98 THE CULTIVATOR. March. 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
American Journal of Science and Arts.-— The 
number for January, 1846, which is the commencement 
of a new series of the work, is before us. Its leading 
article is on three several hurricanes of the American 
seas, and their relation to the Northers, so called, of the 
Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Honduras, with charts 
illustrating the same, by W. C. Redfield. This is 
followed by eight other chapters, by able writers, on va¬ 
rious subjects of science, and over 150 pages under the 
head of “Scientific Intelligence , 55 of great inte¬ 
rest to the general reader as well as to the man of sci¬ 
ence. The work is conductedby Professor Silliman, B. 
Silliman, Jr., and James D. Dana. Published at 
New Haven, on the first day of every second month— 
price $5 a year. ...... 
Colman’s European Agriculture, Part V.— 
We have read this part of Mr. Colman’s work with 
much interest and pleasure. It contains considerably 
more matter of a practical nature than any previous 
number. It came too late for an extended notice this 
month, but we shall take it in hand and give a thorough 
synopsis of it in our next. 
The Pastoral Life and Manufactures of the 
Ancients: —Comprising the history of Silk, Cotton, 
Linen, Wool, and other fibrous substances: illustrated 
by ten engravings on steel: Harper & Brothers, N. 
York. Our thanks are due the publishers for a copy of 
this work; but we have not yet had the opportunity of 
examining it. We shall give it a careful perusal, and 
furhish a view of its contents, hereafter. 
Address upon Injurious Insects; delivered be¬ 
fore the New Haven Horticultural Society and the New 
Haven County Agricultural Society, by Noyes Darling. 
This is a highly interesting and valuable address, from 
which we intend, as we have opportunity, to make ex¬ 
tracts. At present, however, we can only notice it 
briefly. In relation to the cut-worm, that great pest 
of the farmers’ crops in the early part of the season, the 
following sensible remarks are given by way of reme¬ 
dies. As the time is approaching when the ravages of 
these insects may be expected, the proposed remedy 
maybe useful;—“ On a large scale, 55 says Judge Dar¬ 
ling, “ sowing salt over the fields, and plowing in the 
fall have been tried and recommended; but none of these 
remedies have proved effectual. The best course 
hitherto pursued for their destruction, is to dig them out 
of the earth and give thorn to the chickens This is 
best done by going over the garden or field early in the 
morning, when the plants which have been cut down 
the preceding night, are easily seen, and the worms 
may be generally found buried in the earth near their 
stumps. . 
District School Journal. —The editorial manage¬ 
ment of this work has been assumed by S. S. Randall, 
Esq., deputy state superintendent of common schools. 
Mr. R. is well known as a gentleman of distinguished 
abilities for such an undertaking, and we can hardly 
doubt that the Journal, under his direction, will be 
made highly popular and useful. 
Magazine of Horticulture. —The second volume 
of the new series of this work, commenced on the first 
of January last. This is the twelfth year of the publi¬ 
cation of the Magazine, in which time it has become ex¬ 
tensively known, and has doubtless rendered valuable 
assistance in the advancement of horticultural science. 
It is edited by C. M. Hovey, and published monthly, at 
Boston. Three dollars a year. 
Transactions of the Madison Co. Ag. Society. 
—This pamphlet, besides furnishing the doings of this 
society, for three years, gives an abstract of the census 
of 1345, and an article on the geology of the county, 
with a map. The map is taken from the geological 
m.i.p of the state, and it is so colored as to show the 
por Ions of the county which are covered by each par- 
i.^uiar formation. It shows also the manner in which 
the strata lie, and the manner in which they pass under 
and are succeeded by each other. This is the first 
county in the state which has made any attempt to illus¬ 
trate the geology of the district in connexion with the 
improvement of agriculture. We deem the example a 
good one, and hope it will be followed by all our other 
county societies. ...... 
Medico Chirurgical Review. —We have received 
the number for January, 1846. This most valuable 
work is issued quarterly, each number containing 280 
pages, at $5 per annum, by R. & G. S. Wood, 261 Pearl 
street, New-York. It seems eminently deserving the 
patronage of the medical faculty—indeed any one who 
has the leisure to read it, could hardly fail to derive 
therefrom much valuable information. 
FAT ANIMALS. 
Our market presented a fine display of beef on the 
22d of February. At the stalls of Kirkpatrick & La¬ 
grange, we noticed the carcases of two fine Durhams, 
bred and fattened by E. P. Prentice, Esq. The first 
was an. ox, five years old, which received one of the 
premiums of the State Society, at Utica. His live 
weight was 2,546, and his dressed weight as follows:— 
Four quarters,. 1,688 
Loose Tallow,. 260 
Hide,....« 00 . 126 
Total,. 2,074 lbs. 
This was a very symmetrical and well-made animal—- 
as handsome an ox, considered in all respects,, as we 
ever saw. His meat was beautiful in appearance—the 
fat and lean being in due proportions, and well marbled. 
The next was a Durham cow, five years old, which 
was put to fattening last fall, in consequence of a tumor 
on the jaw. Mr. Prentice informs us that she had a 
calf last season, and was milked till October. Consider¬ 
ing these circumstances, her weight and fatness were 
remarkable. Her live weight was 1,520 lbs., and her 
dressed weight as follows:— 
Four quarters,. 950 
Loose tallow,. 100 
Hide,. 73 
Total,. . . 1,123 
At the stalls of Mr. Mahoney, was the carcass of 
an uncommonly fat ox fatted by James S. Wadsavorth, 
Esq., of Geneseo, and also the carcases of two A r ery fine 
Hereford steers, bred and fatted by Mr. Sotham, of 
this city. The Wadsworth ox was seven years old; 
weighed alive, 2,465 lbs., and dressed as follows: 
Four quarters,... 1,686 
Loose tallow,. 260 
Hide,. 115 
Total,..2,061 
This ox was one of a splendid lot of ten fatted by Mr. 
Wadsworth, and which came on here by railroad, de¬ 
signed for Boston; but an offer being accepted for this 
one he was left, and the others passed on. The epi¬ 
cures of the New-England metropolis, are doubtless 
before this, luxuriating on superior roast beef. The 
following are the live weights of the nine which were 
taken to Boston:— 
Two oxen, six years old-,. 4,865.lbs. 
Two steers, three years old,. 3,965 “ 
Two do., four years old,. 3,365 “ 
One single steer,. 1,725 <f 
One do. do. white,. 1,790 “ 
One cow,. 1,585 ee 
The dressed weights of the Hereford steers aboAe 
mentioned, were;— 
No. 1—beef, tallow and hide, .... 1,200 lbs. 
« 2— « « “ _ 1,150 “ 
The quality of the beef, was, considering their age, 
four years, A r ery fine—the grain was fine, and the 
mixture of fat and lean good. 
