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THE CULTIVATOR. 
In regard to the trial of plows , which we had expected 
would be one of the most interesting parts of the exhibi¬ 
tion, there was much disappointment. Only two com¬ 
petitors appeared. Neither Messrs. Rnggles, Nourse & 
Mason, or Messrs. Prouty & Mears entered the lists at 
all. Consequently we had not the satisfaction which we 
had hoped to have, of seeing the celebrated Eagle and 
Centre-draught plows, tried in competition with each 
other. 
A subsoil plow with a double flange, was offered by 
Charles Howard, Hingham, which was much admired. 
Working in the furrow, behind another plow, it pulveri¬ 
zed the ground finely to the dep.th of ten inches. 
The show of implements was really splendid. To wit¬ 
ness this single department of the exhibition was worth a 
journey of hundreds of miles. Among the implements 
particularly worthy of notice, was a butter-worker, pre¬ 
sented by Amherst Hawes, from the farm of Col. J. W. 
Lincoln, Worcester. It was a kind of brake. A marble 
slab placed on a table, with a slight declivity to let the 
buttermilk run off, formed the place for working the but¬ 
ter. A fluted roller, to which was attached a handle 
three or four feet long, fastened at the lower end to a 
swivel, constituted the power for working the butter, 
which was done by passing the roller backwards and for¬ 
wards over it, applying as much pressure by means of the 
hand, as is required. In connection with this, was shown 
a butter-stamp , by C. E. Miles, Shrewsbury. A round 
hole, say 3 inches in diameter, was cut into a block of 
marble six or seven inches thick. The butter is put into 
this hole in any desired thickness, and the stamp then 
pressed on it. On withdrawing the stamp, the butter ad¬ 
heres to it, and is taken off, and the stamp used as before. 
There was an improved churn shown by E. F. Dixie, 
Worcester, and a vegetable cutter of superior construc¬ 
tion by Thomas Wheeler, Leominster. Messrs. Ruggles, 
Nourse & Mason, showed twenty-six different patterns of 
plows, besides a multitude of other implements, none of 
which, however, were entered for premium. 
The specimens of agricultural and horticultural pro¬ 
ducts, were numerous and excellent. Among them a se¬ 
ven yeurs pumpkin, which beat Mrs. Yassar’s shown at 
Poughkeepsie, by six pounds—the one at Worcester 
weighing 132 pounds. The horticultural exhibition, 
considering the lateness of the season, was very fine. The 
apples were excellent, and there was a very respectable 
show of the finest pears of the season, as well as grapes. 
On Wednesday evening, a meeting was held at the 
Town-Hall in Worcester, at whieh the Hon. Josiah 
Quincy, Jr. presided. The company was much interest¬ 
ed by remarks from Ex-Governor Lincoln, Gov. Briggs, 
Mr. Quincy, Mr. Johnson of the New-York delegation, 
and other gentlemen. At the close of the meeting, the 
members of the Mass. State Ag. Society, with the dele¬ 
gates from the county societies, and delegates from other 
States, accepted the invitation of Gov. Lincoln to attend 
an agricultural levee at his house, where a most splendid 
collation was provided. 
On Thursday, the Society, with invited guests, had a 
public dinner, at which Ex-Governor Lincoln presided. 
Short speeches were made by various gentlemen, appro¬ 
priate sentiments (drank only in cold water,) were giv¬ 
en, and the awards of premiums announced by the chair¬ 
men of the several committees. 
The agreeable social intercourse enjoyed among the 
people of Massachusetts during this exhibition, both at 
the public meetings, and at the dwellings of some of the 
most distinguished citizens, will be remembered with 
great satisfaction by those who had the pleasure of at¬ 
tending from other States. 
Cooking Food for Swiee. —Dr. Lee, in an article on 
pork making in the last N. G. Farmer, says:— ce From 
some experiments of my own, and considerable research 
into the published results of the experience of others, I 
am satisfied that ten bushels of boiled potatoes, thorough¬ 
ly mixed with the pudding that can be made from three 
bushels of corn or peas, will make as much pork as twen¬ 
ty bushels of potatoes, and six bushels of corn or peas 
fed raw.” 
