engraving of “ J. ill. Jf x.” drawings would 
cost more tuan we can afford to ilevote to the subject. 
AA''here dratvings are but imperfectly made, we have to 
incur a doublR exjiense, as we have to get correct draw¬ 
ings made for the engraver. We wish those who send 
us ilrawings would bear this in mind. 
“ F. A. P.”—The London Horticultural Society’s Ca¬ 
talogue of Fniiis,. can be obtained of Messrs. Hovey & 
Co.. Boston—price $2,00. 
“A. P.”—The Essay came safe lo hand, for which 
accept thanks. There is a, book for you at our office. 
How shall tve send it? 
J. W. A. S., Curdsville, V'a., will accept our thanks 
for his favor of June 2. 
P. F. W.— fhanks for your letter, of which we shall 
make a good use. You will find your inquiry respect¬ 
ing ringing cattle, answered at page 30, of our last vol. 
N. P. Bailey, Esq., Kingsbridge, will please accejit 
our thanks for his prompt and effectual response to our 
request. 
Dog Churn. —We are promised a drawingand descrip¬ 
tion of the dog churn used in Orange county, in season 
for our oext, by our friend Niven of Newburgh. 
Essex Ag. Society’s Transactions.— AVe are in¬ 
debted to the Hon. D. P. King, Secretary of the Essex 
(Mass.) Ag. Society, fur 12 or 15 nos. of the Transactions 
of that Society, which have been published annually far 
the last 15 years. They form aa addition to our Library 
which we prize very highly; as among the papers,.are 
many valuable contributions to agricultural knowledge. 
The late Timothy Pickering, one of the earliest and 
most enlightened advocates of agricultural improvement, 
was, if not the founder, for a long time the President of 
of this Society, and its Transactions embrace many valu¬ 
able articles from his pen. 
Abortion in Cows. —It will be seen by a letter in this 
paper, from Dr. Thomson, President of the Newcastle 
Ag. Society, Delaware, that his herd, as well as several 
others in that vicinity, have sulFered severely from this 
cause. As the subject is one of much importance, we 
shall be glad to receive any facts which may tend to 
throw light either on the cause or remedy of this evil. 
We are greatly obliged to S. Wagner, Esq., for the valu¬ 
able paper he has furnished us on this subject, translated 
from the “ AUgemeine Land-unthschaftliche Zeitung,” of 
Halle. 
Mk. Bates’ Short Horns. —It will be seen by an ad- 
venisement in this paper, that Mr. Vail of Troy, otfers 
for sale several young animals, bred from his importa¬ 
tion from the celebrated herd of Thomas Bates, Kirk- 
leavlngton, England. Notwithstanding the “hard limes,” 
vve doubt not the valuable qualities of these animals, as 
well as the difficulty of obraining this strain of Short 
Horn blood, will command for them a ready sale. 
Devon Cattle _In company with several of our 
friends, we had the pleasure, a few days since, of view¬ 
ing a lot of Devons from the extensive herd of Geo. Pat¬ 
erson, Esq., of Maryland. The lot consisted of a cow, 
with a bull calf of four months at her side, a yearling 
bull and a couple of yearling heifers, ami were on their 
way to Black Rock, accompanied by their owner, S. 
a-Li-iai,-, E.-.q. The cow was imported some years since 
by Mr. Paterson. The younger animals were all from a 
bull imported about two years since, from the estate of 
the Earl of Leicester, and bred by Mr. Bloomfield, the 
breeder of the fine Devons for which that estate has been 
so long celebrated, and were all worthy representatives 
of this highly esteemed herd. The bull calf particu¬ 
larly, was a splendid animal, and will be hard to beat by 
any breed at the next State Fair, where we shall expect 
to see the whole lot, and where they will not fail, for 
their fine forms and popular deep red color, to attlract 
general admiration. 
Blackwood s M.agazine. —The June no. of this work 
was prompfly issued from the New AYorld office, Nevv- 
A'ork, by J. Winchester, by wtiom it is regularly repub¬ 
lished at the extremely low price of $2,00 a year. 
“ The Lady's Pe.vrl,” is the title'of a handsome 
monthly of 24 pages octavo, published at Lowell, Mass., 
by P. D. & r. S. Edmands, at $1,00 a year. It is edited 
by Mrs. Mary A. Fletcher, a lady admirably quali¬ 
fied for the task, if we may judge from the July no., the 
only one we have reeeiveil. Its original as well as se¬ 
lected articles, are of a far higher chanacter than the mass 
of those which appear in our more fashionable month¬ 
lies. AVe wish it success. 
“Useful AYorks for the People, No. IV.”—AVe 
are glad to see that Messrs. Greely & McElrath are 
are continuing their series of cheap and valuable publi¬ 
cations. This no. contains “ Chemistry of the four an¬ 
cient elements, Fire, Air, E-arth and AVater, by Thomas 
Griffiths, lecturer on Chemistry, &c. at St. Bartholomew’s 
Hospital,’’ and the “ Book of Philosophical Experiments, 
by J. S. Dalton,” illuslrated by some hundreds of engra- 
vingsand experiments—two as valuable works .as could 
be placed in the hands of those who wish to acquire a 
a knowledge of the elements of chemistry; both essays 
being intended for those who have not studied the sci¬ 
ence, and divested as much as possible of technical terms, 
with the most simple explanations of all such terms as 
are used. These works are given in a neatly executed 
Iiamphlet of 84 pages octavo, closely printed in double 
columns, foi 25 cents. 
