NEW « TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND. 3 ’ SERIES 
Vol. I. ALBANY, JUNE, 1S44. No. 6. 
THE CULTIVATOR 
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THE CULTIVATOR. 
MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Communications have been received since our las', 
from L. Durand, Richmond, C., R. S. Borden, P. V. C. 
Miller, C. M. A. J., J. M. Johnson, J. G. B., H. R. Ro¬ 
bey, Female Reader, A. B. C., P. F. Cady, Wm. Jen- 
nison, R. L. Pell, Doubleyou. 
Our thanks are returned to L. Durand, Derby, CL, for 
half a dozen ears of Durand Corn, a handsome 8 rowed 
yellow variety, which we have distributed among our 
friends. 
To Bixby & Whiting, publishers, Lowell, fora copy 
of the second edition of Dr. Dana's Prize Essay on Ma¬ 
nures, which can be had at the bookstores—price 12± 
■cents. 2 
To Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, Cora. Patents, for a copy 
of his Annual Report, a notice of which will be found in 
another part of this paper. 
To Prof. Hall, of this city, for a copy of his Address 
before the Society of Natural History of the Auburn 
Theological Seminary. 
To T. Fanning, Ed. Agriculturist, Nashville, Tenn., 
for the “ Outlines of the ^ystem of Education proposed 
to he adopted in Franklin College, at Elm Craig.” 
To J. S. Skinner, Esq., for a copy of his edition of 
•Clayton k, Youatt’s Cattle Doctor. 
To A. L. Kennedy, Esq., fora copy of the Report of 
a, committee to the Delaware Institute of Sciences on the 
great rain storm and flood, which occurred in that coun¬ 
ty, Aug. 5, 1843. This is a very interesting memoir, ) 
and the Institute have performed a worthy service in 
'Collecting and placing upon record a history of this most 
extraordinary and destructive storm. The damage sus¬ 
tained in Delaware county alone, is estimated at $250,000. 
The Cultivator for Premiums and Gratuitous 
Distribution. —We have been favored this year with an 
unusual number of orders for The Cultivator for gratui¬ 
tous distribution and for premiums. Among others, James 
Sloan, Esq. of North Carolina, takes 100 copies of the 
Cultivator, and Hon. J. J. M-’Kay, of the same State, 50 
of the Cultivator, and 100 of the Museum—The Hamp¬ 
shire, Hampden and Franklin Ag. Society of Mass., 40 of 
the Cultivator and 20 of the Museum—Newcastle (Del.) 
Ag. Society, 20 copies of the Cultivator—Brooke and 
Ohio Counties (Va.) Society, 15—Charlotte Co. Society, 
New Brunswick, 15—Winnebago Co. Society, Ill., 12— 
Seneca Co. O., 12—Cortland Co. N. Y. 24—Rensselaer, 
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Maple Sugar and Molasses.— We have received 
from Mr. F. M. Wait, of Windsor, Vt., some specimens 
of maple sugar and molasses, both of which are superior 
to any we have seen, excepting the sugar made by Mr. 
Woodworth, which took the premium at Rochester last 
year, which was made as described on page 22 of our 
present vol. That of Mr. Woodworth was, however, 
refined , whereas the only deviation from the usual pro¬ 
cess, in the manufacture of Mr. Wait’s, we are informed, 
is Si strict care that all the vessels used are kept perfectly 
sweet and clean.” If nothing more than this is required 
to make maple sugar equal to the beautiful sample sent 
us, it is certainly an object well worthy of attention—-es¬ 
pecially when it is considered that this quality would 
readily bring in market nearly double the price of the 
common article. The sample sent is very white, pure, 
and of very agreeable taste. The molasses is also very 
fine, am! we think would be generally preferred to any 
other kind. 
Protection against the Bee Moth.— We have been 
j shown a “ bee-protector,” so called, invented and patent- 
led by Thos. D. Howell, of Chandlersville, Muskingum 
Co. Ohio. It is a curious contrivance. The bees, in en¬ 
tering the hive, pass over a thin piece of board, so balan¬ 
ced on a pivot that the weight of the bee depresses the 
end next the hive and gives him a chance to enter. I* 
requires a weight equal to that of the bee, to depress the 
board so that admission may be gained. The moth be¬ 
ing lighter than the bee, (it is said, by three-fourths,) it 
is stated, cannot get into the hive. When it shall have 
been fully and fairly tried, we should be glad to learn how 
it works. 
Freak of Nature. —Mr. L. A. Morrell has left at 
the rooms of the State Agricultural Society, old State Hall, 
a horn which grew on the ear of a Saxon ewe. It is 
about two and a half inches in length, and three-fourths 
of an inch in diameter at the base. It was taken off with 
the ear on which it grew attached to it, thus showing 
[plainly its origin. 
Portable Grist Mill. —Messrs. Sinclair & Co. of 
Baltimore, have recently got up a grist mill, which is 
very highly spoken of by a correspondent of the Marlbo¬ 
ro (Md.) Gazette. “ It can,” says the writer, “ be work¬ 
ed by hand or horse-power; with two men, it will grind 
at least three bushels per hour, and with four horses it 
will grind more than any water-power mill, with one 
pair of burrs, in the country. The work is done in a 
splendid manner. The grain can be either simply chop 
ped, or ground into small hominy, or coarse meal, or 
