THE CULTIVATOR, 
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labels FOR STANDARD FRUIT TREES. 
Great convenience is found, in 
large collections of fruit trees, in 
permanent names of the variety 
attached to each tree, and vari¬ 
ous modes of marking have been 
adopted. The best we have 
used, is a small slip of wood, 
two or three inches long and 
half an inch wide, suspended by 
a wire loop to one of the hori¬ 
zontal branches. The most suit¬ 
able wood is red cedar; a block 
of it should be bored through 
one end with a small gimlet or 
carpenter’s bit, so that when afterwards split into labels, 
a hole is left at the end of each for inserting the suspend¬ 
ing wire. The best way to mark the name is to rub on 
a little white lead paint with the finger, and write im¬ 
mediately with a black lead pencil, which will last ma¬ 
ny years. Copper wire is best for the loop—it should 
not be less than a large pin or the fortieth of an inch in 
diameter. If of much less size, it will be repeat e.;:- 
bent by the rattling of the label in the wind, and finally 
crack off. Iron wire soon becomes rusted, and 
brass is too stiff. A piece of wire seven or eight inches 
long should be attached to each label; and if placed on 
a small branch, it will be many years before the wire, by 
the growth of the branch, will cut into it. Twenty-five 
cents worth of copper wire will be sufficient for one 
hundred and fifty trees. 
Metallic labels, with stamped letters, are more duralbe, 
but are attended with more cost and trouble. We have 
those made of wood as just described, which were 
marked five years ago, the letters still remaining dis¬ 
tinct, although the paint and a part of the wood around 
the letters have worn away. J. J. T. 
did not reach us a few days sooner, as the occasion for 
its publication will have passed away, before the issue 
of our next number. 
DEVON CATTLE. 
H AVING had frequent enquiries last season for Devonshire Cat¬ 
tle, I now have the satisfaction to state, that I can accommodate 
those who wish, with some good Calves, Yearlings or Two-year-olds, 
Bulls or Heifers. E P. BECK. 
Sheldon, Wyoming Co., July 1844.—2t. 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS AND HEMP SEED. 
GEORGE, LAPPIG & CO. 
Seed and Agricultural Merchants , Louisville, Kentucky , 
K EEP constantly on hand a good supply of Kentucky Blue Grass 
and Hemp seed, which they are willing to sell to eastern dealers 
on favorable terms. They are also dealers in Millet, Clover, Timothy, 
Orchard Grass, &c. _ july—2t. 
I GREAT SALE OF ELECTORAL SAXON SHEEP. 
T HE undersigned will sell at vendue the two flocks of Pure 
Electoral Saxon Sheep, belonging to the estate of the late 
Henry D. Grove, as follows : 
1. That at Grainger, Medina co., Ohio, consisting of about 
400 sheep, on the farm now occupied by them, on the 30th of 
Se/ timber next. 
■2 The home flock, at his late residence in Hoosick, Rens¬ 
selaer county, N. Y., consisting of about 350 sheep, on the 15th 
of October next. 
A rare opportunity is offered to those who may be anxious to 
improve the quality of their flocks. The following is the opi¬ 
nion of the distinguished manufacturer who has usually pur¬ 
chased Mr. Grove’s wool, of the character of these flocks : 
“ The purest blood in this country was introduced by the late 
Mr. Grove in his own flocks, the wool from which I have been 
familiar with since their importation in 1827. In point of fine¬ 
ness and admirable felting qualities, this wool is unsurpassed 
by any flock in this country, and the fleeces average about half 
a pound each more than any other I am acquainted with of 
equal fineness. SAM’L LAWRENCE. 
Lowcl, April 9, 1844.” 
Terms of sale, cash.—Reference, Sam’l Lawrence, or either 
of the subscribers. 
Buskirk’s Bridge, April 20, 1844. 
ELIZA W. GROVE, 
W. JOSLTN, 
myl.—6t. S. A. COOK. 
THE ROCK RIVER COUNTRY. 
