THE CULTIVATOR. 
97 
1849. 
N. Y. We are unable to point to any analysis show¬ 
ing the value of rye compared with Indian corn, for the 
production of milk. But we have found rye meal 
mixed with cut hay, an excellent article for feeding 
milch cows. 
Improvement of Sandy Plains. —C. E. N., South 
Berwick, Me. Clay, ashes, decomposed or rotten ma¬ 
nure, with clover, will probably prove the best means 
of improviug this soil. Plaster is useful in situations 
where it will act. This can be ascertained by trial. 
Corn and Cob-Crusher. —B. F. C., Rising Sun, 
Ya. Freeborn’s mill can be operated by two horses, 
and will grind corn or corn and cob into coarse feed. 
Price, $35. 
Black Sea Wheat. —R. G., Willett, N. Y. We 
think this kind of Wheat maintains its superiority for 
hardiness and productiveness. It is considered a surer 
crop than most kinds of spring wheat: It is for sale 
at the Albany Agricultural Warehouse, at $2 per 
bushel. 
Sunflowers. —L. B., Lexington Heights, N. Y. A 
deep loam is best for sunflowers. The seed may be 
planted in hills, after the ground has been prepared, as 
for corn, about five feet apart. When the plants are 
up a few inches, they should be thinned to three in a 
hill, and when they are a foot high, all but one should 
be pulled up. The ground should be kept clean with 
the cultivator. There are two varieties,- one of which 
bears several flowers on branches of the same stalk, 
and the other a single large flower on the top of the main 
stalk. The latter is best. The seed is good for poul¬ 
try, and for sheep. We have heard of 40 to 50 bushels 
being produced on an acre. 
Somrstk (Economy, Ktcipes, 
Bread Pudding. —I noticed in the January number 
of u The Cultivator,” a polite invitation to Farmers’ 
wives and daughters to furnish for publication forms 
and recipes for cooking. My wife is neither a farmer’s 
wife nor a farmer’s daughter, but she has some taste in 
culinary affairs. For desert this noon, we had a u bread 
pudding,” which I thought so nice as to inquire into 
the method of preparation. She sends, you the fol¬ 
lowing: 
Take bits of dry bread—sufficient quantity to absorb 
three pints of milk, and form a smooth thick batter; 
add a piece of butter (melted) the size of a lien’s egg, 
two beaten eggs, and the grated rind of a lemon. 
Bake about three-quarters of an hour. Eat with sugar 
and butter. J. B. Springfield , Feb. 6, 1849. 
Eds. Cultivator —My wife sends a few recipes: 
A Seasonable Hint—Snow Cream.— -Take any 
quantity of cream, varying according to the number 
designed to partake—say a pint, more or less. Add 
pure snow, i. e., snow free from ice or hail, until of a 
proper consistence; stir in pulverized white (brown 
will do) sugar, sufficient to sweeten it. Apply a few 
drops of essence of lemon, vanilla or rose water. Eat 
before melted. This is superior to ice-cream, and ac¬ 
cessible to any farmer, and a very innocent luxury. 
To Manufacture Kisses. —Beat whites of three 
or four eggs to stiff froth; add one-half pound pulve¬ 
rized white sugar, and a few drops of essence of lemon. 
Of this, drop a teaspoonful on white paper, and place 
on buttered tins, and dry in a moderately heated stove. 
Cool and eat. 
Mock Chicken Pie. —Boil common potatoes—sea¬ 
son highly with salt and pepper; some prefer a little 
thyme or summer-savory. Pour milk over them, and 
stir till of a moderate paste; fill a pie dish with crust 
below and above the contents. Some strew pieces of 
pork through it. Bake in an oven, and serve hot. A 
single crust, filled and doubled, is called tnrn-overs. 
L. T. Duffell. Jacksonville , N. Feb. 7, 1849. 
^Igriailturctl Societies. 
