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THE CULTIVATOR 
“ Prince of Oxford,” by Duke of Gloster, dam Maid 
of Oxford. He was the First Prize yearling bull at 
Syracuse—a very promising fellow. 
Heavy Lamb. —Messrs. Charles & Van Meter. 
of the Center Market in this city, exhibited in their 
stalls last week, a very superior lamb, raised by Mr. 
B. Filkin, of Rensselaer county—a cross of Leicester 
and South Down. It was dropped May 10, and ran 
with the ewe on grass, without grain, until it was kill¬ 
ed on the 10th of Nov. The carcass weighed 77 lbs , 
or 19£ lbs. per quarter. They paid for it—carcass, 77 
lbs. at 8 cents, $6.16—skin $1 50—8 lbs. tallow at 6j 
cents, 0 52—making a total of $8 18 for a six months 
lamb. Can any one beat this 7 
Honey. —Mr. M. Quinby of St. Johnsville, N. Y , 
who, as our readers know, has written a Bee-Book, and 
is a frequent contributor to our “ Apiary,” not only 
writes about bees, but is a very successful keeper of 
them, as all will believe when informed that he has 
this year sold 18,000 lbs. surplus, and 2,500 lbs. of 
strained honey—all produced by himself and such of 
his neighbors as he can induce to follow his example. 
The Oat Crop of France and England. —It is 
stated that such has been the severity of the drought 
during the spring and summer in France, that they do 
not expect to thrash more than one-sixth, of the ave¬ 
rage yield of oats, and barley is about equally injured. 
All fodder is scarce, and farmers are seeking to make 
the most of it by every available method. In Eng¬ 
land, a correspondent of the Mark Lane Express es¬ 
timates the yield of their crop at one-third, the usual 
product, and states that with an importation of oats of 
upwards of 200,000 quarters [1,600,000 bushels] in 
three weeks into London, the price had not given away, 
and some of the largest factors on Mark Lane were 
buying all the oats they could lay their hands on. So 
it seems other countries are equally short of oats with 
ourselves, but have not, as with us, the great crop of 
Indian corn to fall back upon. 
Death of “ Lord Ducie.” —Doct. Herman "Wen¬ 
dell of this city, recently met with a severe loss in 
the death of this celebrated imported Short-Horn bull. 
A post mortem examination showed that his disease 
was what is called “ Bright’s disease of the kidneys.” 
In every other respect he was entirely sound. He had 
proved himself an excellent sire, and we are pleased 
to know that several young animals of his get, male 
and female, are growing up to maintain his credit. The 
head of “Lord Ducie” is now in preparation by Mr. 
Hurst, the State Taxidermist, and wiil form a promi¬ 
nent and much admired feature in the Museum of our 
Ag. Society, to which Dr. W. proposes to present it. 
The life-like appearance it already wears under the 
skillful hands of Mr. II, is such as might have been 
expected from his well known skill in this beautiful art. 
Colored Fruits and Flowers. —We have receiv¬ 
ed a Catalogue of Colored Fruits and Flowers publish¬ 
ed by D. M. Dewy of Rochester, N. Y., embracing 184 
varieties of saleable Fruits and Flowers, which are 
manufactured by him, for the use of Nurserymen and 
Tree Agents. Specimens of these plates have been 
sent us ; they are well executed, and will supply a 
want long felt by those interested in the dissemination 
of improved fruits. Address Mr. D. as above. 
The Country Gentleman—“ Dont Stop it,” 
says an Illinois subscriber, “if I happen to be negli¬ 
gent about renewing my subscription at any future 
time, for I would not be without it for twice its cost. 
It contains, I think, more reliable information for the 
farmer than any of the nine papers I have taken the 
past year.” 
Speed the Plow. —In an article upon “ American 
Plows,” the New-England Farmer mentions the vast 
business done by one house alone in Boston, in manu¬ 
facturing plows for foreign markets. The writer states 
that within a twelve-month, two thousand plows, with 
steel plate mould-boards, have been sent to one cus¬ 
tomer of this house, for a single port, with a prospect 
of still heavier orders in the future. The same estab¬ 
lishment lately accepted an order to furnish a large 
amount of plows of various patterns, (which order was 
filled in an incredibly short space of time,) and they 
are now on their way to Africa, “ perhaps to turn up 
the fertile soil which has so long been supposed to be 
an inhospitable desert.” Borne one familiar with the 
operations constantly going on east and west, in plow¬ 
making, might contribute a most interesting chapter 
on this extensive trade ; the number of plows annually 
turned out in the Western States, as well as New- 
England, must be enormous. 
A Novel Diploma and Good Show— Eds. Culti¬ 
vator —I send you a sample of the diploma that our 
Agricultural and Horticultural Association have 
awarded as premiums on the different articles exhibit¬ 
ed at our first “Cattle Show and Fair,” held at this 
place on the 28th of Sept., ’58. It gives better satis¬ 
faction than the diplomas generally given on such oc¬ 
casions, and it is something new. The blanks are fill¬ 
ed up by the Editor of our village paper. We are a 
young Society, and as this was only a Town Exhibi¬ 
tion, we could not afford to go to much expense for 
premiums. These cost about 20 cents apiece, and we 
have awarded 375 of them. Our Exhibition was a very 
successful affair, and there was a good show of cattle, 
although not a large collection. The show of fruit was 
very large, and of the best quality, and superior to 
the New-IIampshire State Fair held at Dover this 
year. There was also a good display of needle-work 
and fancy articles, and last, though not least, a very 
good display of woollen goods from the Salisbury Mills. 
W. ?. Amesbury Mills , Mass., Nov. 12. [The Diplo¬ 
ma sent is singular but neat—printed in raised figures 
and type of three colors upon blue cloth ] 
Compost of Muck and Ashes. —Writing to the 
Boston Cultivator , C. W. Macomber says he has found 
the following compost very effective and enduring upon 
gravelly and sandy soils—fully equal to the best barn- 
cellar manure, and excellent as a surface dressing to 
all grass lands :—Take good swamp muck dug one year 
previous and exposed to the action of the weather, 
place it in layers with good wood ashes at the rate of 
sixteen bushels of the latter to one cord of the former. 
The layers of muck should be about six inches thick, 
and after remaining heaped two weeks, the whole 
should be thoroughly mixed and brought into a like 
condition. 
Exchanging Seeds. —I find the interchange of seeds, 
as I proposed in my “report,” published in your jour¬ 
nals, works admirably. I have received many letters 
from your subscribers, giving an account of the extra¬ 
ordinary growth and productiveness of some of the 
plants from seeds received from us. Our seeds too, 
