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THE CULTIVATOR. 
1846. 
cattle at 2| cents per lb. I know of a pretty large lot 
of 2 year old hogs, purchased at $2.50 to $3.00 each— 
they would weigh 150 to 200 lbs—say 160 lbs. average, 
f will sell wethers at 5 cents, stalled for two or 3 mo’s. 
I hope to see the day that Mississippi and Louisiana will 
supply our own people with every necessary, and I glo¬ 
ry in being one of Mississippi’s citizens who exerts 
himself in making her thus honorable and independent. 
I tell you sir, it can be done, and yet send off our 500,000 
bales, worth $10,000,000 or more, and I believe, to 
some extent, it will be done in my day and time.” 
. CORN PLANTING. 
Extract of a letter from Geo. Blessing, Frederick 
county, Md.~—“ From the scantiness of the corn crop 
last year, and in many places its almost entire failure, 
it may not be amiss to look back and try if we cannot 
detect some cause beside the summer drouth that has 
been the cause of this scantiness of that valuable grain. 
I will give you a short sketch of my system of planting* 
corn; not that I wish any person to abandon his system 
and adopt mine, but I would like to hear from any man 
Who plants his corn as I do mine—if he has ever missed 
a crop in a dry summer. I can say without the fear of 
contradiction, that 1 never have; and the manner in 
which I plant is simply this :>—I prepare my ground 
well first; then I take the best of seed, and put five or 
six grains in each hill. This will obviate the necessity 
of replanting, as I always have plants enough in each 
hill. As soon as the corn is high enough to run the 
harrow over it, I do so, and follow the harrow with 
sufficient hands to uncover and thin the corn, leaving 
but two stalks in each hill. By dropping five or six 
grains in a hill, there is always two or three of that 
number that are as large again as the balance—conse¬ 
quently I have a fine choice of strong plants, that I let 
stand, and my corn is always regular and strong; where¬ 
as, by the old system of dropping two or three grains, 
the farmer is compelled, if there is a weak stock in a 
hill, to let it stand, and of course he has short stalks and 
no corn. I always like to plant directly north and 
south, as the corn planted in that way will stand the 
drouth better. I would only say that I cultivate se¬ 
cond rate land, and my crop will yield me twenty-five 
bushels to the acre at least, while many that farm first 
rate land would get ten bushels to the acre.” 
CONNECTICUT IRON WORKS. 
Mr. J. Bingham, who dates at “ Meadow-Bank, Co¬ 
lumbia county, N. Y.” gives us some information in re¬ 
ference to the iron manufactures of the Housatonic val¬ 
ley, of which we made a brief notice in our last. He 
states that the amount of ore used at tefi establishments, 
mostly in Salisbury, is 12,080 tons annually; that one 
dollar per ton is paid to the owners of the mines for the 
ore taken from them; that the diggers receive $1.50 
per ton, which added to price paid for carting, one dol¬ 
lar, makes the ore cost, at the distance of five to six 
miles, $3.50 per ton, and at the distance of 12 to 14 
miles, $4.25 per ton. The beds worked in the south¬ 
western part of Salisbury, have been known for a cen¬ 
tury. “The iron made from the ore of the old bed in 
Salisbury,” says Mr. Bingham, “ is the kind required 
by the government for the arms made at Springfield, 
Massachusetts, and Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. This iron 
takes a finer and more beautiful polish than that made 
from other ore, and is besides excellent for castings. 
The ores from the other beds are good for almost every 
purpose but making iron for fire-arms. The refined 
iron from the ‘old iron bed’ ores, is a beautiful article, 
and the price reaches not far from $150 per ton. The 
government contracts require that the iron shall be tak¬ 
en exclusively from this mine. 
“Iron and sheep are the principal sources of wealth 
to the inhabitants of Salisbury. Something near thirty 
thousand dollars were paid into that town last year for 
Saxon wool. 
“ t he transportation of the ore is principally done by 
the 'aimers. With'a team of horses they take away 
two Ioa..;S of a ton each, per day—carrying it five miles. 
A pair of oxen take one load of twenty-five hundred—* 
sometimes one and a half tons. They might occupy 
their teams to more real profit, as it seems to me, by 
staying at home and carting out muck and manure on 
their lands. It is a poor business that cannot keep a 
farmer at home, instead of hauling ore five miles at a 
dollar per ton.” . 
