1846. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
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Cayuga, 43,546; in Ulster, 42,627; in Washington, 42,- 
189; in Rensselaer, 39,262; in Otsego, 38,485; in St. 
Lawrence, 38,150; in Erie, 38,087; in Saratoga, 37,- 
882; in Ontario, 36,986; in Steuben, 35,987; in Wayne, 
35,873; in Westchester, 35,609; and in each of the 
counties of Albany,Chautauque and Niagara,upwards of 
30,000. In 1840, the aggregate number of swine in the 
state was 1,916,953; being an excess of 332,619 beyond 
that of the present year. 
The aggregate number of sheep in the state is 6,443,- 
855, exceeding by 1,062,630 the number returned in 
1840, and being an average of upwards of 107,000 to 
each county. Of this number 1,870,723 are under one 
year old, and 4,505,369 over one year old. The num¬ 
ber in the county of Otsego is 270,564; in Madison, 
263,132; in Ontario, 257,821; in Washington, 254,866; 
in Chautauque, 235,403; in Chenango, 223,453; in Liv¬ 
ingston, 218,258; in Steuben, 217,658; in Dutchess, 
nearly 200,000; in Oneida, 194,589; in Onondaga, 190,- 
429; in Allegany, 184,901; in Jefferson, 184,526; in 
Cayuga, 175,148; in Monroe, 173,952; in Columbia, 
172,959; in Rensselaer, 170,552; in St. Lawrence, 168,- 
314; in Wyoming, 166,365; in Genesee, 156,578; in 
Erie, 143,732; in Tompkins, 135,787; in Delaware, 
135,633; in Wayne, 130,562; in Yates, 130,134; and 
in Cortland, 108,862. The aggregate number of flee¬ 
ces obtained is returned at 4,607,012-1, comprising 13,- 
864,823 pounds of wool, less by 203,306 pounds than the 
aggregate fleece of 1840, and averaging about three lbs. 
to a fleece. In the county of Kings the average is up¬ 
wards of six pounds. 
Very respectfully, your ob’t serv’t, 
S. S. RANDALL. 
Albany , Jan. 1, 1846. 
BREEDING- REGISTER FOR SHEEP. 
A breeding register is very convenient as well as im¬ 
portant in assisting the shepherd to preserve facts in re¬ 
lation to the various individuals of his flock—such as 
their age, genealogy, quality, &c. The following plan, 
given by Dr. Holmes, in the Maine Farmer , appears 
to us to be a very good one. 
“Breeding Register from July 1, ’38, to July 1, ’39. 
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Their lambs: 
one very fee¬ 
ble and died. 
“ Explanation. —In the first column is the number 
of the ewe—having two notches on the upper edge of 
the right ear, (20) a notch on the lower edge of the 
left ear, (3) and two notches on the upper edge of the 
left ear, (2) No. 25. In the second her age. In the 
third, the number and age of the ram, which in this in¬ 
stance means ram No. 27, and four years old, being born 
in 1834. In the fourth column, the day and month in 
which the lamb came—thus, 6—4 means 6th day of 4th 
month. In the fifth and sixth columns are the numbers 
of ram and ewe lambs. In the seventh column is a 
classification of the lambs, according to their appear¬ 
ance at one or two days old. The last column is gene¬ 
ral observations.” 
uable as well for present information as future refer¬ 
ence and comparison. 
Sow corn for fodder any time this month 
LONGWORTH ON THE STRAWBERRY. 
The Cincinnati Horticultural Society have lately pub¬ 
lished a communication on the strawberry, by N. Long- 
worth. Its principal object is to establish the necessity 
of staminate plants planted separately, but in near prox¬ 
imity, to render most varieties productive. In the 
course of his remarks, he made some interesting ob¬ 
servations, which coming from an experienced cultiva¬ 
tor, may be of value to many of our readers. 
He says, <e In a late number of the Farmer and Me¬ 
chanic, it is stated that three cultivators near Boston, 
sent four thousand five hundred quarts to market in a 
single season. What will our market gardeners say to 
this ? * * * Mr. Culbertson brings more strawber¬ 
ries to our market than any other person. The great¬ 
est quantity he has brought in any single day was four 
thousand quarts '.” 
The following remarks are made in different parts of 
the communication on some of the different and most 
celebrated varieties : 
[“Hovey’s (old) seedling] stands unrivalled with us 
for size, where impregnated. But we have other va¬ 
rieties, that are as good bearers, of nearly equal size, 
and of finer flavor. But I would highly recommend 
his (old) seedling to all cultivators, whether for family 
use or for sale.” 
Speaking of a fine variety he obtained from England, 
under the erroneous name of Keen’s seedling, he says : 
“The Methven is a different, and far inferior fruit. I 
have the Methven Scarlet, sent me from Philadelphia, 
as the Keen. It is pistillate, and bears large fruit, but 
is an indifferent bearer, and of inferior flavor.” 
He thinks that the variety described as the Old Hud- 
Son by Downing, and as (C a fruit with a neck,” is not 
genuine, and is entirely different from the Old Hudson 
of Cincinnati and Philadelphia, which appears to be un¬ 
known at New-Yorkand Boston. The Old Hudson “is 
wholly defective in the male organs, and has been 
thrown by as unproducli e. It is a large and finely fla¬ 
vored fruit, and wher properly impregnated, a great 
bearer. * * * M . Arbegust for many years sold 
I nine-tenths of the strawberries brought, to our market, 
I and raised the Hudson only. Whilst I could from one- 
fourth of an acre, scarcely raise a bushel, he would 
raise 40 bushels. His fruit was much larger than any 
other brought to market, and commanded from 25 to 
37| cents per quart. He made a handsome competence 
from the sale of this fruit. His secret he kept to him¬ 
self, and had been as much noted for the size of his fruit, 
and the quantity raised on a given space of ground, in 
Philadelphia (where he removed) as he was here. A 
chance observation of his son one day, in my garden, 
saying, “ I must raise but little fruit, as my plants were 
all males,” first led my attention to the subject. I soon 
discovered that there were what he called male and fe¬ 
male plants, and communicated the fact to dur market 
gardeners. The result was, strawberries rapidly in¬ 
creased in our market, till as fine as had been raised by 
Mr. Arbegust, were sold at from 8 to 10 cents per quart, 
and he ceased to cultivate them.” 
It is well known to many of our readers that Mr. N. 
Longworth is a strong advocate of the indispensable ne¬ 
cessity of staminate plants, to fertilize the pistillate 
ones, and render them productive. But he does not 
consider the plant as dioecious, but that stamens and 
pistils both actually exist, only one or the other are 
usually and permanently defective, not absent. On the 
other hand, Hovey and others, consider this defective 
quality as only caused by rich cultivation, and hence 
that sterility may be remedied by diminished fertility 
of soil, while they do not deny that productiveness 
may also result from the impregnation by well devel¬ 
oped staminate plants. Others deny all benefit fropi 
staminate plants. Many experiments, conducted more 
accurately than most persons are accustomed to do, are 
needed to settle such points satisfactorily. Longworth 
says, “ Mr. Downing, in a recent letter, assures me, 
that last season he raised a fine crop of Hovey's seedling, 
on a bed far separated from all others.” The argument 
contained in this fact he does not demolish, but over- 
