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THE CULTIVATOR 
directing head of the whole, or much ill directed effort 
will take place. The good farmer will be in the field 
with his laborers. He never says to them go, but come; 
and he knows that in the management of a farm, exam¬ 
ple is far better than precept. 
It would be well if every farmer would, in arranging 
his business for the year, determine every season to 
make one or more experiments in some branch of hus¬ 
bandry, that would lead to some important result; either 
in determining the best method of procedure in regard 
to some crop, or bring new evidence towards settling 
some controverted point in agriculture. When we re¬ 
collect how many points there are in husbandry about 
which good farmers are not agreed, such as relate to the 
growing of crops, times and methods of seeding, prepa¬ 
ration of soil, rearing and fattening of animals, &c. &c., 
it is not a little surprising that more carefully conducted 
experiments are not made to throw new light upon them. 
There is not a farmer, who might not in this way, by 
well conducted experiment, and the communication of 
the results to some agricultural journal, do much towards 
introducing more correct notions, and better methods of 
farming than now exist. 
The introduction and the propagation of good fruit, is 
one of the many things that must not be overlooked in 
any estimate of the spring labors. The man who neg¬ 
lects to plant fruit trees, when he has a rod of ground to 
plaht them on, avows his intention of becoming a nui¬ 
sance to his neighbors; for depend upon it, the man who 
is too lazy to plant, will not be too proud to beg, or 
above allowing his children to steal the fruit of his more 
industrious and careful neighbor. Every man who has 
cultivated a fruit garden is well aware of this state of 
things; and has found that the coming into bearing of a 
new and delicate fruit, instead of adding to his enjoy¬ 
ment, as it should, has only served as a signal of gather¬ 
ing, to these ill omened plunderers. The only remedy is 
for every farmer to endeavor to make the best fruits 
abundant; to plant enough for himself, and some to 
spare, 
But whatever may be the nature of the labor to be 
done, there should be no haphazard work; nothing that 
has not entered into the plan of the farmer, either as 
principal or contingent, and been provided for accord¬ 
ingly. Every movement in managing a farm should be the 
result of reflection, of preconcerted arrangement, and 
directed to a certain and definite end. Were such al¬ 
ways the case, we should see fewer badly cultivated 
farms, fewer pieces of work unfinished for want of time, 
and fewer farmers “coming out at the little end of the 
horny 3 the result of bad calculations and unthriftiness. 
MR. PELL*S ORCHARD. 
Messrs. Editors— Your valuable paper is looked on 
as a farmer’s text book in our County, and I always re¬ 
gret seeing typographical errors mar the sense of the 
communications. They are rare ivithyou; but one ap¬ 
peared in your last number, containing one or two rather 
singular additions of figures. You say Mr. Pell, on his 
farm in Ulster county, has 20,000 apple-trees in full bear¬ 
ing. The distance of planting trees with us, is 36 to 40 
feet apart; this is the distance recommended by Nicoll & 
Loudon in England, and is 25 or 30 trees per acre; at 40 
trees per acre, 20,000 trees would make 500 acres of or¬ 
chard; you must have added a cypher and intended to 
write 2,000 trees. Again, 20,000 grafts and not one lost; 
if you intended to say 200 or 2,000, it would be extraor¬ 
dinary success, but possibly might happen. I have heard 
of 200 and only 4 lost. Is there not also a cypher extra 
in the 300 bushels of lime per acre ? 
Yours, respectfully, Dutchess County. 
We gave the statements to which our correspondent 
refers, just as they appeared in the New-York papers. If 
there is any mistake, we should be happy to have it cor¬ 
rected by Mr. Pell.—Eds. 
In the article headed ‘‘ Philosophy of wool,” p. 61, 
line 18, of first paragraph, for “pulling” read fulling. 
The word “not,” should also be omitted in the 3d line of 
the first paragraph in the 2d col. of same page. 
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CYLINDRICAL VEGETABLE CUTTER.—(Fig. 21.) 
These machines, it is said, cut 800 bushels of beets or 
turneps in a day, and can be regulated to cut thick or thin 
pieces at pleasure. Cost, $20. Manufactured and sold 
by Robert Sinclair, Jr. & Co., Baltimore. 
NORTHAMPTON AGRICULTURAL CLUB. 
We take a pleasure in laying before our readers the 
following first and second articles of a new society re¬ 
cently organized in the beautiful village of Northampton, 
for the promotion of Agriculture, Horticulture, &c. We 
hope to see the time when every village or rural district 
in our land, where circumstances will admit, will have 
similar associations; confident as we are, that few things 
will contribute more to the taste, prosperity and intelli¬ 
gence of the population, than such societies. Let New 
England take the lead in this, as she is wont to do in most 
good works, and let us hope that the other states will not 
long be behind in a course of such obvious utility. 
Constitution of the Northampton Agricultural, Horti¬ 
cultural and Floricultural Club. 
Article I. This association shall be known as the 
Northampton Agricultural, Horticultural and Floricul¬ 
tural Club. 
Article II. The object of the Club shall be the circula¬ 
tion of general intelligence, and practical intelligence in 
all the branches of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Flori 
culture: 
1. By the establishment of a permanent library of the 
best books on these subjects. 
2. By the establishment of a correspondence with oth¬ 
er bodies seeking the same objects. 
3. By procuring the most rare and valuable kinds of 
seeds, plants, shrubs and trees. 
4. By the establishment of Lectures, Discussions, Ex¬ 
hibitions, and other means for the general circulation of 
knowledge on the subjects embraced by the Club. 
5. By planting shade trees in all the avenues and pub 
lie squares of the town. 
The other articles refer to the officers of the society, 
their duties and the mode of appointment—the meetings 
of the society, which are to be annual and special, the 
latter to be notified in the newspapers of the village— 
the terms of membership, and to alterations of the con¬ 
stitution. Northampton now is one of the most delight¬ 
ful villages of New England; and if the objects of this 
association, as abo\ r e defined, are carried out with spirit 
and effect, it will be a perfect gem in the green valley 
of the Connecticut. We can only say to other villages in 
our country, go and do likewise. 
BOMIER’S MANURE. 
We refer the numerous inquirers on this subject, to the 
Letter of Mr. Ellsworth, published in our Jan. No. 
(p. 31,) of this year, where they will find all the infor¬ 
mation we can give them on the subject. 
