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THE CULTIVATOR 
June. 
|lotes for ttje Hoi# 
Going to England. —We learn that the Trustees of 
the Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture, 
have entered upon an arrangement with Sanford 
Howard, Esq., of Boston, to go to England and Scotland 
for the purpose of selecting stock. Mr. II. will proba¬ 
bly leave by the middle of next month, and those de¬ 
sirous of sending for animals or articles of’any hind, 
will be pleased to learn that he intends to devote some 
time to the execution of such commissions. It may be 
a service to their readers if our cotemporaries would 
notice this fact. We do not need to add that Mr. How¬ 
ard has every qualification to render his selections ju¬ 
dicious and satisfactory. 
Mr. C. S. Wainwright’s Fourth Annual Cata¬ 
logue of Thorough-bred North Devon Cattle, is now 
ready. The high character of this herd we have fre¬ 
quently referred to, and about half-a-dozen of each 
sex, including one or two imported animals, are now 
offered to the public. Mr. W.’s address, as our read¬ 
ers are aware, is “ The Meadows,” near Rhinebeck, 
Duchess Co. 
$3F“ We have received vol. viii. of the “ Transac¬ 
tions of the Michigan State Agricultural Society, with 
Reports of County Agricultural Societies for 1856.” 
It contains nearly 800 pages—a fact which we do not 
mention as a compliment. The tendency with all such 
works in this country, especially when the State pays 
the printing bills, is to stretch them out instead of con¬ 
densing, so that for one page really worthy of printing 
and preservation, there are three or four that might 
better be omitted, so far as any practical good can re¬ 
sult from their appearance. We do not wish to be un¬ 
derstood as making this charge particularly against the 
volume before us—it is probably no more open to it 
than nine-tenths of all that appear, and there is some 
really sound wheat amidst the chaff. Several subjects 
—among them the Potato, the breeding and manage¬ 
ment of Sheep, Fruit Trees, &e., are treated at length, 
and, as far as we have been able to examine them, in 
a careful and creditable manner. 
The Approaching Show of our State Society.— 
The Executive Board of our State Society held a meet¬ 
ing last week at Syracuse. It was fully attended— 
present President McCoun ; Vice-Presidents Wain- 
wright, White, Turrill, Rotch and Johnson; Messrs. 
Barber, Ellis, Hubbell, and Sheldon, of the Executive 
Committee, together with ex-presidents Kelly and Fax- 
ton, members ex officio; Secretary Johnson and the 
Treasurer. The Board proceeded to view the grounds 
chosen for the fair in October next. They include the 
present County Society grounds, with some modifica¬ 
tions of outline, as well as interior arrangement, and 
an addition to render the area equal to about 30 acres, 
including a commodious building now in use as a fur¬ 
nace, the engine in which can be employed to move the 
machinery on exhibition. At the next meeting, which 
is also to be held in Syracuse, the location of the seve¬ 
ral erections required will be finally determined upon ; 
and although the grounds possess no features of stri¬ 
king interest, it is believed that the accommodations 
they will furnish to exhibitors and the public will be 
fully equal, if not more extensive than in any previous 
case. The local committee have manifested much de¬ 
sire to meet the views and necessities of the Society 
and of the occasion, and several representatives of their 
number, among them Mr. Geddes, Col. Titus and 
others, accompanied the committee in visiting the 
grounds. The remainder of a long and busy session 
was occupied mainly in arranging the list of Judges— 
those accepting their appointments in such position 
being expected to signify the fact to the Secretary be¬ 
fore the next meeting, at which vacancies created by 
non-acceptances will be filled, and the list as then 
amended, made public. 
The Secretary and Treasurer were appointed a com¬ 
mittee to dispose of the Society’s large Tent, for which 
it has no farther use. Societies or individuals desirous 
of purchasing an article of the kind, would find it to 
their interest to address Col. Johnson on the subject. 
We have received from Sayre & Remington 
of Utica, one of their excellent cultivators, with patent 
steel teeth, of which we shall furnish a more particular 
account when we have given it a practical trial. 
A Good Example. —An enterprising citizen of Can- 
astota is ornamenting that village by setting out ma¬ 
ple trees along the streets. He has also set apart three 
acres of his farm for a village park. Such a man is a 
public benefactor as well as a judicious improver of the 
value of his own property. 
California Agriculture. —A correspondent writes: 
“ Agriculture and horticulture are taking a high stand 
in this State. Men of science, wealth, and enterprise 
are engaged in tilling the soil, and that, too, at a large 
profit. Land is advancing from 50 to 100 per cent, an¬ 
nually.” From a letter which our correspondent fur¬ 
nished for the San Andreas Independent, and a copy 
of which he has sent us, we shall hereafter present some 
extracts. The facts and comments it contains on the 
immense capacities of the soil of California, for tropi¬ 
cal fruits and trees and plants, as well as the cereals, 
the ordinary fruits of the Northern and Middle States, 
hemp, hops, tobacco, &c., &o., are such as to confirm 
the opinion we have before expressed, that the golden 
treasures obtained from her rocks and streams, are not 
greater than those which her valleys and hillsides may 
be made to yield, when more attention shall be given 
to the development of their productive powers. 
Comparative Value of Roots for Cows. —A writer 
in the Conn. State Ag. Transactions, gives, from “a 
careful experience in winter feeding of milch cows,” 
his judgment of the comparative value of roots. Car¬ 
rots promote the richest milk ; sugar beets are next 
best; potatoes follow, and turnips class last in product 
as to quality, but first as to quantity. They were com¬ 
pared as fed pound for pound. Carrots, he thinks best 
for small families, where they desire but a small quan¬ 
tity of milk, but of richest quality, and a fat, sleek 
looking cow. Turnips are the best for those who sell 
milk, and desire to produce the greatest quantity. 
Mangold Wurzel. —The great superiority claimed 
in behalf of this over most other roots, seems to be 
based mainly on the following facts or considerations : 
1. It may be grown on clay and other lands unkindly 
to the growth of turnips. 2. A greater weight can be 
obtained of this root than of any other. 3. Mangold 
is more easily harvested or extracted from the soil. 4. 
It may be kept much longer in the season than tur¬ 
nips and some other roots. 5. If fed judiciously with 
other food, it is equal, if not superior, in fattening 
