THE CULTIVATOR. 
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seven distinct kinds, of various shapes and colors, among 
the potatoes produced from the seed.” 
SUB-SOIL PLOWS. 
Our correspondent “ V.,” of Ashtabula county, O., in 
making some inquiries about sub-soil plows, says: 
“ Will Ruggles, Nourse & Mason’s sub-soil plow work 
in a soil where two or more yoke would be required to 
draw it? * * * Sub-soil plows must eventually be in¬ 
troduced extensively on the Western Reserve. The soil 
is generally far from being light and easy to work. Be¬ 
low the tilled surface, an impervious sub-soil retains the 
water, much to the injury of most cultivated plants. 
Grass is y at present almost the only certain and abundant 
product of this region, generally.” 
We have no doubt that the use of the sub-soil plow 
would be found advantageous in the kind of soil above 
mentioned. In another part of this paper will be found 
an article which contains the information called for, in 
regard to R., N. & M.’s sub-soil plows. The other mat¬ 
ters mentioned in V.’s letter will receive attention here¬ 
after. 
SOUTH-WESTERN FARMER. 
If we have done injustice to this paper, as complained 
of, by “ N. G. N.,” it has been through inadvertence. 
If we have referred to articles from it, as “ from an 
exchange paper,” it has been because we have found 
them in some other paper, without credit; and we take 
this occasion to say, that the South-Western Farmer , 
ranks with our best agricultural papers, having for its 
editors, our friend Dr. Philips of Log Hall, and J. Jenk¬ 
ins and N. G. North. It is published weekly in quarto 
form, at Raymond, Mississippi, by North & Vance, at 
.$3,00 a year, or tw'O copies for $5,00. 
CULTURE OF TOBACCO. 
On this subject we have received a valuable Essay, 
from J. S. Skinner, Esq., Washington City, which 
shall have a place in the course of the winter. 
SALTING HAY FOR STOCK. 
Mr. I. Cartwright, states in the Boston Cultivator, 
that he has found salted hay to be very injurious to his 
horses—they became “ broken winded.” He sold two 
tons to a neighbor who kept a horse and cow, and by the 
time the hay had been expended, his neighbor's horse 
was as badly affected as his own. We have no doubt 
that to oblige animals to eat more salt than they would 
naturally choose, is productive of injury, and as a general 
practice we would not advise the curing of hay with salt. 
Sometimes it may happen that a load is unavoidably put 
up with too much dampness in it, and in such a case salt 
may be properly used to prevent its being damaged; but 
animals should not be confined to hay so cured. 
HATCHING CHICKEKS BY ARTIFICIAL HEAT. 
We learn by a letter from H. T. Chapman, Esq., of 
New-York, that a gentleman has commenced the busi¬ 
ness of hatching chickens by artificial heat, and is now 
getting 5,000 a month, and calculates, when in full ope¬ 
ration, to increase to 20,000 per month. 
DORKINGS. 
Mr. Chapman, whose Dorkings have heretofore been 
noticed in the Cultivator, informs us that he has just re¬ 
ceived from England, four hens and a cock of this vari¬ 
ety; very fine birds, pure white, selected for him at 
Dorking by a very good judge. 
cc CALICO CORN.” 
Mr. A. W. Townsend, of New Brighton, Pa., gives 
an account in the Farmers’ Cabinet, of a new variety of 
corn to which he gives the above name. He states that 
the flour from it, makes bread that a person who knew 
nothing about it, would at once pronounce wheat bread, 
tie sent one and three-quarter bushels of this corn (weigh¬ 
ing 72 or 73 lbs.,) to mill, and had 30 lbs. superfine and 
20 lbs. of common flour, with 21 lbs. of bran. It came 
from Oregon. Will Mr. Townsend send us a sample of 
this corn ? 
LOUISIANA SUGAR. 