BLACK SEA WHEAT. 
Willetts Keese, of Peru, N. Y., writes:—“I have 
often heard it said that Black Sea wheat could be grown 
upon ground so rich that it might fall down without 
any injury to the grain. I had a fair opportunity of 
testing it the last season upon my brother’s farm. The 
wheat commenced falling down before it was fully 
headed, so great was the growth. I came to the con¬ 
clusion that it would be nearly a total loss; but he has 
just informed me that the amount was seventy bushels 
upon two acres. It was a piece of low flat land. Po¬ 
tatoes had grown upon it the previous year without ma¬ 
nure. I think it must be a good kind of wheat to sow 
upon moist rich land. This piece was so badly lodged 
that it had to be cut with a sickle, which was done by 
Canadian women, and in as short time as most men 
would have performed it.” 
Several communications, together with a page or two 
of Condensed Correspondence, omitted for want of 
room. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, February -19, 1846. 
COTTON—New Orleans, per lb., 6|®9^—Alabama 6 a9 %—Up 
land, 6a8£. 
BUTTER—Prime, per lb., 15a20c.—Common, 9al0c. 
CHEESE—Per lb., lal\c. 
FLOUR—Baltimore, Howard-street, per bbl., $5.12s® $5.25— 
Richmond City Mills, $6.625a$6.75 
GRAIN—Wheat,.(western New-York,)$1.15®$ 1.25—Rye, 79® 
80c.—Corn, northern, 68a70c.—southern, 63®64c.—Barley, G2® 65c. 
—Oats, northern, 47—southern, 38c. 
HEMP—Russia, clean, per ton, $195®$200—Manilla $160®$!65. 
HAMS—Smoked per lb..‘7|®7| cts. 
BEEF—mess, per bbl., $8®$8.50. 
LARD—7®8c. per lb. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $lla$12.50. 
TOBACCO—Kentucky, per lb., 3a4c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) Feb. 21: 
Prime or Saxony fleeces, washed per lb. 40a4Q cts. 
American full blood fleeces,. 37a38 “ 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 32a33 j 
“ half blood do . 30a31 ‘ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,.... 27a30 
LIVE STOCK—Brighton Market—Monday, February 16. 
At market, 345 Beef Cattle. 4 yokes Working Oxen, 22 Cows and 
Calves, 1100 sheep, and about 850 Swine. In consequence of the 
storm, one or two lots of cattle did not arrive at the Market. 
Beef Cattle —sales of extra, $6.50; first quality, $6.00; 2d do., 
$5.25®$5.50 ; 3d do., $4.25®$5.00. 
Working Oxen —Sales not noticed. 
Cows and Calves —Dull. Sales noticed at $20, $23, $27, and 
4£OQ 
Sheev —Sales noticed at $1.75, $2.33 $3.12, and $4.56. 
Swine —Dull. Sales not noticed, as there were but few buyers 
Dr. O. REYNOLDS’ NON-SWARMING AND DI 
VIDING BEE-HIVE. 
T HE principles of said Hive are, 1st. Multiplying Colonies 
by dividing, thereby preventing Swarming. 2d, Removing 
Honey without injury to the Bees. 3d, Removing old Comb when 
necessary. 4th, Preventing the depredations of the Moth. 5th, 
Securing the Bee against the robber. 
Rochester , Oct. 21, 1845 
This certifies that the N. Y. State Agricultural Society, at it? 
late Annual Fair, awarded a Diploma to Dr. O. Reynolds, of 
Webster, Monroe, county, for the best Bee-Hive exhibited. 
DANIEL LEE, Cor. Secretary. 
(Extract from the proceedings of the Monroe County Agricultural 
Society, held at Rochester, October, 1845.] 
“ Dr. Reynolds, of Webster, had a new principled Bee-Hive, 
with its inmates at work, which, if true in principle, will make a 
revolution in the manner of treating that very valuable insect. 2 
vols. Genesee Farmer. L. B. LANGWORTHY, 
MARCUS ADAMS, 
B. F. SMITH.” 
N. B. The proprietor is desirous of selling territory, or appoint- 
in<r agents. All communications addressed to the Post Master, 
Webster, Monroe co.* N. Y., post paid, will receive 
March, 1816. °* REYNOLDS 
