THE CULTIVATOR. 
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NEW-YORK STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Annual meeting to be held at the old State Hall, Alba¬ 
ny, Jan. 17, 1844, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
The regular meetings of the Executive Committee, 
are held at the same place, on the second Wednesday of 
each month. 
MEETING OF EX. COMMITTEE FOR EEC. 
The following communication was received and refer¬ 
red to the annual meeting of the Society: 
To the Executive Committee of the New-York State Agri¬ 
cultural Society: 
Gentlemen,—I enclose the proceedings of a meeting 
of citizens of Dutchess county, held at Poughkeepsie, on 
the 3rd inst., which give their views in relation to the 
improvement of agriculture, by means of county and 
state societies, and express their desire that the next 
annual fair of the State Society should be held in the vil¬ 
lage of Poughkeepsie. That place seems to be the most 
central and eligible for all the citizens of the 1st and 2nd 
senate districts, and for a large portion of those of the 
3rd district; with great facilities of communication with 
other portions of the state. No state fair has yet been 
held south of Albany, and the citizens of the southern 
section may reasonably expect that some regal’d will be 
paid to their locality and convenience; and believing 
that the object of the State Society is to distribute its be¬ 
nefits as widely as possible, I indulge the hope that the 
present application will receive a favorable considera¬ 
tion. A number of the committee attended at this place 
on the 15th inst., under the impression that the Execu¬ 
tive Committee would have met on that day. At the 
meeting in the village of Poughkeepsie, about $700 was 
raised by subscriptions for the purpose of providing suit¬ 
able enclosures and accommodations, and the committee 
consider themselves pledged that such shall be provided 
free of expense to the Society, and that the Committee 
of the State Society shall have the control and direction 
thereof, and the whole benefit of the fund which may be 
raised from admissions. Abm. Bockee, 
Albany, Nov. 27, 1843. Chair’n of the Com. 
Donations of Books for the Library of the Society, 
were presented as follows: 
150 vols. from the Albany Institute, consisting mostly 
of the Reports made to the British Board of Agricul¬ 
ture, of the Surveys of the several districts of England, 
Scotland, Wales, &c. 
Transactions of the Albany Institute, vols. 1 and 2— 
from the Institute. 
The Farmer’s Cabinet, from its commencement, 7 vols. 
• from Josiah Tatem, publisher. 
Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of the State of 
New-York, Yol. III.—from Alex. Walsh, Esq. 
The thanks of the Society were voted to the several 
donors, for this handsome addition to their Library. 
The thanks of the Society were also voted to Gen. 
Harmon, of Wheatland, Monroe county, for specimens 
of twelve varieties of wheat cultivated by him. 
The Society will be glad to receive the 1st and 2nd 
vols. of the Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture of this 
state, to complete their set, from any gentleman who 
may have a copy to spare. Any other works on the ge¬ 
neral subjects of Agriculture or the Natural Sciences, 
Agricultural Reports, Addresses, &c. will also be very 
acceptable. 
O" The next meeting of the Ex. Committee is to be 
held Jan. 10, at 10 o’clock, A. M. 
NEW PRODUCT OF THE SOUTH. 
We find in one of our Louisiana papers, that Mr. Mc¬ 
Intyre of Ouachita, is cultivating the bene plant lor the 
oil obtained from its seeds. Twenty bushels is consi¬ 
dered a fair product for an acre, which will give fifty 
gallons of pure oil, worth $1.25 per gallon, or a product 
of $62.50 per acre. The oil is superior to the common 
olive oil, and its taste is very pleasant. It will, should 
its culture for this purpose spread as anticipated, render 
the importation of olive oil unnecessary in the south¬ 
west. 
TENNESSEE HOGS. 
We have been furnished by our friend J’s L. Vaughan, 
with the weight of fourteen hogs killed by him. They 
certainly did well, for “the common scrub breed;” but we 
can hardly doubt that had Mr. Vaughan kept some of the 
improved breeds instead of them, they would have ac¬ 
quired they same weight at 18 months, that these did at 
“ three years old.” 
Caledonia, Henry Co. Term., Dec. 7, 1843. 
Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker *,—I send you the weight 
of 14 hogs killed the other day. We have not as fine 
hogs as in other places, but I thought perhaps you would 
like to hear what sort of hogs we do have: 
1 
weighed, 
... 424 
No. 8 weighed,.... 
266 
2 
<t 
... 384 
9 
CC 
264 
3 
CC 
... 346 
10 
CC 
248 
4 
( 
... 330 
11 
cc 
228 
5 
cc 
... 316 
12 
cc 
222 
6 
cc 
... 302 
13 
cc 
212 
7 
cc 
... 274 
14 
cc 
208 
Total weight of 14 hogs, 4,024; average, 287. 
These hogs were of the common scrub breed, 3 years 
old; allowed to run out in the woods, and fed on corn 
once a day until they were put up to fatten, except in 
harvest time, when they were turned in upon a small field 
of oats without any corn. They were penned in the 
latter part of August, and fed on corn until they were 
killed, being three months fattening. 
IMPROVED VARIETIES OF INDIAN CORN. 
Messrs. Gaylord & Tucker: —Herewith I forward 
you a box containing a sample of my crop of corn of-' 
the present year. There is one ear on the top of the 
box, containing sixteen rows, sent to me by a neighbor¬ 
ing farmer, being a sample of his crop, all of which was 
shrunk and indented like this. The seed from which 
this sample was raised, was Virginia corn, showing 
clearly that the season here is not long enough, or warm 
enough, to perfect the grain. It will show, by compar¬ 
ison, the advantage of raising the White Flint, like my 
crop, all of which is good and fair, thoUgli all the ears 
are not as large as the samples I send you. 
Respectfully yours, Samuel Akerlit* 
Southfield, Richmond Co., N. Y., Dec. 4, 1843. 
We have received the samples of corn mentioned 
above, and should be happy to distribute it among such, 
of our friends as wish to give it a trial. The Whit® 
Flint, spoken of, is a handsome variety, and we should 
think would suit the latitude where it was raised—say 
two degrees south of this, very well. 
THE SUGAR CANE. 
A correspondent of the Planter’s Bamier, Louisiana, 
gives the following as Mr. Packwood’s system of culti¬ 
vating the Sugar Cane, which is said to have proved very 
successful: 
“ Mr. P. plants his cane eight feet apart, and gives it 
a very heavy hill. In cutting his cane, in the fall, he 
winrows his tops in the middle of his rows. As soon 
as he finishes rolling, or whilst rolling, if possible, he 
throws four /urrows with a large plow over his win- 
rowed tors, and leaves them through the next summer to 
rot, having plenty of space left to hill and cultivate his 
crop, without interrupting them. The four furrows, 
wit* the rattoon tops and leaves, give him a good ridge 
on which to plant the next year, and space enough to 
cultivate it without interfering with the old stubble until 
the last plowing, when he breaks it out with a large 
plow and strong team, thus opening the drill for the 
deposite of the plant cane-tops as before: Thus changing 
his rows every other year, and planting each time over 
a good bed of manure. In this way Mr. P. has brought 
up an old cocoaed place, to be one of the most produc¬ 
tive plantations in the state. His crops range from 500 
to 600 hogsheads a year, and he scarcely ever rolls more 
than 200 arpents of cane.” 
Principle will succeed where management fatL 