A gentleman of New-Orleans has invented some new 
processes in the manufacture of sugar, which promise to 
add greatly to that valuable article. His process adds 25 
per cent, to the sugar obtained, and saves the whole ex¬ 
pense of fuel for grinding and evaporating. The appa¬ 
ratus now in operation turns out 12,000 lbs. daily. The 
Bee estimates the amount of saving in fuel, and the in¬ 
creased value of the product, at ten millions of dollars 
annually to the state. 
EXHIBITION OF FRUITS. 
The Report of the Committee on Fruits at the exhibi¬ 
tion of the Worcester co. (Mass.) Ag. Society in Oct. 
last, says that there were “ over one thousand samples 
of fruit entered for exhibition by sixty-three different 
individuals, all residing in the county, with the excep¬ 
tion of six or seven, and by far the greatest proportion 
of them in Worcester and the towns adjoining; and of 
this vast number of entries, there were very few, if any, 
lots offered that would not be creditable to any exhibi¬ 
tion of the kind.” 
PRODUCTS OF PREMIUM COWS. 
E. T. Forbes took the first premium at Westboro, 
Mass, for a cow of common breed, which fed on pasture 
feed only, gave an average of 16^ quarts per day in June 
last, and on trying her milk repeatedly, it was found to 
yield 2 lbs. of butter per day. 
Thomas Cowles of Farmington, Conn., took a premium 
last fall, for a cow 6 years old, from which 12| lbs. but¬ 
ter was made in 7 days. Wm. L. Cowles took a premi¬ 
um at the same show for a two years old heifer, from 
which was made in 7 days, 9 lbs. and 10 oz. of butter. 
Both these trial were made in the month of October, and 
.he keeping of the cows “ ordinary grass feed” only. 
HORTICULTURAL ADDRESS. 
We desire to express our thanks to J. S. Skinner, 
Esq., for a copy of his very interesting, classical, and in¬ 
structive address, delivered to the Horticultural Society 
of Washington, D. C., and we assure him that nothing 
but want of room prevents us from transcribing a con¬ 
siderable portion of it to our columns. 
SUCCESSFUL COMPETITION. 
At the Cattle Show of the Cortland County Ag. Soc., 
held on the 3d of Oct. last, H. S. Randall, Esq., Cor¬ 
responding Sec'y of the New-York State Ag. Society, 
carried ten prizes on stock of various kinds. 
LEGISLATIVE AID TO AGRICULURE. 
We notice that the Legislature of Vermont, at its late 
session, passed an “ Act to encourage and promote Ag¬ 
riculture,” the provisions of which are similar to that of 
this state and Massachusetts. We hope soon, therefore, 
to see Ag. Societies organized in each county of that 
state. 
AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION IN MISSISSIPPI. 
The Concordia Intelligencer gives the particulars of 
the exhibition recently held at Washington, Mississippi. 
Mr. Thomas Affleck, formerly editor of the Western 
Farmer and Gardener, delivered an address on “ The 
Nature and Structure of Plants, with reference to Practi¬ 
cal Horticulture,” which it is said was “ listened to with 
great attention and interest.” The exhibition, in all its 
departments, seems to have been well filled. In the do¬ 
mestic and household manufactures, we should think, 
from the account, that the exhibition was highly credit¬ 
able. The premiums in this class, we notice, were de¬ 
cided by ladies —an excellent plan in our opinion. 
O’ Lewis Brush received a premium of the Suffolk 
County Ag. Soc., (this state) for having raised 405 bush¬ 
els of corn on three acres of land. 
FINE HOGS. 
The Zanesville Gazette says that George W. Gibbons, 
of that place, lately killed four hogs, the oldest 19 mos., 
the youngest not quite 13 mos. old, whose aggregate 
weig ht was 2,042 lbs.—or 515n lbs. each. They were a 
cross of the Leicester breed. 
Agricultural’, Horticultural, and Floral Society, in North¬ 
ampton, Mass .—This Society, which has been lately 
formed, will, we doubt not, be productive of great im¬ 
provement in the arts to which the united and individ¬ 
ual efforts of its members are directed, and we confi¬ 
dently anticipate from it some highly interesting and 
useful results. 
