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THE CULTIVATOR. 
Feb. 
of charcoal-pits in the extra giowth of grain and grass 
on various soils, for more than twenty years after they 
were burnt. 
ONEIDA COUNTY AG. SOCIETY. 
This Society held its annual meeting at South Tren¬ 
ton, on the 8th of Jan. Rev. Dolphus Skinner, of Deer¬ 
field, was elected President; Benj. N. Huntington, of 
Rome, Rec. Secretary; Jno.Rixley Burgett, Westmore¬ 
land, Cor., Secretary; William Bristol, of Utica, Trea¬ 
surer. Ten Vice-Presidents and five Managers were 
appointed, among whom we notice the names of many 
excellent farmers and efficient members of the society, 
who, with the gentlemen above named, will take good 
care of the interests of the society the ensuing year. 
OSWEGO COUNTY AG. SOCIETY. 
M.r H. L. R. Sanford writes from Volney, that “ The 
aanual meeting of the Oswego Co. Ag. Society was held 
Jan. 7, when the following officers were chosen for the 
ensuing year. The next fair is to be held at Fulton, on 
the last Tuesday and Wednesday of Sept, next.” 
B. E. Bowen, President, Mexico; 
G. F. Falley, Fulton, ) y p 
Samuel Foot, Phoenix, $ * 
R. K. Sanford, Cor. Sec 5 ., Fulton; 
G. Salmon, Rec. Sec’y; 
I. I. Wolcott, Treasurer; 
Wm. Ingalls, } 
H. L. R. Sanford, ^Executive Committee. 
D. R. Case. ) 
HOUSES OF LIME, SAND AND GRAVEL. 
T. Winch, Cleveland, O., gives us the following ac¬ 
count of building houses of these materials.—“I read 
hi Ellsworth’s Report of last winter, the manner of 
building cheap houses of unburnt brick; but I think they 
have an improvement in Wisconsin Over all others. 
The material consists of gravel and lime—one-eighth 
part lime, and the balance of course sand and any kind of 
gravel or small stones, mixed so to make a mortar that 
will “ set” so hard as to stand well. I saw at Prairie 
du Lac, Rock Co., two buildings of this material— 
one a blacksmith’s shop, the other a seminary of two 
stories. Both appeared to be perfectly substantial. 
The proprietor, Mr. Goodrich, took a hammer in the 
shop to show me how strong the mortar was, and actu¬ 
ally broke a stone that protruded from the wall before 
he loosened it. They use clamps to build with, and de- 
posite in them six inches of mortar each day, which 
gives it time to dry, and so on until the wall is finished.” 
PROFITS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY. 
A. Van Bergen, Esq., of Coxsackie, has given us 
the following memorandum of the last year’s product 
and profit of three and a half acres of land:—200 bushels 
shelled corn—630 bushels ruta-baga—15 tons corn¬ 
stalks. Charging all the labor at the highest rate, and 
crediting the produce at a fair market value, the nett 
profit afforded by the three and a half acres, was $67.49. 
After the crops were taken off, the land was sown in 
wheat. . 
POUDRETTE. 
Benjamin Hicks, of Great Neck, Queens co., L. I., 
states that in the year 1843, he manured his potatoes 
with street manure obtained from the city of New York. 
The crop was good. The next year, 1844, he planted 
the same ground with potatoes, without any manure; 
those potatoes that were planted early, were not diseas¬ 
ed , but were of a good quality: of those that were planted 
in 1844 late, and with barn yard manure, on another 
piece of ground, fully one half of them were diseased 
and lost. 
The last year, 1845, he manured his potatoes entirely 
with Poudrette, made by the Lodi Manufacturing Co., 
and the whole crop was sound and good, and a fair 
yield, considering the drouth. His neighbor whose 
farm adjoins, the last year, 1845, planted all his potatoes 
with barn yard manure. The yield, it is said, was not 
more than about half as much as that of Mr. H., and 
they were so much diseased, that according to his esti¬ 
mate, he had not more than ten bushels left from the 
acre he planted. 
The above discloses two important facts: 
1— That early planted potatoes do not suffer by dis¬ 
ease as those that are planted late. 
2— That potatoes manured with Poudrette do not in 
some cases suffer by disease, as much as when planted 
with barn yard or stable manure. 
H. W. C. states that he tried Minor’s poudrette in 
connection with his own manufacture. It was used on 
potatoes, and the yield was above one-sixth in favor 
of his own. He says, however, Minor’s poudrette is a 
very good manure, “but I do not think it as profitable as 
stable manure, where the latter can be had for $1 per 
two-horse load—carting it two miles, as we can get it 
here.” 
LARGE CROP OF VEGETABLES. 
James Robertson, of Windham Centre, N. Y., in¬ 
forms us that he gathered last year, from one acre and 
eight rods of land, the following produce:— 
Ruta-baga,... 
Sugar beets,.. 
. 134 “ 
Carrots,. 
Total,. 
. 1085 
The ruta-baga grew on 122 rods of ground, and the 
sugar beets and carrots 23 rods each. The turnep 
ground which was sod, was plowed the previous fall, 
was harrowed well in spring, and cross-plowed in June, 
and fifteen loads of manure from the sheep-house spread, 
and the ground again harrowed well. With a small 
plow it was then thrown into ridges about seventeen 
inches apart, and the seed sown about the 10th of June, 
in drills, and the crop was hoed twice. The beets and 
carrots grew on ground which the year before was oc¬ 
cupied with ruta-baga. It was plowed deep and alight 
coat of sheep manure spread and harrowed in. The 
crop was sown in drills fourteen inches apart, about 
the first of May, and was hoed twice. 
THE PUMPKIN. 
Extract from a letter written by Alex. Leeds, St. 
Joseph’s, Michigan:—“I remember seeing, I cannot 
say when or where, that pumpkin and squash seed 
steeped in a solution of chloride of lime, were up and 
in the rough leaf, while those not steeped, were but 
bursting above the ground, though planted at the same 
time. The benefit to the fruit was not mentioned. It 
may answer to hasten the vine when the seed is planted 
late. I also would like to see an analysis of the pump¬ 
kin. I have been told that some farmers make an oil 
from the pumpkin seed, which burns very well and 
gives a good light.” 
FARRIERY. 
A correspondent, signing “Julius,” and dating at 
Cornish, N. H., thinks he practices a system by which 
cows may always be delivered of calves without injury. 
He says—« When a calf is presented tail foremost, if the 
cow has been making exertion any length of time, the 
calf will generally be found lifeless, and thrown back so 
far that it is impossible to push it far enough forward to 
turn it so that the presentation shall be natural. In all 
unnatural presentations, my first step is to see if the calf 
can be placed in a natural position by turning or raising 
—if not, my next step is to let one person pull mode¬ 
rately upon the tail while another slips up his hand be¬ 
side the calf and presses back, at the same time, the exter¬ 
nal parts of the cow, so that the haunch of the calf presents 
itself, and I am able to cut into and dislocate the sock¬ 
et [hip] joint, which will turn up in such a manner that 
I can attach a strap to the whirlbone, and then let the 
person at the tail take the strap and draw steadily while 
I split the flesh and skin of the leg and flay it from the 
bone as far down as the gambrel joint, turning it, as you 