Delaware State Ag. Society.— A convention 
has lately been held, and a society organized in this 
state. Peter F. Causey, President; JohnD. Dilworth, 
H. Ridgely, T, P. Me Colley, Vice-Presidents; Man- 
love Hayes, Jr., Rec. Secretary; A. M, Higgins, W. 
Duhamei, P. N. Rust, Corresponding Secretaries; Wm. 
Burton, Treasurer. 
Jefferson County, N. Y.—Officers for 1849. 
Moses Eames, President; E. S. Massey, Secretary; O. 
N. Brainard, Treasurer. At the last meeting of this 
society, premiums were awarded on the oat crop as 
follows; first premium, 110 bushels per acre; second, 
90 bushels per acre. 
Cayuga County, N. Y.—C. Gridley, President; 
John B. Dill, Secretary; C. Parsons, Treasurer; with 
one Vice-President for each town in the county. The 
Society is in a flourishing condition. 
Niagara County, N. Y.—Erastus Hurd. Presi¬ 
dent; A. H. Moss, Lockport, Secretary. This society 
proposes to procure a lot on which to erect buildings 
and other necessary fixtures, for the purpose of holding 
the exhibitions of the society. 
Oneida County, N. Y.—Henry Rhoades, President; 
Plyment Mattoon, Rob’t Waterman, Vice-Presidents; 
L. T. Marshall, of Vernon, Secretary; A. G. Gridley, 
Treasurer. Premiums were awarded at the annual 
meeting of this soeiety for the following crops; 48 
bushels winter wheat, 30 do springwheat, 83 bushels 
oats, 54 bushels barley, 114 bushels Indian corn, (four 
other crops of corn from 89 to 98 bushels,) 54 bushels 
buckwheat, 1324 bushels carrots, each grown on 1 acre. 
Cortland County, N. Y.— Peter Walrod, Presi¬ 
dent; Charles Taylor, Alfred Chamberlain, Moses 
Kinney, Chauncy Morgan, Vice-Presidents; Geo. J. J. 
Barber, Secretary; Amos Hobart, Cor. Secretary; Ira 
Bowen, Treasurer. This society paid premiums for 
the following crops; 87 bushels Indian corn, 82^ bush, 
oats, 720 bush, ruta-baga, each raised on one acre; 
also for 136^ bushels carrots, raised on an an eigth of an 
acre, being 1092 bushels per acre, also a second pre¬ 
mium for carrots, for a crop at the rate of 900 bushels. 
Rensselaer County, N. Y.—E. N. Pratt, Presi¬ 
dent; Wm. Bus-well, George Vail, Abram Van Tuyl, 
Alex. Walsh, Isaac Tallmadge, Daniel Fish, Joseph 
Has well, Joshua S. Lewis, B. B. Kirtland, Z. P. Bur¬ 
dick, George T. Dennison, George W. Glass, James 
Turner, John Mesick, James T. Davis, Richard J. 
Knowlson, Dennis Belding, Vice-Presidents; John J. 
Viele, Recording Secretary; John Fitch, Correspond¬ 
ing Secretary; Frs. N. Mann, Treasurer. 
Norfolk County, Mass. —An agricultural society 
has recently been organized in this county. The offi¬ 
cers are—Marshal P. Wilder, President; Chas. Fran¬ 
cis Adams, Samuel D. Bradford, Ebenezer Burgess, 
Benjamin V. French, Cheever Newhall, Josiah L. 
Richardson, Vice-Presidents; Edward L. Keyes, o. 
Dedham, Recording Secretary; Edgar K. Whittaker, 
of Needham, Corresponding Secretary; Enos Ford, 
Treasurer. A committee was chosen to collect funds 
for the society. The following donations were ob¬ 
tained, viz: From Chas. F. Adams, $300; Marshall 
P. Wilder, $100; B. V. French, $100; Aaron D. 
Williams, $100, and $270 from subscription members, 
at $5 each. Different towns were pledged to raise the 
following sums: Roxbury, $500; Dorchester, $400, 
Needham, $100; Quincy, $100; Dedham, $300; Do 
ver ; $50; Wrentham, $200; Milton, $100. 
