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THE CULTIVATOR 
May 
Special Notice. 
Schenectady, 25th March, 1858. 
Eds. Country Cent. — I see by an advertisement in last 
Co. Gent., that my friend Horace Emery has considerable 
of old Zack about him—that is, he never knows when he 
is beat, or at least very reluctantly owns it. 
You will observe that he refers to his neighbor Pease’s 
advertisement, in which he claims to have a superior ma¬ 
chine as was clearly established at the United States Ag¬ 
ricultural Pair held at Louisville, and claims to have re¬ 
ceived the first premium, in competition with Emery’s 
machine. Now Emery tries to make out that the premium 
awarded to Pease did not amount to much, as he says the 
committee in their report, said they could discover no ad¬ 
vantage in Pease’s over Emery’s machine. We mention 
this to show of what value Emery considers premiums 
when given to his competitors ; but when he receives pre¬ 
miums, he advertises them as deciding the superiority of 
his machines. As an evidence of the little reliance to be 
placed on awards of committees at Fairs when against 
Emery’s machines, he says Mr. Pease did not venture to 
present his machine in competition with his, at the New- 
York State Fair held at Buffalo in October last, and where 
Emery Brothers claim to have received the “ first and only 
premium ” on their Horse Power, in connection with their 
combined Thresher and Winnower. 
There could have been but little inducement to draw 
out Mr. Pease to compete with Emery Brothers fora pre¬ 
mium at that time, as there was none offered by the So¬ 
ciety on Horse Powers or Thrashing Machines. As there 
was premiums awarded, it is to be presumed that the 
committee concluded that such machines, taken together 
with their exhibitors, formed a very noisy part of the ex¬ 
hibition, and were worthy of notice, so awarded some of 
those famous medals and diplomas. By so doing, they 
have caused Emery Brothers to state that they received 
the first and only premium on their machines at that time, 
and with apparent intention of leading persons to believe 
them to be the best among a number of others there ex¬ 
hibited. Now, this statement is incorrect; because they 
did not receive the first and only premium awarded, as 
may be seen by reference to the Journal of the N. Y. State 
Ag. Society, or by medals and diplomas received by me, 
as the only competitor with Emery Brothers for premi¬ 
ums on Railway Horse Powers, Combined Thrashers and 
Winnowers, and Thrashers and Separators. In fact, Em¬ 
ery’s and mine were the only machines of the kind on the 
ground. 
By referring to the Journal of the State Ag. Society, the 
premiums on Horse Powers and Thrashing Machines will 
be found as follows • 
G. Westinghouse, Thrasher and Winnower, Silver Me¬ 
dal. 
G. Westinghouse, Thrasher and Separator, Silver Medal. 
Gr. Westinghouse, Horse Power, Diploma. 
John A. Pitts, Thrasher and Cleaner, Yol. Trans. 
John A. Pitts, Sweep Horse Power, Silver Medal. 
Emery Brothers, Horse Power, Diploma. 
Emery Brothers, Thrasher and Cleanei-, Diploma and Sil¬ 
ver Medal. 
Emery Brothers, Thrasher and Separator, Diploma. 
One thing that enabled Emery Brothers to get the Di¬ 
ploma in addition to the very expensive silver medal of 
one dollar value, was the dexterity shown by Horace in 
digging up the ground and burying the wheat that had 
been carried over in the straw by his machine, upon the 
approach of the committee, as he observed they were giv¬ 
ing some attention to that point. He gave as a reason for 
such work, that he put through the machine some thrash¬ 
ed grain which he saw was carried over in the straw, and 
said it made him feel very cheap at the time, but I think, 
had this been the case, he would not have allowed it to 
remain for a day or so unburied. 
Please insert this in your columns, so as to correct wrong 
impressions that may have been made by the advertise¬ 
ment of Emery Brothers. Yours truly, 
April l-w&mlt G. WESTINGHOUSE. 
Important to 
FARMERS AND GARDENERS. 
OR SALE, about 2,000 acres of good garden and farm 
land, in the town of Islip, Long Island, about 43 miles 
from the city of New-York, by the Long Island Railroad. 
This land otters great opportunities for gardeners and far¬ 
mers who may wish to settle on Long Island, the soil be¬ 
ing a fine warm yellow loam, entirely free from stone or 
swamp ; is from 18 inches to 3 feet deep, and will produce 
by ordinary culture, all kinds of grain and fruits that can 
be produced in the vicinity or latitude of New-York. 
