THE CULTIVATOR. 
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1846. 
Best Cultivator. —D. B. Rogers, Seneca Falls, 
Silver Medal. 
Best Fanning Mill. —1st. E. Taylor, Rochester, 
Certificate, (Grant’s Patent;) 2d. D. Clow, Mentz, Sil¬ 
ver Medal; 3d. John Gilbert, Diploma; 4th. Orrin Heff- 
ron, Poplar Ridge, Yol. Trans. 
Best Horse-Power. —Richard Montgomery, Onon¬ 
daga, Silver Medal; 2d. John A. Pitts, Rochester, Diplo¬ 
ma; 3d. Buell & Nichols, Cazenovia, Yol. Trans. 
Best Corn Stalk Cutter. —1st. J. C. Rich, Mon¬ 
roe, Silver Medal; 2d. C. Burnett, Lyons, Diploma; 
3d. George Catchpole, Geneva, Yol. Trans. 
Best Threshing-Machine and Separator.— 
1st. John A. Pitts, Rochester, Silver Medal; 2d. E. 
Hicks, Wyoming, Diploma; 3d. Buell & Nichols, Caze¬ 
novia, Yol. Trans. 
Drill Barrow, or Corn-Planter. —A.M. Badger, 
Rochester, Diploma. 
Best Straw-Cutter. —1st. E. Lockwood, Norwalk, 
Conn., Silver Medal; J. C. Rich, Monroe, Diploma; 
3d. J. W. Webb, Ledyard, Vol. Trans. 
Best Corn and Cob Crusher. —John A. Pitts, Ro¬ 
chester, Certificate. 
Horse Rakfs. —L. M. Whitman, Pike, Diploma. 
Hay and Manure Forks. —Barton & Belden, Ro¬ 
chester, Diploma. 
Axes. —Barton & Belden, Rochester, Diploma. 
Hoes. —R. M. Hine, Throopsville, Diploma. 
Greatest Collection of Agricultuual Imple- 
ments. —F. Waters, Chautauque, Silver Medal. 
Corn Sheller. —T. D. Burrall, Geneva, Diploma. 
[Remainder of the 'premiums given next month.] 
$ INQUIRIES. 
Cheap Steaming Apparatus. —S. D. B., (North¬ 
west, Williams Co., O.) You can make a cheap steam¬ 
ing apparatus by fitting a box on the top of a common 
kettle or boiler, in such a manner that all the steam 
generated shall pass into the box through holes made 
in its bottom. We have seen this made to answer a very 
good purpose—a boiler that would hold two bushels had a 
box placed on it that would hold four bushels; the ket¬ 
tle and box were both filled with vegetables, and while 
those in the kettle were boiling, those in the box would 
be cooked by the steam. 
Transplanting Evergreens. —J. McM., (South 
Hanover, la.,) We have noticed the best success in 
transplanting such trees early in spring, while the ground 
is soft and moist, but have known them do well when 
set in the fall. We think they should not be pruned 
excepting to take off, carefully, dead limbs. 
“Horse Nettle.'* —E. W. J., (Fort Defiance, N. 
C.) The plant sent under the name of “ horse nettle,” 
is the Physalis pubescens, of the natural order Solanea, 
—(potato tribe.) It is not common in this section. It 
is described as an annual, by Loudon. We are unable 
to say, from want of practical acquaintance with the 
plant, what would be the most ready mode of extirpa¬ 
ting it; but we should think there would be no difficul¬ 
ty in keeping it down by constant cutting close to the 
ground, so that it should not form seed, or by working 
the ground often with the plow, or some tool that 
would destroy it. By either of these modes, it would, 
after a while, be eradicated. 
Blood Spavin.—C. B., (Redford, Mich.,) In refer¬ 
ence to blood spavins, Youait says—“Repeated blisters 
will afford the fairest prospect of removing the tumor, 
or firing may be tried; but in the majority of cases, the 
disease will bid defiance to all our means, or will re¬ 
turn and baffle our hopes when we had seemed to have 
been accomplishing our object. A horse with a bog 
(or blood) spavin will do very well for ordinary work. 
