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THE CULTIVATOR 
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entire commerce of that country. The total value of 
a year’s crop has been reported to Parliament, some 
time ago, as being about three thousand millions of 
dollars—the crop includes the animal as well as the 
vegetable. The turnip crop has been estimated in that 
kingdom to be worth fifteen hundred millions of dol¬ 
lars. 
May Wheat.—Messrs. Editors — I will advise far¬ 
mers wishing seed of the May wheat , to know before 
purchasing whether it will sprout. Seeing in the Coun¬ 
try Gentleman of 9th Sept, an offer to supply it, I sent 
to Buffalo for some ; but although looking well, it will 
not grow, but has rotted in the ground where covered ; 
and where the drag or later rains have left grains of 
it uncovered, they are sound but do not germinate. 
Whether the growers have killed the grain (purposely 
or otherwise,) by kiln drying, or that it has been heated 
in the bin, I cannot judge ; but its vitality is destroyed 
in some way. w. t. l. 
Weight of Corn. — I observe in the issue of Sept 
30th, an inquiry respecting the proper weight of a 
bushel of corn on the cob. As the weight of the cobs 
is less in proportion to the grain in some varieties than 
in others, different weights of unshelled corn will be 
required to make a bushel of different varieties. Where 
it is desirable to determine the weight in any particu¬ 
lar parcel, take a fair sample in the ear, weigh it, 
then shell it and weigh the grain ; then as the weight 
of the grain is to the weight with the cobs, so is the 
standard weight of a bushel (57 or 60 as the case may 
be) to the weight of a bushel upon the cob of that 
parcel. A. W. C. Plymouth, Pa. 
Nutting’s Patent Grain Panning and Assorting 
Machine.— 
We have seen this fanning mill in operation several 
times, and believe it to be the best fanning and separating 
mill ever invented.— New-England Farmer. 
We agree in the high opinion pronounced by our 
contemporary. See Mr. Warren’s advertisement in 
another column. Eds Co. Gent. 
Fine Wheat and Good Yield. 
Eds. Co. Gent.- —Enclosed please find a sample of 
‘Blue Stem” winter wheat, weighing 63 pounds per 
bushel. I had four and seven-eighths acres, and har¬ 
vested one hundred and fifty-five and one quarter 
bushels—or thirty-one bushels and twenty-seven 
quarts per acre, by measure—or 33 bushels and 13§ 
quarts by weight, (60 pounds per bushel) 
The land was a gravelly loam, somewhat inclining 
to clay in spots. In 1847 it yielded 8 8 10th bushels 
of wheat per acre, but by sowing plaster and turning 
under clover, it has reached its present fertility. I 
sowed clover seed on it in March last, but the cold wet 
rains in May, followed by the unprecedented hot 
weather in June, and the very rank growth of wheat, 
killed the clover; consequently I have again sowed 
the field to wheat. Last year I sowed one-half the 
field broadcast and drilled the other half. This year 
I drilled the whole. It pays to drill. 
I have sold some of this wheat to our millers for 
flouring, at SI 44 per bushel of 60 lbs. Club Spring 
wheat is worth $1.12§. Oats 50 cents. Corn 75 cents 
Dairy butter 20a22 cents. Dairy pork $3.75 per 
100, live weight. No fruit of any consequence except 
grapes—and grasshoppers! These have destroyed at 
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least half of the corn crop in this county. D. A. A. 
Nichols. Westfield , N. Y. 
C O R I A. — This New Fertilizer is manu¬ 
factured by the Lodi Manufacturing Company from 
leather scraps, dead animals, blood, hair and bones, by a 
newly discovered process—is offered for sale at a price 
which will bring it into direct competition with Guano 
and super phosphates. The above mentioned articles are 
melted by chemicals and heat down to a jelly, all the am¬ 
monia in which they abound being retained. This jelly is 
then dried and ground to a fine powder, and barreled for 
sale. About fifty per cent of the “Coria” is soluble in 
water, and the rest is very easily decomposed by the action 
of the elements. Several new agents in this manure give 
it great prominence in the eyes of those chemists who have 
examined it—amongst others tannic acid , which gives 
the firmness and flavor to the fruit, making it of great 
value for fruit trees. As a top-dressing for grass and win¬ 
ter grain, it is beyond comparison. 
And we are ready to put it against Guano or any other 
fertilizer in the market for quickness of operation and 
above all its lasting qualities in the soil. It is packed in 
new barrels, and will be sold for $40 per ton of 2,000 lbs., 
tare off. For further information apply to 
GRIFFING, BROTHER & CO., 
Exclusive agents of the L. M. Co., 
Aug. 19—w6m3t. 60 Cortland St., New-York. 
Sla^rt-IIoa’Ba JBebB! Calves. 
T HE subscriber offers for sale at moderate prices, a few 
superior bull calves with good pedigrees. They may 
be seen at Ellerslie Farm, one mile south of the Rhinebeck 
station, Hudson River Railroad. 
WILLIAM KELLY, 
Aug. 5—w3tm3t. Rhinebeck, Dutchess Co., N. Y 
F©r tlie Harvest off 1858. 
The best Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine 
in use, as endorsed by the United States 
Agricultural Society. 
Manny's Patent with Wood’s Improvement. 
I T is with much pleasure and renewed confidence, that 
I offer my machine to the Farmers for the coming har¬ 
vest, with all its improvements and increased high reputa¬ 
tion as a combined Machine and single Mower. The large 
sale the past season, and great success at the National 
Trial of Harvest Implements at Syracuse in July last, 
where it was awarded one Gold and two Silver Medals, is 
conclusive to every unprejudiced farmer that it is the most 
approved machine of the kind in use, and the subscriber 
begs to say that they will be perfect and complete in work¬ 
manship and material, and are offered to them on terms 
accommodating and suited to the times. With each ma¬ 
chine will be furnished two scythes, two extra guards, two 
extra sections, one extra pinion, and wrench. 
Warranted capable of cutting from 10 to 15 acres of 
grass or grain per day, in a workmanlike manner. 
Price of Machines as heretofore The Combined Ma¬ 
chine varies in price according to width of cut and its 
adaptation in size and strength to different sections of the 
country, from $125 to $150, delivered here on the cars. 
Price of Single Mower, steel Bar.. $115.00 
WALTER A. WOOD, 
Manufacturer and Proprietor, 
April 22—w4ms&mtf t Hoosick Falls, N. Y. 
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