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« TO IMPROVE THE SOIL AND THE MIND.” 
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Vol. I. ALBANY, JULY, 1S44. No. 7. 
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MONTHLY NOTICES. 
Communications have been received since our last, 
from J. Holmes, S. Tillotson, * * *, John Williams, 
A Workingman, R. W., L. Durand, C. Rich, H. D. Sew- 
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Our thanks are due to the Hon. J. Collamer, M. C., 
for his speech on wool and woollens— Wm. R. Prince, 
Esq. for the Flushing Horticultural Society’s Address—To 
Wm. Jlenrick, Esq. for a copy of the new’ edition of his 
New American Orchadist—To J. R. Bailey, Esq., 
Hew-York, for the Leicester (Eng.) Journal, containing 
the proceedings of the Leicester Agricultural Society. 
{jCl? 3 An article from Prof. Hall, in reference to a 
communication in our June number, signed “ A Practi¬ 
cal Farmer,” will appear in our next. 
The engraver having failed to finish the cut, we 
are again obliged to defer the communication of « Rich¬ 
mond.” 
A New Corn-planter.—D r. Beekman, President of 
the State Ag. Society, informs us that Mr. James S. Gris¬ 
wold of Spencertown, Col. co., has invented a machine 
for planting corn, which he has examined, and which he 
thinks, so far as he can judge without an actual trial, will 
answer the purpose most admirably. It is simple and 
easily kept in order. 
Portable Grain Mn.L.-We saw in the street the other 
day a portable mill, which from the simplicity of its 
construction, &c., we are inclined to think well worthy 
of trial. The patentee is Mr. Erastus Arnold of Otego, 
Otsego co., N. Y. It will grind any kind of grain fine, 
but is more particularly designed for grinding grain for 
feeding animals. A principal excellence of the mill, con¬ 
sists in its being so constructed as to avoid heating the 
meal in grinding. It can be had of A. Wheeler & Bro¬ 
ther, Chatham 4 corners, price $30—for a size suitable 
for the attachment of a horse-power. 
Profits of fine fruit —Three years ago, Samuel 
Hecox of Lyons, N. Y. sold seven dollars worth of cher¬ 
ries from a tree of moderate size, of the Yellow Spanish; 
Zerah Burr of Perrinton, N. Y., sold eight dollars worth 
from two small and very early cherry trees, last summer; 
and Wm. Otley of Phelps, N. Y. sold ten dollars worth 
of Greenings (R. Island) from a single tree, which bore 
forty bushels. On what capital, would a large orchard 
of such trees pay an annual interest? 
“ Cottage Villa.” —We like the design for a Cottage 
Villa, sent us by N. C. of Washington, very well. The 
drawings, however, are too large for our columns; and 
to get them reduced, and the engraving made, would 
cost about $40—a larger sum than we can afford at pre¬ 
sent. 
“The Silk question settled. —Report of the Pro¬ 
ceedings of the National Convention ofSilk-Growers and 
Silk-Manufacturers, held in New-York, Oct. 13, 1843.” 
This is a pamphlet of eighty pages, drawn up under the 
direction of the American Institute. It comprises a great 
amount of valuable information in reference to the silk- 
business in this country, drawn from those persons who 
are practically engaged in it. There is no reasonable 
doubt that this is to become a great silk-producing coun¬ 
try—especially some portion of the Ohio and Mississippi 
vallies—where its full success is already demonstrated. 
This pamphlet ought not only to be in the hands of every 
silk-grower, but every well-wisher to the country. It 
was prepared for the press by that indefatigable friend of 
the silk cause, I. R. Barbour of Oxford, Mass., to whom 
we are indebted for a copy of the second edition. This 
edition has been enlarged and improved, ami the work 
stereotyped, so that is now afforded at the low price of 60 
copies for $5.—150 for $10—1000 for $70. Orders for 
it may be addressed, post-paid, to Mr. Barbour, Oxford, 
Mass. 
Plows. —Mr. L. Durand, writing to us on the subject 
of plows, says:-—“Last spring I sent to Boston and ob¬ 
tained one of Prouty & Co’s. Centre-Draft sod plows, 
which we have used in turning over a meadow for corn. 
Although I had formed a high estimate of these plows, 
yet I must say “(he half had never been told.” When 
there was no stone to interrupt, it would run the 
whole length of the field without breaking the furrow, 
and the draft is a third easier, running at the same depth, 
than any other plow I ever used. The coulter is set into 
the beam in such a manner that it cuts under on the land- 
side some two inches, so that each furrow shuts close to 
the previous one, and the whole being plowed in this 
manner, makes a perfectly smooth surface. The wheel 
attached to the end of the beam is of great advan¬ 
tage on a smooth surface, as it assists the draft, ami 
the plow can be guaged to any depth. On stoney 
and uneven ground the wheel can be taken off. One 
of the principles of this plow is to run steady, which 
it will do for some distance without holding. Perhaps 