There is not much wood on it, though fifteen years ago it 
was heavily timbered. The whole tract is what may be 
called an elevated table land, with a southern aspect, slop¬ 
ing to the south about twenty feet to the mile, and at the 
railroad, on the north side or north end of this tract, the 
surface is 100 feet above tide water, distant five miles from 
the shore of the Great South Bay. Good water can be had 
on any part of the land by wells, which on the north near 
the railroad, are 40 feet deep, with never failing water, and 
on the southerly parts from 12 to 20 feet. deep. The water 
on this part of the island is of remarkable purity, and the 
wells and streams never fail. This part of Long Island is 
famous for its fine trout streams. The climate is healthy 
and pleasant; meteorological records show that the tem¬ 
perature is ten degrees milder on Long Island in winter, 
and 10 degrees cooler in summer than the main shore in 
the same latitude. The summers on Long Island are par¬ 
ticularly pleasant, as the air is always tempered by the sea 
breeze, and yet there are more clear and sunny days in the 
year on Long Island, than in any other part of the State 
of New-York. 
Wood and timber grow rapidly on the Island—every 18 
or 20 years will pn-oduce a growth or crop of wood large 
enough for market. 
The forest trees on this part of the Island are oak in va¬ 
riety, chestnut, hickory, and locust, formerly in great abun¬ 
dance. On my land there is but little oak or chestnut, and 
but little or no pine of large growth, as the timber and 
wood have been destroyed by" the axe, and by frequent 
burnings during the past 15 years, though there is a good 
deal of wood on portions, suitable for fire-wood ; on some 
parts a new and thrifty growth has started, and in some 
places a change of forest, from pine to oak, seems to be 
taking place. The shrub or scnib oak of Long Island, 
about which so much has been said in connection with 
these lands, is not a tree, nor never can be made a tree, 
or become a tree, no more than a lilac bush or quince, in 
any soil, no matter how rich and fertile. It is a distinct 
shrub or dwarf, called also the bear oak , producing great 
quantities of acorns, and never grows more than 5 or 10 
feet high, and on the Island it seems to perform the part 
of a bramble, to overrun the land, 
It is of very vigorous growth, filling the ground full of 
its roots almost like a mat, and where the forest trees have 
been destroyed by the axe or fire, these little oaks soon 
take entire possession of the ground, and grow so rank and 
vigorous that it smothers and crowds out every thing else. 
When the ground is cleared or made clear of these roots, 
by the process of digging them out by the hand, or grub¬ 
bing, as is the old and common mode on the Island, from 
twenty to forty loads of these roots are often taken from a 
single acre, in less than ten inches from the surface, there¬ 
by showing the large amount of vegetable matter contain¬ 
ed in the soil. The true and economical plan of clearing 
this land, is to kill and decompose this large quantity of 
these small roots in the ground, which can be very easily 
done by cutting over and fallow-burning the land, and then 
harrowing in a crop of rye or wheat, with clover and grass 
seed, or it can be plowed with a strong plow, made with a 
locked-coulter, with a sharp edge on both the coulter and 
share ; with such an instrument, with two yoke of good 
oxen, the ground can be completely and thoroughly broken 
up. The large heavy “prairie plow” is not required. 
There is an abundance of oak and chestnut in the imme¬ 
diate vicinity, where the wood lands have been taken care 
of. 
As to productions, white clover is indigenous ; wherever 
the ground is cleared of trees and bushes, it springs up 
spontaneously, and any part or all this tract can be filled 
with red clover by simply putting the seed on the ground 
after the surface is cleared, without a particle of any fer¬ 
tilizer, All kinds of small fruits are natural and in great 
abundance, such as whortleberries, blackberries, raspber¬ 
ries, strawberries, and grapes. Apples, pears, cherries, 
quinces, plume, peaches, and apricots, grow well, and most 
of these grow in great quantity and high perfection. 
Wheat, rye, coni, clover, and timothy, and every thing 
that grows or can be raised on any farm, or in any garden 
on the Island, are produced in full crops on this land by 
ordinary culture and without any difiiculty—it is easy to 
clear, and easy to till. 
The land near and adjoining the L. I. Railroad is, or has 
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