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perienced difficulty in curing- meat, especially pork, in 
hot weather. Mr. Field, of Chariemont, Mass., in¬ 
forms us that he has practised the following mode with 
complete success. Pulverize double the quantity of ice 
that is used of salt; mix the salt and ice together in 
salting the meat—that is, scatter the salt and ice over 
the meat as the layers are packed. The mixture of 
salt and ice produces a great degree of cold, and the 
meat is quickly cured. 
Fruits. —Since our last we have received the fol¬ 
lowing fruits: From F. Armes, Conway, Mass., speci¬ 
mens of apples, for a name. The same apple has also 
been received through Mr. Mayell, of this city, from 
Saratoga. We are unable to identify it, but it is a very 
good apple for the season, and highly deserving culti¬ 
vation. Will Mr. Armes send us a few scions for next 
spring? From J. C. Hastings, Clinton, Oneida Co., 
samples of a seedling pear which originated in his 
neighborhood. We regret that the specimens were 
so much over-ripe when they reached us as to ren¬ 
der it impossible to judge of the quality with cer¬ 
tainty. We are inclined to think it deserving trial. 
From John Lossing, of this city, fine specimens of the 
Bartlett pear, one of which weighed ten ounces. From 
C. Van Benthuysen, specimens of the White Magnum 
Bonum, or Egg plum, one of which measured 6^ inches 
in circumference. From E. Dorr fine specimens of the 
Lemon Clingstone peach; also a good seedling free-stone, 
and fine samples of the Isabella and Wellington grapes. 
Rot in Potatoes. —An article on this subject from 
Norfolk county, Mass., will be found in another part of 
this number. Since it was put in type, we have re¬ 
ceived a note from the writer stating that late exami¬ 
nations have convinced him that the crop in his section 
has suffered from this cause to a much greater extent 
than had been previously supposed. 
Correction. —Mr. Z. C. Robbins wishes to make 
the followng correction:—“ In reporting Mr. Dubois’ 
improvement in carriage brakes in the last number of 
the Cultivator, the word hounds , (a well known techni¬ 
cal term with wagon and carriage makers,) was printed 
hands.” 
Long Wool. —Mr. Edward Hallock, of Milton, 
Ulster county, N. Y. s has sent us samples of the fleeces 
of four yearling ewes. The samples are from eight to 
ten inches in length, without stretching, and the fleeces 
from which they were taken, are stated to have weighed, 
respectively, 8, 8$, 8f, and 9| pounds. They are so 
perfectly clean, that the samples have not in the least 
soiled the paper in which they were enclosed, though 
the package has been under a slight pressure for ten or 
twelve days. Mr. Hallock’s flock consists of im¬ 
proved Cqtswolds, with crosses of the Leicesters. We 
have seen some capital sheep from this flock at various 
cattle-shows. 
Cotton Culture.-—G. C., St. Josephs, La., requests 
that some of our “able Southern correspondents would 
occasionally give a treatise on the most approved mode 
of cultivating cotton—also the best way of preparing it 
for market, the diseases to which the crop is subject,” 
&c. We shall be glad to hear from any of our southern 
readers on these matters. 
Musk-Rats caught by a Cat.—M r. Leech, informs 
us that he has a cat, which, though he will not, (as he 
says,) catch “cockroaches” will catch “almost every¬ 
thing else.” He says—“ she often goes a hunting round 
a pond, and has brought home thirteen good-sized musk¬ 
rats this summer .” 
NEW PUBLICATIONS. 
American Journal of Science and Art. —The 
September number of this capital periodical contains 
articles on the Hurricanes of the American Seas; on 
Zoophites; on the Law of Electro Magnetic Induction; 
Chemical Examination of Waters; Observations on the 
Fossil Plants of the Coal Field of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 
Generality of Magnetic and Diamagnetic Action, &c. 
Under the head of Scientific Intelligence, we notice 
several interesting articles, particularly a very able one 
on the Rot in Potatoes, 1 y John P. Norton. The 
work is edited by the Messrs. Silliman and Dana, and 
published at New-Haven on the first day of every second 
month at $5 per year. W. C. Little & Co. are agents 
for this city. 
Remarks on the Culture of the Grape and this 
Manufacture of Wine in the Western States; 
by Melzer Flagg, M. D., of Cincinnati. This is 3 
valuable pamphlet, which constitutes the report of a 
committee appointed by the Cincinnati Horticultural 
Society, for the purpose of collecting statistics in rela¬ 
tion to the vineyards of Hamilton county, Ohio. The 
section to which this report refers, is the most distin¬ 
guished for the successful culture of the grape, and es¬ 
pecially for its manufacture into wine, of any part of 
this country. From the statistical table appended to the 
report, it appears that there are in Hamilton county 83 
vineyards, containing 250 acres—114 acres being in 
bearing condition—from which 23,219 gallons of wine 
were made last year, notwithstanding many of the vine- 
j yards there bore for the first time, and that “ more than 
half the crop was cut off by frost and rot.” The aver¬ 
age yield per acre, for five years in succession, with 
proper care, is estimated at 450 to 500 gallons annually. 
Analyses of the wines of different varieties are given, 
which, compared with those of European manufacture, 
show that American wine contains a greater percent of 
alcohol than the best Rhine wine, and it is stated will 
compare with the best European pure wine. The report 
also contains much more information of a valuable cha¬ 
racter, and we shall recur to it again for the purpose of 
a more extended abstract. 
MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRI¬ 
CULTURE. 
At the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Society 
for promoting Agriculture, held June 10th, 1846, 
The Hon. John Welles, the President of the Society, 
communicated his wish not to be re-elected an officer 
of the society: 
Whereupon it was voted— 
That we receive with great regret the resignation o! 
our respected President, who for more than a quarter of a 
century, has with zeal and intelligence labored in the 
promotion of Agriculture, and who in his whole life, 
has exhibited to his fellow-citizens a valuable exam* 
pie of activity and of unostentatious devotion to the 
best interests of society. 
[A copy of the record.] Benj. Guild, 
Rec. Sec'y of Mass. So. for Promoting Agriculture. 
June 20th, 1846. 
[The New England Farmer was the official organ 
for the publication of the transactions of the Mass. So¬ 
ciety, but as the discontinuance of that paper, at the 
close of its twenty-fourth volume, precluded a public no¬ 
tice in its columns of Mr. W'elles’ resignation, we with 
pleasure give the above an insertion; and we beg leave, 
at the same time, to respond to the sentiment embraced 
in the resolution of the Society relative to the important 
aid which has for many years been rendered by Mr. W. 
in advancing the agricultural interest of Massachusetts. 
That state may be said to have taken the lead in the 
establishment of agricultural societies and in giving 
the first great impulses to a spirit of rural improvement, 
to the extensive diffusion of which the whole country 
is so largely indebted for the signal prosperity it has 
enjoyed. The Society over which Mr. Welles for 
twenty-five years presided, and of which he has ever 
been one of the most zealous and liberal supporters, 
was organiznd in 1792. At an early period we find his 
name enrolled among the members. Of his contempo¬ 
raries, we recognize the names of Derby, Quincy, 
and Jaques, among the few who yet remain; Pickering, 
Lowell, the two Vaughans, Parsons, Sullivan, 
and many others, “ rest from their labors,” though all 
will be long and gratefully remembered.] 
