286 THE CULTIVATOR. Sept. 
THE GIFFORD MORGAN HORSE.—(Fig. S3.) 
Of this noted horse we give the following desription* 
(which we have no doubt is entitled to confidence,) in 
the language of the owner. 
The Gifford Morgan, of which the above figure, 
taken from a daguerreotype miniature, is, in general, 
an accurate representation, is of a bright chestnut color, 
fourteen hands and three inches high, weighs about 
1000 lbs., and in his form and qualities, is said by those 
who have been well acquainted with both, moie nearly 
to resemble the original Justin Morgan horse than any 
other horse they have known. His gait is short and 
quick, he has great nerve and action, and is full of 
courage and endurance. His style of motion is very 
much admired. As a road horse he is not excelled, 
and is regarded as the best saddle horse of the Morgan 
family. He is remarkable for the great uniformity with 
which he stamps upon his stock, and through them 
upon their descendants, the fine, peculiar qualities of 
the Morgan race. The patronage he receives from in¬ 
telligent breeders is as full as is desired, and all who see 
him freely acknowledge his great merits. 
Among the celebrated foals of this horse, can be 
named the well known trotting pony of Horatio Sar- 
geant, of Springfield, Mass., sold to Mr. Wood, of Pro¬ 
vidence, for $1,000, making time, a mile, in 2m. 30s. 
The chestnut horse of Robert Abel, of Pawtucket, 
R. I., going in 2m. 40s., and was sold for $600. The 
noted Beppo, making time on the Centreville track, 
2m. 32^s. Many of his foals are yearly purchased for 
the southern market, as far south as New-Orleans, and 
some have even been taken to England. 
The sire of the Gifford Morgan was the Woodbury, 
or Burbank Morgan, and his grandsire the Old Justin 
Morgan horse, whose pedigree is given in the last Janu¬ 
ary number of the Cultivator. The sire of his dam was 
got by the old Justin Morgan, as also was his great 
grand dam. The Gifford Morgan has, therefore, seven 
sixteenths of Morgan blood, while no Morgan horse 
(except the old Justin Morgan himself,) has ever been 
more than half blood. 
I intend to exhibit the Gifford Morgan at the show 
and fair of the State Agricultural Society, at Auburn, 
in September next, accompanied by a six years old 
stallion of his stock, closely resembling him, and a very 
perfect animal. The latter is for sale, but the Gifford 
Morgan is not. Frederick A. Wier. 
Walpole , N. H., Jug. 10, 1846. 
Dig wells in autumn, while the springsare low, and you 
will be le6S likely to want for water. 
IMPROVED HUSBANDRY. 
Mr. Editor — I read with very great profit and 
pleasure, your notice of the successful farming of 
A. Van Bergen, Esq., and especially that part of 
it which related to his “ land under cultivation .” 
Agriculture, for its future advances, must be 
largely indebted to the same inventive genius by 
which the industrial results of manufactures have 
been so immensely increased. As the wheel has 
given place to the spinning jenny, so must the 
hand hoe be supplanted by the improved plow, 
the cultivator, and the spring-toothed horse-rake. 
When we say that “ spade labor is the perfec¬ 
tion of husbandry,” we should be understood to 
mean that the results produced by the spade are 
in themselves perfect, while the instrument itself, 
as the means of producing those results, must be 
confessed to be primitive and rude. The true 
perfection will be the production of the same high 
tilth by labor-saving machines, and a consequent 
freeing of farmers, in a great degree, from that 
dependance upon servants, the expense and vexa¬ 
tion of which constitute the most annoying fea¬ 
ture in their occupation. 
When Mr. Van Bergen, by the aid of his im¬ 
proved implements, cultivates forty acres of corn 
in the best manner, with the labor of a man and boy, 
he has made a large stride in practical husbandry which 
many of his brother farmers would like to follow him 
in. To enable them to do so, they must rely upon you 
to give them a descriptive account, with suitable cuts, 
of his implements, and of the manner of using them. 
Will you not assist them? George W. Dobbin. 
Elk Ridge Landing , Md., Aug. 12th , 1846. 
Note.— We have before stated that we shall endeavor 
to give cuts of some of the implements referred to as 
soon as practicable.—E d. 
Moths. —Mr. Baker, in a lecture on insects, lately de¬ 
livered before the London Farmer's Club, stated that the 
ravages of the common woolen moth may be entirely 
prevented in the following manner. He said—“You 
have nothing to do but to place shallow boxes in your 
drawers, with a little spirit of turpentine in them*, and 
as the turpentine evaporates and penetrates the cloth, 
the larvae will protrude, and be found dead on the sur¬ 
face.” 
Turnep-Fly, (or Flea .)—In the same lecture from 
which the above is taken, Mr. Baker spoke of the 
turnep-fly. He thought the only mode of effectually 
combatting these insects, is to make the land so good 
that the turneps will grow so fast as to render it diffi¬ 
cult for the flies to accomplish their purpose. It is 
with them as with us: If dinner were provided for 
twelve, and twenty-four came to partake of it, there 
would not be much left; but if, on the other hand, din¬ 
ner were provided for twelve, and only six came, there 
would be plenty left. It is the wisest way to sow a 
large quantity of seed in alternate rows, at different 
times. For as these insects appear to like the youngest 
best, you may thus save one row at the expense of 
another. We have known a crop of Swedish turneps, 
(ruta baga.) saved by sowing the seed of the common 
white fiat turnep with it. The white turnep starts first 
and its leaves are tender ana sure to be preferred by the 
insect, which therefore permits the ruta-baga to grow 
unmolested. Mr. B. recommended strewing common 
road-dust on the plants when they are wet with dew, to 
keep off the fly, and says it is found that they will not 
touch any of the plants on which the dust has fallen. 
We have used with good success, plaster of paris for 
the same purpose, and also ashes; but there is danger 
that the latter may be too strong for the plants. He 
thinks the same object may also be accomplished to a 
great extent by hoeing, as that operation scatters dust 
more or less on the leaves, and those which get most 
dirty are most sure to escape. 
