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THE CULTIVATOR 
Sept. 
have the maiden soil to operate on. There are in this 
new state over 1,000 subscribers to the “ American 
Cotton Planter and Soil of the South.” N. B. c. 
The Illustrated Annual Register for 1859.— 
This is now nearly ready for the press. We can pro¬ 
mise our readers, that it shall not be behind its prede¬ 
cessors in interest. There have been many inquiries 
lately for “ Thomas’ Essay on Farm Management 
this has been re-written and enlarged for the Regis¬ 
ter for 1859, where it is accompanied by 14 new en¬ 
gravings from original designs by the author. The 
Chapter on “Country Dwellings” will be of equal 
value to those contained in previous numbers ; it is 
accompanied by 7 views of houses, and 18 other en¬ 
gravings, including ground plans, &c. A few pages, 
very fully illustrated, are devoted to “ Furniture and 
Rural Structures of Iron,” (34 engravings ) A very 
complete and carefully written paper on “ Under- 
Draining ” follows, which will prove worth the full 
price of the book to any farmer ; it is accompanied by 
29 diagrams to render the directions of the text as 
clear as possible, and has neen prepared with much 
deliberation and labor. The next article is a resume 
of the “ Culture of the Pear,” as the subject now 
stands, and is followed by a critical list of the newer 
varieties, with original engravings of those promising 
to be most valuable. Peaches, Plums and Strawber¬ 
ries are similarly treated. The 76 pages, at the con¬ 
tents of which we have glanced, contain 123 engrav¬ 
ings ! There follow 27 pages more, to which we must 
turn hereafter. The price of the Register will be as 
heretofore—25 cents per copy—five copies for SI—12 
copies $2. We trust we shall secure the aid of our 
friends in making it attain a circulation this season, 
unprecedentedly large. Agents are wanted in every 
county, and at every Agricultural Exhibition through¬ 
out the country. For particulars address the pub¬ 
lishers of this journal. Orders will be registered and 
filled, as heretofore, in the order they are received. 
§5§f* We had the pleasure of spending an hour, one 
day last week, on the farm of our correspondent, Mr. 
John Giles, at Woodstock, Conn. Our time was too 
limited to enable us to take notes of the details of the 
great improvements Mr. G. has made in bringing an 
exhausted soil into a condition of high fertility during 
the four or five years he has occupied his farm ; but 
we may state that it has been accomplished mainly by 
the use of barn-yard manure and thorough tillage. Up 
to the last year, he was a large purchaser of hay, as 
that produced on the farm was not sufficient to enable 
him to keep the necessary amount of stock to make the 
quantity of manure required; but last year he had 
got his meadows into such a condition, that they pro¬ 
duced more hay than was required for his stock, and 
he will hereafter be able to feed from the produce of 
his own land, all the stock necessary to enable him to 
keep it in a highly productive condition. Mr. G. is a 
thorough believer in “ high farming.” He knows that 
while poor farming is unprofitable, good farming will 
pay handsomely. 
The Jersey cattle are Mr. G.’s favorites, of which he 
has some very handsome specimens, among which we 
may name his imported cow “ Zilla,” which took the 
first prize in her class at the last Conn. State Fair, and 
the young bull, “Capt. Darling,” advertised for sale 
in this paper. He has also a small flock of superior 
Cotswold sheep, imported and bred by himself, which 
he proposes to sell, as will be seen by his advertise¬ 
ment. 
In his poultry-yards, we found a rare collection of 
birds, both useful and ornamental, from an eight 
ounce bantam to a thirty pound turkey. Among the 
rarer varieties were the Golden, Silver, and Eng¬ 
lish Pheasants, with the California Quail, all of 
which Mr. G. has been very successful in rearing. 
In his ponds were the Laughing, Falkland Island, 
Brant, White China and other varieties of Geese, and 
Rouen, Aylesbury, Wood, and other Ducks, with many 
other birds, forming together a rich and rare collection, 
well worth a journey to see. 
Valuable Stock Leaving England. —The Liver¬ 
pool, England, Daily Post, of July 31st, notices the 
arrival in that city for shipment to America, “of 
twenty-four fine animals, including six bulls, fourteen 
heifers and yearlings, and four cows of the Ayr¬ 
shire breed, purchased in Ayrshire, from the most 
celebrated breeders, by Mr. Sanford Howard, editor 
of the Boston Cultivator , for the Massachusetts Ag¬ 
ricultural Society. It is only fair to say they are all 
exceedingly fine specimens of a justly celebrated breed 
of dairy stock. Twelve were shipped on board the 
Agnes, on Wednesday last, for Boston; the other 
twelve will be shipped for the same destination in 
course of the ensuing week.” The same paragraph 
announces the coming of “ several fine Southdown 
rams, from the herds of Mr. Jonas Webb, Babraham, 
Cambridgeshire, purchased for Colonel Morris, New- 
York, and two splendid bulls of the Durham short¬ 
horn breed, for Adelaide, in Australia, both exceeding¬ 
ly fine animals, and though young giving unmistakable 
evidence of fine breeding.” 
Cochran’s Farm Accounts. —While writing allow 
me to express my thanks to you for noticing in a 
March number, Mr. Cochran’s “ System of Farm Ac¬ 
counts.” I sent for a set of books, and for one can 
speak highly of their value. As a general thing, we 
farmers are apt to be very slack in keeping our ac¬ 
counts, and many of us keep none at all, except with 
each other. But the publication of such an excellent 
system as that of W. D. Cochran of Detroit, is likely 
to produce a change for the better. You can hardly 
do more good than by urging farmers to adopt his sys¬ 
tem. J. E. W. Durant , Iowa. 
The Farm; A Pocket Manual of Practical Ag¬ 
riculture ; or How to Cultivate all the Field Crops. 
Embracing an Exposition of the Nature and Action of 
Soils and Manures ; the Principles of Rotation in Crop¬ 
ping ; Directions for Irrigation, Draining, Subsoiling, 
Fencing, Planting Hedges, etc. ; Descriptions of Im¬ 
proved Agricultural Implements ; Instruction in the 
Cultivation of the various Farm Crops ; How to Plant 
and Cultivate Orchards, etc. With a most valuable 
Essay on Farm Management. By the author of “ How 
to Behave,” “ How to do Business,” “The Garden,” etc. 
New-York: Fowler & Wells, 1858 [Price, postpaid, 
in paper, 30 cents ; in muslin, 50 cents ; for sale at this 
office.] 
The above title page gives the subjects treated in this 
excellent little hand-book so completely that no further 
summary is necessary. While there is nothing par¬ 
ticularly new presented, the author has shown much 
judgement in his selections and condensations. 
Charcoal Dust as a Manure. —A correspondent of 
the Boston Cultivator, commends from long experience, 
charcoal dust especially as a manure for onions, corn, 
and grass. An inch of coal dust is spread over the 