POWER OF SMELL IN INSECTS. 
Every one is aware that in nearly every insect the 
sense of smell is remarkably acute. This seems to be ne¬ 
cessary as a guide to their food; the more requisite as 
their range of vision, must, in most instances, from the 
nature of the case, be quite limited. Thus the bee dis¬ 
covers honey at a great distance, and makes her way to it 
with the greatest certainty. The bee-hunter avails him¬ 
self of this acuteness of smell, and by exposing honey 
alone, or burning the comb to more rapidly extend the 
odor, discovers whether there are any bee-trees, or de¬ 
posits of honey, in the vicinity. So the ant, that pest of 
the housewife, is almost sure to discover and lay under 
contribution the family stores of sweets, unless frequent¬ 
ly looked to, or carefully guarded against. The flies, 
particularly the flesh fly, (musca carnaria,) furnish abun¬ 
dant proof of a liberal endowment of this sense, by the 
facility with which they discover any substances suitable 
for their food, or a place of deposit for their young. It 
is commonly said instinct is infallib/le; but that of the 
musca carnaria is pro.ved to be at fault, when deceived 
by the carrion like smell of the mushroom, phallus canis, 
it deposits its egg upon it in the belief that it will pro¬ 
vide suitable food for its young. 
This power or acuteness of smell in insects may be 
used against them, or as a means of driving them from 
plants or places where they are numerous or trouble¬ 
some; for it is well known that while they are attracted 
by some substances or odors, there are others extremely 
offensive to them, and which they will, if possible, avoid. 
Thus most of the essential oils of plants, or the materials 
that furnish them, are extremely disagreeable to most in¬ 
sects. Camphor, cammomile, tobacco, red cedar, black 
birch, sulphur, musk, &c., are among the materials of¬ 
fensive to many classes of insects, and may be used suc¬ 
cessfully against them. Thus the fumigation of plants, 
or the exposing them to the vapor of tobacco, will spee¬ 
dily expel the green fly or aphides, or destroy them; 
and the fumes of sulphur will operate as effectually on the 
red spider, an insect at times very troublesome to the 
gardener. Professors Henslow andLindley, both affirm, 
that the vapor of oil of turpentine is a sudden and total 
destruction to the wasp which produces so much trouble 
and mischief in a green house, or conservatory. Bureaus, 
or book cases, should in part be made of red cedar, as the 
powerful odor of this wood is very offensive to moths, 
which attack furs or the binding of books. Russia leath¬ 
er, which derives its smell from a thorough impregna¬ 
tion with the oil and smoke of the black birch, is valua¬ 
ble for the same purpose, and a few shreds of itscattered 
among books, or in drawers, is one of the best prevent¬ 
ives yet known, to the attacks of the paper or book moth. 
The Orangery of Sir* Charles Monck had been for several 
years much injured by the brown-scale insect, (a variety 
of the same that attacks apple-trees,) when as an experi¬ 
ment, he suspended among the branches a quantity of 
cammomile, and syringed others with an infusion of this 
strong smelling herb. The result was, that his trees 
were almost entirely freed from the insect, the young 
scales turning dry and black and falling off. Tanzy we 
know is a strong repellant to many insects that infest our 
gardens; and it is very probable that most of the strong 
scented, or aromatic plants, would be found repulsive if 
not destructive to some of the insect tribes that harrass 
and injure the crops of the farmer, gardener, and fruit 
grower. Experiments on the smell of these depredators 
might easily be made, and if the result was not satisfac¬ 
tory, they could not be injurious or expensive. 
Disappearance of the Curculio— The New Eng¬ 
land Farmer, encouraging the cultivation of plums and 
other fruits, says, the curculio has this year in a great 
measure disappeared, and asks, “ to what cause may we 
attribute its sudden exit ? Was it the severe cold winter 
which gave them the check?' 5 The exemption of fruits 
from the attack of the curculio, has been noticed in this 
vicinity, and an abundant crop of plums has been ob¬ 
tained. _ 
A writer in the Michigan Farmer, recommends butter¬ 
milk for the destruction of lice on cattle. 
