1849. 
THE CULTIVATOR. 
medical substances, both analytically and synthetically, 
and at the same time they may pursue their studies 
under able practitioners in the neighborhood. From 
what we have learned of this institution, we are fa¬ 
vorably impressed with its character, and the advan¬ 
tages it affords for giving instruction in the branches 
above mentioned. 
Potato Rot. —Mr. P. Dubois, of Tompkins coun¬ 
ty, writes us that he applied a dressing of lime to a 
part of his garden, and that potatoes planted on this 
part have not rotted, wdiiie those on adjoining land, not 
limed, have decayed very much. He thinks it was the 
lime which prevented the attack of the disease; but 
we have heard of similar trials in many instances in 
which no such effect was discernable. 
Heavy oats. —At the late show at Saint Johns, 
New Brunswick, three samples of oats which were ex¬ 
hibited, weighed respectively 47 lbs., 46-| lbs. and 44 
lbs. the bushel. 
Sullivan County Agricultural Society. —The 
officers of this society for 1849, are Lot an Smith, 
President,- C. S. Woodward, J. C. Curtis, J. M. 
Foster, L. Moore, G. G. DeWitt, J. C. Voorhes, 
D. Pierce, Seth Brown, A. Norris, H. Mead, 
Platt Pelton, Vice-Presidents; John P. Jones, Cor. 
Secretary ; Jas. H. Foster, Rec. Secretary; M. L. 
Bushnell, Treasurer. 
Sympathy between a Horse and Sheep.- —Many 
persons have doubtless seen a portrait of the celebra¬ 
ted race-horse Dungannon, accompanied by the figure 
of a sheep, the latter having on its side the initials, 
D. O’K. The following is the explanation of the pic¬ 
ture: A drover being on his way with a flock of sheep 
for market, one of them became lame and unable to 
travel. The animal was put into a field where the 
horse above-mentioned was feeding. The sheep re¬ 
covered, and a singular attachment soon took place be¬ 
tween it and the horse. It is stated that such was the 
affection of Dungannon for the sheep, that, besides 
sporting with it in various ways, he would sometimes 
lift it in his teeth, with great tenderness, into the rick, 
where the groom deposited the fodder. The horse 
would, also, on all occasions, defend his new friend, and 
suffered no one to offer him the least molestation. Mr. 
O’Kelly, the owner of the horse, being made acquaint¬ 
ed with these circumstances, bought the sheep of the 
farmer, marked the wool with his own initials, D. O’K., 
and left the two friends in peaceable possession of the 
enclosure. 
Cattle in the South. —Dr. Lee says, waiting 
from Augusta, Ga., “ common cows nowhere give 
more than from one to two quarts of milk at a milking. 
At present (10th June,) cattle are poor, and many 
have not shed their coats. Indeed, not one animal in 
a hundred has enough to eat. Short commons have 
dwarfed them down to about one-third the size of nor¬ 
thern cattle.” 
Climate on Corn. —Isaac Flower, of Erie county, 
Ohio, speaking of the gradual change in varieties of 
northern corn when removed south, says, C{ From six¬ 
teen years acquaintance and cultivation, I am prepared 
to say that the white flint variety seems to bear no 
similarity to what it was sixteen years ago; it was 
then an eight-rowed flint corn; it is now r some sixteen 
to twenty rows gourd-seed.” 
Corn—Thick and Thin Planting.— -We have long 
been satisfied that the more evenly the crop is distribut¬ 
ed over the ground, the greater the product. One of 
the heaviest crops ever raised, consisted of a single 
stalk to every square foot. Hence drills are better 
than hills, both being equally well managed—and small 
and frequent hills, better than large remote ones. S. 
H. Reed of Bergen, Genesee Co. planted an acre 
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with hills, 3 feet 4 inches by a foot and a half. Another 
acre was planted 3 feet by 3 feet 4 inches—4 stalks to 
a hill in both cases. Both were hoed twice, and dres¬ 
sed with the cultivator four times. The product of the 
close acre was 90 bushels of shelled corn; the other, only 
45 bushels. In many instances which have come under 
our observation, corn planted in drills has usually yield¬ 
ed one half more than in hills, both receiving judicious 
and equally good treatment. 
Deep and Shallow Planting.—C. L. Shepherd, 
of Illinois, planted his corn-field shallow, or about an 
inch deep, except eight rows through the middle, 
which was planted two or three inches deep. The 
shallow corn came up first, and kept the lead during 
the whole season. The difference was discernable as 
far as the corn could be seen. 
Parsnips for Hogs. —Parsnips appear to be nearly 
the only root, good for swine in an uncooked state. 
Turn a herd of swine into a field containing field beets, 
ruta bagas, carrots, and parsnips, and t-> uuestion 
will very soon be settled which they like best ant. which 
consequently is best for them, the parsnips being wholly 
devoured before the others are touched. 
Chestnuts have been planted near Chicago, 
according to the Prairie Farmer, and grown from seed 
in eight years, from 1.5 to 20 feet high, and already 
bearing considerable crops. 
Good Rule. —The Editor of the Prairie Farmer , 
says he was taught when a boy to refrain from 
grumbling at two things. The one, is that which he 
cannot help—-and the other, that which he can help. 
Salt for Cattle. —A correspondent of the Louis¬ 
ville Journal thinks salt of little use for cattle. He 
has conversed with stock raisers, and none have fur¬ 
nished him proof that it is of value. He salted a part 
of his stock regularly once a week, and withheld it 
for months from another portion, and was unable to 
discover any difference. 
Improvement. —The editor of the Genesee Farmer 
says lie has seen a girl in a cotton mill, tend six pow T er 
looms, weaving 1260 yards.in a week, foi which she was 
paid jive dollars. In India, where abor-saving machin¬ 
ery is not introduced, a woman must labor 20 weeks to 
produce an equal amount of goods, and will receive 4 
cents a day, or 24 a week, for her services. 
Inconsistency. —Dr. Lee asks the following very 
pointed question, wdiich contains matter for a great deal 
of reflection for those who will reflect at all ■- “When 
will the cultivators of American soil instruct their rep¬ 
resentatives in Congress to vote one dollar to teach 
the arts of peace and the science of agriculture to the 
young men of the republic, wffiere they now vote 
thousands to instruct them in the art of shedding 
human blood by violence, or the science of w r ar.” 
Elder Bushes.- —The Ohio Cultivator says that the 
best way to exterminate elder bushes and briars, is to 
mow them closely to the ground tw T o or three times 
during the summer; the roots will mostly die after the 
second year’s practice of this remedy.” Nurserymen 
who have occasion to cut down near the ground, stocks 
which are grafted, or have been budded, have noticed 
that when the buds or grafts fail after the sprouts 
have been rubbed off, that the stocks usually dwindle, 
and frequently die. Cherry trees (which do not sprout 
readily,) are easily killed in this w^ay; peaches, w T ith 
more difficulty. No doubt a similar treatment would 
destroy bushes and briars on the farm. 
Cheating the Worms. —S. Williams says that a 
farmer in Seneca county, N. Y. finding the worms 
destroying his new T ly planted crop of corn, planted 
again between the row r s. The worms confined them¬ 
selves, to the first hills, and he harvested a heavy, full 
and even crop. 