He may draw in a cart or trot fairly in a lighter car¬ 
riage, with little detriment to his utility; but he will 
never do for rapid or hard work, and it is in vain to 
attempt to make him.” 
Calcareous Earth.— G. M., (Erie, Pa.) The sam¬ 
ple of earth forwarded by you is calcareous tufa. It 
has been seen by Prof. Emmons, who thinks that its 
qualities are so obvious that it is not necessary to make 
an analytical examination. It is believed that it would 
make the best of lime by burning. The effects of the 
tufa, in a fine state, would be similar to those of car¬ 
bonate, or air-slaclced lime. 
ALBANY, OCTOBER, 1846 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Communications have been received, since our last, 
from Wayne, R. R. Child, J. W. Strong, Ed. W. Jones, 
Arator, John D. Jones, Wm. R. Prince, Z. Burns, J. 
W. Millan, J. D. Burdett, C. Betts, Norfolk County, R„ 
T., G. N. S., B., Richard Owen, D. F. Marshall, E. N. 
Horsford, Agricola, W. R. Prince, Wm. A. Garriques, 
C., A. G. Carl, R. H. Williams, John Harland, J. R. 
Starr, B. P. Robbins. 
Books, Pamphlets, &c., have been received as fol¬ 
lows :— 
The Trees of America, Native and Foreign, pictorially 
and botanically delineated, and scientigcly and popu¬ 
larly described. By D. J. Browne, author of the 
Sylva Americana. From the publishers, Mesn-s. Har¬ 
per & Brothers, New-York. A beautiful large oc¬ 
tavo volume of 532 pages. [Notice next month.] 
Catalogue of the Ashton Nursery of Thomas Han¬ 
cock, near Burlington, N. J. 
Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, 
Herbaceous Plants, &c., cultivated and for sale at the 
Nursery of J. J. Thomas, Macedon, Wayne Co. N. Y. 
Prince’s Descriptive Catalogue of Roses cultivated 
and for sale at his Linnean Garden and Nurseries at 
Flushing. 
Silliman’s American Journal of Science and Arts, 
for September. 
Box of Pears from E. L. Holden, Shrewsbury, Vt 
[Received Sept. 24—too much decayed to permit us to 
form any opinion respecting them.] 
The Farmer’s Book and Family Instructor, compiled 
and published by J. Pritz, Chambersburg, Pa. From 
the publisher—570 pp. octavo. 
Watermelon Seeds, from C. D. Smith, Chicago. 
A number of Prize Lists and newspapers, from va¬ 
rious individuals. The Western Farmer’s and Gar¬ 
dener’s Almanac. Indianapolis, published by Wm. 
Sheets & Co. 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Part YII of Colman’s European Agriculture 
reached us too late for a notice in this number. It is 
principally taken up with the subjects of Draining, 
Sub-soil Plowing, Irrigation, Rotation of Crops, and 
Soiling, or House-Feeding. Published by A. D. 
Phelps, Boston. 
Sale of Ayrshire Stock. —The Ayrshire herd of 
Geo. Randall, Esq., New-Bedford, Mass., is offered 
for sale at auction on the 6th of October. The herd 
consists of eight cows, thirteen heifers and heifei 
calves, and two stock bulls. Several of them are from 
the much celebrated Swinley blood. 
Death of Judge Darling. —We learn bytheNew- 
Haven Register , that the Hon. Noyes Darling died at 
his residence in that city, on the 17th ult., at the age 
of 64. Judge D. was a gentleman of thorough educa¬ 
tion, and has been widely known, particularly as a wri¬ 
ter on agriculture and horticulture. Our readers will 
recollect his frequent and able contributions to our col¬ 
umns, and will feel with us sincere regret that they are 
forever ended. In an obituary notice of his death, the 
Register says—“ Though for many years prominent in 
public life, the employment which seemed most to in- 
