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THE CULTIVATOR. 
March. 
them Deodar cedar, Lebanon do., Cryptomeria, Chili 
pine, English and Irish Yew, European Silver fir (A. 
pectinata taxifoiia,) and Abies pinsappo. 
Those wanting pure-bred Short-Horn cattle, 
are referred to the advertisement of Dr. Wendell. It 
will. be seen that the pedigrees inr.jvdr drains of the 
best families oi Short-Horns in England. 
Value op our Publications. — A subscriber at 
New-Castle, Pa., says—“ Your publications have been 
of great service to me. About three years ago I pur¬ 
chased a small farm near the village in which I am en¬ 
gaged in business, for the purpose of making a more com¬ 
fortable home for my family, away from the soot and 
coal smoke of our iron manufactories. By the aid of 
the Rural Register and Co. Gent., I have been enabled 
to erect my buildings, lay out and ornament my grounds, 
select my fruit trees, shrubbery, &c., entirely to my 
satisfaction. I built my pig-house on the plan given 
in the Register, and find it to answer admirably.” 
Cotswold Sheep. —R. G. Coffin of Dutchess Co., 
gives his preference to the Cotswold over any other 
breed, when looked upon as a wool-producing and mut¬ 
ton sheep. He sold in December last, five wethers of 
this breed, 21 months old, at $14 each. The expense 
of rearing them to that age, including pasturage, hay, 
turnips and grain, was $42.13. They produced 40 lbs. 
wool, at 3l£ cts., amounting to $12.60, making the 
whole income from them $82.60, and leaving a clear 
profit of a fraction over $8 each. 
Correction. —In the December No. of “The Culti¬ 
vator,” 1857, p. 367, in my “ Report of Experiments' 
with Potatoes ,” in Axiom 12th, “ to renew and im¬ 
prove ,” should read, to get new and improved vari¬ 
eties of “ the seed,” &c.; as it seems that Prof. S. W. 
Johnson took me to mean regenerate , and very natu¬ 
rally but erroneously; which idea I had not the most 
distant thought of conveying. J. C. Cleveland. 
Mowing Machines. —Doubtless there are many who, 
like L. R., are anxious to know what mower took the 
premium at Syracuse. But why do not farmers judge 
these machines for themselves, as they do of plows, &c. 
When we are about to buy a plow, -we pay but little 
attention to prizes, but buy the one that does our work 
best. There are several machines that have taken first 
prizes, that are hard for every day work. It is my 
opinion that R. L. .Allen’s machine works the easiest, 
and will do good work under a greater variety of cir¬ 
cumstances than any other. P. P. Peckham. Co\vm- 
bia Cross Roads. 
Good Rye Crop. —I noticed in the Co. Gent, a good 
rye crop, raised by Mr. A. Stevens of Massachusetts, 
which induces me to tell what I have done. I raised 
the past season 103f bushels on three acres. This be¬ 
ing my first experience, I think it pretty good. A. J. 
Hull. 
The Union Ag. Society, at Palmyra, held their 
annual meeting Feb. 3, 1858. Luther Sanford of Pal¬ 
myra, was elected President; Ornon Archer, Cor. Sec¬ 
retary, Palmyra; C. J. Ferrin, Ree: Sec’y, Palmyra. 
Steuben Co. Ag. Society. —The officers elected at 
the annurd meeting, held at Bath, January 13th, 1858, 
are as follows: 
President— Lyman Bai.com. 
Vice Presidents—Daniel Gray, T. M. Younglove. Chas. 
Cass, John W. Whitney, Wrn. Healey, and Harvey Bissell. 
Treasurer—Reuben Robie. 
Secretary—Robt. M. Lyon. 
New-Yorlfc State Ag. College. 
Meetings of the Trustees of this institution were 
held in this city the 9th, 10th, and 11th insts, at which 
the following members of the Board were present:— 
Gov. Ring chairman, Messrs. Wm. Kelly, Abraham H. 
Post, Henry Wager, Arad Joy, Samuel Cheever, M. 
R. Patrick, E. P. Prentice, Alex. Thompson, andB. P. 
Johnson. James 0. Sheldon of Geneva, was elected 
Trustee in the place of Rev. Amos Brown resigned, 
and took his seat with the Board. Arad Joy of Ovid, 
was elected Treasurer instead of Joel W. Bacon resign¬ 
ed. B. P. Johnson was elected Secretary in place of 
Rev. Amos Brown. Hon. Geo. W. Patterson resigned 
as Trustee, in consequence of ill health preventing his 
attendance, and Hon. Benjamin N. Huntington of 
Rome, Oneida Co., was elected to fill tMs vacancy, and 
we understand has since signified his acceptance. 
Gov. King informed the Board that since the last 
meeting he had received from the Comptroller $8,000, 
of the loan made by the State, and the same had been 
deposited in bank to the credit of the President of the 
College. Samuel Cheever, Alexander Thompson, and 
Henry Wager were appointed a building committee. 
Alex. Thompson was appointed a member on course 
of studies in place of Amos Brown. 
The committee on course of instruction made a par¬ 
tial report, and the whole subject was then recommit¬ 
ted to the committee. 
The building committee was instructed to employ 
competent persons to examine the stone quarried on the 
premises of the College. 
The plan for the buildings, as heretofore mentioned 
in our columns, is that submitted by Mr. Hewes, ar¬ 
chitect, of this city, and consists of a main building 51 
feet front by 132 deep, having on each side a wing 86 
feet deep, by 60 in length, and at the extremity of 
these wings, transverse wings, each having a front of 
60 feet, and a depth of 128—the whole calculated to 
accommodate 400 or 500 students. In view, however, of 
the present financial condition of the country, and aim¬ 
ing to keep within the limit of their present means, 
the Board directed the Building Committee to proceed 
to contract for the materials for the center building and 
south sub-building* only, and in pursuance of this de¬ 
cision the building committee proceeded to close a con¬ 
tract for all the lumber necessary for the buildings to 
be erected. 
We are pleased to notice that the proceedings of 
the Trustees evince great care not to proceed with the 
erections for the Ag. College, farther than their funds 
will warrant. They expect to have the erections above 
designated enclosed and roofed during the coming sea¬ 
son ; and early in the ensuing year it is hoped to be in 
readiness for 100 pupils. 
There can be no doubt, we think, that they will 
accomplish this, and thus be enabled to present to the 
farmers and mechanics of the state an opportunity to 
test the value of the instruction, theoretical and prac¬ 
tical, which will there be given. The gentlemen who 
have its management in charge, are excellently qua¬ 
lified for their responsible position, and the recent ad- 
* We are informed by Mr. Hewes that this portion of 
the buildings, comprising the center and one lateral wing, 
will contain janitor’s rooms, laundry, laboratory, kitchen, 
store rooms, dining room, President’s room,"Professors and 
Teachers’ rooms, class and recitation rooms, halls, stair 
cases, lecture room, and seventy study rooms, with bed 
rooms attached, each for two students. 
