T H E (; U L TIV A T 0 It. 
Contents of this NTumber. 
Tlie Fann. 
Plans for the Tear,. 41 
Millet and Hungarian Grass,.4*2, 60 
Successful Draining with Stone, by L. Griswold,.42 
Fresh Water Shell Marl, by W. F.,.42 
Why Fanning is Unprofitable,.43 
Value of Horn Piths, by L. Bartlett,. ---- 43 
Annual Meeting of U. S. Ag. Society,.. 44 
Leaves for Bedding Cattle, by R. M. Conklin,.46 
Report on Culture of Various Plants, by L. Norris,.. 47 
Is Buckwheat B>*an Poisonous to Swine,.48 
The Country Gentleman,. 49 
The Chinese Sugar Cane at the South,.49 
Books for a Farmer’s Library,.49 
Underdraining Impervious Clay,.49 
Cost of Raising Indian Corn, by W. A. G.,.50 
Artesian Wells,. 52 
Successful Culture of the Potato, by G. Howatt,_53 
Culture of the Potato, by G. M’Mahon,...54 
How to Collect Seed Wheat, by W. B. L.,. 65 
A Prairie Farm in Iowa,... 55 
Cleaning Clover Seed,.55 
A New Vegetable Washer,.56 
Octagon Houses, by S. H. Mann,.57 
Buckwheat Straw for Sheep, by R. R. Phelps, ..60 
Inquiries and Answers,.61 
Notes for the Month,. 64 
Conn. State Ag. Society,.64 
A Good Hay’s Work for a Boy,. 66 
Rack and Feeding Trough for Sheep,.67 
An Iowa Corn Crop,.67 
Tile Grazier. 
Wintering Calves,.46 
Rearing Calves, by N.,.50 
Shropshire Down Sheep,.56 
Good Spring Pigs,. 56 
Hoof-Ail—Management of Stock, by M. A. Cuming, .. 59 
Remedy for Ticks on Sheep, by J. Johnston,.60 
Construction of Poultry Houses, by II., .. 63 
A Good Cow—Guenon’s Treatise, by H. W. Taylor,- 67 
Tlie Horticulturist. 
Wild Grapes of Canada, by Wm. H. Read, ..50 
Two New Pears,. 51 
The Allen Raspberry. 51 
Three Plums Described,. 52 
Barberry for Hedges,. 54 
Fruit Grower’s Society of Western New-York,--.67 
Tlie Housewife. 
Recipe for Squash Cake, by E. T. M.,.46 
Salt a Universal Remedy, by A Subscriber,.46 
Valuable Liniment, by H. L. T.,. 52 
How to Make Court Plaster,. 54 
Temperature of Cream for Churning, &c., by M. C. L., 55 
Recipe for Washing Soap, by Senex,. 56 
Butter-Making in Winter, by J. H. B.,. 60 
Illustrations. 
Chippewa Grape. 50 
Beurre Clairgeau and Doyenne Sieule Pears,.. 51 
Three Plums,. 52 
Shropshire Down Sheep,.56 
Vegetable Washer,. 56 
Octagon House,. 57, 58 
Feeding Trough for Sheep,. 67 
Mill Wm’sery, 
T HE proprietor of the above Nursery respectfully in¬ 
vites the attention of Florists to his extensive col¬ 
lection of ROSES the coming spring. 
Having tlie past season imported many new and beau¬ 
tiful varieties, he is now prepared to furnish handsome 
assortments to all who may lavor him with their orders, 
at moderate prices. 
Also a complete assortment of the different varieties of 
GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS for bedding-out. through the 
summer months. JOSIAH IIOOPES, 
Westchester, Pa. 
N. B. Osage Orange Plants at $5 per 1,000. Silver Ma¬ 
ples, 10 feet high, at $18 per 100, &c., &c. J. H. 
Feb. 4—w!5t* 
Three Vols. 8 vo.—Price $15. 
The American Short-Horn Herd Book, 
By LEWIS F. ALLEN. 
F OR SALE at the office of the Country Gentleman and 
Cultivator. The vols. will be sold separate—the first 
vol. at $3, and vols. 2 and 3 at $6 each. Every Short-Horn 
Breeder should have this work. 
Three Hundred and thirty-six pages, and Four Hundred 
and forty Engravings. 
AFFAIRS. 
A COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA IN MINIATURE 
for every man with a Farm, a Garden, or a Domestic 
Animal—for every Place which -will grow a Flower or a 
Fruit-tree—for every Purchaser or Builder in the Coun¬ 
try, and for every Household in the City, delighting in 
representations or looking forward with hopes of Rural 
Life. Embracing 
Implements & Machinery. 
Farm Economy 
Domestic Animals, 
Farm Buildings, 
Hints for Cultivators. 
Rural Architecture, 
Landscape Gardening, 
Fruit Culture, 
Ornamental Planting, 
Best Fruits and Flowers, 
Beautifully Illustrated with 440 Engravings. 
By John J. Thomas, Author of the “ American Fruit 
Culturist, &c., &c. Sent post-paid on receipt of $1 in Gold, 
Postage Stamps, or Bank-note, by the publishers. 
Among the Illustrations of this volume, are 
11 figs, of Apples, 
2 “ Apricots, 
6 Plans of Barns, 
2 figs, of Blackberries, 
7 Plans of Barns, 
2 “ Carriage Houses, 
8 Portraits of Cattle, 
3 figs, of Cheese Presses, 
4 “ Churns, 
14 “ Cherries, 
2 “ Cider Mills, 
3 Corn Planters, 
2 Corn Shellers, 
3 Drills, 
6 Maps of Farms, 
4 Flower Gardens, 
15 Flowering Plants, 
9 figs, of Strawberries, 
2 Stump Machines, 
16 figs, in Fruit Culture, 
4 Grape Houses, 
7 figs. Grape Culture, 
4 Harrows, 
4 Portraits of Horses, 
17 Plans of Houses, 
5 figs, for Lawns, 
10 Mowers and Reapers, 
12 figs, of Pears, 
10 Plows, 
11 Plums, 
2 Poultry Houses, 
6 Raspberries, 
12 figs, of Rustic Work, 
3 desi’ns for school-hous’s, 
5 figs, of Sheep, 
6 “ Swine. 
12 Trees, with 
179 other Illustrations, 
Embracing a great variety of Implements, Machines, Or¬ 
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Farmer has to do ; and there is hardly any subject of 
practical interest to the Farmer which is not here treated 
and practically illustrated.” 
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District and Town Libraries, as well as for Premiums to 
be awarded by Agricultural and Horticultural Societies. 
LUTHER TUCKER & SON, 
Albany, N. Y. 
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The Cultivator has been published twenty-four years. 
A New Series was commenced in 1853, and the five vo¬ 
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The same publishers issue “The Country Gentleman,’ 
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