1846. THE CULTIVATOR. 163 
ALBANY, MAY, 1846. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications received since our last, from Ju¬ 
nius, A Subscriber, J. C. Adams, T. S. Meacham, Ste¬ 
phen Warren, Wm. Jennison, C. Ingalls, Will. H. 
Wills, Z. C. Robbins, F. A. Wier, J. E. Macomber, A 
Subscriber, John Shillaber, P. Barber, Robert White, 
Jr., A. Rose, T. Watson, Jr., L. B. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received a s 
follows: 
Guenon’s Treatise on Milch Cows—republished from 
the Farmers’ Library. (See advertisement.) Greely 
& M’Elrath, publishers, New-York. 
Address before the Albemarle (Va.) Ag. Society, by 
Franklin Minor. 
Marl—a Letter addressed to the Ag. Society of Jef¬ 
ferson county, Georgia, by J. H. Hammond. 
Descriptive Catalogue of articles for sale at the Ag¬ 
ricultural Warehouse of A. B. Allen, New-York. 
^We have received from W. S. Harding, of 
Franklin, Louisiana, a barrel of sugar of his own manu¬ 
facture. It is an excellent sample, coarse grained, dry, 
and of good flavor. 
MONTHLY NOTICES 
The Fruit Culturist. —For notices of this new 
and valuable work, see advertisement in this paper. 
Temperance. —We have received from Mr. Cyrus 
Ingalls, New-Hartford, N. Y., a ivell-written article 
on the subject of temperance—a subject of great impor¬ 
tance to farmers, as well as to all other citizens. But 
our paper is designed chiefly as a medium of communi- 
ation in relation to matters directly connected with ag¬ 
riculture, and we have generally so great a press of arti¬ 
cles of this description, as to leave no room for others, 
however important or valuable in themselves con¬ 
sidered. 
Rust in Wheat. —Mr. Samuel Warring, of Mor- 
risdale, Pa., supposes that a great cause of rust in wheat 
is the retention of too much water by the soil and sub¬ 
soil. As a reason why some sections are more subject 
to rust now than formerly, he mentions that the roots 
of trees caused a natural drainage of the soil until, after 
several years, they entirely decomposed and the spaces 
they occupied, became filled with soil. A remedy for 
rust on such soils, would of course be draining and sub¬ 
soiling. He advises sowing wheat on “narrow and 
round ridges with proper lateral water courses well 
cleared out with the spade.” 
Budding fruit trees.—Joshua H. Ordway, who 
received the first premium of the Essex Co. Ag. So¬ 
ciety for the management of fruit-trees, says: “I prac¬ 
tice shield or T budding, and put the bud on the south¬ 
west side of the teee, the rows running south-east; 
they are then not exposed to the sleet and snow of win¬ 
ter. I formerly lost many buds by inserting them on 
the ‘back’ side of the tree. Another advantage of put¬ 
ting the bud on the south, is the greater portion and 
quicker flow of sap on that side, as every one knows 
that a bud takes best where there is the most sun and 
sap. I learned some twenty years ago, to take out the 
wood from the bud, but soon gave up the practice, and 
should now as soon think of taking out the pith ol a 
scion.” In regard to transplanting fruit-trees, Mr. O. 
says he has had much the best succe'ss when removing 
them early in the spring. “Young trees set in the fall,” 
he observes, “are liable to be thrown out by frost. 
And all, whether large or small, often suffer injury by 
having their roots severely frozen when the ground is 
bare during our severe winters.” 
The Horse Black-Hawk. —By reference to our 
advertising columns, it will be seen that this celebrated 
horse will stand this season at the stable of his owner, 
Mr. D. Hill, in Bridport, Vermont. 
Rata Tree in New Zealand. —This is at first a 
parasite, which winds round and encircles large trees, 
and destroys them; its numerous coils joining and form¬ 
ing a hollow trunk, leaving the victim to rot inside,. 
When full grown, it is the monarch of the New-Zealand 
forest. Its form is gnarled and contorted. It is of the 
myrtle tribe, and bears bright crimson blossoms in such 
abundance, that the whole tree is in a glow; and be¬ 
ing abundantly intermingled through the forests, pre¬ 
sents a magnificently variegated appearance. 
Produce of Wheat. —On the 18th of August, 1805, 
Mr. Ch’s. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng., took a plant of 
wheat which had been sown the beginning of June, and 
divided it into eighteen parts; each of which was trans¬ 
planted separately. About the latter end of September 
they were again removed and divided into sixty-seven 
roots. In March following and the beginning of April, 
they were separated into 500 plants, which yielded 
21,109 ears, containing 570,000 grains, measuring 31- 
pecks, and weighing 47 lbs. 
FOREIGN. 
By the Caledonia, arrived at Boston on the 20th of 
April, we have English and Scotch papers to the 3d ult. 
There is a fair prospect that “ Peel’s new tariff” will 
pass the House of Commons—it has already passed a 
second reading. The markets are yet very dull—cotton 
has scarcely advanced at all—little is doing in flour—foi 
Indian corn there is a moderate demand, though this 
article had a little declined at the latest dates. Trials 
have, however, been made of Indian corn-meal to a con¬ 
siderable extent, both in England and Ireland, and the 
result seems to indicate that the prejudice which has 
been entertained against it, will wear off when its value 
is known. There is not as much alarm, in relation to 
the scarcity of food for the lower classes, if we may 
judge from remarks in the papers, as has before prevail¬ 
ed. The prospect is good for agricultural products 
generally—wheat and grass very promising. The Ag¬ 
ricultural Gazette of March 7th, says: “ There is more 
food for stock at the present moment in many parts of 
the country, than there ivas four months earlier in the 
season at the corresponding period of last year.” Spec¬ 
ulation in regard to the origin of the potato disease, is 
as busy as ever, and without any more probability of 
arriving at any general conclusion. 
PRICES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 
New-York, April 22, 1846. 
COTTON—New Orleans per .lb., 6|al0c.—Florida, 6|a9—Up¬ 
land 6|a9—Alabama, 6|a9. 
BUTTER—per lb. 14al6c. 
CHEESE—Per lb., 7a8c. 
FLOUR—Genesee, per bbl , $5 50—Baltimore, Howard-street, 
$5.06a$5.12^—Richmond City Mills, $6.25. 
GRAIN—Wheat, Genesee, per bushel, $1.25—Rye, 74a75c-— 
Corn, northern, 68a71—southern, 67—Barley, 62u65— Oats, nor¬ 
thern, 44c 
HEMP—Russia, clean, per ton, $205a$210—American dew- 
rotted, $80a$100—water-rotted, $130a$180—Manilla $155. 
HAMS—Smoked per cts. 
BEEF—mess, per bbl., $7.50a$8.10—prime, $5.25a$5.50 
LARD—6|a7j-c. per lb. 
PORK—Mess, per bbl., $10.62a$11.12^. 
TOBACCO—Kentucky, per lb., 3a7c. 
WOOL—(Boston prices.) April 18: 
Prime or Saxony fleeces, washed per lb. 40a41 cts. 
American full blood fleeces,. 37a38 “ 
“ three-fourths blood fleeces,. 32a33 u 
half blood do .. 30a31 “ 
“ one-fourth blood and common,..... 27a29 “ 