Messrs. Editors —When I reflect and compare the 
great advantages, this Rock River country holds out to 
settlers who seek to better their position, it is a matter 
of surprise they go elsewhere in the west, while there is 
room in this fertile region, with an admirable climate 
both for comfort and health. Here there are no over¬ 
flowing floods nor baneful diseases to mar their prospects. 
The roads are always good and crops never fail. The 
present season is in proof, during which we have had 
about 50 days rain, (pouring liberally most of the time) 
out of 90 days—yet the crops are good in quality, and 
only reduced 25 per cent, of a fair average in quantity. 
The land is of the richest kind, lies elevated with gentle 
slope, rolling, &c. Persons of all tastes may be gratified 
is choosing their locations —so maybe those who seek 
only the useful, as well as those who seek the beautiful, 
and they may be admirably combined in large or small 
farms. For persons of taste and wealth, who would 
seek pleasure in retirement in the richest and most se¬ 
ductive country on the globe—here is the spot to gratify 
their desires and amuse themselves with agricultural pur¬ 
suits, raising of sheep and other stock (at an annual cost 
of less than one-quarter of what the expenses are in the 
old states) and eventually leave rich inheritances to their 
children in the improved farms, and the greatly increas¬ 
ed value of them, that will take place ere ten or fifteen 
years have passed. Then the sports, field sports I mean, 
and fishing in our beautiful river, well stored as it is 
with a great variety of good fish, and above all the liberty 
one so rationally enjoys here, with rides and drives over 
the verdant and smooth prairies, uninterrupted with fen¬ 
ces or even tracks, inhaling increase of health and spirits 
every moment. Indeed the winds here are more deli¬ 
cious than the land breeze of the tropics. Come and see. 
W. 
CattlE'Shows and Plowing-Matches—A com¬ 
munication from Mr. Milo D. Codding, of Rochester, 
on the subject of the regulations to be observed at cattle- 
shows and plowing-matches, came too late to admit of 
an insertion in the present number. We regret that it 
FIELD SEED STORE. 
HP HE subscriber continues to keep constantly on hand at hi*: 
-L long established Seed Store, a supply of the best quality 
and kinds of Field Seeds, viz : 
Red Clover, of the large and small growth, 
Timothy, Red Top, or Herd’s Grass, Orchard Grass, 
Lucerne, or French Clover, White Clover, 
Trefoil, Kentucky Blue Grass, Sec. See. 
Also, the different varieties of Wheat, as White Flint, Red 
j!Chaff, Mediterranean, and English—for sale in lots to suit pur- 
1 ;chasers at moderate prices, by ISRAEL RUSSELL, 
j Feb. 1, 1844.—mar. oct. 26 Front-street, New-York 
N. B. The following description of some superior English 
[Wheat sown in the month of October last, the product of which 
iwillbe for sale at the above Store, is given by a respectable 
'English farmer in the State of.New-Jersey, who sowed about 
eleven bushels, a sample of which can yet be seen. T It is 
called the Uxbridge White Wheat, and is the most noted Wheat 
they have in England, it being of fine quality, always commands 
a high price, as the flour is used by the biscuit bakers in Lon¬ 
don; it is great for yielding, and puts out a much larger ear 
than any wheat I have seen in this country. I saw when in 
England, three years ago, on my brother’s farm in one field, 
120 acres, that yielded 40 bushels and upwards to the acre. It 
grows very strong, and is not liable to be laid by heavy rains. 
I will warrant it free from any soil whatever. I did not see in 
the eleven bushels, a particle but Wheat; and 1 have sown it 
on Clover seed, on purpose that there shall be nothing but 
Wheat; and I will put nothing in the barn with it, so as to put 
it beyond the possibility of a doubt of its having any thing in it 
or getting mixed with other Wheat, which through carelessness 
is often the case. I have grown a great deal of it myself iu 
England, and know from experience that for yield and quality, 
there is no Wheat to compete with it. Its general weight is 
from 64 to 67 lbs. per bushel. It is smooth chaff, and easy to 
thrash, which is not always the case with smooth chaff Wheat.” 
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