Engravings —We have the following on hand,wait¬ 
ing for insertion:—Designs for a Laboring Man's Cottage, 
by T. M. Niven —also, from the same gentleman, Plans 
of outbuilding-sand grounds, for the Dwelling House 
published in our .lanuary no.—a Gate, by ,T. Willard—a 
Bee Hive, by “ N. of AVashington”—a Sheep Barn, by 
J. Beach, and several others. 
Seed Store at Newark, N. J. —Our friends in New 
Jersey, as well as dealers in seeds generally throughout 
the country, are referred to the advertisement of Messrs. 
Gibson & Ritchie, in this paper, of whom seeds of the 
best quality, and at prices suited to the times, may be 
obtained. 
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The Dairy—Great Product. —AVe commence in 
this paper, the publication of an Essay on the general 
management of Dairy Cows anil the manuf. cture^ of 
Cheese. It was written for, and obtained a premium 
from, the Herkimer Co. Ag. Society at its last meeiing; 
and is from the pen of a practical man, who gives the 
results of his own practice and observation for a series 
of years. As it will occupy iiortions .oftwo or three nos. 
of our paper, we will hei’e state tl’.at Mr, T ish, the au¬ 
thor, has produced by his management, a greater amount 
of cheese, on an average, from a dairy of twen j cows, 
than has ever before, to our knowledge, been made, ex¬ 
ceeding considerably the larg'e products of those ilaiiics 
mentioned in our May number. I'rom twenty cow.«, he 
made last season, commencing on Ihe 19lh of April and 
closing about the first of January, 13,996 lbs, cheese and 
301 lbs. butter, being an average of 7145 lbs. per cow. 
No better proof surety need be required of the benefits 
to be derii ed from a pro[ier care of dairy cows, and a 
skillful management of their milk. The cheese which 
received the first prize at the last Fair of Ihe American 
Institute, was, we believe, from Ihe dairy of Mr. I'ish. 
Dr. Cloud on the Culture if Cotton. —A letter 
lo the Editors, speaking on this subject, .says—“I was 
surprised to see the system recommended by Dr. C., de¬ 
nounced as humbuggery. I have no idea that such a 
crop as he obtained, will be often produced; but the 
PRINCIPLE he goes on is the right one, and is appUcabic 
to all crops as well as cotton. Good culture and good 
manuring, are what is wanted, and these arc no hum¬ 
bugs.” 
Agricultural Implements. —AVe invite attention to 
the advertisement of B. M. Freeborn, Ihe successor of his 
father, in the well known establishment of G. Freeborn, 
New-York, of whom all the most improved farm imple¬ 
ments may be obtained. 
THE SEASON AND THE CROPS, 
AVe m.Tke the following extracts from letters to Ihe 
Editors, received during the jiasi month ; 
Salem, Indiana, May 20:—“AVheat has been injured 
.very materially by the winter, and the crop will proba¬ 
bly be less than an average one.” 
Hannibal, Missouri, May 15:—“ AA^e have the most 
backward spring ever known here. Our wheat crop is 
literally killed. 1 know of none that I think can produce 
ten bushels per acre.” 
Pope Creek, Mercer co., Illinois, May 17:—“ Added to 
the scarcity of money, and the extreme hard times, and 
unus lal low price of all kinds of products, we have with 
us this seasbn, anothei-and greater calamity than vve have 
e- er before had, in the almost total failure of the vvi.eat 
crop. There is not, so far as we can yet learn, one acre in 
fifty of winter wheat, th-at will pay for harvestsng or r«- 
imbuesh the farmer for the seed sown.” 
Zanesville, Ohio, Alay 28:—“ The season is very back¬ 
ward, biU the weather lately has been favorable, and Ihe 
growth of vegetation rapid, 'i he prospect for wheat is 
only tolerabl 3 ' good. It snfl'ered much from the winter, 
excepting the earliest sown.” 
Iberville, Loui.Hana, May 29:—“Our crops are full one 
month behind the usual time. Our cane, that was four 
ft et high on the first of .lune last year, is now not more 
than two, and the ratoons a very bad stand. AVe gene¬ 
rally have roasting ears by the first of May; this year vve 
shall have them in .about a week from this time. All our 
e:irly fruit was destroyed in Ihe bloom; garden vegeta¬ 
bles we have in abundance, and the weather is now fine 
for the advancement of vegetation, so that vve may yet 
be blessed with an abundant crop. AVe have feared an 
overflow this year, but the Mississippi has not been over 
the natural banks, and has commence'l falling within a 
few days.” 
Delavan, Wiskonsam, June 7 :—“The winter has been 
v-ery severe; more so than was ever before known. 
Coarse grains verj’ scarce and high; wheat is becoming 
so. Winter wheat appears generally very fine, as do all 
crops except corn and vines.” 
CATTLE SHOAVS THIS YEAR. 
Genesee. —The annual Fair of the Genesee Co. Ag. 
Society is to be held at Batavia, Oct. 4, 5. From its list 
of Premiums vve are glad to perceive that upwards of a 
hundred vols. of Agricultural Journids are to be awarded. 
The Lewis, Montgomery and Steube.n Societies, 
hav’e issued their premium lists, but the times of holding 
their Fa’rs are not mentioneif. 
Oneida —The Fair of this Society is to be held at 
Vernon, Oct. 5, 6. 
E-ssex, Mass— The Fair of this celebrated Society ia 
to be held at Aadoxerj Sept, 27 
